NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22427, 6 September 1947, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Cost Lower Than Estimate

When the estimate was prepared and the permit applied for on behalf oj the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat and Mercantile Company, Limited, the figure of £58,000 for the new wool store was quoted by the contracor to the Gisborne Borough Council. It was learned today that the actual cost of the building will be nearer £45,000. Pakihiroa Rainfall

For the first eight months oL this year 82.93 in. of rain has fallen at Pakihiroa station, situated at the foot or Mount Hikurangi, near Ruatoria. This i? 20in. more than for the same period last year. Last month 7.92 in. fell on 15 days, compared with 10.57 in. on 17 days in August, 1946. The heaviest 24-hour fall last month was on August 25, when 1.73 in. was recorded. Higli-Counfry Lambing While there have been some losses among the new lambs on Gisborne-East Coast high country stations in the snowcovered districts during the past week, most of the farmers will not really know the extent of their msses until docking is completed. However, it was be greatly affected. Lambing on the be greatly axected. Lambing on the high country is now fairly well advanced. Trafford’s Hill Surface

Following a number of complaints about the surface of the section of Trafford’s Hill under reconstruction on the Gisborne-'Opotiki northern highway, via Waioeka, representations were made to the resident engineer to the Works Department, Mr. E. W. McEnms, by the Gisborne advisory committee of tne Automobile Association (Auckland) .At a meeting of the committee this week .a letter was received from Mr. McEnms in which he assured the committee that everything would be done, particularly prior to week-ends, to leave the surface in the best possible order. Dishonesty Major Evil

While he disapproved of the Government making money through people gambling, the dishonesty %vhich prevailed today was a worse evil, said Mr. D. Hay, Auckland, speaking at the Dominion conference of the Church of England Men’s Society. He mentioned a man who had made several hundred pounds in a property deal through signing a false declaraion. That offence was being committed all over the country and lawyers would confirm that io per cent of land transactions involved breaches of the law.

Converted Minesweeper The former naval minesweeper Wakakura now owned by a returned servicemen’s syndicate, is in the hnai stages of reconstruction at Auckland for the Tasman cargo trade. The insulation of her hold is almost finished, structural alterations have been completed, and yesterday the vessel came off the Auckland Harbour .Boards slipway after cleaning and painting. The installation of refrigeration plant began yesterday, and the Wakakura will be ready for her first voyage to Sydney early next month. Damage to Sign Post*

Answering Gisborne’s suggestion that higher sign posts would lessen the number of posts damaged in this area by stock traffic on the roads, the touring manager of the Automobile Association (Auckland), Mr R. E- Champtaloup, m a letter received this week at a meeting of the Gisborne advisory committee, said the association would have to accept the losses caused by driven stock. It was considered more important to have the notices sited sufficiently low to be visible to drivers at night and any raising of the present level might take the signs above the field of the headlights/’ Research at Wacrenga-o-kuri

“The council has acquired but has not vet taken possession of a property of 998 acres of typical eroded Gisborne hill country 17 miles from Gisborne, for research and demonstration purnoscs Plans are being prepared for experimental and land management work to commence when the lessees term expires at the end of this yeai, states the annual report of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Board, submitted to the House of Representatives yesterday. Among the minor district works mentioned.in the report is the clearing and widening of four miles of drains in the Wainui-Kaiti area, which work was undertaken in the 1946 winter by the Cook County Council undor a works-promotion subsidy.