NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22198, 7 December 1946, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Cattle Sales Increase

Now that the cattle fair season has been completed fbr the year R is disclosed that entries at the Matawhero saleyards showed an increase of 7520, a fact regarded as somewhat surprising in view of the number of cattle passing through the district works during the drought. ‘ The tally for the season lust completed numbered 57,822 head, compared with 50,302 head the Previous vear The next cattle fair is scheduled for March. 1947. Churchill Presentation

Photographs taken on the occasion of the presentation of the Gisborne Churchill League’s gift of a Charles Kenneth Watkins painting to Britain s wartime Prime Minister have now reached Gisborne. They are in the custodv of the league’s honorary secretary," Mr. M. J. .White,, who is arranging for their. display in one of the windows of Petties’ Gladstone road premises. Mr. Churchill is shown m happy poses with the New Zealand High" Commissioner, Mr. W. J. J° ra an; who made the presentation on behalf of Gisborne subscribers. Water Pressure Falls

The institution of a schedule of hours at which residents of various parts of the borough are allowed to use garden hoses has not yet had the desired effect. The schedule came into operation some time ago, and the attention of hoseusers has again been directed to the restrictions: but the pressure m the mains this morning indicated that many people were ignoring the councils notice. The draw-off suggested that borough water was being used for other than household purposes, apart from the rationed use of hoses for gardens; and a hint of action to enforce the restrictions for the general benefit of townspeople was given by the municipal authorities to-day. Nutshell Economics

Applied economics was practiced by the committee of a Gisborne suburban school when, on its annual gala day, it restricted the distribution of free icecreams. At the previous year’s function the distribution had been free as Jong as supplies lasted, and the children who had come to the school-grounds with coins of various denominations had no chance to spend their money in the normal way, and inflation set in to such an extent that a stock of cakes brought more than their true value and incidentally the demand almost exhausted the store originally intended for afternoon tea patrons. This year ice-creams were made free onlv at intervals, and at other times the children patronised the stall in the ord<n» ary wav. Supply kept step with demand- and rurplus spending-power did not run riot.