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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15132, 3 February 1920, Page 4

I I Mails which left New Zealand on December 21 arrived m London on tho 31st uit. ' Tlie meeting convened by the promotors of the Waikohu Hydro-Electric Scheme, to have been held *" m the Makaraka-Matawhero hall this evening, has been postponed for one week. ? | It is not expected that the dredge John Townley will be able to undergo ] an official test until Thursday or Fridaynext, A trial waa given the pumping pant. yesterday afternoon, although the dratrhead was not put into the mud. Tlie pumps Worked very effecti-jely. w_th , the water m the trial that was held. . Tlie Poverty Bay Trotting Club's handsome silver centre piece, on view m town, presents a further' attractive, feature with, its decoration of choice : fruits and sweets. Tlie tasteful ai> ranisreinfent of the varying colors m peaches, nectarines, pliims and grapes was carried out by TMiss Ferguson, who presented them to* the club,

"" . ■ uy Captain J. H. Grover, who wasi at one time m charge of the Gisbprne group office, N.Z.S.C, has temporarily taken 'over the command of No. 6 Group (Wellington city and suburbs). A telegram has been received by Mr. J. W Witty to-day to the effect that Mr. J. W Bright, who is at present away on sick leave, is much better "and is leaving Whangarei for Auckland- on Saturday next. As *l. c r £? u "> *>r nn accident wJbieh, occurred at Tokomaru on Sunday ,»a' matt named John Harper Porter wa 9 adflnt. ; ted to the Cook Hospital to-day, suffering from injuries to his foot,* caused through his horss falling on him. The injured man ia an electrical engineer at the lokomar-u freezing works. A.bout 2 p.m. to-day smoke Awa,*.. noticed issuing from" the, "roof of the, old fire, brigade station m Palmerston road. This .was reported to the Brigade, andthe fir© -was extinguished with Kittle difficulty, and the damage was insignificant. The cause of the outbreak was presumed to be several several drums of tar which 7 ignited and enabled the flames to secure a hold on the wall, but fortunately. they were checked before am* serious damage :: resulted. • ] Enquiries made this morning relative to the outbreak of influenza *at Rere .{jo to show that the outbreak is well', m hand, and no fresh cases have beeh&xe-. " ported. • All 'of the patients are tiding. well and improving rapidly. Asju_ilance was sent out from; -.the,. Gopk. _pds- : .' pital to-day to do laundry work. -7" A • local medical man informed a. rejwrt&C.' this morning that there was no cause.>for alarm, as the outbreak had been -.6jffe&. tively checked. With reference to the Repongaeto estate, purchased for soldier settlement, it has been pointed out by an officer.- of •■ the Lands Department, that thej wv#rn-> ment took possession of the .property ■oft - : December .Ist. Allowing that to be.- so, it must be pointed out: that. the sale Jfiote was signed on July Sth, ii- being -provided tliat the stock should. all be.. of. the property by October Ist, and we -have it on reputable authority that if the property had been m the hands of a mercantile firm for eettlertienty^fthe wool cheques for the new settlers wpuld have been coming m by now^-n, •> a^, „ The Fire Brigade wish' to ackl.owli*dgea a donation of i.5 5s received * *f i*_oin^Mr. ' H. Kenway under coyeV of the'■tmbft.ing letter: ''As I belie v& Iww *unfon*» , consciously the cause of the Fir£*sfeHgade turning out last night (Janulsy£2B) owing toa fire of rubbish, on. niy; Milk, 1 wish* to apologise for giving jtrc|a|.le to a body of men who are always 7 Y. ill*^ ing, often at great: inconvenience- to^ themselves, to turn, out at all .hours,- jjolO , ■ whose work is the . cause oiadmiratiOß . ;to all good citizens. Will you be gpiOtt , enough to accept the enclosed ;With -my : i-enewed apologies for unltnowingij_>';^Ußling unnecessary trouble.". f ._. a ; A severe accident befell ii. " yOttiig .man named Roddy" Liddin^tbn, at Eisthorpe, Hawke's' Bay. He, with two - ftiatek,' wis ; amusing himself, ' rolling boulders -oveP ' r a cliff 200 ft high, when the edge broke away, and Liddington felt the en%6distance into, the river at the bottopsjU;.;. His mates procured a boat, and 7he«V(fft» got out after being^ about 10 minutes, m the water. It- w^| v s^en,\^t qnbe-,t^a^ ri he had suffered sevevA injuries, XMA.Jfor was'' conveyed to the Waipuxurau -Mis-.. pital, where it, 'was found <v -erveral . ribs were 1 broken, -also his- knee c§p and nbse^ arid -.that* he- mAPs suffering \&osi--cOncnssion of wie brain. ~ ! ''"'*y&*rs 7r -yx At the office of the Union. Stean. ; Ship Company, . Mr. . J. H. C. Bond, who7had.. held the position as general trifflfe manager to the company for- many,: yeaß». past, was presented with an oakr caHi-7 net containing cutlery by the head officestaff on the occasion Of This tranafer v; . 