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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16425, 8 May 1924, Page 4

A six-year-old boy, .David Allen, son of Colonel R. C. Allen, of Piako, suffered a serious injury to one of his eyes through picking up a knife which his father had been using when working at a motor car, arid somehow penetrating the organ. The sufferer was taken to hospital, and it is feared may lose the sight of the eye. A shooting accident is reported from Pukekohe. Mr. G. Stokes, manager of the Burt's farm in Rokeno Valley, was in a boat and when lighting his pipe his gun went off accidentally, blowing off the index ringer cf his right hand and lacerating the fingers of his left hand; He was removed to Pukekohe, where an operation was performed. Alexander Ross appeared at'the Magistrate's Court this morning, on remand, charged with stealing one dress, one watch, one half sovereign, andi a brooch, to the total value of £l2 12s, the property of Virginia McPherson. Mr A. G. Beere, J.P., occupied the bench. Senior-Sergeant Fitzpatrick asked for a remand to Napier for a week, accused to be allowed out on bail as before... The remand was granted. Two Blenheim rifleman, Captain W. N. Masefield and Mr. W. West, were selected to go to Bisley with the New Zealand rifle team which leaves via America for England on May 27. Captain Masefield, however, has telegraphed that he is unable to go, and it is understood ,-Mr, West will also decline the invitation. It is stated that the fact of the greater part of the finance having to be found by the riflemen themselves makes the trip prohibitive. i The boring operations which, have been cairried out on the proposed site of the High School baths have Ibeen very successful, and a supply of water has been located. In order that there shall be no doubt about the supply being adequate, it is 'intended to install a pump and make sure: thalt ample •water is ayailaible. If there is sufficient water no time: will he lost in proceeding with the erection of the hatha, on the site chosen, which is opposite the school gates, and between the school and the rectory. The last, shipment of ewes which went forward from Gishorne to the Addington markot sold at fairly good prices. The season is now well'advanced, and there was naturally less demand for the ewes, which 'landed in fair condition. A draft of four, six and eight-toothed Romney ewes sold a& 27s 6d to 27s lOd, atnd a pen of 500 2-toothed ewes sold at 31s 6d, but they were not so good as some of the previous lines. The only other Gisboirne iline sold at the sale was one of 150 mixed age ewes which were weU-growm and made 32s 6d.

"As time goes by, citizens are coming more and more to deplore the iack of religious instruction* and Bible study among the young people of the community," said Air. A. J. Entrican at the welcome to; Dr. J. H. Ritson, at Auckland. "Many of the young people who have the misfortune to come before our Courts have never had the chance of learning the great guiding truths of the Bible, a knowledge of which might have saved them from disaster. The need for Bible instruction is vital, and if there were more of it there wou'ld be less wreckage of young lives."

Can any town in New Zealand show a record l like that of an Auckland family, which is composed of six whose aggregate ages are 490 years? asks the Auckland Star. The eldest is only six years off the century, and the youngest is 69. The family is not only longlived, but is extremely virile, and two of the "boys"—B2 and 69—still play lawn tennis. Though they do not aspire to Davis Cup reputation they are quite capable of defending their mana against players very much their junior. It" is perhaps unnecessary to add that the family comes from Scotland.

A pleasant social gathering took place in the Record Reign Hotel yesterday afternoon, when members of the Celtic Football CM> met together to say farewell to Tom Heeney, who leaves tomorrow evening for England. On behalf of the Oiu'b, Mr. M. J. Kyne, the president, presented Tom with ai well-filled wallet. Mr. Kyne briefly referred to the good 1 qualities of the recipient and to hue abiiJity both on. the footlbail field alnd in the ring. The members of the Clu!b wished him every success, and hoped thlait he wiouild return to New Zealahd with many honors. (Messrs E. Warren and' J. Jones also spoke, and Tom Heeney suitably responded. The president aJso gave him a letter of introduction from the. Celtic Football C!iih in Gfsborae, to a, number of Celtic Clubs in England.

