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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14446, 5 November 1917, Page 2

———■■—— —Ml --— T '- • A slight but long shock of earthquake was experienced m. Gisborne about 7 o'clock last night. For the wounded horses' fund tho following additional donation has been received by Miss N. Davis, box 166, Gisborne, and is acknowledged with thanks : Previously acknowledged £113 Is, 0.8. Hubble (A.E T ) £1, total £114 Is. . A singular loss of trees m shelter plantations on the .flats is reported. Insome places whole plantations of pinus insignis have died, while macrocapa trees have been similarly affected m patches. Occuring" as -this has done oii" soiiaeof the richest land on ; the flats at Pouparae and Makauri, it is attributed to the excessive wetness of last season. t The total proceeds from. 'tlie Red Cross shop on Saturday amounted* to £193 (including donations £103 12!?; 6d). Another amount received m connection .. with ■■ children's day is £1 from Kaitaratahi school, making the total £317 6s lOd. Mr C, P. Davis, lion, treasurer ' of the Viatoria- 'League, to-day ; remitted a further sum of to, London, makimj a .totals of £7950 since June-" 1916. , * Tlie 'Ve-erection of Mr ji F: '"' Half's : mill on the ! new near ijie Motuhora' tailAvay* station is iiow, sufficiently advanced? to. permit of sawmilling - being i-esumed7 Sleepers are bejng. -cut ,-,-f oiv the tramline to the railway^statioh.* MThe line has, been cleariS^- I'Sfra -the v erection of three bridges is in/progress, and. it is hoped the mill. WijQ. be m a position to start cuttinJT for-'thfe mkrketjfin ' about- a month s time. ; '' "■'"''" Good entriesirJiave been received ' for : the Rose Show on Wednesday.. Exhibitors are asked >to have all their exhibits ■: staged by 11.15 a.m. so as to leave the room free for .the judges.y -A warning bell will 'be. rung at 11 o'clock. Competitors; willing 7. to allow their exhibits to be {-Old for the benefitlxjf! the funds are •Askedj.-i.tp i^tii^ater same to the stewarde.. .All. tlie. ;usual stalls will be m evidence, also aVChristriiastree full ; pf all sorts of pretty things that delight '•■ sfche -hearts .of children. „ , Aiier,nopn. teja can be obtained m the .upstairs 'roonv-'! 1 Last year was a moat, disappointp^hg one v. to ..local .farmers on** the; flats wiih tKeir stravv corps/ so > prominent agAculturalist remarked, "to representative to-day. -i.Thisj' he i^id/.was ithe result of the excessive amount* of -wet -ahd to- the, richness" of the soifc "*"; A' fairly large area will be sown this season with Cape barley, and it is expected that a larger area than usual will be put down m maize. On the other hand there will be a fairly small area sown this year m oats. A number of farmers are at present, in the midst of their maize planting, .apd .last week's rain proved welcome. Agriculturalists generally are all busy* more particularly m view of the shortage of labor.

