TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14440, 29 October 1917, Page 4

TOWN EDITION.

The mysterious disappearance of a Alas- 1 terton young lady some weeks ago is causing aiixiet-v to her friends (says the j * j • For the forthcoming flower show m the Scottish, Hall, Mrs J. 11. Murphy has presented a silver cup for the win- j ncr of most points. Three windows- on the south-bound Main Trunk express were smashed on Thursday night by missiles m the neighjborhood of OhiuWai. A f t -erward-s a I lump of scoria was found aboard the train. An anonymous donation of £1000 io tho new Central Fund of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland was received by the Synod, together with an off-ei* (also anonymous) of £50 per annum to the income account of the fund.

A formal meeting of the shareholders of the P.B.- Farmers' Saleyards Co., Ltd., was held on Saturday afternoon to contimi a resolution changing the name of the company, which was passed at a prior meeting but the application had been refused owing, to a slight error m the computation of the time as required by the regulations.

At a recent meeting of the Borough Council it was decided not' to order any coal supplies until. ...the new generator had arrived. As mentioned elsewhere, ■the plant will be landed from tho Anahura to-morrow, aiid although there' is about 100 tons of coal m hand, it is improbable that the new steam set will be brought into use before further supplies of fuel have been arranged foi*.

The many friends -of- -Lieutenant Roy Fit/.Gerald, M.C., of the Gloucester Regiment, will learn with -pleasure that a cablegram has been received from Sister Elileen FitzGerald (a sister), of Brockenhurst, to say he has escaped from a, German prison. *• Some five* months ago he was wounded m the head and made prisoner.. Lieutenant FitzGerald is A-soJi of the lajte ifr W. O. FitzGerald, chemist, of Wellington.

The ownership of the lakes of New Zealand is a question that lias been ox<nting considerable SnteSrest for teom,e time, inasmuch as the right and title to the lakes is claimed bj*; the ISfeoris. The general question as to whether the o'vvnorship of the lakes lies with the Crown, or with the Natives, is to be decided by the full bench of the Native Land Cburt Judges at Wellington m January next. If tlio Maoris are adjudged to *be the owners .of the lakesj the question of ap' portioning, .th'e- interests of the ; various tribes m different lakes will subsequently be decided by Native Land Coiii*t Judges m the various districts.