Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6319, 23 February 1922, Page 4

Local and General.

Correspondence classes for children in the back-blocks of the Hawke's Bay Education district are to he commenced shortly.

Impoundings in the borough, pound for the month of January totalled 5», comprising—cattle 7, horses 48. The fees collected amounted to 5 £8 14s.

An application to the Hawke’s Bay Education Board for permission to use portion of the school at Tokomaru Bay for Masonic Lodge meetings has beem referred to the .School Committee. ' The Gisborne Returned .Soldiers’ Association is making arrangements for the Prime Minister to meet returned men in the club rooms during iiis visit to this district. Rain commenced to fall at Feildmg yesterday, after several weeks’ dry spell. The pastures required freshening, and rain is very welcome. —P.A.

During the past fortnight the Borough Council issued permits for seven buildings, the estimated value of which was £2,100. Two of the permits were for dwellings, valued at £1505. Messrs. Samson Bros, wish to announce that should the weather bo unfavorable for the sale at 14 Derby Street to-day, there will he plenty of shelter on the back verandah for tho i;alo of aii the outside lots.***

In connection with the new by-laws for the storage of dangerous goods, the Borough Council has received three applications for permits, one of these being refused and two recommended subject to certain alterations.

At the Supreme Court at New Plymouth yesterday, Bernakl Coulter, convicted of breaking and entering at Eltliam, was sentenced to twelve months’ reformative treatment. —Arthur Coulter, for a similar offence, was given two years’ probation.—P.A.

To-day, at 1 p.m., Messrs. Samson Bros, will sell bv auction, on the premises, 14 Derby Street (opp. Temple .Street), a grand lot of furnituro and effects. Included amongst the items is a splendid-toned Bolrni piano, which will bo sold without reserve. With reference to the fresh tenders called for Kaiti school drainage, it was stated at last week’s meeting of the Hawke's Bay Education Board that these were higher than before, althougr/ tiie cost of material had come down. Tho architect was instructed to make enquiries.

The Cook County Council has not so far made any arrangements for deputationising the" Prime Minister during liis visit to Gisborne. It is probable, however, that the Council will concentrate its representations on a request for tiie expedition of the work on the Glsborne-Wairoa road.

Owing, no doubt, to the wet weather, the amount of water which is passing through the Borough Council’s Venturi meter is considerably less than previously. The amount for the week ended February (i was 5,520,000 gallons, and for the week ended February 13th 5.020,000 gallons.

At its meeting on Thursday last, the Hawke's Bay Education Board instructed the architect to attend to lavatory basins at Gisborne infant school, and to conveniences at. Waimala. As to the site and residence offered for school purposes at Waimata Valley, the offer was received and residence declared to be unsuitable.

The tramway returns for the fortnight ended February 11 show a slight improvement when compared with the returns for the proceeding month or two. During the fortnight the cars ran for 436 hours, the. mileage being 2372, and the number of passengers carried 18,547. The figures show that 7.S passengers were carried per mile, and 42.5 per hour.

At Auckland yesterday, the Supreme Court, in a case against Thomas 1 earoil, charged with theft of money from Alfred McGuire at the Soldiers’ Club, rejected counsel’s appeal against the treatment of a witness as hostile, hut granted leave to move for a new trial on the ground that the verdict of guilty was against the weight of evidence. —P.A.

Tiie Fcilding annual owe fair was held yesterday. The yardhig was smaller than usual, about 15,000 be-jn-r penned. Prices generally were about. 1)6 below anticipations, based on paddock sales. Best lines of twotootlis made up to £2 7s, and best four-year-olds to 20s_9d. Good lines sold freely, but inferior were hard to qyit. —P.A. Under the terms of judgment summonses, orders were made as follows in the Magistrates Court yesterday by Mr J. S. Barton. S.M.lsabella Erickson v. Daniel Mori arty. £l3 9s, in default. 14 days’; Frederick C. Murdock v. It j, £!) gs. in default 10 days; E. McDowell v. Harry Hall. £lB 18s. in default 1!) days’; Michael J. Colbert v. Vivian Linkhorn, £9 7s Gd, in default. 10 days’ imprisonment.

