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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15222, 21 May 1920, Page 2

■ The following donations! were 'acknowledged by the lady superintendent oi the hospital at the meeting , of .* the Hospital Board yesterday: Mr. Aubrey Hansen (two lambs), Mr. Grundy (be* of • grapes), Mrs. Douglas Blair (flowers), : Mrs. Sushames ; (flowers); 1 ; . '-'■• j The Poverty Bay wool valuations are j set down for Thursday, 27th inst., when | a small amount of wool trill ufa* submitted to Mr. H, D. Milnes,. head- valuer under the Government, and > his coU leagues, who will arrive shortly, v | There was a good attendance qt/the lh.eosophjcal Society's .rooms .list *ii ff h't when the Rev. P. J. W^uwrighf $£ Age, -Mr^J. Mouat p**eaitled, aiid on interesting, discussion, followed A suggestion was made that a, .-centra be fpwhed with an open platform for. the/study and discussion of such matters, and it was decided to meet nextS -Thursday at the same time and place to arrangements for this. I^thel meantim-a the dhairman.notified lhat-name&.ot thosa intending, to join such a circle might be given to Mr. Wamwright or to Mr? Moffatt. A vote of. thanks to. the speaker, to _the chair and to the Theosophical Society- for the. use of 'their rooms was unanimously carried. •.' In 'the base : ol.Chas. Dunlop, charged before Mr, J. S. Barton, 5.M..,' toiay with entennjr licensed premises durinz the currency pf a prohibition, ,orde£ Mr. Coleman appea.redi for the defend. tot, and pleaded not guK-ty, a l9 he erp amed t 3 test the validity of the order. questioned, but the , order • had , been, made m Opotiki, by two justices, m tho absence of the defendant; Tl^' had! ho, understood been no evidence offered! at that time that defendant was' a fib casa for a prohibition order., Hi s Wor*. ship said he could not see how he» could: ' go behind the order. The matter, potdd of course, be taken, to tlie' Supreme Court, and the validity of the .order attacked.. Hfc . (his Worship) had no jumdiefcon to question the orden of an Opotiki Justice, so leng as thY order was complete and regular. Tim -'case waa %. adjourned for a fortnight wgffir'S % obta.m the ongmal order from. Opotiki As a wind-up to a very , successful initial season the Poverty Bay Surf and Swimmmg Club held, its annual ball fast ight m the Abercorn hall. The attend- . ance was exoellent, and the energetic cttotts ot the social committee, comprjsSL? n £ a:nes and * J Maideir" and Messrs. O. Brown, 0. Paltridge, R. Thompson, aiid E, McGerty '{hon. secretary) wero evident m the tasteful decorations and general smooth-rumiins of the function. Copley's orchestra siipp.ied the dance music with satisfaction to the dancers,- and a dainty supper was provided u Mr. H. F . Forster, presided ot the club; m an interval of dancbtfc, presented cups and trophies wondurine the season to Mis? N. jEastwood, anxf Messrs H. Laiiglands, W. D. McKeague, Jy Chrisp and W, E. Maude. - Messrs. 1 £ ous lefie1 efieI <* a »d E. McGerty earned out the duties of Ms.C. It is proposed] to repeat the ball as a wind-up to successive seasons, and the success of last nights function augur B well for similar entertainments m the future. Special mention must be made of tbe work of the lady members of the ccoromittee, 1 who) did much to make the ball a success.

Nominations close at 8 to-night for the Gisborne Racing Club's steeplechase meeting. When the civil case of Dr. Kahlenberg v. Watene Hamuera , came before Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, Mr. Blair, for defendant, intimated that a settlement had been effected, and judgment was entered for defendant, wiith costs £2 4s. One first offender for drunkenness was dealt with at the Magistrate's Court this morning. Sub-Inspector Cassells said the man had promised to go to work if work could be found for him. He had no money. Tlie usual line of 5s was inflicted, with costs 2s and hospital expenses £1 3s. One month was allowed m which to pay the tine. The fortnightly Catholic social was held last evening at the Assembly hall, there being a large attendance, 'ihe arrangements were as usual excellent, Messrs. A. Scholium and B. Douglas carrying out the duties of Ms.C. capably. The music was supplied by Mr. and Miss Dower (violin and piano). An energetic committee, under the supervision of Mrs. Bradfield, nerved a dainty supper. As a sample of what the Whakarau district can do m the way of fruitgrowing Mr. A. Macallan has sent us from there two large apples of the Ballarat seedling variety weighing over one pound each, which were taken from a yield of over eight cases from a single five-year-old tree. The trees and fruit are clean and healthy and undoubtedly demonstrate the suitability of the dis- . trict for apple culture. A reliable Stratford authority on dairy matters states that on the fixed selling price of 3s. per lb for imported butter m London the dairy factories will receive 2s 3d per lb clear, plus 3d per lb for casein to those factories manufacturing it, provided there is no increase m shipping rates. Cheese factories shou.d nett aDout the same amount. Dairy producers consider that the outlook is distinctly jgood. The Magistrate's Court, under Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., was occupied this morning m the hearing of the case of J. B. Kells (Mr. Stock) v. A. J. Williams (Mr. Burnard), a claim for the value of shortages m a parcel of cattle sold to plaintiff by defendant, the plaintiff alleging that the defendant committed a breach of warranty m respect to the number m the parcel. The sum claimed amounted to £28. After hearing the evidence, his Worship reserved judgment. "Shipping and Commerce of