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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14703, 7 September 1918, Page 2

— ;•:;::: ....-,., ;.......*.., , „*, Thtf Royal Mail coach leaves Francis and Lougher'a stobles for Tiniroto and Wairoa at 7 a.m. on Monday. . Companies, firms, and individual taxpayers who failed to subscribe to thelast war loan are receiving a .circular from the Commissioner of Taxes, calling upon each recipient to explain it's or his reason for not subscribing. Whilst' chopping wood at hi* home aboifi 7.30 this morning, the Rev. Mr Abbey had 1 one eye .severely injured. He struck the wood_ a glancing blow, amd, a piece struck his face m the regioai of the eye. ..."•, . \; Another of the popular Patutahi'. socials is to be held m the Patutahi; hall on Wednesday, September llthj m aid of Ngatapa-Patutahi Red Cross day^ and it promises to be a great success. The floor is noted as- one of the best m the Bay fax* dancing. Supper will be m the usual first-class style. Mr. Copley supplies the music, and everyone should have a good time. , . ,: Ail autograph - quilt, worked by Mesdattifia Elliot, Redstone, aud W. Graham, has beeu_. completed, and before being sent to the Hospital at /Walton-" on-Thames, will he exhibited m Adair Bros*- window next. week. . ;The quilt contains something, like 400 name's/ which have been .worked by*, the .subscribers,- greatly helped, by Mrs Elliots and her two- small daughters,- aiid the amount realised from the effort is ,4)50. In the cent*« ? of -the* quilti\is*Y a* Red Cross, and the words "Poverty )■ ty/Wi N.Z.," worked by . Miss YPrice, MTe Karaka. The whole qttilt '■ was se\yji to- . gether by Miss Myra YEtay.. \ ■■■< •' Til© adjourned annual' meeting of. the* Poverty Bay . Cricket Association : - was . held last night at the New Zealand Insurance Company's building. - Pre_eri_>: Messrs. H. E; Maude . (dhairnian),': J3*rvey, Fox, Allen, Woods, Brown, /a**dk C. Tettiperton (secretary).- Messrs. Midler, Woods; Fox, Eton,*-, and GV Tempetrton wbre appointed as maiiagejrient rioinmittee 1 for the reason, the fi.rsfc r njeeting . to be held on the- 20th inst., .'an^Yto. , report as to -prospects- of ob'taiiiitig' ; sufficient- players to warrant the.: Assps • ciation - starting . competitions'. Al? j cricket enthusiasts are - requested .to i at-. . tend on that, date. ;. ;Y ;>;. V ,V , i The Red Cross shop was conducted ■ to-day by ladies from t&,6 Ormpndy Wafe », paoa r Te Karaka -and TKanafkatiaia ' dift* , tricts. The f ollowing >were, inY^rge^ofc • the various stalls: ; :-, ; |_^veS, fcX-Mssa^jnes^ f Symes, Borham, Appletcdto^and Hum • phreys; goodS^'j^eßdani^ ■ Reynolds, Telford;, T. Sherratt and Miss » Hay; preserves;. Mrs Clements and ! 3^fw- : - Neenan; vegetables. Mrs iEUiott ; _rid 5 Miss Newman; "tea, Misses YWiUi^ii.l 5 On*, Humphreys, Bmdg»tJiind! 3 J. Ora'ham ; jumble ; Misses Burgess and 1 ' Wilson and Mrs YMatheson;, YnieMY'^i' • and Mrs McPliail, Mr and Mr© Bridie ; > sweets. Misses Scott (2); work;, Miss. ** Orr. The committee wish to .tfianlc^all ' who kindly donated moriey'and goods.

Amongst those who have volunteered mid passed tho military medical test is Mr Lawrence Jex-Blake, son of Mr T. Jex-Blake. , Before Mr; W...A. Bai-ton, S.M., m the Magistrate' -Court this morning, Hei Hei. Hemora, whplp.leaded .guilty, to> a, charge of being found drunk m Glad-, stone road, was fined 28s, with 2s costs, m default 48 'hours' imprisonmeiit. Rainfall registered at TeKaa-aka during August was 2.38 inches, as comparied i with 6.26 inches during the same month last year. The highest fall during 24 hours was .81 inch on the -29th. There were 13 wet days during th© month. • The Salvation Army Band at 10 tomorrow morning will render a programme of music, opposite YNiirse Humphreys Private Hospital, m Childers road, and at 3 p.m. at the Public Hospital. ? Mr. D. Midd'leton, of the staff of the Qkitu Factories, was met" at a pleasant , little gathering on Thursday evening,, last, and presented wu<th a silver wrist-, let . watch by his fellow members of Uie. staff. . Mr. Middleton proceeds to ramp with tho draft to leave m a. few days. At a, meeting of the Poverty Bay Institution m Monday next the Veil. . Archdeacon Williams,- the President, Will lecture on "Time and Time Intervals." The lecturo will open up many new and interesting points on this subject not generally known. The meeting will be open .to fiuy of the public, who \ will be welcomed. • The match between the Napier Main School and tho Gisboriie Solioo;! teams was" played at the Victoria Domain yesterday -afternoon. The : game- was interesting throughout, but the, visitors had the superior weight and turned it to gpod advantage, the' game finishing ivifch 'Napier 9 to Gisborne 3. For' -the winners Kussell and WUson. scored ei:.ti*y- each, 'kiijd. iScarfe kicked a penalty goal. For •the. home teajn Pejryer secured a tiy. Y-th .'all irastanoes the "attempt to convert, failed. Mr W. Howard was referee. ; ; 'Residents m the Wharekopae district i uit the direction of Tahora nave 'hud a ' ' Sdine what anxious time lately. Guns were -heard- at -night time,- barefooted, footprints were found m the snow, and r'Umofs were current t.o the effect /that ftjiere were a number of military deserters m the v vicinity. f The. ipoiice sent two cohstables-^-Messrs Ma'ioney and ■ Morice — to make investigations, and after, a fortnight's enquiries have inftimated that the affair was nothing •. ihlore tliiin a scare. One of the matters ■ 'that determined ; the police authorities to have an investigation made was the 'report that military deserters, were believed to be m hiding, m that locality, " and had. placed unusually large orders lor supplies sit the stores for ioodstuifs, etc. Tho -police, -m, tho course, of their 'enquiries, were informed by the..storekeepers' m question ' that the orders referred -to .. were ..lodged .by a gang- of fencing contractors, but they were not' supplied with all* the goods; As to the ■question, of .the deserters, a Herald reporter was authoritatively ■ informed ' that almost all the males m that district ! were elderly people" and 'young boys, and "had there been any military" deserters m the locality something would have , been heard of'them. , The noise of gun-fire-was explained by the fact that m the district, there are seyeral Maori j Camps, and -the. Natives have lately been' "doing a .faii* amoimt of shoptingYpf wild •pigs , and turkeys,'' aiid the, 'residents had; heard: the jgunsi This- p^rtujul^r- portion of the country borders , the virgin bush p£ the Ureyvpra, and it wa£- believed the .deserters might hide m the bush. Although..searches; were,, made by the policemen, assisted' by- Mr- G. * Scott, of Tahora.- no camp's were located. The -police have* satisfied -themselves- beyond all question that % the scare is entirely unfounded. " j Mr. Fred Gray, auctioneer, conducts -a sale of furniture on aocouut of Mr. ; . Tucker, at Bulwer road, Te Hapara, next; Thursday, Soptember 12tih, commending at 1 p.m. sharp.,