Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9771, 31 July 1924, Page 4

Local and General

j --.-- ■— —■ -- - * , A cyclist named John Grant who was caught riding on the footpath in Iranui Road appeared before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.. in the Police Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to the offence. The magistrate: You will find it expensive if you do it again. It will cost you 20s. this time, hut I’ll double the fine on the next occasion. i There was no appearance in the Police Court yesterday of Frederick Charles Mackie charged with failing .to render personal service under the j Defence Act. The Senior Sergeant stated that defendant had been here for some time and had then left without notifying the Defence Departi mient. He had been located at Pal--1 inerston North. It appeared that he was endeavouring to evade drill as he had not attended either in Gisborne or Palmerston North. A fine of £2 and costs was enforced. Archibald Neilson Brunton and Hilton Alfred Munns, who had failed to register for military service were each convicted and ordered to pay costs, 7s. When Ruth Swarbriek was charged at the Police Court yesterday with riding on the foothpath she did not appear. Inspector Hutton gave evidence that he had caught her riding on the footpath, and when lie asked her name she stubbornly refused to give it. He put the machine down on the roadside and she commanded him to pick it up. She thenyelled at him: ‘‘Take itp take it then,” and lie ultimately impounded the bicycle—The Senior-Sergeant intimated that she was a very stubborn voung woman and had’ twice previously been convicted of this offence. —Tlfo Magistrate said that a, fine of '£2 and costs might bring her to her senses. The Dunedin Coursing Club denies that it lias agreed to sub-lease Forbury Park to the Rugby League tor the match against England on August 9. It points out that it has not held a meeting since July 14, when tlie question of sub-leasmg the ground was not even mooted, and expresses surprise that it should be joined in an action brought by the. Rugby Union against Forbury Park Company and the New Zealand Rugby League to prevent tlie park being u*ed for a League match. It was decided that the question as to whether the club should charge, with the League for the match on August s be left to the executive, after consulting with the solicitors— Press Assn. . h worm-remedy that the children like-WADE’S WORM. FIGS Absolutely harmlesp to delicate chil

It lias been arranged that the Arahuira on Saturday next is to call at Tokomaru Bay going north, thereafter fortnightly. A man told the Old-street magistrate : “1 am a man of the world, I never tell a. lie.” , It is not generally known that on

It is not generally known that on the upper reaches of the Nuhaka river there are splendid waterfalls. They are ini three terraces, and of a total height of about 120 feet. Mr Packward, who saw the falls, states they are quite picturesque, and could be used for power purposes. j

The Poverty Bay Jtugby Union have secured the gymnasium in Lysnar’s buildings for training purposes, and all players who wish to secure representative honors, senior and junior, must assemble for practice to-night at 7.30.

or tiiG first time in lustory a 1 acehorse has travelled- by air irom one country to another. The horse was . a yearling bought by Mr Van Bel, an attache at the Butch Legation in Paris, for his stud farm in Holland. St travelled from Le Bourget aerodromie ini a machine that had been specially flitted. It was accompanied by a stable-lad. j To-day, commencing at 1.30 p.m., at 51 Russell Street, Whataupoko, Mr Fred. Gray will offer by public auction 120 purebred white leghorns, fowl houses, runs, incubators, etc., on account of Mr. H. H. Faram. As Mr. Faram lias purchased the Bon clothing business ho has instructed MiGray to sell everything off the place to the highest bidder.*** The Mayor (Mr. G. AVildish) has received the following reply from the Minister of Public Works in response to bis request that the Government should find work for more men: ‘•'Your telegram re unemployment received. and your request will have every consideration. Mr. Lysnar, M.P.. has also made similar representations to me.” With reference to a story of alleged sandbagging at Taihape, as told by George Cuthbert Turnbull in Wanganui hospital, the police at Taihape state that the story is absolutely untrue, and there is nothing in it whatever. Turnbull told the same story at Huntervilile, where he was treated by Dr. Mitchell, and advised to inform the police, but lie refrained from doing so.