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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15466, 10 March 1921, Page 2

The London office advises thaf'a mail for New was despatched on March 5, per s.s. Remuerst, via- Panama. Messrs. C. A. deLautour • and W. F. Cederwall intend to visit. Wellington for the of North Island freezing companies’ representatives. The conference ■ will be held on Wednesdays 16th inst., and the Gisb.orne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat Co.’s delegates will start for Wellington at the end of the present week. , , t-; ' V. A motor collision occurred last evening at the corner of Peel Street and Gladstone i Road; resulting’ iif minor damages being suffered by two Ford lorries. One belonged to Mr W. Whale, and ‘the other to Messrs Bignell' and Holmes, Ford agents. It appearsithat at i about 5.15 Mr Whale was crossing Gladstone Road, coming from the direction of'tho police station, and . when - about the centre of the road saw 'tfte other lorrydriven by Mr Reg. Maidens,’ coming, up the main street from the Post-.-Office. Both endeavored to avoid a collision, .and were partially successful; the damage inflicted on either car ' being very light.. Neither of the drivers was hurt. '. ' In an article on the East Coast the Otago Daily Times states:—The first striking fact is . the . absence, of railways'.' The _ needs of- the district in>' this connection are receiving attention, but it 13 undeniable that the .Gisborne-Napier section should have long since' been completed. On this route,;, $s in- -other places, there are many ■ pules Jof‘formation ready for,-the rails, some Sf which has, indeed, been constructed for years. The loss eutaile(| in dead capital expenditure must be considerable. The Gisborne-Mbtii section has proved .very profitable, 'as has. "in' fact, each of .the small sections which, .have- already been opened. Next in importance to the need of railways..is the need of roads. Indeed, iu some parts, of the targe area travelled over by the - Parliamentary party roads are ‘the prime necessity. Allied to the roadiiigi.piioblein.iis that of the bridging of’ the rivers. The denudation of- the hills of their forest growth aiid the consequent slips and shifting shingle' had the effect of rais* ing the beds: Of the rivers, and in some cases of altering their courses. In one flood the Waiapn County lost, sixbridges. The problem of bridge construction _is almost as complex at < the present, time as is that of roadiim. ' In many places rivers have destroyed miles of roadway and each successive flotjcl presents the. settlers .with new difficulties. in spite of all handicaps, the' districts generally are, through the richness of (heir soil, wonderfully prosperous. Except in rare instances the settlers have, rated themselves for road and bridge construction, and there is consequently a large measure of justice in the claims of the district for!a ; larger share of public expenditure. The future prosperity of the Domipiori depends largely on the stimulation of primary production, and the possibilities of the East Coast in this respect appear to be almost boundless. Tt has been decided fp .postpone the running of the cycle road rahe over the first distance Tor the Boomerang Cun until Thursday next, owing, to the local cyclists not having yet trained sufficiently for the distance. Gisborne is the centre of great commercial activity just how, due in part to the heavy demand for. Golden, Rule Soap, “No Rubbing” Laundry Help, an 4 the “Keep Smiling” Boot Polish,—7..

A first- offender for drunkenness was to-day

The Masterton Racing Club has decided to discontinue giving free tickets to returned soldiers. Travellers overland from Napier yesterday passed six or seven swaggers on the road between Napier and Wairoa—a significant sign of the easing demand for labor, corrsequent on the financial stringency. T. P. Lyall and Sons’ Construction Company, Ltd., of Montreal, have been given the contract to construct a. Government dry dock at the Esquimault Navy Yard,- at a cost of £860,000, according to Reuter. The following have been appointed Justices of the Peace: Kenneth Berry Crombie, of Nuhaka; James Neville Davies-Colley, of Whekararanai, Te Araroa; Charles Henry McCracken, of Tokomaru Bay ; William Bremnen Mill, of Tokomaru Bay.

