Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1924 “HIS HEART’S DESIRE.”

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16496, 31 July 1924, Page 4

Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1924 “HIS HEART’S DESIRE.”

The Rhodes’ Trust, curnei of age this year. For this reason, more than usual Importance was given to the annual banquet, held, in honor of the founder, and as an inspiration to the Rhodes scholars. Mr. Rudyard Kipling was entrusted with the toast “Prosperity to Rhodes Scholars.” Mr. Kipling assumed that every young man sets before himself some more or less defined idea as to his career. He wants to get on. He knows that all do not succeed. He probably has noticed human wreckage upon the shores of daily life. Even so. he has no personal doubts. Youth, health, and hope combing, ns the spring of life, which must attain prosperity, and that, dimly outlined vision of emi nonce which is to he, at. once, if attained, both the crown of life, and the satisfaction of the heart’s desire. Mr. Rhodes, in forming his plan of throwing young men togeth°r, who were to bo drawn from different countries, each imbued with love for, and pride in, the particular land of his birth, and in keeping them together for throe years, no doubt expected that, if they returned, as was probable, to the countries from which they came, that they would carry with ihetn some notion of the wideness oflthe world. They would have learnt that a

self-contained nation is an anomaly, and that* man’s highest call is not. for himself, his village, his country, or even his Empire, but for humanity. Mr. Kipling, who knew Rhodes and his hope as to what he desired Africa, and the Empire, of which it is so great a part, to be, said that "he arranged what lie called ‘his game’ so that each man, bringing with him that side of his head which belonged to the important land of his birth, was put in the way of getting another side to his head,, by men belonging to other not unimportant countries.” The youth of each age have to reach their goal through difficulties which are peculiar to that age. The task becomes more complicated with each succeeding era. The problem of life which the scholar of to-day has to solve, and through which he aims at reaching prosperity, is ail intricate* maze, compared with that which had to be considered fifty, sixty, or seventy years back. It is not so very long ago that an educated man was one who knew a little of the classics. It mattered not. that he could not. speak in the living tongue* of another country, or that he was ignorant of all common facts of physical and natural law which are known to-day to every sixth standard hoy or girl in the public schools. J Now, the knowledge which is at- the disposal of the Rhodes scholar of 1924 is so vast, and so widely diffused, that no brain, however great, can attempt to absorb it all. Specialisation becomes a necessity. So it may he that the object of the Trust may be imperilled. Specialisation in any particu iar branch of knowledge, which is imperative, if marked success is to be gained in its pursuit, must favor narrowness rather than breadth of vision. What Rhodes aimed at was the making of full men. Men of breadth. It comes back to this. If the scholar, chosen by his country for the great adventure of three years at Oxford, retains as his heart's desire to serve first his own people, and secondly the wider world, to the borders of which his influence may extend, breadth of vision may he preserved, in spite of the contracting influences of concentration upon one particular branch of study. Mr. Kipling considers that everybody has to pay the full price for the object of his heart’s desire. That price, he warned the students, is greater, where the object desired is for personal use, than where it is for the honor and advancement, of others. In other words, selfishness does not pay. Apart from the wide range of acquired knowledge, to compass which defies all personal effort, the young men of our day find an extraordinary loosening of restraint. Reserve in earlier days could usually be reilied upon as a sufficient check upon the hasty utterance of immature thought. 'But now there is no reserve. Men are eager to proclaim as truths the momentary fancies of irregnlated minds. To startle, if not. to shock, others would appear to be a matter for congratulation rather than for regret. The crudest ideas and the grossest immoralities are* shed abroad from the very housetops. No subject is, sacred. Analysis, without apology or admission of human litnitations, is applied to the very heavens. No subject is too delicate to ho screened from free discussion or inquiry. Men seem even to find a kind of delight in seeking out for publication and table, talk subjects which a few years ago would have been confined to the lecture room and the professor’s study. The world invites everyone, young and old alike, to mistrust all standards and to rest upon an individual standard, ever varying according to differences of temperament, for personal guidance in religion/ or morality. Mr. Kipling is no mystic, although a student of the Eastern modes of thought and Eastern mysteries. He is no weak sentimentalist. Yet this is his indictment of the world as it must appear today : “Yofi will be delivered to life in a world where, at the* worst, no horror is now incredible, no folly unthinkable, no adventure inconceivable. At the best, you will have* to deal, and be dealt with, by communities impatient of nature, idolatrous of mechanisms, and sick of self-love to the point, almost, of doubting their own perfections.” Mr. Kipling does not, however, close witli a note entirely of despair. That is not his way. He told the* Rhodes scholars' that “out of all this welter, you will arrive at prosperity, as youth, armour-plated by its own absorption in itself hap always arrived.” It. is rather cruel to suggest that the protection afforded by selfabsorption may not prove to be altogether shot-proof against the* horrors, follies and adventures into which the young lives are to be thrust ; to shake down together, for the good of the wor’d. The old standard, though corroded by the tinsel accretions of the ages, through" which it has stood, and still stands, may be better. This standard constitutes every man his brother’s keeper, rather than his own.

