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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15041, 16 October 1919, Page 2

» The Hon. W. 15. S. MacDonald is expected to 'Arrive fi'om south to-morrow morning in connection' with his daughter's forthcoming wedding. ' }Er. J. S. Barton, S.M., left for Wellington last evening ori Public' Trust business, arid returns to Gisborne by next Thursday's Bteamer. Tn consequence of his absence the Te : -K&raka court, which was to have sat next Wed-^ nesday, will riot be held until nest Friday, . '. / ■'■''': . '-;'*''. ■'■'• ■ ' '

It was resolved, at a meeting of the Opotiki Farmers'- Union to urge the Government to /push on thc ' survey ; of the railway to Opotiki. A wool broker told a Napier Telegraph reporter that the shearing-' was not well advanced considering the early season experienced. What wool was coming in, however, was of goo4 .average quality. Up the East Coast, shearing was well advanced, being . easily a : monthahead of the -usual. ' Xr-xXX-The Opotiki Farmers' Union on ,Sj»t-f urday discussed the question' of^.-ap-proaching tho Farmers' Union XTMJJding Company, Auckland, to establish a'-trad-ing depot at Opotiki. On a vote taken, it was decided to do nothing--until the. result of the Gisborne Farnt? ers' Co-operative's- efforts are '.'•known'.'. '• =• At the first tournament of the 'ne < wly*X' formed Hamilton Boxing Association';.'.'*'''"" good clean contest in thVnight-w'eighta X resulted in a win for Turkinj^on (Auck-* land), 9st 101b, from * Dominey -.'." (Gi_.borne), 9st 131b, and in the same. weights Harris (Auckland). 10st, beat ■ Wetftjferley (Matangi), 9st 71b, after 7 an, Xeven, exciting contest. Stanley (Auckland), lOst 71b, beat J. Smith (Gisboi'ne),' v iOst..v 6_lb, in the welter- weight. ■XvX: The official trial of the patent - boat invented by Mr '-Frank Lowndes was conducted at -Wellington yesteVday, and last night Mr Noble Lowndes '^'re-v eei ved the following telegram :V 'A '-'hiigo success* All Government officials X,pre-J sent arid very pleased." Mr- Hunter/ chief marine engineer for Australasia* for the Vacuum Oil Company, * also .wired that the trial had been mo9t successful,', and this was confirmed ' by ; other',' private, ■ messages; • : --"'.• = ,: --*- -. .'-x.XX^x •■' At the quarterly sitting of the, Arbitration Court at Auckland •; on Monday the court intimated that it woiddXmsceawards in -terms of the complete, .se'ytlements arrived at in the following'.;'disputes : Gisborne drivers, • Gisboi'ne \ pri*; vate hotels, Auckland hairdressers,''/:. On the . application., of Mr. T. BlOodwOtth, .the court agreed to amend the ;Gi£l&>rne carpenters' award, so' as. to -bring ithe : war bonus up to the level of that-fixed in other awards, the change to. operate as from November 1. .- X .XV .-."/.'.-■.- Tho office of this paper, durjne^tKe many years of its existence, ihas at .odd times been taken for an hotel, <acsem-X ; ist's shop,' and' several other, things; Xbut to-day was the first occasiouXthatvit^lias been approached Xas a laborV biiSflsaVu'. ' ] This came about through .a " - y^wtl^"f^'&_ii^-_ Hastings asking -for us to; look " otit^X for '■'}. employment ' for him. InXhis .letter 'he' - states that lie has heard GisborrieXVis a ' good paying place, and says: *'L -can tackle anything — Well, when I, sayj anything, I mean anything that I: can fdo.'*; He, however, does' not sav what he- cad"' do.- ../...-■ -." " '■; •:■•' .-.:' - ' - ' i#V 'i-: ■•'•■■ '*" --' : At a conference of delegates of # the ;•' Bay of Plenty Development League, at Rotorua last week, it was resolved-that-the Government ,-x be . urged X.tO; places £1,000 on tho estimates (on- ac&Jtint; : of £3,500) for the opening -of the TeT4koGalatea road, also that the Government be urged to. purchase the balance of r native land now available as' it is the Whakatane County Council's intention to open up almost -immediately, the road between Te Teko and Galatea. The Government has already purchased., a large quantity oL land, and when! . this road is opened the land, including Section .60,^ wilf Xbe^ very valuable; and close to the rail way. and the East, Coast freezing works. ' - •: Tlie Auckland Star states :, For ways that are dark and .tricks that are vain, certain types of land speculators appear, to be quite on a par with the so-called • heathen Chinee. Recently a gentleman whose patriotism was of ; tho highest, aiid whose intentions •■-were ' ofjthe;*, liest, offered his farm for soldier settlement, and at the same time proffered.' Ahe^ information that he was aniiious to-;: do all he could foi* the boys who had -been; at the front. It- was true that: the price' put on .the land by this gentiemari was _ just about double its value, that lie'' was'" standing to make a -'very handsoraeYpraV fit indeed out of-, tho deal,: and, incidentally, that *n_ : offered a certain cial a nice little v;' 'divvy-'' if he. "Wpxild use his influence to put the deal through.* The official, however*.-, was; "riot ,^itt/,f the habit of accepting •"baksheesh," andT politely, informed the patriotic ohe ' atxX the fact. Needless i to state "the deaft^lid? not take place. "■' -."■' .'■''"-.'■' "X XX "\ An amendment of the Counties 'Act, 1908, so as to provide for the ,; licensing •• of drivers of all private motor vehicles, whether motor' carsvOr ttiotorVcyclesj is sought by the; Waikohu '••County^C^nxicU,, and a remit to this effect submittedvfcy. that body was considered by ,the ties! Association - Conference at Welling- 1 ton. ■• Most of the delegates .were'. in favor of legislation, as suggested, 'being introduced, and it was , felt that in, view ; of the increasing number of accidents, the public should i have some protection against the unlicensed and inexperienced driver. It was, .pointed out ,.; that X^ in Auckland all motor vehicles were'-licen-sed. Other members asked wfyethe'rXit. was reasonable to expect that Xtihe.'" enforcement of licenses would reduce>;;tW; humber of accidents. Expert, ..drivers' were licensed, but because they ;>yere classed as experts they appeared to. 3on-. sider that they were' entitled toyj^ke, risks. Some delegates ,. considered jthat drivers; of all .motor VehioleeXshbuldv be .required, to have licenses. . The. conference approved ofX the remit -being, (niiiole to apply to motor vekWes,; geneyall-yiX, In 1 a. letter' to the Hawke's 'Bay!_!i4ucation Boai'd Mr H: DeCosta;'m^db\Xlhe suggestion that during February and^. the early part of March an alteration in school houi's^ should be made, soX tfeat the children would not be. in the classrooms in the hottest part of' the //day. He suggested that school commence .during that period at. 8.30 .a.m. -and finish at 12.30 p.m. This Would .enable; the children to spend tlie hotter hoursi' oi?, the beach, and the iohbol hours woixld only be affected to ■'■.-.•the extent .of ;*-&ve» hours each week for a period of aKpul six weeks. The Board has forwarded; a copy of the letter to the. chairmen' of the local, school committees for. tneir. consideration. . v Interviewed by a ' :i*e^X poiter, several me&bers of the respective* school committees spoke enthusiasticaljy of the suggestion,- and expressed, the opinion that it was weft worth, a>.tn>li as the usual school curriculum would not be affected. One man said he rcould quite understand that after .a heavy dinner and the children running about before going into a hot roomv- it did not tend to increase .the comfort of ..the children. If the scliemev was approved! the children could have: their dinners' in a leisurely mannor and. spend the 'hottest hours of the day in the opea ajr. . v . _ ........ .... Mr. Henry Holloway, a veteran jour-* n'alist, died at Hamilton on Saturday^ at > I the age of 82 years. He arrived inXNew Zealand in 1863. After a short experience at milling ho boeamo' associated in newspaper work with Sir Julius" V^o-gel' at Dunedin, and later joined the Tarunaki Militia. He served three- years, under Major Von, Tempsky, aiid was: a member of the force which was surrounded for 11 days at Pipiriki. Ho. saw service at Opotiki and Poverty Bay, and after the massacre settled in Wanganui, where he became editor of . the Wanganui Herald. He was afters wards ou the staff of the Wellington, liv ' dependent, and was one of the ori&rttators of the Napier . Telegraph. Subsequently he was editor of tW; Waikato Times and the Thames Advertiser. Ih 1875 Mr. Holloway joined the staff of th© Colonial Mutual Insurance. 