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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14725, 3 October 1918, Page 4

"- ; Of the 28 irien examined before the •'Medical Board yesterday,' nine were passed as fit A, and) 19 "were classed as I 0 2- ■ ■■■•--. .'■ News wa* reoeived to-day of , the death, of Mr H. D. Parker, at one time assistant wharfinger at Gisborne, and! recently a resident .at Palrii Beach, -Florida. •■: The Wairoa. men whoso names were •given m the list on Tuesday as joining 1 rthe 48th Beinforeemehts;,. are included 'm the 47tii,'ahd are to leave with that draft.. Interviewed to-day respecting the flooding of the Ngatapa creek, the district engineer stated that a scheme had been evolvedt-to cope -with the trouble. The proposal 'included banking and) also straightening of the creek. Mr^ Armstrong added 'that., certain features of ishe~ proposed! work would-' -necessitate a, conference with the adjacent lahoJovrners' concerned. . ' \ . The National Efficiency Board has jWrittento the Cook _ Cfounty Council, asking, im view of the 1 reported shortage pf sheai'ers foa ,: next! season causing' some coraserniwnoaigst thje ifarming community, 4f '• the Coiuicil could suggest some course that could be adopted, and ascertain the position) m this -district 'and. report to the Board., Lv conversation with arepprteav this nip-ruing, a i v^elUkhowii farjrier stated that he did riot anticipate any great diificuity iui regard to shearing ! '-work, aJthoiigh there was certainly a | shortage of thte "class of ■ labor. !>.- Some 'further light on the recent sad drowning fatality at, the Waikanae ijbeach was afforded to-day, when the -husband' of tlie deceased, Mr Carl W. .■Jensen, arrived from Wellington m company with Private P. Vospe.r (who has. been granted leave from camp). ,; Mr., •Jensen' states that his wife had been m ill-heahMi, and it vtos on -this account she came tp Gisborne for : a change.': That she had 'beehi "subject to periodical' fits of depression * was evidenced by the fact that only\the same day that, the (news of her death fcedegrapjiiqd' through to him, he received a letter from her written m "very depressed terms. -' In the Juvenile Court this Vmpniihg, before Mr J. S. Barton, S.M;., ar youth, who had. been convicted' and ordered to come up for sentence when called -upon on a charge of stealing load, appeared on remand- to show cause tvhy; sentence 'should npt- be passed upon him, ooiise-. v quent oil .his haying taken a cycle from Brskine's r bakery without authority an© damaging the maohino to- the extent', of £2, 105. When tho lad appeared oil the previous occasion his father staged that his son nsud to work at the place .from 'which he took the bicycle, and did not think there . was * any . wrong in' taking; it for a ruri,'/ 'Defendant's father agreed.. . to -make goddivithe dianiagje to the machine. TW/V rii^ing the father produced! , a receipt showing payment' for the damago to the machine,/ His W6rflhip : further deferW<i sentence, a-fter admonishinig; thp^- voutlii and' warning him' of the serious ; results if; he' agairi appeared before the Court. ' Writing: "at sea," on July 27th to liis father Mr B. Bobb, of Gisborne, Private H. F. Bobb, of the 38th Beinforcements, m a letter received tp-day, t states: "You will be surprised to know* that 'I have had fiye days im hospital* with, a temperature as high as 104, but I was not' the only, one by a long .chalk. Twenty hours 'after the first man went down, with this new brand of * 'flu,' there 'were.. 200! m hospital and very, very few have missed. Both dpc^ tors went down 'first .day,, arid othcers disappeared off the decks m no tune." In a.. later 'letter the Gisbornite details'. a..' visit to a certain port, .and goes on to. state: "A couple of, days out an epi- , demio of Spanish influenza broke out, .', and I was on© of the first' to gp down. In 24 hours 200 were?, down, and by next day/80 per cent, of the men on board were 'outed*.' Some of om* boys that missed the 'flu went into tlio stoke-hold and helped to keep the ship going." ,

