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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16338, 12 May 1927, Page 6

1 i~ '■ ■ "" ' It is reported that Mr. H. «. Webber, ''of Wairoa, whose brother perished in t tile fire at Napier recently, is prosecut--1 ing the quest for a share in the "Web•i he»* millions" i , s' Provision has been made on the esti--1 mates of tlie North Canterbury Hospital l Board for the current year, for the in- .. stallation in the hospital of wireless '' head "phones at a cost of £3350. . ' A number of the Mohaka natives are " | behind with their rates, and have offered \ to sell to the Wairoa County Council cerJ tain areas to meet them. The eng.neer i and Cr. Tait have been appointed to I inspect the blocks, which may be used i"' for tree-planting. s i Miniature war medals are procurable ' by anyone from retailers in certain parts •i of the Dominion. A protest against the 1 .'sale of these medals in such a manner was made by the Returned Soldiers' As- ' sociation in Napier last night, when 1 a ■ motion, moved by Mr. John Mason, " M.P., was carried. It was decided to t communicate with the Minister of De--3 fence, drawing attention to the manner f in which miniature war medals were fc; being disposed of, and expressing the t opinion that they should be. sold through - tha proper authorities.—P.A. 5 As " Uncle Tom's Cabin." blazed mer- | rily at the Oval yesterday, afternoon, ( the crowd converged upon the tire from , all quarters of the ground, and it ap-' peared that the work of the brigade t would be hampered. As the hoses were • turned on the fire, however. dense ' volumes of smoke swept down upon the " crowd, and at onco"there was a freii- • zied rash for the grandstand and the > outskirts of Uie ground. Those feto who ' braved the smoke and ash and remained heat a hasty retreat, when they received the spray from the hoses, to the amuse- • ment of the spectators on the grandI • stand. t! Apparently nothing has more disturbed ..the business of bookmakers in Christ- ,. church than the recent prosecutions of [ clients. Inquiries made by a reporter go to show that the majority of punters have | taken alarm, and are not prepared at the , moment to do business. Some of the regular clients, it is stated, have re- ; ' gnlarly done business under assumed names, and so are not greatly concerned oyer the question of discovery. Indeed, 'one of the largest punters in Christ--1 church makes bets under the name of a leading dignatory of the Church of Eng- | land. A reporter was also informed that one of the big bookmakers who was com- ! pelled to shift his office quarters is now installed in a private house.—. Special. Discharged yesterday, after receiving a- week's medical treatment, a young man, Terence Lynch, alias William .Alfred Lamer, again appeared in court this morning, when, before Mr. E. M. ■( Harper, J. P., he pleaded guilty to being disorderly while drunk. * SeniorSergeant Fitzpatrick said Lvnch arrive*) .in Gisborne from Wairoa about a Week ago. He was footsore, weary, and with |no money and no. home. He was reI manded for a week for medical treati rr.erit and had cost the country £2 Is 6d, I which amount he had promised to pay ! when discharged yesterday. At 3 p.m. yesterday be was found drunk and was holding up the pedestrian traffic at the ! Masonic Hotel corner. The Senior - j Sergeant admitted that ho hardly knew I what to do with the young man; what | had already been done was apparently i misplaced kindness. The Justice (to I Lynch): Do you propose to stay here I and look for work? Lynch thought he , would go away. Have you really been J looking for work?—Yes. * I suppose you i have no (money.—No,' no money. Stat- | ing that ho was sorry to see * a man 'without money taking to drink and when lie did get drink being unable to control himself, Mr. Harper imposed a fine of £3, in default 14 days' imprisonment. . . .

Heavy rain is falling throughout tho Kiverina district,, states a Sydney cable message, breaking seven months' drought, and considerably enhancing the crop and lambing prospects. Ethel Eose Perez, 14, who resides with her parents at Birkenhead, Auckland, was seriously injured 'through falling on an open pair of scissors. Beth blades pierced her chest, and it is thought that they may have penetrated her lung.

