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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16174, 10 July 1923, Page 2

The Mayor acknowledges on behalf of the Magistrate’s Dund a gift of a parcel of clothes, from Mrs E. J. Halford, One of the many passengers who chose the over-land route ir preference to waiting at Napier and arrived in Gisborne on Sunday night ivas Mr. G. Melville Newton, who luu been appointed house-master at Essex House school.

Evidence wag taken oil commission in the Magistrate’s Court this morning in a case to bo heard elsewhere. The case w*as the Dominion Electric Co. v. A. E. Billeliffe, a claim for £lO 7s for goods sold and delivered. The evidence taken was that of the defendant.

A committee meeting ci the Borough Council, held yesterday,-further reduced the selection of possible appointees to the vacant emigineership to three. The three remaining applicants have been telegraphed, asking that they attend at Gisborne on Friday next, to meet the Council, after which the final selection will bo made. A report will be submitted to this evening’s meeting of the Council. V

The finance committee made the following recommendations to the Wellington City Council:—“That in future the corporation’s motor-cars are only to be used by the Council’s officers 'when on duty, and on no other occasions, that no cars be provided to take councillors home after late sittings of till© Council; and that each car have painted upon it conspicuously some indication that it is the property of the Council. A shortage of sugar has been evident in Gisborne for the past few weeks. Discussing the shortage, a wholesaler remarked that it was entirely due to absorption of unusually large quantities by the householders, who are apparently stacking,up their sugar bins in view of the rumored forthcoming variation in the price. That it is intended to increase the price of sugar , has been officially' denied by the refinery companies, but the public remains on the alert, apparently expecting some movement in the market. " There are the usual quantities of sugar, sufficient to meet ordinary needs, coming to hand.

A large qwntity of - railway carriage material has com© to hand for the Gisborne section. The parts are for four new cars, which will be similar in construction to those recently placed in commission on the line here. Two of the cars will be of the compo. type, one half of each being for first-class and .the other part for second-class passengers) while the other cars will be for the second-class. This will give a total of eight new cars on the section. It. is anticipated that the assembling of the carriages, will be commenced next'week, and they should bo completed within about six months’ time.

At the Anglican Synod the Bishop of Nelson, who is also chairman of the New Zealand Board of Missions, stated ; that the centenary of Archdeacon Henry j Williams would be celebrated on August 3. J The Kev. Henry Williams landed at I tho Bay of Islands with the Rev. j Samuel Marsden on August 3, 1823. In i order to express the heartfelt thanks of tile New Zealand Church for hib great j worlc, it had been decided to establish a divinity school in thfe diocese of Dor- ! nakal, India, whose native bishop had recently visted this country. The school, | which 'ivould cost some £2OOO, would be i known as the Henry Williams School. An appeal would be made throughout New Zealand for this sum, which the i bishop did not consider a particularly ' large one. He hoped that by August 6 the money would be in hand. The Gisborne Taxi-owners’ Association met last night, Mr D. McKeague presiding over a large gathering. The balance sheet showed a profit of-£7 15s, I an honorarium of £5 being voted to the | secretary. The election of officers for ■ tile ensuing year resulted as folows: j President, Mr E. Upton • vice-president, !Mr J. English; committee, Messrs D. McKeague, J. Barclay, It. Hawkins, G. Woods, and J- Oates; secretary, Mr It. J. Kcrridge;; auditor, Mr G. H. Percy. An annual subscription of 7/6 was decided upon, and' the race-day charges were revised, the fare to Makaraka being fixed at 3/-. The meeting deferred until later the discussion of an alleged refusal to grant licenses to two taxi drivers, for no given reason, it being stated that the matter would be dealt with at tonight's meeting of the Borough Council. The incoming committee was authorised to revise the fate-book, especially in regal'd, to country work. The “hai'd luck tales” tihat come to the ears of those dealing with patriotic funds are o A varying degrees of genuineness, and one of tho chief bogies in the administration of. relief funds is the danger of fraud by undeserving people. The desire to leave no urgent case unrelieved leads naturally to an occasional outlay on some fraudulent mendicant, but; the way of the transgressor is being made harder and harder. > A system of through tho Advisory Board 'of patriotic societies at Wellington fre>quently enables claims committees to confront an applicant for relief with a list, of previous advances from, other societies. One such case, was dealt with recently by the Claims Committee of the Poverty Bay Citizens’ Defence Committee. An. ex-Imperial soldier who applied for subsistence was proved to have had assistance from half a dozen different societies in various parts of the • North Island, and his claim collapsed. Genuine cases are often withheld from the knowledge of the committee because those personally concerned will not take the risk of being classed with such undeserving applicants.

