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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14688, 21 August 1918, Page 2

Mi*. R. D. Kelly, who has been aet-ing-inspectdr for the* South Island, has taken up the duties of chief postmaster in the Gisbome district, and Mr. P. Curtis (North Island inspector), who has .been acting as chief postmaster at Gisborne, has returned south. . Before 3i Ir. J. S. , Barton, S.M., iji the Police Court this morning, a first offender for drunkenness vas fined Bs, with 2s costs, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. George Marunor (Mr. Wauchop) was ordered to pay 10s per 'week towards the maintenance of three children'in the Industrial School, 2s 6d of which amount, would =. go to pay off arrears amounting to £15 ; thcreaf ter the amount of 10s -per, week to bo for . niauitehance. v - Information has been received by lhe Melbourne office of the P. .and 0. "Com. pany that a new steamer has been de- . livered to the company by Messrs Caird and' -Co., of Greenock;. When she *was laid down it was intended that she should be .a passenger vessel, but as thie claians of the ships -of otli(or elasses be-' ciime more insistent,, work on her was stoppad. Late last winter il' was dccidpd to transform her into a caa-gu. . •carrier. She has a .carrying capacity of .'. 14,000 tons, and her (speed is 19 knots. She is the largest. vst-eHn^er that, haa 'ever ; been -dry-docked" in .the. Clyde. .

NominatioHs foi- tlie two vacancies on lie Borough Council close to-morrow. is Mr. T. G. Lawicss was nominated to- ai lay for the Borough Council by Messrs. t.'C. Munns and Frank Harris. h lil connection witli the Motu-Mata- \ .ai palish it hag been decided by the lev. Mt'. Malcolm to hold service in he Motuhora school hionthly, commenc- p ug al three next Sunday afternoon. tl tftipan last year had an average ol " 5,850.000 spindles spinning cotton, aud noduced 782,293,8441b. of yarn. At -he ond of the year sha had 32,710 ooini. at work, add in the vear turned s< >ut 580,174,014 yards of cotton goods. F The poll of ratepayers held yesterday *' n oonitection with the proposal to float c< i loan of £4000 for the drainage of leLautour road and Mildura was car- ?-, •ied by 46 votes to 20. Although 295 u lame.-, were oil the 1011, only 66 per- ? •ons utilised, tho right to vote. .] fily-grogging and "dropping," 'so far as tl vlasterton is coiiqerned, appears to have d lied a natural death (says th e Age), f, There hais not been a police prosecution a for a breach of the Licensing Act in f, Lhis connection for many montlis. Whe- a l her thia is due to the inci*eaaed price of a the liquid or th e vigilance of the police _ i.s not known. c Sir Jaines Carroll yesterday cele- p brated his 61st birthday, and was ten- b dered congratulations by many friends, s Sir James has concluded 31 years of o continuous service in the Parliament of New Zealand, and yesterday was the ( first occasion since his entry into Par- ( liament he has-been able to celebrate \ his birthday in Gisborne, Parliament £ usually, being in session at the time. j The following further, sums have been i received by the treasurer in connection * with the late Red* Triangle Campaign: ' Anonymous (monthly) per the Defence 'J Committee), £100; A. and Son (month- < ly), 65,6d; J;R.M. (monthly), £1 ; Wai- J piro Ladies' Patriotic Guild, £286 ls 9d, ' (being proceeds of art union drawn, j August Bth', ; £203 14s 6d) ; bazaar and ] contributions £82 7s 3d. „' < It is understood that since tlie appointment of the 'iicw Matron at the Cook Hospital (Miss Bickne'l), matters in the ! institution have been:; working quite smoothly. The mjembers of the nursing I staif who tendered their resignations to the Board have.. decided : to .work out the full time of their notice, and it is hoped ! that tho niiatter lias. ; now been permanently settled. A .conference of members of the Borough Council and Cook County Council is being held on Monday to Ago into the matter of bridges/ under the County jurisdiction, which are being utilised for carrying the water pipe line across the i*ivers. The County. Council con. sidered at a recent meeting that some, share in the cost of repairs, etc., should be borne by the Borough. Council. A Cromwell correspondent wires : — Three days' thaw resulted in the