Mr. 0. Harris, a farmer in the Oakitra district, recently had a lucky escape from being gored by his bull (reports a Taranaki Herald correspondent). He was on his way home across the paddocks when fhe bull came from behind, but Mr. Harris went in between the horns and only had his two legs grazed. Work carried out by the Main .Highways Board on the Napier-Gisborne, via Wairoa road during March was as follows : Waikari-Ngaru-Orossing; The widening work in the Waikari Gorge is in hand. Retaining walls are being erected in the Matahoura Gorge. Lagoon Bridge, Napier; A commencement has been made with the sealing of the Westshore embankment.

A lad named Hoe. engaged as a paper runer at the Herald, • met with an unfortunate mishap at Mangapapa last, evening, narrowly escaping serious injuries. His motor cycle had stopped and he was wheeling his machine in Ormond road when-a taxi car collided with him and knocked him "down. Fortunately the. , lad escaped with cuts and bruises. He was removed to his home, ,tho motor cycle being damaged. ' .* ■. : .; The other evening a lady was waiting for a. little girl "at the- corner of Kar- ■ angahape road arid Symonds. street, Auckland, when a man approached hers "Bid you lose this?" he inquired, holding out a £JI note to the lady. "Just ■i minute and I'll see," she said, opening her bag. whereupon the man snatched it out of her hands and ran off down the street. The lady called out for assistance and a passer-by hastily informed of the incident gave chase. However, the thief had too good a start and escaped by boarding a moving tram going to the city.

It was stated at the Wanganni Magistrate's Court that a certain defendant, who worked for a State Department, owed his wife for maintenance $172, and that he would only pay when forced to do so. The magistrate, Mr. J. S. Barton, remarked that he would transfer him to another department of State, and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment, where arrangements could be made after three months to transfer his wages to his wife. Another defaulting husband, who was in arrears to the tune of .£IOO, received a .similar sentence.

The travelling secretary for tho Y.W.C.A. in New Zealand, Miss Bridgeman,. will devote her time this month to furthering the activities of the Gisborne body. Her particular object is to help to further the membership of the body, and she feels that if the work of the association were more widely known there would be an even greater support than is the case at present. In addition to this, she wishes to further the activities of the clubs. For this reason several "At Homes" have, been arranged, when the members will meet the secretary. Classes are to bo arranged, and will include arts, dressmaking, gymnasium, and millinery. An "At Home" will be held on Friday week, when the board of dfrec-' tors, friends, and others interested are to be welcomed. Miss Bridgeman will speak on the work of tho society. , ■■ ' The much-discussed subject of hosfital fees trill come before the Cook, lospital Board at its meeting next; Thursday, when the following notice of motion tabled by Mr. 0. H. Bridge will be considered : That the resolution fixing the hospital fees for patients at 9s a day for adults and at 2s a day for children under 14 years, be rescinded, and the following to take its place; Adults at 9s a day; children under 14 years at 3s li day." Another notice of motion has been submitted by Mr. H. Kenway: " That the metalled area adjoining the operating theatre be reserved as a parking place for cars belonging to members of the Cook Hospital Board exclusively, and that a notice to that effect- be erected in a suitable position. All other cars and motor-buses to be parked as at present, in the horse paddock." Tho holiday crowds in town this afternoon found much to interest them in the display of photographs and other relics of former decades, but tho most interesting exhibit seen was si "special delivery" service organised by Mr. G. Witters.- The vehicle was a light cart, to which were harnessed five sheep, which though puzzled by the the spectators and the strange surroundings,, appeared to take their task lightly. The ensemble presented a most humorous appearance, a feature of the turnout being the swags strapped to the wagon, and labelled with the names of the Hon. E. F. Bollard, Mr. W. D. Lysnar, M.P., Mr. Chas. Matthew.s and Mr. 0. E. Armstrong. With each "matilda" was a spare pair of heavy boots, and a worn and blackened billy of the type used by tho knights of the open road.