WOMEN JUSTICES.

The National Council of Women (Wellington branch) have taken exception to the opposition which Mr. Wilford’s Bill met with from the member for Gisborne. The president of the Council has published an open letter, commenting on Mr Lysnar’s views. To this letter Mr. Lysnar gave a courteous and moderate reply. If the duties which would be open to women, as Justices, were as Mr. Lysnar takes for granted, merely those for signing documents and occasionally, in the absence of the Magistrate, dealing with the weaker side of ' humanity emerging each morning from the local gaols, Mr. Wilford’s Bill would hardly be worth while. The male Justice of the Peace is very much the creation of statute for special utilitarian purposes. There, for the most, -part, his duties begin and end. We cannot imagine anyone valuing the appointment, in itself, as a reward for merit, or an introduction to an extraordinary sphere of usefulness. In the days of our older dramatists the justices were not all the counterpart of Mir. Justice Shallow: The country gentleman might be, and usually was, very ignorant of law, and keenly alive to the rights of property—particularly in game. But to his neighbors, who were more ignorant than himseif, he was as a rule a. good friend, even though a patron. He. too, was often confidant and advisor. In the twentieth century the old friendly relations between the workers and their employers vanished. Nor do the working men of our time require sncTi advice as uneducated men in the days of the Georges were glad to get. We are not at. a’l sure whether there is not a somewhat analngous place for practical advice and sympathy between women, one toward another, which might be met by granting them some mark of approved worth. So long as misery is to be found in human conditions there is room for the peculiar and gentle sympathy of the women Which has never vet failed humanity. It would be an evil day for the: world if that sympathy and actual aid 1 were to be in any wav dependent upon an honorary position of any kind. It is quite conceivable that women in council might, without in any way checking that friends!'' - which every good woman would extend to another in time of trouble, make use of such appointments as justices, to aid their sex in inanv ways which would he impossible, and indeed would not occur, to men. So also in representation of matters capable of remedy where a woman ordinarily would feel reluctant to press an obvious and public requirement, such reluctance would disappear, if she. had some recognised status justifying . her action. The matter is of more importance thtin, at first sight, it

may appear to be, to those who know the ordinary perfunctory duties of a Justice of the Paace. If the National Council of Women see their way to make the office of a justice a real help to their sex, there is no reason why the office should not. be open to them.

Just now the weather is greatly improved. heavy frosts, followed by bright sunny days being the usual thing. Stock looks well all over the district, and sheepfarmurs are generally smiling at the lambing prospects. —Wairoa correspondent. According to telegraphic communication with the South Island, the potato market lias made a rapid advance, this being attributed to the increase in the Australian price. The Canadian cat market lias also advanced considerably. Tile* New Zealand wheat market remains firm.

The Tauranga Electric Power Board has decided to take a pop ui ratepayers on August 13 on a proposal to raise a specal loan of £IOO,COO. Recently the board reached an agreement with the Borough Council for the purchase of current, and 'the object of the loan is to enable the board’s district to be reticulated.

The district rainfall returns for May, 1924, show that the record fall was at Maulotara, Te Araroa, where 27.63 inches fell in 17 days. There was also a, heavy fall in the Mangaone Valley, Tangitere, where 24.26 inches fell in 21 days, and at Whakapunake, where 20.53 inches fell in 19 days. At Gisborne 13.58 inches fell in 18 days. ‘‘We may have been Scotch, but we always paid our way,” said Mr R. M. Birrell a.t a meeting held last evening to resuscitate the Caledonian Society. ‘ln. the blackest day of our existence—when the Society went under—members all contributed for a year without receiving anything in return, in order that the society should not be indebted to anyone.”

The following players will represent Poverty Bay in the Kugby match against the Bay of Plenty, to ’ b.e played on Saturday, August 16 :—Full-back, Leslie; thiee-quarters, MoFariane, Langlanda and R. Whuitiri; five-eighths, Mouat and Tureia; half, P. Smith; forwards, J. Scott, E. Torrie, Thomas, Stichbury, G. Scott, M. Whaitiri, Matthews and C. Devery. Emergencies: Forwards, J. Heenev and Higgs; backs, Harris and J. Torrie.

