Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9722, 4 June 1924, Page 4

Local and General

Owing to tho inclement weathei yesterday the hockey tournament al the Reserve was postponed. A somewhat serious position is disclosed in the annual report of the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association, whose membership lias fuller from 5000 in its best days to a little over 500 at the present'time.—P.A. ‘■‘Give me the man who is not afraid to work —the man who refuse? to allow others to carry him on theii backs; that’s the fellow that helps to make this country buzz in progress.”—The Hon’. R. F. Bollard speaking at Raglan. i Tho North Island Sheep Dog trials a championship meeting was commenced * at Wanganui yesterday in bleak weather. The first - event was tho long . head and, owing to the large number of entries, it will not be completed until to-day. Entries . for various events have been received from all over the Dominion. —Press Assn. An enthusiastic, but not very effiei- • ent lady golfer drove lustily from the tee on a Hawke’s Bay golf course on Saturday (says _ the Napier Telegraph). She omitted one essential formula, however, and that was the important warning, “Fore!” Hence a lady playing,her approach shot to the next green was severely smitten by the ball, and had a set of false teeth broken as a result. As an illustration of the improvement in land values in Otago, it is reported (states the Dunedin Star) that a 60ft. frontage section in Balclutiha was recently sold for the sum of £1,485, or about £22 ICs. per foot. Inquiry at the council offices elicited tho information that in 1894 the value of this section was placed at a miximum of £7OO. It will Ije seen that the property has more than doubled in value in thirty years. As the Shaw, Favili groks steamer Pakeha was entering Bluff harbor yesterday morning the captain felt a slight bump and the vessel was later found to be leaking slightly. No cargo is being loaded until a full examination lias been made. She was drawing 21 feet of water at the time. The Harbor Board officials state that there was plenty of water and no . rofks in the harbor. It is thought, perhaps, that the Pakeha hit a floating obstruction. Lloyds’ surveyor is expected from Dunedin to-day.—P.A. When the necessity of engaging the services of an instructor in invalid cookery for the nurses of the Grey Hospital was mentioned at a recent meeting of the Grey Hospital Board (relates the Star), a member with a humorous tarn of mind suggested that economy might be effected, by including such instruction among the duties of the Chinese cook. “Well, lie might be quite all right,” said the chairman (Mr J. W. Hannan), amidst • laughter, “although the technical terms would probably be missing!” ; A resident of ,Stoke adopted with j success, so it is said, a rather novel method of protecting his coal supply, which was diminishing more rapidly than the household requirements warranted. He sprinkled his coal boy liberally with pepper, and a few nights later a violent fit of sneezing was beard coming from the direction jof the coal store. The resident conj corned subsequently bad a heart to j heart talk with the intruder; who, between bis sneezes, promised to seek his coal supply from elsewhere in future.