'Company in Sydney. On. returning to New Zealand he held a position on the staff of the Evening Bell in Auckland' for a short time, aiid then returned WXHara- * ilton as editor of the Waikafeo Times in--1895. On the establishment of , the : Argus a. year later, Miv Holloway> b<*came editor, whioh position he hehj, tmtil the amalgamation hi December^'lOW;,, He is survived by his widow, two sons ? and three daughters. | Its delightful! The fatigue of X : /£__ ; weekly washing gone! '. We 'seU : -.r-Sfo'; Rubbing'! Laundry Help in Is packets,,-, and it'a a wonder I— Sy. D.-'Bttntihi^t^.' If ypu want your watoh thoros&i3y. overhaule^.orVrepaired, andyant.,it»onej A quickly, try Grieve, Jeweller .and vWa*chv. ; maker. Quick despatoh is a special tea*. tu.ro of this estyhiigirment,* » ; < x -Xx. -X

Mr. J. M. Samßon, late of the firm of Samson Bros., auctioneers, Gisbornt, I has been appointed managei* of Messrs-. Williams and Co., Ltd., Wellington,. One of the Show Week attractions will be a season of the Bairnsfather tilm, "The Better 'Ole," at tbe Opera Uouse. - The .matter of house accommodation has reached an acute stage in Opotiki. One family arrived, and after a vain hunt for a house, had to leave again. Mr. David Rankin, Surveyor of Ships and Inspector of Machinery, leaves by the s.B. Ripple on Saturday to represent Hawke'a Bay at the annual conference of- the Public Servioe Association, which opens on the 21st inst. The fight that was arranged by the Gißborne Boxing Association between Tommy Heeney and W. Evans, of Hamilton, will not now take place, as Evans has intimated that he cannot fulfil the engagement. The following will represent the Kia Kaha cricket club versus Alhambra at the domain on Saturday : B. Morrison, holdsworth, G. Cotterill, Morrinson, Miller, Mahoney, Geeves, Mitchell, Car. ter, Turuki Pere, J. H. Jones, Oliver, Woodfield. At thc annual conference of the Baptist Union at Christchurch, the Rev. Ernest Goring was designated for work in Bengal. India. The Rev. Mr. Goring is well known locally, having been temporarily associated with the local Baptist Church. • According to a telegram received by Mr. T.'- Williams last night. Lin Robinson (Gisborne) defeated Gus Venn at Hamilton on Tuesday night for the featherweight chainpionship of New Zealand after a 15-ronnd contest, which was decided on points. Smith and Dominey, the other two Gisborne welter-, weights, were defeated on points in their respective fights. A pleasant evening was spent, at the Taruheru hall last night, when the social committee held the first, of a series of three euchre parties for the handsome trophy presented by Mrs. Hosier. The winners of the prize last night were Mrs. Candy and Mr. Gordon. Daaicing was indulged in till midnight, there being a large attendance, most of those present journeying out from town. Another of these functions will *be held next Wednesday, when another good night is assured. There was a short sitting of tho Magistrate's Court this morning before Messrs. H. E. Hill and J. F. Wachsmann, J's. P. Judgment for plaintiffs was entered by default in the following undefended civil actions : Jesße Fuller (Mr. Willock) v. Hirini Hotuna, for £5 6s 6d, with costs £1 10s 6d ; Alexander and Graham (Mr. Willock) v. Ngarue Te Hau, £5 6s, and costs £1 12s ~6d; A. P. Coker (Mr. Willock) v. George Croon, £5 6s, and costs £1 4s 6d ; A. P. Coker (Mr. Willock) v. John Hemy Shed, £2 12s 6d, and costs 10s. The Wairoa Guardian of a recent date states: A collection of fom* valuable motor cars, estimated to be worth appi'oximately £5000, was seen yesterday afternoon in the vioinity of the bridge. They comprised a Cadillac seven-seater suburban, a Cadillac four-passenger Victoria, an Oakland five-seater touring oar,- all the property of Messrs. Nattraas Bros, and Messrs. Wilkinson Bros.' (Gisborne) aeven-aeater Cadillac passenger car, which was en route to Gisborne wftjh a full load of passengers from -Napier. With this issue Messrs Murray, Roberta and Co., Ltd., circulate a detailed plan of a Patutahi property for sale. The land, whioh is described as mostly ploughable, and a large ".proportion of which is