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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14984, 11 August 1919, Page 2

The football match at Te/Karaka on Saturday, between Te Karkka. viand / Waipaoa, resulted m a win/for the -'for- - mer by 16 to nil. Mr. J. Reidy.was referee. • ; { ■>.'■ , ' The Wairoa coach waa ' delaiyetl'^last week owing to a large slip betweghv. Reinga and Tiniroto.- The road '-was >" found to-be very. heavy, but tie «>ich experienced no serious difficulty onf- the" way. V. ' '.T.i .^.. ( •■■■.. . '-I ■ :,../*" "■:■; jßeforo^ H.^. Hrn, J^.,. iri^tha Police Court thus morning, Sttmuel Sydney Fergus (Mir Bur<oard) .^as bhar^ g<sd \»ith the. alleged theft of J6iß' ja money, the .property oi yJames«f;WEVana. On th^ application ofc vthe police * remand/ was grQntedito the IStht" instant. Bail was allttvted in ' accused's own recognisanoe; of £50^,, with one ■■&&&!;£ ty of £25: w?' •"■:..; Z. .''.-.■'■' ■"•■ :; i'»'" l '" ; .'''-v.-- ■ . Gisborne hockey enthusiasts will ■ be *- given a treat liext Thiitfßda-y and Sifciii'day when tlie Hawke's' Say ladies' Wot • ihens representative t^m 8 wiH' .^ljwJ- ' Poverty TJay representative teams, on'"'. ; the Childers Road Reserve. This, visit, has, been aivranged for a oonsid^Kbla ' time, and the local association lids g^ie i° a bl « /expense > to gst .losiVrng ■teams lo Gisborne bad weather- and S Qigamsed shipping ' hayii^g. been the oause of postponing the intended' visit twice. Arraoigenients (have beerf coml pleted by which it i s hoped- ftp the v«te teams a . very/ enjoyabfe. week . ?*£' rhe ? ames of thf HawkeY Bay' Mies can be obtained from MiL Ml Ferguson. There will be a practice " match for represeht,ative players aY & n.m. on Tuesday, /The death occurred last night of -Mrs. Hams,, wife of Mr., R Harris, of/ the s Albion Club *he, -deceased -lady, who was held irt-Vngh esteem by. all who kh&v her, was about as usual, on Baturday, but early : in the .evening was selze , J lt h,:n |evefe: ; haemprjrhag^. : This was followed by further serious atjtaplai^ wlu£h terminated fatally. The lal» Mrs. Harris was born -at Pukekohe 4 and .^as ' the second daughter b f the late >Vi|i.aih „ Maxwell, an old and highly -respected resjdefit" of that district. Althpu^K of a retijt'ing .disposition, she did- a great amount of good work- amongst the lieefly/v , Both 'Mr. and Mrs. Harris have assisted! generously m deserving cases s.and^calibt during the influenza epidemic* i■; ■M*bv' : Harris- was 45 years of age, haying^re* <y sided^ m this district for years. vMi».i ye ) willha r v v e tte sy ; mpa,thy, of^-Jajrge^j circle, fof^ 1 friends J/m, Ms/bew^mfsnt^v;/ 13ie} intevnient , takes place ! ■ tornip^cbvr " afteirnpoh m 'the Tiruhefio cemeter^l,|h^ v fiincral lea^ing s at'|>;SOp.mi './'].'■;"

In the Police Court Uti* morning, before Mr H. E. Hill, J-P., two first, offenders for drunkenness* were each lined Bs, with 2s costs, m default 24 hours' imprisonment. A statutory first first offender was lined 18s. with 3b coßts.

It was reported at a meeting of the Waverley Farmers" Union recently that the Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald. Minister of Agriculture, had decided to semi a man abroad to get an insight into scie.i title fanning 1 generally, and so -improve the standard of agriculture.

In connection with the election "of" officers at the . New Zealand Farmers' Union Provincial Executive on Saturday afternoon, Mr. C. H. Bridge was ivelected president for the ensuing yeas'. and Messrs W. McLean, and C. G. 11 oldworth were appointed vice-presidents, en thae motion of the president.

Mr, F. H. Lawtoiir has received advim from, Mr. Haxle Giles, Conciliation Commissioner, that the latter will be mi Gisborne to hear industrial disputes on the following dates : Gisborne drivers. Tuesday, Sept. 2; shearers and «hed hands, Wednesday, Sept. 3: soffc goods employees, Friday, Sept. 5; private hotels, Tuesday, Sept. 9. The- railway construction engineer at Matata., Bay of Plenty, Mr. Stewart, stated lost week that work on the construction of the Awakeri White Pine Bush portion of the .East Coast Railw.-y Was commenced last Thursday. Tliee were about 35 men at present employed on this section, and he <was sending ov.c* or two more to join them.

