NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22813, 7 December 1948, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

New Milk Treatment Plant Pasteurised milk for Napier and Hastings consumers is now being treated by an up-to-date new plant in Napier. Seagulls Attack Trout Two cases of seagulls taking trout from streams were reported to a recent meeting of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society. It was stated that the gulls appeared to work in pairs, driving the fish into shallow water by flying low and making a killing attack once the trout were cornered. At the same meeting it was stated that, since the end of the shooting season, the society had released 54 pheasants, including 34 cock birds. The Old Weeds ‘English education, like everything else in that country, came about in a haphazard, inconsistent way,” commented Mr. Hugh Lyon, ex-head-master of Rugby School, in the course of an address to the Wanganui Rotary Club. “You just cannot start anything fresh there because everything has its rooti down so far that it is like trying to rid a lawn of dandelions. You soon find the new order getting disturbed and the old weeds up again.” Fatal Farm Accidents

Twenty-nine accidental deaths occur on farms in New Zealand every year, according to an official of the Departpartment of Agriculture, who bases his statement on figures available during the nine years to 1947. This represents an average of 24 deaths per 100,000 farm workers (the Dominion had 124,326 farm workers last year), which compares with' the 1946 figures' for the United States" of 42 deaths in each 100,000 of her 8.500.0000 farm workers. More Fertiliser Needed.

The Waikato used 30 per cent, of the whole production and importation of fertilisers in New Zealand, Mr. G. A Walsh, Cambridge, said during an address at Horotiu freezing works. New Zealand had increased production by 400 per cent, in the past 23 years, he added. With assured supplies of fertiliser at a reasonable cost, he was confident the Dominion would double its present production in another 30 years.

Motorist Acquitted After a retirement of just over half-an-hour, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty at the conclusion of the trial in the Supreme Court in Napier of Brian Hediey Fergusson, aged 21, apprentice electrician, of Hastings, on a charge of negligent driving causing death. The charge followed an accident at the Bridge Pa turn-off, on the main road about three fniles south of Hastings, on June 3 last, when Mrs. Margaret Tacon, a passenger in the car driven by the accused, was killed.

French Translation of N.Z. Novel The second work of a New Zealand novelist to be translated into French in recent years is Miss Ngaio Marsh’s detective novel, “Surfeit of Lampreys,” which has been ’published by the Presse de la Cite under the title "La Poupce de Cire.” The other publication was Frank Sargeson’s novel, “This Summer.” The monthly review, "Pani,” says of Miss Marsh’s novel: “Excellent introduction of characters. The explanation of the murder is somewhat difficult, but the narrative is extremely absorbing and very subtle.’ River Control in 11.8.

The present term of the Hawke’s Bay Rivers Board will be the last. A previous statement by the chairman. Mr. C. Lassen, to this effect was continued at yesterday’s meeting of tho board, and the Hawke s Bay Catchment Board is to be asked to name the date for the cessation of the Rivers Board’s operations. A resolution was received from the catchment board suggesting that life board should dissolve not later than March 31, 1930, and that until that time all major schemes should be carried out under the supervision of the catchment board.