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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14647, 3 July 1918, Page 2

! The Telegraph Department reported at 9.30 a.m. to-day: There is no communication with stations east of Greymouth and south of Kaikoura. j The Mangapapa .Town Board occupies a strong financial' position. The rate', struck this year Has not been altered from that existing for four; years .past. The board has not had occasion In thattime to, strike a loan, p£ special rate. In' addition to this a sufficient amount has. . been placed on the estimates ; for the pre-' limitary expenses m connection with the inauguration, and connecting up with the borough electrical system, A segue] ;to a disturbance- m the bar of the jSJasonic ho^el on Pecernber 24 came up m tho Police Court {his morning,. when-:- Ledn < Lorenti (Mt> . Buvnard) ; clajmed |*2Q(> damages from; . Paul and Tutor© cKkigi, '■■'ot 'r.T.e :: Karaka (Mr Coleman), w Burnard «ald' the two plain-i tiff a wove haying a brf|,wl, and "ffhon defendant at^empt-ed . to intervene Paui gtruck him .the head with, a stick, necessitating, several stitches and rre- t derlhg him unconscious for some hours. Evidence was priven by 'Dr. ••Kahlenberg, Leonard, A. Ffiar, and W. G. CJrpmpton, -Counsel asked- for jiidg-i ment ; againsii 'I*aul Itjngi. His "Worship gavp' judgment for . ,^550, with medical and other- costs totalling £|11 7sl flig Worship remarked .' the affair might hay^ had serious eonsq'quenoes'. He not 'enter; Vjud"g'^«ni. 4g%st " Tu^. Forturi^tely'^plain^iff .wa^, riot wenpapttated foF ; stai'^'-'length/6|^time,'thciugh the injuries' weTe 6f fl, s«rious nature,

