TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16121, 9 May 1923, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Bishop Sedgwick, of Waiapu, accompanied by Mrs and Miss Sedgwick, has been visiting' Rotorua on diocesan business.

The Government steamer Tutanekai, which has been visiting lighthouses along the Coast, arrived) in the bay at 12.50 p.m. to-day. Copies of the schedule for the Gisborne Competitions Society's seventh annual festival are now available at the otn;e of the secretary, Mr. Fred. H. Ball, Peel Street.

A Dunedin commercial traveller had an unenviable experience' on a recent visit to Invereargill, falling, during a tit of sleep-walking, from the hotel balcony to the ground! 21ft below. Mr. J. VV. Collins, secretary of the Department of Industries and Commerce, has been appointed Wheat Controller to dispose of the outstanding business connected with the Government guarantee of wheat prices.

The liner Rotorua has arrived at Wellington renovated throughout and converted into an oil burner. She was formerly known as the Shropshire, and is a sister ship of the ill-fated Wiltshire, which was wrecked at Auckland last year. The following will represent Allies in their hockey match against Kia Toa tomorrow : N. McKay, W. Hepburn, 1. Goldihg, M. Hepburn, L. Bates, N. Gallagher, G. Ncwey, 1. Robb, X. Woodrow. N. Johnston, E. Jones, F. Benson T. Walworth, E. Bowley. Mr. J. Murray, w'ho has been associated with the Waikohu hydro-electric scheme, has been appointed to the position of overseer and clerk of works in connection with the electricity scheme of the Tauranga Borough Council at McLaren's Falls. There were 26 applicants. The old' Theatre lioyal site, at Napier has, during the last two or three days I.ecu in tlie hands of contractors whu have been clearing it preparatory to commencing tho erection of the new Central Fire Station. The building is estimated to cost- £11,500 and will be an imposing structure worthy of Napier. An employee of tho Public Works Department, John Strange-ways, who was injured at Omana last week, has had his leg amputated at the To Kopuru Hospital (states a Dargaville message). Tho injured man was a recent arrival in the Dominion, and had only been at work a few days when the accident happened. "I go cheerfully into the ranks of Devonport's ex-Mayors," said Mr If. S. King at a complimentary banquet tendered by Mayor Lamont. "Though the borough has been constituted for 42 years, only one of its ex-Mayors, Mr J. 0. M'acky, who Mas drowned in the Lusilania. disaster, is no longer in tho land of the living." Polling was steady at tho town booths to-day, in connection with the county elections. Owing to the heavy rain, settlers on the Coast, and probably also in tho back country of Poverty Bay. are having difficulty in reaching the polling booths, and it is likely that the poll throughout the counties will not be large. Mr J. B. Porteous, manager of the Wanganui Woollen Mills, Ltd., has returned from the Old Country, where he had been on a visit to select the necessary machinery for the mills. By holding off for a time when prices were high it is estimated that the company lias managed to save approximately £30,000 on its plant. In the opinion of ex-councillor J. H, Fairhurst, an enthusiastic advocate of tree-planting, in 20 years' time the Dannevirke borough should derive an income of £IOOO an acre from its planta tions, which are now in their "baby" stages. The council hag gone vigorously in for a tree-planting policy with an eye to the future.

Painting the lily must now slop in Home. The Eternal City now applies the pure food law to flowers, and hemeforth artificially colored roses, carnations and: lilies may no more be exhibitedl on the picturesque flower stands of Home; Such unnatural creations will in future come) under the' heading of "faked products," and' their sellers be deprived of their licenses.

The Aard Services are issuing a couple of very handy little pocket guidui, one dealing with their Hawke's Bay tourist trips particularly, while the other deals' exclusively with their Napier-Taupo and' Rotorua trips. Each booklet contains in a concise form a lot of interesting information about the places to be visited, as well as a number of snapshots of various) places of interest. A visitor to Auckland at present is Mrs Wilson, whose husband, the late Dr. Wilson, perished with his leader in the last Scott expedition to the South Pole in 1912. Mrs Wilson spent a considerable time in' New Zealand during tho two expeditions in which Dr. Wilson took part, and was in, the Dominion, waiting for him, when the news of his fate arrived.

Mr Emanuel Frederikson, who arrived in Napier 50 years ago, died at Norsewood on Saturday at the age l of 88 years. He went to Norsewood soon after arriving in New Zealand and had resided there ever since. He leaves no less than 82 descendants—-five of his own family, 28 grandchildren, 47 greatgrandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Negotiations for the purchase of the Government steamer Hinemoa, which has been. lying in the stream at Wellington for some time, are now in progress, and it is staled that there is every indication of a sale being elfectcd. The proposed buyers of tho vessel are a Chinese firm of shipowners, who intend utilising the vessel for the Chinese coastal trade.

Overheard at the last sitting of the l'atea Magistrate's Court and reported in the local press. Counsel (to witness): "Now, sir, did you or did you not on the date in question, or at any other time, say to the defendant or anyone else, that the statement imputed to you and denied by the plaintiff was a matter of no moment or otherwise — answer me, yes or no?" Bewildered witnfeSs:,'"Yes or no, what?"

"They are. now trying to force toothbrush drill on you," said Mr. A. Burns, a member of the> Auckland Education Board, at the gathering of headmasters, when speaking of the crowding of tho syllabus. . Ho said it was an excellent idea to encourage the use of the toothbrush among the children, but tho school was not the place for such a campaign, a statement which was greeted with approval. Mr. Burns created a laugh by adding that if this effort succeeded tho teachers would next be called upon to organise a fine-tooth comb drill in .the schools.

A Tamarunui telegram states : A mild sensation has been caused in tho Aria district (King Country) by the discovery of what is stated to be gold-bearing quartz, during boring operations for water close to the factory. Water diviners selected, a site, and a bore has been put down to about 170 ft, water being struck, but not in sullioient quantity. Thci bore is now in solid' rock, andl it is reported that the geologists consider there is 800 ft. of it still to be pierced. Drilling is being merrily continued', however, the patches of what is held to be gold-bearing quartz no doubt acting as an incentive; ''

,In connection with a recent offer made by the Thirty Thousand Club, through the Hawko's Bay-Motor Co., to take a Government photographer from Napier to Gisborne and Taupo, the Publicity Department of the Department of Internal Affairs has written to the- dub informing it that it was impossible at present to state definitely when tho photographer could visit Napier. The important thing at present was to get film abroad with which to advertise New Zealand. This was taking time and involvod a considerable amount of work, but the Department would inform the club as soon as the photographer couid go.