LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11011, 25 January 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The * motor vehicle registration figures for No. 4 Highways district are as follows: Cook, Matakaoa, Uawa, Waiapu, Waikohu, 2552. Nominations for all events at the Poverty Bay Trotting Club s annual Sing close with the secretary at 8 p.m. to-night. The Association of Hawaiian pineapple winners - announce_ that; in IMo the total pack was 8,72»,&yu cases, unofficially value! at thjrjr*™ .lion dollars.—A. and N.Z.C.A. A Berlin cable states that the Communists are' arranging JJ. mnTißtrations in favor oi the expro priatioir of tlie former rulers on the ex-Kaiser’s birthday on Mcdnesdaj. —Reuter. A tremendous storm swept Rotorua for the twenty-four hours ending midnight on Friday. Three and a-quartu inches of rain ML- The damage immaterial. ‘Heavy thunder .and lightning accompanied the rain. 1 P.A. The Du eo Motor Service report that there has been no decrease, m jrM-Jr t^L'A£‘£ vice for the Exhibition yesterday morning. „ . The Christchurch Tramway Umoa, at a largely attended meeting, held on /Sunday morning, rejected the. Tramway Board s proposals lor agreement r.nd decided to le e dispute to the Conciliation Councn, which meets about tebiuaiy la. Press Assn.

A two-storey brick building in Peel Street, with four shops on the gicuncl floor, was submitted for sale by auction on behalf of the mortgagees on Saturday morning. The only bid vas one of £10,500 by one of the mortgagees, and the property was sold at that price. Owing to the amount of water necessary to extinguish the fire m the Grosvenor Tea Rooms, Messrs C. Rosie’s stock on the ground floor suffered serious damage. .Mhc firm announce in our advertising columns that it will ho necessary to close their premises lor at least two days 0 straighten up and arrange for a big salvage sale to be announced shortly. In preparation for the marching event to be held at the band contest at the Exhibition at Dunedin next month, the Gisborne City Baud is now practising assiduously to compete m this event. Thrice weekly, the band parades on the High School ground at 6.45 p.m. on Mondays, vVednesdavs, and Fridays. Yesterday morning the band gave a gooa exhibition of marching at the Oval.

That the regulation of heavy traffic both in regard to weight ami speed of vehicles is a big problem confronting local bodies, was emphasised by Air G. AY. Albertson, chairman ot the Highways Council, at a conference of delegates on Saturday. In one case, lie said, a private car was endeavoring to keep ahead of a heavy service car. Although the former was travelling at 50 miles per hour, the service car drew ahead and raced at a even greater speed. On another occasion, he had followed a motor lorry carrying eight tons for miles and could not pass it. and he was travelling at 30 miles an hour!

Two sections of land, comprsing 1960 acres and 341 acres, respective-' ly„ about four miles from Tolaga Bay, were offered for lease on Saturdayon behalf of the East Coast Commissioner. There was no competition for the leases- and, eventually, both lots were- bought iu by .the Commissioner. It is stated that the land had been leased for 21 years and, on the expiration of their terms, the lessees, in lieu of exercising their right of renewal, had accepted compensation. ' In the case of the larger section, the reserve rental was £539 11s 9d, und that of the smaller property. a large proportion of whicn was fiat land. £4SO 18s.

A carousal was proceeding among three men—an Englishman, an Aussie and a Swede—in a secluded spot in Lowe Street on Friday evening, when Constable Gatehouse happened along and collected the three for drunkenness. On Saturday, me men were ranged - before Air. E. C. Levvey, S.AI. and all three admitted tho offence. The Swede, Anderson, who had been in tho Court only twelve hours previously for a similar offence, was fined 20s, and warned to go back to the country. Of the other two, one, who was 8S years of age, was convicted and discharged, while the third was ordered to forfeit the amount of his bail 10s.

The Allies Cycle Club held its annual picnic on*the Patutahi Doinam yesterday. There was a good attendance of adults and children, about 200 in all. All sorts of games were played, and races were held for the children. Air. T. Alorrow and Sou greatly assisted the function by providing musical items and music for the exhibition dance given by Aliss G. Newev and Alaster P. Thody. The dances were greatly appreciated by everybody. Soft drinks, .tea, etc. were provided free by the club. Games were carried on until late in the evening, and a most enjoyable day was brought to a close. The club wish to thank all who kindly assisted to make the day’s function a success.

