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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16768, 29 June 1925, Page 6

Mr Wild, of the fields division of the Department of Agriculture, attended the •annual meeting o: the Day of Plenty Development League at Opotiki. He slated that, the Government would be only too pleased to give, members ail the assistance necessary in connection witn the problem of secondary growth on hill lands, and promised to have the matter made avi-urgent one. The exceptionally heavy rain in town Jluirmorning iinposed a severe strain on tho culverts in tne Borough, and severs, temporary blockages occurred, these being mostly cleared away heroic mucin watcKluul gathered. A miniature lake , was formed at the intersection of Cus-toni-hilnsc street and Childers road, whore a. drain became blocked, and one unwary individual who did not allow for the dip in the road got wet nearly to the knees. Recent sales of cattle in Southern Hawke’s Bay showed an increase in the price, more especially for younger sorts. During the last 10 days buyers from other districts have been operating freely. One Wairarapa firm is forwarding 209 weaner steers to 'Wanganui by road, al2 days’ drive. Reports from other districts show that the killing of beef cattle in the veal stage during the last year or two is making for a shortage of good steers, and it is expected that good weaner steers will bring from £4 10s to £5 during, the spring.—Wairarapa Age.

The dairy season is now at its lowest ebb, and very little butter is being manufactured at either of the local factories; in fact they are making ortly sufficient to meet the requirements of the town. Next ,month some of the cows will he coining into profit again, and a slight increase should be recorded. The policy which the company adopted recently, of holding their butter for a better price has beer, more than justified by the results, fc the butter that would six weeks ago have bad to be cleared at 165 s netted 184 s recently. The extra profit, accruing to the consumers will amount to somewhere in the vicinity of £SOOO. Gisborne is mol the only town which lias had lively proceedings at its Council meeting in connection with election of a Deputy Mayor. At Hastings a Deputy Mayor was elected recently, and l.ater some of the councillors suggested that he had been elected on a minority vote. The Mayor, who said he was very surprised that any trouble should have arisen, remarked that the first intimation h<> had had that anything was wrong was when he had heard it suggested in the street that lie and the town clerk had arranged matters between them? It was quite/ immaterial to him who was elected dcpnty-Mayor amd hei had adopted a neutral attitude to both candidates, making it clrnr that the choice was a matter for the councillors themselves. He had carefully explained to the councillors the planner in which they were to record their votes. When lie and the Town Clerk counted the votes they found four for O'. Johnson and did not count any further, as theiv did not wish to know how many the other mam got, but. declared Cr. Johnson elected, tliere being only seven votes altogether. He hoped the matter would now be wiped out So that they could all pull together for the good of the town,

Complaints have been made .of goods transported on the Waikokopu railway being pillaged and broken.' The Bay of Plenty Development League is moving to have Taurahga constituted a chief post office. With a view to popularising White Island as a tourist resort the Bay of Plenty Development League is urging th? Government to erect a landing stage on the island.

In answer to a question the engineer informed today’s meeting of the Harbor Board that the operations of the John Townlcy had been entirely satisfactory. It was not a practicable proposition to pump the spoil front the vessel to one of the large barges. Five years ago Auckland graded 7)60.685 cwt. of butter and 256,227 ewt. of cheese. For the year ended March 51. 1925, 824.081 cwt. of butter and 191,027 cwt, of cheese were handled out of a. total for New Zealand of 1.406,625 cwt. of butter, and 1,447.256 cwt. of cheese. This means an increase in butter-fat equal to 90.4 per cent, during the period stated. The annual meeting of Die .Cosmopolitan Ciub was held last week, Mr F. Collin being elected president for the ensuing year, and Mr J. H. Harkess as vice-president. ’Flic question oi going on with the new club Ihu I ding was dis- . a.ssed, but was temporarily deferred in order that the incoming committee wh ic-li will be elected oil Thursday next may deaf with it.

