Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume LII, Issue 5463, 26 April 1920, Page 4

Local and General.

The Anzae Ball, which has become a popular annual function, is being held this evening in the Garrison Hall, and the complete arrangements which have been made should ensure a successful gathering.

The two 1000-guinea bulls purchased recently at Wanganui by Mr L. M. Hutchinson arrived in Gisborne on Saturday, and were the subject of much interest." Several other bulls purchased at Wanganui and Feilding, on behalf of Messrs A. H. Wallis and F. Sherrill, were also landed.

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Considerable discontent is said to exist amongst members of the postal staff. It would appear that a number of returned soldiers taken ou as temporary hands at a salary of £2OB per year have since been appointed permanent members of the staff at that; figure. Attached to the permanent staff there are also a number of returned soldiers who were in the employ of the Postal Department before the outbreak of war. and whose salaries range at anything from £l3O to £2OB per annum. There is much dissatisfaction, especially amongst; the older haifris, at this stats of affairs.-

Amongst visitors at present in Gisborne” is Mr. James Payne, an exresident of Invercargill, __ wlio had lengthv service in the North Sea during the war in the capacity of a chief '"'niolor mechanic. Mr. Payne told a Tunes reporter that he was attached to a disguised fishing fleet and hud! many interesting experiences. On one occasion a drifter on which he was employed ran out of fuel off the Belgian Coast and the Germans, if they had dared, might easily have captured the vessel. In due "course, however, some British monitors and destroyers appeared cm the scene and that ended their anxiety. What impressed him most in connection with the work ill tlu' North Sea, was the secrecy that was observed. The British crews never seemed to know wliat mission they had been sent out to undertake. A vessel might go out to sea and after dropping a depth bomb at a given spot would move off to another locality without any knowledge of, the result of its work, which would he ascertained by divers working from a vessel following up. The only chance a Hun submarine had of escaping detection was to stop her engines and lie on the bottom of the ocean.- By the aid of instruments the British “hunters” could not only hear a, Hun submarine travelling under-water miles off, hut could also learn her position. The life, said Mr Pavne, was hard, but very interesting.

The euchre tournament and dance which was -to have been held in the Albion .Hull to-night has been g»tpolled on account of the An/.ac Wall. The Thursday night function wdl take place as usual. $ ■■ The Melanesian Mission has received word that on the voyage of the Southern Cross from Norfolk Island to New Hebrides, the second engineer, Mr Joseph Steele, died from inf uenza, and was buried at soa. The vessel is quarantined at Vila.—Press Association. Since the new chapel for the local Church of Christ was built in Roebuck Road, good progress has been made Jv the church, the interest in l astor Ll-w-irds’ services being well maintained. \ /young men’s Bible class has been formed. A tennis court is also being established on the vacant b.ock oi "round by the church. Instructed by Mr George Jansen boardinghouse keeper, kaiteratahi Mi Fred. Cray will sell by public auction to-morrow, comment.ng at 1 contents of fife boardinghouse. Tin lots include dining tables, chans, cu - ~y sitting-room and bedroom furniture’, firewood, and groceries, also a seven-year-old chestnut mare, two cows, one calf, three porkers, two weaner pigs, and 50 White Leghorns. The Public Works engineer at Whakatane, under the Ministers instructions, conferred with the Mayor and chairmen of the Wliakatane County Council, Harbor Board and l'veez mg Works Company, and decided on tin route for a branch railway from the East Coast trunk line. It was decided to lav rails to the freezing works immediately, and soon afterwards extend 'them through the town to the wharves, bridging the Wliakatane river at a cost of £2l,ooo.—Press Association. Tiie railways were working at hign pressure on “Saturday afternoon ami evening between Wainaoa and Gisborne, no fewer than five special trams being employed to bring in frozen meat from the Waipaoa freezing works to be loaned on to the Admiral Codrington. In audition a number or trucks of frozen mutton were also lirought in b. tiie ordinary trains Hie la=>t of the mutton was placed on board the Admiral Codrington yesterday W'lini,. and early tins morning she saJed foi Wellington, where sue will olnam blinker coal.

