TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15274, 23 July 1920, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

There were 420 teachers m thf service oT the Hawkes Ea v Education Board la.-t December. Mr. J. C.abhy, the -American br.xer, is expected to return to Uisborne by tbt- A rah lira lo -morrow. Our Chrwtehureh correspondent telefiaplis : The Trinily Congregational iliurch .haw given a' call to the lt«v. 11. .1. l)u(l';uliiie. of Stratford, 'of the I Vjiigregaiional Church of Kngland, and have received cable advice of his acceptance. Mr. B. IT. Aislab'e received word yesterday Irnra llv, »S: <i. Glennie, of Rere, who as taking part m the New Zealand Uiin Clubs' Championship at Masterton. Mr. Glennie shot second m the clay birds championship, and also killed 17 out of 18 live^pigeons m the i live bird matcTi yesterday. I ! Yesterday (says the Groymonth Star ) of July 13th) a writ was delivered io Mr. Thos. I. Williams, manager and publisher of the Westj)ort Times, citing him to appear at the Christ church Supreme Coiirt on, August 4, 1920, to answer alleged contempt of Court by publication of articles* advocating the j abolition of compulsory military train- i ">g. i I Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London office : "The tallow market continues neglected. At. the sales this week 1555 casks were offered, but only 160 were disposed of; since last week's sales prices show* a further decline of £5 on an average. Quotations for mutt;>n. prime descriptions, are £65, and for mixed, god color, £58 per ton. 1 ' Railway electric motors have not proved an unqualified success on. the New Zealand lines. When used to run a service between Thorndoii and JohnsfiwriHe the motor was - continually breaking down and for a considerable period the oar remain?*! oat of commission. Lately it has been used m the. Hutt Valley suburban service, but* it was not long before it was m the repair shop again. At present the car is being overhauled at the Petone workshops. The vexed questiwn of toll pates formed the subject of a deputation from New Plymouth, which waited upon Ihe Milf^ istcr of Public Works. The speakers saici ! that there was a proposal, to put, a string of- 101 l gates around New^ Plymouth, ana 1 to this they objected on the ground mat it was not a proper form of taxation. To their mind, the best means of meeting the position was to bring m a national tyre tax. The deputation maintained that the advocates of toll-gates were not m earnest, their idea being to get toll-gates throughout the country to make tne uovernment realise the ridiculousness of rhe system and make it adopt a tyre tax. Finally the Minster assured the deputation that he would decide on nothing before going into all aspects thoroughly. "Christchurch has a vast reserve for timber-planting purposes right at her front door," said a city man interested m forestry to a Lyttelton Times reporter. "The sandhills along the beach at North New Brighton could grow enough trees to keep the city going for tyo hundred years." Reports from other sources confirm this statement. In the City Council's reserve at Bottle Lake the young trees recently planted nre winking wonderful progress, and there is every prospect of a. successful "strike." The trees are pinus radiaja (insignis). a species which is held m special fnvbr because of its fast growth. Before the war a Government expert, said that an acre of sandy soil at New Brighton could be made without trouble to grow timber worth £700. In Ihrso days of overhead' charges and lack uf competition the average tradesman frowns blackly upon requests tnai goods should be delivered, preferring greatly the counter cash customer (says tlie Pest.) There are except ion§. and a Te . Aro res 1 (lent, after puzzling over a letter received from a Chinese greengrocer, i realised that her vegetables were to be delivered once again, a brother of the proprietor having joined the firm and relieved the pressure*. Moreover, cash sales are not to he insi.slcd on. * The let'er runs: "near Mrs. ■ , — Well you, family. .1 , am supplied -the fru'ts and vegetables. Rxcusome. Before only me. very sorry. Just now I have .a brother be romo my shop. So I pot the t'me delivered to you Mis. . If yon want si mot hi us' please come to my shop it'll me at once and nf'ei' l know delivered to you family. Mrs. , Please a month full to pay me thanks. Any day morning time froiri 8 o'clock a. in- anil afternoon from 1 o'clock p.m.. 1 come to see you all right." At the session of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, on May 19, the Rev. Dr. Jame.