NEWS of the DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22822, 17 December 1948, Page 4

NEWS of the DAY

Makaraka School Crossing: Further reference to the request of the head teacher at Makaraka School, for the establishment of a recognised pedestrian crossing opposite the school, occurred in correspondence dealt with by the Cook County Council at its monthly meeting yesterday. The Commissioner of Transport advised that the Main Highways Board was of the opinion that tlie regulation school warning signs should prove sufficient at Makaraka. The commissioner, in view of this opinion, was not prepared to give permission for the marking of a pedestrian crossing. The commissioner’s advice was referred to the Makaraka School head teacher.

Old Gisborne Photographs As a means of raising funds for the projected building of its own premises the Gisborne Old Folks' Association proposes to make a comprehensive displnv of photographs of early Gisborne and will initiate the attraction on Tuesday, December 21. An endeavour is being made to get in touch with the owners of photographs likely to be of historical or personal interest and Gisborne residents who may be in a position to assist the association have been requested to make contact with the executive of the association at their present headouarters in Bright street. It is proposed that in eases of special interest permission will be sought to reproduce prints for use in the permanent home of the association. Power Poles from Australia During his recent visit to Australia for the conference of Australian power authorities Mr. H. 11. Wylie, engineer to the Hawke's Bay Catchment Board, inspected tlao Clarence River headquarters of a firm which has a large-scale trade with New Zealand in hardwood exports. Mr. Wylie was able, to bring back to the Dominion confirmative information regarding a shipment of power poles scheduled for late January, comprising 1500 for his own board’s district and 700 or more for the Poverty Bay Electric-Power Board. This shipmen t will be discharged at Napier and will fill the Ilawke’s Bay board's requirements for 12 months to come. The Gisborne section is part of an order placed two years ago and held up by lack of shipping space.

New School For Hastings

The Cabinet has now approved s grant for the erection of a new school in Hastings at the north end of Willowpark road. The new school will contain six classrooms, a general purposes library room, a dental clinic and an administrative block, and will be erected almost in the heart of the area which was purchased by the Government some months ago for the erection of a large number of State houses. The new school will relieve the pressure on the Parkvale, Central and Mahora Schools. Farmers’ Trees for Highest Bidder There is no control on royalties for timber, and farmers may sell their standing timber to the highest bidder. This information was received by the North Taranaki Federated Farmers in a letter from the New Zealand research officer of the federation. Mr. D. L. M. Martin sought information from the director of price control and was told that the Price Tribunal confines its control to fixing maximum prices of sawn timber, the royalties payable by the milter being free to adjust themselves according to the accessibility of the trees. Potential purchasers would, of course, be influenced, when tendering, by the maximum selling price for sawn timber. Blue Shark Caught From Beach While fishing from the beach on a little-frequented stretch of Poverty Bay with a hand line yesterday afternoon, Mr. A. Hill, 17!) Roebuck road. Gisborne, hooked an f!-ft. blue shark and had quite a tussle before he landed his catch. In the shallows the shark broke the line and Mr. Hill promptly secured a firm grip on its tail to struggle with it in the haul up to dry beach. It was a brilliant blue in colour and had a silcery belly. The body was scarred as though it had been involved in fights in the past. Its weight would be from 150 to 200 lb. and it put up an heroic struggle with its head down and its tail lashing the surface to a foam. From a channel about a mile and a-half on the Muriwai side of the abattoirs Mr. Hill had caught six schnapper in the afternoon. Tore was a lull and then the shark took the hook.