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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14658, 16 July 1918, Page 4

TJio? : inein^er» ofHlie City.;. Band are requestecl;: to meet at the band room at 6.4S Hn'is^ evening to march with reinforcemen,ts; to.- ih# tettdftis

■The' 2>?y>. ;iO- s Military Af.«l^al Board \villsit m. (iisborne from August 1 to August 6, when , recently-balloted men will be «xamined.\

, FolloAving i\?& ilate» on which ClMrafts are due to arrive a& ii\«, Cl camp : Aug,ust 1 and 29, September 20,- October 24, November 21, and' December 19.

-The local . draft to- join the 44th Keinforcemenjts leave by the Arahura tornghfci Tlicy paraded iit<3 o'clock this aftei'iiooii, and a .final pUYadc ;has been cdllect for 6.30 : . this evening.

The' rrtfre, Struck . by the Waikohu County. Oouricil fc* the Motu, Mangatu and Nga'tapa ricfirigs was 31d m the £ on unimproved /value,- not 4|d as appeared m our issue of Saturday.

- The Land 'Board commenced..its sitting m the Government Buildings this.morning, the attention of the Board beiflg engaged' itt examining soldier applications (ot selections'/

A notice Appears hi the" Gazette, appointing Tuesday, July 23, to fee the day for the election to fill the extraordinaiy ,vacancy on the Gisborne Fixe Board by fire insurance companies caused by the resignation of Mr. G. Thorfl9-George.

The following .have volunteered for active service : l>ean Kelvin Mansel Etacchc, postal official, Roeuuck road, Gisborno, 19 years; and William Frederick Kennedy, postal official, cave >Post Office, Gi^borne, 19 years.

Before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.ivl., m the Police Court this morning, Henry Donald Cameron was charged with failing to comply with the. terms oi a mair tenancy, order, and at his request m* order was made against hia wages for £l 10s per week.

At th© Magistrate's Court this onorning, Win. Scott TurnbuiU was fiiieo: £5, with, 7s costs, for a^breach of a pvohi'hition order, and £2, with casts lei, for entering licensed premises during the course of sitch order. Default was fixed at 17 dlays' impfisoamient.

For driving a motor cai' m a negligent manner, resulting m a collision with a gig, Gilbert Jones was this morning fined £2, with 11s costs. Mr. Wauchop appeared on behalf of Mr. Jones, and explained that the collision occurred through .a slight misjudgment of the distance. .'■ . . . ; >,- ; ■ >-v. t.

The ladies of !Patutahi : .are giviug a dance there to-morrow efeiiing, the proceeds from which . aro^to be devoted to 'swelling \ho R«d Cross shbf) fuJids on the Saturday the sJiop is m chaxge of 'the Patutahi district. The dance, for which elaborate prepai'ations have been made, px'omises to be a big success.

"Do you understand; .English?' 1 was tho Question a-sked of a. native accused m Court this morning- by Mr W-. A. Baiion, S.M. "No, sir," was the reply of the native, m perfect "Rnorlish. A smilp passed round th-e CJourt. 'The accused secured 1 the services of an interpreter, but was found, guilty of tlie offence of supplvincr liquor to a native, and had to pay the f ee of 10s,

The Special C 2 Re-examiiiing ]\ledical Boai'd will sit at Gisborno from September 19th to 21st,, when about 250 men will be re-examined. Mcii ordered to camp after such examination will be given 28 clear days before proceeding to camp. Appellants, however, will not be sent to camp until their appeals have been disposed of; "defaulters failing to parade for exafmination will be required to supply a satisfactory reason, i . - : ;

'Miss Crombie, daughter of Mr. K. 8., Cfombie, secretary of the Nuhaka dairy factory, met with an accident which nearly resulted fatally. She left at 1 p.m. on horse-back for Opoutanuu As she did not return that night -a search was made and the horse was found, but not, till morning was the lady found, She was found unconscious m a patch of scrub, having lain out all night m the cold. 'She is now conscious, but is unable to tell how tho" accident happened. '

. l s he dredge Jolux Tbwnley was engaged this 1 morning, in' clearing a spur jitst 1>?---low the Kaiti bridge, where an unusual amount of timber was brought up by the "grab." It is considered- that by deepening the river/at this point it will increase the force of the scour at flood time. Another good -reason is tha.fc there is a deep streaia a little way out from the wharf, and at low-water any. of the larger vessels might heel over, and not only make it more diffioult to berth tlie vessel, but r-ender the work 1 of discharge harder. .