* G:bbs'(Wellington) addressed the Assembly on. behalf of the visitors. Though m the colonies they regarded the Free Church ofvScotl:ind as their, mother church, the Church of Scotland was at least the,ir grandmotl^r. — (Laughter and applause.) >The purpose of his visit to this country was to obt/rn 40 workers — 20 ministers and 20 1 mifrsonaries — for the New Zealand Presbyterian Church, which was going to. be ihe predominant Church m that count ry. He did not know what they wanted with nil the churches m this country. He looked around Edinburgh m, dumb amazement. AW over the city, at every street corner, were more » churches, if all stories were true, than there were people to fill them. It ap- . peared. as if someone has sprinkled churches down like pepper. He appealed to suitable men to offer themcelVes for work m New Zealand. 1 With the object of deterrinir budding riders from etiltivatiiv the "Tod Sloane" style of riding, Mr W. T. Kazlett (Southland) asked the Racing Conference to adopt the following new rule: — "If the stewards or any person specially deputed by the stewards for the purpose, find that the stirrup leather of any jockey (by reason of their undue shortness) render the jockey unable sufficiently {o control .his horse m .hurdle and steeplechase races without endan- , goring himself and other jockeys or : horses m. the race, the stewards or . ' person so deputed may require the stirrup leathers to be lengthened." Lapsing into history, Mr ITnzlett recalled thht • the ''monkey mi a stick" style of riding . obtained root m Enfrland through the invasion of the "Yankees," headed by Tod Sloane. Although Sloane and bis compatriots took a lot of money out of England, it was not through the peculiar ftyle of riding which they affected. It wcis rather on account of the manner m which they got off the mark. The mover 'added that he did not think the proposed rule* woxild be enforced m the case of old riders 'who were confirmed ' "Tod Sloaners." His objection was to '-prevent inexperienced lads from follow - > mc svit. For the rest it was a dangerous practice., The conference adopted . the rale as proposed. ' A special general meeting of the Plunket Committee was held m the Women's C!ub rooms on Ju'y 19. rrepent: Mesdames J, Aitken (chair), Nolan, J. R, Kirk. A. CUaham, Mde-bot-tom. Rowley, floft'e. J. War. C, J. Thomas. H. Grieve. \V. F. CedevwiU, A. Putlett, Cuthbert. Wauchop. D. J. Parker, .1. McKc. W. A, Smith, nud Matron Priei'. Apologies were recaived from .Mesdnmea Coloman, Qunn, Bourgeois, Jl. PacKe. Matron Clark, and M'us Muiice, My*.- Aitke-i moved^ and. Mrs. Pullet 1 Focondml.' that the sQc'ety jo. 1 n. with the oil. or bj'incljes m incorporation. Th : » was einWl iinanimnus'v. Tho' nwe^Ruiy |ti\nei'» were pinrniH* "v' w'tue-'sed . b- 15 iiit>nrt>ors, nnd forwai-de 1 (o WVlington to the conference iv)w' s'l ting. Tiiu ordinary meeting was ti en proceeded with. A motion of sympathy w't.h Air. and . *"Mrs. R. i ,loy«i'?t')n and fam'lv m the loss of their dnugV'tjtv was carried by members standing iiv flU^nre.; A request from tho Centra! Council to .the committee to release Nurse Allan that she might accept, the matronship of the Karintano Jfome, .fiynedin, was then discussed, nnd it was agreed regretfully to allow Nurse Allan to go, a proviso being made tt>at a nurae ftwst be sent before Nurse AHnn left. Thanhs were accorded to Miss Tuke for the donation of a woollen jacket for the Plunket babies' box. The nurse's report wm very satis factory, 204 vis?*B being paid to homes and by mother^ Jo the ojflqe. letters of thanks for hel- by the nurse were reeelved from Whakatane and Opotikl, and re* trret expressed that, no nurse was avalU able m the Bay of Plenty. A mother travelling to Auckland was supplied 9 with hiiroanised milk.