NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20261, 31 May 1940, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

This Morning’s Frost A frost of nine degrees was recorded at the meteorological station at Darton Field aerodrome this morning. Opossum Season Defined Notice of an open season for killing opossums in the East Coast neclimatisation district is contained in a recenl issue of the Gazette. The season extends from noon on July 1 to noon on September 1, and the license fee is £2. Wairoa Magistrate’s Court Charged on the information of Mr. A. Scragg. Hie Wairoa Borough Council’s ranger. Watene Winiata was fined £1 10s and costs for allowing stock to wander in the borough when he appeared before Mr. J. Miller, S.M. in the Wairoa Magistrate’s Court yesterday. On a similar charge, Sydney Carroll was fined 10s and costs. For driving a motor vehicle without ;> warrant of fitness. Peter Smith was fined 10s and costs. Charged on the information of the Transport Depsi”ment’s inspector, Mr. L. J. Dawes, with not having a heavy traffic license for a trailer, M. B. Svensen, Limited, was fined £2 and costs.—Special. Public Works Tenders Recent tenders passed by the Public Works Department include the following: Opotiki-Te Araroa main highway, realignment at 120.5 miles, Amalgamated Transport. Limited, £391; Gisborne-Napier Stale highway, via Tangoio, supply of chips near Tangcio, Amahu Shingle Company, £504; Gis-bcrne-Napier, via liangaroa, Waikaiv River bridge, Davis, Ellis, Ennor, Ltd., £6329; Whakatane-Gisborne, via Waioeka. main highway, maintenance metal, Mr. N. H. Semmens, £733; Gisborne-Te Araroa and GisborneNapier. steel piling and crib block walls. Messrs. A. E. Wink and A. P. Kerr, £2207: Gisborne-Napier, via Hangaroa, Avondale bridge, Mr. R. McLean, £2638. Post Office Hours The elimination of the half-holiday observance at certain post offices in the Dominion, as announced during the week, will not affect the Chief Post Office at Gisborne, according to a statement made to-day by the acting chief postmaster, Mr. A. W. Swap, and the branches usually open on Saturday afternoon will conduct business as usual. The alteration to the hours of attendance at the postal counter will take place from Monday instead of Tuesday, as previously announced, and from that date the hours will be from 8 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Similarly, the restriction on free delivery of telegrams after 6 p.m. to urgent messages and the reduction in distance to li milesafter 5 p.m. will commence on Monday, day. Exploiting the Public An instance of the susceptibility of .the public and the maner in which it can be exploited by suave salesmen has been reported locally. An intinerant trader purporting to represent an outside firm sold to a country customer, as a result of plausible talk, a five-yard length of dress material for £2 10s. Unfortunately, a neighbour of the purchaser at about the same time bought similar material in a Gisborne shop for Is lid. a yard. The exchange of experiences and subsequent inquiries revealed that the visiting trader had actually purchased the material retail in Gisborne for Is lid. a-yard and then taken it to the country and obtained 10s a yard for it. The customer is now able to realise how the salesman is able to tour the country in a luxurious motor car.