Tlie s.s. Majeura bix>ugh£Uo(XJ!h^g»of oversea mail for New Zealand. TPhe Gisborne portion arrived to-day. Special thanksgiving services art* to Jbe held at Otoko, Bakauroa, and Mj&ta* • j wai on Sunday next m connection with the Allied victories. ' .",■'' The Salvation Army Band last night* lendered a programme of patriotic, and other music at the corner of , Gladstone; road and Peel street m eommemoratiofi of the, surrender of. Bulgaria. . y \ "•' The '.Gisborne Defence Committer is \ appealing for typewriters for educational purposes iri the United Kingdom' anpt" France,, m accordance 1 T -with General: Richardson's request. *'? :v \ In the Canterbury versus Otago/ v Copper Trail, Dunedin still leads, the amount already collected by thai j cehjf e .. on 21st September being £27,24$ whfiM Canterbury's total was £6688. The first aerial mail delivered- m Auckland was made on Sunday, one of . i the seaplanesyjf the Kohimarama Flying j School conveying, letters and papers to/ Motuihi Island from the school. The: journey, occupied exactly 11 minutes. : : At tlie Synod at Napier -this week ia : was announced that the Rev. F. W f Chatterton had been appointed canon, and his institution to this office tookj. place last evening m the Napier Cathed- • ral. Canon Chatterton takes Up hla position as Vicar of Rotorua at the end of the year. ' The Wimmera, inquiry had been adjourned until Monday, and when for-; mally mentioned at the Auckland Magistrate's. Court Mr. Selwyn Mays applied for a further adjournment on account q£. the absence of the chairman, Mr.; E. C. ' Cutten, S.M. This was granted until Wednesday; 'October 9. - \ ' , '. - •., , In.the Magistrate's Court this morn* ing, Mr.* J. S; Barton, S.M., gave judgment for t plaintiffs, m the following undefendedcivil ajctipn* : Mary O^Coriner (Mr. WillOck) ti 'Mrs. Wi' Harding; claim £1 13s Bd, costs 5s j Athola S. Weriryss (Mr. Hei) v. Paku Brown,; £ 2 16s, costs 225 ; same v. Morehu (Jtrs. Captain Walker) £1 18s, costs lOs. ;*' '.The^ stin'ing war news received this week' brought many people ba.cl|f : again to the earlySwar days. ' Old .''mjapsv. ihat' t have grown dusty, on the' wafls yiave A .been cCosely perused asaih; artd iflags that' have Cremairied stationary on some forgotten township m Europe haVo been taken out and re'staked to mark the latest adVaricei of the' Xlfie*. 'The flags'? have , made /surprising junips ' iri ' cases, arid not a fevv optimists are ready shortly to stake out further claims- in Belgium, and even Germany. 1 -— N,Z. ■Times-. ' :> .- The Taranaki Herald states that afc N New Plymouth last Tuesday a writeoff summons Was issued against the schooner . Ottillie Fjord by a firnT of local! merchants m respect to an action !for damage to cargo. On Wednesday another ivritHrWas!. Issued, by a second firrii. Subsequently '^uj'rantb were ! issrieoUt** the.,Ma.rslM under the Admiralty.jurisdictiorii, requiring him bo arrest the , scliooneiy and these, warrants wejire also ; served by nailing them on ' jihe mainmast . of tne vessel. As far as is known, is the firsts-time that a vessel has been arrested at New 'Plymouth. Thej Qiitalr . lie Fjord is at present loading a cargo" of pelts and flax for San Francisco. » . . ■.-. ■&?• "We had a dittle diversion m the; ,tfi£ of a smack up with a submarine," .?*©- lates Private H. F. Bobb, of Gisbohie> m the course of a letter that arrived) to-day;,,. The incident occurred oreythe journey Home, a ie^i days /before arrival, m England. The'-e*citeri^^ tense. The ships on the right sighted it first, and the fun began. The jdestroyers went at full steam for a ooupleof .miles, aricft when tliey located: the "sub" they dropped depth tombs &nd pur ship shook like a leaf. How the Fritzes m the tin fish felt we won't know, because they went down for good, arid the destroyers' cariie' back. Soon afterwards tlie convoy split up toigo to different ports^ aiKFit '.Was not long* before we 5 could sco the red! flomea from their, guns, hear the booming, and seethe up-heaval of ; watei-, where tho shells (landed, WhW $0 finish of the argu-/ nient was, we doii't ldipw.'' \ •••"-. * "It is rather unfortunate for met to be here with all this property," was the romark of /Samuel Aston m the Magistrate's Coinrt tins morning, iwhen John Harold Kane proceeded' against him on a judgment, siimmodfe for/ the amount' of £62 