Some excitement was caused at Wae-renga-a-hika yesterday morning by an outbreak of fire in a ten-roomed house, formerly the residence of the late Mr. R. Col brook, but occupied at the time by Mr. 11. Candy and family. Aided by a strong wind, the building, which was a very old one, was soon destroyed. It was owned by Mr. A. Rigney, and insured in the South British office for £4OO.

A painful and serious accident occurred on Saturday morning in a cutting on the AYaikokopu—Nuliaka railway when a Native worker, named Naki Hapi, sou of Paul Ila,pi, who was shifting a slip, was caught by a fall, and crushed against a tip waggon. 110 was taken to the Nuliaka Mission* Hospital, where it was discovered he had a broken back. He died at the Hospital. His age was 30. —Special.

Judgment was given as follows in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday by Mr J. S. Barf on, S.M.. in the undermentioned undefended civil actions; —C. J. Parker v. R. Foote, £2O, costs £2 14s; G.S.F.M. and M. Co., Ltd. v. ffm. Bradley, £76 6s Bd, costs £4 18s; James Clirisp v. Enoch, Potae, £2 Is Gd, costs £1 8s Gd; Ormonds Motors Co. v. Cedric Stevenson, £l4 19s, costs £2 1.45; G.S.F.M. ancl M. Co. v. Edward Wells, £9 4s Gd, coSls £1 10s Gd.

Last, Thursday, states the Napier Telegraph, just after the sensational accident m .which Sir James Carroll awl Mr. R, L. Williams were concerned, the latter sustaining a compound fracture of the forearm, a large- green car passed by. In spite of Mr. .E. Limbriek’s efforts to cause the driver to stop, the car went on and left the three injured people to their own resources. Inquiries made by the police go to show that the car was stolen the previous Monday from Gisborne and it. lias* not yet been found.—The matter was referred to the Gisborne. police by a 'Limes representative last evening, but they state that they know nothing of tho affair.

The Gisborne branch of the R.S.A. has received.a communication from its headquarters requesting particulars of (a) badly disabled men requiring an urgent loan under the Discharged Soldiers’ '(Settlement .Act; (b) soldiers widows requiring an urgent loan under the D.S.S. Act; (c) soldiers wlio, on the strength of the Land Board’s recommendation have had their houses erected, or are in the process of erection. The building must have been commenced before the temporary stoppage of the D.S.S. Act in October. The letter states that all men in (a), whose names had been forwarded, had been fixed up. It was anticipated that those suffering hardship under (b and c) would be fixed up shortly.

A request by the Napier committee for permission to appeal for collections in cue public schools on behalf of the Russian Children Relief Fund has been refused by the Hawke's Bay Education Board.

In her report to the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, Dr. Sands mentioned that dental treatment recommended had not, m most cases, been attended to, the reason given being the scarcity of money

The Hawke’s Bay Education Board has recommended the Department to secure the consent of the Council of Education t>o' the establishment of a District High School at Te Karaka. When the matter was being dealt with, the Chief Inspector said that he hoped that some day a district high school would also be established at either Tolaga Bay or Tokomaru Bay. ’’Are we breaking faith with, the boys'who lie asleep in these graves?” asked Chaplain Mullineaux at his lecture in Wellington recently. I We were suffering from the aftermaths of war, but we ought to take a lesson from the self-sacrifice of the boys. “I see in place of sacrifice,” said the padre, ”a spirit of selfishness. Get back to the spirit that was shown during the war.”

"Rafferty Rules” was an interjection used by’ a Wellington delegate at the conference of the Dominion executive of the R.S.A. The chairman (Sir Andrew Russell) did not appear to be aware of the identity of the mythical Irishman, popularly believed to be the proprietor of a. Bowery "Speak-easy,” but the vehemence of the objection by the speaker to the comparison drew a direction from the chair that the remark lie withdrawn.

