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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14237, 3 March 1917, Page 2

. ~ymmmmmwmmmmmmmmm ■ \ _.___ W. A. Barton:, iS.M., leaves on Monday on his monthly visit to Wairoa. \ A w'briiari travelliplg oh the tramway at Strasburg waa^foVrnd to haye concealed two sides of- a 'Bue_di'hg''pi* by -wearing them m the form of ft boa around her neck. '.. : -v ' X.- ..'...,-. j \ Tlie rainfall for Ormond district during the month bf February was 9.53 inches. ' Rain fell on 12 d_.ys. Tlie maximum. ' fall was on the J_4th, when 3.50 inches' fell. irSi" The ■ same month last year ' 1.57 inches fell. v •\x . < | Tbe first shij>men.i of 500 sleepers for . the tramway ' __c.ehs_oh to'X^j-ton' '-road | cam^ to hand by the s.s. Wimmeri' $ek- j terday. The' cbi.tit_io.or, Mi* W.'Webis> ! expects to make a start with the work on Monday next. * i In relating his experience m con.ne.ctioh with the collision m *the r; Bay"<^i Thunsday flight, Dr. * Coker. stated that the shook felt like that from an 'earthquake or a submarine — not that' he thought it was such. | Some heavy showers fell >t tifeborile ' last night, but the rain cleared off this morning. Forty-eight points were registered. There was heavy rain at Tokomaru Bay this morning^ /arid the creeks, 1 wliich had got back tb Wear normal con- , dition, started to rige again. I At .the Solvation Army Citadel to-" ! morrow evening a memorial service will be conducted by Sergeant-Major Htowdle , k in connection with the death of Mr W. r Cather. Mrs Holmes, wife, of the adjutant, will give the address. ■•'•-■• i The s.s. Monowai will be tendered with two launches to-morrow, the first on . arrival about 7 or 8 a.m. and the second at noon. In view of the special circumstances the office of th__.U.S.S. Company . will be opened from 11 a.m. to noon for convenience of passengers. t At the Salvation Army' Citadel the . band njet to farewell Bandsman K. , Farthing, \vh6 li^fHeen^bhAfinal* leave. Supper was provided* after which Bandmaster Stein presented^ Private Farthing with a Soldiers' Guide. Speeches were .given by Bandsmen Radcliffe," Dowdle, ; .land Coleman, and Adjutant Holmes, ail •wishing the departing soldier God-speed and a safe return. '.'-•.... i Tliose who were disappointed at not being able to gain admission to His Alajesty's' Theatre on Thursday ' 'nighH. will h&vfl an opportunity of enjoying the J Gi«horne Follierf 'Ctmcert tb-hi^t, aa the - 'programme is being repeated. There Will be some slight changes, but the entei'- . tainment should- prove quite, as meriterious as that given on Tliursqay night. Another big house' is expected. /._he proceeds are m aid of ,the Returned ;' -Soldiers' Association's permanent building fund. The Medical Board, had a busy time yesterday and this morning', examining d-tien called up m. the last ballot. "Hight- ; leight men wereVput thr^gh, half of ' Trtiom were passetl fit for active service, .and the other half were passed for home With those dealt with on Thurs- * j day the total number examin _4' np to noon to-day wast 122, 66 being^assed for j.aictive service and 56 for fionjte* _f eryice. n -.ssed foirjiotive sen-fee will l_aVe Gisborhe for ca&p on WedjAes_lay,?j_;4th inst. The memb ersr of -the Medical BSlird propbs.6 leaving 'fey motor car to-morrow . t n^orning. for N^Her.§[: t ,. v ..\X_ j y ' Oae'orders regaixl__% -the' jfhnual traipA dng ciamp to be held at Hastings froth April 11 to 27 state that leave Will' j» granted only m cases wher& attendaricte will cause hai-dship to the, man or "his employer, oil the distinct understanding tjhat* the n_ah 'will attend tße .casual t camp; or on^^ )_i^dical certificate. No , application foi' Afave yrill be considered that is not lodged at Regimental Headquarters before ISlarch 14, and must be made through the company commanders on the special foim issued for the purpose. The question of the application aroing through the company commanders, " it is stated, may be altered. „ A ■ • ■..;•' \ i .A sodial evening given by Mr T. Haisman to f Are*>vel,l hik ' partner, Mr -W l . Booth; who is oh final leave, was 'field'" last night at W^dnf-vy's hqlJt. [.'