After a short period of comparative inactivity more tangible progress is being made with the construction of the new Kaiti bridge. The work of constructing the abutment, on the Kaiti side is now in hand, the excavation having been concluded, and a start made this morning on the concreting. On the town side the construction of the second pier is now progressing, the timbering being completed, and the concrete filling proceeding-, this being carried out by means of the elevator, which distributes the mixed concrete to the. pier. An application for the variation of an order for the maintenance of a relative in a. State institution was heard by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court this morning, the plaintiff being Charles J. McCarthy, who asked that the order and all arrears be cancelled, Seniorsergt. Fitzpatrick stated that the order had been madeyis fallback a 5.1912, since when the plaintiff had assumed other responsibilities. The Health Department offered no opposition to the application. His Worship cancelled the order and the arrears accordingly. \ , Definite arrangements for four more representative matches have now been made by the Poverty Bay Rugby Union. The first will be a junior representative match against Hawke’s Bay on August'9. In the evening the Hawke’s Bay team will he the guests of honor at a dance. The second rep. game will be on August 16, and will be played between the senior representative teams of Poverty Bay and the Bay of Plenty. On August. 30 Hawke’s Bay seniors and Poverty Bay will try conclusions, and on September 6 Wairoa. will meet Poverty Bay at Gisborne.

During the progress of the Rovers v. Muriwai match, Miss M. Johnstone, of the former team, received a nasty injury in the face. The ball rose from a fast return, and the unfortunate player j ran right into it. Miss Gordon, of the St. John Ambulance, assisted by Nurse Solyander, rendered valuable assistance, uhtil Dr. Kahlenberg arrived. The patient was taken to Lister hospital, where her injuries were attended, to. It was founj that the nose was not broken, but there was a nasty wound, necessitating a number of stitches. Miss Johnstone is now progressing very favorably. Die tact that the Caledonian Society m the heyday of its existence had been a. live institution, doing much in the interests of the district, was referred to by Mr R. M. Birrell at- the meeting to form «• Scottish Society last' evening Mr Birre]l stated' that the society had drawn competitors to Gisborne from al ( ! parts of the Dominion, and in this way helped greatly to advise the district. Members had helped in many ways, financially and otherwise, and the existence of the society had been of general benefit. There was no reason why in the future it should not be of equal utility. The spirit- was still there, and it only needed awakening. Some, very sharp frosts/ were experienced in the Taranaki inland districts last- week. A very old settler states that lie had never seen -as heavy a one as that experienced at Inglewood on the Tusday morning. One resident found a burst water-pipe in tile washhouse and water everywhere, while another relates a. peculiar happening. The two taps in a washhouse wer e left slowly, dripping, and during the night the dripping water froze on the bottom of the tubs and then gradually froze upward. .An upright stick of ice, about the, thickness of a finger and about 20 inches long, stood on end from the tub to within an inch of the taps.

A plea, of guilty to a charge of obtaining money and goods to the value of £9 by means of a. valueless cheque was entered by a youth, James Charles White, aged 16£ years, when lie appeared'before Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court.—Senior-Sergeant Fitzpatrick stated that the accused had been employed' by Airs. Dods, a farmer, of Ormond. He had become possessed of a blank cheque, filled it in for £9, and signed it “G F. Dods.” The chequb had been presented to Howard D. Stewart, storekeeper, of Kaitaratahi, in payment for goods.—The accused was remanded to appear for sentence to-mor-row, enquiries being made in -the meantime as lo whether the Salvation Army could do anything for the youth.

The traffic returns for the GisborneMotuhora. railway for the four-weekly period ending June 21, 1924, show a decrease in (lie number of passengers carried as compared with the same period last,year, the figures being 5363 as compared to 6186. There is also a, decrease of about- 1000 tons in the amount of timber and goods carried,, a total of 3560 tons having been carried for the period this year as compared with 4657 for the C( ('.’responding period for 1923. Live stock, on the other hand, shows an increase of more than double, the .total number of cattle, sheep and pigs carried for llie period this year numbering 6793 head, as, compared with 3006 for 1923. There is practically no change in the revenue collected, the ficrures for this years period being £2640 5s sd, and those for last year £2635 2s 4d.

Five motor-tractors have been sold re-;, gently by a Whangarei business firm. Hockey enthusiasts at Wliakataue have decided ‘to re-form the Wliakataue Hockey Association.

Mu&grove’s Celebrity Vaudeville Company brought a very successful Gisborne season to a condition last night. The first race of-the Poverty Bay Hunt Club’s meeting next Saturday commences at 11.20 a.m.

