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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15543, 11 June 1921, Page 2

Mails which left,New Zealuntt on isllith April per R.M.S. Mamma. via San Francisco, arrived in London ‘>ll June. 9.

The next Napier wool sales are at present fixed for July 8. Mr. C. A. deLautour left last evening on a business visit to Wellington. Mr. Julm Clark left for Auckland by the Alabina tins morning. lie joins? the Niagara and proceeds to Vancouver. Air. G. A. Broad, of Wain., a. lias accepted an engagement with- the Rosemary Rees Comedy Co. as stage manager. Mr. W. T. Neill, Surveyor-General, arrived this morning on an official' visit to Gisborne, and will be here for a few days. Messrs W. D. Lvsnar, C. .Matthews, and G. Witters, proceeded to Wellington last evening on business connected with the }’.B. Farmers’ Meat Company. The Mayor (Mr Geo. Wildish) and Mr L. T. Barnard, who have been attending a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board at Napier, returned ?jv the Arnhura this morning. Gisborne’s coal supplies, a reporter learned to-day, aie now easier than has been the case for a Jong time. There is now in sight, cither landing or in arranged shipments, some five thousand ■tons for the month of June, no small item for Gisborne. i Regulations constituting the three new military districts—the Northern Command or Auckland district, tho Central Command or Wellington district, and the Southern Command combining the old Canterbury and Otago districts—have, been gazetted. Correspondence from Napier, Gisborne, and Wanganui Borough Councils' and Auckland and Wellington City Councils, having reference to electricity motoring and charges, were referred by the Hastings Borough Council' to the Electrical Committee. A young man had tho misfortune, while fishing off the wharf yesterday, to injure himself in a peculiar manner. While ho was swinging the line preparatory to a cast, .the hook lodged in one nostril, inflicting a -painful wound, which necessitated medical assistance.: To-morrow evening, ’af (Roebuck Hoad Chapel, Mr W. j. Lowe will take for. his subject “Anti-Christ, the Conting, World Ruler;” when lie will outline-the rise * and progress of a coining ruler’ whose history is predicted hi the prcohelic scriptures. A hearty invitation is extended to all to bo present.

The Repatriation Department officer, Mr. W. Vfilliams, informed a reporter 10-dav that lie had about twenty-eight applications from returned soldiers for work. ' About half a dozen of these had been despatched to the relief works at Wliarerata, and a similar nuniber • had been absorbed in local work. Sixteen in all at present remained on his'register. The Rev. T. G. Brooke, organising secretary for Methodist missions, arrived in Gisborne this morning. He wilt speak at Bright street church to-morrow at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Mr. Brooke is visiting Gisborne in the interests of the centenary movement, it being one bundred years next February since the firstMethodist missionary began, operations amongst- the Maoris in New Zealand, '. Miss A., E. Henderson, a missionary of tho Presbyterian Church hi the Punjab. India, at present on a visit,to St.Andrew’s Church, will address the congregation to morrow at morning service, and will visit the Sabbath schools -at

Mangapapa and Whataupoko. The evening service at St. Andrew’s will be conducted by tho Rev. James' Aitken. His subject wil be “The Appeal of .Christ to the Heart”—the .second of the series on “Christ in Experience.” In conversation with a reporter this morning a land agent stated, that at present the business in country properties and stations is practically at a standstill. There is a small demand for land for new suburban dwellings, while the sale for town houses',remains fair, at steady values. He mentioned that many properties had be&p over-valued by their owners in the hope of disposing at boom prices, but the fact that these-values were now being lowered did not indicate a falling-off in actual selling values. The excavation for the children’s paddling pool on Waikanae Reach is now complete, and next Thursday afternoon will be spent in levelling the floor and squaring off the corners and sides. On the following Thursday, it is intended by the Beach Society’s executive .to obtain as much assistance as possible, as it is proposed to put-in hand the . work ol' concreting. Experienced workmen have offered to supcrviseYand direct the work, and a concrete mixer has been loaned by which the concreting should be effected in rapid order. In connection with the epidemic of burglaries, prevailing over the last few days, Detective J. McLeod last evening arrested seven boys between the ages of 8 and 15, on a charge of theft- of £4O woft-h of chocolates aiid cigarettes? Later in the evening Detective McLeod, on information received, visited the band rotunda, in the Botanical’ Gardens, and recovered; a large quantity of cigarettes, believed to be the .property ‘of Mr. Charles Ferguson. As stated elsewhere, the boys appeared in the Juvenile Oourt this morning and were remanded. ' 1 rebate was granted by his Honor Sir John Salniond on June 8 as follows: —• Oil the motion of Mr! F. W. Nolan, in the estate of Raymond Walter Kemp, late of Tokomaru Bay, sbeepfarmer, to Alfred Kemp and Gerald Black;*.on the riiotion of Mr. 11. K. Bright, in the estate of John W. Bright, late of Gisborne, retired mercantile manager, to Johanna Scott Moncrieff Bright. Letters of administration were also* granted by bis Honor, on the motion of Mr. T. A. Coleman, in the estate of Mary Josephine White, late of -Ngatapai, ’married, to Walter James White, of Makaraku, farmer, widower of deceased. Sincere regret will be felt by many throughout the district ut the news of the death of Mr Alexander Parsons, i f Ormond. Mr Parsons spent the greater part' of bis life of 62 years in the district, and had seen great development. For many years he filled the position of distributor of this paper throughout -the Country district. In fair werither and in foul “Alec” Parsons went his rounds with great regularity, covering on horseback a large portion of the flats each evening, over roads and tracks of which people in the present day have but slight conception. Mr Parsons subse ; quently did useful service in the position of county ranger. He was . for 'many years chairman of the Ormond School

Committee and took a leading part in various social activities in the township’? A genial, happy nature made him a great favorite, and by all the old residents of Ormond as well aY by ' many others’ throughout the district he will lie greatly missed. To his -wile and family much sympathy in their bereavement will be extended.

Notification is given to-day that tho sale of an area of land to have -been held to-day by order of the Regisirar of the Supreme Court has been postponed until June 18. ..

Lovers i»f dancing are reminded of the dunce to be f held in the PatiUdhi; Hall on Friday, June 17. With Kirk s orchestra, and the spring floor 1 ih. firstclass order, all should eniov a real good time. C

The date of (lie next Sava go Club korei'o has been altered, in order to avoid clashing with' the Orpheus Club annual' concert, and will- nt>w take place on Wednesday, June 15th. The original dale fixed was June 16th. The residents of Motuhora have long felt the need for a church.' A committee 4 to raise funds for that, purpose has been formed and is getting to work. As a preliminary, *a s6i?ial and dance wijl be held in Mi-. Bain’s hall next Friday evening. ‘ K *

The annual general meeting' of the Cosmopolitan Club is ■ convened • for Thursday, June 30. Nominations for office-bearers for the ensuin? year will close on Wednesday, June 22nd, at 10 p.m.

Housewives say that the longer they use ".\n Rubbing” Laundry Help for washing clothes, the better they like it. Is packet does 7 weekly washings perfectly.—Bonton, Agent for “Mo Rubbing.’”*