TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15275, 24 July 1920, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

A register of brands fru' the "\Vaima di-^trbt i> ;il present being compiled. Ahd \vlk\i this n completed arran^Pinonts will he madte by thp AgiiiMiltural Department lur all till ai c registrations to l>o oll'.vti-d at Wairoa. Says the Wairarapa Times : It is '« v ported that liislioiuc farmers arc bein^ oliei'ed JO.l per lit., on. behalf <>l American, buyers, loY next- season's lamb. Is the American 1 Men; Trust, getting m some fine work '! The application ma-do, by Mr. Allan Moody oil behalf of Franklin John .Smith, alias ''Pitt-I'ot ' Kmith, sentenced at Auckland to seven years' imprisonment, with hard labor, lor leave to ap- | p!v to the Court of Appeal fop a new tiial. was urantedi by Mr. Justice Cooper. „ Mr. I. Steplienson, traffic inspector of ' Wauganui niunitipal tramways, has resigned, and is going; to LSisborne to reside. Mr. Stephenson. has been assopinted with the tramways for the past twelve years, and was one of the be^t known 'of the local civic official"*. — WangaiKii Chronicle. "It is a -dog's life being a. borough ■councillor,"' remarked one of the Wanganui civic fathers at a. tramway inquiry, as he started to relate, the bad time the public had been giving him m consequence of the recent tramway breakdown: The Mayqy said 1 that a ma.il came to him the other day and asked if there were any tram cars for sale, as he wanted one ior a fowl house. A very enjoyable social Was held m the Returned Soldiers' Club rooms last evening, taking the form of a dance interspersed with songs. Miss M. Dempsey supplied the dance music, and Mr. McMialan -played an extra. Songs were rendered by Misses Stevenson and (lordon and Messrs. MeCready, Cade, Woodrow and Wright. Miss Klsie Sutton payed the accompaniments. One of the oldest persons m the Dominion, Mrs. Jane Simpson McFarland, of Cambridge, died laM week, aged 105 years. This wonderful old lady was born m Ireland m March, 1815. She arrived from Brakeiield, Londonderry, m 1874, and had resided- in Cambridge ever since. Her husband predeceased her about 20 years ago. She leaves three, sons and three daughters to mourn their lOiSS. A Press Association message slates : Whakatane dub farewelled Mr. William Ph.llips, one of the most remarkable men m the Bay of Plenty, who last week sold for £19,C00 his principal farm of 620 acres two miles from Whakatane, where he spent £6003. ploughed 550 acres, dug over. 2s miles of drains, and erected over 25 miles of fencing. . He was a, member of . *sevei'al public bodies, and probably has better knowledge of the Urewera native owners than any other white man. He comes, with Mrs. Philips, to reside m Auckland. Whilst the past season has been one of tha. busiest ever experienced h> Auckland : for overseas travel, it v considered by I the officers of Messrs. T. Cook and Sons' ; local agency that next year w.ll see just as greai. v not greater, exodus of New, , Aealamler.v for lands overseas (states the I Herald). At present passenger" lists to Jiondou are not heavy, but already a ■number of -bookings hiivp been made' for vessels leaving m 'February. The retent heavy increases m fates is havine a noticeaule ell'eot on hooking, many o"t tiio.se wiio under the previous rates would : have- taken iirst -class tickets travelling I second, and others who would have gone m tlie. secoini cloas contenting themselves with third-class accommodation. Con*.equentlv the booking m tltrf two latter classes is likely u>- bt exceptionally heavy. Uefore. the war a, lirst.-class re- / tarn ticket. J ( , Riglaiul via Sue/, cost £132; the price is now £303. A gocondcliis.^ return ticket by the .same route, which could formerly be obtained) for £76. now .costs £216." Via. Panama the charge is not quite so heavy, although the price has increased from "£lls for a first-class retunn ticket to £218, .and a seeomi-clnss from £66 to £148. It is e,v 1 pec ted that many Xew Zea landers and : AuMtralians' will make the- journey to France and England 'next year to "visit the battle-fields and locate the graves oi • fallen relatives. ! — ■ '■■"■ — — '