LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10478, 7 January 1928, Page 8

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Ulimaroa left Sydney at one o’clock yesterday for Wellington.— U.P.A. The dredge Korua lias not worked since before Christmas. In' the interim, opportunity Jias been taken to carry out various small replacements, and to inspect all accessible working parts. A special New Year offer of 3s in the £ discount is offered by Mr. G. S. Vincent on ail wallpapyrs hung by his men. There is an extensive well-selected stock of British papers to choose.from and all work done is guaranteed. All interested in the true international spirit of universal brotherhood will be interested in the public address to be given by Mr. G. 11. B. Lockett in the Theosophecal Hall, U.S.S. Co.’s. Buildings, at 7 pan. to-morrow sharp. A rather unusual attraction in Gisborne will be a parade of yearlings at Gainesville • stud, Makaraka, tomorrow, between 3 and 4 o’clock, to which an invitation is extended to the public to attend. The horses will later be sent to the Wellington sale. Progress of extra work was given to a deputation of Christchurch unemployed yesterday by the deputy Mayor, Mr. D. G.. Sullivan, M.P. The" City; Council will put in hand work on Gloucester Street, Cashel Street and Fitzgerald Avenue, and will also make room fop men on its casual staff. The Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works have been communicated with, and have promised to look into the situation immediately'.—P.A.

The British and Foreign Bible Society, states a Wellington message, announces that by the addition of seven new versions since March last, it lias now printed portion? of the Scriptures in 600 different languages. At the beginning of tlv>. century the number was 366, so that 237 fresh versions have seen the light during less than 28 years. Recently, in one calendar year, 14 new versions were issued, and at the present time several are in type, and will shortly be added to the grand total.—l\A. The Cook County Council issued 782. motor drivers’ licenses during the nine months from April to December 1927 compared with 653 in 1926,, an increase of 129. There was a decrease of 32, however, in the number, of heavy traffic drivers’ licenses issued by the Cook County Council, the figures being 167 and 1315 for the respective years. Ten vehicle licenses wort 1 issued in the C'boik County between April and December, 1926, and an equal number .-during the nine months- in 1927.

A Christchurch Ik A. message states that the following telegram was despathed yesterday morning by Mr Howard M.F., to the inter of Labour: —“At a meeting of Trades Union secretaries t held this morning strong indignatiou was exnressed'on the disrating of the officer who Inis been in charge of the Labor Department here. They urge an inquiry, as they consider he has been treated badly. Would you ~-rant a departmental inquiry f” Mr*Howard explained that as tjie result of a re-adjustment of positions in. tlie Labor Department, the officer who had been in charge of the Christchurch office, is being given a \ess important position, and another, officer has been appointed to' take charge of the office.—-1 .A..

New 'fashions apply to the home as well as to the individual,-and m this , connection pictures, have shown a most decided change, of late years, In. the up-to-date home the large black and white engravings, framed in two t\> three-inch oak or similar' wood, have given, place to ,the much smaller picture in which practically all the colors of the. rainbow are represented In maiiy oases the originals are ■minted I>V some of the world’s leadin«r artists, arid the ; replicas are at times difficult to di&tingyisli from the original. Venetian lqve scenes,' beautiful garden vistas; seascapes, etc., all arc faithfully copied Tlie fashionable frame is of half oy three-quarter inch black wood or gold, and the pictures framed seldom exceed 24 inches by 12 inches. These are. in such universal demand that they can ho retailed, cheaply, tlie prices including framing; running from 12s, bd. A largo, assortment may be seen at Eastwood’s Book Store, where an inspection is invited, no one being pressed to purchase. Tfioso who prefer, as a hobby, tq do their own framing, also have a big selection or unframed pictures of the same, class to:choosoVfi\J/p. ***. .

“I am taking my life because I am so lonely,’! -was w passage in a lottei found, near the body of the beautiful Baroness Apollona Markwart, a wealthy visitor to Naples from Berlin, in a room at an hotel there. The baroness wus- thirty-eight years of age, and a feature*bf the tragedy is that hotel officials entering the 1 room after her absence had been commented on found her dressed in almost lashionablo evening gown, bhe died bom the combined effects of two drugs. The letter contained her will, which ended : “Let mo be buried in a snowwhite coffin.”

The High Commissioner for New Zealand (air James Parr) inspected the'. Australian hostel at Market Harboreugh for domestic migrants, id said that ho was inuch impressed with the types of migrant and the training, ‘but he was of tlie opinion that the period of training was too short. Nevertheless, he added, New Zealand was finding it increasingly difficult to recruit domestics in the face ol Canadian and Australian competition. The New Zealand figures had declined by hall.

