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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 2

. The sum of £17 16s has been received by .Major A. G., Beere to supplement the Red Cross shop taldngs for Saturday ast. This includes£9 4s from Wha^ karan; and makes the total £2ii 16s.

Owmg^the absence of the magistrate, Mr W.: A. Barton, 5.M.,%t ,™ i l'L 1 " t Js understood a further remand till next' week has been agreed to respecting the alleged arson and embezzlement .cases m connection with the Gas. Works fire.

Lieutenant Stanley Natusch, of Napier has been awarded, a Military Cross; A £f ™*ff n^ 6^Ys: /During an attack he most ably led his platoon to its objec lave,, doing excellent work, until he fell severeuy^ wounded. Previous to the at* TSS »c. had distinguished himself greatly whilst m chaise of patrols, gaining information which was of the greatest value to has division.

Mr A. Williamson, of Wellington, has been appointed quarry manager of the Motuhora pQuarry Ob., which is at present installing a new plant at Moto!---hora Mr Williamson^ it will be re-' called, was .formerly -, mechanical en-' gineer m charge of the Bbroughi tvork-' shop during the progress of the loan works. He has latterly been m partnership with Mr T. Rogers (formerly quarry manager at Gentle Annie), supplying stone to the; Wellington C_ty

The dredging m the slipway with/the small Pnestman grab has now been completed, and an , effort is to be. made to-morrow to refloat the.; dredge John Townley. The Harbqr. VBpard's diver was engaged to-day effecting' repairs .to the rails on which the slip' cradle runs, t>hfese, having been ' displaced to some extent during, dredging. -On: the re -floatY nig of the dredger a start will be made by Messrs Cable and Co., > of •with the. dismantling of- thie. jbridge and other gear necessary to' remove the existing boiler. This is ,7expe/?ted, to .take a. fortnight or three; wei^^., aaid by that date it is hoped • the /condition of the river will permit of Vthe Ripple coming m with .the new boiler, t It Vis inintended to tranship theVi boiler direct from the Ripple-into the John 'Townley. ? 'The prospects for stone fruit m the Gisborne district this "season are very bad," remarked Air W. H. Rice, Government orchard to- "a -Herald representative tokiay' • Mr Rice went on jto say that the season was now sufficiently advanced to gauge the position, and the 'result was that . apricots would be non- ' existent, the same as last year. Japanese plums had a fair show of fruit, but English plums would be scarce, , Peaches and' nectarines indicated that 1 , there • would be , practically no ' fruit.' Pears . are show, ing well for a good crop; and apples prospects are really good.; -Gooseberries and strawberries are^ also very fair, and, the first of thi? will: be^-in the market next week. . .Judging by present indications there 'will be a splendid citrus crop next year/ the lemon trees being full of bloom,

Rodstone's Morere- Wairoa and Coast coaches leave town at 7 a.m. to-morrow.

Reservists drawn m yesterday's ballot will be summoned for medical examina-. tion before No. 9 Medical Boards airtay-! ing here on the 29th inst. The next .sitting of the Appeal Board at Gisborne will be about the 22nd,»jig&t. V ■/.!.. •:-*?-■

As a result of some discussion -by ••^heBorough Council- last night it,Svas-de-cided to send the extract from /"last evening's issue of the Herald, concerning the Mangapoiki supply contract, to Mr. Metcalfe, after the borough's* engineer (Mr. Slinger) had submitted, hisreport on the matter.

The Gisborne High School Old Students' Association Has, been taking keen interest m regard' to the old boys of theHigh School or of th&District High School who are on. active service, and. m order to obtain a complete list relatives •and friends are requested, to kindly send addresses of -old'boys to the*hon secretary (Mr C. W. Ho'i-ne), P.OV box 114, Gisborne. • .. *

-A case of attempted suicide occurred at Motuhora yesterday, when a laborer employed on-the tranjiine, is, : alleged to have attempted to take; his life by cutting his throat: An arreW was effected by Constable Williamson, of Motu, who brought the offen^e^ to tow^ this morning. The man is reported to be v suffering .from delusions, and an investigar tion is proceeding respecting his mental condition.

A successful euchre 7 party and dance m connection, with >St.YM!ary"s Church was _ held m the Masonic "Hall last* evening. After some exciting games the ladies' prize was won' by Miss M. Patterson, and the gentleman's .by Mr Stickle, whilst the Consolation prizes were awarded to Miss K. Patterson and Mr Vale. Bancing was indulged m till, a late hour, Messrs Cbrbett and Douglas' acting m. the capacity', of Ms.CL