©er^^? , *• 1«1_». gathering, j^ad :^mong_\t -thosQ Present , V ere J^nqe- ' fVprppral XJSIosb &ni .P^iy^tte Porter,. : t&s. -. qf the ?4th Reinforcement... MrTC' H, presided "a* the. suppei; 'table, and m a very happy speech precepted ifitorporal W. Bootfi, on behalf of tlie employees / of his firm, .tvith.^a *w_Mtle*$ *'. •Watch. He also presented him' with ai .."fountain pen on , behalf pf Mr.an^ Mrs T. Haisirtan. __>_u*ing thfe chafrmari'si ire ' marks feeling ref eiSAC,: was' made to the lobal lads who had fallen m doing thenduty m the country's service. Mr T. G. Lawless supplemented ' the chmrman's remarks, and said they realised more . than ever -life _»nous- nature of "the war, I and the great task to which they; were sending their bpvs.- Songs were rendered by Miss' Neil., Mrs Demjpsy/ Me?srs McDonald and : |",ollard, ancf recitations by Messrs Ambrie^e' aiid lWf__is. ; Daneirtg was indulged yinv m until the early, £qui*s °*. tte ."? 9 r »ing ? wheft a; -^cessiul gat^,- .. ering yrds bro«»*ght to. a" .close with- the* singing of "Auld Lang Syne" and "God Save the King^,,,. . X^ ,^ v A laige Dumber Tof -tlie-'wbEks '■'"• eiidployees assembled *at the Kaiti works lafet evening to bid farewell to one /of thpir oldest, fellow .workmen, Mr Alfred Elliott, who is proceeding to .the front, with the 27th Reihforc-ements. The presentation was a h^ndsonie , donbi,efaced illuriiihated silver 'wristlet"'"' wat(.h and a fouhtain pen. Mr H. E. f ___Jidsay> hi .the absence of Mr J. R. Jones, works manage!*, miide the •^esentatiQn. He refei*red -to the way m. which Mr Elliott | was esteemed by all 'his fellow workmen. They* had shown that by the manner m which they -had given the pre- <^ l '^ on ' Elliott^ m Responding, B^d he* Was sorry fin 6l>e way to leave them, but he hoped it would not be for j^njg. He vtes p)*oceed_ng to the front, ,to'put his shoulder to the wheel with th'q rest of the cfthesr boys. ' He thanked ttiem for the kind presentation. He had been m the cdinpaiiy's employ on fthe engineering staff for close on* sixteen y^StM^- lie -liad : never had oriyAcatise *^ . fc ' hifi : <50nhectibn with the ; company. Mr LTndsay * l _heni called* far three cheers, which. was heartily respond- ' ed to by a3 present. - ji A leading, sheepfarmer, asks us to pubC: hsh the follo;ying^---As so much thought - 1 and work has been put into the best "- method of getting up wool for the Lon- ,' don market, one wonders if tlie technical instmctioii m wool-classing has helped ' this distriot to obtain prices equal to J other parts of the Dominion ? It appears * that only a small quantity of pur Avobllg ' good enough for the "A" "grade, Is : it ] that the ideas of ' the valuers 'appointed ' by the Government, vary as ito : the get- s ting up of wool? I/understond that the ' values m this district have been reduced * considerably, owing to ' the wool not < being heavily enough sldrted, and the J gradinjg not tin ■ .6 valuers' .ldeas^-henc^, i | wool- sold pripV to the commandeering at '1 [Is 4d per lb has been smce Valued! at Is I per lb. A gentleman visiting this dis- I trict from the West Coast, stated that '< he was. anxious to get his wool up for <s Government requirements, and journeyed 1 to Wellington ;to asceytain narticulars. I He was told that afte'i' cdeamhg off any i dirt, to rpll up the jvhole fleece, a« it c came off tlie sheep, (pieces and bellies i Avere not separated) and there was a cer- a tain amount of seed m it. This°*wool I was valued at ls 2_d per lb. He also t said that his neighbors round Eltham a got np their clips m the same way, and « received a similar prioe. This makes I one wonder if the valuers coming to Gis- o borne are not "too exacting m their ideas v and if it would not be wiser to a?_k the t Government to issue the same instruc- « tions to all districts and thpucby remove i the necessity for arbitration. * li