Australia,' has a paragraph referring to the fact that for the first time regular lines of Italian steamers are trading with the Commonwealth. The bulk of the trade with Italy was formerly carried on by the •Norddeutscher Lloyd Line, which is of course now out of the running. The entry of the Lloyd Triestino and Lloyd Sabando into Australian trade is therefore welcome. The Royal Belgian Lloyd is also catering for Australian trade. This company took up the position that it would not enter the trade with Australia while the Commonwealth's overseas shipping were still being used carrying troops. Before Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court this morning, William Joseph O'Rielly was charged with a breach of his prohibition order, m that he- did on two occasions enter licensed premises during the currency of such order. His Worship said he considered the defendant one of his biggest problems. The man had served m the Soudan, the South African and the European wars, and there was nothing ... against him except that he indulged m liquor to an injurious extent. O-'Rielly was bound over on each charge to come up for sentence when" called upon, and his Worship asked the -police to cooperate m protecting this man, who was probably more sinned against than sinning. On Wednesday afternoon at St. Mary's Church, the wedding was solemnised oi Mr. John "E^ussell, son of Mr. D. Russell, Bay of islands, and Miss Annie Me- . Cormick, of County Roscommon, Ireland. Father Lane conducted the service. - "The bride looked, charming, attired m "ivory 6ilk with an overdress of silk net, with rich embroidery, and pearl trimmea bodice, and wearing the orthodox veil and orange blossoms. She was given away by Mr H. H. Mellor- The bridesmaids were Miss Kathleen Russell and Miss Mellor, sister and cousin of the groom. Miss Russell was dressed m ivory silk with satin streamers, and Miss Mellor m white crepe de chine, trimmed with beads- Mr. D. Mellor attended the bridegroom and creditably performed the duties of groomsman. The bridal /party •made a strikingly pretty appearance. A wedding banquet was partaken of and the happy couple motored to Motu later m the afternoon, on the commencement of the honeymoon. .The attenti-on of the Magistrate's Court yesterday was occupied with tlie hearing of a case an whioh Frederick T. Lancaster (Mr. Willock) proceeded against Frederick S. Bowen (Mr. Wauchop) upon a claim for £12. on account of work done im respect of a contract. Plaintiff, it appears^ had agreed to make a concrete drive for defendant, but after working oh the job for four days defendant expressed his dissatisfaction, and said he could have done more work himself m one day than had been done by plaintiff m four. Plaintiff got annoyed and threw np the job. He sued for part of the contract money for work done at so much per hour.— Mr. J. S. 'Barton, S.M., m giving judgment, point*p.d, out that the portion was quite clear. Whet© there was an indivisib.e contract to be performed foi" a certain sum, if the contractor abandoned! it before completion he was not entitled to recover anything, unless Tie was prevented from • - completion by the employer. That could --not be suggested m tin's case. Neither was there evidence of a new contract whereby the employer was to pay for the proportion of work done. Judgment was entered for defendant, with costs totalling £2 3s. Paul Fischbach, a motorist, was charged at ,the Mag'etrate's Court this morning with turning the corner of Peel street and Gladstone road at more than eight •miles per hour. John Burgess was charged with leaving a car standing m the street after sunset without, head lights, and Jack Virgo with a simfljlar offence. Robert Thompson,, Gerald Shearer, Rudge Weston, Bert Grundy, Norman Bigby, and Andrew Mclvor-were each v charged with riding bicycles on borough footpaths, m contravention of the borough by-laws. Tlie motorists. Burgees and Virgo, were fined 10s and costs 7s each. The cyclists (with one exception) were each fined '£2 and costs 7s, m default four days' hard labor. The exception was that of Rudge Weatorn, who neither appeared nor signed a confession. Weston was fined £2 10s and costs 7s, m default four days' hard labor. Fischbach explained that he had am nrgemt call to Lister hospital, and that there was no traffic an the street at the tune. Hia Worship remarked that m Wellington it had been decided that neither fire waggons nor motor ambulances were exempt from the by-laws on this subject. Defendant was fined 10s and costs 7s. A short sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held at 4 p.m. yesterday, when a girl named Catherine Benney was charged, before Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., with having at divers dates between April 1 and May 20 stolen 14 spoons, 10 forks, 10 knives, and 6 cups, value £5 165,. the property of Chas. L. Ferguson. — Detective McLeod, who con- , ducted the prosecution, said that accused had been employed by Mr. Ferguson until this week as a cook at Le Grand Lounge. Mr. Ferguson had lost a lot of crockery and silver. Acting on a search warrant he searched premises m Salisbury road where accused resided with her sister-in-law. . He .found the articles mentioned, and accused, who was preeenit, admitted the theft: Her late employer gave her a good character as a worker. — Accused elected to be tried summarily, and pleaded guilty. — Detective McLeod said that Mr. Ferguson did not wish to be hard on accused, but, m common with other restaurantkeepers, wag submitted to a good deal of an-noyanc© by theft of articles, which was difficult of detection. — His Worship entered a conviction-, and ordered accused to come up for sentence on Wednesday next.