—Press Assn. Members of the Musgrove Celebrity Vaudeville visited the Cook Hospital yesterday and entertained the patients with musical and socsial items, which were highly appreciated by the inmates. At the conclusion the visitors were entertained by the Matron at afternoon tea. The members of the company were conveyed to and from the Hospital in cars provided by Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Tindall, Mr. A. Zachariah and Mr. H. F. Forster. Birring the progress of the match between Rovers and Manutuke an iinfortuivatc accident occurred, in which Miss M. .Johnstone of the Rovers Club received a painful injury to her nose. A fast return of the ball rose and the player had no opportunity to dodge it. Miss Gordon,. of the St. John Ambulance Association, assisted by Nurse Solvander, attended her until Br. Kahlenberg arrived and ordered her removal to a private hospital. ' A Native named Wyllie ♦Taylor, aged 22 years, appeared before Mr. E. C. Levvey. S.M., in the Police Court yesterday charging with committing an indecent act in a public place.— Senr.-Sergt. Fitzpatrick stated that there had been several complaints of these indecent acts round town, and on Tuesday evening Taylor 1 had been caught in the act.—The Magistrate lined him £4 and costs, in : default 14 days’ imprisonment. I A Gisborne branch of the New Zealand White Cross League was formed yesterday, the meeting being convened by the Mayor, who presided. The following were elected for committee-. ; Messrs. Andrew Graham (chairman), i Wildish, Renton, Rowley, Cole, McLeod, Clarke, Fcote, the Rev. G. Frost, and F. C. Faram (secretary). Parents and others are invited to confer with members of the commit- : tee. The object of the work is to proi mote a pure form of sex education. ! A strongly-worded protest against Sir M. Pomare’s allegations regarding the existence of a fruit ring has been sent to the Premier by 'the Auckland Fruit Importers' Association. It expresses resentment against Sir Maui’s statement to the effect that fruit was too expensive owing to its scarcity and a fruit ring. The Association asks the Premier to either make the Min--1 ister withdraw the accusation or withdraw it with a suitable apology.— Press Assn. j Members of the High School Board recently made an inspection of the sites suitable for the memorial baths which are shortly to be constructed, and decided on a section at the corner of Stanley and School roads, at present being used as a horse paddock. The Board has issued instructions to the Public Works Department to . draw plans and submit estimates of I the cost of the work as soon as posI sible. It is hoped that the baths will J he constructed in time to be used durj ing the summer months. The annual concert by pupils, of the Gisborne High School will he given in ! the Opera House to-morrow night, j and as usual a crowded “house” is anticipated. Apart from the. very attractive programme to he presented, the object of the concert, to raise funds for a school bath, should ensure very liberal patronage. Seme of the numbers to be given are distinctly novel, and the dressing will be an outi standing feature of several of the j items. The box plan at Miller’s Cor- ’ nor is filling rapidly. 1 “He has been singularly unfortu- ' nate in the choice of his friends and has mixed with people whose mode of living lias had a had influence on him. Late hours and indiscriminate drinking and an attempt to rival the fast set in the matter of clothes has been his ruin, as it has been of many before him.” Such was the explanation tendered at the Wellington. Police Court yesterday in extenuation of a series of thefts committed by Wilfred Albert Wootton an employee of the General Drapery Business. Accused adopted an ingenious method. WMn he sold cloth to a friend ho cut off several yards for liimsetf and afterwards collected the material. Sentence was deferred. —P.A. At a special meeting of returned soldiers at Dunedin, lengthy resolutions were passed expressing the opinion that the intention and spirit of the D.S.S. Act were to enable discharged soldiers to acquire ai home when his particular individual requirements warranted it. The meeting therefore urged the Returned Soldiers’ Association to press for a reopening and continuance of the Benefits Act to qualified discharged soldiers, more particularly in the matter of re-advances from re-payments continually being made under the Act, It was further decided to present a petition to the House on this issue Press Assn. It is a circumstance worthy or remark that among the twenty-one members of the All Black team who were photographed on arrival ,in Sydney. Nepia, the Maori hoy, bears the only serious expression (observes the Manawatu Daily 'Times/. His lips are firmly closed .and his eyes fixed alertly on tho camera, Each one of the other twenty shows his teeth in a wide smile for the occasion. Of the seventeen Chinese Soccer players photographed on arrival in Wellington only two show the suspicion of a smile. ‘Fifteen are true to the trnditioiis of the inscrutable Orient. '-Our 'Maori brother too betrays his ancient linetaigc in the same wav. For Children’s Hacking Cough. Woodsy-Great Peppermint Cure.

