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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15956, 18 October 1922, Page 4

Mails ■ for the United Kingdom, which left Gisborne on September 9, .via'San Francisco, arrived at' London on October 16. ' ' '• , ■ According to the Public Works Statement . ajsite; for some; 43 cottages . has'been; prepared ■at Otira, and; 14". are in course > of.» erection. i)it : Arthurs Pass the; sites for: 18 cottages have lieen bleared, '■ and • excavation ‘carried•’ out for 16 ‘ ; ' ( The- locomotive at the. Nuhaka end iof tho WairoaAVaikokojju railway : lino made its first l ]trip to the ballast pit last week and. has'been running regularly each day since. ,• The. ballasting .of the line has now commenced;in earnest and.lhc Public ; Works Department is speeding up ■the work in-it most commendable way.-' The.new metallic telephone dine is being;'.rapidly *gone on with from-Wairod ;tb ‘.Waikaremoana and lias already been nearly . completed Ito the 12-mile peg. 'Extra» gangs of ; men are now on the •job arid'.the work is'bein'' rapidly pushed ahead, , as it ..is absolutely'.essential that it should be completed as: early as possible, 'so that' the.-opening of the \Vaikaremoana, hydra-electric works _,will not be delayed iii any way. -In a few. weeks’ tinte everything will.be ready, flic date of Ithe turning ,of the' “juice” now depending entirely on the completion of the telephone line (states the Star).

A great improvement is now shown in the condition of the Waikaremoana road. The [metalling has been completed to beyond the 24-mile peg and the road up to there is in splendid order. The section, known as "the glucpot" has been most liberally metalled and is a credit to the Public 'Works Department. Several of the other bad stretches have also been patched np with metal. The grader is being used on the immetalled portion with excellent results and cars can travel most comfortably along the whole distance to the power house. The two metal crushing plants at tho gorge and at Tcrnpatiki are turning out large supplies of excellent metal and the road for several, miles is n hive of industry (slates the Sua)., That portion of bad road through the gorge is no.w completely metalled more thickly than is usually the chsb and a good job ha- been made of it.

Metalling on the Waikaremoana main road is now completed to the 24-mile At the last meeting of the Wairoa County Council it was pointed out that, owing to a fair amount, of unpaid rates for last year the Council had lost a considerable amount of subsidy.

Judgment for plaintiff by default, with costs, was Riven by Messrs A. G. Beere and D. Bruce Watt, J.'sP., this morning in the Magistrate's Court in each of the following civil crises. Mangapapa Town Board v. Mark Davis, £lO Is, costs £2 14s; 1). Murphy v. James Calaghan £8 15s. costs £2 14s.

There are now only 525 carcases oi mutton and 16,083 quarters of beef in the Wairoa meatworks. B and C stores are now empty and the others are rapidly being cleared. With good bar conditions prevailing until the eno of the month the whole of the stores will then be completely cleared of all meat.

Nominally a, statutory first offender lor drunkenness within six months, but ictually the possessor of a modest little list oi oO previous convictions for various offences, was a man who appeared in the .Magistrate's Court tins morning before .Messrs. A. <!. Beere and 1). Bruce Watt, J's.B. lie was lined 10s, m default 24 hours' imprisonment. Another statutory first offender, who was not quit© so well known to the police, was similarly dealt with. A man named Horatio Acosta .was arrested by the police at Maru Maru foi me theft of a saddle and bit from the iNorth Clyde stables. He was en route Lo Toiaga Bay when he was overtaken by the police. He was brought up beiore -Messrs. W. F. Shaw and V. T. Ager, J's.f'., at Wairoa, on two charges oi theft and fined £5 on the first, cnarge, or in default one month's imi.iisuiunont, and on the second charge jji or a month's imprisonment.

Tree-planting .is a profitable business v, hen .gone into property. A. well-known uu:ep nuiner out. near Nuhaka recently ooid ;i line plantation of gums to the l'uuljc Works Department at i vei') austaciory iigure, which it is underwood pans out at somewhat about £IOOO .n acre (states the Star). • Various locai icdies arc beginning to take an interest ,n tins matter and a few years' time ..- Mining operations which are now undertaken in tue county should mean mnnv thousands of pounds to the district.

