News of the Day

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23154, 17 January 1950, Page 4

News of the Day

Deer-Shooting Record. A party of four Dunedin men who were spending a holiday at Wanaka had the unusual experience of shooting three deer within five minutes with only six shotsBusy Correspondent

The Canadian Empire Games sprinter and broad jumper, Miss Elaine suburn, has won the title of busiest correspondent among the members of her team. Since leaving Montreal about six days before Christmas, Miss Silburn has written 115 letters to relatives and friends in Canada.

Hastings Acknowledges Food Gifts* Among the acknowledgments of gifts of food sent by Hastings to th® sister town of Hastings, England, is a photograph of a woman reputed to be the oldest woman in England, She is shown about to cut her 107th birthday cake at the Salvation Army Horn®, “The Lindens,” at St. Leonards-on-the-Sea. Notifiable Disease

Cases of notifiable disease in the East Cape health district totalled five during the week ended at noon yesterday. They were one each of bacillary- dysentery and tubercular meningitis, and three of pulmonary tuberculosis. There were three de? ins from pulmonary tuberculosis and one from tubercular meningitis. “Act of Stupidity."

“For unlawfully entering a car the same penalty as for stealing is proj vided —one year’s imprisonment, ■ warned Mr. W. H. Woodward,. SAL, in the New Plymouth Magistrate s Court when a steward on an overseas ship was charged with this offence. Advising the defendant to keep off liquor until his vessel left port, Mr. Woodward convicted and discharged him.

Gaol Term for “Peeping Tom.” After complaints from residents in the Grey’s Road area, Hastings, concerning the activities of a “Peeping Tom” had been received by the police a man was caught shortly after midnight in an,enclosed yard at 107 Greys Road. Next mroning in the Police Court, Hastings, he was sentenced, to three months’ hard labour for being on premises without lawful excuse. The accused was Harley Huia Smith, aged 29, single, 206 Townsend Street, Hastings.

Major Loss Averted. Hastings firemen successfully fought for an hour against the most serious outbreak of fire that has occurred in the town for some time. Starting in a boiler-room at the Hastings Steam Laundry in Lyndon Road, the fire spread swiftly to the roof and reached the spare-parts department of the adjoining wholesale premises of de Pelichet, McLeod and Co., Ltd. Extensive structural damage was . done to both rooms though a major loss was averted.

Titular Representative The New Zealand Employers’. Federation has announced that as Sir John Forbes Watson is unable to attend the meeting of the committee of social security experts of the governing body of the International Labour Organisation to be held in New Zealand on February 8 Mr. Percy Coyle, who was appointed deputy by the governing body, is appointed titular representative.— P.A.

Large Road-making Machine. A Waikato firm of contractors has acquired the latest in machinery for use in its specialised work. It is known as the Tourneau Dozer, a large model of the tvpe requiring 180 horse-power to operate it. It is the only model of its kind in the Dominion. Much faster than anv similar machine, it operates at 15 miles an hour. The usual cletrae iron grips are replaced with rubber, on which the dozer relies entirely for its grip- The wheels are 6ft in diameter, and each tyre costs almost £3OO. The total weight is 13J tons. One of the first jobs will probably be the reconstruction of the Putaruru-Tokoroa railway.

Fire Brigade Mav Resign Following three major fires in Taupo within three months, the Taupo Volunteer Fire Brigade sent an urgent telegram to Mr. R. Girling Butcher, chairman or the Fire Service Council. Wellington, asking for further trailer pumps and hose as the present equipment could only supply sufficient water from the lake to feed one lead of hose at a verv reduced pressure. A reply has now been received by the secretary of the brigade from Mr. Butcher stating that he regrets that no further trailer pumps are available for Taupo. Tile whole position of lack of equip; ment s viewed so seriously by the brigade that * -i-ecinl meeting is being called decide whether to carry on or disband.