TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14983, 9 August 1919, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

London : Sailed, Gorinthic, for Wellington. j An epidemic of severe colds is being I experienced m Wanganui. j In the Waiapu Diocesan Gazette it is stated that tho Bishop has received tlie resignation of the Rev. D. B. Malcolm as vicar of Matawai. Ladies of Kaiti willing to assist the "Guards Regiment" m connection with the Great Band Battle, are invited to meet at the residence of Mrs A. M. ; Puflett, Haronga Road, Kaiti, on Tucs- ■ day afternoon. j '<■ The" 'exetf_tors i in s 'the' r est'ate-'of a< lady ,who died' recently., at .Re'lnuera have 'donated the ; whole .of the ' household furniture andVeffects* of • an.,eight-room-ed dwelling to be sold for the benefit iof the work of Sister Esther amongst . the poor of Auckland. I At the meeting of the Farmers' Union this afternoon the chairman said he would give notice to move at the next meeting that the union purchase a car for the conveyance of the secretary and i organiser. The membership of the union had been increased from 458 to 631 during the year. j The Adelaide authorities had decided' that all the Peace Day sports on the Jubilee Oval should be free, but the Football League, which holds the Oval under contract from the Government, refused free admission. The Grounds were therefore commandeered by the Government. Censorship is re-established on radio i telegrams exchanged between New Zea- j kind and Samoa. Messages must bear j recognisable signature, be fully on- : j dorsed,' and be written m plain English |or m one of several codes. Messages . j which pass through Apia for Rarotonga !or otjier places are not subject to cen-| sorship. A sub-committee comprising Messrs. W. McLean, C. G. Holdsworth, G. J. Black, C. H. Bridge, and the Rev. E. Ward, was appointed at the Gisborno Farmers' Union meeting to-day to go into urgent matters. A n-emit from Northern Waiapu was adopted, suggesting .that by paying an extra £1 a person can be a member of any branch of the Union.. The Salvation Army Band Festival will be continued to-morrow, when .Staff-Captain, and Mrs. Bladin will be present. To-morrow afternoon at Everybody's Theatre at 3- o'clock, Captain Bladin, who is a most entertaining public speaker, will deliver <an address on "Fragments from France" (with .apologies to Bruce Baimsf ather). Colonel Fletcher, president of the Gisborne Re- | turned Soldiers' Association, will preside. Again at 7 p.m. a salvation meet- | ing will be conducted m Everybody's ! Theatre. I A farm which will return a gross 1 annual income of £20 per acre is qlearly cheap at, say, £100 per acre, provided there is a reasonable prospect of the present prices for dairy produce retaining their high figui'es. "Toiler," writing in^the Hawera Star, knows of a small farm m the neighborhood of Hawera, a few perches over 25 acres m area, which has returned this season (allowing the same payment for butter fat as last) the gross sum of £519 6s 3d, or rather better than £20 per acre. No doubt there are other returns m the district equally good, or better. The. above, however j is correct, and is all the more meritorious m that the cows used were not by any means a purebred herd, averaging just 2531 bof fat each. With a 280 or 3001 b average, the return fdr the area would have been quite noteworthy. Also, on this small place no roots or green feed whatever was grown, sufficient hay being saved m the flush to see the cattle through the winter. An extraordinary accident occurred on the Napier road recently, when a collision took place between a car driven by , a Hawke's Bay motorist and a motor lorry. Mr Burlace, of Palmei'Stton North, was coming m from Woodville with a load of furniture on his motor lorry, and wfyen just on the brow of Hopkirk's Hill, at Stouey I Creek, he collided with a motor car coming m the opposite direction, with the result that the oft* far wheel of the lorry was shattered. The force of the impact caused the motor car to turn over and roll down the hil), and it eventually brought up upside' down on the top of an unfinished .culvert. Fortunately this> had 'not yet- got a top on, and the driver, who had kept his seat, fell into the opening and was thus saved from beipg crushed by the weight of the car. Onlookers naturally expected the driver to be badly injured, but on reaching the spot it was found that he had escaped with a few bruises and a shaking, while riot much damage was done to the car. Tho professor of chemical engineering at the Columbia University, Dr Arthur H. M'Kee, claims that he and his staff have evolved a drying process for meats and fish which is superior to any other used. All bone, waste fat, and connective tissue are removed from the meat to be treated, which is then cut into cubes or steaks, placed m a vacuum enclosure and subjected to a long period of drying at a low temperature. The sole object is to remove all wator contents. No chemical, change m the food takes place except that it is sterilised and t freed from putrefying germs, which means that it can be kept indefinitely. When dehydrated flesh is required for consumption, it is simply soaked m water for a certain' time. Obviously, as it has been cut into small pieces it is no of any use for roasting, but it makes excellent stews and even steaks. It is claimed that there is no alteration m either flavor or food value of meat so treated. The process is claimed to be inexpensive, at least no more costly than refrigeration. The great economy though will be m the matter of saving freight and storage space. Experiments show that dehydrated meat can bo stored m one twelfth of the space required for an equal quantity of frozen meat. Fur---ther, that it can be packed and branded more expeditiously and cheaply than m any other form. That there has been a little heartburning over the recent visit of His Excellency the Governor to Gisborne was indicated at to-day's conference of local bodies, when the question of apportioning the cost of entertaining Admiral Jellicoo and men of H.M.S. New Zealand was under discussion. Mr McCliskie, chairman of .the Mangapapa Town Board, said ho hoped that if there was to be any "address of welcome the , various? -local bodies would all be jjjven an opportunity of signing the address. Referring to the recent visit of the Governor, he pointed out that the-' address expressing the district's loyalty to the King, and welcome to. His Majesty's representative had only been signed by <Cook and Waikohu Counties, tho Borough and Harbor Board. — Mr F. J. Lysnar (interrupting) said th© Harbor Board did not sign the address, and m fact had not been consulted. — Mr Stock jocularly suggested that Mangapapa might not be asked- to sign the address of welcome — it might be m the Borough then. (Laughter). The Mayor added that the Borough was evidently anticipating that. — Mr. McCliskie said that Mangapapa would no. doubt be expected to contribute. — The Town Clerk : But you have not been asked yet.— Mr McCliskie: But I expect we will ; w 9 generally are m these matters,— rThe . Mayor said he wished to make an explanation-; The arrangements were drawn up hurriedly, and had to be transmitted by wireless from' Wellington to His Excellency. If there was ' any omission he would take the blame. Ho was glad, however, that Mangapapa was speaking up. J .as they had not intended' charging' them anything.— A delegate: But.r His 'Excellency • spent ; more time m Mang»-' papa .than anywhere else. — Mr F. J. - Lysnar-: I; think thpseVwho'.have. the "fun"' should be 'prepared to pay for it. — Reference was made at another stage to the attitude of the Waikohu County, which, if. was stated, considered' it should contribute to the cost of entertainment on a population basis.