TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14985, 12 August 1919, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

The s.B. Te Anau left for Soutli at 3.30 p.m. Mr. L. C. Miller, local manager for Messrs. Ross and Glendining, has been appo nted manager of the firm's Napier brunch. Mr. C. D. Stewart, the firm's Napier traveller, will succeed Mr. Miller at Gisborrie. Gisborno soldiers who arrived at Auckland by the Ulimaroa and Matatua last week will reach home by the Arahura to-morrow morning. The returning men include a number of Gisbornites who have been serving with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles m Palestine. Evidence given by a bookseller m the course of the hearing of a dispute m the Arbitration Court at Wellington was to the effect that New Zealand readers secure their books at a much lower price than is paid m Great Britain. "Books, sold m Great Britain for 7s each, he said, were required to be sold m New Zealand at 5s each. It was realised by the publishers apparently that tho Colonial reader was not prepared to pay i the high price exacted from the people 'at Home. "We haven't the moneyed class here that can afford such prices," remarked Mr Justice Stringer. Mr. Charles Dunlop, the promoter and managing director of the Dunlop Motor Co., Ltd., of Gisborne, paid a visit to Whakatane last week. He informed the Whakatane Press that he is also endeavoring to bring about the m Ptitaition of a through service m on c day from Gisborne to Tauranga, via Whakatane. when train, arrangements can be made. If a train will leave Gisborne for Motuhora at 7 a.m. and another will leave Matata afc 6 p.m., the journey can be accomplished as desired and it. is anticipated there will be a very considerable amount of passenger traffic by this route. A class for the training of returned soldiors m motor-driving and running repairs has been opened by the Repatriation Department m the garage of Air. J. G. Farrell at Auckland. There is accommodation for 15 men at one time, and already the full number has been enrolled, and a waiting list has been opened. Mr. FaiTel't, who- will be the instructor, was an officer m the Royal i Air Force, and has had considerable experience m English workshops and flying corps schools. The garage has been fitted with the necessary lathes and equipment." The course will occupy six iweeits. The restrictions on railway traffio (etat.es a Wangamii telegram) have added another to the list of worries which confront local bodies, especially county councils. Traffic, particularly motor tralfic, on the main roads has increased enormously within the last few weeks. One local authority expressed the opinion that so far as tho main north-western road \v;is concerned, the increase would, be nearly 100 per cent. This increased traffic is having a bad effect upon the road, the wear and .tear being considerably' m excess of normal* All county councils through whose districts the main road runs from Wellington to New Plymouth are suffering, although some are not so bad as others. Most, of the traffic is through traffic. An article m the London Mail tells •of the taxless town. Not only does the town of Orson, m. Sweden, impose on taxes, but there is no charge for telephone service, schools, libraries, of the use of the city railway. "All this is due to the wisdom of a former generation who planted trees on the available ground, with the result that during the t past 3 years the town authorities have sold £1,000,000. worth of young trees and * timber, while judicious replantings have ?rovided. for a similar income m the u'ure." Mourmalon, France, goes still further. ■ The communal land provides enough timber to allow each person a small annuity. If these things have a moral, it surely is — plant more trees andj conserve the forests. Under the will of the late Mr James Powell, a retired merchant of Weat-r port, bequests totalling £24,600 have been made, as follows : Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Auckland,. £3000; Veterans' Home, Auckland, £3000; Presbyterian Church," Westport, £1000; Presbyterian Orphanage, Christchurch. £1000; St. Andrew's Orphanage, Neison, £1000; Buller Hospital Board, for Old Men's Home, £3500; Sailors' Rest, Westport, £1000 ; Public Library, Westport. £1000; Prisoners' Aid Protection Society, Dunedin, £3000; Salvation. Army of. New Zealand, £4000 ; Dr. Barnardo's Home, England, £3000, After 1 all private legacies have been disposed of the residue of the estate, which is tinderstood to amount to a very considerable sum, will be divided among the Auckland, Wellington. North Canterbury, and Ota go Hospital and. Charitable Aid Boards. While driving a car a few days ago, Mr. J. Hodson and a number of passengers had a. tbril'.ing and unenviable ex perience, and serious consequences, might have resulted but for the coolness and m .skill displayed by Mr. Hodson (tele- - graphs the Auckland Herald's Wanganui correspondent)! As the car iwas descending th'e road between Johnsonville and Wellington. Mr. Hodson sa,w a motor-lorry approaching on the wrong side of the road. He endeavored to attract the attention of the lorry, but Avithout effect. Seeing a collision wa.« inevitable, Mr." Hodson jammed on- his brakes, ajid decided to meet the lorry square on, otherwise the car would hnvV been precip'tnted down the gorge. The force of th impact was such that a man setting alongside the driver of the lorry was thrown forward on to the ground. strik ; r)jj the' wind screen as he fell. He sustained a fractured skull, and was taken to the hospital. The occupantsof the car escaped injury. Tho funeral of tho late Mi's. Harris, wife of Mr. Frank Harris, took place this afternoon, tho interment being m th« Taruheru cemetery. The Rev. H. Packe conducted the service at the graveside. A large number of citizens followed the cortege, also Patutahi reß dents, brethren. of the Druids' Lodge and members of the Licensed Victuallers' Association. Wreaths received included those from the Licensed Victuallers' Association, the Gisborne and Kahutia Bowling Clubs; the directors of Adair Broß., and old friends. Telegraphic messages of sympathy were received from one end of the Dominion to the other, and numbered 56, m addition to letters and cards. Sir Joseph Ward = wired : "Exceedingly sorry to hear the sad news of the* death of Mrs. Harris, * and I tender you my most sincere symIpathy m your great trouble." Another message was received from Sir^James Carroll. As a mark of respect to the deceased, all the local hotels closed from 2 p,m. till after the funeral.