The Otago Daily Times is a little out in its geography item, in a leading article on the East Coast. It states: When in 1769 Captain Cook landed in the vicinity of what is now the flourishing town of Gisborne and was'refused fresh water and provisions by the natives he named the locality Poverty Bay.. Twenty-six miles further north, at Tolaga Bay, he was enthusiastically welcomed and was supplied with everything he required. In acknowledgment of the hospitality whiqh he received he bestowed the name of the Bay of Plenty on the locality. The promise that the kauri gum industry would be thoroughly investig'neu has been fulfilled by the appointment of a Royal ’ Commission comprising Messrs. R. P. Greville .(Commissioner of Crown Lands and Kauri Gum Superintendent), R. Coate3 (farmer), L. Gribbin (gum merchant), E. J. Kicol (settler), J. Nicholson (gum digger), M. H. Wynyard (solicitor), and Professor F. P. Worley (Pipfessor of Science at • Auckland University College). Mr. Greville is to be chairman. The order of reference calls upon the Commission to investigate the export trade, grading gum, State control of export, recovery of gums from soils and peats, the tra.itment of kauri swamps, and the settlement of kauri lands. The Commission is also to advise the Government as to the desirability of establishing a labontory for the study of scientific problems connected with the industry, and as to whether or not a royalty ought to be levied on gum for the benefit of local authorities.

“Under our present tendency to namby-pamby sentimentalism, we are allowing these physical degenerates to multiply, instead of segregating them, said Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., at/the Magistrate's Court, Auckland, when refusing an order for a. young woman to be compelled to contribute towards the maintenance of a child in a public institution. Mr. J. F. W. Dickson, who appeared for the defence, explained that his-client was utterly unfit to work to maintain the child, and put in a medical certificate to that effect. r ihe woman, wlifen called, evidently suffered from an impediment, as it was difficult to understand what she said. She stated that she could not work regularly, as she-had fits. At present she was housekeeping for . a man. His Worship said lie could not make an order in such a case. It was appalling, he added, that under present conditions, persons physically and mentally deficient were permitted to multiply, and the ratepayers had to carry the burden of maintaining their, children. “The investigations and decisions are far too important to be hurried,” said the Minister for Public Works, the Hon. J. G. Coates, in answer to a question regarding the Arapuni hydro-electric scheme. “I am well aware of the importance of the scheme. I know that no part of New Zealand can make better use of hydro-electric power than Auckland can. I am just as anxious as anybody else to get the scheme on a definite footing, but I do not intend to go beyond what I have already said, that until I get all the information and have thought tha matter out in my own way and my own time nothing will be done. ‘Barracking’ will not make a bit of difference. It will not hasten the de- ’ cision, and it will not delay The Minister indicated that the examination of the Arapuni site involved techincal problems of a highly-important nature, and he could not ask his engineers to make recommendations without being in possession of every available bit of data. If the Arapuni site* was not suitable, then the department must turn to the alternative site, , and that would involve the preparation of another scheme. Jlc naturally desired that the decision reached should be the right decision. He. and his department could not afford to leave anything at all to chance. Two prosecutions for overcrowding ferry steamers in the Auckland harbor on Anniversary Day were made by the Collector of Customs (Mr Mays), in the Police Court, before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., recently. , Mr. Mays said the Ngoiro, a vessel owned by the Devonport Steam Ferry Company, took on board 895 passengers—as counted by three Customs officials—instead of her complement of 749. A fair margin of error was allowed. The case was brought as a‘warning. One of the ideas underlying the prosecution was that some better arrangement for handling the traffic should be introduced. The queue system was undoubtedly the solution of the problem. Counsel for defendant said the vessel was half full before she was * properly alongside the wharf. The company was prepared to take any reasonable steps to prevent overcrowding and would consult with the Harbor Board, the City Council, and the police. The Magistrate imposed • a fine of £3 and costs. The second prosecution was made against the master of the Northern Steamship Company’s steamer Kawau. Mr. Mays said the vessel had been engaged to take passengers to Calliope Dock. A Customs officer drew the mate’s attention to the fact that the vessel was full, but no steps were taken to stop passengers getting on board. In three successive trips the vessel carried 46 passengers oyer the complement. Customs officers had no authority to stop passengers boarding a vessel or to prevent it leaving. Defendant said he had no knowledge of the vessel being overcrowded. It would not have left had he known. Cross-examined, he said all officers had been warned by ‘ his company not to carry too many passengers on excursions. They were supplied with mechanical counters. Defendant was fined £2 on both the second and third charges, with £4 18s costs. The euchre tournament and dance to have been held at the Assembly Hall this evening, has been cancelled, but the Saturday night dance will be held as usual.*

A special committee meeting of the Waikanae Beach | Improvement Society ■will be Held to-morfow (Friday) night, at 7.30 o’clock, in the Borough Council Chambers. All members are requested to attend. t