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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16629, 8 January 1925, Page 4

Tlie drifting of. a raft on which one of them had been playing, was followed hy an unpleasant experience for two hors at Oriental Ikiv, Wellington, on Sunday afternoon. The wind carried (lie raft, with two lads aboard, out towards the centre of the harbor. A constable secured a, launch and set. out. to their, assistance. Meanwhile the boys were'rescued hy a passing steamer none the worse for their experience.

Mr. J. W. Buchanan has recently laid on an extensive water supply on part of die Tupurupimi (Wairarapa) country, extending to live miles of pipe line. Water was available in some of the high country, but other hills lacked supply, while the rich flat lands on the banks of the Taueru river had to he supplied by pumping. The new supply- is from a spring three miles from the homestead', and nearly a thousand feet above. The high hills between the two points presented a big obstacle, and it. was necessary to cross two valleys, one 380 feet deep and another (100 feet deep. After crossing one. of. these the water was taken lo a hill 800 feet high, and provision was made there to supply stock, • •

Probate in the deceased estate oi the late Arthur George Jeffrey, sheepfarmer of 'Pehiri, lias been granted by, His Honor the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, to George W- Humphreys, on the motion of Ml - . J. Blair.

Auckland papers make special reference to tho death, in his 81st year, of Mr. John Endcan, who for many years was engaged in mining at tho Thames, and then for many years was mine host of the Waitemata Hotel, now run by hitson. Mr. John Endean.

A shortage of wheat was predicted for the coining harvest, and it is probable that, as the result of the floods during the heavy rains in North Canterbury. the shortage will he greater than was anticipated. In some districts, a fair amount of wheat was in stook, ana l the heavy fall of rain has caused a lot of this to become mouldy.

Passing in a tramcar last evening, a man and his wife observed the crowd assembled in front of the Herald office discussing the cricket news. The husband alighted and proceeded across to see what the crowd had gathered , together for. “Englishmen—two for 75.” he remarked, as he joined his better half. “01r!” she exclaimed, “and what are .the All Blacks?”

The occupants of a house .at Richmond, .Christchurch, had a narrow .escape from losing their lives in a tire which destroyed their house. A son, aged 10, awoke to find his room, at the back of the house, all aola/.e. Throwing a coat over his head, lie rushed through, dense smoke to his parents’ room. Tne trio left the house at once, and no sooner had they done so than the whole structure burst into flames.

Hundreds of householders during the past few- days have been puzzled by a plague of flies such as have never before been experienced in Palmerston North. Every known remedy has been applied without success and the usual spasmodic public effort may be made to modify the evil, but with the first breeze, both the danger and the. flies will be forgotten. When many thousand troops were similarly troubled at Trenlliam, a Government officer applied a remedy with success; but the nature of that remedy is still an official secret! * , • :v 'i:

A charge of driving at a. speed ,dangerous to The public was preferied against a taxi-driver, -Alexander Barclay, before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.,’at the Ma.giwtirate’s Court this lnornihgt Sonior-Sergt,. Fitzpatrick stated, that the defendant had passed another car at a. speed of 20 to 25 miles qn hour, crossing intersect,ions at this speed, whereas the speed limit, was 10 mtiles an hour. The defendant pleaded guilty, stating iiiifllt, the oilier car had passed* him previously in an endeavor to teiieii tho stand final. A fine of £2-and cost a, 7s was imposed. His Worship the Mayor, Mr ,tL Wildish, returned to Gisborne yesferday after a holiday visit to Auckland. Mr Wildish said that he had had a very enjoyable time, the Auckland people having been most- hospitable. Auckland still appeared to be as busy as ever, and he noticed' that since his last visit, considerable progress had been made with the concrete roads. Several mile« of new concrete roads were now under construction, and those which were in use were a. pleasure to travel over. There was a lot of building in progress in the city, and everywhere a most optimistic spirit seemed to be in evidence. ,

Tassengers by the Gisborne Motor Service Company this morning .included Mesdiunes Jefferd, Nugent, Howes, Newton, Tankliurst, Foster, Wilkins,\Lawson and Nugent; Misses Andersen, Fa till m, Munroe, Raymond, Stewart, Shaw, Haydn, - Andrews and . Eaton ; Dr Howes, Messrs Whelan, Mortimer, Studholme, Twiss, Sullivan, Jefferd, Nugent, Scott, Cooper, , Ogden, Coleman, Salt, Spilier, Galway, and Reid. Inward 1 passengers yesterday included: Mesdamcs North, Tunniclirfe, Martin, Johnson, Harrison, N'iool, and Andrews; Messrs. North, Tunnicliffe, Righton, Bell. Johnstonp, F. H. Jones, Hawes, Whelan, Mortimer, Jennings, Andrews, Spilier, Cabot, Williams, Smith, Wilson, Brown, Brownlie. MeLatchie, Leslie, and 1 Watkins.