“Vnat work does your .motnor-m----lmv do ?’ Willesden magisti ate to SncSs. “Nothing,, sir, except that J she’s got a husband. . It is reported that a resident of N«haLpiSed HP « , !«*• <“”I> ambergris on the beach near that i SX Thom b “ I "' i 2l,t d rS : regarding these finds, especially as to . thf commodity. More often than not it turns out to he “candlegns, but the latest find is said to 1 the requirements, even to a strong , musky smell.' Ambergris is more . valuable than gold. — j Negotiations between Norway and ; Denmark relative to the of Greenland are likely to a - 1 friendly settlement of the dispute, according to the Politiken. , u ™ f* pected that Norway will aoknowiedge Danish sovereignty of Greeniand s jcct to non-interference by Denmark with Norwegian enterprises m the waters of Greenland and E<vS land. . The cost of draining the Kangitaiki swamp was originally estimated a £IOO,OOO. but no lass than £cM,(W has actually been spent on the drip age works, which are not jet com pleted. In view of the heavy drainage rates caused by the enonnous cost of the works, some ox the scttle.s . are walking off their farms. It is anticipated that the Government mil relieve the settlers of a proportion of their liabilities. —Opotiki Guardian. Tlie 'West Australian Purest Pro- i ducts Laboratory lias announced that the wood of the cypress pine, a tree which, is indigenous to Queensland, is | suited for the manufacturing of paper, ■ savs Science Siftings. Phe paper is brown in colour, and is claimed to be superior to that obtained from the hoop pine and silky oak, two reccn developments brought forward by the samo laboratory. When Dr Theodore Woods, the new 'Bishop of Winchester, first arrived m the Isle of Wight (a part of his diocese) he told a congregation at ftvdo he was “iccognised by wireless ” At Ventura' a lady said to him': “Although 1 had not seen you before, I knew you were the Bishop as soon as 1 heard your voice. I "as listening-in when you spoke at Bournemouth, and your sermon was broadcasted.” The Government of Azerbaijan is proceeding with its: project to build at Baku a gigantic ••monument ra vengeance,” directed against Dnglu for having executed twenty-eight Communists during the occupation or ; the town. Prominent architects have been instructed to erect a grea mausoleum in the principal square at Baku, together with, a revolutionary, ..museum and a propaganda leadingroom . . * The diseases accountable for the . death of the largest percentages ol . Americans in 1022, according to the Bureau of the Census are organic heart troubles, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. Fourth comes cancer, which has apparently increased to a rate or S 6 8 per thousand, 0.8 per cent, more than in 1921. Those who died of this disease in the United States in the past year number 80,938. Tubeiculosis deaths in the United States have declined from 99.8 per thousand in. 1921 to 97.4 in 1922. The total number of deaths from this cau,-e. in j 1922, according to available statistics, ; was 90,452. The Ivawatiri (3300 tons. Captain Dryden) arrived off Waikokopu Cove on Saturday afternoon at 1.40 o’clock and dropped anchor about one mile oil shore. She carried 690 electric powerpoles for the Power Board for different extension works ip the district, and these were shipped at Sydney. Immediately on arrival of the steamer Air Paekwood. of the P.W.D. boarded her and made arrangements for a start to be made straightaway. Although there was a bit- of a swell m the bight, unloading operations were commenced. Two of the .Harbor Board’s pontoons were used 1 as lighters. 