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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 2

it is expected that" over 300 names will be dtawii iii 'tile sfev-ehth ballot foi" the Gisborne GroUp (No. , 19): Thirty-five recruits were examined by the No. 3 Medical Board this morning. Eleven passed for active service, and 24 were placed on the home service list. The rainfal for Ormond district during the Unonth- of April was 2.35 inches.: Rain fell on nine days, the maximum fall being oh the 17th, when 0,70 inch was registered. For the same month last year 1.77 inches fell. ' A At the Police Court this morning, a . native named Beta Hape was convicted of drunkenness and fined. 10s and costs 2s, m default**- 48 hours' imprisonment, i A first bffe-ndei*. for drunkenness ttas dealt with m the • usual manner. Nominations for two vacancies on the Titirangi Rtiad Board) (t*»vo ihehibers having retired by rotation) closed 1 yesterday, but none were, received, the retiring members having apparently overlooked the matter. Extraordinary vacancies having been created fresh nominations will be called for. ; - A single man was . found at -Tolaga Bay on Sunday with his throat badly cut, the wound -appamitly. having b"36n iself -inflicted, by a- razor; which the man had : in v hia hand when- found. He, was. attended to by a doctor and removed, to' a nurse's. home> liis condi tion. being considered critical. Later advice received by the local police stated that the man's! condition h'adl improved. , Tlie ladies of the Makaraka, Te Hapara, J Childers road, and Victoria Township j districts who are conducting the R-ed ' Cross "shop on Saturday next, intend making- a special display of dressed! poultry, beef, lamb,, mutton and pork, together with home-made cakes, sweets, and general .produce. Orders will be : accepted by telephone on Saturday, :i phone 1163 v J An enquiry from a local master butcher was received at the Heraid office' to-day, for the address of Mi*. R_id,. manager of the Government butcher's shops at Auckland, who has- recently been on a visit to, Gisbonie enquiring, into . the. .local meat ; supply on "behalf, of the Minister for the-' Board ..of Trade. "I see it ie reported he proposes to -recommend the opening of a] State butcher's . shop. 1' am anxious toobtain Mr. Reid's address m order to' get m -first, and I know Mr. - is auxibus to sell his business,; io6i" r * Our Waipli-o Bay correspondent; writes : The quarterly sitting of the Magistrate's Court, commencing! on : the26th ult., Mr R. .Stone Floranco, 5.M.,; being the presiding Magistrate. Mas held last week. Owing to a number of -defended cases o<f supplying liquor to Maoris, the Court was sitting till. tl on Saturday night, and the remainder of the business will be done next Wednesday (to-day) or Thursday, on- tho return of Mr Florance from "Port AwahmP Messrs Coleman, Oraham, .'Hei, Kane, Me&d, and Daultoiij Native interprete.-, •were m attendance at Court. ■■':,:'; Tlie installation of the Motuhora Stone Quarry Gp'y.'s -plaint is now m. progress, and the.. -work of hencbin^ out the .site for the crusher is being done. The oi-ushing. plant i& being erected by Mr. Richardson, and is already on the ground. Meanwhile tenders are being myited for'the putting do\Vn of the tteam'i line between the quarry and the crusher, | tlie latter being located -at the foot of t the spur, and a few chains below the site selected for the quarry. It is- probable ...that .two '.faces', of stone will be opened! up, and- ; the location lends itself to . tlie material' being .handled by. gravitation.. Tlie opening up of the quarry arid l the eq\upment ,of it. are beirtg can-led out iincier the \supsrviaipn of the Company's engineer, Mi-. J. Mouat, Avho confidently .anticipate"*- that ithe supply of stone tvill , be available within ' the, next ' three months. * The ©oast coaches leave at 7 a.m. tomorrow.