NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22281, 17 March 1947, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Byrd Party at Taupo

A party of 11 members of the Byrd expedition, accompanied by Mr W. J. Green. New Zealand representative of several London papers, spent Tuesday night and Wednesday at Taupo.

Insurance Examination

A Gisborne candidate in the accident and marine section of the Incorporated Australian Insurance Institute’s examinations, Mr. T. J. Cartwright, secured a pass in the motor and public liability paper of the accident branch, part I. Club Night Flying Resumed Night flying has been resumed by the New Plymouth Aero Club for the first time since the war and will become a part of the club’s regular training programme. Night passenger flights also m .y be made in the near future. Napier Brickworks to Stay

A limited liability company is being formed by a group of Napier builders to take over the Napier brickworks and continue the manufacture of bricks. This step reverses a decision announced several days ago that the brickworks were to'be demolished to make room for houses. Pollard Poisoning of Rabbits

The response by farmers to an offer to supply, without charge, phosphorised pollard poison to lay for rabbits had been encouraging, it was reported at the monthly meeting of the Central Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board. The board at present 'had 17 full-time dog-men and poisoners on its staff, together with casual labour.

Historic Flagstaff Saved

The historic flagstaff at Russell was threatened by a scrub fire on Friday and it was only through the action of a Russell resident, Afrs. T. Clifford, that it was saved. The totara posts that hold the chain round the base of the staff were burning, and Mrs. Clifford carried water from her cottage and put the fires out. The anniversary of the cutting down of the staff by Hone Heke in the Maori wars of the North fell last week. Labourer Remanded A 20-year-pld labourer, Frederick Thomas Tamatea, appeared on Saturday before Mr A. M. Robertson, J.P.. in the Gisborne Magistrate's Court and was remanded until March 19 on. a charge of breaking into the dwelling of Andrew Latham Shaw, Waituhi. by day on March 7 and the theft of a folding camera, a persDex box, foreign coins, 12 bullets, a cycle lamp and a pair of white trousers, of a total value of £6 3s. Sergeant R. Griffith, who represented the police, applied for the remand. Well Above Normal “The total rainfall for last month was above normal over the Wellington and Hawke's Bay provinces, on the Canterbury plains and along the Kaikoura coast,” says the director of Meteorological services in a report on the weather for February. “An exception was a small area centred on Palmerston North. Highest excesses were on the coastal belt from Cape Palliser to Napier, where the rainfall amounted to two or three times the average. Over the remainder of the country totals were below normal, deficiences being in many places substantial.” Taxation Methods “Has anyone in authority ever attempted to" justify the collection of an additional 33 1-3 per cent, from those whose incomes are classified as unearned?” asked Air. S. M. Peterson, Wellington, when the Associated Chambers of Commerce in conference in Napier dealt with a remit seeking an expert examination of the whole question of taxation. “This is not the sort of thing usually referred to as anomaly,” the speaker added, “but it is a palpable injustice, and if the State is to be just, this particular injustice, as well as others, should be remedied forthwith.” Going into Digesters “On visiting Dannevirke recently I was shocked to learn that edible byproducts are still going into the digesters at the freezing works, because of a shortage of labour and because of the 40-hour week,” said Mr A. P. O Shea, general secretary of Federated Farmers of New Zealand at the conclusion of his address to delegates at the annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of New Zealand at Napier. ”1 make no comment on this tragic state of affairs," he continued. merely wish to point out that from the cabled news it appears that a cut in the meat ration in Britain is impending. I can point out also that food which could be provided to assist the meat ration is being lost. Having done so. I leav-> the matter to the consciences of the people of New Zealand.”