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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15542, 10 June 1921, Page 2

The local Defence Office staff has been augmented by the appointment of Bombardier Hor wood, late of Auekland, who will undertake the duties of } area quarter-master and clerk, On enquiring of the. District Engineer to-dav, a reporter learned that work was proceeding very sutisfaclorily -cit'*4Sg3-t«|p«& with the steam navvy. The machine was employed on the cuttings, and was removing over three hundred yards ... spoil per day. , R, js probable that , prior to their- dof part lire for Australia the representative Maori Rugby football team will play'a match at- Gisborne. Air. larata. of Rotorua, who has been appointed maji-ao-er of the team, promised, when recently in -Gisborne, to do his utmost- to arrange the match. y Some idea of the. nature of the pillagin,T which is being experienced in connection' with cargo was indicated trim, morning. Customs and shipping Ofncinlfi were engaged in examining .a shipment Of whisky- and other spirits, when it was found tliaC «!> number of bottles were missing from various eases. , ft was stated that, this was* by no means an uncommon experience. Qn July 14 next nine, members of tin? Legislative Council will retire by , effluxion of time. The members are HonsI j. G. AY. Ait-ken, G. Carson, Colonel W. F Collins, and R. iv. Simpson (Welling'ton), J. Fisher (Auckland), T. AlneGibbon and J. MacGregor. (Otago), R- Moore- • (Canterbury), and 0.. Samuel (Taranaki!. , It- is authoritatively stated that . Air Samuel, vvlii is ghairman of committees, will be offered re-appointment, It is understood the question of further appointments to tli© Council will remain iu abevance until the return of Mr Afassey. A special meeting of -the Alangapapa Town Board was held yesterday, there being present: Messrs J. R. Redstope (acting-chairman), J. Vi • Hudson; FGardner, and W. Stubbings. The meeting passed a- special resolution to tho effect that the Board be authorised to borrow bv wav of special loan, under the Local" Bodies’ Loan Act, the sum to! £ISOO, and apply the same towards the repayment of the Board’s bank overdraft, and a. special order was signed. A special resolution was also passed, nfuking a, special rate to provide interest ifu the loan interest and repayment fund.

There is threat ‘of price-cutting front an unsuspected source? An Auckland writer says: “In some’ departments the Position is somewhat demoralised by offers from Australia at low rates. Ihe Dominion is inundated by travellers from Australia, v.liu are offering British-manu-factured goods at prices far below cost. It- is more profitable to do this in New Zealand than in their own country'* as they., can take advantage of .two tariffsWhen once they have decided to etifi their loss they export to* New Zealand, totting the full drawback of duty originally paid when the goods arrived, perhaps a year ago. When the goods arrive here they do not pay the same duty as . New Zealand importations, which pay ad valorem oil the .cost- in England, but they get in at the. lower rate on the price ruling in Australia.” A reporter, inquiring to-day at the Public Works Department, was informed by the-District Engineer/ Air. G. E. Armstrong, that : the material for tho work at the East Cape lighthouse was expected to be ready for forwarding to the . site of the lighthouse within two or three weeks. The Waiapil bridge, in the hands of Mr. Nicol, is progressing reasonably well, though the work has been delayed slightly by floods. in the Waiapu river. The greater part of the work is on the bed of the river, and there has been a good deal of water in. the stream of The Pakarae bridge, on the boundary between the Cook and Uavva Counties, is going along slowly. On the Alotu-Opotiki road, the Waiaua bridge should be completed within a -few weeks, the contractor, Ah. EeaCoeke, being now engaged in the final, stages of the work. ' " “

One of the characteristic little touches of humor that so often enliven tho public speeches of the Governor-General called forth much laughter at-the luncheon given by the Alayor and Mayoress _ to the veterans at Auckland. In referring to governors of by-gone days, Air. Gunson said that only that morning he ; had visited the grave of Governor Ilobson n .Symonds street- cemetery: and had reflected upon the good work • done in that illustrious but all too brief career., In the course of his reply to the toast of their Excellencies, Lord Jellieoe said smilingly. “Much as we love’Now Zealand, 1 do not wish his Worship to have the opportunity of visiting my tomb! I am going to work hard, I assure you, and do all in my power, for the advancement and prosperity of the country, but certaiidy not to the extent of putting myself under the ground just yet.”