disappearance of the enow on the low lands, but some runs are practically air-white yet. Where no feed has been grown — ■ and this is so in many* cases— the loss of is going to be severe. There must be thousands of sheep in a starving condition, and, in view of this fact, it seems reasonable to suggest to the Laud Board tliat: it is high time that conditions were enforced making it compulsory for runholders tos.grosv winter feed. In any case, it fs bad business not to, for thousands of sheep will as. - ' suredly perish through starvation. Aii important suggestion is contained in the annual report on the Dunedin hospital. "There is a great need," says Dr. Falconer, "for the institution of convalescent homes, with branchesi in the country. I have advised (4je board that the same, can' bo best managed by private philanthropic societies, subsidised by ; tho board, if necessary, in the same way as orphanages, and have suggested that the convalescent . home activities of the Patients and Prisoners' Aid Society, the St. John AmbulanceAssociation, and the Queen's Jubilee Convalescent . Society should be amalga-' mated io form otne strong central committee, thtus correlatiug and strengthening all activities in this direction. The work deserves to be 'liberally endowed by the public." Writing to,-Feilding friends of the railway run through Canada, Mr F. Pirani, a member of the N.Z. Pi-ess delegation, says : ,: You 'are expfected to give a tip with every meal, and a tip each night to the berth-steward. In fact, tne.. only things free are iced -water and air,- and you caru have plenty of both. It has been a great luilway trip across, al-. thorugh tha first half iwas a long way tlie best. In fact, exoeptfor lake scenery, and the , whfeat prairies, tliere has been little of interest during the last two days,' (wheii Hearing JSiW York). Tlie big towns liave too much evidence of dirty shacks and unlovely surroundings to enable one to admire the magnificent buildings, etc. The cost of living over here mUst be double or treble •that in New Zealand." The Melbourne Age states that the military authorities are hopeful of the early establishment in Australia of a self-contained, and. efficient air force for reconnaissance .work. 'Investigations conducted ;by the." Aeroplane^ Construction- Committee have shown that it is quite possible to manufacture aeroplanes, in Australia.- .- Lofbatly -biiilt . machines have actually beeii flo\Vn with success, . but the" authorities , nuike a distinction between the building, of aeroplanes mid thc manufacture of aeroplanes. When : they speak of .niamiJacturing. machines they mean 'the 'turning 'out of aeroplanes ih large numbers. It is*, predicted that within twelve inionths arrangements will havp bean . nmde for the production' locally of all the aeroplanes required by Australia... Sanction has been obtained for the establishment and training of an aviation corps of considerable size. .'■"'■ ■ X -XMr. F.--C. Hay has been engaged during the last two months surveying the Central (Wairoa) portion of the East Coast railway, - especial ly in locating the central line from which the proclama-' tion taking the neces-s.u*y lands' i- 1 drawn up. He ha3 located the line finally from Frasertown to the Ruataiiiwha, across to Turiroa, ■ and eastwards to the Awateie creek. Tlie station at Frasertown is located near 'the late Mr. W. Couper's house, and provides' for all the necessary shunt- ' ing places and goods sheds, the same at Ruataniwha, but of course 'far > more extensive. .The land. to,\ be. taken has also been and everything ig iiqw in trim' for a start when Parliament 'honors the' Cabinet's promise to make '. a start " at "Wairda .. : ' . -Mr Hay |ind it necessary, except in one' spot, to inake any deviation '.froni _ Mr. J. Thorpe's vsnirvey. The line ciits'the main road in several places, and deviations mUst be provided for. — Guardiiin. An experiment, the development bf which will be watched with interest, was initiated hi N"elsbn when both the picture theatres were" filled with audiences of children from all the qity schools to witness programmes specially Selected and censored for their behoof. . .Tlie. innovation was entirely Kiicccssf ul,_ i and it is likely to lead to greater things in the educational use of the cinematograph, not that that is the only