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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14445, 3 November 1917, Page 2

111^*!^ -? a y. notes,, appearing m the Herald on October 3rd. our correspondent, recording a case heard m the local Police Court, made an unfortunate mistake m stating the name of the deM't? 1 -* case °^ *heft as Thomas Alfred Hunter. The case was one of Police v William Henry Barrett, the ?sf£g e bemg , that, on or about June Uth, at luparoa, accused did steal the sum of £18 12s from his employer, Thomas Williams. . Accused was committed for trial by- Messrs. Fraser and U Ryan* Justices of the Peace. Mr Hunter was a witness called by the Crown. Needless to say, we exceedingly l*egret tho .error, and would express our apologies Jfo Mr, Hunter for the reflection contained m the paragraph.

The treasurer for the Children's Red Cross Day wishes to acknowledge the sum of 14s 6d from the Kaitaratahi

■Mr Racblard Shernatt, m response to the requests of his Mends, has consented te stand for the Patutahi riding m the torthcomuig election of membei-s of the 'County Coimcil. 7

Mr E. P. Mountfort acknowledges the following contributions to the V.MO.A rrench Comfoi-ts Fund: Previously acknowledged, £2060 9s 3d; anonymous, per Citizens' Defence Committee £100; Mr Palariet,\£l ls; 1.E.M., 5s i £2161 15s 3d.

"I am almost despairing of ever getting a full meeting of the Board," was the remark made by the Chairman at the meeting. of. the Rabbit Board this morning, when a member moved that the question of 'the salaries of employees be deferred to a full meeting of the Board.

■ Tbe Bishop of Waiapu arrived m Gisborne yesterday by the s.s. Ripple and is to spend a few weeks m the district. He is at^presentthe guest of Mr diaa-les of Waioluka. , , He preaches at Waerenga-a : hika to-morrow morninir and at Makaraka m the. evening To! wards end of the week he gbe-j to I'atutalu to spend a week." '•*•

At a sitting of the Native Land Com*t at ivahukura recently, Which was presided over by Judge Gilfedder, about 600 succession orders were made, as well as a few- will cases disposed, of. Some partition applications', were dealt with, Ihe main, business of. the, .court was to mvesti^te^into the .-title to ia native block of 926 acres called Hahau ; 28 lists ol names were submitted and a mass of evidence taken during the two weeks. Judgment was delivered ori Saturday last, and the court then adjourned m °™«;-.J9 enable the natives 7 tp plapt their maize and potatoes, and to engage •an. shearing operations. Tfie com*t will hold a sitting at Tolaga Bay aboutUhe N end* of January next.

Mr J. Rosewarne, of Gishatm, has TV Ceivefcf an invitation from the CfctMA church Literary and Musical^CompetiAioo Society, to adjudicate on the elocutionaty flection of the annual festival to be held m April or May next. . ''•**.

The area controlled by the East Coast Rabbit Board comprises 4,898,816 acres, colitairte*d m 7654.4 'square miles. To deal with this area the staff of the Board consists of owe inspector, three sub-inspectors, and 27 rabb'iteirs.

There will l*e only one launch for the Monowai to-morrow morning, at 6 o'clock. Owing to tidal conditions, the Arahura from Auckland to-morrow afternoon will he tend eredy. with only one launch at 6.45 p.m. for inward and .outward passengem.;*' /The office of the Union S.S. Cb, wiU, .be f open at. the usual .hour from 5.46 p.ni. to 6.45%5h fdr booking passehgotfs.

Whilst carting concrete culvert pipes, to Fraser road, near Motu, yesterday, Mr W. J. ("Chum") Brown met with an accident. Hi crossing a small bridge the dray went over. the bant; the horse being killed, .and the dray damaged, but Mr Brown escaped with a severe shaking. Mr W. J. Reid, a neighboring farmer, while helping to extricate Mr Brown, had his leg injured, and is now laid up.

"Any man can take dogs where rabbits are numerous, but it takes' an experienced man to detect traces where they are very scarce," was the remark made by the head inspector at to-day's meeting of the East Coast Rabbit Board, when discussion took place on the proposal to approach the Efficiency Board with a view to "securing ' exemption for these men. v , „-.. :J . . - ■ . t . ■ Two hew items 'appear' ih" tho "decorative section of the Rose Show to be held m the Scottish hall next Wednesdaytable desoration ? wild flowers ;, and table decoration, vegetables. Tfie' latter is a novelty which has been seen at other shows m "the --Dominion.- . Assistajiee :h this .may be obtained frbm Miss; Barnes/ An , ingenious. .brain, a f ew ■...springs onions; and red-beet, . etc; , . should' bring forth FOirie sin-prising and artistic TeSiUlts.Entries close . kt $ p.m # on Monday,* NoV ember sth; : y „;'.' •y. * '-.' •'' ; '; ; The Red Cross shop was- to-day conducted; : b'y - the Puha, Whatatutu, Waikohu*, Otdko, Matawai, andMotu districts. The stalls were presided "over by the following :— Cakes* Mrs Holdsworth a|nd Miss McLean; small .goods, Mes-r dames J. Hutchinson, Marshall, Barclay, and Miss Corrigan; vegetables, Mrst Bruce and 1 Miss Hooper ; jumble, Mrg Hutchinson ; flower"*-, Miss Black ; sweets, Misses Hutchinson (3); meat, Miss Malone and Mr Barclay; work, Misses Brooke-Taylor and Shaw.