Speaking to a Times reporter last i.j.rht prior to liis departure tor \\ Hlingtoii. Mr W. D. Lysnar said he sympathised with the young people or Poverty Pay especially on account ol the fact that Gisborne had not been included in the Prince of Wales itinerary “If,” he added. “Gisborne had a decent harbor the cutting out of this coast from the itinerary would have been a matter for even greater regie, jjut as tlie harbor stands to-ua\ would not have been an advertisement for the Bav if the Prince had come here and put up with all the inconvenience incidental to landing. i erliaps—let us hope so—things will be very different on the occasion of the Prince's next visit to the Dominion. A Returned Soldiers’ Association tor Waikohu was formed at a meeting o: returned soldiers held at le rvaraka on Wednesday evening. The following officers were appointed: President. Mr J. B. Poynter; vice-president, Mr Lionel Spence; treasurer. Mr F. Swaineon : secretary. Mr Geo. Smart; committee. Messrs'F. Pitcher, E. Swainson. W. Donley, IL Graham, and J. Graham. The membership fee was fixed at as per annum. The president was authorised to act on behalf of the association re land settlement. The meeting decided to hold a diggers’ dance on May 6. at Te Tvaraka. in aid of the association's funds. It was also decided that the association should affiliate with the Gisborne Returned Soldiers’ Association.

The s.s. Admiral Codrington took her departure this morning for Wellington. en route for South Australia, to lead some wheat prior to sailing for England. She took aboard from til is port the equivalent of 105.000 carcases of mutton, the consignment including beef, lamb and mutton. Thirty casks of oleo also were placed aboard. Mr W. D. Lysnar told a Times reporter that one of her main holds had been reserved for the wheat that is to be loaded in Australia. If it had not been needed for that purpose it could have accommodated a further consignment equal to 64.000 cut carcases of mutton. In the meantime that hold had not. of course, been connected up with the refrigerating machinery. All that would be necessary to complete the work of insulation would be the linking up of about fifty more pipe?— a job that would only take a couple of days.

The strains of “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” sung in shrill tones, attract' eel the attention of passers-by at the corner of Lowe Street and Childers Load on Saturday afternoon. It was difficult to imagine whence such sounds could emanate, for they were certainly not human, and it would have been unfair to the maker of even the very first gramophone to say that the “song” was phonographic-ally produced. So unique was this interpretation of the well-known song, that some passer--by were curious enough to investigate, and upon the- balcony of the GisborneHotel they saw a fine parrot in a cage, and the mystery was solved. This was the vocalist who had attracted all the attention. Apparently noticing the Success” of its efforts the parrot essayed another item, but this one w.-,s not easily recognisable.

In its demands to the racing clubs the" Jockeys’ Association asks that jockeys should not be kept waiting on the courses in their riding outfits between the preliminary canters and the start. If there is delay the horses to return to the birdcage and the boys to dismount. The jockeys claim that the prolonged wants in cold weather are injurious to health, since the riders are clad in thin silk and are often feeling the effects of wasting. The public to be notified half an hour before the start of a race if a horse is not wearing the usual racing plates. The amountof overweight carried by each horse to be notified on a.n official board in front of the totalisator half an hour before the race. The stewards to refuse the nominations of all horses that are known to be unruly at the starting barrier. The starter to place fractious horses behind the fieW and not on the outside.

A report upon the Easter Monday soldiers’ sports gathering at Te Ivaraka was placed before a meeting of soldiers held at Te Ivaraka on Wednesday. The report showed,, that there was a credit balance of £lO5 10s 7d on the day. with donations amounting to £ls still to come in. The committee recommended that- tills amount should go towards a fund for the establishment of a -Keturned Soldiers’ Association. The committee wished to thank the following for their services on the day of the sports meeting; Te Ivaraka hockey girls, Mrs Hundleby, and Messrs N. Law, L. Spence, C. Gaukrodger. R. Alwood. W. Davidson, .-W Lange. J. Wat ton, K. Eastwood. D. Courtenay, T. Cremin. M. Englebretson, Brown. McLaclilan. F. Powell, Whiti Rum. Pitcher, and Ivrause. The committee also wished to recommend that the sports meeting be made an annual gathering.—The report was adopted, and it was decided that an annual sports meeting should be held.

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