LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10564, 18 April 1928, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Two cases of scarlet fever were notified to the health authorities in Gisborne during the past fortnight. Tile committee of the Auckland Racing Club, at a meeting yesterday, decided to donate'. £2OO to- the Olympic Games representation fund.— Press Assn?

During the month of March, 35 head of stock were impounded off Borough roads, jffhilst 74 were released on the roads. The fees collected amounted to £4 19s.

The Waiapu Sheep Dog Trial Club hold their eleventh annual trials at Mangakino, lluatoria, on May 16, 17 and 18, when the usual three classes will be contested. Entries close on May 12. Presiding over a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Messrs D. D. Hutton and A. G. Beere, J’s.P., entered judgment by' default in the case of Wm. Jones v. Mutu Kote for £8 ss, costs £1 IPs 6d.

Rain arrived in time to prevent a serious conflagration at Ohakune on Monday' afternoon. The total damage consists of two houses burnt and various outbuildings and hay stacks. Several hundred acres of grass was destroyed.—P.A. A middle-aged man, Donald Parker, was charged with being idle and disorderly', before Messrs D. D. Hutton and A, G. Bbere, J’s.P., in the Police Court yesterday. On the application of the police, accused was remanded until April 23,: bail in the sumi of £2O being allowed. The condition of the - approaches to the Roebuck road and Manga papa bridges was mentioned by Cr. W. J. MaeGibhon at the Borough Council last night. He said the dips at the entrances to the bridges, made it impossible for vehicular traffic to use more than two-thirds of the width of the ,structures. —The matter was referred to the engineer. Ten perpiits for the • erection of buildings of an aggregate value of £2403 were issued by the Borough Biiilding Inspector during the fortmght ended April 7. The structures included a dwelling £llsO, fire damage reinstatement £7BO, alterations and additions to existing buildings £354, and three cars sheds £ll9. The Traffic Inspector, in a report to the Borough Council last evening,' stated that 1111 car drivers’ certificates had been renewed and 95 new licenses had been issued, also ten motor lorry drivers’,- nine taxi cars, and one on three months’ probation. On the evenings of April -3, 7, 8 anti 9 he ivisited various parts of the Borough, and caught several offenders against the by-laws, for which ■prosecutions would follow. The revenue of the Gisborne tramway service for the tw r o weeks ended April 7, amounted to £lB2 4s, according to the manager’s report to the Borough Council last night. On Gladstone Road route the fares amounted to £122 Gs sd, which rvas collected from 10,778 passengers, and on the Ormond Road line £6O 3s 7d was taken in fares from 6044 passengers. The municipal bus service (revenue totalled £143 13s 2d from 9818 passengers. ... When “summer time” was in vogue .in Gisborne the billiard saloon proprietors' were granted a concession in closing hours by the Borough Council on the ground that their business ■was being detrimentally affected, and /saloons were allowed to remain oper : until 11 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. The matter was mentioned by the Mavoi (Mr. D. W. Coleman) in the Borough ’Council last night, when he asked , for an expression of opinion whether ifche council desired the former closing : hours of the saloons to be reverted ! to, adding that * the police, ’desirea the parlors to be closed at 10 p.m. .Notice of motion was given to amend the. by-laws to alter the hours u' .billiard saloons from 8 a.m. to 10 (p.m.,. to 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. That New Zealand is working on (the right lines in regard to scientific (agricultural research is the opinion (of Dl\ C. J. Realces, Director-Gen-eral of Agriculture, who returned lu Wellington yesterday after a world tour, in the course of which he attended the Imperial Agricultural Research Conference in London. The i results of his inquiries will bo made the' subject of a report to the Government. The work of the conference had been very valuable, and Dr. Realces was able to gain knowledge of research activities in verious parts of the Empire and the Continent. As far as lie could see the marketing of New Zealand dairy produce and meat was working smoothly in Loudon, and -New Zealand produce was held in high esteem.—iP.A.

The undertaking of afforestation . for commercial purposes was decided upun by the Boro-ugli Council last night on v a motion -by Ci\ T. Todd, i He proposed that tree' planting on tho sand hills, not required for other purposes, at Awapuni, be undertaken by tho council for commercial purposes. He said that tho planting already done • there was mainly for 'beautification purposes,?mid had met (with a fair amount of success. Two afforestation experts had examined the site with him and had strongly ■advocated that the. council should fphuit pi nus ilisignis over a large area. Tho success of the afforestation scheme lay in the close planting of the trees, which should 'be sheltered’by a, hardy hedge such as boxthorn jxnd, apiirt from that, it would provide an avenue for unemployed relief, expenditure on which the council was practically assured of receiving a Government subsidy. Cr. F. Collin questioned whether tho trees would thrive on. the sand-hills, .instancing the failure of the planting on Wa’ikanae beach, but Cr. Tpdd held that the failure was due to the trees being planted too ; far apart and being exposed. The proposition was seconded by. Ctr. .T. Blair, who urged its adoption as a solution of the. unemployed problem. —Tlie proposal was - adopted - unanimously. ". . .(./:•-V //::- . ,

: Mails which left Gisborne for the United Kingdom, via Vancouver, pc s.si Niagara oil March 10, arrived n London April 13.

Southland intends holding rta- annual''“May Fair Week/’ from May 14 to 19, inclusive, and last night the Mayor and councillors of Gisborne received an m v from the chairman of the May Fan Week committee, Mr. F H. Dixon, to attend ,: the ( celebrations.— me council received tlie letter.