The District Engineer, Mr. C. E. Armstrong, in response to enquiries made this morning, stated to a reporter that there were nt present on the Where rata Hill relief works about thirtyfive men from Gisborne, and these would be augmented by about twelve or fourteen men, due to : day. from Wairoa. The men now at the site have had, their .work mapped out, and are‘settling down quite well to complete it, while further 're-grading work is being pegged out'bv Mr. Dobson, of the local public wofks ollice. The quarters of the men ■> are good, and. with a little Trouble can be made snug and comfortable.' Proper sanitary arrangements have been , made, and all refuse is disposed of by burial. The men; are supplied with plenty of clean, dry straw, thus obviating • the necessity of employing fern for bedding and other purposes.

A large number of commercial fruitgrowers attended the monthly meeting of tiie Poverty Ray Fruitgrower's’; Association at Hcxton on Wednesday• afternoon. After the conclusion of the business tlie members adjourned to . the orchard of Mr P. McColl, where a demonstration of • pruning was given bv Mr. M. Davev, Government Orchard Instructor. A keen interest.was shown by the grow ers in The finer points attitVhed to this branch of husbandry. After several trees of different varieties bad been dealt with, Mr. Idov’d ‘Williams, president of the association, thanked Mr. Davy for his ' attendance, .'.and expressed the great pleasure and interest it 'had afforded, the members■>.of ■ the association, and trusted it was only a preliminary to many fiel.d days . which the members looked -forward *• to. Mr. DaveyV in acknowledging- .the thanks, stated that the (Department was anxious to afford growers all th.e .information and assistance possible, and complimented the members on their enthusiasm, which had brought them many miles on a very wet dav.

Washboard slavery will never bo tolu’utcd in Gisborne again, thanks to “No [tubbing” Laundry if el p; Is packet docs 7 weekly washings perfectly. —J. Pirie, J rover, Agent for "No Rubbing. - ’* ■

Fanners in some parts of Waitotara and Maxwelltown districts are. concerned over the ravages of the grass grub, which is infesting large areas of grass land in those districts.

As an expression of satisfaction at the splendid fight which resulted iast evening between .Tack Keeney and .Tack Cole, the Australian, a cable lias been dispatched to Mr. W. F. Corbett, boxing editor of the Sydney Referee, by the Gisborne Boxing Association, advising him of the result of the tight, and thanking him for the recommendation of Cole.

There lias been a Leg demand in Westport lately for rented houses (says the News). Quite a number of houses which have been unoccupied for the past five years have been renovated and let. Ihe cry of unoccupied houses in Westport is a thing of the past. There is not really a reasonable property on the market to let at the present time.

A party of three Hastings young men who were out at the Kidnappers on a fishing expedition came across an enormous sun fish, which had been washed up on the rocks, between the Black Beef and the Cape. One of the party estimates that it was about IT feet long and uino feet across the flappers. From the look of the carcass, he thought it must weigh about a ton.

The camp near Oroua Downs where the Government is employing men in planting the sand dunes with marram grass is now properly organised, and the majority of the men engaged have settled down to work, with the result that good progress is being made. From three to four acres of sand aie being planted, on an average, each day. A Forestry Department official told a Standard reporter that laborers employed are mostly of a good stamp, and appear to be contented enough, despite the fact that the camp is situated in an isolated position and there are no facilities for amusement. A further small (haft of men is expected to arrive this week and there will then be about 30 under canvas. The quarters are said to be most comfortable and the food supplied is excellent, :f Defence Department cook and soecial apparatus being responsible for this pleasant feature. Among those engaged are a number of men who have formerly held good positions, one of them being a quaßfied accountant, who lost his position when h : s firm curtailed its staff at the beginning of the present financial slump.