iA consignment of woolpacks fi*om Galjutta arrived by the s.s. Arahura yesterlay. ""' ■■" Mr '••Bar rie"* Marschel, representing ». I. 'Carroll, is m Gisborne arranging for axhibition at the Opera House of the great propagandist film, "Where arc my Children ?" An error occurred m the letter from Colonel Cosgrove, Commissioner of Scouts, which appeared m our Saturday's issue. The officer m charge of St. Oswald's troop is Mr. J. Cl E.) T.umer,, , 7LoVei's of dancing wiji be pleased to learn that . appthei* social willy.be held inj the Manutuke Hall oil Satiirday evening next, m aid of. the Catholic field ser vice!* fuSted. E Very, effort is being" made tc\ assure success. Cards will be provided for non- dancers. ..: Bell's -bus will, leave town at 6.45 p.m., and as. a big crowd is expected early booking is advisable. Messrs TR. Johnston and; H. E. Hill, Js.P., presided over the sitting of 'the Magistrate's Court this morning, When J. H. Morris was coiivictedl of drunkenness and fined 18s, with 2s costs, m default 48 hours' imprisonment. P. Ramsay was - charged! with assaulting James McKay, and on the application of Mr Burnard, who appeared for the accused, the hearing. >vas adjourned l till 2 p.m. to-day. Excellent results are beingVobtajped &t the First General Hospital, Cambenyell, [irom the use of a iiew anaesthetic, consisting of hitrOus- o3ade'- ; (laughirig gas) m,ixed with oxygen .and, . ; if '^necessary, ether. It is predicted;.that iib will supersede chloroforana m the- majority of operations. The' ch'fef ■points* m its favor are the rapidity with which"- the, patietit* returns;- to' cOnsciousn ess and the^ absence of the unpleasant' taste which chloroform causes. 7- i'y'-'p' ■ ■ ■*".. 7 "P't '7- 7- si '■.'.,' Mir^H. Hill read an interesting: paper before the Hawke's Bay -'Philosophical Institute . last weekv.on, ,fch<f Ta^ppi. Pla^ teau. ' 'He describe^ Tthejarea 7;rioi"th7east of Lake"'lMpo^! ; lyiii|g b^"^e§n}J^aibtapu and Galatea, wWoh7jcpri£aans half a million acres oi land at , present almost useless. r Over%his area, the %ve*cage Tainf&ll is about 80 inches, and most oif' this is absorbed' by -the porous pumice soil. There are only two* rivers m the region. Mr Hill believes that a plentiful .water supply is available, and has 'located' a number of springs whioh - confirm his views. He thinks that this area could be converted! into a. productive region, and that the Governineiit should take stepst'to test the possibilities by trial bores, which' wOuld noit be ah " expensive process. 7 . 1; , ; .. k ... ; , .,7-. r _ Recently Constable McCowan arrested at Ruatiti a man believed to be either a" Turk or a Bulgarian, who had evidently chosen this hinterland as a refuge (says the- Raetihi "correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle) 7 The man \Vas ir bed m his camp when the; police stepped inside, and his Jbound towards a rifle was too late. The captive was brought tc Raetihi, thence to Wellington, and he is*, now interned/; It is reported that or the journey he was very talkative, anc made no attempt to disguise his sym pathies. He spoke of submarine visita tions, and evinced great contempt foi New Zealand port defences. His re marks m this connection suggested some thing more than .' -random • braggadocio On the same evening,- : at* .-Raetihi, tin local police arrested an Austrian who ha< been m the Ruatiti district for som( time. He was also interned. ; A Waimarino correspondent • "writin- ' on Wednesday; stated :' Though heav* rain has obscured the mcinntams sine* Saturday last frequent * subterranean de tonations, followed .by deep and con tinual. rumblings, indicate >that Ngau 1 ruhoe is still m a state of great activity Hardly an hour passes without an eiplo ' sioti and earth tremors. At times • strong smell of siTlphiu' is noticeaty< here. Horse teams used m connectioi \yith the. Prison Department roadmakinj operations have shown- sit;ns of grea J uneasiness. A warder oil" duty at th< main camp says, that at au ".early horn yesterday , morniiig, though