Though the car was travelling at well over twenty-five miles per hour, a lady passenger ,in her eagerness to reach the scene of the fire in Bright Street last evening, evidently thought that she could do better, as she jumped from the running board. Her effort was in vain, however, for she failed to keep her balance rnd fell heavily on the roadway, being badly bruised and cut about the body. First aid was subsequently rendered by Deputy Superintendent. Thomson. The driver of the car was also in a hurry and lie did not wait on, reaching the house. He rushed round the back, but the next minute the crowd in front were entertained by the sight of the superintendent ejecting him in no uncertain manner on to the footpath. It appears that the excited one had just returned from the Coast to find the house at which they were boarding in flames and. to make matters worse, the policy on their personal effects had expired a week ago. Luckily they lost nothing.

With, the arrival of the Mures, with the first shipment of refined petroleum spirit to rcaeli the Dominion in bulk, all is in readiness for the commencement of operations at the Shell Company’s works, and tho installation is to he officially opened bv the Rt. Hon. J. G. Contes, P.C., M.C., to-day. Wellington will thus be the first city in New Zealand to possess facilities for the bulk storage and distribution of petroleum spirits and kerosene. All other centres will almost immediately benefit under the Shell Company’s comprehensive scheme of bulk distribution, for facilities are being provided immediately at all the main seaport towns throughout the Dominion. The expansion of the schomo will., in the near future, it is hoped, embrace all inland towns, but centres which cannot be served immediately by bulk will receive supplies in tins and cases manufactured by Now Zealand labor, at the company’s works at Aliramar. Miramar .will be t}ie main supply centre and will serve the subsidiary installations that will ultimately operate throughout the Dominion.

On view at Allan Sutton’s is a large stock of boys’ and girls’ bicycles just landed direct from the English factorys. Parents wishing to purchase for. their boys . or girls , a -cycle:to ride Mo. school could not do better than get one - of there mach-

Whilst fishing in the T„ki Tnlom er, Waipnkurau, a resident was' prised to sec a water rat eniereo h*' its hole, swim over to the .ami”? 1 bank, and deitiy catch a fo trout lying in the shallows. Tli “ der.t then swam swiftly awav wit! prey in its mouth, toils hur u 1 ts S fishermen were surprised to ’hear c such an occurrence but apnaroMi tiie rat may be added to natural enemies of the trout. 0 The attention of fanners breeders in this district is drawn* an advertisement in this issue garding the Hawke’s Bay ' ann £j Ham Pair, to he held on Thimdi,! and Friday of this week. Rams from all the leading breeders of the eon ' try have bxfen sent forward m Hawke’s Bay for the Fair, at which over 6,500 animals will he offered Owing to the large number of entries, the stud sheep will be offered simultaneously with the flock rams on Friday morning. One of the most attractive looking fillies submitted to auction at the recent sale held at Ellersiio is said to have been done, a yearling iralfsister (bv Catmint) to the Avondale Stakes winner Rliaola. The bidding however, only went to 200 guineas! and she was passed in. Mr A. B* 'Williams subsequently effected ’ the purchase of the filly from Dr Milsom and that, of course, means; she will be advantageously placed to rlistin"ui=h herself.

A Wanganui hotelkeeper has encountered the champion mean visitor, who came to dine at his prernh.es the other day __ (states the Wanganui Herald). He had with him his wifiand two sturdy beys. The bovs. after travelling, put away a much better meal than their p. ernt-. but the waitress out of generosity only charged them the same price as one adult. Then the mean man complained about the boys being charged for at all, and getting short shrift from the waitress carried the complaint to the proprietor. The fitter advised the bead of the family to go and see the Charitable Aid Board secretary.

In America, endurance contests orV SGO-miles are Jield; but under humane conditions. In Portugal, however, a horse is evidently merely a horse, judging by the account oi a test held there a few weeks ago. Describing tin's contest, the Lisbon correspondent of the Express (London) wrote as follows.: “ A round Portugal’ horse race, the course for which covered 1240 miles, has ended here with the arrival of three of the competitors after a ride of twenty-six days. A number of the horses died on the way, others were lamed, ar.d some had to have injections to keep them going. The first to enter Lisbon was Captain Rogerio Tavares, of the Portuguese Army, and ins horse had to l>e taken straight to hospital, where it died a few hours fi ter. The second to arrive (aften an interval of only half an hour) was Jose Tanganho.' The third, Lieutenant Brardao de Brito, arrived some hours Inter. As a final test, the riders hr d to jump the hurdles on the Lisbon steeplechase course. Captain Tavares’ died before he had done this, and the second, Tanganho, was proclaimed the winner. He received a silver cup. a medal, a.nd £<. %The second, and third also received medals and monev prizes. Tanganho was carried in triumph through the streets by the crowd. Two of the competitors did 100 miles in one day during the race, and others did as much a> sixtytwo Vales in a single day. Many or the better-class Portuguese concur with the English point of view m regarding the affair as a barbarous performance, but the people turned out in their thousands to welcome these riders, ar.d nothing else was talked of for,’ days beforehand.”