TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14712, 18 September 1918, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

On account of the entertainment to bo given on Friday evening on behalf of the Citizens' Defence Committee's funds, tho social to have boon hold at Waihiroi'o on Thursday has been posti poned for a week.

) The Rotorua Chronicle says it is understood that the Military Affairs Committee of the Anglican Church will shortly take into consideration the question of enlarging the Church Solj diers' Institute m Rotorua, as it is ;so popular with the soldiers that ifc lhas been found too small.

Cabled advice has been received m Gisborne by Mr. T. Fahey, of John Chambers and Sons, that his brother, Frank, was one of the victims of the epidemic which broke out on the transport conveying the 40th Reinforcements. The deceased soldier was m the artillery, and enlisted for service at Timaru, where his parents reside. Owing to Thursday having been erroneously mentioned as the day on which the Victoria League were having a stall _ at the Salvation Army sale of work, instead of Tuesday (as had been intimated by the committee), many contributions were not sent m. Any person still wishing to contribute may send their donations to the Women's National Reserve stall on Thursday.

A grand patriotic entertainment is to be held on Friday evening at the Opera House m aid of the funds of the Citizens' Defence Committee. The form of ihe entertainment will be hakas, pois, choruses, solos and duets by Maori entertainers, and a very attractive programme is promised. The box plan is open at ■Miller's, and patrons will be well advised to secure seats.

A peculiar suicide has been reported by tha Northam police (West Australia). On August 10 a man named Kristoferson disappeared from his farm, carrying a gun. The police search resulted m his charred remains being discovered m the bush 30 miles away. Kristoferson had apparently collected a pile of dead wood, set fire to it, and, sitting on top of the pile, shot himself. The metal residue of the burnt gun was found m the fire.

Corporal Max Samuel — well-known m Tauranga— 16th Waikato Company, ,2nd Auckland Infantry Battalion, writing from France, under date July 5, 1918, says : "Your , Waihi collections for the Church Armiy Fund are splendid. Everything m these huts is used by us free of charge. They have done a tremendous amount of good work out here, but, unfortunately, lost a number of their hut* m the recent battles. Most of these were .burnt to cinders to keep them from falling into German hands. We^cannot have too many huts here." — 'Waini- Telegraph.

_ "I have had reason recently to make investigation as to the way' in which capitation payments are being made," Raid the Minister of Education (the Hon. J. A. Hanan) to the Technical Teachea-s' Conference at Wellington. "I want to tell you frankly," he continued, "that I am far from satisfied. There must be an alteration." There was m this country an institution that' ' received nearly £800 by wa.y of capitation' for free-place pupils, when as a. matter of fact those free-place pupils did not exist. Possibly later on he trould condemn strongly certain conditions that he had found m New Zealand as the result of close personal investigation, , .

Letters^eeeived at } Greymouth from Captain. T. E. Y. Seddon indicate that lie ha* been having a very busy time m the United States on the* lecturing tour m connection with" the propaganda work carried under the ausp : ce s of 1 the Bmtish, .authorities. From Chicago he crossed! into Canada and afterwards spoke a Detroit and Milwaukee. The fixtures involve a large number of addresses, and the audiences are always very great— huge m some instances. Later, Captain Seddon was to be asR.'gned 1 a three months' lecturing tour on the Pacifies Coast,, mainly irf California, lnis work would be almost entirely m connection with tho shipbuilding operation now being carried on on such a vast scale by the United States.

An unusually close friendship and association between two Vmmtr Aucklanders lias ham broken by th© death m action of Second Lieutenant Paul G. Clark, «md of Mrs A. Clark, of Victoria Avenue. >Remuera: Lieutoiiawt Clairk Mas killed m France on 26th August, nnd his friend, Second Lieutenant L. C. L, AveriiJ, siscohd son of Bishop AveriW, was wounded 1 m the sanie battle area ton days earlier. The two young men were close school drums, and they later attended the University College together, both playing m the same football team. When they cam© of military age they entered, camp together, and received their commissions on the same- day. They left New Zealand -with the 34th Reinforcements ear'y this year, travelling on tb« same transport, and on arrival hy England were attached to the Rifle Brigade. They were closely associated 'on the battlefield.

I It will be seen from an announcement by Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd,, . and Messrs Sherriff and 1 Evans, m an- | other column,, that Mr Sydney Jones' fine dairy herd of pedigree" Jerseys, j also all ,his farm implements and lv's lease of the- farm at Mangapapa, will be offered by. public auction on Thurs- . day, September 26th. Mr Jones has amongst his herd the very best breed- , ing that there, is m the Dominion, ■ consequently h© has been very successful at all shows when his stock has com. . peted), having won several butter fat ' competitions. There has been a good inquiry from outside breeders m rescard to this sale, but it is trusted .that local , breeders willkeep the bulk of the herd m the* district. Mr Jones has been called up for active service, wlifoih is his only reason for holding the sale; therefore, all lots to be offered are for 'practically absolute sale." Catalogues can.be obtained at the offices of Messrs Williams and Kettle, Ltd., or Messrs Sherriff and Evans.