The Te Puke Times TUESDAY NOV 4. WANTED-INFORMATION.

Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 4 November 1913, Page 2

The Te Puke Times TUESDAY NOV 4. WANTED-INFORMATION.

In our last issue we published a letter over,the signatures of the' Rev. Hobbs and Dr Young'con- | taining some very strong j tures on the action of the ,Isay of Plenty Hospital and' Charitable I Aid Board, in having offered'for' ! sale by public auction' at'Te Piike | on Tuesday last, a Quantity pf. I bedding, tents, etc.', that had ; b<jen used some time previously 1 I at a fever camp. The matter is ; one that certainly needs ventila-, \ tion, and we trust ithat, at its ! next meeting, the Board will see \ fit to make a statement on the ! subject. Some very, pertjnent | questions are asked by the writer : of the letter in question, and en-' : dorsed by Dr Young, the princii pal of which is as to whether the : articles in question had been ' scientifically disinfected. .It is scarcely conceivable that, -any public :body Avqulcl glider'to l}e sold publicly Material- in which lurked the germs of* infection. Such an action could not '< be too strongly reprobated. It would be an outrage onthe public. If the articles referred to were not thoroughly disinfected. ■■ they should have been burned instead of being scattered throughout the district by means of an auction sale. .However, we hope that information will be forthcoming to show that all necessary precautions were taken to safeguard the health of the public, prior to the course taken being decided upon.

: The Nelson Fruitgrowers'Asso-,' :ciatipn, .has decided to ask theGovernment to,but into immediate effect its proposals in regard : tb cheapiVmbney to associations; for the establishment of panning: 'factories and co6l;?storesi;; With/ cool stores New Zealand it, is said, would;be abldto coi# pete; wjth the Americarf product and supply the Dominion markets all the year, round. v ; 'l (ss-. The Bank of New Zealand is about to erect bank building at Opotiki. Thelr)lans ; provide for a large banking strong-rooms, etc., besidesa ten-i roomed residence for the local manager. The building will be lit by electricity. When is Te Puke's turn to come ? In connection with level cross-; ings, the Railways Amendment Bill proposes that the local;-auth-ority shall bear the cost, of any gates, bells,., or other appliances which sthe Department may con-; sider necessary to provide for, the protection of traffic, and also must bear the, cost ■pf; convertingj the level crossings into a'subway or : overhead' crqssjng, whenever the Minister considers such a change necessary. ■ The is also empowered to provide automatic signals for the protect tion of people using railway crossings, but it is; expressly stated that the Department/will not be liable for. any accident that may occur through the temporary failure of. any, such signal;

The GJiief Inspector .of Sfopk in Tasmania has ; completed' a system of branding stock,;, which has been copyrighted in the Comjmonwealth. Droving ,• experts unanimously declare the system to be" perfect. It enable? cattle| and sheep' to be branded, and in such a way as ,t6'permit of unlimited branding, without duplijcation." At present the hides ark badly? damaged, rie,w sysistbhrand'on v the ws, -and at the same time denote the .sex, of the beast and its age. ■";" >'- KN |

Some little excitement was caused at the Hastings Show when "Casey," a monkey who is known as "The Almost Man,':' assaulted'another monkey. What promised, to be a most vigorous encounter was spoilt by the interference of the owner. 'Casey'' then turned his attention to his proprietor, arid, succeeded in knocking him out with an iron bar. The owner, lost several of his front teeth, besides receiving a nasty wound. • The humourist in the crowd yelled,-" Hurrah for Casey.'.' .'. . v ■ •. ■

1,-.{Seventeen people were present at a meeting in the King's Theatre, Christch'urch, recently, ,to consider, a £42,000 ioan proposal for street widening and libraries: 5 The Press ■ classifies , : those present as, follows: - City Council' party,nine; press represehtatives'2'';'firemen on duty 1; free and (independent electors 5. Atß.o'clock the audience con-

sistetPof'bnfc ratepayer only, but the remaining four drifted in between that, hour and the time the meeting star ted:' " Allow me ■to.congratulate*you, sir," said Councillor'Acland, addressing the one r ratepayer when that gentleman comprised'the entire audience, "on your enthusiasm for the affairs of'a'city which; with atpopulation of 80*000, allows one man" to r attend a meeting to corisider a proposition'for the. public good-" j.'. ;. •A butcher,-of Berkeley] California;' has been saved the cost of 'an-expensive operation.:■ Walter Thomson, clerk, of ,the i'same; jtown, gave the -butcher, named' Murphy, a blow the other night. Murphy's jaw was squarely broken over an imperfect wisdom ,tooth which. ,was; bone, and two doctors gave;evidence; in v -,Court that if-'the tooth had not been s6 neatly removed by Thompson's •blow, 1 Murphy would eventually have had to undergo a costly and painful operatipn.; Itje jury promptly acquit'ted- -Thomson of the cnarge of assault, and he has now sent in a bill ta ; Murphy "for professional services rendered. ' " : " '. •' V

The petition of the householders of-Whakatane* to have Whakatane and vicinity, constituted a town district' was posted toMrW.D.S. MacDonaldpM.P., last week for presentation ..to His Excellency Ithe> Gpvernor. The petition contained the signatures of eighty-eight resident European householders, and that number,' together with one other householder,': • whose signature the committee .were , unable, to obtain, constitutes .the.number of European householders within the area.' ■ It is expected that .the signatures of the natives will be. obtained and forwarded on at a later date.