Mr. J. Scott, of the W 7 airoa post office staff, has been transferred to the Gisuorne olfice. The popular "Scotty'' will be greatly missed in local athletic circles (states the Star), as he was one of the .leading Rugby players and one of the best forwards in the Hawke's Bay "rep' ; team. In addition, he was a splendid oarsmen. While congratulating him on his promotion, we regret his departure, as his place will be hard to fill in,local sporting circles. Mr. Scott- has always oeen a most courteous and obliging post office official and all will bo pleased to hear of-his step forward in the service..

Many of the exhibitors at the coming show next week will regret to learn that Mr. A. S. Wachsmann, who lias been steward in charge of the cob and ponj classes for the past 16 years, owing tc the illness lip met with six months ago, linds it necessary to give up active parti eipation in the control of . this depart meat of the show. Mi:. James Eiveii has taken over these duties. ,In tin pony and' children classes Mr. Wachs maim was extremely popular and kept things going most satisfactorily, a goot deal of tact and patience in dealing witl. the youthful exhibitors being necessary to keep things running smoothly. Mr, Wachsmann is still retaining the posi tion of treasurer to the association. The Minister of Public Works, in his Statement, remarks: “The work o' the whole of the staff during the past year is worthy of the very highest commendation, and I desire to take this opportunity of expressing to all those officers my thanks for their untiring energy and hearty co-operation ii: carrying out successfully the. many anc varied functions of . the Department. It is' with sincere regret that I ; have tc record the ' loss by, accident of a promising, - young assistant engineer, '■ Mi: R. W. Miller, who'-.unfortunately ' lost his -life through being gasped while endeavoring to rescue some of/his, men similarly affected in one-of. the tunnels being. constructed' in connection. witl: the Mangahao hydro-elecrtic‘scheme.” . Certain buildings in Peel street, alleged to be insanitary, were referred 1 to in a letter to the Borough. Council last night, from the Medical Officer of Health. The letter poihted out that a condemnatioi: order was issued l previously in respect ol these buildings, but, /had not been proceeded with, on the understanding that the owner, who-was at'the, time storing wool .there, should demolish them when the wool 'was removed. TJic wool having been .‘removed, the medical office! now requested that the borough inspector proceed ,to inspect the premises with r vieiv to their, demolition, under the Health Act. The- Mayor said' that the Council’had resolved to notify the owner of the buildings that they be destroyed, but the, (government, department had stepped in and prevented the demolition as the wool was there.—lt was decided ,t» forward l a cony of the letter to the owner of the buildings, in order to give hirq an opportunity of demolishing them. That the Council should' request the engineer to spend a. little of the’title of his staff in attending to the surroundings ofrihe Cook Memorial, was asked hV- Or.' Todd at- last evening’s meeting of .the Borough Council. Jt was a great historic occasion when Contain Cook landed' on the spot on which the menu ment stood, lie said, and -Gisborne had not much to bei pro-ud of.—The Mavor Said he understood that Mr. G. Smith was going to report 'upon the memorial. Would it not he better to await that- revert? he asked.—Cr. Todd' objected' to r ojsting the Council’s duty on to another hodv.—Cr. Pall pointed out that the Colonial Institute was responsible for the monument. It was decided that, if no collective action came of Mr. Smith’s report, the Council should put and keep the memorial’s surroundings in order. ' The inconvenience caused' to shopmen and their customers by the occasional intrusion of collectors in aid of various funds prompted a- letter received by the Borough Council last evening from the Drapers’ and Mercers’ Association. The letter pointed out that while the members of the association were in full sympathy with the principle of the c6l- - they considered it objectionable that collectors shouldVinterrupt business inside the shop premises. The association therefore suggested l that when permits'were granted fort street collections the- Council should stipulate that the committee organising the collection should refrain from allowing such intrusions.—The Mayor thought that the request was a reasonable one, and should ho'placed! before any applicants for the permits for street collections.—Cr. Coleman did not see why shopkeepers should not .be asked' to contribute to any collection, hut Or. Bickford' thought that a nuisance mieht be caused! by the collectors entering thei shops; Mrs. Ritchie, wife of Mr. Thos. Ritchie, Hastings, formerly of Gisborne, met with a nasty accident about 12.30 on Saturday. As she was descending the stairs in flip Assembly Hall, Hastings, where she had been visiting the “Mother Goose’ fair, she slipped on the second landing and was precipitated to tho bottom, where she collided against the concrete pillars. On being picked up, although in a conscious condition, it- was found that Mrs. Ritchie had sustained a broken arm (the right one), her head was severely cut, and one of her legs badly bruised from the hip right, down to the ankle. In addition site was badly shaken. She was removed to the Royston hospital, where Drs. Boxer, Tosswill, and Wilson are attending to her injuries. She is now making as satisfactory progress as can be expected, considering the serious nature of the accident, The place _ whore the accident. occurred is said to be a dangerous one, and several porsons have been reported previously to have had narrow esoapos, A later message states that tho patient is progressing satisfactorily.