"I would like the public to know that whenever any matter came before the Council from the Motnhora, Quarry Co. 1 did not vote on it, and intimated the fact to his Worship," remarked Cr. Mouat at last night's Council meeting, when referring to the recent Supremo Court case. Sirs May's annual concert for the Wounded, %>.ldiess'. Fund, ..wj^gfar takes place *ou> Friday 1 night, promises" to be a. great success. Mrs May's concerts are noted for the brightness and variety of the programme, but, apart from this, the effort should be well supported, a* tlio proceeds are to be devoted ' to . a, vei*y deserving 1 cause. The performers have bpc-n rehearsing for some time for the event, kind .some good items may be expected. The dog trials which eomanoneed Svt Te Karaka yesterday were continued until evening. The first event, the Jiunta-Avay, was not completed, aiiid 1 this morning the bad njveatihor delayed, th'e start. . „ The competition) was resumed this afternoon, and it Ava« expected to finish tho, first class. There are 44 entries in> this eWes, and .when a fresh start was -made this afternoon, there were still fifteen- to run. Keen interest is being taken m the contest. . At the Borough Coucil, meeting, last, night. Cry W.. Tucker tendered his xesignation as a member of the Councu, as he was taking up residence permanently on his property at Matawai, and would not be able to give the necessary time warranted by tjie position.— Cr. Ball moved > that the matter be held over for a fortnight, when he would tender his resignation, as he, was proceeding to camp. — The Mayor remarked that the! Council would miss Crs. Ball and Tucker, both of whom had rendered valuable services to the Borough Council. M. .C'emenceau sent for the surgeonmajor' to come to his private room' at the Home Office, and, says Excelsior, when the doctor arrived, the Prime Minister, undressing quickly, requested him to sound him carefully. •."'.". "Teill me," he said, "whether, I. am likely to. .stand another six mojiihis of tHis- awful job of mine." The doctor made the examination .and; then, declared : "Monsieur ,le Pi-esidient, you .are good for more, than six months ; you have a long time before you yet -you may talie any .word , for it." "Six months will do,^ tlianks/' M. Cllemenceau replied. "Good morning." ! Traffic; , returns for... the period ending May 25 show »" the earnings of the Gisborne railway- to be as follows (the corr^spopdjiig.peviod. ,of, 1917 being given betweeiv.pareuth.esi^) : .Passengers £625 11s 2d (£597 lls 8d), parcels GllS 18s 6d (£B9 7s 3d), goods £1067 2s (£1154 37s Id); miscellaneous, £21 11» lOd (£29 0s 2d), rents and commission £78 12s lOd {£71 4s 2d) 3l tot^il' £l9oa J6s ! 4d (£l9g 0s 4d). The" expenditure was £2342- 1% Id. There were 13,948 sheep carried, as against 8373 m the previous year ; cattle" 104 (62), calves 30 (15) ; timber 376 tons ■ 671)-, -minerals 1409 (2466), other goods 1011 (1125). v •■■ \ • Six bags of parcel- mails were stolen from a steamer which arrived at Sydney recently. It is believed that the* theft was committed before the vessel left Sari Francisco, although they were not missr ed until the boat .arrived at Sydney. An American manufacturing! ..firm sent a consignment. of i-elt hats, valued at about£2so, by: parcel* post, to Sydney. This: method was adopted m ■ view of th&! shortage of cargo space. Each mailbags contained a box inclosing 24 hats, so that a ■gross^ is missing. Recently a, quantity, of .gold' fountain ir pen nibs, valued at about r £9o, disappeared from the parcels mail which arrived by another vessel. "Ratepayer" writes suggesting m filling the, vacaaicy> os clerk to tJie. Waikohu County Council, owing to thie present olerk having volunteered and. been accepted for active service, the position should be adyertjeedf ,snd \ip adds;. "The press and our: Governmcjiti. very tightly keep before tlite. public t'Jfc, fact 6f our responsibility to, , pur retuiviied soldiers. Alanv of our jfads are of ample education, quite qualified to take up and fill such a post excellently, and 'this might well apply to men who through the^ stress- of war have been incapacitated " from performing arduous work. Therefore, it? would be most fitting I>hatisueh\a man 1 — ither thingsvbeinig equal^— «Jiould ; get preference m a case of this sort-' ' — -We are informed' that no appointment to the vacancy has yet been made. ; A perfect, milkman appeared,, before the Second Military Service Board at Wellington (says the New Zealand Times). He said his milk went straight from the cows to the consumers' billv^ He sold his. milk only, to families where there were babies crying for pure milk; jHe had numerous ' testimonials from" :grown-ups as to the purity of his milk. His coolers, did not leak, and he sold his milk a penny cheaper per" pint than other milkmen. Letters produced to the Board showed" that . the • curate ; of the district spoke of appellant's "glorious milk." A communication from a milk inspector testified to the fact that it was a- waste of time to examine appellant's nulk. Another letter spoke •< of the grave concern of^ the mothers of the district if their, milkman ' had; tovgd into camp." Finally there was a*' letter" froth a' proud mother stating that ,j after giving her" baby the # wonderful milk 'of , this wonderful milkman . the infant put on ten' pounds m less than three months., The Board did not hesitate ai moment, but granted the appeal. Mr. H. Hill, -Mayor of Napier, mentions m a letter. to" the' editor of this journal that application has . been made u°\* BiT ;¥l m ' Eraser for leave, on be-' half of Mr. Birks, whoS carried out- the Lake Coleridge ! electrical' scheme to comei and deliver six .-lectures" between Daunevirke; and; Gisborhe. , Mr. .Hill adds : "I have put: Gisboi'iie down for one, and should, he. go. to your^ place to address the settlers and residents, yoiii will hear some remarkable results. ¥ am Sloping to hear from. Wellington m a day or two, when further irifofitiation; will: be supplied.* Considering that this country has storehouses of water unsurpassed the world '6ve;r, '-five need not fear m the coming competition of nations if Aye only wisely and judiciously use our waterrpbwer;: for the benefit of homes, factories,, farms,, railways, etc. ; m factj all forms of social;, indus' trial, and . commercial needs. ■ ' /Nature! replaces Avhat avo take a. way,, and that bY gravitation, so; fti'at ; . cost is : - at a f minimum, and this; will be thei 'saving' clause as against! other lands less favorably situated." ' , Passengeria both; inwards and outAvards by the Arahura have, had an unenviable expenenoe this trip. The. vessel, xWiich had to be detained at Auck]a«d untjL Monday night owing, to the special towmg fiervicp of a steamer into that'pbrt • reached here shortly ' f>ef 6re .' midnight yesterday. One launch yas fixed for' six ' o clock this morning. , The, v weather, "I Avhich was westerly yesterday afternoon,]' suddenly;^changed rouhd- with great se« •! verity to the south aboiit midnight, and, the lighter ,Karoi ; o, AvHioH Had gone outr to the Arahura, had difficulty m holding ' on. , A, motor ; cay and) two , hoi'seboxes (one of.Avhlch contained a. horse) were' got aboard w,hen the sudden change .m", the Aveather occurred, The lines parted, j and. the K,arpr.o had to clear out, leaving the Araterside labor aboard; v She' reached ; the wharf about two r o'olock, ' and th,e (i ,Arahm'a cleared out of the rohd-i stead. The latter came baok about 7 oclook this mohilng,; and the 'Tuatea, which, with th© outAvard passengers had been Avaiting from 6, a.m,, left m order' to tender the vessel. The Aveathev, how-^ f ,ever, Avhich was squ.illy. got Avorae, and/ ,the attehipthad to be abandoned, The ' Tuatea returned, to the wharf f\bout a' quarter %$ pight* Ayith all tho 6utwa.rd' passengers, vr\iQ hacJ an xmem-iable experience from tho heavy weather m tlio- ; roadstead.. The Arahura is. standing off' and on. The Aveather is ( still -so bad; i , Dhat it was . foijnd . to be impossible to • : tender her to-day, and the. lasf launch . has been fixed for 10 a.in. to-mdhwv. If the weather admits and t.htj ■vessel' is m the bay,, an 'effort to' teriaei* the inward passengers will be made^ at "t ; a.m; to-mbrrbAv. ' The ves&e} \vM "pro, ! jceed to Napier as soon as the 'mather | moderates, Qw|ng. \6; the' adti&i^witicttj of passengers at . both enda. TH© <Jttt« x .Ayard launch for toe, ATalhur^, r when ; leaving fov Auckland, and; : fMbinaru I :Bay haa m the meantime been flxeA for ' a p;m. on Frtday, '•• . ; f X