d A lay teacher in charge of a sclio ■, wrote to' .the Taranaki Educatk £ Board recently stating that she hs instituted the practice of opening tl ’’ school with Scripture reading. SI s had done this, she explained, at tl li request of the parents. ■ Since cor mencing the Scripture readings si had learned that she had acted eo: trary to, the regulations, aiyl wislu t! to know her position. The membe s of the hoard pointed out that sue lessons could not be given durin ' school hours. It was decided to wrii 11 to the teacher informing her of tl 3 requirements cf the Act. e Quite a large crowd assembled i , Gladstone Road near Grey Stree 3 ! shortly after 6.30 last evening, whe j two men, after an argument con 1 menced to fight, but were pulle t apart by friends. The disputani l continued to talk very loudly at eac - other, and for a. time it looked i though matters would be more serioi ’ and three or four fights were not in 1 ‘ probable. However, better counsi : prevailed and the friends of one < . | the principal parties walked him dow Gladstone Road west, while the othc man was led across the road an ‘ down Grey Street, and the crow ; melted away. '■ A remarkable Maori woman live l at Marakopa. She is 27 years old and weighs 42 stone. It was the in tention of a King Country syndient to send her to the Wembley Exhibi 1 tion, but owing to the slippery stat of the roads after the heavy rail the first attempt to convey the giant ess to the railway station failed. Tli conveyance was 'weighed down Ir such a colossal weight that it stud fast in the mud, and she was haulci home again with difficulty. A sped I ally constructed Pledge, well rein j forced, will now be employed in orde: ( .to get the young woman to the rail I way station for her trip to England | Where she will be accommodatec ! aboard ship is yet a mystery, j “A scout is a friend to animals,’ j quoted District Scoutmaster Ifranl ] Olds, at a “campfire” in Christ j church at which the result of the camping challenge cup was announced j (states the Press). He went on tc j give a little homily on the text that | scouts shoitld be also the friends oi j trees. After -the camp at New ! Brighten, at which the competition took place, was broken up, the judges noted instances where trees had been wounded. “A scout is also a friend of trees,” he said. “We owe a lot to trees, and it is a very grave mistake for a scout to make to wound a tree, j Some*of the trees were ballv wounded, as could he seen by the gum and sap ; coming from them." I hope that such j a mistake won’t he repeated.” J In the back country at Marlborough round the range of hills known as “the hounds” (states the Express) there are great flocks of wild sheep led by fierce old rams. Thousands of acres of good sheep country are said to be entirely occupied by ’these flocks, which are descendants of little mobs overlooked by the musterers of half a century or more ago. To-day they constitute a very real nuisance to slieepfarmors whose' country borders on the wild territory which they havo made their own. When snow on! the mountains drives the wild sheep down into the valley they mingle with the farmers’ flocks, for no fence is effective against wild rams, which/ are as agile as goats and just as sure- , footed, being able to jump almost any. obstacle- „ B , ! Act Promptly. | Act, promptly to'check Diarrhoea in , children, however .slight it may he. If neglected, serious trouble may de-; velop. Chamberlain’s Cphjo and j Diarrhoea Remedy will quickly bring ’ it under control. Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy can be given with perfect safety to children from : six months old. Sold by E. D. Smith, Chemist, Gisborne.

A Sydney cable states that the Uli rnaroa arrived there yesterday at 1. a.m. A Paris cable states that Sir J i Duveen paid £31,000 for Franz Hals' ; “Portrait of a Woman” at the.auo ! tion of the Ridder collectiQn. A and N.Z.C.A. I “Mutual” writes to say that tin j Harbor Board would confer a benefr J on mankind if it were to blast a gaj i at the junction of tho old broakwate: j and the extension find so allow th< j drift to disperse the sand at the en j trance to the river. ; Why does the joyful jester of th< } Humphrey Bishop Company look sc | miserable? Can it be because Mrs | Elliott and their two little girls, Joar j and Peggy (known as the most travj elled children in the world), stayee 1 behind in Napier whilst the company 1 played Gisborne;' ! ‘ At the Auckland Police Court yes- , terday, Arthur Julian Rusderi plead- ! ed guilty to jmblishing a chart on the j Great Northern Hurdles and Steci pies, but pleaded his operations were f confined to a small circle of friends , and co-workers. * He was fined £lO. — i Press Assn. i At an inquest held yesterday 'intc . tho death of a Native child at Tc Karaka. the Coroner (Mr. E. C. Levi vey, S.M.) returned a verdict that ! death was due to acute congestion ; of the lungs, as given in evidence by i Dr. R. M. Gunn. ! As boring- t-o a depth of 80ft failed to find a solid bottom it has been found necessary to build the Dunedin War Memorial on a floating foundation, and Mr Gummer, the architect, is drawing up his plans accordingly. When the plans are completed, tenders will be called, unless it is decided to have the construction done by day labour. An incident in'the examination of a witness in a motor-car collision case at the Te Awamutu Court (relates the Waipa Post). Witness: “The car was jumping, because tin; brakes were applied.” Counsel: “Was it pig-jum-ping? I don’t know > whether motor-cars actually do pig-jump.” Opposing counsel: “Oh, that’s correct. Of course road hogs pigjump!” The remissness on the part of the Borough authorities to switch on the electric light at the head of Read’s Quay is the subject of much adverse comment. For some nights past it has proved a dark and dangerous spot for Kaiti residents who use the footbridge. More than one resident has made a false stc-n at the kerbing with unpleasant result. The omission of the light should be- remedied at once. “Slipshod and easy going colonial methods,” was how a voluble Irishman, holding forth in a Napier auction mart described New Zealand business systems (says the Telegraph). He compared them, in*a glow of patriotic feveur. with the way things were done in County Meath, “the richest and most fertile county in all Ireland, sir!” But- the perambulation wearied his audience, which Iwindled away, and left the orator with self communion as his* only consolation.

