NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20836, 15 July 1942, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Late Mrs. Ghas. Gray A motion of condolence with the family of the late Mrs. Chas. Gray was carried by the Cook County Council to-day. The chairman, Mr. W. G. Sherratt. said that Mrs: Gray was the wife of a fofitter chairfnain of the council and mother of the present member for the Waimata riding. Vandalism in Nursery A further instance of vandalism was reported' at last flight’s meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council, when Mr. R. Morse stated that karaka trees 3ft. high' had been slashed down in the Kaiti Hill nursery. This followed others at the previous meeting of the council regarding the actions of some persons, described as irresponsible youths. * '• Test For 1000 E.P.S. Members Over 1000 members of the Emergency Precautions Service in Mount Eden took part in a comprehensive test in Auckland on Sunday. . Theobject was to note the degree of co-ordination between the various units involved and to test the efficiency of the messenger service between headquarters and wardens’ posts, for the purpose of which it was supposed that all telephones in the borough Were out of order. Pollution of Streams \ For the purpose of deciding on action to prevent the pollution of streams in the county, the Cook County Council to-day appointed the chairman, Mr. W. G. Sherratt, and Messrs. J. T. Gordon" and C. Tietjen to prepare a report for submission to the council at the next meeting. This decision followed the reading of a legal opinion on the powers of the council in the matter submitted by the council’s solicitors, Messrs. Blair and Parker. ** - *4 • >* “Tell the Marines!” A New Zealand soldier, a prisoner of war in Stalag VIIIB camp in Germany, writes to his next-of-kin in Wellington under date February 28, that “they are all merry and bright and still looking forward to the receipt of the first parcel from home. Tell the marines the food is all right. Best love —be seeing you at the end of the year.” The fact that up to the end of February some prisoners of war bad not received parcels forwarded in August last is worrying their next-of-kin: Y.M.C.A. Rates Application for -remission of the 1941-42 rates, amounting to £46 7s sd, was sought by the Gisborne Y.M.C.A. in a letter to the Gisborne Borough Council last night. The town clerk, Mr. W. M. Jenkins, said that he had a copy of the Y.M.C.A. balance sheet, and found that the association was eating into its cash reserves by £2O a month. The council had no power to remit the rates, but had to seek legislative authority. The council agreed to take steps to secure legislation to that effect. Tree Planting Scheme Preparations are in hand for the planting of trees and shrubs in borough reserves, and at last night’s meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council the borough engineer, Mr. G. F. Clapcott, reported that 300 were to be planted iii Barry Park, 100 in Ayton Park, 100 in the Childers’ Road Reserve, 300 on Kaiti Hill, and 200 on Kaiti Beach. The planting of pohutukawas and pines along the Marine drive had been completed and tree guards erected, while 900 trees and shrubs had been put in along the Aberdeen road front of the Botanical Gardens. For tree guards in the streets, the engineer said he proposed to use portions of tree toppings to eliminate the expense of sawn timber. Shot Pheasants Out of Season A factory manager, Daniel Bertram Barry, was fined £5 and costs 10s by Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Gisborne Magistrate’s Court to-day, for killing five imported cock pheasants during a close season. DetectiveSergeant R. H. Waterson said that when the defendant was interviewed by Detective T. Sneddon and Constable R. A. Moore he admitted the offence and said he had shot the birds at Te Karaka on June 19. Representing the East Coast Acclimatisation Society, Mr. F. W. Nolan said the society took a very serious view of the offence, especially at a time like the present. He added that all sportsmen were conversant with the fact that the shooting of the birds was illegal. For the defendant, Mr. K. A. Woodward said that the occasion on which the birds were shot had been the only one that the defendant had shot birds out of season, and then he was trying out a new dog. He was a particularly good shot, and had not fired until the birds were in the air.