the summi 6f the volcano Was hidden, huge volume; of black smoke were seen for a few mo *'■ ments . rising" to a great height abovi tho clouds. One of the most startlin; explosions was heard at half -past tei ' o'clock this morning. There is a sligh ; feeling of apprehension m the neighbor 1 ing localities. , A special -service was held m th< , Baptist Church last evening, when tin s Tabernacle was filled to its utmosl , capacity. A chiirch> parade was held bj i- the Loyal Orange Lodge from th< L Masonic Hall to the church, the pro $ cessiotiists wealing -the' lodge "7f-*^aJia , The Rev. J. Carlisle occupied tHe pulpit > and delivered an address entiileA7'.*Th< . priest m the Church and the priesfchoot i of all believers," m which he describee [ the various beliefs and their fundamenta ! foundations.. Special singing greatly as i sisted m making the service. -a. success [< ful one. ■ Lodge Brother Haiitiah ' recitec i the qualifications of an ,'Oi*angeman ? aftei , which the beliefs oif both "Sects were ,e~ ; • plained, as well as their ultimate ambi- > tions. To-night an anniveisai-y baiiquel 1 of the Loyal Orange Lodge and the i Queen Mary Lodge -will be held m Find i lay's tea rooms*' when- an enjoyable pro- > gramme, comprising both musical anc 1 > elocutionary efforts, trill be . submitted. ' There, will ,also be' the usual toasts.. ' ! , Mr Seddon (Westland)-~per MvC^viri i — asked tlie Minister for AgriouJlturf whether he knows that from ihe horses m the. Army (those being used by the , New Zealand Expeditionary Force included).' itiares-. suitable > for Weeding have been. "picked out'-tfitn _ VieV' ,, td's'Etti(_ng them •to England ; and whether some scheme of keeping variable folood stoci replenished m New Zealand jhas been decided on by the Government' to t&ke effect immediately or at the end of the war? The Hon. Mr Mac Donald said : "The Government is not awaffe' of the fact stated, bfut-it is satisfactory to know that good Now Zeal-rid mares are 'to be utilised m England for, breeding purposes. In piirchasina' remonntts for the .New Zealand / Expeditionary Forces, tine -..pur-. „. chasing officers were specially instructe'l -that good • mares, suitable for breeding i,piirposes, were not to. be ytaken, unless gilder special circumstances. , It was, Ijowever, found thalt a large number of g^^lim^M^'^e^offerftcl: foff*sal«, - their owitets"h*tfvir% no 'intention^ ofbree^inp: from them, and , a limited number Avere allowfed t!d' be purchased, but'eveiy preoaution *,vas taken, to insure the retention .m .the* Doniinjoii " df phe great maijorXiy ,of , : i)Ke ; be^, Wp& ihaveg.'* Mi* Hay,v^h ; Austialdali 'busin*ss?,'man, lvho is at pa'eseut ih' the^'UhitedJiStates, speaks /highly of the.men who areygoing on 'active- ser^ce' fiSoni' <tp"stt Oou!hi6*y "."to France. Ho :> saystt* !j ,! The -men of . the first draft — andjl^saw a lot of them, m N-few York arid othW ; pai* i ta o'tAmerica-i--were >$b fine a lot "of men7as-:you rcould see anyVvliere. ;; They. are* very 'siniilaa* ' iii physique^ahd ; beaming to -the *Austi*aHans. Ther qualification for officers m this draft was that* they 'should haye ' passed through a State univm*sity. . More tha,o double the number required applied fo^'bfAit^i^idn'p, '"-and-^tlie 'men who^»v.ere sucscessf ul' were those with ithe 'liighest qiialiificatioiis. The'.{iothers wea*e given non-commissioned jobs or drafted into tlie ranks. All: the • men called .up must do several months' training m TAmerioa before they are • sent on active servioe. Theire are now . more than- ■ .680,000 . (tho first draft)'iii ; traihihg. "The ■ietbiidj draft of . about -tlie -same ": number are >pro--bailbly called up by this time, so that by next spring America- $lioidd">havo ,l-,250j--060 men m the field.. Speaikhig gener-. ally, ,ther&;i« ; a t gi*eater, admii-atioiK norw for ' Great '■' -'Britain. tTiari ' there"* ' ever p had been previously.!' , ;Mi',*-Hay went' on : > 'This is because of the work Britain has done m t^e'A^ai;;. "A-meWcst yand Britain are, .perhaps, niore clpsfely^ uiiited to-day" than they have ever been. America, m the past felt that Britain^shoyrjJd a cold 'reserve; -but now tliis. is changed to a feeling, of >'the». warjbiest ;ftnehdsliip* and an lui'bounded admiration for her grealt organising pgMqr^'ia £7^.1 Ma- G.vK. Miller has received instvwc; tions from Mr H. Williams to offer the whole of his household fui*niture arid effeots at the mart, Lowe street, on Wednesday next; commencing at 2 p.m. Commercial Travellers are taking kind r ly to "No-Rubbing" Laundry Help. So also are thrifty Housewives ; oonsequentf ly its success is ,assured.