LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10509, 13 February 1928, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Tenders for the Pouparae estate close with the Trust officer of the X.Z. Insurance Co. at noon on Thursday, 16th inst.

'Clio veteran C. Atkinson won the 50 yards swimming championship ol Canterbury on Saturday night, .beating D. P.~ Lindsay very comfortably. It. Floyd was tliird. Time, 23sec.— Press Assn.

At IV3O a.m. yesterday ■ the Mre Brigade turned cut to- a call given for a grass fire on Kaitj Esplanade, opposite Mr. F. Hall’s residence. A small lead of hose sufficed to extinguish the outbreak in a few minutes.

The matron of the Children's Creche acknowledges with thanks the receipt of £2 Is from Mr. I. IX Bramwell, of Lowries’ pharmacy, and also the if oval Shnbeams Clo. for entertaining the children at a matinee performance. .

The Admiralty is building the ten thousand-ton cruiser Exeter at Devonport. It has also announced that nine destroyers and six submarines are to be built in the current programme, says an A. and N.Z.O.A. cable.

Suffering! from scalds, a 'lSMiroiithsold boy, Leslie Wilkinson, was admitted to Cook; Hospital on Saturday evening ;at 9.30 o’clock, in a serious condition. Last, evening he was reported to bo fairly comfortable.

The explanation that ihe had a family of seven children and was unable to’ secure another house did not avail Patrick Gavin when he was proceeded against by Thos, Lane and fly. 'Martin, in the Magistrate’s G®urt before Mr. Eb C. Levvey, S.M. on Saturday, foy possession of the dwelling; Mr. E. T. BroSnahan, for the plaintiffs, stated they were prepared to forego the : arrears of rent provided that they could secure possession the house. The magistrate made the order accordingly, to be operative after 14 days. ■ df

Tho British motor industry is adopting an emblem representing “Britannia at the Wheel.” It is a diamond shape design calculated to ar rest attention and encourage the sales of British cars throughout the ; Empire.

A secret ballot will be taken at Auckland on Thursday next by members of the Glasswqrkers’ Union on the proposal to strike arising iiom the dispute between the union and the Australian Glass Co. relating wages and other conditions of employment. —Press Assn. An interesting experiment in trans-Atlantic television is reported, whereby pictures of faces and objects transmitted by short-wave wireless from London were received, although in a somewhat, blurred form on the other side of the ocean, lhe experiments Were conducted by tile imiru Television Development Company.— British Official Wareless.

Detained in Paparua prison for medical treatment, a young mail, Vernon Richard Pike, collapsed and died late bn Friday. Pike was arrested on Friday morning in a state, of helpless drunkenness at a carnival held by the East Christchurch Swimming Club.—Press Assn.

A reduction of ten shillings pe) ton in the prices of all grades of raw and refined sugars is announced bathe Colonial Sugar Co. lhe reduction takes effect to-day b rider the new scale, the wholesale price of No 1A sugar, the popular table sugar, will be £23 per ton.—Press Assn.

•]n the Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch on Saturday, John Duncan, a farmer, was remanded tiU February 20' on a charge oi iit'irdeiing his two-year-old son. Duncan was arrested on February 6 when his house and stacks were found blazing. The body of the child was discovered in a creek adjoining the farm.—Press Assn.

An average of .2 inches of rain iell in the Maimwatu district oil Saturday night, completely' re-filling th. Palmerston North reservoir, which had been 39 inches below the overflow. and adding eighteen inches to the height of the dams at Mangahao. Tho farming community is pleased with the fall, which will refreshen the pastures and has re-filled enipta tanks.—Press Assn.

Telephone-users in Christchurch and Lyttelton, are at present agitating for the removal of a peculiar disparity in the bureau charges for communication between those two places. To call Lyttelton from Christchurch the charge for a three-minute conversation i 3 Id, hut to speak to Christchurch from Lyttelton costs 6d for a similar period. —Special.

Ascending the Wniinata hill on Thursday the water of the engine ol a Power Board lorry, carting poles, began to boil the top flying off the radiator. One of the men named Waddell received severe burns on the left side, and the pole erection contractor, Mr. Moffatt. was severely burned on the left leg and left arm, their injuries being attended by Dr. H. L. Muir.