12s. Defendant deposed that/* he owned property at Awapuni, and m Grey, Queen, , and '* Muir streets His Worship said he thought that inrhis (defendant's) own interest, as well;' aa that of his creditors, his affairs needed "straightening up!" He advised counsel for judgment creditor (Mr. Dunlop) . tohave the ; case- adjourned,', itt ' order th^t some method' could be adopted, as for instance a creditor's petition, so as, to have thi defendant's affairs straightened up. Counsel pointed out that the debtor was making about £7 15s $>er week, he pressed for "an order. His Worship deprecated the practice sof spreading interests on a bare equityi m several properties, and contended it jlras a_ "low moral commercial' business." With regard to the application for "the order he adjourned the case until the 17th, m order to enable the defendant to; do, something to pay his debts. <He • said defendant should assign the rent '/[•^^PS,? 186 was done - Otherwise he (his Worship) would have to make an order; As far as the. order on the income of £7 15s per %eek was concerned, "c felt, that with a family of eight children to support there would not be much to spare. ' Sonm time was occupied by the Magistrates' Court, this morniitg m connec--*" tion with the. casie Lazarus Wolfe Balkmd (Mr. Coleman) v. Joseph O'Corinell Mr. Burnard), claim £5. Mr. Burnard Mid a, loan- was given to defendant of ±55 for one. month without security ; v £ ' 10s was. paid off, and confession had beeiv filed for £2 10s and 10s as a rW sonable rate of interest. He asked iha*. the case be considered under the Moneylenders' Act, The loan Mas for pn month and no£ payable by virtue of k»j written, instrument; no interest would amount i after: the month. The rate of interest m plaintiff's claim, he sjliid, worked oyt at 600 per cent, 10s paid allOived imMi per oerit., >hich he conteiicled wtfa quite v reasoiiablß.-riHis Worship: It is somewhat misleading to work out the percentage on small loans. —Mr. Burnard : Clain|ant- is under Ithe same circumstances as the grocer or any other tradesman who sells goods. For intance a grocer sells Bal^ • thweforp,, a moneylender comes under the' same fuiidariienta! category.— His Worship r Say, for instance, I wanted Some $41t urgently, for some phocographic Worfe^ I would be prepared to pay f'a v; little-:ipbxe for r tl>e salt uriderVthe, ouNcuiristahJifes.^ Mr, Burnard : Certaifih/; f hut, iiol ( &'y<!ra v purchased, it f rorii! a grocer.— H&: nWorship : No, that: is so.~Mr .' BrirriaVd^s^P- ■ hiitted that it wai a fallacy to say that when a man, lent' money he was en- v titled to lend it above a certain- rate:-r '"■ His' Worship said it seemed to hirii tnnt if a riioiieylender lent- small sums ■to people m pinched circumstances at iricreased interest^ it was aw-^\ lead^lto a fallacy to worlt !the,chai^#t'a^ a ratp^ of per cent, per aii^ftnj^Afi^ - further lepal discussion the \ case was ad-joijßTied ,t^'-;the'';4s.tli',inst,,.s:when' tWoi other similar cases will coraev&efore %i& Worship. '■'. : s .' ,-; t tenecial f eatiwe> at the Bed Cross shbjp „ pn.^ Saturday; vim he two wew stalls, pne for books arid this other for ohnia; alsvo n new d'spla'y at the (work . stall, iuol3ii(d; ing "oliildrerifc borinets amf dresses,' afterV'' noon, tea^nd tray !clotlis. t •:-, rv ! y:7y f The ambulance section^of '-'the National Beserve >ifcill... meet thai evpiiingni^ , tha Gaijrisori Hall. At ,8 o'clock' Div! W^-.' liarii's will lecture on "CSrpulatjori anqRespiration." A full attendance is refV quested. , '-. ;; .., .• Eight-day striking Clodks m aill designs, frorii 30/-. -— . At Grieves, wie' Quality Jeweller.* '•■-.'■'■ \ Quirt- I So>l cures Influenza, 2/- a botjj|pt! — Wi Stark Lawrie, CJhemist, Gisborhe ', (Straight down from -Derby St. "Brdd^p)*/ It's a. waste;, of money buying axhjaip watch for wrist use. CongUJer ! the wes* and .changes of position a^h^^a^iih, must get on the arm.— Grieve. J^WflUttrY* for reliable Wristlet Watoheß.* - I .' y Alarm Olocka last. for years if yoti b^iy a Reliable ArticFe. — Grieve, Jeweller, for Alarm Clocks, from 7/6 to 21/-.*

