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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14244, 12 March 1917, Page 2

The men who a re leaving for camp thisi week parade at the Garrison Hall at 3 p.m. tomorrow, when they will yreceive instructions about, the time of departure from Oisborne. The following further recruits have passed the medical test and attested : Alfred Charles Gilder, single, 25 years, fencer, Matawhero (30th Reinforcements ; Paul August Schwabe, single, 20 years, clerk, 166 Whitakeu street, Oisborne (C. Company, Territorials). . (29th" Reinforcements.) The recent Board of Trade arrangements for the supply of meat for local consumption from Imperial Government stocks in the freezing works is expected to come into operation this week. Eri^ quiries made to-day elicited the information that : practical!y all the., meat irp, to the present lias come through 'the; abattoirs in the ordinary course, the butchering firms having been killing off the bal-; ance of their stock in hand. The abat-* toirs, which have been conducted by the Borough authorities for many years, will consequently close down this week. Private H. C. Davy, another of the Gisborne men who returned by the hos r pital ship, arrived home last night, com. ing from Auckland by the s.s. .Tarawera. A member of the 15th Reinforcements, Private Davy went to France in October last, when the fifteenths formed a portion of the reinforcements to the companies that had taken part in the early stages .of the Somme offensive. He was, however, destined to have a short stay at the front, as he strained himself rather seriously internally, the result being that he has been invalided home and is to receive his discharge on April 6 next. , .-»■,, At the : monthly «nieefeing-, of the Hawke's Bay Education Board>£he chairjnan reported that the following resignation had been received amongst others: Mrs M. Barclay, vsole teacher, Opoutama, The inspectors' ..quarterly repirts were received, and it was decided to have en quiries made :as to. the capabilities of certain pupil teachers. A I report of the secretary on the coiiveyange of Rukauroa children tc Matawai was deferred, until all members were present. * The foreman's recom mendation of improvements at, Patutati and Morere costing respectively £8 ID: (new basins) and £6 J.ss (repairs to- stov< pipe) was adopted. It was decided tt instal a new .tank at Patutahi at the cosl £7 7s. A middle aged man named Michael Egan, on remand, was charged at the Police Court, before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., this morning with drunkenness and two breaches of his prohibition order. Senior-Sergeant Murray stated that when arrested on Kaiti accused was suffering Ifrom delirium tremens, as the result of drinking bouts. Accused was prohibited at Waipiro Bay, and it seemed he came to Gisborne, \vhere he was not known, in order to have aaiothei '•.spree." The expenses in connection with his case amounted to'£l 7s 9d. It being his third conviction for drunkenness within six months .accused was fined £3 and costs 2s, in default 7 days' imprisonment. He was also ordered, to pay the above .expenses,, in default 4 days' imprisonment. For breaches of the order accused was fined £3 and costs, in. default 14 days' imprisonment in each instance. Tlie sentences were made- to be cumulative. ..'./- A personal explanation was made by Sir Ernest Shackleton during the course of his lecture at Wellington regarding the expedition to the Antarctic of which he was the leader. - Referring to the comment that had been made, on the fact that the expedition had started forth during war time,' he said that preparations were'" commenced about the middle of 1913. When war seemed inevitable he (Sir Ernest) offered the services of his vessel and the 56 members of the expedition to the Admiralty, but within an hour lie received instructions to proceed. In two hours lie received another telegram from the Admiralty expressing the hope that the expedition would be successful. On the Wednesday that war was declared His, Majesty the King came aboard the Endeavor at Eastbourne and expressed a desire that the expedition should ' proceed. The King also presented Sir Ernest with a Union Jack. "I just make this explanation," said the speaker,, "to show that I had orders to proceed." (Applause.) The Auckland Star reports that at the Supreme Court at Hamilton on Wednesday last, before Ml* Justice Cooper, Andrew McGill, a middle-aged man, was charged with (1) Forging a receipt at Ranga-taiki on April 18, and, (2) with offering and disposing of it aa genuine, with intent to defraud. Mr. Reed, K.C., appeared for accused, who pleaded guilty to the first charge, and not guilty to tho second. On. the first count Mr Reed ad dressed t he courj. for mitigation of sentence. He stated accused was a rabbit under the East Coast Rabbit Board, and that lost November ho was arraigned on a similar charge before Mr Justice Stringer, who was satisfied that the offence was the outcome of earelesness, and ordered accused to come up for sentence when called upon. The present charge did not originate since the above case was heard. Counsel .read a document from the East Coast Rabbit Board expressing confidence in the integrity of accused, and that it waa satisfied that he had no criminal" intention. His Honor said he was satisfied that the accused had no criminal intention.. His Honor said he was satisfied* that the accused had no intention to defraud, and thought the case would be met by a fine of £5. McGill was then arraigned on the second count, but the prosecution tendered no evidence. His Honor commented that he had acted. foolishly, but there was- no evidence of fraudulent intent, and directed the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty, which wa" done.