Indications of oil continue to improve at the Waipatiki bore, Dannevirke, which is down 2012 feet. It is the- intention of the company to proceed w.ith the development of the*natnral gas for'motor transport purposes. . • A latigh was caused at the Cbuncil meeting, last -night, 'jvh.en th& ianitary contractor , m his letter agreeing, to continue jhjfc contract for t#o ,yelartyo«iicl : ''The work has been a pleasure to me during the past. 12 months," ."Some sanitary contractor," remarked GTr. Miller, amid laughter. > _ W°rd has been received by -Mrs. Wells, Redcliffs, Canterbury; thaf her eldest son, Captain Edwin R, ; Weils, * ' ' ™ a8 been aent to^Mds&iJdtamia from France, and that' hfa i nrothet, Jp; 1 ""..?. H. Wells, is attached to the hast Riding Yeomanry, British Imperial Forces, m Mesopotamia. *„ Last night the Wesley Guild "had. tor its subject, "An Evening: with- the Musicians. An able essay, written by * i V;- 3 ? ast) was - read °n "Th^'-Spiri-tual Ministry of Music," and'fere^followed a number of quotations ■ from, well-known .authors bearing* ofr>tnfi*subleot.v General: musical . Items -wefeendered/'and sketches of the lives o f the Tno s t-_.fampus .musicians wore #iv<m by the Rev. Abbey. ; v " ' Damage to ,thq o*tent,of aboutj£Booo was done at Yorkhill wharf,, '. Glasgow, ■by ; a fire ■ whicj^starfced^n a remarkable way. Oil floating jon,,thesurface f of the water became ignited through:; the •'dropping of a lighted. mateh or .ted-hot-' rivet lhe flames quickly spread .to the?creosoted^wood piling of the quaWandbel°™. th W e could be .extinguished, -'about 400 .feet of the piling was. destroyed; ■and a stenmer moored at the quay w'aVb'adlr 'lamaged. v l*lwi A Chinese . fruiterer At. ' Elcetahutia nled his, ehedule m bankruptcy a few w»eks ago, and then disappeared. --The meeting of creditors was held iti" Wellington on Thursday, when it was- stated that bankrupt was ,.« patron of race meetings. When a. meeting, was: on he would attend it and. put a notice on the door, Without." (Lawrhter.) ...-A- book evidently a ledger :Sn Cheese;: A^t duced, and the Official, Assignee" v '4id he would get it interpreted:; ,Tho meeting was adjourned to allow StlKia '%&** lp?e - ■■■■ .' ; --\ \ -ii\ rs i!3 niirfi Lack- pf'gehei-aj, interest m the: doings - of our Army_iri_M a c e d«nia is cfmpiairied if b « • ,?^r % c $ cvi Vivi a»u writing m the Pall Mall Gazette. : : '^EwyWi^g i, being I don ie the Wj ", ha W e, »&™S?b" wai ... There have fceen . big - fights v- all unrecorded by the press ; -w&ieSqt ?n cessant little fights, with all the e^haSSi^ n l^ Te ° { th « :oPPor:tuhitie S^f pitched battles. LeavS iV Affife^lt to organise,, so the sojourn seems Mnite m, 2£ J° y? VT d '^ a &*&V#», .Hvliere at fZJt X ' W^ o « e V e «"S' utterly^ but off from the civilised world." / Jf 5om p J??f Br |nnan,. ? f if*' „?«*".<* s Cathedral, Auckland cutive of the P.P. A. challenging; the atter to appear m a public . tr&unal m the Auckland Town %U t^f the statements of "fEe P.P.A. regarding Cathoho Church. ,J£ th^ statements of se<£«^'5 e <£«^' * al t P^a correct the sum Wn^^ to if c P^ to the R Bd-Cross Funds. The Roy. 'Howard Elliot*, at n meeting held at Hamilton on Thiirsday, intimated that the challenge would be answered. ■ <? S °wT h^ been sefc on f °ot m New South Wales by means tf which all- the girls^chopl^pf j%tV!^lß:^l co-opbE ?ht «tiSr Vld f^> battl6 P^n^ to^well the number already sent to the theatre of- war hy NewrSdftttv. Wales. Each battleplane cosfe £2700, and as there lS 150 girls schools m \the State, the average amount to,, be raised m . each nS^KW 8 - While .many schools not be able to raise quite so much moriey there are othei-s who axe^.^, position to obtain more than thiitSounL The name suggested for the New: South' Wales/girls' school battfepjanejg <<&o Q ka-burra'.'