Mr F. It. Jones, who returned to Gisborne last, evening, after a ten-day visit to .Tongariro National t Parly, whs enthusiastic in his praise of the park as a place for a delightful holiday. All the huts, lie stated, were fully occupied during the time he was there, and close on 50 people were camped'at the.fool of the mountain. The facilities afforded were excellent, the huts being very comfortable. The different parties varied in size from three upwards, each party taking its own provisions. For those who found mountaineering tdo strenuous there were some /beautiful walks through the bash, and magnificent scenery. In addition once the snowline was reached, all sorts of fun could bo had in the form of ski-ing, etc. The party of which Mr Jones was a member reached the top of the mountain (Ruapehu), but several .suffered severely next day from snow blindness and also from sun burn. , The Gisborne Girl Guides to the mine.; her of about fifty, under the command of their captain, Mrs. D. P T. navies, went into camp yesterday afternoon at a picturesque spot on the banks of ,the Waimata river, kindly made available to them by Mr. Thos. Holden. The site is secluded] and well sheltered, and is altogether ideal for such an encampment. Thanks to the good work performed during the day by a squad of Boy , Scouts sent out- by Scoutmaster Baker, to clear the ground and erect the tents, the girls, who were transported by private motors to the encampment-, quickly settled down in comfortable quarters, and camp routine was soon established. This morning a bathing parade was held, and the girls were afterwards kept busy with various duties and exercises making for an instructive and successful, camp. All appear to be thoroughly enjoying tho outing, which is to last for about- ten da-vs. !

There seems to be an impression amongst‘car owners (says the Auckland! Star) that- they will retain their present car numbers, but this is not to be and later on, perhaps in February of March, nfl car owners will be issued a number without any consideration being given to the numbers held previously. There are to he no number plates re- n ’ ing AK (for Auckland) or HN (for Hamilton), or such like, and all plates wifi carry N.Z.. with the number following. It is estimated that the number of ears in New Zealand will b£. 1Q&000. and in Auckland there are in tb vicinity of 15,G00, and 1 the numbers’ will read from N.Z. 1 to N.Z. 100.000. Pending the making of the plates petsons now registering for the time will be awarded a number, but those who have cars previously registered will retain their old numbers till the Government is ready later on to allot the new ones, when owners will then have to. accept any number allotted therm No doubt- this will not be appreciated by many, because a. man with car AK No. 1 : will not- be pleased to find he has been allotted N.Z, 87,621 or something like that-.

The Vocalian records are the best gramophone records on the market today for quality of tone production. Stradipbones are undoubtedly the finest machines'-on the market for reproducing these records. Gome to otr Showroom and judge for yourself. Vocalian records play on any machine. Stradipbones play any recoru.—r'aiaefe A’lcture * Buildirius. Td. \h*

, Activities at the Wanganui woollen mills are steadily on the-increase. There are 42 hands employed and 14 looms are Operating. The experts from Scotland Have ,'alread-/ "made a large number of friends!' “ ‘ ’ Owing to the heavy rainfall fungi is prevalent in cottage’ gardens in Alastertori. Onions, tomatoes, and potatoes appear to be affected most; wline ripe rot is noticeable in several of the atone fruits. •i M Caimarlynck, Frenchman, interpreter in League of Nations conferences, is a language wizard. He speaks English, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Armenian, Turkish, Rumanian and, of course, French, and he is studying Hindu, Persian and Arabic. Wild pigs maintain their activities in the back country of Hawke’s Bay, and

pig hunters are welcome on mainy of the sheep runs where their depredations are felt severely. Recently 40 pigs were shot in one clay on a station in the Wairoa district, and occasionally sporting motorists find it possible, on the by-ways of the baekbloeks, to have a shot at pigs from the road.

At Ratafia a Wanganui councillor who tips tho 'beam at over 21 stone, jocularly remarked that he supposed he was the heaviest man on the ground. It was not long before a native was brought- along who could claim 22 stone as bis weight. The latter said there were at least six Maoris in the camp whose weights ranged from 25 stone upwards. When • the men’s haka party stripped to the ibuff it- was noticeable that the physiqife was extraordinary. A complaint was made to the Wellington police on Saturday morning by a woman who stated that she had left her handbag, containing money and bonds to. tlie total value of £550, on the fern steamer Cobar. The matter was placed in the hands of Detective Thomas, who Was later informed that the missm;; handbag had been found by a youn; man in Muritai Park. The content: were intact, and as the owner had actn ally been in the park on that partialia: morning, it seems li l ' Mmt.it was there she lost the hag, and not on the steamer.