SECOND EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16781, 14 July 1925, Page 11

SECOND EDITION.

The Remuera arrived at Wellington, from Southampton at 8 a.in. to-day. It is proposed by the l'onsonby boys brass band to erect a model band room estimated to cost £IOSO. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals proceeded against the manager of the Inilay» breezing Works at Wanganui for leaving a mot) of cattle unprovided with iood and water. A line of £5 was imposed.

Paderewski has been giving a series of recitals in the music centres ot Great Britain, the proceeds ot which have been devoted to .Field-Marshal Earl Haig's fund for ex-service men, in all ranks. Members of the Royal family encouraged the movement by their attendance at the first concert in the Koval Albert Hall of London. The. danger that exists when poisonous matter is left carelessly about was shown in Darmevirke recently when a little girl named Dew gave her small brother, aged five years, a mercury tablet intended for cattle, under the impression that she was tendering him a sweet. The hoy quickly was hurried off to the hospital, where lie now lies in a serious condition.

A shunting accident occurred at Masterton. It was reported that one of the iock blocks w,\s not removed before an engine started to shunt tlm'early trai l for Woodville on to the main line. It was pitch dark at the time, and. the driver, it was stated, failed to observe the oversight. As a result the engine became derailed, and (lie north-hound train was delayed for nearly two hours. Heifetz hits started upon a two years' world tour, that will include Australia. He is just making a beginning in London and Paris. Later he will tour Britain, Germany, and Scandinavia. The beginning of !92(> will be devoted to Prance, Italy, Spain. Then will follow Northern Africa, Japan, and China, and, finally, Australia and Now Zealand, via India.

A complaint respecting the danger of drunken motorists was voiced by a passenger who arrived 1 by service car from Napier a few days ago. He states that between Wairoa and Gisborne they found a motorist in trouble, having collided with a small bridge and run into the wntertable. He was assisted by the occupants of the service car. who allege that’ the man was not in a tit condition to be driving oil the road. A few weeks ago the shingle bucketdredge Kaiputai sank in deep water oil Siuid spit Island. Salvage operations were at once commenced, but she remained on the sea bed until last week, when she wlas raised to the surface. Prom that stage the work was comparatively easy, and as soon as the water was pumped out of the vessel she was towed-to Auckland by the small steamer i’urau.

Dr. A. K. Rule, a son of the Rev. F. Rule, is visiting his relatives i-n Christchurch. Ho occupies t In* chair of Philosophy and Bible Knowledge in the Presbyterian College, Jacksonville, Illinois. He will leave New Zealand to return to the United States on August 18. The Rev. Victor Rule, another son of the Rev. Rule, is expected to arrive in Christchurch on a visit, from Arizona, where he is stationed.

An experiment is to he tried with 18 of the cattle pens at. the Ma.stefton show grounds at the next show. The fronts of 18 of the pens are being taken out and Used to strengthen the fat cattle pens. It is also intended to reduce the width of the pens from 10 to 6 feet. The intention is to have the pedigree cattle tied in the pens, and they will be more open for inspection under the new system.

In June, 1920, a New Zealand sheep farmer, whilst- attending to some great, flocks of sheep, lost his gold watch. He soon discovered it bad somehow fallen from bis pocket, but, try as lie would, lie could not find it on the ground, near. He was simply astounded this year when the watch was returned to him (it- bad bis name and address' engrn.ved inside) from a.' city in the United States, to which some bales of wool had been shipped by him in 1922. At the April conference of the Trades Council of New Zealand, it was decided 1 o remit to the various city branches a pioposal to federate with the Alliance <f Labor. Oil Thursday, night the Wellington council, it is stated, turned the proposal down by a large majority. Dunediu bad previously decided in lavor of the proposal by a majority of one, and Canterbury is understood to be averse to it. Auckland is not affiliated to the association, and until it is, any decision arrived at will have no eflecl. The Auckland Star states: —I lie prominence given to the bell-bottom trouser movement, which lias achieved a certain amount of success at Home and lias been imitated locally—two very self-conscious youths, with yards of pinkish cloth covering their lower limbs were observed in Queen street recently—lias temporarily diverted attention from what is purely a woman’s prerogative. Fashion in its application to* men is limited, and its adherents, or the majority of them, aid individuals inclined to foppish and eccentric tendencies.

“This young life was thrown away through the incompetence of the drivpr of the car. It only goes to show how important it is that- people without certificates of competency should not be allowed to drive, except on quiet country roads.” These are portions of some very strong remarks made by Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M.,Jn giving a finding at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Colin Gurr Wilson, a fifteen-year-old Takapuna boy who died as the result of injuries received through being knocked down hy a motor-car driven by a Devonport lady.—Auckland Star.

A plea of guilty was entered by Dalgety and Company in the Magistrate’s Court at Hamilton, on a charge of dis-. posing of sheep infected with lice and ticks at Frankton sale. The Stock Inspector, Mr. Alexander, said the animals were in a low condition, and were badly infected. Mr. Gillies (for the company) said iioim of the company officials were in a postion of knowing the condition of the animals, as they were drive'll to the yards by the' vendor. This was tlm mail wlu> should have been prosecuted. The company have already been put to £6O expense over Hie matter in keeping faith with their cliemt who fought the animals. Defendants were fined £5 and costs.

The Danish steamer Sierra Nevada arrived at Brisbane last week from India after a rough, passage. While in the teeth of a gale and raging sea ill Torres Straits a seaman. A. Jensen, while working near the deck-house, was caught hy heavy seas -which 1 at the time were sweeping over the vessel from end to nd, and was washed overboard. The Sierra Nevada was stopped, and one of the ship’s lifeboats was manned in the furious seas then running, hut got into difficulty. The seaman was located, and the lifeboat crew eventually rescued him after he had been 45 minutes in the watr. Further difficulty was then experienced in getting the lifeboat aboard again, and it was only after much trouble that the officers perfonned the task without smashing the boat, to pieces against the vessel’s side.

The fifth series of Fire Brigade socials will he held in (lie City Hall on Thursday evening next.