The Humphrey Bishop Comedy and Operatic Company gave a, matinee at tile Opera House yesterday afternoon when there was a very large attendance. A special programme was presented and was very popular. Ihe feature of the performance from Ibe clmaren’s viewpoint, was the ventriloquial act by Edward Elliott, the performer concluding by carrying his doll down among the audience where “Sunshine James” sang and talked to the intense delight of the cliilcLren.

When accounts were before the j Carterton Borough Council at its j recent meeting a member said that he j trusted that they would not be called j to pay up £IOO each. The Mayor: j “We are not out of the wood yet; j we did practically the same thing j tiling with our accounts as they did 1 in Mastertcn.” At Masierton the , council placed lean money to the ■ credit of the general accounts until : such time as it could be allocated to the purpose for which it was raised. In consequence, the department lias issued writs against councillors.

j . A number of apple trees were sent , into a Wangaui mart infected with i a form of scaly blight. The Governj ment inspector (states the Herald). | condemned the who'e collection and I gave instructions that they were not i to be sold. A number of small farmi ers viewed the trees with a degree of | envy, and more than one was heard j to remark that he would chance growj ing them if he got them for nothing. This is typical of some people, who j would sooner grow an infected tree >’ got on the cheap, to pollute the neighbourhood. rather than pay a j few shillings for a guaranteed plant. i Opunake. the maternity home of i many new ventures, lias formed a • company to he known as “The Omm- | ake Concert Company.” It will* be I under the care of the Federal Band. I which concern its earnings will cr 0 ’ : If, however, (says the Manaia Witness), the new artists get no beti ter treatment than is given to good j travelling companies who visit their : town, this combination of local talent must soon become disheartened. The Times complains bitterly of the rude behaviour of “boisterous youths , whose empty sound bespeaks the ! [ vacant mind.” * j | The main street through the Goveminent settlement at Papanui (savs j the -Lyttelton Times) has been °ivoii ! the official name of “Godlev avenue ” | How the street got its name is not i known to the tenants, but it is be- ! lievod that it is called after General! Eir Alexander Godlev, who was in j command of the. New Zealand! Military r orces during the war. Re- i things on it. Don’t show your feet I tlement was asked if the ‘name of the ! street was Godlev avenue, she re-! plied: “I believe that is the official ! name ior it; but up here we call it Alasscy’s Mistake.’ ” ! it This is, the age of calculations and ' costing but it has remained fori the greenkeeper of the Tauranga ‘ Bow ling Club, .Mr P. Gibbons, to reckon the distance he and his fellows travel m mowing and rolling a bm v i Hor,lir ei -T (statos ' the Auckland i Hu aid) In a . season of seven i months,” lie writes, “I traveled s' over 400 miles in preparing the trreen tor play ” A greenkeeper huvim?now fo lowed the lead of postmen in com- i piling distances walked, similar totals may bo expected from the howlers themselves, and perhaps even from goiters, some of whom must have very considerable records. 1 ! • 10 cour . so of an address to Dunedin' manufacturers, states a P A < message from Dunedin, Mr. Massey < Mated that he had received a letter i Irom London with copies of C or,re- i spondencc between a German firm s ind a JSew Zealand firm, in which the i onner strongly impressed the neces- 1 °j gO0l « b -\ n L r .Passed in New £ British m order to" rertp c lie benefit of the British preferential ( f rj ?:. . f would refer this matter to c Ee Minister in charge. British conn- 1 .nes admitted foreign goods on the r mdcrstandmg that 25 per cent of I lio manufacture was British. p e ih k oil ally he thought the percentage nis too low; it should be at least 50 le was also informed that packing* ' ailway carriage, and other such de! i ads went into tins 25 per cent. Ho r bought that Britain should pass sat- * slactory legislation remedying this. | 1., Parker, of T. Parker and Co. t if ‘.apmr, is at present in town, and ■■ h ■ill be located at the Masonic Hotel ntd this evening. Those who apreciate lugh-class. and exclusive gar- +1 lonts m suitings and riding breeches, ,K firnT* oUc h with li ' ©i