Says an Auckland ,P.A. wire: “J. D. Foster, u 3 years of age; a member of the Ponsonby Swimming Club, was successful in swimming across the harbor to-day. He left Point Chevalier at midday and expected to arrive at Devonport, a distance of about live miles, somewhere in me vicinity of four o’clock. However, he landed' on Devonport beach at 3.15 p.m., and was given hearty cheers by a crowd of watchers.”

Additional exhibits are frequently being added to the splendid collection in the Canterbury Museum at Christchurch. Quite the most interesting of these in the last few days is a very rare deep sea fish of formidable appearance and with the equally formidable title of Alepiosaurus I‘erox. This queer creature was found washed up at Kaikoura, where many deep sea fish have been cast ashore by the current which sweeps in there from the ocean. The latest specimen 'is four feet in length, with teeth that curve back, lias a single big fin on its back and is without scales. Other recent additions to the museum indue a women’s opium pipe, a very flue specimen of a Chinese carved dragon, a collection of flint instruments representing all the prehistoric periods of. France'and also casts of noted pieces of carving.

School children will be able to visit H.M.S. Diomede, now lying in the roadstead, to-day and to-morrow, when tlie Tuatea will make four trips transporting school * children to and from the warship free of charge. In granting this concession, the company has made it' ii condition that it cannot be held liable for perils oi the sea or for negligence in navigation. One trip will be made each morning and afternoon at 10 a.in. and 2 p.m., the Gisborne school pupils making the first trip, and the order for the other schools will be fixed to-day. The Scout Commissioner has requested that all Scouts travelling with these excursions should be in uniform.

Despite the threat of rain yesterday, there was a large attendance at the Patutahi Domain, wlieli the annual picnic of members ef •the Post and Telegraph Department was held. During the day races wen held, which proved both interestin', and exciting for competitors am' spectators alike. Mr. Moffat as starter and announcer, saw that all the races were decided without delay, and Messrs. Scott and G. Dansewere in charge of the children'' events. The results of the races were as follow. Single ladies’ race— Miss N. Eaton 1, Miss Boswell 2 junior handicap—(R. Bradley 1, Dunlop 2 ; P. and T. championship— R. Bradley 1, Panckliurst 2; pole race— Dunlop’s team, comprising Pritchard. Dandy, Vincent, Ball and MeCallum.

Serious damage was done by an outbreak of fire on Saturday mornin; in a house in Upper Clifford street, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. Martin. Mr A'Martin had left for work and Mrs; Martin was attending to washing in tho back -yard and, "on returning to tho kitchen, found it ablaze. The flames had started near the stove, and spread through the lining When the brigade arrived they' ran out three leads of hose and soon had the fire under control, but the building was extensively damaged by the flames, and the contents by smoke and water. Some of tlie furniture, including the piano, was- removed from the house by neighbors, f The house was owned by Mr. Martin, and was covered by a policy for _ £BS in the Guardian office, and the furniture was covered by tv policy in the Eagle, Star and British Dominion office for £3OO.

Bill Clarkson’s Huge Sale still going strong. Bigger Bargains than ever. Call in early. The whole stock of Men’s and Boys’ Suits Trousers Shirts, Underwear, Bathing Suits, Felt Hats, Pyjamas, etc., etc., huge reductions. “Meet Me Faoe-t« Face’’ opposite Bank of New Zealand. Gladstone Bead. V

Following their usual custom, Eastwood’s Book Store , will present free with each school 1 list order one of their well-known Baby Writing Pads-, suitable for school or office use. A full stock of everything required in school is carried. Purchases may be made at either of the two shops—corner of Gladstone road and Derby street, and in Gladstone road (next In Mrs. Groig’s). V

The Jlanewatu Itad.o C,u^ta ; tioii -2ZF, >;!“«;• i“ s s ed e strutted with *»S™ se | c J n „j ,»d reach all ? r IeUK ; during the nSi'-emi; and at present is conduct, ing tests.—Press Assn.

„ . . . • be interested to Cricketers Merritt, the welllearn that W E. Meir tho known cricketer, Messrs E. Spa** The Reece, Ltd., o Canterbury im eket a tviU be ’realised when it . is ”4v" tS T ft ® Now- Zealand centre.

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