6 : Auckland as. manager of the company's branch in--' that pity' 7Th» managing ' director (Mr. C.'" Holdsworth), m. making -the presentation, spoke of_ the' genuine popularity which Mr. Bond;, had enjoyed during bis resideryie, ■■ hy' ptijciQ-'f. din as general traffic;- manager, ''''asds&Xrr* pressed the hope that he Avould enjoy good health and'' «ticcess.. ii. his newsphere. ,Mr.7-Bond: 'suitably replied/. , , Tbe, burial jof. 'the, , late Mr, It, tif.. S_nnett took place, yesterday aftejf noon/ ( a service being held at the Holy .Priiufy v Churiih at which a number of members i of the. Church, of. England Men's Socfety and others attended. At a meeting of the- Holy Trinity, Church vestry lastevening the following resolution; was passed : — "This Vestry learns with.'d4ep" regret of the death of Mr. R. H. Sinnett and desire to. place on record their high appreciation, of his sterling charac- . ter and unflagging interest m the' J[i_ei' and work of the chruch and the rhatiy services which he co freely gave, and that a copy of this resolution ihe cent to^.: his mother with a covering letterv 6fv sympathy:" 7 a : : 'f V On the occasion of tho last visit of the Minister of Public Works, the THon. Sir W. Fraser, to Gisborne a proMise ' was made to. provide the Cook C^ttniy^ Council with a" grant -for the upfe&sFo_£ , the Gisborne-Morere rdad out of th^ "Maintenance of Roads Vote." Ministerial concession was made becai»e% of the fact of .xiihe--h^y^y*M^t^^>.. . ipotor car .traffic ;;bor'ne^^ Sonid' surprise, was expressed by nje/n« bers of the Council at thei tAm# _^ sthe existence of this vote. AccprdingtiijA: Pariiameitt^ry retain furni^h.ij j^.SaK. sion the expenditure iindeivr i£hiMi'■&&&last" year totalled £5&096, ' .in^tfdfii&lr £677 on the7 Opotiki-Motu Tondf^A^iQ?;. on, the : MotuV bridge, ■ arid. £274- lori 'i'ktivi,. Rti alritur i vallet .<. roadv * > The v larg&tr ' * sum, approximately £8000; wias "sp^tb^, the Glenhope-Westiport-Reeftpn 'roadi"' ''".'••'' An interesting and valued souvenir. 'of - the war has been, received by Priyat©"L. J. Ooham, eldest son of' Mr. A' ; Wr Coham, of Gisborne, m the form -pf «ii Imperial bronze medal fully twcy - iaej«&' across each Avay, and awarded to t^iose men who comprised the "Contemptible' Little Army" between August. -and November 1914. Private Coham went to England about three montha before the war broke out. and enlisted in.JShgland witß the Imperial troops. ' The, , medal is designed m the shape of W^ap mounted by a crown and bearing crossed-svirords across the, face- of?^b^.. medal with the inscription , fAugtt_ti , tdv November 1914." Private 'Ctoh_|h>' ,»*te-* attaohed to the A.S.C. and has^t^eff'' to Gisborne after 4% yearfe of with the forces. The' medal '^tt;-^. exhibited m the window of thti ifcels bourne Cash Store. '.'■'■'.CE..-^- - ago, when the public -oi Canterbury gave evidence of tlieipatU; preoiation of the benefits of the supply of electrical power from Lake CbleridgeV the Public Works Department >*'#|aiced.?.orders m Great Britain for the;ne_d_sarjr pipe line and power • maehinei-y to in-. '• crease the capacity of the /generative station from 6,000 to 9,000 TK/W- 6u^ ing the war period the Imperial Government stopped all work on the contracts, a;_ they required the contractors to carry Out war orders; on their behalf. With the armistice it was hoped to have received early delivery, but uftfbrturtately various troubles m Britaiii hav^ interfered with, it, and ih consequence the manufacture ,pf a large portiori of the machinery is not yet Completed 3-nl_ though the department has agreettv to meet tho contractors m every possible way by increasing' the pri.ce to ' cipyer additional labor costs. Owing to.^he coal shortage the demand on thet exristing plant, which increa,se'd. rapidly, from the bogimiinsr of operations, has recently become still mbre acute,; the. result that the 6,000 K.W. machines are already considered overloaded, being, now practically up to last winter*! maximum. This overload will become more • serioua. when v next " : wift^ei**a^7de^ . mand. arrives, nnd the offieew of^ th*< department have been compelled tdsdecide ■■ definitely that it is unsafe te further increase the, load uptil the new plant is installed at the- gep«r*t.oir station. All risk of accident to. foy o* the machines through overload must be avoided at any cost as such would hay* the effect of permanently reducing the present output and cause inestimabto loss to manufacturing concern^ already connected to the plant, andvipVt_»6i"<irt__4i> munity generally. ... „.,-..♦ „ ...., "Thinker", Brand Writing TaW«»«_ "Thinker" School Pictorial ExSS Books, and "Thmker" Note Booka--fefea_ atationerv for every home and «_&&,-* C, W, Muir,* Herald BuUdin^-a, ,