Later generations of Gisbornitos regard with indifference the demolition of the old three-storied portion.of the wooden building now occupied by Messrs. Common, Sholton, and Co., but tho, surviving early settlers' will witness its passing with recollections of tho days when tho old wooden structure was one of the most imposing and important buildings of the town. The “old mill” was the name by which it was known to those who remembered when, well over 40 year's ago, it was first a sawmill, fed by logs brought down the river in rafts. The “old mill” it remained when it was converted into a flour mill conducted by Mr. W. King, and it retained tho name. Forty years ago, the firm now known as Common, Shelton and Co., was housed in a corrguated iron store at the present site of the 'Trafalgar rotunda, but later built on the Peel street corner, • and gradually absorbed the mill and the surrounding sections. The mill machinery was then turned to grass seed-cleaning, when tho export of Poverty Bay xye grass was flourishing. The engine was still later sold to Mi*. John Somervell, and wa s taken to Wairoa to resume its former occupation, as ihe power unit of a big sawmill.

There were five degrees of frost at Gisborne this morning.

To-day tho Wairarapa hockey tmm was to play tihe Waikoliu. representative eleven at Te Karaka. .....

The S.O’.S. calls from the ill-fated Trevesoa were picked up by Awarua amateur wireless station.

Everything is now well in hand for the big ploughing match and dog trial contests to take place at Waipatu (Hastings).

For the fourth year in succession the Challenge Shield for writing, competed for at the Hawera Winter Show, has been won by the Hastings Central School.

/‘Supplies of coal in Napier are not too plentiful, said a Napier coal merchant to a Telegraph reporter. Ho added that ail the firms were managing to “scrape along,and the future was not promising:

Mr. Thomas Gudsell, a Crimean veteran, died in Christchurch an Thursday in his. ,92nd year. , He. returned to England from the Crimea 1 in the last transport, subsequently going to Australia.

Judgment for plaintiff by default with costs was given in the Magistrate’s Court this morning by Mr E. C. Levvey; S.M,, in the following civil crises: J. H. Cato v. Tautahi Poki, £6 10s costs £2 3s 6d; John H. Harkess v. Donald McLeod, £25, costs £3 Is. Professor Hobbs, of the Michigan University, Dr. T. Whayland Vaughan, of tho United States Gedipgical Survey, and Dr. Babcock arrived in New Zealand by the Maungamii Von Thursday, eii route for Australia, where they will take part as delegates on behalf >. of the United States in tho discussions of tho Pan-Pacific Congress, which assembles next month. "

A number of the men engaged upon the Tatapouri relief works have made arrangements with one of -the local motor companies for transport to and from the scene of the operations each day. The cost is one shilling per man pciday. This the men contend is cheaper than rationing and camping on the job, and enables them to spend their nights at home. A motor lorry takes them out in the morning and returns for them in the evening.

Among the vocal numbers to be rendered at Mrs. May’s concert on Thursday night at the Opera House . will be “The Floral Dance” and “Friend O’ Mine,” by Mr. A. L. Griffiths; ‘‘Day Dreams” and “Long, Long Ago,” by Miss B. Walworth, and “Call Me Back, Pal O’ Mine,” by Miss Rowen A. Warner. In response to numerous requests Miss Doris McKenzio will repeat the sand jig in which she was so successful' in the last entertainment.

The Wairarapa hockey players were tendered a dance at the Girls’ Clubrooms last evening. The attendance was large, and the hall presented a lively scene. Messrs. McMullen and Sears provided excellent dance music, and a dainty supper was served by the members of tlie club. In the course of the evening, Mr. A. N. Stubbings, on behalf of the Hockey Association, thanked the club for the courtesy to the visitors.. Mr. Sexton spoke on behalf of the Wairarapa men, and expressed appreciation of the warm welcome accorded the team in Gisborne.

A motor car left the road .near Ormond yesterday afternoon and collided with a telephone post. The ear was badly damaged, one wheel, mudguard arid the radiator especially. The telephone post, a very heavy one, was knocked askew, tlhe insulators being tossed' a considerable "distance. into a