heavy flat, is situated at Patutahi adjoining the township, and is within half a mile of the Patutahi railway station. The Government have recently purchased from Mr John Murphy his Repongaere property (which is quite close to this block), for returned soldiers. Full particulars as to terms and conditions are printed on the plan-, arid any further information required can be obtained from Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd. With the keen demand at present existing for small farms the cutting up of this block, by the executors of the late J. McKenzie, presents a great opportunity for small •farmers ' to acquire a farm on very reasonable -terms. The Ven. Archdeacon Richards, M.A.. who has been elected Bishop of Dunedin, is a graduate of Exeter College, Oxford^ and was ordained deacon in 1882 and priest in 1883. He came to New Zealand in 1885, and for ten years was vicar of St. Mark's, Remuera. Ho was then appointed Warden of Selwyn College, Dunedin, in- which diocese he has worked ever since. In 1896 he was appointed a Canon of the Cathedral, and in 1908 Archdeacon of Queenstown. Since 1916 he has been in charge of the parish of St. John's, Invercargill. He is a scholar, an authority on Canon Law, and enjoys much popularity. The Right Rev. S. T. Nevill, D.D., Bishop of Dunedin and Primate, retires at the end of this year, having been bishop of one diocese for 49 years. This makes him the senior bishop of the Anglican Communion so far as years go, and is also a record for the Church of England. The difficulty of preventing a congestion in vehicular traffic at the wharves when certain steamers are loading cargo is 'being investigated at present by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, At intervals people may have noticed a long ; e of drays, expresses, and lorries piled up with all sorts of goods awaiting their turn to go alongside the steamer loading here for, say, Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland (states the Dominion). Complaints have been made by merchants concerned at the long delays entailed in carters getting rid of their loads at the wharf. \Che real cause of the trouble is a lack of shed space wherein .such cargo may be placed opposite the steamer that, it to take the cargo. Such,. -sheds may be already or half-filled, 'with inward cargo or transhipments,' so that local cargo receives the last consideration. It was suggested that a special shed might be reserved for such out-going cargo, and the Harbor Board allocated the big new shed at Pipitea. That has enabled firms to deposit cargo there the dav before the steamer is due, but an interesting point has now arisen as to whom is to bear the cost of the double handling at the shed — the merchant, the board, or the consignee. The question is still unsettled. The shearers and shed hands are notified of a meeting to be held in the Labor Council's Chambers to-morrow at 8 p.m. Mr. A. Cook, the Federation President, will be present, and will report re the recent conference with sheepowners. General business will also be transacted. The drapery sale which is being conducted by Mr. G. K. Miller at the Masonic Hotel buildings on behalf of Mr. D. Rogers will be continued tomorrow and Saturday, commencing each day at 11 o'clock. The auction sale of drapery conducted by Mr Fred Gray, on account of Messrs Teat and Friar, is still drawing large crowds «ach day. As the stock is not xubbish and is being sold without reserve, the buyers present are securing real good bargains. , The sale will be continued again to-morrow, commencing at noon, at the L.V.A. rooms, Peel Street* We carry large stocks of Music Case* Ocarinas, Harmonicas, Whistles, andViolins at the London Music Shop, oppo. Kite Herald .* Eyestrain Headaches. — Gordon, the reliable Optician, fit* Glasses to suit accurately at moderate prloei. 'Phon* Wo. T3A • A suitable present at all times — s Mtwio Case. We have a large assortment just opened up; prices range from 2/6 to 87/6. Your inspection i« cordially fav-itad »t ih» London Mini- W-od • Buying jewellery and gems is a matter of confidence. Most people cannot accurately determine for themselves the value bf precious stones and gold and Bilver things. Therefore, it is important to know the store you buy from. W. Good and Co., established 44 years, are as anxious to satisfy you as you are •yourself. They cannot afford to do otherwise,*

