NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20471, 4 February 1941, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Napier Hospital Duildinff Programme Plans for a mens medical ward at the Napier Public Hospital have received Ministerial approval, and tenders for the building are to be called at an early date. False Alarm Given A call from the alarm box on the intersection of Gladstone and Lytton roads was received by the Gisborne Fire Brigade at 10.50 o’clock last night. The brigade immediately went to the spot, but no fire could be seen. increase in Births Vital statistics for Gisborne show an increase in births last month, compared with January, 1940, and deaths also were slightly higher, but the marriage notices declined substantially. The figures lor the past month, with those tor January last year in parentheses, are as follows: Births, 52 146); deaths, 19 (17); marriage notices, 16 v 25); marriages by registrar, 4 (11). W.E.C.M.R. Advance Party A small party of Gisborne members of the Wellington (East Coast) Mounted Rifles was dispatched yesterday to vvairoa, en route lo Foxton, where the men will take part with advance parties from Hawke’s Bay centres in preparing horse-lines and other facilities ior the three months’ camp of their regiment. The main portion of tne regiment will proceed to Foxton on February 12. Cape Runaway Rainfall At Rukuhanga station, Cape Runaway, tne rainfall for January was 10.1 Uin., just twice as much as for January last year. Rain fell on 10 days, the heaviest fall being on January 24, when 2.29 in. was recorded. At Matarau station, which is only five miles away from Rukuhanga, the rainfall for January was 16.85 in. on 10 days, compared with 15in'. recorded on 17 days in the same month last year. The heaviest fall was on January 11, when 3.78 in. was recorded. Although it was consistently wet with some heavy falls between January 18 and 29, there were no high floods in the creeks and no flood damage was done in the district. Wainui Fire Loss Appreciation of the action of publicspirited citizens who helped to beat out a fire in Lysnar Park, Wainui Beach, on Sunday has been expressed oy officers of the Gisborne and District Beautifying Society and the Gisborne Thirty-Thousand Club, which bodies nave sponsored the planting of the shoreline with a view to improving the tourist attractions of the district Incidentally it is mentioned that the efforts of these workers provided lively entertainment for others, less publiespir.ted, who watched tne proceedings irom tneir cars. It is emphasised that the plantations made by the association are the property of the public, and that anyone who is able to assist in protecting them should act without delay.

Rcady For Shipment The Lady Galway Patriotic Guild's Gisborne branch has ready for shipment overseas a laz-ge number of cases of clothing for the use of refugee and air-raid victims in the United Kingdom. and with the re-opening of active sewing meetings the volume of clothing for export will increase materially. The first meeting of the new year was held on Monday, when it was decided to change the working schedule as from next week to full days on Tuesdays and half-days on Thursdays. Mesdames Somerville and Mitchell, convenors of the Mangapapa and Whataupoko area circles respectively, reported that their circles in future would use the central zone’s workrooms. The secretary stated that a large number of individual gifts had been received during the recess, and also two cases from the Waipiro Bay Ladies’ Sewing Circle and two parcels from the Waingake and Ngatapa women’s institutes.