TOWN EDITION.
• On a charge of failing to destroy rab ■ bits on his property, Tutawaka Raweka was fined £75 aud costs, £2 16s, at the Napier Police Court this week. Tliis was his third offence. \ 1 A meeting of secondary school old ,boys is being convened for Thursday evening next "at tho Savage Club rooms for the purpose of forming a football ■Tub. I A poll was taken at Kawakawa on . Friday by the Bay of Islands County Council on a proposal to borrow £68,000 for road construction and metalling purposes. The proposal was carried by 423 votes to 152. The roll of the Auckland Relumed j Soldiers' Association now contains nearly < 7000 names. Qver 3000 new memberhave been secured since the beginning of ■ the year, and of this number 1120 have .joined within tho last fortnight. 1 Notwithstanding the high price of building materials, building operations continue to be fairly active m and around Masterton. Building permits to the value of £17,017 have been issued by the Masterton Borough Council during the last three months. ' A married' woman, Mrs. X). Lovegrove, aged 31 years, committed suicide at Ngaruawahia on Wednesday by cut- ' ting her throat with a razor. The deceased committed the act m her bedroom; where her dead body was discovered by one of her. six children. The wound " inflicted must have caused instantaneous death. The husband of the deceased was away m Auckland at the time. 'Tho social committee of the C*Wno--polita.il Club announce that their first dance of the season will be heud m the tub's premises to-morrow night. Dancing will commence at 8 o'clock, and the , music will be furnished by Mrs. Heeney. . A splendid floor 'has been prepared, and ! the members and their lady friends who ' attend can rest assured ot an enjoyabe gathering. The ladies, as . usual, will < provide refreshments.
A Whangarei message states : Constructional work on the Waipu branch of the railway line was started oh Wednesday. A commencement has been made at a point about one mile beyond OUkleigh, across Mangapai river, the work being let m co-operative contracts. 'It is stated that the resident public works engineer, Mr. J. Woods, expects to have a full complement of 30 men at j work within a fortnight. "The value of land has been steadily 'depreciating since the war began," said a valuer at the sitting of the Mount Eden Assessment Court. The reason was that there had been practically no building owing to the high costs of material and labor, Before the war 2000 building permits were issued annually m the city and suburbs, but the average num- , bur of permits during the last four years was 147, and . most of , them were . for repairs. I The hospital ship Maheno, with returning draft No. 231, is expected at J 'Auckland on April 20. The draft totals J4C4 men, of whom 105 belong to tho .Auckland district. A report received from the vessel at Colon stated that there were 175 cot cases on board. There are no cases of influenza or other infectious diseases. The transport Raranga, with returning draft No. 235. comprising 1074 men., is due at Wellington on April 23. The majority of the men oil this vessel belong to the Wellington district.
The popularity of Brigadier-General H. S. Richardson among disabled (Soldiers is indicated by the decision of 'the pernianentlv disabled soldiers' sub-corn-antttee of the Returned Soldiers' Association to extend to him a. special welcome when he returns to New Zealand. It was stated ai. i-he- meeting of the committee that few disabled, men did not cherish pleasant memories of the kindly' nature of the general and of the consideration he invariably showed toward them. - "When we had to see General Richardson," said one man, "it was not a case of saluting which was expected by the smaller fry, but of taking the hand he extended."
After the experience of the past six months (says the Auckland Herald) it is a discredit to New Zealand that we have hot a quarantine station at-Auck-land fullj' prepared so that all the Niagara's passengers could be isolated m safety and comfort. Wo have a Commission engaged at gi'eat .cpst m taking voluminous evidence as to the cause of the recent epidemic. It would be move to the purpose if we expended our energy and our money on . quarantine stations and such other precautions as would give the public confidence that everything possible is, being done to guard . against another outbreak and to protect the health of overseas passengers.
In connection, with a rumor that the public will not be admitted to the hui at the Park racecourse to-morrow, the Hon. A. T. Ngata states that this is quite erroneous. The grounds are open to the public at all hours during the continuance of the . hui, but as the Maori reception to the returning Maori soldiers to-morrow Avill follow native custom, and a tangi i*ill be an outstanding feature of it, the Hui Committee request that the public; whilst welcome to be present, will not intrude on the solemn ceremony. Certain, spaces will be reserved for European visitors and the public generally, and. they are requested to keep within those limits until "the conclusion of the function. ..'■-,
There was a large influx of visiting Maoris into Gisborne yesterday, m preparation for the opening of the hui at the Park racecourse, to-morrow. Apart from the big contingent of Natives who arrived by steamers from North and South, many reached town overland from the Coast and the Bay of Plenty districts. It Mas estimated there were fully 1000 natives m camp last evening. Yesterday' the 'hui grounds were , visited by numerous townsfolk, a special service being conduoted m Maori by the Rev. .Fred. Bennett, of Hastings, m the .morning, whilst m the afternoon the Gisborne City Band rendered an appropriate' programme. To-day the Natives were busy various tribal visitors, many of whom were m evidence m town to-day.
The position m Auckland m respect „ to the placing of returned soldiers m "" employment is becoming more acute evei'y day as the men return home (re- , ports the ''Star"), ' While quite a large * number has been placed m positions I during the last few weeks, there are 160 representatives of twenty various .professions and trades still seeking occupations. In addition to these is a number seeking light work of any description. Quite a number, is forced to board, and finds it a great difficulty^ m meeting accounts. Ihe men view with resentment the attitude of some employers continuing to employ females m positions they vacated at the outset of th» war. An instance of this was . cited to an official of the Soldiers' Information Bureau, A chemist's assistant called m at the bureau the other w ■•■ day and stated that some eleven phemR i_+-8* assistant* were desirous of getting E back into positions, and had made apS plications accordingly, they were unI successful, and this while a number of S female counter nss's'tcnts was employed. I Somo of these men havte passed their I examinations, while others left the Do- ■ minion before they had had. an opporB ''.unity to sit for the examinations. This fl 'preference for female employees likewise applies to . the public service, according to- a- statement made by Major Penlington at a meeting of returned -disabled soldiers held m that city recently. He said that inquiries he Jiafl. made to tho Public Service Commissioner on hehalf of men wishing to return to their former positions m. the public service and others peeking appointments had elicited a, reply to the effect that' there ■was little hope for theta, The Discharged Soldiers' Employment Department has fl issued a reminder to employers {to tho f effect that returned soldiers are seeking employment, and that it is the obvious » '.. duty of employers to assist them m. their JJ Return to ciyil Jif^
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19190407.2.50
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14880, 7 April 1919, Page 6
Word Count
1,313TOWN EDITION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14880, 7 April 1919, Page 6
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.