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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16870, 27 October 1925, Page 6

The electricity loan of £90,000 has now been expended, by the Tuunuiga Borough Council and a further amount of £7500, being part of the 10 per eent. additional allowed by law has been applied for from the Public Trustee. - Further loan moneys for streets improvement have boe'n applied for by the Borough Council. “1 wish to refer to Press comments made in coi.Tiection with my campaign, remarking on the fact that- 1 Rad notsaid anything against the present- Government or tlie sitting member," said Mr. G. Smith, the Nationalist caiii delate, at his meeting at. Mangapapa last, evening. Mr. Smith, continuing, pointed out that the. policy of his party was entirely new, and his addresses had been, entirely policy speeches. There was therefore no need to criticise Gib Government or the sitting member, and at any rate thoro was ample timo before th o elections for him to say what hs wanted in that direction.

Pursuing its policy of ‘serving others, especially those who are incapacitated from tin- delights of the more physically fit, the Palmerston Rotary Club took the men of the Old People’s Home fob I a “joy-ride" to Feilding and else where. They were given afternoon tea cmd the men a plug of tobacco each. Mr. K. S. Williams, M.P., was among the visitors to the Show’ this morning. During the past few days Mr. Williams has been busily engaged in visiting his constituents in various parts, of the district, discussing their requirements with them, and explaining the Government’s policy to them. Sawjnil-i'rs in the Southland district-, and to a lesser extent in the Catlins, arc complaining of a lack of orders and sdmo of the mills are closing down. The increased railway freights, says an Invercargill paper, make timber from the Pacific Coast of America a better proposition than she localiy-grown article, and the position will bo ome accentuated as time goes on. On several occasions lately the Government Audit Department has tagged local body balance-sheets in connection with travelling allowances to members. The Rural Counties' Association of' the Waikato has suggested to the department that all local bodies be brought into line, and that the expenses be fixed at £1 Is a day, with Is a mile travelling

one way. A Judgment for plaintiff by default was vgiven by Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., at the Magistrates’ Court to-day in, the followling civil cases: L. T). Nathan v. J. E. O'Reilly, 15s (balance of amount); Oom•riiissioner of Taxes v. Arthur O’Oonnell, £1 12s 6<l, and costs 10s. A judgment order was granted in the case of the 1 ~D.S. Ltd., v. T. Morgan, £l;l9s, m:dSy /fault of ; payment 24-hours’ imprisonment;' " Tlie late Mr Norman Nicholson',' who was accidentally killed at Pukehuia, North Auckland, by being run over by an engine, was a returned soldier who bore a splendid war record, receiving the Military Medal for conspicuous braver}’. He sailed with the,l3th Reinforcements, served in action in France, and was badly wounded, later receiving treatment at- King George Y. Hospital, . Rotorua.

Tho annual house, fair at Ormond drew a yarding of about 159 horses, comprising mainly hacks and pack horses, with a few heavy draughts. There wa.s a good attendance of the public, and several outside buyers were operating. The sale was a good one, and all lines were in demand, practically all the lot§ being cleared at prices much above those ruling recently. Good' hacks brought from £8 to £22, half-draughts up to £3O, and pack horses from £7 to £l2. A few unbroken horses, of rather.poorer quality than usual, brought, from £6 to £l2.

The installation of the Governor-Gen-eral, Sir Charles Fergusshn, as grand master of the Masonic Grand Imdge .of New Zealand will lake place at. the annual communication of the craft, to bo held' in Dunedin on November 25. It is not improbable that some distinguished. representatives of the grand lodges of Australia will visit New Zealand for the occasion, and a large representation of the lodges in the Dominion is assured. The executive of Grand Lodge, whoso headquarters have been in Auckland for - the last twelve months, will have a cheerful record to present as regards numerical and financial progress in the year.

‘lt is very wrong indeed that there should be ahy stigma whatever, about cases 4 of this kind," said, the official assignee, Mr. W. S, Fisher, at- a .bankruptcy meeting at Auckland in reply to a remark by counsel for, the bankrupt that J it. was a cruerthihg the stigma.of hafikruplcy should rest Upon' a man of his client’s ’age,' sixty years. “It is putting quite a wrong interpretation on the pu»pose for which tho Bankruptcy Court was designed which was for the protection of people in. misfortune quitb as much as for the protection of creditors. Th 0 protection aspect seems to have been lost sight of altogether, and a cruel siur is often cast on unfortunate people j whose only sin, is that they have been the victims of sheer misfortune." ,

Following statements, by members of the Tananaki Hosiptai Board that the town was seetihng with talk of the number of deaths at New Plymouth Hospital, allegedly from pneumonia, the medical superintendent (Dr. F. ,A. Walker) was asked by tho Board to furnish a dedailed report of fatal coses of pneumonia in the past six months. This report was received at a meeting; of the Board last week, and, according to the chairman, was entirely satisfac- > tory. There were no grounds for complaint.. The medical superintendent’s report stated that since January 1, 1925, 21 cases of the ordinary type, of pleuropneumonia were treated in hospital. Of these, 16 made good recoveries, and there were five deaths. Of these five* three were admitted in a dying condition. The reclamation at the back of the boat harbor, alongside the deviated railway line, is being steadily prosecuted by the Otago Harbor Board, reports the Dunedin Star. There is enough to do in and about the Leith estuary to occupy the engineer’s staff for two or three years, but it is not yet decided how much of the work will be gone on with. At present Dredge .222 is widening the Dunedin entrance to the Victoria Channel. Wharf extensions and ■' renovations also constitute an important feature of the Board’s operations. The Victoria wharf is being redecked for a v length of about 600 ft., and there is about 150 ft. more of the Rattray wharf to be built. When that job is completed this wharf will be about 1800 ft. long, large enough to berth three big steamers at once.

To-morrow evening a rally of all ex-service-men, including veterans- of any campaign, will be held at the Girls’ Emergency -Club-rooms. The gathering offers a pleasant opportunity for ex-servicemen to get together again and renfcw acquaintanceships formed during war time. The proceedings will tnko the form of a smoke concert, and a good programme lias been arranged, It is expected there will be a very largo attandancc. It is hoped all ex-service-men in flic district will endeavor to bo present. Members will bo given an opportunity of expressing tho opinion whether this gathering shall become an anual affair. If is felt that the time has come when something of this nature should be done or else war comrades will be losing touch with one another.

Addressing electors at the Mnngapnpa lmll last evening, Mr. f!co. Smith, the Nationalist candidate, remarked that be would like to comment on some of Mr. Lysnrir’s statements in connection with the amount of money the latter got for tho district. As far as that matter was concern-rid. Mr.. Smith pointed out, that ho himself could say that he had got more money for the district than the sitting member. It -was ho who got tho harbor loan of £250,000, and this evofu when tho banks bad at first refused. Mr. Lysnar bad got the Waipaoa works. . Some years ago Mr. Lysnar was sent home to secure loans for the Borough Council. In addition lie was instructed to purchase three niilrn of tramway rails, hut, instead, he used his own judgment, and bought sesven miies of rails. The major portion of these lay rusting for years in M the Borough Council yards, until softie fl of them were used on tho Ormond road extension, but the remainder were, likely • to rust for many more years.