Further quarry and stone-crushing equipment te to be purchased by the Wellington City Council at an estimated total cost of £il2s.

The railway survey party is now camped in Kutarere—and vet. the pessimist is still at large, writes a correspondent of the Opotiki Herald. A motor-roller is to be purchased by the Wellington City Council for £ll4B, for use by the Tramway Department in connection with track-laying work. ’ Lord and Lady Strathspey, the Hon. Joan Grant, and (he Master of Grant will sail from Auckland for England by the Port Hunter., due to leave on August 6th.

A young man, Oliver Bennett Gregory, appeared before Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court this morning, charged with riding a cycle at night without a light.—'The defendant pleaded guilty, stating that his lamp was out of order.—A fine of 10s was imposed.

A team selected from the following football players will represent Celtic thirds avainst Old Bovs at the. Over, on Saturday : Pascoe, Wilson, Fitzmaurice, Scanhin, Dudley. Grant, Hurreyx Hale; McKay, Muller, Murray, Scholium, Parker, Honan, Pollard, Ballantvne. i ■ Aubrey Lister, employed as a shunter by the Gear Meat Company,.met with a somewhat unusual accident- at Pet one. When lifting the lamp from the top of the engine the paraffin oil ignited, and the man was enveloped in flames. He was admitted to hospital, suffering from burns to his legs, thighs and lower abdomen. *; 7

Mr. S, S. Dean, the manager of the team, speaking at,the farewell banquet to the All Blacks at Wellington, said that the team were going Home as ambassadors of the Dominion, and they hoped to play the game. Whether on or off the field every man would' remember that lie had to uphold the honor of New Zealand.

Following upon the representations inode during the last Ministerial visit, to Hie district, another contract has been let for road formation on the Waioeka road between Opotiki and Matawa.i. The contract is for approximately £3OOO, and ■comprises the formation of over a mile of road in a bad stretch of country towards Oponae. Mr. F. B. Gardiner, of Napier, inspector for the Department of Health, is recovering from an accident which occurred to him some time ago while lie was travelling by steamer to Gisborne, as a result of which he wan admitted to hospital at Gisborne and •litter returned to Napier, where he is now at. present, and hopes to be about again shortly.

A Gisborne branch of the New,Zealand White Cross League was formed yesterday. The- Mayor convened the meeting and presided. The following were elected as a Committee: Messrs Andrew Graham (chairman), Renton, Wildish, Rowley, Cole, Clarke, Foote,* McLeod, and Rev. Float, and Mr. F. C. Farnm secretary. Parents and others are invited to confer with members of Committee. The object of the work is to promote a true form of . sex education.

, Mr. K. S. Williams, M.P V in proposing the. lonst of “TheylNew Zealand Rugby Union” at the ‘Rugby Uniotf* A . banquet tendered to the All Blacks, saw* they could congratulate the union upnul the high standard 'of the. game in this , country. As a representative of one of the youngest members of .the union - (Waiapu), it gave him much pleasure to see that one of the players, Mr. J. Mill, had won a. place in the team. (Applause.) Either on or off the field they could rely upon Mr. Mil] to play the game.

The ill-fated' Mount Everest expedition had a stamp issue of its own. . One of these has reached Ashburton. It is, of a light blue color, with a. clear-cut- view of Mount Everest in its centre, and* the names Sikkim,. Tibet, and Nepal, 1924, round its border. It is reported that only about. 700 stamps have been, issued 1 . The stamps were used by members cf the expedition on special greeting cards, wliich have as a frontspiece a view of the mountain from the base camp in the Rpngbuk Valley, Tibet. The cards were dispatched by postal runner to India.

The fact that, every fire ip Marine Parade results in the severing of communication by telephone and telegraph with Napier and Gisborne, if the break is west of the Post. Office., ought to suggest sonic simple wav of guarding against this, remarks the \Vniroa correspondent of the H.B. Herald. - If an emergency wire, were run from the office across Coronation Square/ into Queen street- and up to the comer of Paul street and the Napier road it would prevent such an interruption as occurred on Friday morning. This would'be a very small expense, and it would be- effective.

An interesting comparison of the freights charged from a Pacific Coast port to Bluff, as compared with those/to Dunedin, was furnished at the meeting of the Invercargill Chamber 'of Commerce recently by Mr. M. N. Hyndman, who reported that the charges on 1000 cases of benzine to Dunedin totalled 350 dollars. while the charges to Bluff for a similar quantity were 500 dollars. .•Although the Hauraki had recently 2COO tons of cargo, no reduction : of freights had been allowed, for the reason that Bluff was not on the list for roam port charges.