The danger arising from tiro presence of arsenic in certain sheep-dips was demonstrated in a most unusual manner a week or so ago. A farmer not many miles from Gisborne packed some powder dip on two horses, and during the journey the powder came loose from the packets and rail out on to the hides of the animals. Apparently the arsenical properties of the powder irritated the skin, for the horses licked the sore places and subsequently died, it is believed, from the eil'ects of the poison.

There is apparently no shortage of Labor candidates in Australia. For the vacancy in the Federal Parliament caused by Mr Tudor’s death there were 27 candidates, and 22 offered their services for the Balmain selection for the N.S.W. House. How they were t:o address the Labor League on the same night presented a problem to the secretary. "If I give them ten minutes each,” he said, "that means nearly four hours to hear them all. It might lie a good idea to put them on two at a time.”

Applications for the establishment of household schools are becoming very numerous, remarked the chairman of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board at last week’s meeting. This appears to be due to two reasons —first, that many country parents are only now Incoming aware of the provisions of the Act in, respect to the establishment of houskold schools; and, second, the slump lias caused many parents to withdraw their children from town schools where they were required to board, and they now' desire to have household schools established in their own districts.

"A high grade of specialisation is a good tiling for the public.” said Mr Justice Frazer in the Arbitration Court at Dunedin. The Court was engaged in hearing the genera] electrical workers’ dispute (says the Star), and his Honor gave it as his opinion that within a few years an Act of Parliament would he passed preventing anyone not thoroughly qualified from calling himself an electrical engineer. As a matter of fact, there were said to be only three electrical engineers in the Dominion. In the accountancy profession a man now had to he qualified before he could practice, and this was a good thing for the protection of the public

Yesterday, at the Auckland Supreme Court, Peter Colombo on two charges of false pretences was sentenced to 12 months’ gaol and was again declared an habitual prisoner. Previously he had been twice declared an habitual criminal and released on probationary liberty.—Henry G. Arnold, for breaking. entering, and theft, was sentenced to six months’ gaol.— Ronald Watts, who admitted selling his employer's stock and making away with the proceeds while employed as farm manager. was admitted to probation for two years and ordered to make such restitution as the Probation Officer directs. —Charles Guinby Pearce, formerly a Post and Telegraph employee, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for false pretences by presenting bogus accounts for telephone repairs.—A year's imprison meat was imposed on Mae Solomon, a Maori, for theft of a horse, saddle, and bridle at Kawakava. —P A.

Much interest is being evinced in the advent of the new amateur musical comedy organisation, the "Beach Buzzers,” formed for the-purpose of assisting the AYaikanae Beach Society m tlie general improvement of the beach. The new combination comprises about thirty of the leading amateurs of Gisborne, under the conductcrsliip of Mr. Stark Lawrie, and members are now busy at- work at rehearsals. It is intended to present a bright and snappy programme on the lines of the latest musical comedy organisations, the items ranging from the latest popular songs to fancy dancing and elocutionary and instrumental selections. Regular performances will be given in the country townships in the vicinity of Gisborne. In addition to the entertainment the claims of the society for support in its worthy object, which is for the benefit of the whole district, will be urged.

The monthly meeting of the Plunket Society was held on Monday afternoon in the AVomen’s Club rooms. Present — Mesdames Aitken (in the chair), Todd. Foote, Sidebottom, Rowley, Nolan, Johns to m, Ross, Parker, Tattersficld. Gaffe, Robertson, Blair, and Thomas. Apologies were received from Mesdames Smith, Graham, and Gunn. Some interesting correspondence was read from the Central Council secretary, on the subject of New Zealand emulsion. The emulsion is made under Dr. Trilby King’s instructions in, Dunedin, and is used with the humanised milk with excellent results. It has been proved that babies needing artificial feeding, whether ill or well, tended to digest and make good use of a larger proportion of fat in their foot if . the emulsion were used, than they did if restricted to the fat of cow’s milk (top milk or cream), and it is not only safer and better for the baby to use the emulsion thau< to resort to standing ordinary milk for top milk, but that it was decidedly cheaper The local nurse has a good stock of emulsion at the Plunket office in Peel street, and is always pleased to see and help mothers with, her advice. Her office hours are from 2 till 3.30 daily, except Thursdays. During last month 187 visits were paid by the nurse to homes, and 85 mothers with their babies visited the office for advice. A Karitane hospital, 6uch as they have in AYanganui, Dunedin. and Christchurch, is much needed iin Gisborne, and the Plunket Society hope that before long one will be established.

