NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20328, 17 August 1940, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Learner-Shearers. A suggestion that learner-shearers should be employed at the rate of one learner to every five shearers was placed before the Poverty Bay provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday afternoon in the form of a circular sent to the bigger sheepfarmers in the district. ‘‘This is really in the hands of the workers themselves,” said the president, Mr. J. E. Benson. "The most economical means of getting your shearing done is by contract, and the contractor brings ins own men.” There was no further discussion. Big Butterfal Increase Butterfat supplies from the Gisborne district are increasing so rapidly since the warm rains that the necessity of instituting daily cream collections has been foreseen by the Kia Ora Cooperative Dairy Company, Limited, which has arranged for all routes covered by the company’s own lorries to commence daily runs from next Wednesday, or a fortnight earlier than usual. Up to the present suppliers have sufficient cans for less frequent deliveries, but with the output rising so rapidly difficulties would be faced soon unless the cream could leave the farms each day.

Tp Araroa Native School Advice has been received by Sir Apirana Ngata from the Education Department that the Cabinet has approved a grant for the purchase of new out-offices and the installation of a septic tank system of drainage at the To Araroa Native School. School Holidays Begin Primary and secondary schools in the Gisborne district began their second term holidays to-day. Children from the primary schools are expected back for the final term on Monday, September 2, and High School pupils will resume on September 9. Waikohu County Rainfall Unusually heavy vain has been experienced in parts of t.he Waikohu County during the past fortnight, and the recorded falls in Te Karaka, which has escaped more lightly than other areas of the county, have totalled G.22in. since August 1. At Whakarau, the total for the month so far is nearly lOin. Additional Wages Cost An application is to be made by the Hawke’s Bay Education Board to the Department of Education for an increase of £250 in the maintenance grant from departmental funds. This sum represents the additional cost to the board involved in the addition of 5 per cent to the salaries of teachers in its employ, in compliance with the recent order of the Arbitration Court. Victory in Dry-Dock A Gisborne district resident who has been in close touch with the United Kingdom for many years commented to-day upon the German claims to have damaged the Trafalgar veteran, Nelson’s ship, the Victory. The Berlin report stated that a portion of the Victory’s mast, carrying her flag standard, was blown into the water. Actually, stated the Gisborne resident, the vessel is shored up in dry-dock a long way from any water, and even if the ship were struck by . a bomb it would be impossible for the flagstandard to fall into the sea. Reserve Mounted Units Having completed a series of visits to East Coast settlements in connection with the formation of additional mounted rifle units to form part of the National Military Reserve, Class 11, Colonel J. H. Whyte. D. 5.0., D.C.M., New Zealand Staff Corps, left this morning on his return to headquarters at Wellington. He found among the veterans located on the Coast a lively interest in the proposed units, and received assurances that every support would be given to the training of a reserve by the farming community. On his visit to the district Colonel Whyte was accompanied by Captain G. F. Yerex, N.Z.S.C. Emergency Hospitals The modern schools of the Dominion are considered by the Health Department to be ideal for emergency hospitals, commented Mr. C. Lassen, at the meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board held in Napier yesterday, when the position of school committees and board members in relation to the emergency precautions scheme was being discussed. Mr. Lassen added that Dr. M. H. Watt. Director-General of Health, was to visit Napier shortly to discuss the matter, and it was possible that a modern Hastings school would be involved in the discussions. A trial had been held recently in a modern northern school, and the Health Department had fully equipped the buildings to deal with an epidemic in 12 hours. Stock Drive Fund A stock drive is to be held in September to assist the soldiers’ rehabilitation fund. This was mentioned at yesterday afternoon’s meeting ol' the Poverty Bay provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union by Mr. W. T. Veitch, who said that farmers recentlyreceived notices that half the proceeds from the stock drive were to be given to the Red Cross fund and half to the rehabilitation fund. A number of farmers took strong exception to a portion of the money going to the Red Cross fund, which was over-subscrib-ed, but he was assured that the notices sent out were in error and that the whole of the.proceeds were to be devoted to rehabilitation purposes. He said he would like farmers to note that point and to support the slock drive to the full. “Bobby” Calf Season So far fewer “bebby” calves have been collected from the Gisborne district by the pool committee, the reduction in number being due mainly to the campaign for keeping as many heit’er calves from good producing stock as possible. The reduction in number, however, has not been large over the period of four weeks during which the present season’s collections have been operating. The collections usually continue until October. The advance payment being made on this season’s calves averages about 5s Gd. according to weight, and in giving this information to-day Mr. G. H. Sceats. secretary for tire pool, stated that the committee expected that the total for the season, after the final payments were made, should be in the vicinity of last year's figure, which gave an average of 7s Gd.