TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15956, 18 October 1922, Page 8

TOWN EDITION.

Wairo.-i : Sailed at 2.50 p.m., Te Aroha for liisbonie. The Mayor of Wellington's unemployiiicnl relief fund amounts to £4082. The Aruliurn. from Auckland and Tokomaru Bay., is to bo tendered here at 10.30 o'clock to-nighf for inward passengers. A gift of £SOO lias been made to tin- i'almerstont North Hospital by a person who wished to remain anonymous. "For natural beauty T think Dunedin can more than hold its own with any other town in New Zealand,'' said an Australian visitor. A few days ago the Tararua mountains were almost free from their winter snow. The cold snap at the week-end brought another fall and the hills on Sunday were again whitened for some distance down. It is reported that considerable dilliculties are being experienced in securing a solid foundation for the cylinder pier on the now Mohaka bridge deviation. The papa even eight feet down is described as ''rotten." Mr. Justice Stringer paid a visit to the Waikeria prison camp, beyond To Awamutu, when he inspected the quarters, and made himself acquainted with the system on which the camp is run, and the conditions under which t tie prisoners work. The decomposed body of a tall man,* dressed in grey saddle-tweed, was recently found at Cape Fouhvind, between the bathing shed and tho Giant's Tooth. Tho man evidently died three or four weeks ago, and may have been drowned up country. "God moves in a mysterious way Ili.wonders to perform ; he plants His footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm," said a Napier minister on Sanday. As he finished the words, the full force of the, hail etorm broke over the church, almost drowning the speaker's voice.

Colonel C. D. Macintosh, V.D., of of Wellington, is now in hospitnl suffering from a . stroke. Colonel Macintosh is a- well-known Maori war veteran, and at one time was O'.C. the Welling ton Highland Rifles, and then :the Ist Wellington Rifle Battalion until hi.s retirement some years ago.

A donation of £2OO has been handed to Mr. John Mason, representing the U.S.A., Napier branch, for distribution among disabled soldiers. The money is the balance left by the late Mr. Dan Fernev, of Taupo, who left £3OO for tho benefit of disabled Diggers. The other £IOO was expended at the Pukeora sanatorium.

"One impression that I carry home with mc," said Mr. J. J. McGrath, of Wellington, who returned home after a trip to Europe, "is that there is but one flag that is worth be.ng under, and that is the British flag. I have not much time for the present Government in England, but I. do say that London is better than Paris, Rome, Berlin, Brussels, or any of them."

While sitting on the edge of the wharf at the estuary in Invercargill, a child about four years of age, named Grow, overbalanced and fell into deep water (relates the Southland 'limes). A young man named Henry Butler, who was fishing at the lime, brought the child safely ashore. But for his prompt and courageous action the child rwould in all probability have been drowned.

, In an Invercargill butcher's shop ! (says the. Southland Times), was a display that was a tribute to the. productivity of the province. Six lambs of a gross weight of 263 pounds, which gives an average of 44 2-3 pounds, is I something unusual for this time of the J year, while the fact that they were only two months and eighteen days old bej speaks a mild climate and plenty of good nourishment.

Reporting on the Eurutahi suspension bridge at the Wanganui County Council, the engineer stated that- this bridge was built over the Wancaehu River ten years ago of "powellised" rimti and was now in a bad state of decay. "In fact,'' he added, "it is as rotten as a pear." "Powellising" was a system introduced by tlie Government years ago, but in more than one instance it turned out to be a failure and has been abandoned.

After a heavy westerly pale at Napiei on Saturday night Sunday broke fine and bright. A westerly wind kept blowina until about 11.30, when the wind veered to the south and dark clouds were blown over the town. Just before noon heavy rain accompanied by heavy hail, commenced to sweep across the city. Flowei gardens and vegetable patches were much damaged and fruit trees lost most of their blossoms. Within a few hours the storm passed as quickly as it came and the weather, although much colder., was bright and sunny.

News has been received that the Rev. Father J. Gottfried, formerly of Wei lington, has arrived safely at Alajucla. Costa Rica (the most southerly republic of Central America), from Wellington. During his passage from Colon, Panama Canal zone, to Port Limon,| in a fiftyton auxiliary schooner, a benzine lamp fell, and exploded in the engine-room. Flames blazed up yards high, and the fire _ was put out with great difficulty. Alajuela, where Father Gpttfried 'is stationed, is 121 miles inland from Port Limon.