purpose underlying tho departure. The idea has developed from a movement set. on foot some time ago by tliq loval branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and taken up by a committee consisting largely of public school teachers. It represents a. practical effort to combat the undesirable ' consequences of indiscriminate picturegoing by children, and at the same time' to tak 9 'advantage of the moa_nis the dinematograph undeniably -offoi»<of conveying information to tlio youthful as : well as the adult mind.' The idea was entered • into with enthusiasm by Ijho manager of the local theatres, Mr. Sui*i*ell, and l^s principals, . who have undertaken to maintain a regular supply of suitable educational films, and it is proposed for the present to ha »c |i- children's mating once a. nionlh. The innovation 'is attracting attention throughout the Dominion, judging from the inquiries received by the local committee and the' company controlling the theatres, 'and action on similar lines is- already being taken in more than one. town; It seems likely that Nelson is leading the wav in a movement possessing great possibilities for good. — Colonist. ' . ' ■ •

It is stated that a new picture theatre • to be built at Wairoa,. on the. ground. . cquired for that purpose sonie time ago.' Mr. Edwin J iuy was admitted to _the ospit.il yesterday, haying had.his right and cut" by a circular saw, at the Bell larrying Co.'i! premises. Giving evidence in the Military Ap- \ •eal Court at Masterton, the foreman offhe tinning department at tlie Wai r igawa freezing works said that a mil- — ion pounds of meat were tinned at . ho works last year. Describing the conditions in which our oldiers sometimes find themselves in 'ranee, an Aucklander writes : "I -, can. nagine you laughing and amazed if I". ould take you for a walk now a. little •ay off. We would start at the edge f a crop of col-ii. and ori walking, lirough it we would come to what would t first 100 k N like a large rabbit-hole, mt on investigation you would find . liat it was a bivy to hold-perhaps two, : hree, or four -men. Old gates, "iriii,- '.-'', .oors, wood, anything at all would 'he X 9r a roof, then earth thiown oil top,, - 4 nd this camouflaged with corn dug up '.. rom the field, A hole large enough for > , man to go through would be left for , '. , door. We make them about 3ft deep "S .. -just. room to sit up. This ig only pine. ' .... lass of 'bivy ;' we have many. I sup- v >ose during the last two , months I havo ieen in no less than • 20, counting nights _ pent with the sky for a roof, and each A me different." According to information collected by _}o6d JRoads, of New York, about £60>-.' t 300,000 will be spent on roads\ in the n*United States during 1918. The necesv •• ' .ity for this expenditure even in war v* time in fact, because of the- war) wtfa ; indicated recently by former ; Governor v-* John K. Tener, of Pennsylvania, who -;c now is the president of the Permanent '•*"=; * Highways Corporation of : New York. A • Governor Tener declares that "it ,is a ';• military necessity for the Various XiXeXsponsible authorities to protect these 'Xy roads, by a proper surfacing. We iriust : ; ; preserve the roads of the country sand, especially must we save their , ; fouhda-' tions if the United States is to do .its full duty in'the war, and if the Govern- . nient is to protect the commerce am*l\ "■ the industries of the country, which at&X" supplying the needs of our "men .on the* battle fronts aii well as the taxes of the Government and' the necessities, of" '-'■" the men, women, and children, who are v keeping the wheels going at home. > After -all the argument and the little',-) litigation about the status of the terri- A v torial officers who were summoned .tri v ,_. camp under circumstances wi)ich aire " X fully understood now, the Defence : auV thorities have' arranged to give - back, their commissions to most of them, ahct' they will go-. forward to the front asAofficers; of reinforcements /with the rank . of Second-lieutenant. . - Previously ther A,practice was to send men back . from v the front, for promopioh, and to allow . them to bq. forward from New Zealand again with commissioned rank, but^foi. . reasons which were, strong' and u'i*ge_)t '„ it was not deemed advisable to release*. ", experienced men from the .front.:, aijd promotions in the: field had in \ copspqueuce been reduced. For this rerison ■, the plethora of officers which thesis *te_.