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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14589, 26 April 1918, Page 2

It is reported that the whole of the flaxmills m the vicinity of Te Pulce are to stop cutting at an early date owing to (the shortage :of, shipping (spjtoe. This will throw out of employment a largo number of men, probably from 150 to 180, the greater of whom are; Maoris.

At the Matawhero sale on Wednesday last the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Cp. sold five wethers-pres-ented by Mr j. B« von Pein at 28s each, the purchaser being Mr J. Russell ; also ono lamb, presented by Str'athblane station, realised* the .sum 'of £9 ll» yi the purchasers being: Wi, J. -McDougall 'Jßl. O. H. Ballard JBI, Wm. Bruco (Otoko) £1, R. Campbell £1 lis, J; Hyland, £1, G. A. Kunaimah £1, J. Scott (Mangapapa) £1, and T. Craill £1. :

On Monday evening the Manutuke -Women's National Reserve, on behalf of the residents of the district, will/tender a farewell social to a number of men who 'are leaving for camp shortly. ; j It is^ hoped the evening will prove most enjoyable, and very satisfactory arrangements are being made. 'Songs will be interspersed with dancing, and goody mUsic wil be. supplied. Bell's bus will Vsave the post office at .7.30 p.m. if .sufficient inducement, offers. '

The Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald, Minister for Agriculture, is arranging to be supplied with a full analysis of the soils of the district, with the object of determining what areas will be benefited; by .tlie use of lime or other fertilisers. It is estimated that a- ton of lime to the acre over the 70,000 acres m the district would result m a greatly enhanced production, and the fact now definitely determined that an ample Quantity of lime is available at the Patutahi quarry should resultw m this desirable enrichment of the land being promptly tal^en iii hand.

; Before Mr. ■W. A- Barton, S.M., m the Magistrate's Court this morning, Edward Young, P. Sinclair, and Wm. Dillimore, were fined • 20s and 10s respectively, with 7s costs, on two charges of failing to atten^ drill. Matthew Young was fined 10s, with 7s costs, -ior a similar offence... .For failing to register under the Defence Aot, Geo. Chas. Duffy was fined £3, with 7s costs, m default sevefi days' imprisonment, and 10s with 7s costs, for failing to* render personal service under the Act. .

Comparing the rationing system of the different staffs, a Wanganui boy at Grantham (Elngland) says : "In Sling Cam^; as elsewhere, the rations are ample m quantity, and the quality is the best. I am satisfied tHel New Zealand boys are the, best fed and the best looked after of all the different nations m the war. Every man* has a ration of New Zealand butter. (which is.the .envy ..of .other units); most of their meat is New Zeajandgrown, ani* of the highest grade, and 1 realise how much we boys (have to, be thankful- for, as the administrative -staff headquarters m London take a personal interest m every New -Zealand soldier." -;■ ..?... -.-; ..- ,'V.-!.

At the Magistrate's Court to-day, before Mr. W. A. Barton,: S:M., He^rt Colbert was charged under' ■ the Sale of Food and ■ -Drugs Aot witU selling adulterated whisky at- the Patutahi Hotel, and guilty, through his counsel (Mr. Burnard)^ Sub-Inspector Dew said that m company with, Constable Maloney he visited' t^o bote}, and took samples of, whisky exhibited on thp shelves for sale. Mr. BurAard said it was an bonest mistake on tlie part of thp accused m breaking -down liquor to 33 1-3 per cent.; instead of 25 per cent. Moreover the fact of- its strength being* lessened* by water was, if anything, m the . interest of the public — The Magistrate: Yesj the moro water peopjp havp m ths whisky thp better lor them,— Sub.Inspector Dew produced two samples of whisky, but his Worship remarked : "I am not a judge of whisky;" In inflicting a penalty .of £5, with 18s boats, his Worship said he looked at the nwttpr from the viewpoint -tli'-^t'the aduUpration had i not been made with any harmful ingredient. * ' „

'•Along wjth these signs of progress, the cheering neiv© caftie on Friday last that a party of eight surveyors from the Public Works Department . had arrived m Wairqa and were nia,knig preliminary arrangements foiv a ..survey q*f the line m connection with : the Waikaremoana jchemp," remarked Mr H, HiU, oliairman of the Waikaremoana Hydro Electric League, m the course of a circular Jetter to tlie Cook County Council received toiday. "This is good news, indeed," continued the circular. It now remains for every local body of the league to further as much as possible the scheme projected, and. thie is best done by directing public attention to the g;reat bpnefl^s that will accrue by thp u-pli^ipn pf elpcitricity as sooti ii is ay^ihvbip. .»i ■.. England i§ awakpning tb the fact that electrical power can. be utilised i^ fllj forms of farming and industrial ppeyations, an*4 a Gommif^ep bf scipntiJfip men, has lately sp| MP $y thp Government to inquiry into and make recommendations as to the best me^ns of utilising .Water-power m tlie British Isles and the Empirp generally fo,r agricultural and othfir fqrins of p-fo^uc-po^.A-llie Chairman that thp Council should pass a resolution oi> tl»e ljnes indicated, urging*, the Governmpi*|tAiq, establish, a. ge-Reral hydro-eleic^ical scheme for thp North 1-%-fld, witfr Waikare-mpa-qa as one centre,— This was, agreed' to* -.».,*.!