, neighboring paddock, while several of the lines were dropped bn the ground, interrupting the (service, to portions of the district. : .A telephone department gang was dispatched to effect temporary repairs. ~ . < Very heavy rains have been 1 experi- > cnced throughout the Manaw&ta and Hawke’s . Bay districts, and as a- ; result the roads, are not in the, best of condition. A great number of slips have occurred in the. Manawatu Gorge, and workmen have been kept busy for some time clearing the debris away. Tho road, although passable, in in a bad state. A gang of workmen is at present engaged widening: the road in parts and erecting a concrete retaining wall. The 1 Hastings-Te Aute road has suffered considerably from the:recent rains, and a good deal of repair work is ' necessary. About 25 years ago the late Mr. Saxby, together with Mr. F, W. Triggs and Dr. Sweet, gallantly swam out soma distance into the sea off ,-the Marino Parade, Napier, in an effort to rescue the late Mr. Bright Cooper, who was attacked by a shark.’ The late ■ Mr. Cooper was a powerful swimmer and had gone out some considerable distance i when he was attacked by a monster shark. Hie late Mr. Saxby and his com- , panions at once went to the rescue, out i spite of the frightful danger, and .succeeded in bringing Mr. Cooper to. the shore; where he died from the frightful injuries received!- It was an j incident that deserved greater recognition than was made at the time, and indicated ■ tho real pluck of the rescuers, states tho Napier Telegraph. ... ..... • } , t .. The quotsion of diverting the Tutaekuri river from its present, course through Meanee and Napier to the t Waitangi washout, was considered at a conference between the Hawke’s Bay Rivers Board and tho Napier Harbor Board. Tho conference wasi held in committee, and at its conclusion it was announced that the conference affirmed tho general need for the diversion of the Tutaekuri and the principle of ci eating 8/ separate rating area for that „ purpose. Estimates 6f the cost of the work are to be obtained and the Harbor Board is to: be asked to contribute. It was decided to hold a further conference for consideration of the proposals, to 1 . which the Hawke’s Bay County Council, Napier City Council and Havelock North Town Board will bo invited. The Public Works Department has written to. the Opotiki County Council on the .subject of main haighway districts, pointing out the desirability of socuring community of interests in each of such districts, and suggesting that one of those districts should comprise tho counties of Opotiki, Whakatane, Tauranga,. Rotorua, and part of the Taupo coriuty (district No. 3). The Tauranga. County Council wrote to the Opotiki County Council on the subject of a conference at Te Puke of representatives of the counties in the proposed district. The chairman said the idea was (for the chairmen and engineers of the counties concerned- to meet at Te Puke., Ho and Mr Upton proposed to attend the conference. Alter discussion tho Council resolved to approve of the proposed f grouping of counties, and that the chaimian be directed to support the present road out of the Opotiki County as the inriiri road. ,- The members of the Furniture Trades Union are notified of a special meeting, commencing at 7.15 p.m. to-morrow.’ Tho members of the Drivers’ Union are requested to attend the general monthly meeting to be held to-morrow evening at 8 o’clock. The new seore. tary will; be in attendance, and very importance business will be introduced. an d intending ''members of tho Gisborne Amateur Operatic So- • ciety (incorporated), are reminded of ? J? of the “Toreador,” to be held to-night at Redstone’s Hall, Lowe street, at 7.30 o’clock.

On esd Friday and Saturday 1 ~ C o;: l lr' w li 1 continue to hold sales of fresh meat in premises in. Lowe HoteL ? r y ° Pl>osito Masonic Members of the Druids’ Lodge, with heir wives !and lady friends, will enterV IH T b< : rS the Oddfellows’ Lodge, Manchester Unity, at a euchre tournament m the Masonic hall . on l hursday evening next, at 8.30. A hearty'invitation is extended, and it is hoped there will b c a good attendance. 'The “sung germ” is the only germ “NoLaundry Help allows in the washhouse: d^A S 7 beautifully! -M. Miller,, Ag. int for '‘No-Rubhing>

Di'i C. Chilton, rector of Canterbury College,’who is ill, will on his doctors advice, relinquish his duties for tine© months, and will go to Hanmer. A Sunday school has been established in Wellington under the auspices ot the Anglican "Mission for the children ot Chinese residents, and is said to be meeting with much encouragement. The Raugitiliei County Council has written to the Hawke’s Bay County Council, asking it to support a remit to the Counties’ Conference that denominational school property bo made rateable.

The death occurred on Thursday of Mrs. Powles, wife of Colonel Guy Bowles, of Wellington. Mrs Powles was the daughter of the late Mr. G. Richardson, and belonged to one of the pioneer families of Wellington.

Dr. McKibbon (medical health officer for Otago and Southland) in an address at Dunedin, said New Zbaland had one of the lowest death rates in the world—--8.7 per 1000 of the population. Heart disease stood at the head of the cause of death with cancer second and tuberculosis third.

The Public Works Department has advised tho Hawke’s Bay County Council that the Main Highways Act will not operate financially until April 1, ’924. This was in reply to a letter from the council asking if the Department would subsidise the road in anticipation of the council strengthening the Fa radon bridge.

The Wyudham sexton had an unwelcome experience (says the Herald). He was making an excavation in the centre of a family plot, in which had been two interments —one at each side when the earth caved in on him. He had tho fear that the headstone might fall in on him,, and got out of his perilous position with as little delay as possible. A new plot had to be secured. In roply to representations by tlm Whangnroa. County Council, tlho .Minister of Agriculture lias intimated that tho whole question of cattle dipg has liad careful consideration by "the Government, and amendments to tho present regulations, as far as they deal with dipping, are now being prepared. It is understood that these amendments, while clearing .up the position of settlers in the matter, will have the effect of increasing the business of the dips in a reasonable and practical wav, without at the same time causing any harassment to settlers.