-an essentially ASafanTnK. Tlie scheme has been taken up" with greart enthusiasm by hiost "of "the. schools throughout. the States ,. „., Referring to the death of Me A. H, Turning tf WeUington, the P^ss says : "Hia, greafe^hoWby^^ lif e was his books. His collebtion of N«w Zealand books .and; manuscripts is unquestionably, the finest m lie Wrfd, ,bvt he also P<^o^nia n y^^^^% 6 shape of first editions pih«b^ble English books, etc. He wa&'rioif .ainVre collector, since he read- largely anS remembered what; he read,. Hejhad a-fine taste m art a^ ' W ©ll as ■ li^atureV^'His books were; beautifully bound : arid admirably arranged, and ji : full ; Bibliographical catalogue was prepared by Mr Turnbull himself with " me^puloua care and fina penmajuihm, , It a" model of what 9uch a,catial<ig^B shoWd bel.He was. most v generous' m placing 'his KBrarv at the disposal of students^rand ilus advicei and assistance^iit^ ma^ers-of art and! literature were sought' aiid valued by successive G6vOTrim%s. %e', : ae&h of such a man is in^^ reality, a national losfe.'* Th e> Otago Daily Times stateSftibiat,, a story is. going the, rounds o£ho:«r aJGovernment employee made, atgrea^feess of his department m; Ihe^&ee.vJpf dis-' couragement, frdm his sij^Wor 'officers, lhis employee ,\yas the ; h.eadj ot a' tre« growing -plantation m the J^lana find as. 'it appeared. to hiniAthat 5 . '-'if -he were permitted' to run so'me. sheep' a^reat saving would he made.' i^t^c^i^of •keeping down th e^ gras^ r be£w^V the .trees, he made the application to? W.^^department for the necessary, j»rmiteioD. The permission was r at; first debjined and the employee was informed that he was expected .tp growtreesi, no^jshe^ He was persistent., however, and finally he was granted - £200 < as-to- ;|uhd ti> dto what he lUced: with m the^irectten ho desired. The employee has. ppw;. received a much better position. and;basleft the, Government employ. So .successful W ey 6 his operationsi however,nthht the fund is said' to have now reached the respectnbl« toUl of £1600, and, m adiiMniPthei'e jare 1700 aheep on theeatatei j Reference to the position o£ jjew 2Jea ' land, in.regai-diVto action m the Racine by any future enemy, was jmade^ the ±iqn.,G. W. Russell,, in addre'^sing the gathering at the unveiling r of '^he Linwood School roll of honor: New Zealand having taken Samoa, -stfd the* Mftiister the question now. waa 'whqther- Oroafc Britain was going ; to, retain tHatislandi or whether- it was merely to b^iaipatht m -the peace game.. Ail he .could say waa that if the Mother. Cowtry. thought that, after .the, sacrifices. j\ f ew .Zealand had! made a$ a i\atioi»^ she would quietlvr submit to any sutfh thing as a German naval baae being esMhljshed iwitfem rthree. or four .days' sail, then the, -Motherland did not understandl the people erf Newt Zealand. (Applause.) If foofc a thing were to happen, New ,Ze 9 J^C must, mnkl up her mind to spend anything froim three to five millions per year for the> purpose of maintaining their -freedom. He had gjyen up u any idea v>f seems men beat their awprds' inw^'ploughgnares andi their spears into, .pruning hooks. lhsy, wquldVhaye tordefrfone thing only • mfuture-<ind that was .ffoiWto.be hl^ mottp as, a. pubhc iH^^Be prepaifcd " But they rau ? tm^ iin them^.iriK-foifc, for the future, /they; > n>u*t . nay£ r tiiefr naval ba«e m. Queen, lCfiarlotte.";: Sound They must 'have, theuj//own air^servTce, their submarnies, an^. tWr destyoyerfi, all that wa^ necessary for the of this gem .op y couniry. r "lf was Iheip lieritage ofjireeHonv, and «fie V must hand it onns sucl^ ; ,',-.» '^essrs'^sokßro^' remm^ the jw&Kc of .ih« aalo of 3VLv W. S. McGreaie'Fpianb and. ,ftirniture,,i(wlidch takes placo't^morrow at Xo.;iO&vOliffbra street, ' ; at •fe p.m; ■■.;■!••,:■[. _.- -■■■ '.;..-. l ■ ] lii is dMete 'to seej'so 1 i nfenv.lh^ v Laund^^m pii^ '\G6lden Sule" SsSp, I'Qoiden Rule" and "K^KlI n^Sand|Soap.-Wmiam« Urf mfele, Limited.-i 3. i . / .-; • r , Kjep ,-ioajj .Matem % . to^fed Lawrje^Xn Pl 8v 1/6 a b>x.-^lSH^e. Cheimet, ptel^ttjß.* ; - { ■ :' . E /J8 a «f^?hi %n g pl^obte I ;: sofreS*l>y -^[riSyeV Jeweller. ' Finest' «el«io>» tion m ChatsbtHft,* / ■-.•■ .'■• v

