NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20170, 13 February 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

White Feathers

White feathers are still finding marks in Gisborne, but, as in some of the former cases, at least one has been received by a young man. who had already enlisted. This was Mr. John McKay, Customhouse street, who enlisted six weeks ago. 1-Ie has passed the medical examinaltion, and i? waiting to be called up.

Expenditure on Wairoa Power Lines. Advice was received from the Eng'i-neer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department, Mr. J. Wood, at a meeting of the Wairoa Electric Power Board yesterday that the Cabinet had approved of the expenditure of an amount up to £I2OO for alterations to the board’s distribution lines due to the construction of an aerodrome at Wairoa.—Special.

Anglican Synod, The triennial sittings of the New Zealand Anglican general synod will open on Wednesday evening in Nelson with a service at which tlie preacher will be the Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. H. W. K. Mowll. Archbishop Averill, who is presiding over the synod for the last time, will deliver his presidential address the following afternoon.

Court in Tc Araroa Two cases were heard in the Te Araroa Police Court by Mr. E. L Walton, S.M., the prosecutions being conducted by Constable R. Hynds. Dick Haerewa, a carrier of Te Araroa, was fined £1 and costs £2 on a charge of failing to give way to traffic on his right. Dave Nukunuku, on a charge of having been disorderly while drunk, was fined £l, with costs 15s.

Going Into Camp

Among those going into camp tomorrow from Auckland are S. Hadley, well-known Rugby footballer and former All Black, and F. S. Clark, New Zealand representative hockey player, who captained the New Zealand team against, the Indians at Auckland in 1938. L. D. Nathan, an M.A. of Cambridge University, who is also in the party, is a member of an Auckland mercantile firm.

Horses For Deliveries One Christchurch firm which finds that its activities have suffered very little from petrol restrictions, as far as deliveries are concerned, is that which some time ago, looking forward to the day when the restrictions would be reimposed, bought a dozen horses. This business has always had a number of horse deliveries, in addition to motor-lorries, and some of the animals have given 17 years’ very faithful service.

Theft of Cheque for £39 A 36-year-old married man, a storekeeper whose game was suppressed, appeared yesterday before Messrs. F J. H. Ellisdon and T. Corson, J.Ps., in the Police Court and after pleading guilty to the theft of a letter containing a cheque for £39 4s was committed for sentence at the session of fhe Supreme Court in Gisborne on February 27. The prosecution was conducted by Detective-Sergeant R. H. Waterson.

Motor-Cyclist Injured. The rider of a motor-cycle, Charles Osmond Clare, aged 19, 151 Stanley road, was admitted to the Cook Hospital on Sunday suffering from an injured ankle and cuts and abrasions on tlie head. His condition was improving to-day. His injuries were received in a collision at 11.45 a.m. on Sunday witti a car driven by J. G. Gemmell, 42 Adair road, the accident taking place- at the intersection of Sheehan and Clifford streets. Schoolboy Patrol System

“We are proud to state that since we inaugurated the schoolboy patrol system there has not been a single accident to a child attending those schools,” said the touring manager of the Automobile Association (Auckland), Mr. R. E. Chanvptaloup, at the annual meeting of the association in Gisborne last night. This was another service to members and non-memoors, who could have a feeling of security that their children would be protected very materially as they journeyed on the highways to and from their schools. Storm Damage in Wairoa Dealing with faults in electricity supply in his report at a meeting of the Wairoa Electric Power Board yesterday, the engineer, Mr. C. J. Drewitt. stated that on December 25, 26, and lightning storms gave considerable trouble. On the first day seven 11,000 volt fuses were blown in the Awamate district, while on the second day lightning struck the line at Waiatai. shattered one 11,000 volt fuse brace and insulator on one leg of the 11,000 volt main line air break switch and seventeen 11,000 volt fuses were blown. On the third day ten 11,000 volt fuses were blown at Frasertown and Opoutama.—Special.