'We have got the generator here, but have no coal for it," was, the remark of Cr. Munns at last night's of the Borough. Council. •-,. \AKe_, cpiisid'ered that prices of coal should bevseeiired* without delay, as supplies on hand would not last a month. Quotations should be secured immediately. ; The chaiiWh said the reason why,- nothing 'defihite was done m the matter- was the uncertainty as to the generator's arrival. After, some further discussiolr. ;t^^^^ f erred '; to^th'e ongineer ., to • ; ti6ns fdr *ai least three 'moriths' jfuppiyY Aii hniortuiiate season \yasj"' Experienced . Jast' <svtitt^|r ; vi)y mifty ama'■tear -gardeners with v^their itbmatd' crops, on. account of the prtevailiiif '-"bligfit- Discufesing^the.^ubjsptv^i-"-^ re 1 ; presentative Yo r da^YMr, Vjßice, j"VGpyeriiirient orchard Vinspec^ the season had demonstrated the value.; of systematic spraying. - One commercial ; grower here hadVsprayed fortnightly as ' the new growth |developed,'wit;h. the lime anil sulphur mixture, the result being ; that he was practically-, the ; Only com- ] mercial grower m the, Bay- with any "prop.. ' . '" At last night's meeting of the Borough j Council the Mayor extended a hearty welcome to the newly -appointed, engineer (Mr. , Slinger), ,on v behalf ,of tins and expressed the wish > that 'the Ysame. good feeling would, exist between him and tho Council V*-as7;that .-which existed with his; predecessor. In reply, the engineer thanked the Council for the welcome extended to him, but. he had just' received a telegram, from Dunedin, to. the effect that he\had been .drawn in Vthe bajlot. He further explained that he wis a territorial officer for 15 years, and on" two occasions •■"had endeavored to get away, but without', success. -In connection with the: visit ,tp Gisborne recently of Professor Kirk", at the request of the Gisborne Borough Council; to a - fly Y^ni^aign, the Professor forwarded aV-bopklet arranged by him on the -jyay to treat flies, and -suggested , that they.; should be sold at a : oost of a few - pence .' each. Y-Cr, ; Ball ■moved that' a, special meeting be called to consult with the "sanitary inspector as? to what steps are to be taken.— Cr. Miller seconded the motion. The summer was . coming, on, he said, arid im- r mediate steps, wbulu^Jiave to ibe taken' if > they were tp prove effective.— On* th 6 motion of Cr. Mouat, the , chairman •mbyed .a yote; of; thanks. . „.tQ 7"Pro,fessor "Kirk, which $as seconded' by Cr. Wanchop 'andcarried. V ; The latest survey of the conditions m which oil production m the Wolgan Valley (N.S.W.) is being carried on repeats m substance the siory of many other industries m Australia. Newnes is mow under highly skilled management. The shale deposits are among the finest inVthe world,,: -There is an » immense plant to • work.7them,. capable, of producing up. tp 30,000 gallons of oil a day.. Australia badly , needs the oiL-r'There 7 : is a7great and profitable* market, for it. Yet, according to :an investigation made:/ by, the Sydney Herald,. the industry may have to close down the/State comes to its assistance, chiefly pwing to the. effects upon' it of "crippling .labor conditions, and demands."

A significant, increase; m- the<, /value Of automobile e-_porte : "!to Canada : is'V feature of the statistics just issued! v by the denartment of trade and l , commerce .a*yWashington. , Canada , w_is infle'ed 1 the biggest customer v which the United States had outside of Europe, purchasing*^! the fiscal year cars valued at £2,488/787 j as compared with £1,456,151 m 'i 916. 'This increase-is -even more significant when ! it is recalled? that Canadian factories, the number of which have increased, have T also done much bigger, business than m: former years. The tfotal "exports of cars and .trucks: from. United .Stotest showed an increase m ' number bi_t., (? a-, decrease m. value, .. belligerent countries' buying fewer cars , while neutral countries pih'chased'.more. Import prohibitions and lack of shipping are given as causes for the reduced European business. One, thing would .( seem to 'be indicated.. >by. theseVstatistics i is that (Z-ahadiansare going ija. |6r;higher priced cars and that competition is securing for automobile purchasers bigger value for their money than previously. 7 It is understood that Messrs Harland and Wolff,- the great Belfast? shipbuilding firm of whioh .Lord) Pirrie is the head, are" interested, m. a new, wolf ram smelting enterprise which has. 'acquired a large- property with .rich deposits of this valuable ore m Burmah. The purchase price is said' Jo be about £250,000. Wolfram is one of the revelations' of the war. ' From it is smelted the metal tungsten, which, used- as „_n alloy, has remarkable properties m hardening steel. Fromithe super-hardened' tungsten: steel are produced not • only armour-plating but. all the high-speed cutting tools that are used m every kind of metallic munition work. Before the war j the Germans- had as complete a monopoly of tungsten as .-• they had of aniline dyes. The- bulk of ther world's supply- of wolr f ram ore cajne^f f*oih] the Bsfeish^^ feimpirei but all of iC went to GeririanyV to be smelted. British mariufacturer's of war material, and even the British, Government itself, when they needed*;tungstenhad to go tb Germany to buy Tt. The New Zealanders, under General Allenby V command ought to read their Bibles with fresh interest,, when they return -f rom this , e*spedi.tfi6ni ; , In Egypt they camped on , or -near the site of .On, a. city mentioned' m Genesis. More recently they lmveb^eni.eiii^ehohed dn front of a town .associated with the names of Samson, v Alexander^ the Great, the. Crusaders, and. -Napoleon; v Beersheba taikes us back to the time of Abraham, for it was by the wells of Beeijsheba that the patriarch planted his. tamarisk trees. It, was the . southernmost town belonging to the Israelites/ hence the phrase, "from. Dan to Beersheba." In the days of Eusebius it was a consideraJble -harket- village, with a Roman, garrison, andi th^re, have actually been Bishops of Beersheba. It fell into dieoay by the 14th century, and just before the present war it was a town of about. 1000 inhabitants, with a VTOosqiiey' a post, office, a khan, and about a dozen, shops, where the Bedotfins-of the desert 61 Judeauped' to come for;*_heir7supplies. The seven old wells aire still m ea-istenoe^ and six. of them were m constant use before the warl-^PressV '

VMr F. iGray is holding -a sale of furniture at 55 Sto^t street, to-morrow* at 2 P-m. - v ' 'Xa ;" ■•■-■ •■ "