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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17155, 4 October 1926, Page 6

Mails which left Gisborne on Aug. !27 for the United Kingdom, via Vancouver, arrived at London on October

An effort is being made to establish a branch of the New Zealand Forestry League at Opntiki.

A motorist, .Mrs. Catherine Martin, was charged beioro E. C. Levvey, S.M., with passing a stationary tram in Gladstone road. The defendant's husband appeared on her behalf and admitted the charge. A fine of £2 was imposed. A fine of 20s and costs was imposed on a motorist, John Harold Sheridan, by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court, this morning, on a charge of cutting the comer at tho intersection of Stafford street and Ormond road. The entertainment of the sailors ot H.M.S. Dunedin during the visit of_the war-vessel to Gisborne would be a problem if the local committee undertook to fill the spare time of the liberty men. From 4.30 in the afternoon till 7 a.mi the following morning is to be the span of their release from shipboard duties. With a view to facilitating tho milling of the bush on the Matahina block arrangements arc being made to lay 14 miles of tramway between Edgecumbe- and the Matahina bush. It is expected that the work will be completed in fifteen months, when the Matahina Rimu Company will be in readiness to start milling.

One of tho big coal proprietary companies in Otago is prepared to extend its workings as soon as definite agreements with the workers are fired up. That coal is there in the mass has been proved by borings. Tho marketi for the coal is assured. The only requirement now is a certainty that, the wages rate will bo stable for a period so as to justify the opening up outlay of several thousands of pounds.

Official information lias been received bv the Minister of Agriculture. Hon. 0. J* Hawken, of the holding, in 1928. of what will probably be the most important forestry conference of its kind yet convened. Government-appointed delegates from all over the Empire will be in attendance. Tho Minister stated that the delegates will spend the first five weeks in Australia, and then a fortnight in New Zealand. A previous conference of a similar kind was held in Canada.

There is living in tho Oamarii district an aged man who held a selection adjoining the KelJys at tho time of their bushranging exploits in Australia. He lias a vivid! recollection of the stirring incident of those days, and states that he remembers well tho frying-pan with which Mis. Kelly struck a policeman over the head for attempting to kis.s her daughter Kate. He alleges that Dan. Kelly, who was reported: to bq in the hotel when Ned 1 Kelly was; captured and whose body was not found after tho building was fired, effected his escape, andi is afc present in the Argentine.

A meeting of forty delegates representing twenty dairy companies operating in the Woodville, E.ketahuna, and I'ahiatua "districts was held at Fahiatua for tho purpose of considering the advisableness of appointing a farm dairy instructor for those" districts. Mr J. Carle, of the Agricultural Department, explained tho position, and it was eventually decided that a roll-call of the factories represented be made for tho purpose of ascertaining what support would be forthcoming for putting- the proposed scheme into operation. "The delegates were unanimously in favor of the proposal. A protest was received by the Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board from a Hastings firm against block wiring contracts being let to other than local firms. Mr. J, B. Andrew, chairman, stated that the board decided to call for open tenders and accepted the lowest. They happened to be those of two people not resident in Ilawke's Bay, but since then they had opened up branches or headquarters in the district. That was going to cause keener competition. If they were restricted to the two towns then they were not going to get the competition they desired. After all they were dealing with the ratepayers' money. The letter was received."

Anxious, t,o secure ■ a fourth candidate for the Queen Carnival Competition. the executive of the Macrae Baths Fund urged that a Maori representative should lie obtained, and although considerably handicapped by being nominated so late in the campaign, Miss Bare Carroll, granddaughter of Sir .lames and Lady Carroll, has agreed to nomination. Mr. .L R. Kirk has consented to act as chairman of her committee, and a meeting of those willing to act on the committee is to be held at Lady Carroll's residence to-morrow night. Already, as there is no distinct country queen; offers of assistance from various country districts have come to hand, and it is likely that Miss Carroll will be adopted as representative of the various country districts.

A delightfully humorous touch was provided at a gathering at Wairoa last week. The occasion was one on which a young man who is shortly to bo married was being entertained by his friends at a small dance. During the evening the chairman announced that they had a small presentation to make the bridegroom to be, and amidst much applause proceeded to hand him five bags full of money. The recipient was hardly able to stagger away under the load, and the money was eventually carried away from the hall slung on a pole. The chairman announced that the bags contained twenty-seven pounds a statement which was perfectly true as regarded the weight, for there were 271bs. of pennies, the total value of j which was £5. j

Various matters of interest to the Bay of Plenty and the East Coast generally were dealt with at a meeting of the Bay of Plenty Development League at To Puke last week. Amongst other matters it was decided to ask the Minister of Public Works to complete the remaining portion of the Waioeka-Matawai road. YJemits dealing with the prosecution of the branch railway to Whakatano, the construction of the Tancatua-Opotiki section of l he East Coast railway, and the construction of the main highway through rlie Waimana gorge were agreed upon. In view of the importance of quick transport between the Bay of Plenty and the main stock market's at Westficld, it was decided to ask for the prosecution of the PaeroaPokeno section of rite railway.

An indication of the effect which good roads have in a district lias been provided at Wairoa this season, for in many directions lorries are competing successfully with sea carriage, The whole of the butter turned out by the Wairoa dairy factory is this year being transported overland <to Napier, the rate being cheeper than shipping freight, and the butler requires less handling. The directors find that the new method has .justified itself in several ways, for the fact that the butter receives only two handlings, one at the factory and one at the store at Napier, means thai there is less liability to damage, for those who handle it arc experts. Under the old system where the butter had to lie sent to the wharf, loaded on board ship and, unloaded again at Napier, damage was often done to the boxes. It is stated that lorries will also lie competing keenly this season in the carriage of wool to Napier.

