TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14593, 1 May 1918, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

Qaptain Archie Roosevelt, son of the former iFresiderit, has feejoe/ived a French army decoration. He was wounded m action recently.

j Experiments are under way m England with a new fuel for automobiles ! that is made from sugar refinery refuse i and is said to have greater power than gasoline.

The Laborers' Union has a notice m this issue requesting employers who have iv, their employ laborers who are not members of the union, to notify the secretary (Mr D. W. Coleman), m accordance with the preference %lause m the award. The executive wish; to state that unless this clause is better, observed information will have to be laid.

' lieginuiu" a speech at Petone. Hie Minister 01 Justice (the Hon. T. JM. Wilford) had to be member for the district m regard to thanking various folk m connection with the Anzac celebration. Then the member reverted to his Ministerial part for, the memorable men of Anzac. l3ut suddenly, the Minister had to become the member again. A pel son m the crowd absurdly interrupted the speaker during a passage whicii should have- hushed the hardest-hearted heckler. "You always speak out of your turn, flEck, 1 " said Mr. Wilford. "Mick," unprepared for this disconcerting reply, • lapsed into ' a respectful silence. It does not always do to become enchanted by a name. A local resident, a keen amateur gardener, was delighted . with the Baroness Orczy's novel, "The 'Scarlet Pimpernel." He wondered what ! the plant which gave so alluring a title !to a book might be. Failing to obtain : the seed locally, the gardener looked up ! his English catalogue and found the §earlet jPimpernel listed therein. The seed arrived. It was sown, with care, ' the baby seedlings were pricked- out and finally a border was made up of the j dainty little plants. When they flowi ered the gardener did not require to learn ! the fact volunteered by a friend, viz. : j "Why, that's a weed ! as indeed it is, and a very common one about Wellington.

J The Gisborne Tent of the Independent ' Order of Rechabites purpose unveiling an honors board m the Masonic Hall on I Friday evening, May 3rd, m memory of those of their members who have given their services for King and country m the present war. The board is a splendid piece of work, and made locally , i and considered to be second to , none m. the district. The district secretary (Bro. T. Fathers), from Wellington, arrives to-morrow to take part m the ceremony. The parents and wives of Rechabite members at the front: are specially invitad to attend. A social evening will follow the unveiling. A social for the juveniles will be held on Saturday evening. :■' ■ ' I Now that the whereabouts of the passengers and crew of the steamer Matunga have been cleared up, interest I attaches to the crews of other vessels which were captured and sunk by the German raider Wolf. Information of the crews of two /sailing vessels reached Sydney] last week. Messrs' Horwood and Co, shipping agents,' Sydney, were <ad- , vised that Captain Trudgett, of the Jschoonar Winslow, and his officers and ! crew, are prisoners of war m Karlsruhe Camp, Germany. The schooner Winsjlow left Sydney for Apia, Samoa, and I was captured and sunk by the raider, j Captain Trudgett and his crew being . taken on to Germany. A better fate (befell Captain Cameron, and the officers ; and crew of the barque Beluga. She (was also captured and , sunk by the Wolf, but the captain and 1 his men were transferred to the steamer Igotz Mendi (also a capture), which was afterwards wrecked on the Skaw. Captain Cameron and those with him made their way to Copenhagen, from which town he communicated with Messrs Horwood * and Cor informants. When captured by the Wolf the Beluga- was en route from San Francisco to Sydney with a cargo of case oil.

A meeting of the Laborers' Union, will be held m the Oddfellows' Hall, Grey street, at 7.30 to-night.