LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10565, 19 April 1928, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

During the month of March 311 head of stock were impounded or found grazing on roads in the Cook County, according to reports of the rangers submitted to the Council yesterday.

“They’re still muddling along in the same old way and making the same old mistakes,” stated Mr. T. E. Tonevcliffe at- yesterday’s meeting oi the Chamber of Commerce, when the harbor question cropped up.

An invitation from the R.S.A. xc members of the Cook County Council to attend the commemoration service in Gisborne on Anzac Day at- 10 a.m., was accepted, it being decided that as many members as possible would attend and the Council would deposit a wvpath. on the memorial.

Mr.. It-. .J. Kerridge lias made arrangements with Messrs. E. J Gravestock, Ltd., for the appearance at-the Opera House on May 21 ano 22 of the distinguished British singer. Miss Amy Evans, the eminent Welsh soprano, and Mr. Fraser Gauge. the famous Scottish baritone.

Advices received by the Depnrt■meut of Agriculture arc that the wheat yield of the Dominion will he fully as high as last year. Though threshing is still in progress, indications are that the wheat crop? will exceed expectations, especially in South Canterbury, where earlier the Department did not consider that the yield would be a? big as it was last season.—Special.

Following the usual custom. memorial service will be held by the Women’s National Reserve at Taruheru cemetejv- at 3 p.m. on Anzae J)ay Wednesday next. Chnon Packe will deliver an address, and appropriate music will be supplied by z lie Gisborne City Band. Tup Women's National Reserve will place wreaths on all - graves, and ask that' floral emblems be sent, to the ’Parish Hall, Derby street, before two o’clock on Wednesda v afternoon.

The- careless use of wool books in loading and unloading consignments of bitumen to local bodies causes considerable losses of materials, and recently when the Cook 'County Conned landed a shipment of■ ' “mexfelt" it was found that practically ever.% drum of bitumen was pierced in hooks, and that fully four tons liar' run to waste. The County clerk re ported to the Council yesterday that a claim for tins, quantity had beer made oh the company and he hat been advised that the Council would be reimbursed in the next shipment.

Further progress was made by the National Industrial Conference at Wellington yesterday, when papers representing the considered opinions of the N.Z. Employers’ Federation, the Labor delegation, the Associated Chambers of Commerce, and Professor I). 0. Williams were read. Today a discussion will take place on Professor Williams’ paper after which a start will be made with committee work. There are two main committees, the primary and the secondary industries, consisting each of twentyfire members. Upon their deliberations, activities and decisions wall depend the ultimate success of the conference. —P.A.

The appeal for medical requiteities to be supplied to the Anglican mission station at Manutuke, to enable tlie lnflv missioner to continue her work in the treatment of school Children in that area, made by the Cook Hospital Board to the Health Department, has been successful. Advice was received t from tlief DirectorGeneral of Healthy (Dr. Valintine, yesterday t-liat supplies 'would bo lurnished ,so long as' a fully qualified •and certificated nurse was m charge -of the mission station there, and she should receive every assistance from the board, especially when _ her requisitions had been approved by the medical superintendent. —It was decided to . thank the Department Jot their offer.J • •

The proposal ■to • hold an ErnpircBhopping Week in Gisborne is primarily the result of a decision at the Victoria League’s annual conference, when it was suggested that a movement on these lines should be made in every centre in the Dominion. Three main reasons # governed the League •in its decision —first, the direct benefit to trado in a town by the influx of country visitors; secondly, tho benefit New Zealand receives by helping her best customer to prosper, and thus to be enabled to purchase more freely of the products of the Dominion, as stressed by Mrs. Amery in her. recent visit to. this country; land thirdly, the broader view of fdstering a knowledge of the British Empire and its almost illimitable resources, A public _meeting to further,.the movement.' will ho held an the ' Borough Council Chambers this evening.

The Union Company have condemned the Bakaroa, and,weather permitting, she will be towed out on Friday morning beyond the 100 lathoms line/ and blown up with explosives.—P.A. In the Wairoa Police Court yesterday a young woman, 19 years of age, pleaded guilty to concealment of the birth of a stillborn child at a-tPuhlic Works camp. Accused was committed for sentence at the Napier Supreme Court.—DA.

Edward Rowley, married, 60 years of age, was killed yesterday by the wall of a building he was removing to increase the size of a room, falling on him, states a Westport message. He was caught hv a window, which badly lacerated life head, death apparently being instantaneous. —-P.A.

Aiming to bring their building bylaws into line with the latest survey regulations, the Cook County Council, at ye.sterday’s meeting, decided that in township subdivisions the minimum frontage he reduced from 50ft. to 40ft. and that the minimum area be one-fifth of an acre.

A resolution was passed at the United Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen’s Association of New Zealand at Wellington yesterday congratulating the Prime Minister upon his endeavor to amend tho licensing laws of the country with v, view to enabling hotel accommodation to be increased for the benefit of tourists and the travelling public generally.—P.A.

Trouble with the crew of the Anchor Company’s cargo steamer Totara culimated yesterday in all hands being paid off at Wellington, and the vessel will remain therp indefinitely, It appears an engineer considered the services of a fireman unsatisfac - tory and discharged .him, and the other men went on strike. The y essel was to take cargo from Wellington to New Plymouth and Nelson under charter to the Union Company.—P.A.

At a meeting of the Westland Electric Power Board, held at Hokitika yesterday, Mr. .J. S. Langford, engineer to Westland Power, Ltd., reported that the company had completed an auxiliary plant at Duffer s Creek on the Kumara, water race, and electric power available the previous "(lav, was being utilised at Malfroy and Co.’s mill' 3 miles away for timber cutting. Thirteen miles ol the transmission line was completed, and was linking up the settlers oi tile Arnhura Valley. The work oi erection of the first unit of Dillman’s main station was now proceeding, and within three months 1,500 h.p. will he available, the rest of construction being below the estimate. Several heavy consumers had signed up for mining purposes, and three more sawmills tvould be linked up within four weeks. Members of. the hoard heartily congratulated Mr. Langford and his company on thenprompt supply of power .within the stipulated period. The chairman mentioned that the hoard had no liahPi ties and a small credit balance.—-P.A.

How will the enforcement of the prohibition against heavy traffic using roads in the Cook County during the winter affect the carting of poles for the construction of the main electric power transmission line from Wak karemoana to P'atutahi ? This issup was raised at the Cook County Council meeting yesterday by Cr. VI. 1. B. Hall, who inquired when the council intended enforcing the by-law prohibiting heavy traffic from using the roads. He said a contract had beer, let for .the erection of the line from Waikaremoana and the carting omaterials would be proceeding during the winter, a procedure he wouij stronglv oppose so far as the Hangaroa riding was concerned. The chairman (Mr. Chas. Matthews') replica that tho by-law relating to heavy traffic was usually enforced at the di_s. cretion of the overseer, after Alav I Cr. E. S, Bowen said the construction of the line was to proceed during th - winter and if the work was delayed the supply of power for this district might 'be seriously held up He therefore. suggested the. round should ascertain from the district-'en-gineer what the Department’s intentions were in connection with the erection of the. line. Other members considered that the by-law prohibiting heavy traffic on the roads during the winter should he strictly enforced. it being contended that this work should have been done during the summer months. The council agreed that the overseer should enforce the by-law at his discretion after May 1. and that meantime the chairman should confer with the district engineer to ascertain the Department’s intentions in regard to the erection n? the main transmission line

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