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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16426, 9 May 1924, Page 4

Mr G. C. Tarr, who lias been manager of Messrs Common' Shelton and Co.'s Motu branch for the past twelve veais, is leaving shortly to take tip his residence at Palmorston North. The main roads, Wairoa. to Napier and Wairoa to Gisborne, were not affected by i the recent stormy weather, but there were several small slips on the upper Kuakituri road. Passengers for the railhead at Motuhora are complaining of the late arrival of the evening train at that station. It is stated that recently the train has not arrived .until nearly 9 o'clock, five hours after the departure from Gisborne. The Wairoa Rugby Sub-Union has decided to make an effort to get the Gisborne High School boys to play a. game at Wairoa, on their way to Napier to take part in the High School' tournament there next August. The Wiiipawa, Dannevirke, and Waikohu Sub-Unions are (o he asked to play "rep" fixtures if possible, at Wairoa, and the East Coast Union is to bo asked to include Wairoa in.its tow this season. The member for t'he district, Mr. W. D. Lysnair, was anxious to join, Mrs. and Miss Lyianair, who* are in Auckland to see the arrival of the fleet, but had he remained until tfho sailing of the Arahura to-mo'iTow aifternoon he would have (been, late in arriving! on the scene. He intimated this f««b to Captain Parker, of the Repulse, this mottling. The result is that Mr. Lyanair will airrive with the fleet. Captain Parker having invited him to accompany the vessel to Auckland.

Ten thousand chMren visited the warships in Wellington in six days. The Repulse was a. more popular ship than the Hood, being 'transformed! into a children's wonderland. The delight of the children alt the many attractions provided! for them was umhounded. The children were fad in the big Harbor Bosi'rd shed by helpers from various local institutions. The, commissariat on one day dealt with the waints of 2630 children.

The question, of rural advertising as affecting numerous roads and the landscape in various parts has been brought to the notice of the executive committee of the New Zeatand Counties Association. Writing to the Waikohu County Council the committee has expressed the hctpo Hurt thei ciouncil will earnestly consider t(he matter, and in conjunction with the Motor Unions, will use all the means in its power to prohibit the unsightly practice of advertising on hoardings, or (by .other similar devices.

The Diamond Jubilee of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Christclnirch, wi.ll he celebrated next week.

Arrangements were being made to convey from 3500 to 4000 school children round' the fleet at Napier to-day. The demolition of the old pavilion at the Basin Reserve (Wellington) has been commenced.

Nearly two mHI ion passengers were carried by the Napier trams last year, an increase of close on 250.CC0.

Thei leasehold properties of the Maungaroa. Land Co., situated 1 in the Bay of Plenty district, were offered at auction at Napier. Lot 1, containing 12,842 acres with ail the station buildings thereon, wais sold to Mr. Walter Hit, of Cihnistchurch, for £20,000.

That electricity will be available in the not. distant future in Central Hawke's Bay is very evident, as the Government, is now calling tenders for the erection and cartage of the necessarypoles for the line from Oringi to Oliga Onga. Current promises to be available in Central Hawke's Bay well before the end of the present year. A well-known Dannevirke man amd two youths were motoring between Oringi a'md TaJioraite when a, bullet ripped its way through the car's wind screen, coming from the rear of the ear and passing toetwean the heads ,of tbe boys. The police seem inclined to scout the ideal that ai bullet was the cause of the trouble and favor tbe loose stone theory.

One of the most brilliant searchlight displays ever seen in Wellington was given by the Hood and Repulse on Wednesday evening. The conditions were ideal, and the complex play of the blinding, streaks of vivid light on the harbor, the hills, and the city, was dazzling in its strength and beauty. The display was witnessed by many thousands of people. At. a recent meeting of sportsmen, a shouting man, who has been in the Wai-ran-apa district, for 32 years, stated bis opinion was that ducks were getting less every year, and suggested there, should be a close season. Another delegate said swans were getting less, to which a reply was 'forthcoming: "No wonder, when one party bragged about shooting 100 or more, that they could not carry away."

Midshipmen Hugh Nowell, of H.M.S. Repulse, Who is a nephew of Mr J. Tomhleson, of Waimata, was given two day's leave upon the vessel's arrival at Gisbonie and is staying with his uncle. He leaves for Auckland by the Arahura to-morrow to rejoin his ship. Midshipmen Manning also came ashore this morning, but as he was unable to make a one-day trip to Rotorua, he returned to the vessel.