At a meeting of the executive of tl-e Whaagarei Farmers' Union, a resolution Avaa received from the Poverty 1 Bay Union,' objecting to the Board ol Agnputure's suggestion to practically declare, the whole of the North Island an infected area (re cattle tick), but that individual districts infected be declared and quarantined. The Whangarei executive [resolved to support the whole of the North Island being declared a tie!: area. ■ . ' • . ..White Island appears to be m eruption the Auckland Herald's correspondent on Tuesday). . At half-pa? t ton o'clock this morning volumes ci 1 ttcam, fire and smoke were seen rising from 200 ft. to 1000 ft. m height. .The | eruption, as far as can be seen from the shore, is taking place on Hie north-east-ern quarter of the island.' Though eta sky is somewhat obscured with clouds the volume of flame and smoke is easily discernible through glasses from the harbormaster's look-out, near Whakataiie Heads. As there appears lo be some doubt m the minds of the residents of Ma-tawher) arid Makaraka and districts as to whic'i "army" they belong to m the Great Band Battle, the executive wish to explain that fl.ll residents on the left side* .of the main road from Stanley road to Whatautu are m the "Lancers," whilst tiiose living to the right-hand side from Stanley i'oad to Whatatuta should belong to the "Rangers." From the • numerous telephone inquiries received, and the interest that' is being taken m tho campaign, it seems certain that a strenuous "fight" is going to ensue, and all seem to be "entering into the spirit •of the scheme, and_ are determined to enjoy the fun that must necessarily foCJow from day to day.

JTo-morrow; (Tuesday) is the last day for receiving entries for the competitions, which commence m the Opera House on September 1. To date there have been well over 300 entries received, and by to-morrow a total of over 400 should be reached. Although not quite up to previous years' entries, this number assures a wood week's entertainment and ah exceedingly busy . time for the judges. .As previously mentioned several new classes have been added, including song m costume for boy or girl sadder 15. ! A first pri^e of. one guinea and a second of 10s 6d has been donated, and this should prove a popular class. •The cornet solo has also been made an dpon class— competitors may play their own selection instead of the set piece. As soon as entries close the order < of the programme will be arranged, and programmes will be available to competitors and the public at a later date.

A native named Paul Terjri appeared before Messrs, H. E. Hill and R. M. Birrell, J's.P. at the Police Court this morning on a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5s with 2s costs. He wa v s also charged that he did assault John Robertson by catching him by the throat m Gladstone Road. In answer to thY charge the native said he ■was drunk and.' could not recollect what happened. — Sergeant C&i'kaon said thej incident took place Vina^ local shpp,l when accused, -without ..any provocation caught the boy, aged nine, by the throat. The lad:; at the time was awaiting for hi» .mother, who worked on {fee premises. The boy was , not injured beyond the shock. Accused asked the Bench to issue a. prohibition order against him. Accused was fined £2, m , default 14 days' imprisonment. SergWi-nt ClarksonV referred to the eomlnehdable action of a returned soldier named Cniikshank, who came to the lad's rescue. Accused was also ordered to pay witness^ expenses, 14s, with 2s •costs. The prohibition order was is- ■ sued. "For almost two months past there has been a shortage of rice m Gisborne," so a reporter was informed this morning. The' merchant said that practically all supplies of this commodity came via Sydney from Japan, while some was imtsQrted from China. In Australia there J.;id been a shortage, but this was removed by recent shipments from the Oriental countries, and so soon as the transhipments reached New Zealand the difficulty here would be removed also. The price had increased over 100 per cent, m two years. So great was the shortage m Auckland that the representatives of an. Auckland firm had been purchasing some m Qisborne, but had experienced difficulty m getting supplies here. One firm m Gisborne to-day sold tike last hag it had In hand, and was awaiting transhipments from Australia. Sago and tapioca, which were mainly ■brought from Singapore, were also, dwindling m. supply, and the price? were increasing to a remarkable extent . owing principally to the high rate of -exchange. There were supplies lying on the congested wharves m Sydney, awaiting shipment, and it was a question a? to when shipping space -would be found American tinned fruit? were m low. stocks here, and the exporters were increasing the price. Some tinned fruits were coming from Australia, and these also were, increasing m. price. Hams and bacons have never heen known m orie merchant's experience to have been so short «m New Zealand. Several factories have replied intimating that the orders could not ,b* filled until next season on account of the shortage. Referring to pipe tobaccos, our representative was assured thai fairly satisfactory stocks were held .m Gisborne and further supplies were, | awaiting shipment from Australia. The members of the Drivers' Union are notified that the general summons meeting will be held m the Labor Coun- i cil Chambers on Wednesday evening, nt 8 o'olock. The business i"s of an im/portant nature. The roll will be tailed, j*nd all absentees fined. ■'* Mr F red Gray conduct* a two days' clearing *K)le, on account of Mr J. J. Brosnahan (who is settling un North)! at Huxley Ro«d, Kaiti, next Monday, August 18th, -commencing at 10.30 -a.m., and next Tuesday, August 19th, (fommeneing at noon. The Assembly Hall was well attended on -Saturday night, when the EXlifce Assembly Dance Committee continued their weekly aeries of dances. A most pleasant time 'was spent -by sjl present. The -committee have decided to hold a waltzing competition. Nominations will be next Saturday night. HandMffle prizes are offered to the winners. Ask tfee man who has worn an Omega watch for years. There are hundreds worn m Gisborne. Grieve, Jeweller. has a large stock of Omega Watchaß.* - My Rings m quality and design are mmH selected. You can alway* rely on <he Mating*.— T. R. Gordon, Art JtweY Ur. oppomt* Bank N.Z.* , A KoiisMa present at all timttr-a Music Case. We have a large assortment just oprood ap ; prices range from 2/6 to 87/6. ¥©Mr wmection is cordially WTiUi »t th* jrsg<s Mwt Shoe.*