In the Magistrate's Court this morni vMacky, Logan, Cald well, Ltd. (Mi* Willock) sued H. J. Crowley for £6 19s 6d. Mr. Willock asked that Mi cider be made, as he had been informed thf-t defendant wag about to leave, for Avstralia. Evidence was given by Mr. Howie, customs official at «Tisboine, «".? to defendant making an application *or a passport. Defendant stated- that '.he had at /one time intended to tnice his wife aiidl two, children. 'to Austi'alia on acpoiuit of their indifferent hea'lb, «.v.:. m view of his financial position he had decided to forego this idea.. An order was made by his Worship, requiring tiui payment of the amount, with. 10s '6d solicitor's fee, within 14 days, m default nine days' imprisonment.

The Chancellor, of the Otago University, Rev. A. Cameron, speaking at Dunedm recently, said that tho idea that the making of money, of mere success, constituted tho goal of education was getting 1 into our schools, our homes; and even into our churches. So long as this : dea was held and taught so long would wo have social warfare and national warfaro. We did not want merely, better lighting, better seating, and better playgrounds. We wanted higher ideals m the schools and throughout the community. The speaker instanced as the result tof the development <9f a false ideal, the conduct of the German people— periple who had had the benefit of education of the very best and very highest kind, but had had the one ideal instilled into their minds, that Germany must at any cost be made supreme.

The Otira tunnel should be pierced \n the course of the next ten days or so, for there remains, a length of some seventy feet between the -two headings. If it should happen that the two ends meet exactly it,, will be a triumph for the engineers , who made -the surveys, -for,. the- country; on '-/which- -they had to be made is most difficult. After the headings have met the tunnei.will have to be widened ithroughout this., middle part of its length, for tho 'widening and the lining work is not kept iuV with the first advanced drive. Then it wjllbe possible to have. the tracks laid, and it I will be possible to walk through the tunnel without wearing ojlskiiiSi At present the .tunnel is about tbe> wettest place that could be imagined.™ The conditions resemble a continuous showeiv bath. -The tunnel will be 5^ miles m length when completed, and it will bo necessary to draw; ti'ains through.it by electric power. It would be impossible to ventilate it for steam locomotives. Threo or four schemes for developing power, for the tunnel are under consideration. .• . . ■ / ' Bimless Glasses, Tories, Kryptok Befocal. Latest Clips. Charges moderate.— /Wdon. Optician.' oppo. "Rant N.Z.*

Brisk demand for "tioldehxßulo" Soap, "Gqlde'ti Rule" Candlea, >< Goldeii' Rule" Writing Tablets, "Keep Smiling* \Satid Soap, -and-* tlie famous ''256~ iftubbinir" Laufydiy Help, m 1/3 packets;— L; D. Nathan and Co., Ltd., Wholesale Agents.

Glasses for sewing, reading, 'or con> staht wear. Try Gordon, Optician, opposite Bank N.Z.*

Alarm Clocks are very useful these wintry mornings. Grieve, Jeweller, has Reliable Alarm Clocks from 73 6d, Sleep Meters, Big Bens, ,/untl all makes Ansonias.*

<Titc la;ko Wakatipo Mail reports very hard frosts last week, 20 degrees, of frost being Recorded. The gams "m .1 the neighborhood of the town furnish : ample Tmd striking testimony to ilie .; taste they have had of ita v quality. Some o? the trees m the more exposed places . have b<sen bajdly affected, and it is only .' time that will tell whether they havo not actually., been destroyed. The last, occasion on which »uch a happening was . recorded was fifteen years ago, when all the- bluegums on the lakeside were " killed.

