TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14237, 3 March 1917, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

Redstones* Tinhoto ami Moivie coii'-ln--. Ittivo town at 7 a.m <-*. Monday, ami tin- coacli im- I.JK- ..ki.-. al (j..Vi a. in. • Mnugnpapa vnt. payers are notified that ten poi- oont. additional will Inadded to all rates unpaid at' tor the end. <■_ tho month. Thf evening newspapers of Lincoln. Nebraska, and Pittsburg, have doubled tlieir price owins; to the advanced cost of paper. Attention is drawn to the advertisement of the Dunlop. Rubber Co. appear- , in_; ou page 9of this issue. It is a sti-ikiui. and well-timed appeal to the motorist".* oi New Zealand. - \dviee has been received by the recent mail irom Home that Regimental •Sergeant-Major Ortou Smart, ol the Wellington infantry, has been granted a commission with tlie Imperial army, and i lias beeu ordered to prepai'e to transfer. Lieut. .Smart was a corporal m ''C C-ompany before enlisting at Oisborne. He has twice been wounded. I Mr J. C'olley, president of the Oosmopotilan Club, and Mr C. H. Ambridge, managev and secretary, leave -to-morrow morning for Wellington to attend a con- ; ference of chartered clubs to be held there next Tuesday. This conference is to follow up the suggestions made. at the previous conference at Napier regarding the formation of a federation of charter- | ed clubs. Although the actual details m con- ' l'ectiou with the collision m the bay on Thursday night will not como out until the official inquiry, a Herald representative learned from an authoritative source to-day that the Arahura was act- ' ually struck twice by the big liner. The first blow accounted for the destruction of the passenger steamer's side above the water line and the consequent wrecking of the cook's quarters, whilst it is believed that the second blow from the damaged stem ho'.ed tho plates below the belting on the port side of the engineroom. This would probably account fov the diver finding that the hole m the ship's side was three feet aft of the damaged belting. Later accounts of the ; mishap show that the engineroom staff 1 had a most unenviable experience, as 5 the impact destroyed a steam pipe, filling the engineroom with steam, which they had to contend with m addition to the inrush of water. Tlio work of restoration and renovation that, has been proce?d.ng at the Auckland Government House since Septeniber last is now, nearly completed, and it. is expected tliat the staff of workmen who havo been employed tliere for nearly six months, under the supervision of Mr A. McGregor as foreman, will iinis.h their labors next week. The repairs to the building were completed early m .January and sines then the men have been employed on the renovation of the furniture tliat was damaged by smoke and 'water on the occasion of tlie firj iv July last. Comparatively little new furniture has been required. The work of restoring tho interior of the building has been carried out m a thorough manner and tlie rooms and corridors now look bright aud cheerful m their new coats of wallpaper.) and paint. It is probable that tlie Governor and the Countess of Liverpool will go into residence m Auckland m April. A meeting of .the delegates from the various Territorials, Senior Cadets, Rifle Clubs, Legion of Frontiersmen and National Reserves m Hawke's Bay was held m Hastings to complete arrauge'ni_.its lor the holding of tlie rifle meeting at tho Hoy's Hill ltifle Range dur- ■ ing Easter. It was decided to call the Association "Tho Roy'_i Hill Rifle Association," aud an attractive programme p waa drawn up, which will be announced m a few days. In order to encourage the beginner, or inferior, shot, it was decided to award a largo number of -small prizes to each match, and m no ease Avould the first prize exceed £2 ,and also .that, m every match, the pried moneys would be divided proport.onately between the users of the plain service sight and the aperture sight. Entry fees lor each match were fixed at 6d for Senior Cadets, Is for Territorials, and 2s 6d for all others. The fee for the teams match will bo £1 for each team of eight men. The total amount subscribed to date ia £130, but auother £70, at least, is required to mako tho meeting a success, and, as the programme must be issued m a few days, intending supporters are requested to communicate with the joint secretaries (Box 10, Hastings) as soon as possible. Tho shoot is limited to H.B. and P.B. residents. Tlie appeal of the New Collesseum Company, Ltd., Christchurch, against tho decision of tho local Fire Superintendent m refusing to allow the appellants to marshal patrons m the foyer of Everybody's Theatre, Christ-church, has been upheld by Mr T. A. B. Bailey, IS.M. The magistrate, after reviewing the earlier permission given by tho City B Council to marshal sixty persons m the foyer, and the subsequent reports of the superintendent against the practice, said /that two of the city inspectors who had . consderable experience m the licensing of theatres were of the opiniou .that the escapes provided from the foyer were quite insufficient if sixty people were allowed to wait there. The stand of the superintendent was that m the event of a fire panic a serious blockage might be caused by persons from the dress circle meeting a stream of persons from the foyer at tho head of the stairway. The magistrate stated that ho had visited the picture show,, and after examining all the exits and passages it seemed to him that persons m the foyer could get downstairs almost before the persons from the circle got down to the foyer, and certainly before any great number came down. On the whole, he was of opinion that the permission given by the Council for sixty persons to wait m the foyer was reasonable, and the appeal should be allowed. The men of the 27th Reinforcements mustered m nearly full strength at the . Garrison Hall this afternoon. The Yen. Archdeacon H. Packe, m farewelling the recruits on behalf of the town, sa.d there was an old saying tliat when fighting they were not fighting really against flesh and blood, but against moral evil, and, they (the reinforcements) had come forward to do their bit. They ..dmired them for the way m which they had come forward m order that they I might prove themselves, as others had done, gentlemen of the Empire; gentle- • men of honor to uphold tho freedom of J nations, and gentlemen' of chivalry by their treatment of the enemy. They were not fighting so much against each individual German, but were fighting for the fact that they were going to put down the power of darkness. Until that was done the war had, to continue. "We have to express our gratitude to you men of the younger generation who are able to come forward and do this great work," said the speaker, "and I know I am voicing the wish of the whole community when I say, «God bless you and give you a safe journey and keep you m health and return you back again that we may honor you for having done yonr duty." The men were/ then dismissed until 5 o'clock to-morrow morning, when they again parade at the Drill Hall to be presented -with housewives prior to marching to the wharf to leave for camp.