A strong appeal for the support of old students for the school magazine was made by the Tector of the Gisborne High School "(Mr. Foote) at the annual meeting of the High School Old Students" Association last evening. Mr. Foots pointed out that the magazine was published only at great expense, jand the school was not receiving much support from old boys either, by subscription or by way of "old students' notes. The magazine was a really good one, he said, and compared very favorably with those of other schools. With some schools it was a point of honor, that every old boy should take the magazine, regularly, and he would like the incoming committee of the association to assist in extending the circulation; itwas their aim to increase the old dents' notes, and to publish items of, news of interest to tho old boys. After a short discussion two members of tho association were appointed to attend to the writing of the old students' pages. The other morning an official of the Post and Telegraph Department in Invercargill said that, people had' complained that on occasions they had put coins into the automatic stamp-selling machines in the Post Office, and had been unable to obtain any return for their money (says the Southland News). Tins condition was due to a jam in the' mechanism of the device caused by the insertion of a mis-shapen or incorrect} coin. The, official then showed an envelope containing coins and other things that had been removed from tfie machine from time to time, and which had been instrumental in putting it temporarily* out of order. Included in the collection were pennies in all conditions, some) that had been flattened on tram.rails, some had been out and, punched, and many that were scarcely recognisable as coins at all, and, in addition, there were metal discs and washers, and even a tiddly wink. No doubt many of tho causes of trouble had been inserted ,by* mischievous schoolboys, but the greater number of the coins were probably putt in by people who had no desire to interrupt the working of this very useful machine.

"I- believe that sport is'the most-im* portant feattire of a school, fdtjij brings out the 'best that is in a child,* said the headmaster- of •.'the Terrace School, Wellington, Mr. W.. H. Clark,, at the annual meeting of householderjjp •'Personally, I would irather sefe twjci' the number taking part in games see the school carry off more athletic honors. The more there are playing, the.fewer there are sitting on the bank."