j “I did not kiss Mr. under the lights of the Post Office,” said a wit- ; ness at the Greytown Magistrate’s- ! Court. “I did not kiss him at all,” ' she continued, “but had I wished to I would have taken- him further j away.”

In his youthful enthusiasm (says the Sun) a witness in the Christchurch Magistrate s Court exclaimed ' to' counsel for a person involved in a ' : collision- case: “Gods truth! How * \ many tram stops do .you think there are?” The magistrate. Mr E. D. > Moslev told the witness he should y ' know'better than use such express, sions. 5 a visitor was being shown over a 1 ! village church in Essex, and was de- ! lighted with all he -saw. As he pre- : i pared to leave lie said to tbe verger: : j “You’ve shown me your church and ! I am charmed with it. Now, What j kind of a parson have you got?” The 1 verger dropped his voice, and said: . i “You wouldn’t be charmed, with ’im, i leastways, not when lie’s in the pul- | I pit. We calls ’im a ‘pudu’n-spoiler.’ ” ' | “It appears to me that Legislature ’; should provide for a separation be--1 i tween this man and his mother-iu-j law instead of his wife,” said Sir J. ! Salmond at the Supreme Court in , 1 Palmerston North, when (states the : “Daily Times”), the petitioner in a i divorce action was relating the p-r- ---! sistent interference of his wife’s moi ther in the home, in the face of his j unsuccessful efforts to have her ejecj ted. ! “Have you any common sense?” ■ said Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., im the ; Christchurch Magistrate’s Court to a j man charged with driving a motor- ■ j car along Colombo street, Sydneyham. | ;U- a speed of thirty miles per hour! . “Yes,” replied defendant. ‘Well why ■ don’t you use it?” said the Magis- \ trate. * Defendant offered as his j excuse that he"had just come into , town from the country and was not • conversant with the by-laws. I “Shop assistants vto-day hardly know what? work is,” said a local business man to a Wanganui Herald ■ reporter. 116 mentioned that when a ■ young man lie worked in a boot shop j from eight in the morning till eight ! at night, and without annua! leave, j “Times have changed considerably i since then,” be continued. “Morning ! tea was unheard of in those days, but ; now it forms a pari of the office or j shop routine.” ! A prisoner named Hogg was once j arraigned before Lord Bacon, stated j Mr M. Cohen in the course of an ; address on “The Gift of Repartee” - before the members of the Palmerston j Luncheon Club, and pleaded for lenij ency on the grounds of kinship. On * being requested to explain, the re- ! lationship, the prisoner stated that j hog and bacon .wore closely akin. t 4 j “No!” replied his Lordship “there j is no relationship unless the hog is j well hung.” j “I believe lam correct in saying | that only about 10 per cent., of dairy i farmers are really doing their best. | Eighty per cent, deliver to the fac--I tory a medium or passable cream. ! while the remaining 10 per cent! i should not oe milking cows at all.” i said Mr. J’. W. Smith, Government ] dairy instructor, during the course of ! an address at Palmerston North to ! the members of the Mar a watt; and ! West Coast Dairy Factories’ Assoeij ation.—“Standard.” I “It is hard wnen a man gets ills i trousers st-olc-n.” says a Napier foot- ! bailer who suffered* that fate. He ! went with his team to Hastings, j changed on the grounds, and finished j the game, to find his trousers, with a | 10s note and his railway ticket, nnm- | bered among the missing. In the fin- ! ish, rather chilly in wet and ahbrerii at-ed football shorts, he returned to ! Napier by car, fully dressed except | for the absent, but essential, gar- ; ments. The Oamaru Magistrate gave jucg- ‘ j ment recently in a case brought to | test the validity of a municipal bvlaw prohibiting the milking of c-ows -in the borough. His Worship held : (states an exchange), that the matter was a proper one for control by the by-law- on the ground of nuisance existent- or probable, but the bv-law was invalid on tbe ground that it contained no declaration of nuisance present or prospective and left the "reason for its enactment to the ima-riii-ation. -if

