Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5536, 19 July 1920, Page 4

Local and General.

A special meeting of all hockey enthusiasts will bo held this evening, at 8 o’clock. Business —to consider future arrangements for forthcoming tournaments.*

A remit to the annual conference of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union that all bank notes of each denomination be of uniform size and color, was supported at Saturday's meeting of the local branch of the Union.

A resolution passed by the Auckland branch for submission to the annual conference of the New Zealand banners Union at Wellington is- to the effect that the Government be approached with a view to having Dr. Gilruth appointed bacteriologist for the Dominion. "That in. the opinion of this conference the time has arrived for the abolition of all drafts on wool sold or exported.” was a remit on the agenda paper of the coming conference ot the New Zealand Farmers Union, supported by the meeting of the local branch on Saturday.

Some produce merchants in Tirnaru, in view of the plentiful ot cheap potatoes ana the certain shortage of wheat before the next harvest reaches the mills, suggest that people should at once begin taking more potatoes and less bread to economise in wheat.—l .A.

The chairman of the Gisborne Harbor Board (Mr F. J. Lysnar) has given notice to move at the next meeting ot the Board as follows: "That the Board rescind the resolution passed on April 26 last adopting the outer harbor scheme recommended by Messrs Ferguson, Blair Mason and Williams.”

Earlv on Saturday morning SubInspector Cassells received a telepnone message from Constable X>eclvie to tne effect that a man named L. Cockburn, emploved on Arowhana station, Uhatatutu. ' had been found dead with Ins throat cut. An inquest will he held tomorrow.

At a meeting of the_ Bay branch’ of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday. the following remit to the annual conference of the Union was eudorsed : "That the attention bf the Government be drawn to the excessive cost of manure and that such steps be taken as will relieve the producers and thereby enable them to increase production.” At a meeting of the local branch of the Farmers’ Union held on Saturday, the meeting voiced its disapproval of the present method of controlling the price of one product only—wheat, and supported the following remit to the annual conference: "That, the time has arrived when farmers should take a hand in fixing the prices of their produco.”

It is tlie opinion of Mr Massey that the transactions of the State Coal Department arc having the effect of keeping down tlie price of coal. He told the House on Friday that there was a slight loss on the sales in Wellington, but on tlie whole thero was no loss on the department’s sales.—Special. In the House on Friday, Mr Massoy said that until the world value of New Zealand butter was known it was impossible to say what the Government would do to meet the position, but he hoped some system of equalisation would be arranged, which would not impose injustice on the producer.—Special. A particularly barefaced robbery took place from a shop in Gladstone Road on Friday afternoon. Tho girl behind the counter left the shop for a few minutes, but on her return found that the till had been completely cleared. Apparently a "customer” came in quietly, and left in tlie same unobtrusive manner after gathering a small "harvest” of coins. By the Mako on Saturday Jimmy Clabby. the famous middleweight, left for Napier, accompanied by “Punch * Martin as trainer. They will proceed by the express this morning to Wanganui. where Clubby meets Fritz Holland on Friday evening. Clabby will return to Gisborne next week, and will spend a holiday in this town. During his visit he will be prepared to give exhibitions of traiiiing methods and scientific boxing before the pupils of the various schools.

Tlie following handicaps have been declared by Mr A. E. Davy for the bievcle road race to be run on lhursdav afternoon: S. Dolman scr., A. Sutton scr.. G. Thomas 20sec. L. Laflertv Msec, F. Eagget lmm, M. Laylor 2min, G. Carr 3min lOsec. K. Stewart 3min 10sec. A. Ladd 3mm Msec, i. G. Hyland 4min, C. Gordon 4mm. Pa I. Mooti 4min Msec. J, Edwards smm lOsec. T. Mullany 6mm, C. A. Lester (smin 20sec, L. Nicliol 7mm, S. Corlett 7min, and AY. Byrne “mm.

In tlie Legislative Council last week tlie Horn Mr Thomson gave notice of motion affirming that the time has come when the Government should adopt a definite policy for developing the fishing industry foi tlie purpose of providing cheap food for the people, manure for the land, and the building up of a. fislung population upon which . the navy could: depend in time of emergency.

Ladies should protect themselves against influenza infection by putting about 10 drops of Nazol on a handkerchief and placing inside a blouse on the chest. Use Nazol freely in this wav. It does uot injure the most delicate fabric. ■

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- 'An officer of the Agricultural Department is to visit Wairoa shortly to select a site for limestone crushing works. The next greaSy wool valuations will be held on or about July 23, and the final slipe wool valuation will be held on July 26. '

On Friday evening a boy five years of age was admitted to the Cook Hospital suffering from a broken thigh, the lad having sustained the injury whilst playing football.

According to Sir Francis Bell, Commissioner of State Forests, the Government lias under consideration the establishment of a School of Forestry for the Dominion at Canterbury College.—P.A. The Ilawkes Bay Education Board has been advised by the Education Department that the cost of living bonus cannot be paid to teachers receiving over £SOO a year.

Yesterday morning Mrs M pods, ot Matawai, was admitted to the Cook Hospital suffering from scalds, in© district nurse brought the patient into town.

