NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22731, 1 September 1948, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Kanfurly Shield BroadcastPlans for the radio coverage of the description of Saturday’s Ranfurly Shield match in Dunedin between the Otago and Poverty Bay Rugby representatives are given official explanation in a telegram received today by the Poverty Bay union. The telegram states that the Napier station will be rebroadcasting the match and that arrangements are being made also concerning the Gisborne station. j Base For Seaplanes? The possibility of Napier becoming a seaplane base, as a result of a favourable report by aviation experts, was revealed in a statement made by Mr. A. E. Armstrong. M.P., when speaking at the launching ceremony of the new boat for the Westshore Sea Scouts.

Major H.B. Industry. The wine industry of Hawke’s Bay has made such progress that it is rapidly overtaking the output of other grapegrowing areas in the Dominion. Well over 110,000 gallons resulting from last season’s crop—last year was a vintage year—speaks well for the climate, the 350 acres under cultivation, and the skill of the winery proprietors.

Te Rapunga’s Island Cruise The double-ended keeler Te Rapunga was to have left Auckland yesterday for a six-months’ cruise in the Pacific. In charge of the vessel is the owner, Mr. George Dibbern, who has a crew of three. After a preliminary cruise in the gulf, Mr. Dibbern plans to sail for Rarotonga, and intends to spend a short time there before crossing to the Australian coast.

£85,000 Saving in Price The effect of the removal of exchange and the reduction of sales tax on omnibuses to 10 per cent, would mean a reduction in price of the 55 trolley buses now on order by approximately £85,000 said the manager, Mr. C. R. Gribble, in a • eport received at a meeting of the Auckland Transport Board. The reduction applied to the bodies of the vehicles as well as to the chassis.

Sloop’s Final Role H.M.S. Wellington, the 1100-ton sloop which began her service in the Royal Navy as an escort vessel on the New Zealand station in 1935, has entered what will probably be her final role. Her active life has apparently ended and she is being converted at Chatham for use as the headquarters of tha Honourable Company of Master Mariners. She will occupy permanent mooring near Temple Stairs, London. House Transported by Road

Something unusual in the way of house removals was, undertaken from Hastings yesterday, when a large dwelling was moved in four sections from Blastings with its destination as Te Haroto, on the Taupo road. Two of the sections were of such proportions that it was anticipated that there would be not more than an inch to spare in the width of the Mohaka bridge. Markets in Britain

The Hawke’s Bay canned products were meeting with a favourable reception in England, and prospects for extending the trade were bright, declared Mr. J. Wattie, of Wattie’s Canneries, Limited, on his return from overseas. He said that although the exchange nosition had created a new problem, he was hopeful of finding a way-to overcome this, and he was confident that the business contacts and contracts he had made while overseas would be of considerable value not only to his company but to the district as a whole. Protection for Taxi-Driver

A perspex screen has been erected by an Auckland taxi-driver above the back of the front seat of his cab. ‘The purpose of the screen, which extends a little more than half-way across the seat is to protect the driver from possible attack by a person intent upon - robbery. The material, being transparent, gives full vision ahead for the passengers and also enables the driver to see through the rear window. This arrangement would make drivers more, confident of their safety when driving fares late at night, said the driver. Centre Bowls Administration

The system of rotating clubs in the senior offices met with general approval in a discussion during the election of officers at the annual meeting of the Gisborne-East Coast Bowling Centre on Monday evening and Mr. C. C. Somervell, the delegate of the Matawai club, who strongly supported the _ principle, pointed out that this season it was the turn of the Te Karaka club for appointment-. On his motion, Mr. H. E. Powell who is the Te Karaka delegate to the centre as well as president _of the Kahutia club, was elected unanimously as the centre vice-president. Still-born Lambs as Specimens

Since appeals have been made by Mr. R. Crawford, senior veterinarian to the

Gisborne Veterinary Club, for newlyaborted or still-born lambs for the purpose of additional research experiments in lamb mortality being carried out at the Wallaceville animal research station 12 lambs of that description have been delivered to the veterinary services centre or the Manutuke research station. Mr. Crawford said today that the response was gratifying and he understood further lambs were due to be received today. Specimens also had been sent to Wallaceville from bigger lambs to confirm his conviction that pulpy kidney had been the cause of death. Relics of Nazi Occupation Among the relics of the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands found by Mr. and Mrs. James Innes, Gisborne, on a recent visit to Jersey is a huge underground hospital constructed by the German occupation forces with the aid of forced labour of Russian and other prisoners of war. "It is a marvellous structure, centrally heated and air-con-ditioned, and had 600 beds for patients with doctors’ quarters, nurses’ accommodation, an operating theatre and every other facility necessary well-conducted hospital,” writes Mr. Innes. “It covers a large area, and the labour of cutting it out o< the native rock must have been immense. Verses for Departed Dogs A curious indication of the affection of people in Britain and its nearby islands for canine friends was seen by Mr. and Mrs. James Innes, Gisborne, on a recent visit to the island of Jersey. On the eve of writing a letter to Gisborne friends, Mr. and Mrs. Innes paid a visit to a dog cemetery a short distance from their hotel, and found there conditions much better, as to maintenance and decoration, man were found in many numan burial-places. Mr. Innes found that plots cost £l, and the buyers are obliged to erect some form of headstone over their deceased pets. Some of these headstones carry epitaphs and details of the age, sex and general characteristics of the deceased Some owners have gone to far as to have verses engraved on the headstones. and a pious wish to be reunited with their pels in another! IjKoricU