1 Many composers of to-day like to I write for an orchestra of very large dimensions, and some or the advanced of them have introduced 'into the orchestra various queer instruments with a view of weird effects. But. after all, none of them surpasses the orchestial imagination of Berlioz, one of the greatest masters 1 of orchestration who ever lived. In his “Requiem,” the “Tuba mirum’ section demands in addition to the ordinary orchestra, four brass bands of eight or ten instruments each, and sixteen extra drums. Of all the exhibits at Wembley, : ' none hare «. more romantic a.nd tragic historv than a. pair of wooden gates set up in the Palace of Beauty. They are copies of the sacred gates of the Teheran Mosque and were made by a poor Persian wood-carver, who defied the decree that they were not to be copied. „Each daj- he made a pilgrimage to the mosque, committed some detail to memory, and then went home and wrought it in the wood, j But his visits caused suspicion to fall upon him, he was watched, his secret discovered, and. on the completion of his task he was found murdered, and his work disappeared. Presently the gates came into the hands of Persian dealers, who sold at- a sacrifice rather 'than keep them, and at length they were recognised in a small London curio shop, and are now one of Wembley’s multitude of attractions. Auckland is expanding rapidly. ' said Air Hiasmer manager for Fuller’s to the Dunedin Star. New buildings, from a palatial university to a theatre with a circle capacity alone of 1,100, were going up, and any sort of section at all anywhere near the city would' soon be having an edifice on' it. There were already twentyseven theatres in active commission, and none of the managements was looking for work. Tlie Grey Lynn Zoo, Mr Hamer thought, was one of the ’ most -arfistically-1 aid-out zoological parks lie had ever seen and was a magnificent example of the _ city’s enterprise. He also referred with ap- j proval of the many “breathing j spaces” in the city and suburbs, which I were a tribute to the prescience of ! those who controlled the destinies ox the city, a.nd in many eases, also, a splendid testimony to the generosity of the city’s many benefactors. T2he King's guests at Buckingham Palace Garden recently saw-what the public at large had not been able to see since Queen Victoria’s death. During the greater part of the long reign it was possible as certain times of "the year to get a permit to see the beautiful gardens, and' even the State rooms of the Palace. But King Edward- regarded his town house as a place of personal privacy not to be put on tlie plane of Windsor Castle or Hampton Court Palace. Those who went by invitation within the grounds were struck with the beauty and arrangement there displayed, and the sizes of the demesne, for the grounds are no less than forty acres in! extent, including five acres of water. Here are mulberries traditionally descended from those of the famed' Mulberry Gardens, which, though a little way off, were near enough to have had a common origin. A successful dairy farming venture is being carried out by two ladies at Motnmaoha. They commenced fanning in ...the dried milk district at Waitoa five years’ nvgo, and after a couple of years’ hard work, sold tlieir small holding at a considerable profit. They then purchased a dairy farm, at Motumnoho, and may be seen at any time, attired in overalls, carrying out the manifold tasks attendant upon dairy fanning. The ladies, bought in at peak prices and although they have share of trouble in endeavouring to meet the demands of their mortgagee, they have done well. One of them now wishes to visit Eng’and, and as her partner is unable to carry on tlio farm alone, it has been decided to lease or sell the pkee.

