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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16212, 24 August 1923, Page 4

Mr. G. L. Risliwortb, of the Martinborough branch of* tlio Bank of , Now Zealand, has been transferred to Gisborne.

Tho Amusement. Tax. Amendment' Act, under which the tax on admission ticket's of one shilling and under is remitted, came into force on August 22. In the course of a. discussion on the tramways report last' evening, G'r. Todd remarked that 1919 was a boomear for the service. “Tho hoys were back, and were spending their bonuses ” he said. Cr. Coleman asked whether they were spending their bonuses on rides in the trams.

The new Native Land Bill deals with tlje following Gisborne district mat-' ters,: It enables the East Coast Commissioner to transfer a site for a school at Mangaheia, and cancels a succession order to Maraea Whlikaki in the Puli ungu. block, and succession orders made io Hckiera Tauraro in Malcarika and other blocks.

The Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harriers’ Club held its annual dance at the City Hall last evening. Then* was a large attendance, and a very enjoyable time was spent. The hall was charmingly decorated, arid the supper tables nicely laid out. Mrs Thompson’s orchestra provide dlhe music, and Messrs, E. McGgrty and J. Tullock were the M.’eC 1 . The ladies’ supper committee comprised Mesdames Pollock, Roots, Heeney, MeGerty and McCoy, and was very successful in its efforts. During tho evening, My, A. W. Mason, chairman of the club committee, presented to Messrs. O Paltridge, J. Mouat, G. MacDonald, and L, Bradley cups won by them during the past year. The proceeds of the dance ■will ho earmarked for the expenses <8 a Poverty Bay .team at the Auckland Provincial, championship.; ...

.-The Mayor has received a donation of a’,tbn of coal for the Magistrates fund, from Messrs Clare and ClareThe Christchurch City .Council has decided to issue no further permits tor street sales and collections. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., hav6 received the following .cablegram from their London under ’’'date, 18th. inst: Sheepskin sales: Sheepskin sales postponed till September 20th. The chairman of the Cook Hospital Board (Mr. -W. G. Sherratt) andy the architect*-(Mr. I. Mirfield)yare leaving bythe- Arahura to-night for. WeJlin*g|on to >interview Government authorities fon Cook; hospital business. ’ \ . , During the year-covered by) the- re- • port ', of the - Under-Secretary mf the Native Department, i,laid’ before ll,Parliament, 4419 acres 1.- rood 20 perches of native land was Ceased in the ..Gisborne native land' district, and , 1292 acres 2 rood's 32 perches sold'. During, the previous year, 5036 acres 3 perches were leased, and 1675 ogres'.3B perches . were sold. \ A( Wellington business house has just taken out a policy of £20,000 with. & mutual life assurance association in order to provide fir superannuation and. annuities for its staff. This (says the Post) 'is believed to bo the first transaction of its kind in New Zealand, and is certainly unique in the Dominion in the experience of tho association concerned. 1 „ Protests against tho twopence receipt stamp were made in Parliament. Mr. IV. H. Field (Otaki) thought one penny was quite enough for £2, and if a- man got £IOO he would bo willing to pay Is! The Hon. C. J. Parr said that the departmental authorities had described V: & graduated receipt tax as unworkable, and had said that tho extra revenue would not he worth tho trouble. 1 The New Zealand Shipping Company have received cable advice that in order to break the monotony of the run from New Zealand to Panama, it' has been arranged that the Rotorua, sailing from New Zealand on the 6th October, Will call at Pitcairn Island on the Homeward run. Should the experiment prove- Successful, the Ruahine and Remuera will also call, on the Homeward journey,- !,.

Gossip about tho Prince of Wales’ never ceases. An officer on the Sonoriia (states an Australian paper) offers to bet that within the year tho Prince wIIL be engaged to a Canadian £drl —daughter , of a rich rancher and land-owner. All Canada that it was to the Lady■ of tho Snows that the Prince lost hi#, heart, and there are endless stories about his disappearing from official ken in; Canada to fox-trot with the girl of hischoice.