The necessity for completely eradicating hawthorn hedges to' obviate the spread of fire-blight was emphasised- M a meeting .of the Hawke's f&y.frttttgrowers' Associastion this week. Mejinj bers stressed the importance of . Order-in-Couneii' being issued.to control *the disease by cutting out the haw-f thorn hedges. Mr H. M.. Campbell M.P., who attended, was urged to sed the Minister of Agriculture on the subject and point out the importance of dealing with this .grave matter. Mr Campbell said there seemed no tionbu the hawthorn must go. Be prouisedto make it his business to see Minister and place the matter oefore him.The Director of Education, Mr. :T. 8..Strong, wrote to the annual eonfereiW of the Nfew Zealand, Educational Tlni, stitute in Wellington stating that], as-a result of the recent debate on the: ques-* tion of biennial grading between tho executive of the institute and the Director of Education and chief inspector, the department had decided to abandon the proposal in the meantime, %and to endeavor to merge it in a .larger schema that would be more certain-to effect thei reforms desired.. "The>department u»? no intention of abandoning the practice, of grading teachers fox; 'efficiency," wfoto the director; "but may.be iablef'tp. evolve a scheme or schemes, whereby* ■the best features of the gr&dihg systerq. imay be. '.retained -and . weakheses : ..jre-i •moved."' l " " '•''"■.•' "- '--■.-'""" ■"*•*•: The retirement of Mr L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, brings to a close a career rich in pisciculturai experience, and of the greatest value,.to New Zealand fisheries. Not only was V Mr. Ayson actively connected with. the/,. first trout brought to New Zealand the Utago Acclimatisation Society, but he has successfully acolimatised the quinnat and Atlantic salmon, a feat; that has roused the admiration of eminent piscatorial authorities. the world over,, an accomplishment that is bound, to, be of increasing importance to'the Dominion in establishing a secondary industry looked upon in America as one of the most important. He has also saved the North Island rock oyster beds from extermination, and has made their artificial cultivation a success, A point in the new motor lorry regulations was criticised by the '•Mayor of Hastings, Mr. G. A. Maddison, at a recent, meeting of the Borough dun oil. Mr. Maddison was of the opinion thaS an attempt should be made to have ther law' altered so that the licensing fee for heavy traffic lorries should be made payable quarterly instead of a year in advance. It was difficult for many men to haye to pay in one sum.the amount involved in paying a licensing fee of £75 on each of three or four lorries.* The council, he said, would meet men in this position as far as possible; perhaps by accepting the fees for the half year with a promissory note for the remaining half. He moved that the council recommend that the law be altered to provide for the payment of these fees quarterly. This was carried. A party of Waihi motorists, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. E. Jennings, and their young children, had a remarkable escape from a serious accident on the Waihi-Paeroa road, when returning home. Mr. Jennings was following closely behind anQther Waihi-bound car, which pulled up suddenly. at a bend to avoid a collision with a car coming from the opposite direction, j Mr. Jennings swung his car outward to avoid ing the vehicle in front, but the of roadway left proved insufficient, and* after hanging on the brink for a few seconds the car toppled over the bank, with a drop of 20ft: to the Qhinemuri river. Fortunately a wire fence and a dense growth of blackberry caught . and held the car some distance from , the bottom. After "the door,-had been wrenched open from the outside the occupants of the car were able to crawl ■ but none the worse, apart from Bruises and abrasions, for their adventure. Saving that it was probably . best known as "The Keligion .of .the Street," Commissioner May, in Wei? lington Town Hall the other day,, gave some startling figures in connection with the growth of the Salvation Army and. its work (states . the Evening Pest). .Preaching two or over three times weefe ly on the streets there were throughout the world 30,000 bandsmen; 1»000,W Salvationists were doing street wfork, with 25,000 officers leading the crusade j and 30,000 cadets were learning- the work. A million verses <Sf Scripture were read weekly in the open air to 20,000,000 people. New members to the number' of 20,000 were enrolled : every year, together with lb,ooo heathen accessions. Each year saw 330 new buildings and institutions opened.and 30 new corps formed. New officers and new bandsmen, 2000 of each, were being.enrolled yearly, and the "attendance at meetings averaged about 0,000,000 per week. While the opinion that a reduction in the size of school classes is the most important step towards the fuller realisation of education's best ideals, Mr. B. N. T. Blake, president of the New Zealand Educational Institute, thinks tha» it is not the only one. Science he Said, in his address to the institute in Wei- \ lington, was turning the searchlight of | investigation towards educational. : proVf ■ lems, -and the revelations were proving interesting, if not; aiwavs reassuring, There was a new interest *in the schools, and there were likely to be. revolutions in the methods and equipment of their art. It was their doty to ieep abreast of current education, though, which was moving rapidly. "In the investigation, preparation, and application of individual methods lies our , next educational advancement," continued' Mr. Blake. 'lThis step will at "first cost money, but it will pay for itself many tunes in a single generation. In the meantime, 1 have every faith that as a profession we will be found, in spit* of the neglect of educational research in | this country, to be as soundly proeres- P sive as the best." ■ /.. 6

A resident of Wellington since February 1846 in tho person of > James Ticehurst, of Oreytown, has been »- visiting the scenes of his early boVlooo. His father was a carpenter who landed at Wellington* in January, 1840. fronv the s.s. Adelaide, He and Mr, ' 1. AlcKenzie were the first immigrants to land, coming ashore with the sailors jo get water They failed to get" bacfc to the ship through mising the boat. 1 ney went to camp in a big wharo \ erected by the Maoris for the Land- ■ Company, and which had not been paid for ; A chief took exception to this and would probably have killed them, but his wife threw a mat over them making them "tapu." Mr Ticehurst) erected the first cottage soon after landing with timber from the Adelaide, for Dr Evans, who afterwards sold it t<* "Bobbv" Barrett, as he was then known, and who used it as a hotel. This wa» * on a site where the Hotel CbcU stands. . Tiio Land Company bought' ■ the hotel for use as a store, and Sfr 1 Ticehurst built another hotel on ihtf" site of the present Barrett's Hotel with Australian timber. .This was demolished a quarter century life ;