'[ Mrs Tuteari Kingi, of Te Karaka, has received a telegram _f rbm her son. Private Paul Kingi, that he will reach home Jsy the Arahura from Auckland tb-morrow: Private-. Kingi- ; y/ho has lost a leg, had been home for a time; but had to* return: to Auckland for another operation. It is hoped that he will ' be able to use an artificial leg. Mrs Kingi has two other sonsat the front. Both have been.^vound.ed, but are back again m the firing line, and by^ their latest letters are very cheerful.

At the first .'meeting of the* newlyelected East Coast Rabbit Board, Mr. E. M. Hutchinson was again re-elected to the chair, on the motion of Mr. Cameron, seconded by Mr. Allen. v The mover said the chairman had proved himself very capable during last year, and was one of the few regular attenders. In reply the Chairman said he was sorry to admit such was the case. He thought the_ appointment should ;go round, but seeing it was the wish of the meeting he would accept the responsibility of the office. ■.< l: •.'*"' ... .-* IX

. As showing the magnitude of theitask to be accomplished m order to provide a channel for the n'aviga ti on of the inner harbor, Mr Leslie ,B*yiiY>|ds; tlie Harbor Board's consulting" engineer, Stated to* <Jay that taking a 1 channel from the end of the breakwater extension to the corner of the town wharf -^-a distance of about 3000ft — and allowing ; for . .a cbannel of about 100 ft wide, „with : a depth of 9ft ..at low water, there would. be^approxiT mately 100,000 tons of silt to removed Assuming that the Maui could have worked there imder favorable conditions it would have taken six months to remove this with the buckets.

Attention is directed' to Messrs Williams and Kettle's' announcement m this issue, wl en they will offer ifor sale by auction on 24th November next sections 85, 130 and 129, Patutahi Survey District, containing m all about • 806 acres. The property is freehold and the. land is good two sheep oountry and is. within easy distance of the Matawhero saleyards bygood roads; The terms can he seen ori refererice to the advertisement. On the week following (December Ist) Mr Bransori's-'well known' Wharekiri; arid Fn i r field properties , will ?rlso^Jbe submitted for,, sale by auction. '«&....

Dunedin agents have been" officially advjsed that New Zealand fowl wheat must not be sold by .them at, a price higher than .that of * milling Tuscan, which is fixed by the Government ior the present period at, 5s 9d per bushel.'Previously the Government regulations did not cover any sales of wheat under 50 bushels, and, as a consequence, any value could be asked for these smaller quantities, and much higher, prices had to be t paid by ppultry-keepera for fowl wheat than millers had to pay for , the highest grade of milling- wheat.. It is pointed out, however, that, whereas the agent, is now. Restricted as ytOjgriqe, there does nqt appear^to be any^restriction on the retailer. ' ■■'*■' x ; V" ' '.

The following nominations have been received by Mr Appleton, returning officer for Waikohu ,Gbunty :— For Waikohu County Council, Messrs J. B. Clark and C H. Bridge (Motu Riding); for Hospital Board (Waikohn, representative), Messrs A. M. Lewis and G. W. Humphreys (sitting members). Several nominations were also received 1 to-day m connection with the Cook Cbunty elec-!l tions. „Tbe following sitting, councillors have been re-nomonated for their present ■' seats: Messrs D*. J.. Parker (Whatau- J poke), T. Holden (Pouawa), G. E. Jones ! (Gisborne), J. Tombleson (Waimata)'. There are. two- new candidates m the field, viz. :i Mr E. 'Coop, for Waikanao riding, and Mr John Oit, for Hangaroa!-. For the Cook County seats on the Hospital Board only two nominations have so' far been put m, viz., that of . Messrs ■ B. Kenway anc! T. . Holden r (both sitting •members). • Nominations closjB V ai noojh'bh, iMonday. . .... .; *X' yX X