11 mini i liiimiwinmiiiiiiiiiiw" 1.,. 1 ..,.,. ' ' ' * "-X. . ■"- y -?^i ■:■''■■ The;average>>£ow: ■■;& the ten best herds of |thef#iciiltural; Department's ;«i§ting li|jpr.plb; ! MSverage 5 Aow x&the association' produced Theidifference invalue < at i?is/ a ipbuhd -for, biitterrfatr equals ppl^d,;;-: ;, j&two-ifcqmed vmM at' Ofcak6lib; in wliich angola-age pen-. "sioher. named JohiftGashin lived alone, was burnt to the ground on Friday light. No one sawor heapvOf the fire until Saturday morning, when the examination offKe'ruins led to the discovery that the old man had been burned to death,: his being foun.djin deceased was'a Maori War veteran.; : One thousand twelve hundred and fifty-six signatures, headed by the name of Lady Stout>:were: appended to a petition presented by Mr G. M. Thompson,; ; ; M.Pm to the House, praying -.for-the introduction of the Imperial system of dress-cutting and dress-mak-ing into the public schools.' The petition has been referred to the Education ■ : -

Work must evidently be very plentiful in the Te; Puke'district. Tenders were invited a week ago ' by the Road Boardfpr'work, on No. 3 Road, but so. .far; nbt a single contractor; hasihspected the ipla,nsi and ? specifications, which Heat this' "titioh Wet rimind;tho^e\ interested , ; that tenders close otiFribW next at noon* We give a reminder'to inten fl " ing ,e. xhi.bjtprg $ the flower' ana vegetable -show'tha* schedules may be obtained from Messrs ,0., M.; Bradford! -/the seasohffiaf bee'ri so' favorable.' \MMMtiofe should} be v splehdideach class? that' is- provisions are so scarce,; owing to the strike! / a'B'to;;coMel ; to sacrifice their;.b6st,;specimens in the vegetable line;;'■;# ■■; > i -;'

Owing: to-their inability t6 despatch > butter? Vby Steamer, becauseYHth6/9trike>\ithe! Directors .of, the. Bay of■','Bjenty jDairy Association carted to Eotorua,;and placed on the train there\" for; conveyance to it^can 1 'be stored pending Meihgsijppsd,. Four waggons, Witherow and rWatkinsh'respec-; tively, accordingly leaded up arid departed ■ on their;;long;-journey at abput;2 a.ra.pn Monday'morning. , 'The took' : ?aßbut'iS';Jt6ns*!of '■;A distressing' ed on !Friday,mbrnin^^at ; Poro,;near ;a a man employed: Doncaster Bros, ,-iiaxmillfers,-lost-his life. It appears. tvro teams: ; were 'engagedan, carting flax to the miil,'and;on; passing each other on a smalt bridge over a stream that runstinto r the "Ppro Pord creek,' one ■■dray tipped over the side/ tthe ?whole'load- falling on the; dray was righted it was discovered that the man was,foad,.;tlie sup 1 - position being that he was Either drowned or, suffocated,,& The name of the unfortunate .victim has not been ascertamedr^v;/.

Commencing Va '•"•triweekly mail been established between Maketu and Paengaroa. Mails' close-at' MaketU' on : Tiiesdays|Thlifsdays,. and'Sa'turdays, l Paengar6all.3o : a';m?; Mails close at PaengaroaTiiesdayJ'THursday, and ; 'Saturday 1 at • 12.30 /p;m., 'arrive Maketu 2P.W: 1 •Correspondence -for Maketu^will vbe : despatched' i romiTe Puke to raengaroa by ; mails' closing-at 10.15 a', hi: The Maketu-Te Puke service has; been discontinued. ■■ •-■ ;'-k: t

; '■! fhe ! Auckland Education Board at 1 itsmeetirigon; Wednesday-last decided tdissiie a circular to KeaH teachers,'; h'otifying: them that for the year i9l4'sjfosijii& payable on vdluritkr'y' ; f for school li brines' will not exceed 6d per H'ead f :bh ■the / %verage ' attendan'c^fbiei9l3, r; dnd that in rp case will the subsidy for any'one school exceed £710s. ; . ;T;

A fatal accident s occurred; at Waimana on Wednesday last. : - A contractor named Norman ;Sim-' mere, while engaged in carting gravel, noticed; that a nosebag had fallen from his dray. Without checking the horses he jumped, down and secured the bag, but on climbing back t6 the moving vehicle he slipped. and fell in front of one ofthe - which passed over his head and killed him. Deceased was :,35 years of age, and his parents reside at Taneatua.