The Qoast coaches leave town at 7 a.m. to-morrow.

Frederick Alexander Daniel Eraser, stableman, Gisborne, aged 19 years, has volunteeied for active service.

Miss Lilian Jackson, who met with an accident on Saturday evening, 'passed a better night last night, and her condition shows a little improvement this morning.

The grocery afternoon m aid. of the Children's Creche, to have been, hi&ld today, waa postponed on account of the toad weather. It will take place on Wednesday next.

The following will represent Kia Toa Hockey Club m their match against Huia A to-morrow : Z. Bates, A. Jones, B. Solvander, V. Bowler, N. Fairlie, F. Davidson, A. Hill, M. Murray, F. Solvander, F. Hill, M. Fairlie, E. Smith, M. Watts.

To-night m the Masonic Hall, Childers road, the fifth Catholic euchre party aaid dance will bo held. A fine supper and good prizes, which have been a feature of the previous ones, can be looked for again to-night, and the committee anticipate a large attendance. Euchre commences at 8 p.m. sharp.

In connection with the much-discussed end strenuously -opposed requisition for six o'clock olosing of tobacconist and aairdressing establishments, the matter again came before the Borough Council last night. After some discussion the Mayor "moved that no action be taken, as "there were eight signatories against it. — Cr. Wauchop seconded. — Cr. Ball said! the petition could not be considered, as it was out of order, being a new one m counter to the requisition. Further the counter-petition had included two pseudo-tobacconists. He maintained that the position should be maintained and the requisition be given effect to. The question of definition should be taken into consideration, and a fruiterer selling tobacco should not have a "say" m the matter. — Cr. Wildish was m favor of the counter-petition. — Cr. stiller supported the motion. — Cr. Munns said the Inspector of Factories' decision should be upheld. It would be manifestly unfair to the tobacconists to include hotels and fruiterers as tobacconists because they sold cigarettes on odd occasions. It was the duty of the Council to give effect to the requisition. — Cv. Mouat moved as an amendment that the matter stand over. — Cr. Oman supported the motion. There was no seconder to Cr. Mouat's amendment. — Cr. Munns furtheu moved that the signatures of the five bona fide tobacconists on the counter requisition only be recognised, thus giving a majority to the requisition. — Cr. Hill said ho would not vote for the early closing until there was something more definite about the matter. — Cr. Ball seconded ihe amendment, -which on being put to the meeting was lost, and the motion was carried.