Create an atmosphere or Nazol about you. so that you constantly inhale it. It is undoubtedly good for coughs, colds, sore throats, ( etc.*** 7 A very pleasant blootf _ purifier— Hoyle's Effervescing Fruit Saline Price 3/6. —A. W- J. Alann, Cash Chemist,*** No more grinding of teeth with AVADE’S, AVORM FIGS. Price 1/6*

A school of singing, elocution, and dramatic act has been opened by Misses Millar and Gallichan at the studio, Gladstone 0 Road, above Langridge’s book shop.*** \

A Wanganui land agent states that there is a healthy inquiry for dairy land in that district and along the coast at the present time. This is no doubt the result of increased prices of dairy produce. Recently 100 acres of Westmere land changed hands at a satisfactory figure. The financing of farms is now much easier than it has been for some considerable time, and the outlook is not altogether unpromising. 0

The local meat pool, organised by the Paten Farmers’ Freezing Co,, is now in operation (states the Ilawera •Star), The movement should suit farmers, of South Taranaki admirably. It provides for them the means of disposing of their cull cows and bulls with the least possible inconvenience in the way of transport or driving, and it 'should, as far as any arrangement humanly can, secure for them the highest return that it is possible to secure.

A flagrant example of pillaging was sliowh a representative of the Christchurch Press by a city importer. In place of a small case filled with Cleveland engineers’ twist drills, of an estimated value of £IOO, the case contained only cobble stones. These had been neatly and closely '.packed together, and the fastenings of the case gave no indication that it had been tampered with. As if to add insult to injury, the person who substituted the stones for the goods left tire list of the dilferent lines of twist drills the case should have contained, neatly spread out on top of the stones.

Firebliglrt is reported to have made its appearance in the Wairarapa as well as the Taranaki district, the latest outbreak being at Greytown. Affected wood from an orchard was forwarded to the Department of Agriculture and upon being examined it was proved that the disease had found its way to the AVairarapa, but it was impossible to telL by what means. A thorough inspection of the orchards has been made by Government experts, but no further trace of the disease has been found. At Patea departmental officers are inspecting the district, and paying strict attention to the affected area, which is being defined. As there is no hawthorn in the district the experts state that they do not anticipate any great difficulty in eradicating the disease.

’ A rats’ nest in the casing of an electric dynamo was recently discovered in Wellington. The nest, which has been preserved by the municipal inspectors as a curiosity, consists cf’ odds and ends of all kinds—cigarette ends, paper cigarette packets, bits of fabric, two lengths of typewriter ribbon, and odd bits of rubbish, all nicely disposed in the dynamo within an inch or two of sudden death. It was one of the last places, says a Wellington paper, where anyone would dream cf looking for such a thing? indeed, it is a marvel to those who noted the position of the nest to realise how many hundreds of times the rats concerned must have passed in and out of the dynamo casing to accumulate such a bed of rubbish without being electrocuted

It is understood that an offer was recently made by a leading firm of broers in London to underwrite a G percent loan on behalf of the Dunedin City Corporation,' at par. On the issue price, this is £4 per cent better than a fi per cent loan just raised by the City of Sydney in London, which was underwritten at £96. The latter, according- to cablegraphie advices just to hand, was ever-subscribed sevenfold. Judging (says the N.Z. Times) from a letter received by a prominent financial gentleman in Wellington, from a correspondent in Australia, money ini the Commonwealth is becoming cheaper. The writer of that letter says-. "Money seems pretty plentiful in Australia just now judging by the high price AA'ar Lean script is bringing in the market, some of the lots touching £IOO. This figure has not been approached tor many years past.”