The members of the Rugby team thatjourneyed to the Coast for Saturday’s representative match at lluatorea were enthusiastic in regard to the hospitality with which the Coast residents had treated them. There was, too, unanimous appreciation of the services of Mr A. S. Parker, as manager, and he,.on his part, was highly gratified by the behavior of the team on and off the field. Reports from the Motu and Matawai show that, while heavy showers wore experienced throughout the clay yesterday, these were not sufficient to cause, the river to rise to any appreciable exient, nor was any further damage reported in the way of slips. The slip near Korte’s has benn cleared sufficiently to allow traffic to pass along the road. Showery weather was experienced again to-day, but the min was only intermittent and residents do not anticipate further damage to the roads.

The contractor for the butter factory at lluatorea, for the Ngatiporou Dairy Co.. Mr A. E. Kirk, has made very good progress with the work, and the building is now nearing the final stages. It will therefore be completed in ample time for the commencement of the dairying season. Two fine cottages, costing £930 and £950 respectively, are also being erected at Ruatorea by the same contractor, one of of these being for tlfo dairy factory manager, and the other for the Waiapu Farmers’ Trading Co. The popularity of the closed .car service to Napier, run by the De Luxe Motor Co., has been such that the company has decided to substantially reduce the fares, and the new fare is only £1 10s. The recent cold 1 and wet weather has amply demonstrated the benefits of the limousine service, and the'cars have, been increased in order to provide for all the passengers offering. v One of trio most popular services introduced,by. the new- company is that which leaves Napier on arrival of the express from Wellington, and takes passengers as far as Wairoa the same night, arriving in Gisborne the fo n owing morning at 10.30. -

A question having arisen as to the origin and meaning of the place-name Tiniroto, attached to a settlement in the Gisborne district, a correspondent forwards the following extract from “Maori Wars pf the Nineteenth Century,” by the date Mr Percy Smith : “I have heard one. or two amusing guesses at the origin of that name Tiniroto. . .. .

When chief surveyor of the Auckland Province, this part was (in, my district, and gave the place the name for want of an original'Maori one. For euphony, the,’ adjective—Tini—was placed before the noun—Roto —contrary lo the rules of the Maori language.” The name is said to be derived from the .number of lakes about the Settlement. The present system of mbtor registration was adversely commented upon by' the jury at the inquest, into tho recent. Rotomoshooting tragedy. The' jury expressed .the o'pinion that by removing the district number plates tho Government had removed a ready means of identifying cars. In tlio present case, hf|d the Hamilton number been shown on the car the identify of the owner would have been ascertained in a quarter of an hour b) .telephoning to Harfilltou. .At it happen- j od, several hours elapsed before the car could be identified wv„h any degree of certainty, and much anx\ty .vas suffered in consequence. The P.B. senior representative team returned from the Coast, last evening, tlio journey from Ruatorea having occupied the whole day. The Coast road was bad in places, particularly between Tolaga and Whangara, where" the team had to travel by coach. Mr A. S. Par* ker went with the team as manager, ahd Mr J. O’Neill, a member of the selection committee, also accompanied the players with a view to getting a first-hand impression of the forint of Coast players who may he included On the. combined team to meet the New South Wales touring team at Gisborne in September, The ■ Coast Union will send a teafn to play a return match at Gisborne early in Sep- J tember. and the final selection of the coni- M billed team will be made on the per , formances in that, match.

A middle-aged man, David Denham, • with a long list of previous convictions, appeared before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., • at the Magistrate’s Court-this morning to answer to a charge of drunkenness in a public place yesterday. He was also charged with wilfuly damaging a window, valued at £4, the-, property of Mrs A. Ball. He pleaded gtiilty to jjoth. charges. Senior-Sergeant ' Fitzpatrick said the man was helplessly drunk yesterday morning, and was: lolling up against the window, with the result that? he fell through it. He. would,sug- / gust that the matter of the window he adjourned for a few days to enable tho accused to repair the window; On the first charge he was fined 20s, and oh the second was ordered to pay £4 for repairs to the window. In convicting the accused the Magistrate warned him that ifj he came up for drunkenness again he would be sent to the Island for a period of two years.