Mr. Edgar Warwick (according to a , letter received 'by a friend m Welling- . ■ tort) may tour "Mesopotamia . with a bright company,*- by arrangement with, the Indian Government, which opened negotiations witft hint* some time back, for a season of four 6k n*vo- months dvr r ing the cool, weather. "Thjs would be ' : the first show of any kind'-.in Mesopo'o." Ulinia. ir sounds funny — a-j season m :; Bagdad/ writes Mr. Warwick. .: He; ' was m camp at Awapuni iot four-" months, but was discharged as \ unfit. ' Every member of the company has ''.been :^ m khaki. >u'* ■•< •

Paint has gone up considerably irt '-^ price, owing to the heavy increase "m the cost of white lead and oils,- and many buildings m Wellington are suffering as a result. It is ■ estimated thia.ttthe cost ot painting any building to^ 4»y in^ Wellington is fully 1(X) per ceirf, •, higher than it was m the first hall of l 1914. As there appear* to ;be nQjv'indi- .\ cation of any reduction m the prices of ingredients necessary m the mixing of ' good paint, there is a prospect .ihafc,.in many parts of the city ,the "refiaeptial complexion' will not be so brigJrf.. aid ' : pleasing) as ft was m happier days. '■'.'*'''

"After the war! Every'ilung is apres la "guerre nowadays/ atfid a depute- -. tioriist at Parliament Buildidgs,^ referr ': ring to tile delays and interruptions of certain necessary, public works m • Zealand. The Minister (Sir William V Fraser) repeated his words of Temerity. ' months, that there was a shortage ©it-"'; labor as well as money. Nearly half v the authorisations allocated T t& local ": bodies remained unexpended . beciu^e \ v ..they could not engage sufficient labor. •■ When a deputationist said that .thercogt -. * of these works was 25 per cent. a|>ove, normal, the Minister interjected:: Vv "More— fifty." : ;.!

A meeting was recently held at Wellington of representatives of all unions ■ coming under the provisions of "The-ji Shops and Offices Act" t<> disouss theA formation of a Shop Assistants' Federal tion for the whole, of tho Dominion. Be- ' presentatives wero also .present from?y Aucldand. It 'was agreed ;to recom-)' mend to all! shop assistants' unions they advisability of forming into -^ iedera-iH : tion, m oifler to more effectively fee able^ to place before ParliainiWit '^heir;g requirements m, the way of legfslati^f,'It is stated that, when the iedeX»tiw"'j is m fiUL-worlting oi'dei* it "Will coi^ipi?ißev. app*roxiinately 40,000 " shop assistants' ;- f < Tho following is from an Amencan ; paper :—" 'Germans? I say to hell -mtlu". the Germans/ says ithe Rev. Dr. Charles?^; A. Eaton, '^ff you ever come across, a??.;---man with a bomb don't say to lMih»,; -'Come outside, brother, and let us pray/, f Don't slap him on the wrist. fruss.;* him up, take hjjn out to the meadowW place his damned bomb oil his chest and then stand off a few feet and watch him * get blown to hell." We have b^eard a ' number of discussions of tho situation. It seems to tis the Eev. Dr. Eaton covers « it as well as anybody. Our respect for y the clergy continually increases.' We :' look- forward to the €ime when the clergy ; will 'come to know and place a proper ; value on the two indispensable words" m the English language." ;

Details, ''of the native troops/ serving, with the New Zealand 'Expeditionary Foi"ce were given, by Sir James Allen, at i. Dargaville^ He stated' that since ttbe : , first draft of Maoris left the Dominion . ; ip February, , 1916; a -total- of f2? addi-- , tional drafts had gone 'to the front;, *the^' ( . totafl> jmmiber /of Maoris* who had left vthe Dominion^ on service to date being 2134. * v Other iirfttivc soldierir irt.the New Zealand, Forces included) 148 Niuo Islanders jimd . 308 Rarotorigana*' About •25 * Gilbert - Islanders were now 1 oh their way to ' New • Zealand to -undergo training for/active* service, and a platoon of haif-casti> „ Fijiane would arrive m lscw Zealand. / shortly for tlj6 same purpose-. In Addition there were at preseufc iv campy 134 ,; Maoris and 90 Rarotongans. Re consi deredl this was a splendid record^ of ' loyailty on the part of the Maoris /and \ other native races. ' :