- ; ' - ritorials : would otherwise -have- created, will not exist, and places will be ; found! r for them hi the drafts. They nbt keep tlieir original rank— wliich ■■■■ .tlifeV , had contended for — .but will go away, .as second lieutenants. '/■.-■• , .American forces in Franco aie now . equipped witli a new weapon, the shot- ' guii> which is said to be highly effective ■■ in stopping tho eneihy rushes. An officerin Wellington lias received a specimen of • tho --cartridge used in tliifc ! arm. In outward appearance it resembles the ordinary paper-cased cartridge familiar to all sportsmen, but instead of small shot it contains nine pellets of No. 00 buck- , shot, about the aiamet'er'bf a 32 calibre bullet; (or a. lead pencil). The American gun sprays the contents of the cartridge! an .area measuring liine feet - horizontally, by about three i f eet vertical i. ly. At 150: yards the pellets will pene- : trite a two-inch plank. Tho -shotgun it-' self is: comparatively short; and it; is, of course, smooth-bored, and '. it iwill ; hold; ' '.:* six cartridges in the magazine. _ Tts. ' weight is B Jib, complete WiMl baydh'et. :> To strengthen the thin lilurel to carry ' the bayonet -work, and at tho same 'timfe. to assist in cooling the weapon, a perforated outer jacket of steel is. fitted over, but separated - from, the barrel, proper. • Speaking . . at Greymouth, Sir . James Allen said he wished to do all -that was ■'.--. possible for the returned^, anei). and equip -v. them to reenter civil: lijte.v* At^Hoifte-* * scheme had' been set onr foot to ttain* men for their own vocations or to A take- ,-. up new ones. Geneual Riohaidsop^ih^; made arrangements for the men in Eng- .- land to attend tlie , English Universities -,",• and to receive commercial aiid. vocational - training. This would, !be obritlnuijeai whieiu the men returned to _Jf-ew Ze&lari^' When the war was .over the men coidoV not all lie brought back at qnce. It would! take six, nine, or twelve, months to', complete demobilisation. S y It was "< -. therefore, necessary to find, some occupy- ,; tion foi* the men to take: up in. the mean r .w time, occupations tliat. would make them ' useful citizens of -N"e\v- ' £eala__d-,v Schemes of vocational 'training, '^*ere ;|?o-. :. ' ing experimented with, . qjaX& X. would bp : } ; improved a^ \ expeiiehce 3Vas .gained SitkX: tlieir working; Tlie work would .be coriti.ui.ed in New Zealand.'- Vbcationajl*. training would be provided,, and' -'"jj© v .. hoped educational .traimiigAas well. At Rotorua there was a workshop for. train- , .- ing disabled could not (akp up theii* old occupations. '; HeV hoped i that masters of industry would give the Department , assistance *■ in .trdniUA^ returned soldiers for their old vocations., v The development gf ... rubber. ;prodScJ.it)ii . hi Fiji by _S 7 ew Zealand eiitei*prise r wjis' mentioned by Mr. R. Wr Dal^i|Hjis Majesty's Trade (_tomniissi6'he'r,v'in' > cdn'r versatioii with a Dominion reporter. Mr* Dalton has jiist returlied from the Is- ,' lands, aiid during his stay thdre.he had 1 an opportunity of seeing what fs' b^iiib ' .'.'■• done; in the establishment of, a hey and important industry. '- ' The ; ; "deyelopinehtof tho rubber industry jn Fiji; is- the** work of some prominent New Zealand farmers, who have used capital 'v__ndi: energy in the . 'establishment of 'large •••■• plantationsr These plantations are now •' reaohing the productive stage, and the A quality of their rubber is reported* tg'^/pevery high. The market has absorbed ,v it readily. It happens that the "J> ne'e-v v of rubber' at the present time is 16% ; Owing apparently to the restriction of' i markets by the war, and better prices • are confidently expected when? nprniu,! ■■ conditions havo been restpred. . . The .;'.- ', plantations .that have been established by the New Zealanders- cover '. ■■ - thousands of J acres,^ and "the ' opinioitV in -Fiji is that the industry is going to', assume very large, dimension.*, and Nsplyeu ' some of the economic problems that trouble the Islands at the present tinio. ' Very large areas of land in the niain' islands ai*e vr&ported to be suitablo^,f6r rubber cultivation. '* '"*■',