A number of the States m America have passed laws compelling men to work during the war. No man is entitled to be an idler, and must follow some productive occupation. It is stated that New York State will, follow suit. "Could not such a law be introduced into "Australia?" asks a Sydney paper. The first Chinese bishop is chosen, and awaits consecration m due course. He is Archdeacon T.. S. Sing, and i^the eldest son of the first Chinese who was ordained to the priesthood m the English Church. Mr Sing, was the first Chinese to be made an Archdeacon. Afle is 56 years of age, mid was educated . a -t Ningpo.

According to a well informed American correspondent, Berliu lias instituted a "War Booty Office," though it is not stated if "Little Willie" is head arid chief of the enterprise. Tlie goods on sale include everything, from the family portraits bf sacked chateaux to agricultural maohines from the devastated fields of Belgium and North France.

According to a Westport exchange a London company has purchased tlie Westport Harbor Board's dredge Rubi Seddon for £25,000. The Westport Times expresses itself pleased at tbe purchase, and says that the Rubi' proved a non-success from the moment she arrived m Westport. There has also been a great* demand for the other Westport dredge, Eileen Ward. However, this is not "for sale.

In the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr W..-A. Barton, S.M.; a native named John Henry Morris pleaded guilty to drunkenness, and Wad .fined' £1, with -2s. costs, m * default foii* days' imprisonment. Accused consented to give to the. hospital the bottle of whisky found m his possession when arrested.' A" first offending native for drunkenness was fined ss, with 2s costs, m default 24 hours' imprisonment.

In his report to the Waikohu County Council to-day, the Overseer stated:^ Owing, to tlie abnormally, heavy rairil most of the road& and- bridges i throughout the county have suffered severely-! particularly is thi? So'in the Motu riding; ihe damage there being very heavy. I have pleasure .m reporting that, with the exception of a part of the Motu front road, practically all, the roads were open for traffic m under a week; and m this respect wish to. record my appreciation bf the work dpne, by. various settlers, ■taiticularly that on the Matawai-Ko-■piga road.

S^The Minister of Finance is m ho way rturbed by the short subscription of the war loan. He. regards it neither as an indication of slackening enthusiasm bn the, part of the'pnblie nob-as. a symptom of lessening buoyancy m the finances of the country. • He is isatisfied. both t)ie large and the small, capitalist, sneaking generally, are just as ready as ever, they were to help the Empire m this ■ time ;0t crisis: But scores of people refrained fewn subscribing to the loan with a deliberate, purpose oi bringing the cbrapul-, sory clauses of the Finance Act into operation and stirring up the big mfcn who have neglected their duty. The Minister expedts to get all the money hfe requires by these, means, nnd to be under no . necessity, of floating any .part of the twenty million loan till the end of November or middle of December.— 'Welling' ton correspondent, m

A sequel- to .the- ' 'hold-up" by a heifer on the Ormond road on April 8 waS a case heard m the Magistrate's Court this morning, when James Bennett i wife; charged with (1) allowing, a heifer to wander at- large; (2) permitting it to be at large without proper guidance. Defendant/ pleaded guilty, and. explained that he was driving a herd, of 150 to Kaitaratahi works for Mr J. Clark, when the anhnal. in question, "knocked up," lying down on the side of the road. It-was then .about 5.50 p.m., and he spent fully half-an-hour iv trying. to get it to move into a paddock. He never expected the animal to get up agaiifi*. On account of it being almost dusk he had to move on with, the rest of tlie herd, th© heifer. Snb-Inspeclbr Dew *' said/ the animal m question attacked several vehicles during its threehour blockade, and inflicted considerable damage ito,.*a, motor? car, besides tm*ndiig a feig into a\ ditch. : Magistrate' said, it was a menace to public aaUfyj. and he would hax6 to inflict a penalty; A fine of 20s with '7s Costs .[Was inflictlck on the first: -county and • def endant tf«r& convicted ahd discharged oh. the second. Defendant asked his Worship what he considered should be idone m such cases, and the reply was, "I am sorry I cannot give advice. lam here to administer only, and, if I did give you my opinion you would say on a futur& occasion that you did all tlie INlagistrate told you to." '