TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16211, 23 August 1923, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Notice of acceptance of the Waircn Defence l Rifle Club's services is given in the Ga2eltc.

The successful tenderers for iliu Whakatano river railway bfidge were .Messrs Neilson and Maxwell, the contract price being £312. The prohibition of capping day process'ons of the Auckland University College students lias been decided upon by the College Council, on the rccommenclation of the Professorial Hoard. The decision was reached as the result of complaints made regarding the behaviour of some students on the day of the last procession.

A young prisoner. William George .Moore, appears- 1 before Mr. H. A. VToung. S.M., at Hamilton on a charge of striking at a warder at Waikeria with a tool he was carrying. Moore, who was warned that any further outbreak would probably result in his being given a term in irons, was ordered to be placed on bread and water for 14 days. An impromptu ocean race from NewZealand to England between the New Zealand Shipping Company's liners, Remuera and Rimutaka, came to an end on Saturday when both vessels arrived at London. The Rimutaka sailed from Auckland on July 4 and the Remuera, which is an oil burner, cleared Wellington ten days later. Both vessels took the Panama route, the Rimutaka reaching the canal on July 29 and the Remuera on August 3.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house under date 17th inst. :—New Zealand frozen meat: Lamb lid per lb. (average). .Mutton, wether and maiden ewe, light Bgd per lb, heavy 7gd per lb ; ewe. light s|d per lb. heavy s£d per lb. Reef : Quotations unchanged (last quotation 10/8/23}:—Ox hinds per lb. fores 2Jd ]>or lb; cow, hinds per lb, fores per lb. Market dull. New Zealand dairy produce: Butter 176 sto 180 s per cwt, market firm. Cheese 10'ds to 114:-- per cwt. Nominal quotations. An excellent: iliustrattom of optimism was given by Dr. I*. C. Fenwick during tbo to use of hi.--t address at a lunch hour talk at the Y.M.0.A., Christehuroh. The 'scene was Gallipoli, and there was action everywhere*— movement of troops, flight and cuuhtcr-flight of aeroplanes, and the flash of bursting shells. A British warship was sinking, and tilings were looking biack tio a certain New Zealand soldier, who "groused" bitterly about the whole position, but ho was sharply rebuked by a comrade, who said, "Why, yon ass, if you were a millionaire, you could not sec anywhere else in the world what you're being paid to seei here."

The North Auckland district is engaged on another "boosting"- programme. Since the inaugural meeting of the North Auckland Progress League local bodies and organisations had taken up the project, and had appointed representatives to the executive. Communications had been received from individuals, pubiie bodies and the Press, seeking information about North Auckland. Plans were prepared for a thorough canvass of North Auckland, with the idea of members of the executive vipiting various districts to address meetings, promote the formation ot branches, and to interest the various districts within Whangarei County.

During the hearing of legal argument at the Supreme Court at Wellington, Mr. Justice Sahnond, in replying to a suggestion that the doctrine of common employment was being attacked in England, said that this doctrine was the only thing in England that was keeping the law of Workers' Compensation in being. Jn New Zealand the Law of Compensation was going to pieces because of the departure from the doctrine of common employment. The time of the Supreme Court was continually "being occupied in eases which should lie dealt with under the precedure for workers' compensation. The class of action that was being taken in New Zealand made him doubt whether it was wise to depart from the doctrine.

On re'eiving an urgent call to attend a, patient about 6.30 o'clock on Tuesday night, a well-known local medical practitioner jumped into his car and drove hurriedly off. On turning a corner near town he heard a friend calling to him, so pulled up to inquire what was wrong. Un petting out of his car he was astonished to find that three fowls had been roosting on the hood, and had thus been obtaining the benefit of the evening air. He was laughing heartily at lb*, joke, when the fowls decided that Ihev had had a sufficiently lengthv ride, and so dropped gracefully to tlie "street, and without so much as a thank-you, commenced to stroll away. It was then that th<> pood doctor's earlier up-bring-ing in the land of groats stood him in erood stead. Realising that, unlike homing pigeons, they would probably not return home, be called out, "Hey, stop I bam j they're my fowls!"

Following is a list of wreaths sent from Gisborne in connection with thi< late Mr. Oiuis. Fenwick's funeral at Oamaru:—Miss Fergussou and Mrs Hutchinson, staff Nelson Bros.. Ltd., staff Nelson Bros., Taruheru, staff Xel son Bros., Tomoana, staff-Nelson Bros., Gisborne, Mangapapa Town Board, Gisborne Racing Club, Poverty Bay Hunt. Club, Poverty Bay Trotting Club, Poverty Bay Dinner Club, Poverty Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Poverty Bay Club, Dalgety and Co., Gisborne, Williams and Kettle, Gisborne, Richard Barker, Arthur Cook, A. Rowlands and Auckland staff, A; C Cooke and .Jeff. Parker, Mr. and Ms*. Vincent Barker, Br. and Mi's. Bowie, Mr. Waiter Barker and family, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sandston, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barker. Mrs. Pvke, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Maude arid Family, R. J. MeLelland.

A somewhat pathetic interest wili nl<totih to : tlii'i hasty private visit which the Prime Minister will pay to Auckland dining tlie corning week-end. It will bo for the purposo'of saying "good-bye" to his wife.. At tin- complimentary dinner to tilio Prime Minister at 'Wellington', several of the Rpeakers expressed regret that tin* ill health of Mrs. Massey would prevent tier accompanying .him on bis coming trip to tho Old Country. Mr. Massey thanked tho speakers very heartily 'for- their kind references to Mrs. Matisey and for their hopes for Iter speedy recovery, which be appreciated very much. Unfortunately, bet said, she was not in very good health—far ffom it —but ho was glad'- to say that daring the last'lo days there bad been a considerable improvement in her condition. Her medical advisers stated that with fine weather, which must be forthcoming soon, tho improvement should !;<.• mure rapid.

The observations of the Inquiry Board respecting the dairy farming conditions in the Gisborne district was the subject of comment made by a soldier settler from the Rcpongaere soldiers' settle tiieiit, to a Herald representative to-day. Tlie Hoard, be said, bad reported to the Government and had given a comparison between the results obtained by the soldiers on the, land and the old established dairy farmers of the district. Tim Board, he contended, had set too high a standard to expect the returned men to attain to in so short a period. For instance, I hey pointed to dairy fanners herds yielding from 300 to 350 lbs of butter fat per cow, whereas the soldiers settlers' returns were much lower. Tho officials, ho contoucled, had failed to realise that the returned men had, in most instances, to set up their herds with cull cows. They bad had to start from scratch and endeavor to build up and improve thoir herds. Then again, the old established dairy farmer probably took up land at from £lO io £ls per acre, whereas the soldies's land possibly varied from £4O to £BO per acre. He was satisfied, however, that if given a chance tho men who had won the war would win out as successfully on the land. The quarterly meeting of the Druids' Lodge takes place in the Masonic hall this evening, starting at 7.30 o'clock.