The first supplementary roll for the electoral districts throughout the Dominion will be issued shortly. Mr. G. Wildish, the Liberal-Labor candidate, will meet his supporters ]at the Kaiti schoolroom to-morrow evening at 7.30.

Steady bookine has been proceeding 1 for itic r-riow ~.eek -v zvkm attraction,

"A Country G-'rl." Early application for seats is advised.

Dr. C. M. Grecnslatle, son of Mr. C. M. Greenslade. of Dunedin. has received an appointment as assistant superintendent of the Paddington Hospital, London.

Many tennis enthusiasts will look forward to the opening of the Mangapapa . Tennis Club's courts, which takes placcf to-morrow, at 2.30 p.m. The courts are > in good order, and quite a number of - Improvement have bwn made. Everyin'ng points to a most successful season. The Old Settlers' picnic, an always popular annual function in this district is to be held as usual this year in the Patntahi Domain, the dale being November 23. The event will be as attractive as ever. with games of every description. Hot water and milk will ' be supplied ■», free. . ,

A special Navy League picture matinee will be held in Everybody's Theatre tomorrow afternoon at 2.45, at which the prizes won at the recent Navy League essay competitions will be presented to the winners. A special naval picture "The Might of Britain's Sea Ppwer," together with a suitable picture pr6'gram> mc, will be shown afterwards. School Navy League members will be admitted free, whilst to others a small charge of admission will be made.

Is Canada beginning to dream of the "development of her sub-Arctic, if not actually her Arctic territories? The question is suggested by the news of a new expedition, under Mr. Alfred Tremblay, to Baffinland and the region of the magnetic pole. Sir. Stefannson's endorsement of "the friendly Arctic" as a potential reservoir of meat supplies" in its musk-oxen and caribou is reinforced by his contention that the art of life is in no way beyond the white man's attainment in those latitudes.it'

A resident in the outskirts of Dunedin who has made a hobby of collecting goldfish and exhibiting them in an ornamental pond in his. front garden, was astonished one morning recently iofdiscover that all that remained of-Iris pastime was his* pond. Eor some time previously he had noticed a number of scagtills manoeuvring around his..home. He paid little notice to their attentions, but his kindly toleration to them ..has been replaced by a spirit iof extreme bellicosity, as he is confident that they were responsible for the sudden disappearance of the fish.

