TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14437, 25 October 1917, Page 4

TOWN EDITION.

The Cologne Volkszeitung jjublishes an angry leading article on the King's adoption of an English, family name. It threatens that m future German princes will refuse to marry foreign princesses.

Captain J. Morrison, of the Union Steam Ship Company, recently vacated his command, and thereby severed his connection for the time being with Samoa, where on steamer days his familiar figure and. genial presence were always warmly welcomed everywhere. Dining the occupation of Samoa he has been responsible on many occasions for the conveyance of troop* between there anil New Zealand. ;ind the uniform courtesy and consideration extended to them while under his care won for ihe popular com mander the esteem of nil ranks. ]r these circumstances the officers of tin giirrison seized the opportunity to testify their esteem and to recognise the services rendered to members of the garrson hy thy prt!s(Mit;itii»i of a framed illuminatiM'i' address. ' '

During his visit to Devon recently tin." High Commissioner Avas invited to speak at Saloom.be, and ho took the opportunity of making a few plain remarks on t-li*b scandal of London streets aaid the temptations they place..b efore the young A T e\v Zuu.la.udei'. lle^ cited the extraordinary number of public houses hi such popular thoroughfares as th c Strand and the bystreets of these more public highways. The stand- up drinking places he stigmatised as simply drinking dens. The men. who have to use them must drink ; they are not invited to sit down and loiter over the glass of beer. The system, is 'the worst possible. It positively invites over-indulgence m liquor. The abuses are plain to the blindest passing along the public streets of London, yet the autiiorties take no Action. .It is wot fair to the men of the Dominion, especially of those m which drinking facilities are not extensive.

At about 11.45. this morning Air Albert McCoomb, who was riding, a motor bicycle, collided witft a car driven by Mrs O'Meara, m Grey street. It appears that Mr McCoomb was cycling up Grey street, when the car turned the corner on the proper side, coming-, from Qhilders road. Mrs O'Mears apparently intended to draw up near her gate. The cyclist and driver became confused as to each othler's intentions, with the result that the car struck the motor cycle. The young man saved himself from severe injurie-s' by holding on to^the front of the car. and beyond being shaken considerable, his injuries are not of a very serious nature. His escape f '\vas considered miraculous, as the bicycle went completely under the car. Mr McCoomb rras conveyed to Mrs CMeara's residence, and Dr. Scott called m, and the sufferer is now progressing satisfactorily. The* headlights and carburetter of the car were smashed, and damage to the bicycle is estimated at about £20.

A New Zealander, writing to friends f lxsm England, says : "On arrival at our port, of destination we were tied up alongside a munition ' ship, owing to a scarcity of berthage space, and the operations we- -saw m progress were sufficient to give us a good insight into the vast output of munitions from Eng: land to various theatres of the war. Into this ship were being loaded thousands of shells of , all sizes, the work going on all the while quietly and expeditiously. What sober-minded Workmen were engaged, too ; so different from the East, where blacks utter the weirdest sounds while coaling a ship,.and Be,dlam reigns until the work is finishied. Case after case of shells was hoisted into' the holds ; guns and gun-carriages, all painted to deceive enemy aviators, these ranging from the giant howitzer to the smaller field piece, while on land we could- see tanks and caterpillar traction machines being tried out across an area of ground specially adapted for the purpose. It was a scene of activity never to be ' forgotten, and yet, before thle war, this was a small, undeveloped port. Now ships engaged m every branch of war service quietly come m, load, and leave again, at regular intervals. Repair work, too, is carried out here to ships damaged by enemy mines arid torpedoers, and -we saw two ships which had suffered severe damage being restored to seaworthiness."