NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20187, 4 March 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

£2OOO Promised Good progress is being made in Hawke’s Bay .and the Gisborne district with the fighting services welfare appeal and already approximately £2OOO has been promised. Cyclist Without Light For riding a bicycle without a light at night in Gladstone road, Charles Robertson Pollock was fined 5s and costs 10s when he appeared before Messrs. C. Blackburn and M./ Doyle, J.P’s. in the Police Court today. Senior-Sergeant .T. F. H. Macnamara prosecuted. Rain on the Coast After a week of strong drying westerlies accompanied by temperatures going up to 95 degrees, beneficial rain set in over the northern Waiapu area on Friday evening, and rain was still falling heavily on Saturday morning, when there was a decided drop in the temperature. The rainfall recorded at Wairoro station. Tikitlki. for February was 6.92 in. Rain fell on five days, and the maximum fall was 4.61 in. on February 24. The total for the year to date is l,'i.39in. —Special. For Long-Distance Calls A direct telephone circuit of the “carrier” type, so highly satisfactory for long-distance toll calls, was brought into service between Gisborne and Tauranga last week. In referring to this in Rotorua, the Post-master-General, the Hon. F. Jones, recalled that, towards the end of last year, two new “carrier” circuits were provided between Auckland and Tauranga, so that for toll calls between Auckland and the Gisborne district the new Tauranga-Gisborne circuit would provide a suitable alternative route to the existing circuit. In addition, the new circuit would be the means of considerably improving the toll service between the Bay of Plenty and the Gisborne districts. Right to Enter a House "Their trade is not an attractive one, and it is for you to say whai credence you will give them,” said Mr. Justice Blair to a jury in the Supreme Court, Auckland, referring to two private detectives who had given evidence in a divorce case. They had broken a window and entered a house to obtain evidence. ‘‘One of these days they might find themselves in serious trouble if they do that.” remarked Hjs Honour. “You know you must fortify yourself with a search warrant before you start breaking into premises. Members of the police force do, but these private detectives seem to consider themselves above that. They will probably find out their mistake when it is too late.”