TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15319, 15 September 1920, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

I r . I The Opotiki -Gisborne mail was held up to-day, owing to slips on the Opotiki- • Motu road. I Fish farms are becoming quite common m tho United States, Sniall streams are made into ponds, where fish are nils-, ed for market. I A large consignment of Java tea is reported to be en- route to New Zealand. It is said 1 retailers will be able jto sell this cheaper than Ceylon tea, but] 'apparently the consumer has to acquire j a flavor for it, and the Java tea is more j Mutable for blending. i Of the SCO indentured Chinese laborers about to arrive , at Apia any day (says the Samoa Timefe of August 7). we learn from a private source that no less than 460. of their number will be allocated to the plantations under Crown estates control. The remaining 50, as yet, have not been placed, but, presumably, are to be allotted to private concerns. Ofi the invitation of Mr. G, Gillett, the footba'.l teams representing the G'sborne and Napier High Schools, with their masters, were to-day conveyed by . cars supplied by Mr. Gillett to the Ta-ta- ' pouri hotel, where luncheon was served to the lads. Some time was spent m ithe vicinity of the beach, the party re--1 turning later to town, after a most enjoyable outing. j In addressing ,a recent meeting at j i Wellington Mr. Massey indicated that he was a believer m "Anglo Israelism," and apparently there is an increasing number who place credence m the ' theory. * The late Lord Fisher, for instance, is reported by the London Times to have, said : "The" real' reason why we won the great war, notwithstanding the muddling and mistakes of politicians, was* because we are the ten lost tribes of Israel." Use of electric lifts Sn buildings is being adopted more and more every year, and it will be necessary to make regulations very soon governing their us-?, so that' their inspection and construction may be made more uniform all over the' Don-union (state* the report of the. Inspection of Machinery Department). The speed will have to be regulated, and the electric equipment and » safety appliances made effective and up- _ to- "kite. For the number now m use very few accidents have occurred, which is a very- gratifying result. J It is an interesting fact that the ! largest ship under construction m ! Great Britain is the Empress of Canada, i launched the other day on tyie Clyde. j Sho will also be the largest mail and passenger ship on the Pacific Ocean. The Canadian Pacific Company thus maintains for Canada. for Canadian ports and for itself the maritime supremacy on the' Pacific. Travellers find thnt on both oceans the demand for accommodation- exceeds the supply. Transportation must be contracted for and definitely arranged a long time m advance., This condition will be great^ mitigated by the construction programme of sfeimship companies. A few 22,000---ton ships m the rcrular service would do a good deal to relieve the congestion. ) Serious damage lias been done to the wheat crops this season by the grass grub, says the Christchurch Sun. According to growers, hundreds of acres In crop will have to be ploughed In. The trouble is bad m the Ellesmere district. The attack on the wheat by the grub is quite a new development, its ravages having hitherto been largely confined' to the pasture. Mr. it. E. Alexander, Director of the Agricultural College at Lincoln, informed a Sun representative that, he had verified the damage done to tne wheat by '.he grub. It had attached the crop on three acres, recently acquired i by the college. In his opinion, the trouble j - is due to growers allowing the soil to become impoverished. Owing to the high ] price of manures, farmers are economising. In consequence, the plan's do not get a healthy start and fall victims to the grub. Healthy plants should resist it. • The people of Picton, at a public* meeting subscribed nearly £200 to purchase plans for the improvement of the Picton foreshore, "which were prepared by Mr., A. N. Buxton, of Christchurch. S(jme time ago, these plans were offered to the Borough, Council for £150. By a majority of one it was decided not to buy them at the time. Public-spirited townspeople decided* to buy them by subscriptions, and the meeting saw th'SK more than accomplished. The Jpchemo provides for hot salt-water paths, playing .grounds, gardens, band rotunda, pnddling pools, sand -pita for 'duldren and other beaut : es. A feature be a fergol, every pillar of which will commemorate the sacrifice made by a Picton soldier. Mr. Buxton, who was present, said that m his town-planning- . tbroughout. the length and breadth of ■New Zealand", he had not seen such an enthus'.astic^meeting. j To import .gLamaphones to meet a 'steady demand* Ts to do good business, but to import gramaphone cases and to pay for the machines as well ia a very poor investment. Tlie head of a- local firm (says. the Wellington Post) received • an unpleasant surprise a few days ago • when he unpacked a consignment" of 12 ! cases from a prominent American manufacturing concern, and found that but three machines had come to hand, and that the remaining oaees contained an assortment of sackinu*, wood chips, and rubbish, and one of them a copy of the Now York Times of fairly recent date. The cases are of a particular 'design., and are not easily opened, and when received showed no signs of "having been ( tampered with. The sacks bear Ameri- ' can brandings, and the wood chips are ] | plainly of American origin — the news- '. paper speaks for' itself — and the whole ' of the appearances point to the fact that ** either , th© machines were never placed , iv the oases oF that they were removed | before they reached the shipper's hands.- i A very p'.easant evening's, entertain- j ment was afforded the visiting Napier j High School t&im last evening. The local High 'School team entertained their t visitors at dinner m town. Mr. F. <. Foote, rector of tho Giaborne school, 1 presided, and m addition' to the local and Napier teams, with Mr. Hardy, manager of the Napier lads, there were present Mr. E. H. Mann, representing the Board of Governors', and Messrs. W. G. G. Gillett, tho referee, C. Horn, and t R. Sweet, on beha!f of the O'd Students' c Association, and Mr. W. Howard, presi- £ dent of .the Rugby Union. The usual 1 toasts were honored with enthusiasm, c and later the whole party adjourned to t the assembly hall at the High School, 1 where the senior pupils had arranged a - dance m honor of the Napier team, s Danc'ng was indulged m till a late hour, t and during the progress of the function - Mr. E. H. Mann, chairman, of the Board r e of Governors, presented to the Gisborne High School team the cup donated for f competition by the Board. Cheers were ' exchanged between the competing teams, \ and congratulations to the local team ' were,, voiced by the manager of tbe visitors. Mr. Hardy. A venture to import oranges for Auck- : land supply from Norfolk Island was : recently undertaken by a party of Auck- j land business men, with a very fair , amount of success fsaya the Star). The ( object was 'to land- the fruit with a j minimum of waste. This was accom- c pl'shed sat'sfactorly, but owing to the f pchooaer Rira, which was specially chartered for the purpose, 'encountering bad weather, the trip extended over 10 j days, and thus the project was not satisfactory from a. financial aspect. Mr. - K. Turner (auctioneer), one of the parties \ interested, stated that the oranges ex- ( celled m quality the Californian sun- \ kissed oranges. The shipment comprised | m all 800 cases of oranges and kumaras, consignments ..of mandarins, bananas, c and limejuice. The kumaras compared v favorably with supplies of- this vege- \ table on the local market, while the r mandarins and bananas wet*e of first- c class quality. Norfolk Island is only *■ i 6CO m'les distant from Auckland, where^ v as Rarotonga, from which large supplies l of fruit are drawn, is about 1650 miles * distant. In conclusion, Mr. Turner sug- : gested that it only .required a Government subsidy for a regular steamer ser- * vice to Norfolk Island to permit of the t fruit, right at our doors, to be landed j here regularly. It would result ma t cheaper orange for the Auckland^ mar(t ket. c