Objection was taken by counsel for an accused person in the Wellington Supreme Court to a detective telling tiie suspect: "I expect you to make a statement.” Counsel contended that a police officer had no right to proceed in that manner in order to get a statement. Air Justice Hosking disagreed. He said he considered it a detective's duty when the onus was thrown on a person of explaining how lie came m possession of stolen goods to say that he expected the person ;o make a statement. A man suspected of a crime should be given an opportunity of explaining. “It is no use your putting these suggestions to the jury the way you do,” continued His Honor, addressing counsel. “It is not right. If a man is suspected of a crime he ought to be given an opportunity of making an explanation. If his explanation is satisfactory he is net arrested.” Counsel: I submit it ’s net for the detective to say if it is satisfactory. IDs Honor: I say it is. It. is for'the jury to say afterwards hr.t view they take of tie character of the story.

Am old-age pensioner named C. A. Frazer was sued in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., by AAA D.. G. H., and F. J. Lvsnar (.Air T. A. Coleman) for £ls. being the- amount of rent in arrears. Evidence was given by Desmond Eawless. land salesman, as to the amount (£ls) owing for rent to plaintiffs by defendant. who paid 12s 6d a week for the premises he occupied and for which witness' firm were agents.—Air Coleman deposed to having sent defendant a formal notice of termination of tenancy and received an acknowledgment in due course.—Defendant said he had only his old-age pension to rely upon ai’jd had done a fair amount of repairs to the house, which had not been fit to live in. He admitted that the rent was in arrears, but said he conic! not get another place.—His AYorship acknowledged the difficulty which was imposed on the aged defendant, but if the rent was in arrears the landlord was entitled to have his house. — possession was ordered to be given up on or before March 17 next, and judgment was entered for plaintiff for £45 with costs £1 12s 6d.

A rent claim in wliich Matilda K. Noble sought' to recover from Andy Cole the sum of £5 Ss Get was heard before Air J. S. Barton, S.AL, at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Matilda K. Noble, plaintiff, a widow residing in Gladstone Road, said the house for which rent was claimed was occupied but not owned by her, and she sub-let rooms on July 15 last to defendant. Cole, at 15s per week and later reduced the rent to 12s. Defendant paid up to the end of October, 11)21. but now owed £5 8s -Cel. ' To defendant, witness said she did not remember refusing rent, when offered to her, as she would be only too pleased to get any. Defendant stated in evidence that he had occupied four rooms in plaintiff’s house since July last, and admitted arrears. Since ' the paddling pool was finished he had had little work, though he used to mark for the gun club, and lie had got some money by working a Home boat. On January 31 witness had left the premises in accordance with a notice to quit and gone into new rooms. His Worship pointed out that plaintiff had charged up to February 3. These three days were allowed for and the account was made £5 2s Gd, and judgment entered for plaintiff for that amount, with costs £l.

Miss Reader, ty piste, ?i Dowe Street (upstairs). Rhone No. 8., P.O. Box 310. Typewriting of every description executed at shortest notice. Strictly confidential. AYorlc by mail attended to promptly. Classes in Shorthand, Typewriting and Book-keeping daily. First term begins Monday. February 13:%*

The painters’ conference at Wanganui yesterday decided that the Federation should register under the Hnclassi- g fiecl Societies* Act. Considerable dis- T cussion took place regarding the standard of workmanship. It was stated that the unions are powerless to keep incompetent men out so long as they are of good character and pay the membership fee. It was resolved that unions should be given power to refuse mem be - to'any but qualified tradesmen. —P.A.

The late Canon Edgar Sheppard, who was Court chaplain for many years, was very popular with the Royal Family. He was described as the ideal Court chaplain, and was the spiritual adviser of Queen Victoria, King Edward, and the present King and Queen. It was he who said Queen Victoria preferred no ritual and a long sermon. King Edward was not enthusiastic over sermons, preferring them short and to the point, accompanied by a certain amount of ritual. King George and Queen Mary both take the middle course. There is a story of a certain king of the past who was asked by the chaplain what length he wanted the sermon to be. "I don’t mind how long you make it,” replied the monarch, "provided you cough, just before the end to wake me up.”