An interesting lecture on the science of medicine at the time of Tut-ankh-amen and the haws, of Moses was delivered at Auckland by Dr de Give Lowe at a. meeting of ' the Auckland! centre of the New Zealand Sanitary Inspect ors' Association. H e reviewed the activities of the sacredotal physicians of the early dynasties of Egypt, 'and showed that not only were the doctors in those days remarkably clever, but that they were also remarkably conservative. One point they emphasised was that the majority of diseases resulted from overeating. The science of medicine was one of the first discoveries of Egypt, i The lecturer dealt with embalming, i and described some of the processes and; methods. Moses, he said, was the I world's first sanitary inspector, and was a remarkably clever man, whose diag-1 nosis of leprosy Held good even at the' present time. Moses (insisted upon seven days' observation in cas.es of sus-' pects and ordered the pulling down and I destruction of buildings in which lepers I had been found living. Among other things Moses was a "Pussyfoot," for he prohibited alcohol as a beverage.

There are 116 solicitors on the roll of the Hamilton Law Society. v Archbishop Julius last celebrated the. 34th anniversary of his" f. consecration as Bishop of Christchurch. Among those who contributed to the success of the Accountant Students' Society's cabaret social last evening was Mr. A. W. Hambling. The following football team will represent Old Boys against Celtic on Saturday:—Woodward, Thomas, Masley, Stichbury, Hansen, Mclldowie, Charles, Devery, Smith, Sampson, Mouaifc, Sutcliffe, Maude, Richardson, Harris. A few weeks will see the opening of the winter whaling season, and in preparation for this the whaling steamer Hananui 11., which keeps the , old-time industry alive in the North, arrived at Auckland on Saturday to undergo overhaul and survey. Another attempt is being made by. the Marlborough executive of the Farmers' Union to have a regulation brought into force making it compulsory that all lucerne and clover seed., imported into the Dominion shall bo stained in order to distinguish it from locally grown seed. Maize picking operations are now in Ml swing all over the Tanranga district. Crops generally show an improvement on last, year and the best will return a yield of about 80 bushels to the acre. Crops on native land at Matakana and Motiti Island are exceptionally . good. Over £500,000 worth of land at firsthand valuation is under subdivision in Greater Auckland at present for residential settlement. In addition, many more estates are marked for early partition into suburban home allotments. There still is a fairly good demand for sections, thought advances for buildings are comparatively more difficult to negotiate in'the money market. The two propellers salvaged from the wrecked steamer Port Elliot, which ran ashore on the East Cape at midnight oh January 12, are being taken to Auckland by the Richardson steamer Mako, due there about Thursday. The pro- - pellers, which measure 16 feet across, are of solid phosphor bronze, and each weighs five and a-half tons. It is stated i v! that they are valued at about £BOO each. A collision which, fortunately, was . t not accompanied by any very serious results occurred on the W.hatatutu hill yesterday afternoon, a heavy five-seater motor-car driven toy Mr, T. B. Spenoe, colliding with another vehicle which was coming down the hill. Mr. Spence's car , was somewhat badly damaged, the front portion and the hood being considerably knocked about. The oar, however, Was brought into town under its own power. The second vehicle escaped serious damage. '.,,'".'

At last week's meeting of the Opotiki County Council a letter was received' from Mr. J. Le Prou asking for permission to impound straying stock in the Motu, Motuhora and Upper Woioeka., • county area. , He stated that he had taken over the duties of poundkeeper for the, Waikohu, County. Cr. Jackson re-,, marked that he understood there were several young cattle straying on the county roads referred to, including some young bu'ils. The application was held : over, Cr. Jackson to report at next meeting- . - ]■ " ' '.'

Captain Brake, of.Gisborne, who left recently in an Avro plane, and since then has done a considerable amount of flying in the'Waikalo and Bay of Plenty districts, flew last, week from Hamilton to Auckland with a passenger, Mr. NjC. Grant, a contractor who had been held up by the strike. On the return- trip with Mr. Grant Captain Brake carried a load of Auckland newspapers, and these were delivered in Hamilton about the game time as the Auckland, newsbovs were delivering their papers. The air line from Auckland' to Hamilton ll about 70 miles, and this course was covered in one hour, Captain Brake) being pleased with the fine run made. Both pilot and passenger testified to the, extreme chilliness of the trip,/ as there was a keen southerly wind blowing when they departed.'