The east to west transcontinental railway was linked up about midway between Adelaide; and Kalgoorlie on Wed-i riesday. 'Construction of • the line,., which is 1002 miles m. length— that is, between the ** former railheads : m .South 'Australiaand Western Australia began m Jijly, : 1912. It was estimated to cost £4,000j--000. It actually ' will cost 'when finally completed well pver £8,000)000. Only l part of the line is ballasted, and it vwiiltake oyer a year to complete this world For the present, therefore^ speed will* have to be .restricted, but ■ even then it will be possible to go from Melbourne:, to Perth m eighty-three hours— a substantial saving of time compared with? the average steamboat run * of- six days.' Both on the Continent of Europe and m the United States of America greater distances have beeti abridged m order to bring wealth-producing districts into touch with the world's "market. But nowhere can there be found a railway of. such an extent which has practically nothing between ? its t wo . . terminal . , points biit uninhabited Country, arid! toa,gre%ti extent, country tljat , is hopeless ior aliy i purpose whatever. From the very be- 1 ginning it has been popularly known afc } "the desert railway. At one stage the ' line; -911ns .for 30Q-.miles on- a dead level: without curve or cutting. This is over j tho Nullabor :*Fliins, land they 'ate plain i wildernes3 t> withc^ut blade^ of. grass 0 r sign! of life, - a - ; commercial .prbppsition m • is, of course, ."doomed" 'to perpetual fail- 1 ure. Even the most ardent advocates, of the line do not claim that if 'Will'evcv pay. They justify .its construction on the ground that, , »; should the necessity ever arise/ it will enable troops to be moved from, east to . west f bjj from west to east, as the case may be, much more s expeditiously than they could be transported by any other means. That is its sole redeeming feature.

I . y: „.- . The Royal Mail coach, leaves /Fracas I and Lougher*s staibl-es- for Tiniroto tanA Wairoa at 7 a.m. on MondayThe Tmiroto- Wairoa iand M'orerle-Wai-roa coaches leave town at. ''7 ' a.m. oa ,, Monday, and the coast coaches at 9.3 ft a.m. ■■"* • . ■.;-'.•-!■,••-.. i '■;■'. '•':*& Tlie ninth of the series! 0f... CathoJw**. euchre party aud dances will foe 'held, ija the Masonic hall, Childers road, : heart* Tuesday night. '*';■'{' Mr Daniel Desmond, an old settler of Awahuri, died recently aged 71 yeairfl. He was born at* sea en.routp %o New.Zealand and had many, excitiftg -expetifeAc^i during the days of the Maori war Whicli he took part m both '- ih : Poverty' -B&Jr and Taranaki. '' ' : " Commenting on the cable--, from J^fW* Zealand) "Onions are £143 a toh,''.ythe* Sydney Sun jocularly states : If a ' m&A coming out of a restaurant m New,. Zea-. Land y and breathing, expansively' tipTftifi • the city, gives out to tlie world that;. hei has eaten onions. ; witK his dinner, the* local inhabitants surmise" that fhisViS^ifc millionaire .visitor, or the mah Avho/WOiB the rich. A.J.C. V> prizes with YBlpWdtSt "Your extravagance cannot be Concealed," the stern . father m the Dominion says to his, spendthrift son; -is pcr r ceptible in f the very breath 'yo'u exhale." Acting under instructions frorii th<6'lnspector of -Police at :N^ ,W. V . j- '. McGrath) ; \.the : .sub-inspectbr * at ; Gisborne (Mr. A. Dcv?) has the authority fb^itofai. in^ the waterside workers' licenses aß~Tr^quired by the War Regulations ga&fttido! recently. Up till yesterday , only^ 16 licenses had been issued.yljb is the practice for the shipping reprefientatiVeB 1 t<"» bring the person for . whom v license. is required to the police, station, wheire; an examination is made: before * the 1 v license is issued. An impression has prevailed that applicants were' nbtf^■subipitt&»d •.>*?d an examination. and^tl]itft•^lmdf^tany^bd^■ could secure a license,; but that > is^iai**. erroneous idea. i.7y' -^

Advices from New Yoi*ky: under da*o September 6, state' that the selection of ' the men for .the first contingent of, 6QO>--000 to 700,000 of the. national- aririy has been completed,' and tbey : jare;tp.nlpye to their training camps withip' a VerY ; short time, the delay being due' to the, diffii culty m. getting the canips; ready.- There are 16 camps, each to s accommodate 4Q;---000 to 50,000 men; and it i^ no ; small task to prepare them for • occupancy^ There is a- steady stream of men Being sent te France, ,.and by ..this.:- time .^the American force there, must.' be several times the original 3o,ooo W ( .4o',oP^ me?. iThe Government has placed orders 'tor, 160,000 tons of 801 b rails,' representiri|J at least 500 miles of double track, for use m railroad building m France, and has also ordered loc'ambfty es, . cars> arid light rails for sidings.', / f ""'■'. ■".**■ '.' ■•'."■*

