NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22511, 15 December 1947, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Whakatane Water Supply Proposal Two schemes for a new water supply at Whakatane, to cost £30,000 and £35,000 respectively, with probable additional expenses estimated at £SOOO, were submitted by Mr. R. T. Worley, engineer, Auckland, to the Whakatane Borough Council. The council doubted if the ratepayers would sanction such an expensive scheme and the question of some cheaper scheme is to be gone into. ; Firebllght in Hawkels Bay Fireblight is continuing to > ravage pear trees, particularly the A Beurre Bose and Josephine varieties;* in the Pakowhai district, On the other ; hand, the infection in apples appears to have ended, the trees having stopped’ oozing. Usually it is the William Bon Chretian variety which suffers worst among the pear family, but on this occasion the Beurre Bose and the Josephine are by far the most seriously-affected Varieties. Children’s Recreation Hours Responsible members of the com--munity who have been giving thought to the means of occupying the minds of children unable to participate in normal summer activities because of the precautions being taken during this isolation period will have the .opportunity of presenting any helpful schemes to a meeting convened for this evening by the Y.M.C.A. The Gisborne Y.M.C.A. plans to sponsor a programme to interest the children in their own homes. Kaingaroa Forest Timber The production of exotic pine timber in the Rotorua district has been given a boost by the State Forest Service s new mill at Kaingaroa, which has begun operations. With an initial output of about 9000 ft of saxm timber daily, the mill has started cutting some of the oldest pines in the Kaingaroa forest, the 34-year-old shelter belt surrounding the forest township, some of them giants of 150 ft. Although the new mill has started production, it is only partially completed, and extra saws which axe to be installed later will increase the daily output to at least 20,000 ft a day. More Preparation Needed. Concern at the large number of entrants to post-primary, schools who entered with very inadequate eqiupment in elementary English and arunmetic was expressed by Mr. C. M. Littlejohn, ■ headmaster of the Auckland Grammar School, in his annual report. Those two subjects were fundamentally important if progress was to be made at the post primary stage and too many boys were handicapped at the outset because they had a poor comprehension of simple English and were incapable of doing routine work in arithmetic accurately. How some of the-third form entrants had managed to measure up to the standard of primary school certificate was beyond his comprehension. Week-end Accidents Two children and one elderly woman were admitted to the Cpok Hospital durln° the week-end, following accidents. After a fall down some steps at her home, Mrs. Blanche Coyle, aged 75, of Salisbury road, was admitted yesterday. _ She spent a fair night and was fairly comfortable this morning. A 12-year-old boy, Graham Benito Morris, Stout street was also admitted, following a fall from a horse. He spent a good night and was fairly comfortable this morning. Yvonpe Joan Pren’ice, aged one year three month, who suffered scalds at her home in Endeavour, street yesterday, was later admitted to the hospital and this morning was reported to have spent a good night and to b; fairly comfortable,