B|r. Johannes C. Anderson, assistant librarian at. the. Parliamentary Library, liagj been appointed librarian of, the Library, Wellington. ' . ' ' $he Otago Harbor Board has agreed to , offer the hire of the dredge to the Oajfcaru Harbor Board, for. a period of three months at a charge of . ±)16$0 per moiith. l ''":■:' A* growing practice of converting into tenement houses dwellings that were . originally designed for single f ahiilies 1 has' been noted m Auckland, and is now under consideration: by the Works Com- , mftlee of the City Council] The city engineer brought the matter under the '-, notice of the authorities as being con- {- trary to the interest^ of the community. ' The case oft a£,^poia,n who was sentenced at Wel!ungtori itd' six 'months' irii- ' prisonmarit for harboi'ing her son, a military deserter. hais x been considered by , Cabinet. The : -Ministejr for Justice states v. th^Uon Tuesday Cabinet authorised the* remission of the unexpired port^ui"of the wdman's' sentence, which began on sth August, subject to the approval of the Go'whor-Genieral. The Women's Patriotic Committee will hold!,, their sewing; meeting on Friday, from 10:30 a.m. v to ; 4.30 p:m., '* at Trinity Ha^l. ,. They wish t$ thank Mrs Preston' for kindly providing •morning' and afternoon tea. last Friday.. The committee hope tliat as many as possible' wiUj. attend, so that /there : wilf "hpa ISxgf of./ dhildreri's garments ready -for -isaie*' for "Orii 4 Day;" ■"" "Any gifts of suitable material will he welcome. After a brief refei'ence to the great 1 news, from the front; Sir James Allen said': "I am sure we are all proud of the men who have come back, and equally proud of the mem who are keeping up the great : name of the New .Zealand Division, and riidldinur to it. This division's work is something that will never be forgotten. I am perfectly certain that when the history of New Zealand's part m the war comes to be writteri, the story will be one to thrill those who come after us." The death of Mr. William Hanford, an old resident, occurred this morning. The deceased, who had been ailing for some time, had been a resident of Gisborne for many years, and lived with his 'daughter, Mrs. Moore, m Childers road.' fier leaves four sons and three daughters-^Mfesdames Moore and HalloWell,', of Gisbprne, and Mrs. Grant, of Tokoiriaru Bay.' The late Mr. Hanford had acted asi treasurer for the : Orange Lodge %iu fof about four years, a!iid had been been an enthusiastic member, of the Salvation" Attny for abput 36' years'; The funeral ; wjll" take place toririorroiw afternoon. The., .Salvation Army. Bandj •will be in'' 'attendance, v arid members df,l the L.O.L. arc'-'alsp specially-i nvited to 1 attend. . ■'.. v'--f-;-^' -.■■ { y-y •;. ■. News has been received ;by his mo'tlier ; of the death on active service of Major J. J. Hammond on September 23rd. The Star says: "Joe Hammond was born m Feilding 32 years ago. In his youth, he performed some of the most daring feats : with a complete unconcern I .' > It" was. 'with no surprise, therefore, 'that : Jiis;. people, here heard, some little time, after; Joe" i had gone to England on; a trip, ' that' her- < was flying. That was 12 years- ago. Joe came out to Australia with a British aeroplane, and was the first aviator m those Southern Seas. Returning to Europe,' Joe- was. one 'of thejirst m the air when war broke out. .He had seen" yearS'Of service* v .sj^^QritW\agri j he was repoHea as having .been sent to Aiherica as an aviation instructor. It is riot known yet how he lost his life. Major Hammond leaves a wife but no children." ' % very - pleasant :' time was spent at FJindlay's tea. rooms yesterday , afternPpn, the occasion being an "At Home" given by the Cook County Women's. Griild to Mesdames Scott and Lyndon. Mjrs A. J. West presided, and m a h^ppy speech said the /Guild had asseiribled to do honor to Mesdames Scott arid Lyndon, had entertained the. Guild most hospitably , oil' several occasions. Mi's Scott returned' thanks on behalf of Mrs Lyndon, dn<s'herself fdr the. Guild's kipd appreciation. During the afternoon, a musical programme was finely rendered by Mesdames Church, Williamson and -.Lyndon and Miss Webh: > Mrs^ Webb 'Contributed a .pianoforte selection. The proceedings opened' with thei.singiug of the National Anthem, and 1/ concluded , witlx ':■'. the*"sihging