The considerable .loss sustained throughout Marlborough in pinuis insignia plantations was ibrought up at a, meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association by Mr. C G. Teschemaker, who expressed the; view that it was due to some form of blight. The matter evoked a igood deal of discussion, some members believing that the death of the treas was due to the droughty conditions experienced ifhis year. It was"decided to ask the Forestry Department to make an investigation.

Not many people know the origin oit Ahuriri, the name of Napier's Port, but according to a native authority the natoe is derived from, a place on the seashore dt the Mahaa Paninsula. Here the oldtime Maori®, on the voyage across the bay to the place where Napier has since been built, used to ballast their canoeß with sand from the beach. At the- other end of the journey the sand was dumped ashore, and the landing place (where Port Ahuriri is now situated) took the name Ahuriri from fflie name of tlie beach where tbe sand came from, states the Telegraph.

The elderly man who was injured by a motor-car on JLaimbton Quay, near the Government^ Buildings, Wellington, last Friday evening, and who died in the public hospital next morning, has been identified toy his relatives as. Edwin Goodwin, a bootmaker, in business in Molesworth street. The late Mr. Goodwin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Goodwin, two of Wellington's earliest settlers, who for ai number of years' wore in business in Cuba 'street. The deceased left a family of four—Mr. E. Goodwin, of Gisboime• Mrs. E. Murgway, of Upper Huttjand Mr. James and Miss Christina Goodwin.

It was indeed a lively deputation that waited on th e Woo'lston School Committee (says the Christchurch Sun), demand)'n ff that that body should resign on the prounds that they no longer represented the opinions of the householders of the district. The proceedings were characterised by "fireworks" throughout, and there were times when little could be heard but the screeching of women memhers above the din of heated argument. The meeting was reminiscent of the old electioneering gatherings at the Choral Hall, and probably there has never been a more disturbed gathering in the peaceful district of Woolston. That the police anticipated trouble was evidenced by the presence of representatives of the force. The storm was merely a verbal one, however.

A simple but pretty wedding was solemnised at Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth, on Saturday, April 26th, by Archdeacon A. J. Carr, when Miss Gladys Lilian Maude Hawton, only daughter of the late Alfred Hawton, Christchurch, "was married to Mr ft Leonard Victor Bishop, youngest son of Mr. and / Mrs. W. Bishop, Grey street, Gisborne. The bride, who was given away by Mr. J. Williams, looked very dainty in a frock of apricot crepe-de-clnne, artistically beaded and scalioped. She wore the orthodox veil, made in coronet style, and white shoes and stockings. She carried a, shower bouquet of autumn flowers with apricot ribbon streamers. The bride was attended by -: Miss Iris Allen, of Greymouth, Who wore a pretty dress of fawn satin morocain with hat, shoes and stockings. to match. Her bouquet consisted of autumn flowers and maiden hair ferns. The bridegroom wassupported by Mr. Bernard Wynne as best man. , After the ceremony a reception was held at Mr. Herb. Moore's tearooms. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop will reside at Greymouth.

The Flock House estate, acquired by the trustees of the Sheepowners' Acknowledgment of Debt to the British Seamen Fund to train as farmers the son of sailors killed in the Great War. is at present being conducted by employees of the trustees. Additional buildings for. the accommodation of the. stall' and trainees are in course of erection. There will eventually he accommodation for 100 boys at a time. Mr T. R. Lees, managing trustee, informed a Standard reporter, who accompanied the naval party who visited the station, that, following the early arrival'of the first batch of 20 boys, thev would come oat in lots of 50 every three, months. 'The estate will be run as any wellconducted station which pays its way," said Mr Lees. He added that the property would be vastly improved from a farming point of view, and all branches of agrarian pursuits would be practised and taught—sheep and cattle farming, dairying, agriculture and tree planting. In connection with the latter Mr Lees remarked: "Afforestation will be an important feature. One hundred acres will be planted each year until the 18C0 acres suitable for this work tyre 1 been dealt with." t

Successful, experiments in the lighting of McLean Park, Napier, for Rugby practice purposes were conducted this week.

A Dominion Industrial Exhibition is to be held At Auckland in June next. Applications for space are rapidly coming to hand. The Rev. W. D. M. Sutherland, formerly of Kerriinu.ir, Scotland, has received a. call to the Mount Albert Presbyterian. Church, Auckland.