“Is there anything known against this man?”—Alagistrato at Tottenham. Officer: “Yes, sir. He hasn’t been here before!” “A woman will make a good wife when she realises that there is noth- —• ing in the world vainer than a man.” * ——A woman in Bow County Court, [London. Solicitor, at AViLleadon, to a witness namod Patrick O’Brien: “Did you take part in this fight ?”-AVitness: “No, sir.” Magistrate: “If he refrained from taking part in any figlit, lie is not much of a credit to hj s nationality.” AVord has been received by Mr H S Cotterell, of Napier, from England that a Alaori carving design orignated by him has been accepted for reproduction on ehinaware. Samples will shortly bo on display at the Empire Exhibition. Alagistrate. to a j'oung wife v.ho, at Tottenham, asked that her band should be compelled to maintain her: “Why did he leave you?” Wife: “He said he no longer cared for me, and the flame of love having gone out, he had bettor go out, too, and he went.” I Town CriePs engaged at the Wembley Exhibition are coiqplaining that their old and dignified profession is in danger of perishing. M soon l as they begin their familiar cry “O’Yez! O’Yez!” all the children within hearing add the chorus “We have no .” j “'What is your occupation?” said the magistrate to a witness at the Eltbam Court. As the witness displayed some hesitancy, the magistrate. said: “You must tell the court what your trade' is—what you follow.” ~ “Well, sir,” replied the wit- : ness, “I don’t know whether it is a trade or a calling; I’m a bullock puncher.” (Laughter.) For the second time in less than three years the skeleton of a newly born oilild has been found in a house in Rotherhithe Street, Itotherbitbe, S.E. The first one was found in November 1921 soon after the present tenants went into the house, which had been empty for several years. In both cases the skeletons have fallen down the chimney as fires were being lighted. Dowries of £l2 each await- three girls between 16 and 25 who were born in the City of London, _ are - “comely and of good reputation.” and have been, or are to be married within 12 months of the award. These dowries, administered by the corporation. are the proceeds of a forty-years-old bequest made by Pasquale Favale, ,an Italian, who married a London woman and lived in the metropolis. Red cod are being caught in large numbers off the coast oi Tnnaru at present. AYith tills exception there is. says the Timaru Herald, a pronounced scarcity of fish in that district. Last Tuesday a trawler returned with 52 cases of red cod and only half a case of -flats. Groper at present are very scarce, four launches returned recently with a total catch of eight. Gurnard are seldom brought in, while occasionally a few ling are obtained. j “He took his\ 'hook’ and left me ' without- pa.ving me either for the ' room he rented of for the. wages be owed me,” said the debtor in a judgment summons case at the Alagisthate’s Court-, in a southern town, in speaking of a defaulting lodger. ; “Took his hook,” queried counsel, what do you mean? Do ycu mean he had his fishing line?” "No I mean he left,” said debtor. “Oh. why don't you say what you mean so that one can understand,” added counsel. . Air Hay Halkett. the Alarylebone magistrate, said: “I wish the police would give up using the word 'altercation.' It- is unnecessarily long: very often it is not understood by prisoners, and it may mean soire- ; thing which is not disorderly or something which is exceedingly disorderly.” Air Halkett also reproved a constable for using the word “demeanour.” “You use very grand words,” he said, “and I don’t understand you a bit.” I A native old-age pensioner, being ; unable, through illness, to get Sier pension, sent her daughter to the Wairoa office to draw it. The clerk in charge informed her she would have to get someone to indent ify her. Constable Torr did so, but the clerk said: “AYe can’t pay out like that: that woman might be dead, for in- : stance, and then, where would I be?” A form would have to be obtained from the Pensio: s Office and signed by the Registrar. Constable Torr then went over to the Alaori kainga with an application form for the oldage pensioner to sign, but when the attendant went to wake up the old Alaori woman, she discovered that her spirit had fled to a land where there are no old-age pensions. I When he was telling the commercial travellers something about the activities of Auckland Mr George Baildon. the deputy-Mayor, said he hoped they would not' be like the American visitor who was being shown round Auckland by a Arac-ri. When they got to the municipal buildings the American asked how long it took to build. “Three years, I think,” said Hone. . “Absurd,” said the Yankee, “why in . the States we would run her up in a year at the most.” Then when they got down to the Insurance Company’s tall building in Queen Street, the American asked the same question. Hone didn't know but he sr id he thought “about two year.” Again the American snorted and said six months was all they would allow for the job in the States. Then they got as far as the Post Office. “Wal, liow long did she take?” asked the stranger. By this time Hone had begun to size up his guest. Looking up at the building with a puzzled air, Hone said. “By korry, 1 not know; he not there last night!”