of <i Auld : Lang Syne, alls present luwingt ejajoyed " ( a jVery pleasant afterriopm Mjr Clerrient-' Wragge - supplied! the following forecast on Monday afternoon :> A^iiew barometric dlstrii'banoe'' named Tj#bn. is - apprpaching.' Winds will be frpp between north, north-west, ahd ! w^est, later shifting south'-VesV an d' the weather ■ >will .; prove: rainy, squally arid '■ unrietbled~ A' "new and mighty., upheaval I is *m progress m the sun, arS-lsL nearly* central on the solar disc. It exceecfe 200,000 miles •long,■ ". arid contains two immense, centres of eriergy, each exceed- ! ing, thirty thousand miles' m .diameter, j "l%e, man m, the:, street" cannot/ by ' the riiostvvivid iriiagjriation, picture the awful _ rush of currents; in these; solar. sto^pmsV'wfth the hydrogen red flames leaping and|. playing, wJth. terrific fury. Nipj'jwbride^thaf, the eaHh responds, like the v singing of a telegraph wire. Beaded should, wattfh the cablegrams re earthquakes and volcanic disturbances; but remember that such may hot always' 1 b 6" reported. j J&n interesting event m bowling circles' tPttb place this afbernooni, being the.' official opening of the Gisborne greeii f?X tlie season. The condition of the 1 green, is a credit to the caretaker v, (Mr 1 Wnson), oaijd the sward is considered to ' ha? one of the best produced yet.- The gwmnds were gaily, decorated with small Uses, a large -Union Ja^k flying, from > the! small pavilion, and the American emblem being over the entrance, whilst at, 7 the corner of the;' green' were the' Frjucli and Belgian flags. The weather ww ideal for the ceremony, which was performed by the president (Mi- J. Ajuany^who m a short and. happy speech <farma% dtecOared the greeiii opekiedv Ams Allan (wife of the president) thsrtew thp "kitty," amidst applause, after' which eight rinks of players started m a game -^President r. Vice-president (Mr'"Hf Mfller). Afternoon tea was^ dispensed, ai^i a musical programdae -was supplied toj^ienliven the proceedings.C There was a good attendance of ladies/ y^t the meetirig of the Anglioain Syiiod at N^piex- a recommendation was made that" eubWoriptioris be asked' for fuii^^toi, enabJiei, the Dipoesan military affairs committee to contiriue its sworK iii^.th^.'-Territorial camps. A motion prp^ ppsle'd" bjr Mr. ' Jchii: A. "j|l4cleari. urging tp|e consideration, of the inadequate stipends of tlie clergy was energetically supported • hy>m»m ' CqldhW^Wjai^tisV' He spoke iemmf„y>^ -Me^aWvpehr' sidaigi providecl^by $he, funVd^jfor Wj6m out arid' superanjiuated clergy.— Kef erred to/the meeting of Lay. Syiiod»ifcem. A motion iwas car'ii|d,i: j -"l'^a.fc it. he a recoonmendation >-'%s>; the,,". G&ieral! (Siyiiod that the Bishops' be V- requested w' arrange with the heads .of other denominations to see if the time be opportune fin* reviving the scheme of the Bible m Sjchoods League, and= if, iiot-, whether. ,-aiiy other more satisfactory cari b§" fplind upon whiph' ririariiiriity'' can be efjcat'ed to meet the pressing iveed of religious instruction : ; - m, Statp, schools, especially m districts! where'thei'e, is' rio lidssibility of establishing ciiurch schools, afijj that m any such scheme a opnsc^erice clause be inserted for teachers 'abvwell as paronts." Besplutipns- of. sympathy 'Svith '. the Bey. Oliver "Dearie arid Mrs, Dea!n pit j- the loss of -their soiu> lij^^oArit, D^ri'/.. killed iri , '^tipri, a-hd', %y^t-h the Bidhop of Chii^istoh'ui ; ch,'on the dftath of Ma-s Julius, Av-ere carried unajmmously. The, electipn , for . the (Staitdijjfi; C^rim^l^e'lVesultefi as fpiiews =>r Ofergy. ;' '• -!£rchde#cPti ! . Wiiliams. v a PP n M&ynip, Bevs.vvMi Wjß^tterflekl,. W. X, Spfloh, J. B/ Br6cW«huTst; : "F; [A y .Ben^ nijt; laity, Messrs F. W. WiUiasms,' Dr. Henlley, B. Gardiner, J. A. Maclean, AjL. Beattie, H. J. Bull, J. Cofek." The Allies, Motor Cycle,. > Co. has been ajipoifsted .-.Giisborne agenjte £or thej Beading Standard make of niotor cycles.' The firm claims for this machine all the latest improvements iri motor machinery, arid this is based on. the turn of spee^ ' developed by' the B^irig' Standarti. This point, combined with excellence pf workmanship and tested durability, puts the machine far m the front.*