At a meeting of the Central Hawke's Bay Power Board at Waipnkuraui on Wednesday tenders for material, amounting, in all to £15,565, were accepted. The tender of H. Guillard, for pole cartage, was accepted, the approximate cost being estimated at £1350. Net profits of £385 and £8639 are disclosed by the financial statements of the Napier city tramways and electric light departments respectively for the year ended March 31. In the previous year the net profits were £954 and £9495 respectively.

Good quality store wethers are still being asked ' for in Wanganui by fanners who have the necessary surplus of feed to carry them .through the winter. Within the last few weeks a fair volume of business has been done by private sales, t ■ Archbishop Julius has purchased the Well-known property situated in Craomer square, Christcbureh, lately occupied by Misses Bishop. It consists of a twostoreyed residence and a half-acre of land. His Grace will hand the property oyer to the diocese to be used as a girls' hostel in connection with educational purposes.

At the annual' meeting of King George's Fund for Sailors, at the Mansion House, London, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, it was announced that since its inception £1,139,827 hud been received. .Marine benevolent institutions of the country, it was stated, required a total.of over £960,000 annually to meet their commitmentis. *' ....

The striking increase in the importations of motor vehicles into New '.Zealand, recorded' in 1923, will he totally eclipsed in 1924 if the gain for the first quarter of the current year is a,fair criterion. In 1925 three times many motor vehicles were imported as In 1922, in the first quarter of 1924, almost twice as many were brought into the country as in the corresponding period of last year, .i ' ■ ' ~ ,-V <'■

The 1924 hockey season opened under favorable conditions yesterday at the Reserve. Two matches were played, comprising, pnkehit ladies against Maori ladies, and pakeha men against MaOri' men.' The Hadies' match resulted In a draw, one goal each, whilst the men's game ended in ai win for the Maori team by two goals to one. Kopu.and Suffiivan. scored for, the Maoris, and E. Fitzmauriee for the pakebais.

Archbishop Redwood, wdiose golden jubilee as a hishop was so recently celebrated in Wellington, accompanied by the Rev. Father Smith, parish prje'st of Thorndon, will leave for Europe Via Vancouver by the Niagara, which saijs from Auckland on May 13. Both aria to attend a big apostoiic congress to ba held in Amsterdam,' commencing ori July 23, and afterwards will visit Rome. They will return to New Zealand about the end of the year.

It was reported that a number of guns from the model of the Hood on board the warship were appropriated in Melbourne and Sydney as souvenirs;!by the general public. The ship has since fared no better, for tlie remainder of the little guns, which are mounted in pairs, have, disappeared since the'vessel has been in Wellington. No One has yet appropriated tlie specimen shell used in the 15-inch guns. It only weighs about a ton.

Mr. H. Pope, who has been employed on. the job printing staff of the Herald for the past five , years, is leaving tomorrow to take up a position on the Auckland Heraild, and yesterday he. was farewelled by the Herald staff,, aind presented'with a towelling rug: Mr. Schiwinlbe, who made the presentation oh bebailf of the Htiaff, expressed ; their i*-., gratis atiMr. Pope's impending'departure, and wished him ©very success in ; n.is new sphere. Mr. Pope suitably replied,

Recently a Gore firm sold a considerable quantity of goods and charged thtem up in the usual course, of events, states the Malaura Ensign. The bill was sent out, but was "returned ''address Upknown" from two or localities. Last week the purchaser of the goods called in, and stated as he had no bill and the'money for his order, had been waiting for a good many months, he would settle up. It was then discovered v that a mistake had heen made in jibe name, and the goods had been charged to a person who did not exist,. • "Ie there plenty of work going in New Zealand?" a seaman on the Eittiittakai asked when the steamer arrived at Port Challmers the other day tan London direct (says the Dunedin Star). When irJctrmed that a railway strike was on the seafaring man did not seem to aittalcb much importance Jbo it. ite stated that when the Rimuiaka left; London lasE month the industrial depression was veiy marked. Large numbers of people were out of work. But for the "dole," this state of affairs would be disastrous. Every male adult out of employment/ got 15a per week; If he were a married) man, in addition to the 15is ha got 5s ai week for his Wife and Is for each of his children. , It enalbled them to exist, and that was all, he added.