I Mr. W. D. Lysnar, M.P., is leaving for South by the Mapourika this even- , ingThe Rev. G. C. Cruickshank, M.A. ' (Oxon), of Whangarei, and Archdeacon H. W. Williams, M.A. (Cantab), of | Gisborne, have been admitted to the degree of Master of Arts, by the Senate of the University of New Zealand. | / The Rotorua County Council agreed to support the Tnapeka County Council m ' its stand against the hospital and charitable aid levy, on (he grounds that it is ineciui tabic. It is urged that such insti- < tutions should be a charge upon the consolidated revenue. With reference to the coal shortage generally, it is stated that the position at the.. Gisborne gas works is becoming most acute, there being only a few days' supply of fuel on hand, it is stated, however, that a boat is loading at Greymouth to-day for the local works, and should arrive m time to save any trouble to the consumers of gas. ( Speaking at the teachers' conference afc .Wellington, the Prime Minister said that m his recent fairly extensive travels abroad he had been surprised to meet New Zealanders everywhere he went. IL appeared that there was not a country m the civilised world m which one could not find New Zealanders. It was a very '< fine thing from one point of view to havo our young men going out to foreign lands m search of fortune, and to know ; that they could hold their own with the people of any other part of the world; but he hoped that it would not be neces- , sary for our young men to leave tho j country m search of better opportunities than were available to them here. To ; this end we should endeavor to do more m tho development of our own resources. ' The question, of what constitutes a "discharged soldier" was raised again at the Magistrate's Court at. Christchurch, reports the Lyfctolton Times, before Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., during the hearing of a case m which Mrs M. Roberts sought to recover possession of a tenement from Harry Nicholas. Under the War Legislation and Statute Law Amendment Act, 1918, a discharged soldier cannot be ejected from a tenement if he pays the rent, keeps the premises m good order, and does not make himself a nuisance to the neighbors. Mr Amodeo, who appeared for the defendant m tho case before the Court, contended that the defendant could not, m point of law, be ejected as he was a discharged soldier. Mr Cummingham, who appeared for the plaintiff, disagreed with this contention, holding that the defendant was not a discharged soldier, m that he had not served overseas, but had merely been m camp for a period of four months. The Magistrate said he must be furnished with a definition of what constituted a discharged soldier. In point of law the defendant might be a discharged soldier, but it did not seem to be justice that a returned soldier could be kept out of a house which he had bought by a man who had ' not served overseas. The , case would be adjourned ' for a month to enable the legal position to be looked into. , \ The Hon. Sir James and Lady Carroll, ' who attended the Maori reception to the , Prince of Wales at Rotorua, have returned home, having travelled overland via Opotiki. Chatting with a Herald repre- . sentative to-day, Sir James said the gathering had been a memorable one, and from a native point of view had been most successful, full of interest, and affording a great re-union of the tribes. The Maori people had been, most favorably impressed with the Prince, who, hy his many thoughtful and kindly actions, had indeed proved himself "Prince Charming." Excellent, however, as the gathering proved, it lacked the representation of the older generation — since passed away — which characterised the Maori reception to the prosent King. As for the organisation, Sir James said it was -remarkable, considering the circumstances and the material, reflecting great credit on all concerned, including Major Buck, the Hon. A. T. Ngata, and others. As for the influenza, Sir James said it was actually less m the Maori camp than that experienced m Rotorua itself, and whilst there had unfortunately been several deaths, this result, he thought, had been due to their leaving camp too hurriedly. In, this connection valuable services were rendered by Dr. Wi Repa. of Te Araroa. Lady Carroll arid himself had remained behind m the camp until all anxiety amongst the sick was over. Incidentally, it should be mentidned that Sir James was the recipient of a handsome walking stick, silver mounted and suitably inscribed, a present from the Royal visitor. The gift was really m the nature of a mutual exchange effected with the Prince, who thus added a beautifully Maori carved stick to his extensive collection. The Prince of Wales expressed to Sir James his warm appreciation of the splendid Maori reception, and intimated that he would have much pleasure m describing it to the King and Queen on his return to England.