NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20629, 3 December 1941, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Health Camp Grant A grant of .CIO was made by the Gisborne Borough Council last night to the Gisborne health camp, the Mayor, Mr. N. 11. Bull, stating that this amount secured a subsidy of £2 for £l. (hell of a Coat For stealing a woman’s . coat, valued at £4 15s, the property of Herbert's Ltd., a Maori woman, of Waikaremoana, Teau Ranginui, aged 32, was fined £1 in the Wairoa Police Court yesterday by .Messrs. J. Corkill and V. E. Winter, J.P.’s. Sergeant L. T. Moore said that this class of offence was very prevalent, particularly among some natives.— Special. Fire Precautions The danger of lighting fires on beaches or other areas near plantations was pointed' out at last night’s meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council in the report from the borough engineer, Mr. E. R. Thomas, who stated that, with the reduction in the number of No. 13 scheme men with the council the precautions usually taken to reduce fire risk in and around the council's plantations could not be undertaken this year. “Acres of Fennel” The large amount of fennel growing in town was referred to by Mr. H. H. DeCosta at last night’s meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council, Mr. DeCosta stating that there were acres of the weed. The town clerk, Mr. W. M. Jenkins, stated that notices had been issued to property-owners to have the fennel cleared. Mr. Jenkins added that where a large area was to be cleared, the difficulty was to secure labour. Sheep-Worrying Dogs

During recent weeks sheep-worry-ing dogs have become a menace to the flocks grazed on the Kaiti hills. This week alone dogs cost one grazier between 30 and 40 sheep, which he found worried and badly injured in isolated gullies. Dogs responsible for this damage have been traced to the Kaiti Beach camping settlement, it is alleged, and drastic action is being planned to deal with the nuisance. Efficient Work “The men engaged on laying down the road are to be congratulated on the efficient and speedy manner in which they have worked,” stated the Mayor, Mr, N. H. Bull, when referring at the Gisborne Borough Council’s meeting last night to a report by Ihe borough engineer, Mr. E. R. Thomas, that the placing of a dustlaying seal coat in Iranui road between Hinaki street and Harris street had been completed. Bureaucratic Control "Once bureaucratic control takes over everything, the individual citizen no longer counts,” stated Mr. G. J. Jeune at last night’s meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council during the discussion on the fish question. He said that a good instance of this control in regard tc the radio occurred that day when those who wished to listen to the war news had to sit through a diatribe from some official function, regardless of what the public wanted.

Waterworks Fencing Attention to the bad repair of fences on the boundary of the council’s waterworks reserve and the estate of the late Mr. Henry White was drawn in a letter from Messrs. Coleman and Coleman read at last night’s meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council. The present fence was over 30 years old, the letter stated. The cost would be 16s to £1 per chain for labour, in addition to the cost of material. The town clerk, Mr. W. M. Jenkins, said that the length of the fence was a mile and a-half. The council agreed to share the cost with the estate. Those present at the meeting were:—The Mayor, Mr. N. H. Bull, Messrs. G. Bradley Smith, J. M. White, R. Morse, G. J. Jeune, G. D. Muirhead, J. H. Hall, H. H. DeCosta, F. Tolerton and Dr. A. L. Singer.