"Well, that's about; the end of the old rowing club," said one of those " assembled yesterday at the; sale' of;. iho. plant of the Union Rowing Club, ono of Napier's oldest sporting institutions. The sale, instituted under a ' distress warrant because of the club's failure to meet its liabilities, aroused interest among many who wore keen oarsmen before the reclamation works, :he war, and a certain *inoxplicablo apnthy united to extinguish the Union Rowing Club as an active institution. The nine boats were knocked down for 222 10s. The Union Rowing Club of Napier was established in 1872, and though never actually in the top flight, it won many successes at Napier and outside regattas, and was for long a powerful aquatic institution, and was well known to Gisbornitcs. (liven, a line afternoon (here should be' a. large crowd at the Oval to-morrow,, when the- Rugby competition will be coiu turned. Celtic and Old Boys, playing ', on No. 1 ground, should; ho a great match to see, while the Hovers-Unite;! Service tussle should also create a lot of interest. Interesting play in the junior and third grade matches can also be: looked forward to.. Play commences at 1.30 p.m. Mr, Fred Gray will hold his usual weekly ma.rt sa>!e' to-morrow with poultry at 1.30, also a Humberette cycle car, and a gig and harness, etc., commencing again at 2 p.m. with furniture, etc. All lots submittad must be sold. The annual meeting of thei Farmers' Union wall be held at the Union rooms, Ghiilders road, on Saturday afternoon at 1.30. All members are specially invited ;| to iutitend. ( The opening night of Lo Grand '■ Cabaret season has been fixed for Friday, May 16. Patrons are requested to. book eariy. . •

• The work of erecting permanent headstones on soldiers' graves in Auckland cemeteries is almost completed.

For many summers past an acute short-age of water has been experienced in Napier, but the hopes for an adequate supply so that gardens may not have a. parched appearance through the restriction on the use of hoses, may be realised. Some time ago the Borough Council sank three test wells in McLean Park, each of three-inch bore, the results being most satisfactory.

"Owing to the failure of the New Zealand fruit crops last season, pears are practically the only tinned fruits on the market this year," stated a Wanganui local retailer. Dried apples, it was pointed oat, were plentiful, and there was a good demand for them. The New Zealand canned fruits compared favorably with imported goods but the majority of the best brands of fruits for the table came from Australia.

"The people in New Zealand are the most English I have seen outside of the Homeland," remarked one of the visiting naval officers to> a Standard reporter at Palmerston North. He expressed his amazement at the wonderful growth of settlement in so young a country, and on being taken for a drive around' the Square lauded the beauty of the town, and commented upon the fine class of shops.

There was; a very keen discussion at the Automobile Union executive meeting at Wellington on the question of record-breaking on the. North Island roads, particular reference being made to the recent record made between Auckland and Wellington. It was stated the motorist, had travelled at- 80 miles per hour on the Hutt road. It was decided to give the heartiest support to the Wellington association in endeavoring to prevent record-breaking on the public roads.

'Some very attractive playing cards illustrating Canadian scenery have been produced by a well-known firm (writes the Post/s London correspondent). This linn has now approached the High Commissioner for photographs of New Zealand scenery, the object being to print playing cards illustrating the beauty spots and industries of the Dominion. Sir James Allen has submitted a hundred photographs, from -which the firm will make their selection.

"Dimming headlights is one of the worst things a motorist can do," said a member of the Wanganui Automobile Association. In a general discussion on this matter it was pointed out that although glaring headlights were undoubtedly troublesome, it was safer to continue with them full on than to run the risk of obliterating a. clear vision of the road ahead by dimming. It was also mentioned that a great many cars were fitted with lights which were far too powerful for the purpose for which they were required.

Considerable excitement was created in Courtenay Place, Wellington, by a battle royal between half ft dozen marines and sailors from the visiting warships. According to one who witnessed the disturbance, it appeared that there was some ill-feeling between some members of the crews of the visiting ships. References were made to disturbances which were said to have led up to this one, and a lively 7iielee ensued. The trouble was stopped by the appearance on the scene of a naval police picket, and just before this it looked as though the crowd was likely to intervene. A well-known Cbristchurch business man who passed through, the United States of America recently on his way to the Old Country, gives his experiences of the liquor question in a letter to> a Cbristchurch friend. "We have had at fairly good 'spin' with the drink problem," he writes. "Haven't hod slightest difficulty to get a 'spot.' In New York liquor is quite openly sold, there being a number of little 'pubs' in side: streets where one- can walk in and stand up to a bar and drink.quite unconcernedly. A nip costs 1£- dollars and a. bottle 7 dollars In many cafes ail kinds of drinks are served, apparently without any fear of consequences. 1 will be able to tell you quite a lotabout this question when I return."