NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20151, 22 January 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Injuries Prove Fatal Seriously injured when a piece of timber penetrated his chest at the Whakarewarewa State sawmill on Tuesday, Desmond James McGann, aged 31, died in the Rotorua Hospital on Thursday. Mr. McGann, who was a married man with no children, was a native of New South Wales and had been in the Dominion only about a year. Trout for Banquet During the past few days, officers of the Internal Affairs Department in the Rotorua and Taupo districts have been busily engaged in procuring trout which will be served as part of the 'menu at the centennial banquet in Wellington. , With the assistance of anglers who contributed part of their catches, over 100 fish, ranging up to 81b, have been assembled, cleaned and packed and dispatched to Wellington.

Guard Post Accommodation Consideration to the construction of buildings in semi-permanent materials for the use of soldiers on guard duty at strategic points in the Auckland area is being given by the Army Department in Wellington. Many of the guard posts are located in exposed positions and the National Military Reserve men concerned have borne uncomplainingly many hardships which younger soldiers who have been accommodated in permanent buildings have not had to suffer.

Swimming Styles Second and fourth places in the Gisborne Surf and Swimming Club's Forster Cup river race on Saturday were filled by exponents of the breaststroke, and in presenting the cup to the winner, I. Shaw, Mr. E. T. Chrisp referred to the breast-stroke as one of the best swimming exercises. The two contestants who adopted that style, he considered, would have received more benefit from the race than any of the four free-style swimmers in the event. Mr. Chrisp also took occasion to express regret that the support for river races was not more substantial. Swimmers, he considered, should enter more freely for such events.

Eucharistic Congress An historical brochure has been issued to mark the New Zealand national Eucharistic Congress of the Catholic Church in Wellington during the first four days in February. The publication is well illustrated, and contains a great deal of interesting matter regarding the progress of the church during the past 100 years. In the early days of settlement, New Zealand was a portion of the vicariate of Western Oceanea, established by Pope Gregory XVI in 1835, and in the following year His Holiness appointed as vicar apostolic Abbe Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier, who was then 35 years of age. He arrived at Hokianga in January, 1838, with Father Servant, S.M., and Brother Columban, and offered his first holy mass in New Zealand on January 13. Bishop Pompallier made his headquarters at Russell, and from 1840 onwards established many missions.