Under the title of football, gambling, tlie Opotiki Herald, remarked: At tbo meeting of the Opotiki Rugby Union, the president (Mr. Geo. ShaMoon) drew- attention to the growing evil of gambling on the local' football, ground among spec" tutors and players, even to the junior players, some of whom lay against their own team. He thought’ that some action should be taken to try to stamp the. practice oat. The members agreed with him, but thought it was a. big undertaking to tackle, and the only thing they could do was., if any player was caught, to suspend him from playing, and any spectator to he barred from the- ground.

'Hie first application of its kfnd in New Zealand 1 for the extension of the term of letters patent under the special provisions of the Patents Designs and Trade Marks Act, 1921-1922., relating to inventions the development of which nad been retarded by the war, came before the Chief Justice in Wellington., The application was by Loins Luitiiere, of Lyons. France) and the Gramophone Co. Ltd,, of t Hayes, Middlesex, England (proprietors of “His. Master’s Voice” gramophone), to whom the patent had been assigned by Louis Lunr.ere, for an extension of the term of the- patent for an improved, diaphragm for gramophones. The application was based oil the Joss of opportunity of developing the patent occasioned by the wnrj Five years’ extension was granted.

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A horse died under peculiar circumstances at Walton. Ihe animal discovered a bag' of washing-soda on the side of the road, became curious as to what the contents tasted like, and started to lick the soda. Shortly afterwards the animal was found dead near the locality of its repast. Sixty thousand Atlantic salmon eggs were unpacked at the Kakahi hatchery by Mr. L. F. Ayson, Government Inspector of Fisheries. The eggs, which were collected from tributaries of Lake Te Anau, were in good condition, not more than 40 being dead. This is the first consignment sent this year for the Wanganui river. Deposited in the safe of the manager’ii office at. the Waverley hotel, Auckland, is a genuine relic from the tomb of Tutankhnmen. It was presented by Mr Carter, the excavator, to the chief stew ard of the ship lie travelled back to England on. It is a stone carving, and it ; .antiquity is evident. There is a. worn inscription on the relic. The fiftieth anniversary of the arrival at Port Chalmers of the ship Mairi Bhau fell last Saturday. The ship, then on her maiden voyage, brought to Otago from Glasgow *463 free and nominated immigrants, together with some saloon passengers. On the same day there arrived at Port Chalmers the well-known ship Peter Dennv, with 365 immigrants from London. The opossum season in the Manawatu district has proved very successful so far (says the Manawatu Daily Times). It is found that although less plentiful than last year, the skins of opossums are of much better quality. Since the opening of the season, two Palmerston North sportsmen have secured 400 skins from the near ranges, while others have secured fair bags. Picking up a small root of grass which bears the botanical name agrosta vulgaris, or Waipuha brown-top, Mr. F. A. Field, chief agricultural instructor m Canterbury, stated at Waimaunga to students of the farm school that it was a splendid grass for lawns. “If there are any bowlers here,” he added (and immediately quite a number present showed interest), “I would recommend them to plant this type of grass. It will give a splendid surface.” ' A distressing accident occurred at. thi Oparau River, Kawhia, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. W. H. Robinson, a returned soldier, losing her life. 't appears that the little girl wandered from home toward sundown. The parents’ anxiety was aroused at her non-appear-ance, and a systematic search was instituted. Early next morning the body was recovered from the river below the wharf landing, where she is believed to have fallen., striking her head against a moored launch. Deer came m for unpleasant mention . by Mr. L. Macintosh Ellis, Director of Forestry, in an address to the Farmers’ Union conference. “The deer menace, 1 he said, “to the forests and to pastoral lands has been tackled, and' a beginning made in bringing this vermin under reasonable 'control.” He had a good word, however, for the native birds,, and summed up his views in a plea for “the complete elimination of the deer and wild pig pests, and thd conservation of our bird life so essential to perpetuation of the indigenous forests.” A Christchurch. lad who left his home was recognised and taken care of by a friend of the family at Seddon, 20 miles south of Blenheim. The lad showed no ill-effects from his long rid'e or exposure. On the Friday night, after getting well clear of Christchurch, he attempt/3 to sleep out, but the weather was too cold, and he resumed his journey. He pushed on easily all Friday night arid all Satur- ' day, and late on Saturday afternoon a If good Samaritan gave him a bed at Greenhills. The boy continued his trip on 1 Sunday, and spent that night at a sawmiff between Ivaikoura and the Clarence. He arrived at Seddon at 3 p.m. on Monday. He stated that, he was making fot Seddon, where he lias friends. His only reason for the escapade, he said, Was that he has had enough of school. He said that he had no intention of going to Pidton.