• At Lyttelton at midnight on Saturday Albert Steels, of Auckland, completed one hundred haul’s’ continuous manoolaying, thus breaking the world ft’ record made by Albert Baker at Sydney recently by one hour. —I -A.

The Poverty Bay Stockbrokers Association, to meet the ; wishes of dairy farmers in the district, has decided to hold dairy stock sales every Ihursday, from and including Thursday, August o, until the end of September.

A resolution from the Hamilton Borough Council asking that the import duty on cement be removed to relieve the shortage, was received at the Cook County Council meeting.—lt wan decided on the motion of Cr. Holden to support the request.

A very enjoyable run took place on Thursday afternoon in connection with the Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harriers’ Club, a fair number of members being present. The team, in charge of rthe club captain (Mr C. Brown) ran across trio Domain and golf links, reaching the beach at the abattoirs, and then along, the sand hills to Stanley road. The inn resulted in a win for W. Hankey, C. Brown being second, and C Vail third. Winning points started from Thursday, --and a gold medal for most 7>oints for the season has been donated by Mr C. Brown. Entries for the two mile race to be held on the Park racecourse next Thursday, are coming in freely, and all members and intending members wishing to participate should hand in their entries to the secretary (Air C G. Vail) before Monday.

A letter was read at the meeting of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday from the Dominion headquarters of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, stating that the Labor Department had asked the various branches of the Union to ascertain the position with regard to the demand for labor in country districts and the supply of labor available. —The secretary reported that he had replied to the communication to the effect that the demand for labor in Poverty Bay was largely spasmodic and great difficulty was experienced by farmers in securing reliable and competent men at a reasonable wage. The secretary’s action was endorsed.—The chairman (Mr C. R. Bridge) said that the supply of good labor in this district was email and good men were hard to get. He thought that much better conditions would prevail if inexperienced men would be content to work for a lesser wage until they became thoroughly competent.

An interesting point in connection with a by-law case arose in connection with a charge against Lionel Cuff in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Defendant was charged that, being the driver of a motor cycle he did fail to have a white light in the direction in which he was going. Defendant pleaded not guilty, but stated that from the summons. he understood that he was charged with riding the motor cycle, whereas the machine was standing still. His Worship a creed that the terms oi the summons did appear rather ambiguous, but he had power to amend the information where the evidence disclosed an offence other than that shown in the information. The case was adjourned until Saturday for the Magistrate to look into the case. On Saturday Mr Barton said that it was not necessary to adhere to the by-law in the information. If the evidence disclosed a complete offence, a court of summary jurisdiction could convict for that offence. It was’an offence for any obstruction to be placed in a public street, whereby life'Tuid limb were likely to be in danger. This offence was shown in the evidence, the obstruction being an unlighted motor cycle and side chair. There was, however, no evidence of wilful defiance, and the case seemed due more to carelessness than anything else. Defendant would be fined £1 10s, with costs 7s.

A meeting of the executive of the Motor Association was held on Thursday in the Farmers’ Union offices, Mr J. C. Field presiding. The appointment of Mr G. Crawshaw as secretary was confirmed. The annual report of the N.Z. Automobile Union was considered in part. During a discussion of the recommendations regarding glaring headlights the chairman said that the SubInspector of Police had mentioned the use of glaring headlights, locally, as one of the worst abuses of the road. — Tlie chairman suggested that the Association should make some recommendation to the public. Either dimmers should be used, or sidelights be relied on when passing traffic, particularly within the borough. He then moved in that direction, the motion being seconded by Mr Mann and carried. - It was decided that Mr S. 8. Dean, of Wellington, be requested to represent the local Association at the annual conference of the New Zealand Automobile Union on July 22. —It was decided to request the representative of the Association at the annual conference to lay special emphasis on the necessity for some uniform regulation for the control of headlights and also the advisability of the licensing of drivers. The Chamber of Commerce wrote notifying that the Opotiki and Waikolm County Council had been asked, if possible, to frame some regulation to prevent reckless driving on the road between Opotiki and Motii.—Oil the motion of Mr Burnard it was decided to write to the Opotiki County Council supporting tlie request of the Chamber of Commerce, and suggesting that some definite speed limit be fixed for travelling on the Opotiki-Motu road. Mr F. Ball was accorded a vote of thanks for his secretarial services to the Association in ihe past. Mr Cave was appointed to the committee, vice Mr C .H. Elliott resigned.

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Do you own a Warehouse, and n place where you can get your wants satisfactorily supplied as a general rule? Only a few people in each district are fortunate enough to be in •this position, and if you do not happen to be one of these lucky ones, it behoves you to look around and find out what is the next best thing for you to do. We want/to tell you right here and now, that you Gisborne people have a place in your midst which should satisfy you in every particular. Chock full of ..bargains from floor to ceiling "The People’s Emporium” caters for your every want. No matter whether you require one or ene dozen articles you will find this store, with its huge stock, at your disposal, and you will find the prices, right. For years past we havo striven to keep, necessities within the reach of all. We are frequently asked how we manage to soli at such low prices, and we are always ready with the same answer. Importing direct and -buying in large quantities places us iiy the position of being able to supply many lines at warehouse prices. Our customers have for years past benefited by this policy to their own benefit, and the continued patronage of the: people of. Gisborne still enables us to carry on 'our progressive policy to the mutual benefit of the public and ourselves.**