Mr. A. Morten, a Government photoraphei, has completed two films of Mount Egmont, and has left Hawera for Waitomo. He expects ta return to ;he district shortly to take pictures of »cenes in the dairying industry in ,-uth Taranaki.

The vVanganui Harbor Board is completing preparations for the loan poll to be held on October 20, when the ratepayers will be asked to sanction the purchase of tho freezing works property at project are proposals for the carrying on of important" enterprises by the Harbor Board and City Council.

In the Handel block of the Hutt Valley Settlement the " impossible " is being achieved, states the Post, in the building of good five-roomed houses for offer to purchasers, houses, land, fences, and concrete paths, and yard, at an average price of £895. T*he provision of these houses is one of the most interesting features of the very interest, ing plan for the. development of thw Hutt Valley, concentrated at present in the " town-planned " area in tho Lower Hutt.

" Tho unfortunate part of tho position in New Zealand is that the main '■'abilised indsutries are casual," said Mr. J. Townsend, at tho meeting of) the Unemployment Council at Wanganui. He said there were 8000 casual workers engaged in the' freezing works of New Zealand during tho summer, for three or four months, and after that they had to look for work. Ho thought (he. State and municipal authorities shoulcl make provision for this annual slump in future years. The Ilawke's Bay Power Board's substation at Bedcliffe has been completed as far as the actual building is concerned, and the Public. Works Department, which hits been carrying but the work of erection, is making good progress on tho erection of the switching towers and electrical equipment. Tho board's control and meter panels are. being put up in the sub-station, and the contracto.c-eipects to have most of the board's work completed in a week's time.

Reference to the long hours worked by members of Parliament was made by Mr. W. J. Jordan, M.P., in an address at the Post and' Telegraph reunion at Auckland. Mr. Jordan said that often members commenced work on committees at ten o'clock in the morning and went on until two, three, or four o'clock the following morning. Consequently many measures were dealt with by irritable men, and many rash things were said which would not have been said in the normal course of events. . In the Mandel Block of the Hutt Valley Settlement, the "impossible" is being achieved, states the Post, in the building of good five-roomed houses to offer to purchasers, house, land, fences, and concrete paths, and yard, at an average price of £BOS. Tho provision of these houses is ono of tho most interesting features of the very interesting plan for the development of the Hutt Valley, concentrated at present in the "town-planned" area in the Lower Hutt.

'• My father-in-law, Lord Glasgow, used to say that a tour through NewZealand nearly killed him, the people's kindness and hospitality being overwhelming," remarked his Excellency the Governor-Gene.ral in responding to one of the many welcomes tendered to him in Blenheim. "In the southern parts of New Zealand," added his Excellency with a twinkle, " their kindness manifasied itself in tho shape of whisky and bagpipes. I may say that lam glad that yours does net take that shape." (Laughter.) The mulberry tree that Dame Ellen Terry planted, twelve years ago, in the Shakespeare Garden of the Dunedin Botanic Gardenrs has thrived, and has grown to a fair size. At the planting, IDamc Ellen Terry remarked that if the tree prospered she would like to have some small thing made from a piece of its wood to all to her collection of souvenirs. Her request is shortly to be obeyed. A little box made from a bough that came off at lasr year's pruning is to be sent to Dame Ellen Terry's English address. As tho result of a report submittedby two engineering experts from the North Island, sleeping changes are forecasted in the reorganisation of an important Greymouth concern. Tho recomimendatiotis in Unreport, which. were adopted by the Directorate at a recent meeting, include electrification of the whole works, the closing down of the electrical de- ; partments, reorganisation of the motor i repairing and engineering branches, the nppointment of a foreman of works, and the tendering for big contracts in other parts of the Dominion. Times in Hawke's Bay no doubt are hard, and many are tarrying on under difficulties, states the Hawke's Bay Herald. As the year goes on the position does not seem to show any improvement, and if the bankruptcy records are any guide 1926 financially has so far been tho hardest year since the slump year of 1922, but the position is by no means as bad as it was then. September may be .written down as the "blackest" month of tho year, no less than eight having failed to weather the storm. It is away back iiv February 1923, since this number was even equalled.

Some time ago a Taneatua resident made an entry in the discharge v book of the Whakatane hospital reflecting on the doctor. The latter had treated the Taneatua man's daughter, consequent upon an accident. The entry in the book was: " Very satisfied! excepting doctor." The Hospital Board made full inquiries into the matter, and satisfied itself that" every attention had been given to the child, the doctor having done all that was possible. In the circumstances the board decided to ask for an apology, and as no apology was forthcoming, it was decided to publish the correspondence on the subject in the press. This has been done.

By nine votes to eight! the Christchurch City Council decided, after a long debate, to grant the. Vacuum Oil j Proprietary permission to establish bulk petrol tanks on a site, at the corner of Park and Hazeldean roads, Addingtcn. The question has been discussed at sev. eral meetings of the council, and has been held over from time to time, states tho Post's Christehureh correspondent. The motion was strongly opposed by the Mayor,, the Itev. J. K. Archer,"who declare!! that he would use all meari3 at his disposal to prevent the decision being given effect to. In announcing the result of the division, he said that it was a case of the dollars winning. Piftecn thousand trout eggs from New Zealand arrived at Southampton recently, and were dispatched by train for Scotland, to bo put into the rivers at Howietow), near Stirling. Three years ago a similar number of eggs were sent from Scotland to the Duaa-j din Acclimatisation Society for testing. These fish grew to an enormous size, so eggs from these big fish have been sent to Scotland in the hope that the size of the fish in their original home waters may be increased. The eggs were contained in fourteen trays, and during the voyage ice water dripped on them to keep them at a low temperature. The Post's London correspondent say* the eggs were reported to have arrived in good condition.