j The Picton whaling season is re- / | ported to have opened in a rather senj sational manner. A whale was sight- | in the Strait recently, and “the r Tory Channel whaleehasors were soon jin hot pursuit. Unlooked-for devel- | opments occurred, however, through I T '} e . premature explosion* of a bomb j which, instead of penetrating the ! IT. , threw its deadlv missies in all j directions. Fortunately none of the whalers was in the direct line of fire, and air escaped injury, but a piece of the shell pierced the new whaling launch, fortunately above the waten lui’e. The damage was not serious. In a charge against a motorist at ■ j “ anganui, counsel raised the point j as to whether under the Police Qffon--1 the word “carried" could be held to apply to a motor-car. the latter not being specificallv mentioned m the Act. The Magistrate <Mr. JS. Barton) held that tl ie word •’carriage did apply to a motor-car. He also mentioned that on one occasion a

imn appeared before hint who was charged with being drunk while drivan, elephant in a circus waggon. "Un that occasion.” said Mr. **Bcrt°n, “the elephant kept looking round, keeping an eye cm the man*", and ready to put him back on the seat.’ •

A good story recounted bv Mr M. Cohen at the Palmerston Luncheon Club carried his audience back to the tail way service of some 30 years ago. f U A A n< \ rican friend . was travelling from Palmerston North to Foxtou and round the train journey somewhat tedious At every opportunity lie asked the guard whether thee "were running up to time-table and was assured that they would arrive in due course, on, the guard, requesttickets, the traveller presented a ticket and a- half, the latter being for his bov The. guard queried the boy's Asking whether he were not over “"Well, I don’t know.” replied the American, “he wasn't when ivo started.”

• The apple-leaf hopper one of the regular pests for years in Nelson, and pretty well all over the North 1sS lanclj ? la s now begun to be trouble?<°o, le , la Otago (says the Dunedin Star ). Mr. B. G. Goodwin, orchard instructor, says that the'first Central Ot^ 1 * applc ~ leaf hoppor l a Ultra! Otago was two years ago m oiio orchard. _ Now it 'is attacking , e , GS a t Bttrick, Roxburgh, Alexauuia, and Enrnsleugh, and excepting Cromwell, where he lias not yet sera there is hardly an orchard whore 1 S found. Being a sucking insect, the hopper causes the leaves to a prematurely thus exposing the U . h°fore they are ripe for exposure, tlie consequence being that the constitution of the trees- is weakened, kf f lO horticultural division , 1 0 Agricultural Department are looking ir.'t-o this .matter, and oxporimen mg, with the hope of finding a bettor remedy than anv hitherto known. * .