The Curtis's Aeroplane Co. (UiS.A.)^. has received "a £40,000,^00' order for aeroplanes. The plant will employ 15,000 men on the job. This company' has der Vised a flying boat which is said to be well adapted tp all the .purposes ; of modern war m the air, ah(i~particularl*^ to coast patrol. The new hydroairplane differs from prevailing types by hay';. ing its. erigine installed ip -the body of the boat, instead bf <yv6r the operator^ head. Another feature- is an appliance which gives the operator power to cn| loose entirely from the planes, throwing the power, bf his engine tp : a regulation marine propeller for aquatic propulsion. By this device it is expected that au the perils of/cpast patrol duty wilt b<b eliminated to a large extent, jf stsdden gale3' should strike one of these planes while at sea it could be brought to th* surface of . the sea where it could; Be converted into a motor boat.

In n letter to the Mayor of Wanganui (Mr Mackay), Lieut. -Colonel Outirahg"liam tells how Serjeant L. : W.: Aridretr;, wod the Victoria Ch>>9s. 'TTw : battalion was' given a difficult and iirtportarvt task to Carry out," . he wrote* Vaiid did aid that was asked of . it to the cbmnlete , catisfaotioh of the higher : commanders. •Andrew's company was detailed to tackle the most ticklish, part oF" the business, and he was given command of two 'sections with instructions to canttwef a Hun . niaohine-igun post i that ''had been previously located. On the weyMie rani "unexoectedly- into .another machine-orun, which he cantu*red,\killin**r sort"* tJoches, v and" the bailance ran for it. TWs little unrehearsed fight rather disbrßAnis^d M& two sections, and he could only find-four men to go on to the other ooM? ib&tvhe* bad been told' to take. He foiihd the nos-t very sttonglvheild. and had , to worK round to the rear of yt/ Throwing* bombs . and r following 'thfetn up: with a rush, ifterflreari-B Andrew KadfhVsatisfac-

tion of capturing the' gun;* killing four of . 'the crew, and seeing soma' dozenother Boches running for/ their, lives, vaa his party rushed' the po*t." TBotK tins* rnadhine-cruns were brouffht iii. 7at*-d* will . m due course reach T I have put m the usual claim fb^-them, and 'Im.vß askM that they be ; %fent to Lieut. -Colonel IV^Husrhes, .Waiiganui, to whom I am oonsfarrvMlg all Atrophies * oaptjrnpid by my battalion. I">ZY. Referring to *he death >f Captain M. J. vMorrison, M.C., : of' the 12th' Nelson Company, Snd Ctahterbury: Infantry Bat? talion, whd was 'killed ih action on Aug. 16 last, one of the officers of his- battalion • writes: "The circumstancesyof Captain Morrison's death are ejctfiemely •' sad. He had survivted the ,h\g engagements m which up to the present the New Zealand Forces have taken part, though he was wounded just prior to the Somme. ,A*6 the Messinea engageroeSiit,'in which the 2npl Canterbury. Battalion figured largely, 'he/led his 'company m the foremost wave, and m the further push that followed ,a day afterwards, . whan he suffered severe wounds, lie further, "won ;'di{^tihcitibn' hy.. lids cleyer ,and determined offensive T^pcrk; and digging .m, I-b. was m. •withi this 'stunt' .that Hie won' his MHlitary Yocqb&. Now, afte* • i-lrtief^^pel'lj^ the bafctaEbn, . had beeni/holdin^a .ratfyeribad .sector- of the. line, and 'it .was while lve * compainy. was m, the" f rbnt liifke 'tha* ! a shell 'fountf Captain •Morrison and his gergeantrmajbr irt an ' improvised *' dug'-otit; - 1 ' ThS ■'&$& geant-major was -killed, and Captain Mori*ison' * teirribly ..wounded) m one arm and leg. He .was cai*r| ( cd. Iback down tthe * ; suppoiut -line t and ' co,mmunicatioin trench to a ftWl Cross dressing' station, but though everything was done for him, her; died early .next; inorijing.- His *njett arid officers, who wel'e distributed^ about m strong poihls, vtere greatly upset at 1 the-/ ne^V's^ fpr ; 'hevwa^. a,^mb^""*espected* and trusted fleader ; and generally among the forces the news of tlie death of devil. may-oare>.hap;py, popular i^^'-^Moriiwoa brought eypresS!on&' of ydeepest *reg?e^. Captain Morrison, .-IVJL.A', ; . ' 'wets' *$• Bi^elOT of • ScienceV'an ex-graduate o&fye^Cjj&go ; University, ; aaid , prior. ., to^ |ilsiyepUa.tment» early m the waa* m the was a' maister of the Nei^h■.'(jol^egf^i' ,l