About a quarter of the whole aiea enclosed by the railway line still remains to lie dredged by the Kw• u . before the Kaiti' basin is complete! j excavated. The dredge has now en tered on its last stage, the removal of the site of the old consti uction, yard, wherefrom all buildings, nm ials, etc., have now been removed ana moorings arranged for the ilredg . A man walked into Jenness and Partridge’s jewellers. Manners street Wellington, yesterday representing himself to be a racehorse owner, and : asked to see a diamond ring valued at £75. He took it to the door, as though to see it. in a lietter hg 1 j. a . n . bolted. "He was later found m u i hotel bar displaying tlie ring, Jna was arrested. —P.A.

The local parade of the defence forces, R.S.A. and other organisations, to be held on Anzac Lav, M eunesday next, will-be under the command of Captain Burge, and « move off from Garrison Hall at a.m., arriving at the war memoual on Kaiti Esplanade shortly tefo -■ 10 a.m., when a short service will beheld. Following on "thus the -/ ltu meeting of ..the Gisborne branch of the R.SLA. will be hcid. A: commemoration service at the war memorial is to be held on - n Dav, the service to be preceded W a parade Lf the R.SA, lerntoriaL and others, proceeding from the Garrison Hail to the memorial., according to advice received ( Borough Council last night from the R.S.A. The council was united. to attend tho ceremony. An apphcation was also received from the sane bodw for permission to conduct sale... of poppfes iu the streets oil teaiuiday.—The requests were granted. - An “Empire 'Shopping Week’.’ on the lines of one held last veai, is to be held hi Gisborne shortly and tv further this scheme a meeting. )■/•- called yesterday jointly by the Unmiher of -Commerce and the Employers Federation. Mr. H. DeCosta presided and a number of. suggestionwere received as to possible implore merits on last year’s effort. * with a view to enlisting the co-opera-tion of the public, a public meeting was arranged for at the Boro g Council Chambers to-morrow evening at 7.30, when the whole scheme will be explained in detail. “That the Gisborne Borough Council be urged to proceed as soon as possible with any works that inn e been authorised, or for which loans have been carried, and so assist tc relieve some of the distress that is likely to be caused through unemployment during the coming winter. This resolution, passed by. tiie ,_,outh African Veterans’ Association recently, Avas submitted to the-Borough Council last night. “The council will be meeting in the course or a stun time to consider the estimates, said the Mayor, oil whose advice consideration of the letter was deferred until then.

A Blue Cab service tor Gisborne, similar to tliat operating an Wellington, is contemplated bv Messrs, runnell and O’Brien, of Wellington, who inquired of the Borough Council last night Avhether the council would issue any more taxi licenses. I.he firm. suggested running two British 7-seater saloon cars, fitted with meters, at the same fares as m the c-ity. “ProA'iding owners are oi good character, the .council' has no option but to grant licenses, said the Mayor, who expressed regret that licenses could not- -be refused as the taxi business seemed to be overdone. —Tire request aa*us granted, subject to the approval of the police. A fish story of 'an unusual nature was narrated by Professor J. A. Bartrum when lecturing to the Aucklanc. Agricultural Science Club. He said that many people thought the underground Avater found m Auckland came from Lake Taupo and one advocate of that theory claimed to have conducted a remarkable “It aviis said that a copper Avire had been attached to the tail or a trout m the lake and that the fish had been later caught by the city engineer, Mr. Busli. in the Western Springs, ’ saia Professor Bartrum, with a smile. The Laughter of incredulity which greeted the remark was renewed Avhen Lie speaker added, “And they told lion far the fish had 'travelled by the amount of corrosion of the wire. The Manchester Unity of OddfelloAvs’ conference continued at Hastings yesterday. The election oi officers and directors for the ensuing fcAvo years resulted: Grand Master, F. Pritchard, P.D.G.M. (.Ashburton); Deputy Grand Master, H. S. M. Quigley, P.D.G.M. (Ha-wke's Bay); grand. secretary, A. G. Slmmpton, P.G.M. (Nelson); grand treasurer, G. Read, P.D.G.M. (Wellington): auditor, (E. AY. VelloAV; grand trustees. W. H. Madeley, P.D.G.M. (Wellington), and AY. 1. Clark, 1-D.-G.M. (AVellington); directors, 1. J. Archbold (North Canterbury), P. M. Smith (Wellington), O. H. Ambridge (Auckland), C. AY. Bell (Ashley) J. AY. AVatt (Ashburton), AY. M-eMillan (Auckland). The question of again approaching tlie Government and advocating the adoption of the cheque system for friendly societies through the Post Office Savings Bank was voiced bv the conference, and the incoming board of directors ay as instructed to consider and forward the matter at the earliest possible moment.—P.A.

That the report of tlie Government geologist oil his impressions of the country at the site of the proposed impounding dam at Te Arai for the augmentation of the Gisborne water supply was scarcely adequate, Avas the opinion expressed by the Mayor ut the Borough Council last night. Other engineers, he said, had disliked the site, one even going to the length of saying it Avas a menace, and, therefore, he considered that the council should have the opinion of a reliable hydraulic engineer on tho suitability and stability of the site before undertaking the expenditure of. so large a loan as. avoulu. be involved. Ctr. H. E. Maude pointed out that the examination of the site made by Messrs. Reynolds and Young was not superficial, as was the investiga r tions of previous engineers, but Avas confirmed by ’ borings. He did not attach much importance to the reports of other engineers for this reason. The Mayor said lie did not wish it to be thought he avus attempting to discredit the Avork of Messrs. Reynolds and Young, hut be Avanted to be absolutely certain of. the condition ol' the site before a loan proposal Avas submitted to tho rate-payers;.—-The. council decided that all information on the subject should 'be submitted to the next meeting.

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