The takings at the Hed .Cross shop oi^v Saturday amounted t0. ,£74 7s. ~ T The Kahutia Bowling Club's nevr & property in Oobden street will be officially opened by Sir James Carroll on Thursday afternoon next. Should the weather be favorable, a large attendance is expected 1 . The committed of fehe club meet this' evening for the purpose of lnakiug the necessary arrangements. In a Court case at Hamilton in which it appeared that a 12-year old boy broke a plate-glass window, the point was raised as to whether the father of the lad could- be held legally responsible. The Bench held that there was no legal 1 Liability, although there was as moral one. The Marine Department" has decided that a magisterial inquiry shall be held into the circumstances connected, with the stranding of the Union Company's passenger steamer Mararoa near : Orongorongo . during a dense fog. The inquiry will be, held at Wellington on a date yet to be fixed. '.■ It was stated by a witness in the Chrcstchurch .Magistrate's Court i that most of the milk ' delivered ill'! ■Ghristchurch is a day old before it reaches the consumer. Tlie magistrate '.^expressed surprise at: ihis, -and asked ifv thevsitppMers did not .-■ ..run.--' a i risk in -the summer of th e.milk going ; sour. .'The -witness replied v that tiiexe was little risk, providing that due precaution and! cleanliness "'Were observed. .;",., p .. Referring to the mishap to th^Mara-i roa, Dr. Thacker. pointed out at.Christchurch that while- -there was only -'five lights on 280 railed of coast b>e stretching between .±!h& Thi^ •IvingsvandMuckland, 150 miles of far less vdarigeroug coast in America, between Vancouver 5 and Victoria, had no .fewer than; 60 lights. He regarded this as an, indication of the extreme backwardness of the New Zealand Marine Department. "They, need shaking up,", added the doctor. ■ .■ Hospital, ship No. .2 called at Timaru on I' riday -to land- twenty Timahi ; 'tfn'en, and remained all day to giye th© public an opportunity to inspect tih& -ship.- A formal reception, was .accorded, including- lunch to the officers -,aiid staffs .and invalids' motor -drives and, teaj-m- the Park. Beautiful weather favouring the. visitors, /with cheap fares, assisted to~\ bring hundreds from, the, countrV, and a 4 big crowd assembled" *n -the 1 wharf; and * lor a time an unseemly crush' prevailed. Many Avomen (fainted* ... The- .phip was open to inspectiony.aftd was full -of visitors all the afternoonr.. On board ther steamer Glaucns, which arrived in Wellington last* wfcek from Noumea a,nd Surprise , lsland, ii'a kero-sene-tin full, of -baby .turtles. .They are the property of. the third officer (Mr. Burn), who secured them whilst the ship was lying., at Surprise -'Island. i-They are about as large as ai man's fist, and are rapidly growing, although the climate of New Zealand is rather, cold for them. Their diet consists of crumbs of bread and meat.. How th^e. .owner of these "pets" will' : eventually dispose of.: them is not known, but there will probably be few surviving by. the time they •attain' inconvenient dimensions.! At the last meeting of the Hawke'a Bay Land Board the following transfer was approved: (Small grazing run. No. 64, .Tokomaru, 6300 aores, GeoiJge John White to Hugh Pit,fc Bennett and Daisy Very A. E. Bennett. Application; for fee simple approved : Section 3, block 20, Nuhaka north,. 581 acres, Ira. Jobson. Leave of absence from personal residence while serving with ,the Jtfew Zealand Expeditionary Forea : Thoa. G. Mulcaster, lessee section 8/ block 11, Turanganui, nominated W, C. Pilmer. Ranger's repont on 21 daoldings> Ngajfcapa survey district: Area 10,002 acres. i>lm- £ r >,«**£ ei % re W e 4-<, .^k&l,. iA£,6tA; 20 resident, and one^bn leave as member of Expeditionary Force. The Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. W. D. S. MacDona.ld>:has replied as follows to a letter from Mr W. H. Field, } L }]:> suggesting that fruitgrowers are holding ba;ck marketable fruit with a view to forcing up prices: "I can find no indications that any, such practice has been followed to an appreciable *e*jtenfc It .will be recognised that for the sue- %W 1 cess of such a scheme a 'very full organisation would be necessary, as any fruitgrower who held back a,part 'o/.',his output, would confer an equal benefit on all other sellers, and unless the thing were ■ done on a large scale /the improvement ' . in. .price would by no means compensate those who held fruit back for their loss in bo doing As a" matter of fact, the general tendency throughput . N*w Zea- » land ,os to - market fruit without sufficient ,culn 7 g, that is, to marked 'the. laXpos--'!l, W* 1 ' A mol% P rob able causfe of • the shortage of fruit on the markets this ■ season ig the losses of stone fruits from J attacks of the brown ro t disease, which I has faused certain orchardists to destrov considerable . quantities, of their fruit o^ V"? to wie thsifc they would (not reach the market in sale^abL condition. I may add-that the pcSiheM ofi /.^season and lightness of crops generally have contributed materially to the ; .high pnees experienced:"- t '