^-»W. A. O'Meara, Wholesale Ageht for "No-Rubbing."*

Mr. A. Sling" er, the newly -app^lett* borough engineer, arrived from south by the Monowai yesterday, and took up'<_jJß, new duties to-day. During .the 'course of a special' servic*!©.-' "•- iq. the Baptist Church last night, rotteni eggs were thrown through a window,' but ■ the service proceeded uninterruptedly.,,. Considerable dissatisfaction exists at the Thames at the proposal to reduce the status of the chief post office' 'there' to that of a post office. The Borough •Council and, the Chamber of Comipej-ce*. are movinir m the; matter. 7 '.'. ...7,.', y It is stated that at one of the narrow reaches of a West Coast stream, where the ppUqeman -aiid, the , AfGlimati- ' sation official are i unkrio.wi-, the pqachiiig, ( < of salmon trou^ vis- going oil on 7a largji scale, and. that €he fish, are being "aaftedl down, not !by .tho.'hujndr^dweight^^-u^^^ ■the ton (says!. the Gj.*eymouth <1| Star). ' 7 The recenty gif ty auction aud7-sui;prisc- . packet scheme, , ihejd ; at .Cambridge resulted in7a> net .profit, of over -£750... Tjie -.. farmers raised. a- similar ■ ampuu't,; yall' of which '. is t,o be ; handed over to tne local Women's Patriotic Association to '.provide comforts for men on,.lactive'iervicp)i and relieve the wants of returned men* irrespective of the districts, from which they come. .'.* . •■'.-. i'-'.--^; , u yr*.,- ■ "The imprisonment ' of men! : who' -are shirking their duty '-to '= their country -is^ ; I simply aocentiiating' the 'trouble," said the Hbri. Wr Efaj^ha-jfr' iri > the * Legie&ftive Council. "The: punishment for, sbirkLihg should not 7 be •- j^onfijiement sin N gaol, -but shipment:- to the yfront. ! : yThe . men •who prefer, the safety of 'a prison to'the 'danger of , the ■ battlefield should 7n!ofc;, be ; allowed to-escape their .duty. '* Pi '.-.!. 7 '"-. i \ Touching • qiivthe , matter elf the; County • (elections, "the-' nominations for which! "'p^- . -. 'pear m aridtherpart of this . issue;' a re-' * porter questioned 'the clerk of the Cook County Council (Mr J. .'Warren) a» ; to how meri on l active s"eryftfe7 would fare So far, as their franchise, yras concerned, \ and what steps, if any, ,wgj;e. being, taken m the mattei*; .. It is understood 1 that Mr 'F: J. Lysnar has- telegrap'*ed : the. Printe* s Minister with a .'view to' * ascertaining-, if any legislation was enacted diiriptg the last; session of Parliament 'ih 'this diiteetibn^ or if 7ariy' arrangements had been . made for soldiers' representatives, to vote at "local* elections. , No reply yhas y^, been ; Beceiyed. > , -, ' ; .?l - k * '*■ fit f proposed' "early -""iit 5 " the* ""-Netr 7-Year j* to summon the . judges of ! t&e. ,_ Natiye *•': Land ;Cour.t ."to. iy to^-h^ar • !-_nm!; deteitaine7tKe question: of^ghfe l bf ■ theiy natives -to the soil Of "the lakes *he^ver;claimed/and*affeo a*tiy otrrterM^sHhafc niay be'- claimed m connection vtfith these.;, 1 lakes. After the general principles^yey ' been decided', each.ifudige v fri!' , his te;o^te7 distnot wiU.'deaJ7.yrith< I the7i^ *• stances of eachvparUcular lalce^h'at';niay : X ' be brought '"before him. "'"Advantage will; .7---1 be takeinof the presence of the gtodges, , ' who are., also presidents of vibe^ Maori. 5 Land Boards, -•• -^7^Mi^ r ■'S^^ i ? I ?^ ' Vtif^ ) . procedure7in thesCbnauct andY /manage-^ * ment of .thos>:,lm^s7^£s.*:*p .ensure } uniformity/throughout the Dominion. ,