NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22464, 20 October 1947, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Levin-Gisborne Homers’ Race Further close competition among the leading birds marked a race conducted from Levin to Gisborne last week by the P.B. Central Homing Pigeon Club. , The results were: J. McLean s entry, loo7vds per min, 1; J. Wiren’s entry, 1095. 2; A. O’Neill’s entry, 1094, 3; Tom Crosby’s entry, 1093, 4; Trevor Crosby s entry, 1057, 5. Schools as Polling Booths Where necessary, schools in the Hawke’s Bay Board’s area will be closed and used for polling booths for the local body elections on November 19, but at the monthly meeting of the board in Napier on Friday, it was pointed out b v the acting-secretary, Mr. F. W. Melhuish .that there would not be a great number of shools affected in the towns. Only one room would be Required in each school, he, said, therefore the schools could remain open. Unusual Exhibit Special mention of an unusual exhibit in the soldiers section of die Home Industries Hail at the Gisborne Show was made by the crafts juage, Miss A. Crossland, on Saturday. She said that a special prize had been awarded for the exhibit comprising nines and tobacco, the tobacco having been grown and cured in the district and the inlaid wooden pipes made by the same exhibitor.

Timaru School Memorial Known throughout New Zealand for its musical accomplishments, the Timaru Bovs’ High School will have a permanent cultural home if a memorial proiect sponsored by the old boys association to the 131 former pupils who lost their lives in the Second World War receives the necessary support. The proposed memorial will take the form of a music and art appreciation hall as a complement to the present library. Old boys throughout the Dominion are > being asked to participate. Already nearly £2OOO has been subscribed to a £6OOO undcrtaking.—P.A.