Payment for overtime was urged bv a deputation of public servants that waited upon the Public Service Commissioner recently. Speakers pointed out that the question arose out of the employment of officers from other departments to do duty in the Land arid Income Tax Department. The association wanted overtime after 38 hours. Those officers, had been paid overtime for every hour -wricked, yet Diet regular officers of the department had to work 44 hours a week before they received extra payment, and naturally, they felt sore about it. it was pointed out bv the acting commissioner, that outside officers could not be expected to workextra hours in another department, for nothing. Their employment was not likely to occur again. The deputation stressed the point that the usual officers of the department received nothing extra for their six hours’ overtime per week. The assistant commissioner said that in Auckland the Land and Deeds Department had been allowed full overtime. If departments were properly administered there should bo no necessity for continuous overtime. The commissioner said it- would be bot(er to add to the permanent staff than that the men should Tie required to work overtime.

“There is an absolute necessity just now for propaganda of patriotism amongst the young,” declared Colonel G. T\ C. Campbell at the conference of (lie Dominion branches of the Navy League in Christchurch. Germanic, Sinn .Fein, and Bolshevik influences were spreading, and Australia had recently shown the extent of this spread. The only way to combat these influences was to develop proper rational views amongst t lie young. Older people developed set. views, and it was almost ari insult to ask them to change these. There was no place within tlic Empire affording better opportunity to shape the minds of the young, because the Government was sympathetic. Influences were being directed from the high places, and it was a duty to help the Government in its task. .The Government had given every opportunity to the League by throwing open the schools. Personally, he had found the school teachers enthusiastic in heljfing the movement against reactionary influences. He had recently 'visited the United Kingdom, and from what he had seen ho trembled for the future unless the forces of disruption were opposed strongly by those organisations which, at present, were not putting their full weight into the work of upholding the Empire.

Lord Jellicoe was in happy mood in Auckland during his initiation as a Forester. Referring to naval matters lie said the difficulty with which the Navy was faced during the war came far more from submarines than surface vessels. The whole of the Empire being benevolently minded began to try and help-the Navy in this difficulty. Ho did not know how many million people the British Empire comprised, but he'did not think it could be many more than the millions of letters the naval authorities received telling them how to deal with the submarines. Many of the suggestions would doubtless be of great practical value, when science and invention had progressed further than at the present day. One of those to come to his mind was that they should fill the North Sea with effervescent salts to force submarines to the surface. Unfortunately the supply of effervescent salts was not sufficient at the time. (Laughter.) Another gentleman suggested that they should dam the North Sea. The North vSea was only 230 miles long. The idea was to build a dam at each end, pump out the water, and catch all the submarines in it at the time. (Laughter). Another suggestion which might- he practicable some time, hut was not in 1917, was that each ship should tow a huge magnet which would draw the submarines to tire surface.

A meeting of amateur boxers lias been convened by Mr Croskery, sene., to Lie held at the Soldiers’ Club this evening.

A general meeting of tbe Waikanie Reach Society will be held in the Borough Council Chambers to-night, (o receive the report of the executive on the work to date. „

The Gisborne and Kalmtia Bowling Clubs meet in friendly rivalry at a card tournament litis evening, I lie contest being played in .the Gisborne Club’s pavilion.

Excellent entries are anticipated for the cadet boxing championships, to take place in tlie -Garrison Hall at Hie end of the month. The trophies donated for the encouragement of this brunch ot amateur sport arc numerous and valuable, and the display is expected to be one of the best ever bold locallv.

One shilling does not provide much in the way of amusement to day, hut no are confident that this stun will be well expended on Saturday evening next at the Garrison Hall. A good dance, a good crowd, and all formality dispensed with should make the beach and band evening most enjoyable, and all that wt'l be charged for admission will ho one shilling. Roll up and enjoy yourself.* Tito Gisborne Sheepfarmors’ Frozen Meat and Mercantile Co., Lid., wish to call attention to their winter horse fair which they* are holding at back of Masonic Stables to-morrow, Saturday, June 11, at 11 a.in., when they will submit to auction 75 horses, amongst which are a number of good draughts (several shatters), half draughts, and hacks, and anyone requiring good horses will du well to attend.*

In view of the H.C.L. householders compelled to renew furnishings are invited to inspect Beddow’s Furniture fc>/ore (next Vautier’s, Gladstone Road), and comparo our prices with any charges made locally. Inspection cannot fail to impress that her* the best v*l»e« are oH temeWlo.*