SECOND EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16680, 12 March 1925, Page 9

SECOND EDITION.

Mr. .T. H. 0. Bond, superintendent of tilo Now Zealand Shipping Company, who prior to a visit to England, is making an inspection of the company's branches, is at prosoat on a visit to Gisborne. Mr. Bon'd was manager of the Union Steam Ship Company at Gisborne twenty years ago.

In view of the threatened prolonged closing of the schools, arrangements have been made by the local High School authorities for pupils to do systematic home study. Assignments of work will he published' weekly in Friday’s issue of t lie papers. It is understood that pupils over the age of sixteen will he allowed to call, at the school in person to deliver work. Distant pupils will send in exercises through the post. It is expected that all pupils will use to the fullest, extent the facilities thus offered.

About 40 suppliers were present at the half-yearly meeting of the Kin Ova Dairy Company, held in the Matuwhoro-Makaruku hall to-day, and the half-yearly, report and balancesheet was enthusiastically adopted. Keen discussion centred round the question as to whether the company should support or oppose the absolute control proposed under the Dairy Control Act, several suppliers speaking on c-aeh side of the question. It was linally decided that the reports of the overseas delegation of the Dairy Control Board, and other literature relative to the subject, should be sent to suppliers, and that the question be further discussed at a later date.

Mr Walter Samson, who is leaving to-morrow to enter into business at Wellington, was farewelled at mid-day to-day by a large and representative gathering of business men, who assembled in. the commercial room at the Masonic .Hotel. The gathering was presided oyer by Mr J. A. Nicol, who explained the occasion of the function, and said that it was felt, that they could not. allow a man of Mr Samson’s sterling nature to take his departure from the town without, some appropriate expression of farewell. The speakers included Messrs M. L. Foster, A. Zacbariah, P. Hockley, F. Hall, H. H. l)e Costa, Bradley Smith, and Capt. Holmes, all of whom expressed regret at Mr Samson’s removal from Gisborne. References were made fo their association with him in the earlier days of the community, and to the excellent services he had rendered in connection with the Competitions Society and in the interests of the Amateur Operatic Society. Mr Samson wait made the recipient of a gentleman’s travelling outfit in a leather case, the gift being a token of the high esteem in which he is held. Mr Samson feelingly replied.