Mr. Leslie Reynolds, who appeared af .Miss. Beere’s dance recital in Wei—- ' lington, is a pupil of Lydia Kyasht and Derra do Noroa. He has appeared in ' London with the Russian Ballet at the Savoy Theatre, and was also in the “Cinderella” ballet with Lydia Kyasht at the Alhambra. He served in the Great War in the London Scottish Regiment, since when, his health ; has been indifferent, and it was on medical advice that he came,.out tg ,-lifew --Zear \land. Mr. Reynolds specialises* ~dn Grecian dances, which, he tleafned under Do fra. do Noroa, the acknowledged leader in that classical style of dancing. Mr.’. Reynolds, who has been absent from New Zealand since lie-was thirteen ! years of age. is a son of Mr. Leslie Reynolds, the well-known civil engineer., A dispute over wages amounting to £2 5s was discussed in the Magistrate’s Court this morning before Messrs. A. G. Beere and D. Bruce Watt, J’a.P., when Frederick Barrington, a boy aged 17 (Mr. J. S. Wauchop) proceeded, against Arthur' D. Ellmers, a farmer (Mr. J./ Kinder). The details of the (Case were explained by Mr. Wauchop, who stated that the amount claimed represented wages due to plaintiff for two» weeks’ work he had done for defendant during his term holidays from school. It -had been arranged that defendant should pay £1 5s a week to the boy for cutting rushes, sledging, and gardening work. Ti|e sum of 5s had been paid on account but nothing else h.id been . paid,- though defendant had never re-.-pud ia ted the claim. Evidence was given by ; plaintiff and his .mother as to the ■ arrangement; made by.jfEllmers for the ’ boy’s’ services. Defendantfixed ,;the wages to.'be paid.? The defence, as 'out- > lined by Mr. Kinder, was that no .arrangement was. made for work to «bo donefby the hoy., He ,liad no idea that) the’boy was present on : his farm by way , of (service. The 5s was, not given by ' way .of wages, as defendant did not think that any were due: >The proceed- / ings, said Mr. Kinder,were ; the > out ■ -come ,of an asasult made by’ plaintiff’s father on defendant, / after . the father had said, “If you don’t pay, k-will take # it. out. of your hide.” Defendant denied • that any arrangement wasf made for the payment of 25s a .week, „• To 'Mr. Wauchop-defendant admitted .telling the boy, he would pay liimj for any.,, work done, though he did t-not consider that j the’boy had been employed. -Evidence' was* also given -by’Peter Christie, who, in, reply to Mr. - yWauchop,. said, thafepio had not^come.into contact,with many ? boys- , who worked in-gardens “for fun” during therterm holidays. The Bench pointed out that there v seemed to have . been some engagement, and as; the ; amount ’• claimed was fair, they could only give judgment plaintiff. Cbsts ,

amounting to £2 6s were allotted. • • - ~The attention of farmers is drawn to arii advertisement in this issue regarding the new rates of commission on safe of stock. ' ■ .. The Carpenters’ Union will hold a special summoned meeting to-morrow evening at. 7.30. '< y.c . Tlie Gisborne Woolbrokers’ Association will hold aVvool oddment., sltm anx Tilde sale on Friday, November 10th, The Poverty Bay Stockbrokers’ Association will next hold its usual Wednesday stock j sale during show week. Messrs. Samson Bros, sell household furniture to-morrow at 2 p.m. at 401 Palmerston road, at the comer of Disraeli street arid Palmerston road.* To-morrow, commencing at 1.30 p.m., Mr, Fred conduct an auction of useful furniture, lady's bicycle, nickel-plated, gas stove,' etc., at No. 22 Salisbury road, Victoria township, on account of Mrs. A. B. Waugh.* Dairy farmers would bo well advised to attend the clearing aalo to be held at Mr. W. T. Wilson’s farm, Ormond, on the 31st inst. Mr. Wilson has disposed of his property and _ig leaving the district. . The whole of his stock and plant is being .sold, and as the herd comprises mostly’' grade Jerseys, they arc an exceptionally choioo lot.*x \ v, •.!: \ . A small sale of goods will " take place in the old Bed Cross shop on. .Saturday next under the auspices oi thy Women’s Christian Temperance Union., This society works on social-linos for the'good °f humanity, cares for th_e .lonely sailors at the ports, and provides homes , ;for children. Friends and sympathisers are , asked to assist by sending articles,for sale. ,The shop will be open oh Friday afternoon to receive goods. Further particulars may be obtained by ringine ’phone No. 983. ■ ‘''S/'K, ■■ #j *. The Rev. Father G. Zurpher, of Now }ork president of the Catholic Clergy Imbibition League, will speak on hibition from the Standpoint ’’of, an American Catholic” in the Opera House to-night, at 8 o’clock. He was for many years an active worker in the Prohibition cause in the United States. Father Shtrcher lias a profound knowledgo'of his subject, and states his ease .with lucidity and charm. Roman Catholics in particular,. and the public in general, should fail to hear this' address.'The visit of this speaker will provide 1 v'Op'portAihity for obtaining facts, gleaned first hand in Now York. A collection, -wiHyffa 'taken. All are welConi6‘.* ■- 1 ‘‘• *■ »*<***•«■* No-Rubbing’ Laundry Help mean* letter times for Housewives and better business for us.—Goldsmith and Whinray.— 13.