The fourth annual Winter Show came to a successful conclusion at 7 p.m. oh Saturday, the takings having proved a record, and being close On 70 per cent, above those of last year. The after-

noon session on Saturday was crowded, a very largo number of country people coming in specially for the occasion. A freehand drawing competition for a prize donated by Air T. G. Johns was held during the afternoon, this being won by Keith Rosie. Miss W. O’Hal-

loran was very highly commended'" for her effort, and M. Royds was highly commended. Competitors were allowed twenty minutes in which to draw an object chosen by the committee. '' In the trade exhibits section awards of merit were made to Thompson and Hill, T. C'orson, Swan Motor Co., Gisboino Tyre Surgery, A. Sutton and the Vacuum Oil Co. The committe have every reason to be pleased with the success of thei show, and , may confidently anticipate that next year’s function will prove nil even greater success. , •

.. -v i'!& (Complainant at the Wanganui Court jpuij that when her husband' came home and wanted to annoy her, he sat bed alongside her. If she comV, J[ jijiued of a. headache he started to ‘i-srng so loud that his broadcasting could ■£»] be beard by the neighbors two blocks ■'V j™#- ; ; the result of a conference between 'representatives of the Hamilton Racing /Club and the Waikato Trotting Club a I complete settlement has been arrived at jin; tho civil action set down for hearing i ; V,‘ in-the Supreme Court. The terms are /: that the racing club’s claim of ±ISOO will b& paid in. full and that each side will v ! v pay its own costs. .. j .Cremation is much more talked about . tliah practised in Auckland. Since the • ctieinatoriiun -was opened at. Waikumete •y; have been so disposed of. The number ? of;. deaths in Greater Auckland since August 1. 1923, was 3333, cremation therefore representing a little over 2 per

At least one Wanganui Rugby enthusiast imagined he was present at the All;. Blacks-Metropolitan match at Svd--1 ney on Wednesday. He was listeningin ion his wireless when the lialf-timo

sCotes were announced, New Zealand 15, Mj&lropolitan 5. At once the enthusiast settled down to await further pronounceinebts. Metropolitan scored a try—l 3-8 ; —ahd then they crossed the line again and converted —13-13. The final score, 18-16 in favor of Metropolitan, 'was \ given and that was how the result of the gifjte was known in Wanganui about. 4.45 p.’m.—within' a minute of the final whistle. and an hour and a-half before thd cablegram came to hand. Air F. W. Ivey, secretary of the New ; Zealand Sheep Owners’ Fund farm training'scheme, is meeting with a great deal of p-rlblrcity on. his present tour through Devonshire and: Cornwall, where he is nbdflng known the Flock House scheme fifik (writes a London correspondent). Folj. lowing his address, he was generally L r- asked, numerous questions. At Redruth, Air C. Lyle, who was in the audience, 'V ■ referred to die enterprise as a grand •schema and a ndble ideal on the port ;"• of • the sheep owners of New Zealand. Hfc thought that the proposal should receive itnaniraouo support, because things were bad in Cornwall, and a great difficfllty. would arise as to wliat to do with t'He boys. “Let us support the scheme in every way,” said Mr Lyle. “I think the benefits should also be extended to sons of miners and others. It is muioli &tt«r than, idling on the dole.” Following Mr Ivey’s, address at Exeter, Mr * it .F. Young, secretary of the Devon Education Committee,* said they would ■ : iiriah to do what they could .to assist the \Soheme, while Mrs Phillips, ex-Mayor of - Hand ton, spoke of the. undertaking as a splendid one, and she was extremely glad that it was contemplated to bring •girls into it. , ,