Visitors to the. Nuhaka A. and P. Society’s show were surprised to see the great part that is being taken by the Maoris in the development or farming in this district. Many of the exliibitors were Natives and quite a number of the prize-winners in tlie cattle, sheen and horsp classes were Maoris. Is is very pleasing to see fchi»t these Native farmers are responding tS the efforts of the: Society to encourage an improvement in the quality of their stock and one of the features of tlie show was several well-, filled classes set aside entirely Tor them. —“Stiu.

Mr. Will Thorne. M.P., tlie leader and secretary of tlie National- Union of General and Municipal Workers, celebrated’ hi-s •seveia/ieth birthday on the Bth October. “If people ask hdw I keep so fit, tell them its through Turkish baths, Mr. Thorne said in London. "I think 1 shall live Jong enough to sec the Labor party back in power wdh a good working majority, but I-think it is too much to expect that the' v ill gain a complete 'victory at tlie next election. They would have to win 2CO seats to get it. However, i anticipate a big swing next tune, though one cannot tell whether it will be all towards Labor or partly towards Liberalism.”

“This is another case of a child leaving home in order to lead a gayer life than she found in her domestic surroundings, and there is the usual result.” said Mr. Oddie, tlie Lambeth coroner, at the inquest on Beatrice Gladys Giles, aged sixteen, formerly of Gordon Road, Shepherd s Bush, W. The girl, it was stated, left home in March, after her sister had remonstrated with her lor the hte she was leading. At 0.40 a.m. a police constable found her Iving ill on the pavement in St. Stephen s terrace, Lambeth. A baby had been born, and the girl was taken to Lambeth Hospital,' where she died. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned.

An old drover, who years ago, rove lambs—fat for. freezing—from a distance of 20 miles into Hastings (savs the Havelock North correspondent of the “Napier Telegraph”), was much surprised the other day w hen interviewing the drivers of two sheep lorries —each a three-decker to discover that a thousand lambs a day were carried by this means into the freezing works. The load before his eyes consisted ol two lorries, each carrying 153 Jambs, and these lorries made the journey from Flsthorpe, about 20 miles awav, three times a day if necessary. The old night driving of lambs —or their being huddled up in a paddock or knocked about- —was all done away with. In two hours the lambs, taken from their mothers, were delivered cool, fresh and unbruised at the works. It was a great advance on the old-time- procedure.

The largest continuous stretch of concrete roadway, m the world lias just been completed in America. This mad is 130 miles long aud passes through 29 towns and villages. It m estimated that the new road will save thousands of pounds annually, since prior to its being constructed it was costing as much as £750 a mile to maintain as a gravel-surfaced road. Foot-bridges in Morocco used for heavy traffic have been the subject of much concern to engineers, xtlni planks on oak string-pieces were employed j but these wore so rapidly that a return to the old style was proposed. "This consisted of cables made from the fibre of the aloe. These cables are plaited and twisted from fibre, and are nearly two inches thick and eglit and a-lnilf inches wide. I hey are' saturated with tar and firmly nailed to oak planking. Hie cables make admirable footpaths, and are very durable.

A Maori, named Claude Andrews, alias Wikiwana Karauria, appeared before Mr. E. O. Lcvvey SAL in the Police Court yesterday charged with tlie the It of £5 belonging to Leo. Laft'erty and a waistcoat valued at £1 belonging to Win. Lonnie. On accused admitting both charges Detective McLeod said that lie bore a very had, character and had been repeatedly ,convicted for theft. In this ease Before the Court lie had came, to town with Laffertv who had a cheque for £23 and together they started on a drinking bout, and whilst his companion was under the influence accused took £5 from Ins pocket. Later he, stole tlie waistcoat from a restaurant bedroom and he also took an overcoat belonging to Laffertv and sold it but it had since been recovered and he had refunded tlie money. The Magistrate sentenced accused to reformative detention for a period not exceeding two years on the first charge and convicted arid discharged him on the second charge.

A good story is told of a sporting parson in Morrinsyille. * A keen cricket enthusiast, he takes his place regularly in the Morrinsville eleven, and the other Saturday lie, was within an ace of receiving, the double triumph' of compiling half a century and increasing his congregation by ■ten. Wickets were falling fast, and when the parson fastened on Iris pads to face the howlers be was given the qs.srirance by the' other members of tube team that if he made 59 runs they would all go to oluirch in the morning and put a shilling in the plate. It was thought by the players that the.'score would not exceed at the lhoSt. about 20 runs. Settling down to the bowling, however, tlie. parson smote hard and .often. Tlie score crept, up to 49, and speculation became rife 'among the spectators, Most of the playerS were by nowi resigned to paying the penalty, but when 48 the parson made a, nervous • stroke and was bowled. It is said that the. team all went to church, to the parson’s delight.