Reference to racing clubs' contributions foriwar-pu'rposes was mad^' by the prest- % dent, ' Sir George Clifford, at the 'Racing ''. ' Opuferahc^ m WeJlington., "It is .ci&CB- ;, tejted that racu\g •clubs have paid ih: t|\xa- \ - tion for this season about £180,000,f he said, "while voluntary donations since tli© .'outbreak of war' probably .exceed/ 1 £100,000, and the subscriptions to "wat 1 , loans '£50,000. The taxation paid dnr-V---ing .fhe past four years will have reached,' and probably .exceeded, £640,000, 0110? • that it Juas notVounted to a still greater ' sum is 1 tl*e fault of the Government, :aml not of the clubs." Continuihgy. lie ijaidj that the obxbs had submitted, readily to the temporary cuitailment of tlie days of racing, but they failed to unders|andl why access to courses should be pfii-p^se-" . ly made difficult when it Avas perfectly obvious that the railways were sacrificing 1 \ a very highly profitable business f(& no per<septible or disclosed advantage.

Recently a party of dairy company > Relegates, comprising Messrs. A. Lancaster and, #• J. Small (Kairanga Dairy 06mpany); H. H. Simmons and W; £ •■ Jewell (Manawatu Dairy Company), 4t, v Hanseii (Awahturi Dairy Company),, and; ' R. Print and, Ckeeth.ani (Sunny thjorpe Dairy Company), visited Waikato foFtno purpose of making inquiry into the dried miyjj: industry, The delegates have mow , returned, and state that they have-.ob-tained an undertaking from Mr. Good; fellow, managing director of tho Wai' jkato Dairy Company, that they will re-/ I ceive the option, of obtaining the firefc [available plant after the three plants ordered! for the Waikato Company have been supplied. On the return of Mr.' Shirley, the Waikato Company's expert, who it at present m the United S&tes m connection with the purchase of the patent rights of the plant to be erected m Waikato, Mr. Goodfellow, and Mi\ Shirley will visit Palmerston North -for the purpose of addressing the farmers. on ... the question of the manufacture ■• 'kit dried milk, when , it is felt 'that a siderable impetus ', will be given. \im undertaking. Considerable progress ,sj]is been made as regards the preluninafy preparation, as 'a result of the deleßateß' visit to the Waikato. • B v ,

The Napier Telegraph of Saturday states:— At 7.30 this morning the^s. Tangaroa, belonging to Messrs. Richard- . son and Cfo., fully laden with 110 tons of general cargo, was berthed at Hurrav.r Roberts, and Co.'s old corner, at the Iron"' Pot, when' the trawler Weka, making V thf Pot, Struck her amidships, tearing', a • ■. hole ; abaft the coal bunker abotnVft - foot wide and. seven feet long. .. The ■ Tangaroa at once began to mak.e>*w:aJfer ■ and. as a large steam pipe was carried "" away by the blow. the. fires had drawn and the boilers run down, -in- a- ■; very short space of time there "Was ■ a " V depth of six feet of water m the engine: room, and a much smaller, amount m the hold. The vessel was promptly removedH to the Jnll wharf to prevent her founder^, iiig m deep water, and the recently-;r hired Hastings steam fire engine wasj palled into service. The rent m the" side' was blocked as much aa was possible and the engine rapidly lowered the water a^id it was then only necessary to pump atiii-i tervals. The cargo was removed, to the* wharf and was found to be but v6ry little damaged. The bottom of the h«sld was covered with coal and the watexy did not rise above that. The Weka was]" coming into port, on a flood tide andj; by .some means or other the helm proved,!^ . ineffective to guide the vessel Into the;-'.-Pot without striking tho TangarqaV The N Weka -whs quite undamaged. It is es'ti- : mated that the repairs to -the Tanga-, •■ roa will cost £500 and will occupy about V a fortnight. The vessel was due to x{dk !> nart for Wairoa at 4.30 this mornuffi^' but oH-ing to tlie bar-being repotted%to be bad the trip was abandoned. .«

S. Stone, the cash draper of Gisborne who . pays special attention, to country business is visiting the Motu district with 14 large stock of drapery, which he, v offering for sale »* reasonable pm*.*