Road iiriprovement and electricity] scheme**, estimated to cost respectively £45,000' aud £54,000 havo been placed before the Mount Eden Borough Council. The plan of the Repongaere estate which is published as an inset in this issue, was printed at the Herald office from process blocks, which are taking the place of lithography in the prepara- 1 tion of plans, billheads and other print- 1 ing where color work is required. i Owing to the big increases in tho prices of materials, it is considered j probable that the tenders for the sup-| plies necessary for the extension of the Napier tramways . along Hastings street south will be a good deal in excess of the estimates, and it will probably be necessary to obtain the ratepayers' sanction to raise a. further loan. A very large increase in the live stock of the Dominion shown in the 1918 returns brought thc sheep sto.ck to a record figure, but this has been discounted by a heavy fall revealed in the 191» returns. This was caused by a reduction in the number of breeding owes, a smaller lambing percentage, losses owing to abnormal snowfalls, and increased Killings of breeding stock after April, 1918. However, the number is still at a higher level than in any previous year except 1918. In cattle there has been a satisfactory increase, but there is a further decrease in swine. Lord Liverpool, whose long tenure of the Governorship of New Zealand has just been extended, bears his present title only because Mr Gladstone refused an earldom. The old earldom of Liverpool became extinct on the death in 1851 of the last holder, half-brother to the Waterloo Premier, and remained in abeyance until 1893, when it was created | afresh for the grandson of the last lord's third daughter. But when Queen Victoria wanted Gladstone to take a peerage it was intimated to him that if he J desired to honor Liverpool in that way the old family would waive their pretensions to the title. Speaking at a meeting uf the Returned Soldiers' Association (states the Taranaki Herald), Mr D. J. Hughes asserted that the land in South Taranaki was l better, acre for acre, than any other land in New Zealand or even in the world. It was the only land in the whole world on which one could turn out yearling steers, go away to Europe and come back in three years to find that every one had grown into a fat bullock without anybody being left to give attention. Mr Hughes was ' illustrating the necessity for subdividing the first-class land in order to get the best results for the country by increasing I production. "You can send out circulars until you're black in the face, but the only way you will get money in Auckland is to go out and buttonhole people and ask them for it!" declared Bishop Averill, in a speech dealing with the urgent need for a new home for the Order of the Good Shepherd. "If you do this," he continued, "you will get the money, but you won't get it any other way.'" i The appointment of collectors was absolutely necessary, it was urged, if the Order were to be provided with the new | home it so seriously needed. The cause was such a noble one that people would give readily if only the facts of its good work and need for better accommoda-l tion were made more widely known. j The growth of pasture in the Auckland district, which this season was rather later in starting than usual, owing to the cold weather experienced in September, has been remarkably stimulated as a result of the more genial weather that, has prevailed during the last fortnight. An exchange reports that evidence of the abundant spring growth is to be seen in all the suburbs and in the rural districts close to the city, while the. various parks nnd gardens are also displaying prodigal gron-lhr Tlie opinion is widely held that the drought experienced during the late autumn, which prevented the growth of pasture to the usual extent, will have the effect of providing an abnormal growth during the spring, nnd, judging from the flush of grass already apparent, this opinion is likely to be justified.