When tho American mail steamer Ventura left San Francisco on her latest run to Sydney the Chineso junk Amoy, which is making a cruise round the world liad reached Los Angeles harbor. She was eight months out from Shanghai. Crossing the Pacific, tho odd craft touched at several points of tho North Pacific, and excited much interest. . Captain Waard, who is in commend, is accompanied by his Chinese wife and their son, Before returning to China, says Captain Waard, he expects to visit every continent and to make a thorough circumnavigation of tho globe.

Tho Wanganui Council decided to close with the offer of £4500 from the Railway Department, being half cost of the overhead bridge at St. John’s Hill crossing. Councillor, llicliardson said there did not seem to be any definite idea as to the ultimate cost of that bridge owing to tho nature of the foundations. He wanted to know whether, if the bridge cost another £2OOO more than anticipated the Railway Department would foot half the Dili. The engineer said that the provision for piling in the uncertain foundations had already been allowed for. “An important feature in connection with flocks is the great improvement in th© symmetry of our sheep,” said Mr. A. Matthews, when speaking at the annual general meeting of the New' Zealand Romney-Marsh Sheepbreeders’ Association. “Certainly, in our show sheep defects in that direction, which were very noticeable a few yeai's’ back, are now rarely seen, the true character of our flocks once so deficient, is most noticeable. Most of our leading breeders now attach the - greatest importance to all the important points of the sheep, and the minor ones are not neglected.”

A proud mother, with a amilmg baby in her arms, wiia an interested .spectator of the senior’ football match between College Rifles and Grafton at Victoria Park (says the Auckland Herald). The baby was no less keen than its mother, as it coo-ed appreciation of the play from the perilous margin of the touch line. A desperate raking rush by Grafton, headed by the stalwart of the team, laid siege to the Bifles’ goal. The ball was “booted” powerfully into touch-in-goal, with a Grafton forward in hot pursuit. The player flung himself on the ball, but missed the leather to clasp the baby in his’arms. Holding it for a moment, he calmly presented it to its mother. __ A frightened mother, but a still-smiling baby, retreated from the touch line.

The fact that two or three drapery work rooms are closing down seems to be the cause of the common talk about Dunedin as to the retail trade generally being in a bad way. Inquiries in the right quarter do not justify such a belief, states the Star. July is usually a between-lime month with drapers, and, as such, comparatively quiet; but managers are not complaining, since theii returns aro normal or better, and there is every reason to expect that next month will bring about the customary August revival. The wholesale drapery trade in Dunedin is just now experiencing a seasonal lull, but on authority the assurance can be given that it is better now than at the same time last year, money being more plentiful and an improved tone governing the relations of merchants and' customers. Any suggestion that the bottom is out of the drapery trade in this city, or that Dunedin is peculiarly dull as compared with other cities, is laughed to scorn by the active leaders in both wholesale and retail.

Tho following is from the Dunedin Star ;—Many specific * instances of insanitary premises existing in tho city where foodstuffs aro manufactured were mentioned by Mr. W. M. Armour, an inspector for the Health Department, when addressing members of the Women Citizens’ Association at Dunedin. He mentioned one case where *tho back portion of a butcher’s shop was found to bo in a filthy condition. When ho visited the cellar lie found dead rats lying everywhere. Ho could assure then? that if they had seen the interior of that cellar at the time of liis visit they “would never look at sausage again.*’ Needless to say that place had since been well scoured out, and to-day it was ono of the clearest cellars in tho city. He mentioned a case where a bakehouse in a certain part of the city was'at one time; used as a rest home for cals and a store house for old pieces of iron and other debris. The bakehouse had other uses us well—it was used as a drying place for clothes, the articles being strung across from wall to wall.

1 Something of a stir has been created in Leongatha district by tho reported discovery of mineral oil (says tho Melbourne Age). Traces of oil were found on a farm owned by Mr. A. Cameron when a well was put down, with,the object of securing a supply of household water. Like a grass fire, the news spread throughout the district, and within a fortnight an area nearly , two miles in circumference was pegged out by ambitious residents. No further oil was found, but keen interest was displayed in the well of brackish water, which when stirred developed an oily appearance, on Mr. Cameron’s farm. It is private property, subject to mining or oil leases being granted. At the height of the “boom” it was declared that several kerosene tins filled with oil had been taken from the well. Interest was therefore taken in the appearance on the property on Thursday of tho director of geological survey, the engineer for boring, and three other officers of tho Mines Department. They closely examined the well, and stirred tho muddy contents for traces of oil. But all they discovered was half an ounce of oily substance—barely enough for analysis. Tho result of the test is not yet known. From available information, Jiowover, the locality generally is- not one that encourages tho hope of mineral oil being found in its natural state.