The new Gaming Bill provides l that no member of any racing club, trotting.;, club or hunt club shall be> deemed to have any personal pecuniary interest in his capacity as suclu member in the property of the club, and on the dissolution of any such club the assets remaining after all legal claims oh the club have been satisfied shall be disposed of for public or charitable purposes in sucli manner as the club may, with the approval of the Minister, have determined. The Into Mr. Alexander Henderson, who died at Auckland on Friday, has set aside £15,000 for distribution among the old employees of the firm of Henderson and Pollard, Ltd., and a considerable number of those who served their ' apprenticeship . under Mr. Henderson. benefit accordingly. provision is made. 'for relatives during their life, and when the estate is finally wound up a consider- . able sum will he left .to 'be'divided equally between the Leslie Presbyterian Or--phariage,' .-.the Auckland Y.M.C.A., Sailors’ Home! and the Auckland Ladies’ Benevolent Society. V. “We hope to be able to supply Timaru with electrical power from Lake. Coleridge by the end of September;” stated My. R. G. Mac Gibbon District,. /Electrical Enginery, for .the. .Public/Works Department to • a Christchurch Press re- ' porter. Tho transmission lines from, Lake Coleridge to Timaru are complete and the sub-stations have been erected,' but the sub-station equipment is not quite reday yet. The Timaru Borough Council has its. arrangements for distributing the power well in hand. Only , , Timaru Borough will be supplied at first,. but later' on it is expected that most .of. South Canterbury will bo reticulated. The civil case involving an alleged breach of 'warranty in respect of the sale 1 ’• of a cow was concluded yesterday after- ’ noon in the Magistrate’s Court 1 before , Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M. Tlio plaintiff' firm, Messrs. Common, Shelton and Co. Ltd. (Mr. J. Blair) claimed the price of the cow, £l6 ss, from Henry E. Wilson (Mr. J. S. Wauchop), while Wilson 1 ' counter-claimed against the plaintiff firm/ and the owner of the cow, George Walker (Mr. It. B. Hill) for £2O, damages in respect to an alleged warranty, that 1 the cow was in calf. His Worship gave judgment for the amount' v claimed, with costs £4 13s, against Wilson, and on the-counter-claim judgment for Wilson' against Walker for £l4. with costs £3 12s 4d. The fortnightly meeting of tho pnpa Lodge of Oddfellows was held on’ - Wednesday''evening, N.G. Brq. L. Mar-** shall presiding. P/G. Bro.'J. Kennedy" and several other officers from tlio Star of Gisborne Lodge were present for the purpose of conferring degrees of honor, the ceremony being carried out in a. duly impressive manner. A very pleasant evening wa# spent. This Lodge, judgt' mg by .the number of members joining . up each night, t bids fair to 'become a, very strong, sound and progressive onev Aftor the usual business had been transacted and enquiries made regarding the sick, a. veto of thanks was passed Jo the : Star of .Gisborne Lodgo'officers for thong assistance. Activo measures are to be taken by the authorities to stamp out tho practices of fortune-telling and others wheb by means of the “subtle craft,” are reaping a rich harvest from the weak# minded section of the community, and i especially front women (says the Mel- * ’ bourne ’Age). Within the past few weeks several people who have beeti thus trading on the credulity of simpleiminded peoplo have been fined, some of them heavily fined; but the Chief See- : retary admitted recently that the facts already disclosed showed that a drastic “round-up” 'of bogus healers and fori tune-tellers would have to be undent' taken by the police. No new legislatioji was necessary. The law as it stood was quite ■ strong enough to deal with the evil. ' ■ . 1 : ri : ■ ■ . . .u- r After being'arrested at Taumarunui ou. a Warrant from Gisborne, Daniel MC*., Keuzie appaered before Mr E. C./Lewfey, ,q. S.M., this morning charged with, being • £2l in arrears on-a maintenance order » in support of'his illegitimate child. Mr. N. 11. Bull appeared for the complainant,, and under examination by him defendant said that ho had £ls 10s in his possession, and had work to go back to. Senior-Sergeant Fitzpatrick* said that the' police expenses amounted to £5 15s 6d. After a conference, Mr. Bull' a‘nnouuced that ho would accept £6 down and 30s week. His Worship declined this, stating that tho man had over £ls in liis possession, and ho would have . to pay more. Hq sentenced defendant tt> a month’s imprisonment, tho warrant to bo discharged on payment of £lO down, with 30s a week, police expenses £5 15s 6d, and counsel’s fee £2 2s. Humphrey Robinson, who did' not appear on an information that he was £2l in arrears on a maintenance order in support of his wife, was also sentenced to a. month’s imprisonment, tho warrant to he discharged on payment of the arrears and counsel’s fee, £3 3s. Mr. G. Parker appeared' for the informant. To-morrow, at 2' p.m., Mr, Fred Gray will conduct his weekly mart sale of poultry, furniture, etc; also "a. couple of good Fords are to b'e sold cheap.* Messrs Petchell and 00. Ltd., report having sold a largo bakery business at Ashburton to Mr G. Jordan, who was’ formerly farming in this district for four years.

’Tie said Socrates’ life was marred bv Ins wife's nagging. She was premature-' ly aged through-doing the village wash * without the aid of '‘No-Rub-bing” Laundry Help£-5. -<• v-