NEWS OF THE BAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20859, 11 August 1942, Page 2

NEWS OF THE BAY

Vegetables for Arm A A sCheme which will enable the army authorities to co-operate with farmers in the planting ol' root crops, principally potatoes, has bepn approved by the* Wanganui district Primary Production Council. Absentee Juror A fine of £2 2s was imposed by M*r. Justice Johnston on James W. McCullough, who’ failed- to appear when his name was called, for ..the common jury in the Supreme Court, which opened in Gisborne tJ-dny. When the juror appeared later to explain his absence, the 1 fine wait remitted. Small Change Scarce. Auckland shopkeepers are noticing-'a shortage of small change, which, while not" severe, enough, in. cause difficulty in handling ordinary; business, is causing.' refusals to customers who ask for pennies and threepences.simply for die sake of their own convenience. The shortage is- due-partly UV increases by .halfpeffivies and £etitiies' : In the prices-' of a groat' 'iMftVbe¥ ! of commodities and partly to restricted deliveries of coin Age.. tUtough the banks, understood, to', be _ due to wartime difficulties'over'slapping and metals. Army Hockey Team An Army Hockey tea"m which secured a great - deal of - success in Middle East games, recently, contains a Gisborne player. The team is drawn from a field regiment of the Second N.Z.E.F., and it won all its games with the exception!, of..one against the American University in Damascus. The Gisborne player in the team is Private John, (Jock) Livingstone, who played gottMfedpfer-fdr (Siledonian, and was .the Poverty. Bay jiiffiOr representative army. More Sugar and Tcji. Used A statement', tliaf since, the introduction pf'fatipriifig-hi&.sales of sugqr had trebled' and his sales of .tea Had increased k fourfold, was* made by a Queen street grocer fit a,-.sitting of the No. 2 (Auckland) Armed., Forces Appeal Board. T.o .some extent, he said, this was accounted'foe by. tlje fact, that girls in offices formerly brought supplies of .tea and sugar from home, but\since rationing started employers purchased the Office re-quirements-of those commodities on special licenses. Nuhaka Labour Party At the monthly meeting of th’e Nuhaka farmers’ branch; of the Labour Party there was. a good attendance of members. Three new members were enrolled. It was reported that one of the foundation members,-Mr-. P. MqNeiis, had 1 joined the- armed forces, and he was offered- the' best'.Wishes of the branch. A motion- Was 1 carried congratulating' thb Government anti the Ministers concerned on; the completion of the Gisborrie railway. Mr, D. W. Coleman. M-P-, was. also cor)-' gratulated' on hip- efforts towards having the line completed. Gisborne Pilot The identity of the Gisborne pildt mentioned in yesterday’s .cable nev)s as having met the Hon. W. Nash at ,a fighter base in. England is; cloaked to most by the use of his-r Cal initials. He is Sergeant L. J. Williams, who wds,kh;o\vn to .most’ of hisj.Cjisfj&rjnjl' friends' as Tim. He" the. spn °f Mr. and Mrs.~ L. F. Williams,.; Ewiistreet. and prior to. his enlistment was engaged in tlie Kia Ora Co-Opbfat-lve Daifymg Company’s office. , . He. left Gisborne 18 months ago. completing his training fn Gahada, and has been int Ehgiahd since the beginning of the year. A nephew of the late Sir James Carroll, he took t great-interest- inthe--Maori- people. He was a member of the Gisborne Plowing Club, and also played Rugby football before enlisting. Manchester Unity Oddfellows t At a meeting of the Manchester Unity Oddfellows Loyql Gisborne Lodge, 6087, last night, the -secretary, Mr. C. I!, Ambricige, P.8.G.M., reported that the past quarter was one of the heaviest, for Jsickneks that !Ve had known itt'Jiji.fifi years as secretary of the lodge*, and there, would be a very heavy call upO.n -the 'funds. Twelve of the' members -had- been oh the sick fluid for a' long time. The meeting, which was presided over by Mrs. V. B. Murray, N.G., was a short one, ancf after supper members playejrl indoor bowls. The following were ■selected to play in the friendly moieties’ tournament to-morrow night: McKay, Bai’ker, Miss Norte* Clark,; Miss McMath,, ElLmers, Mrs. Murray, Murray, Miss Cousins, Mills- and Rothwell. ,