LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, 31 October 1928, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Three notifications of zymotic- diseases were received in the Borough during the past fortnight, these comprising one each of scarlet fever ('from Tokomnru Bay), orisipelas and septicaemia. In the billiards match the scores at the. end of yesterday’s play were Lindrum 3,002 (in play), McConaehy 2.271. The best breaks were: Lindrum 643 and 582; McConaehy 317. “135 and 318.—Press Assn.

Building permits to the number of five were issued in the Borough during the past fortnight, the total value involved ’being £2753.i The permits were for three dwellings, one shed and one alteration.

The Tolaga Bay Bowling Clidi last night decided to hold a one-dav tourney on Labor Day, November 19. The tourney will consist of five games of 11 heads each. Entries will close on November 15.—Special.

Following a series of explosions in a Government supervised distillery in Philadelphia, Francis Sears, a prohibition official, and Hugh Duffy a mechanic, were showered by flaming a'cohol and txith burned to death. The property loss is £500,000. —United Service. Says a Sydney cable: “There is little liklibood of Keith Anderson’s equity suit against the airmen Smith and tllm. arising out of the Pacific flight, being heard this side of Christmas. Squadron-Leader Smith leaves for the United States in six weeks’ rime.”—Aust-. Press Assn.

At a meeting in Palmerston North yesterday of the Council cf the New Zealand Pig Breeders’ Association, it was decided to pay the expenses of junior judges up to £7 at the Auckland, Palmerston North. New Plymouth, and Christchurch Shows to assist, tho senior judges, with the. object of qualifying for positions.— Press Assn.

The following .have been chosen to represent' New Zealand in the tennis test matches against the British team on November Ti and 5 at Auckland: G Ollivier (Canterbury), E. L. Bartlett (Auckland, capt.), N. R. C. ‘Wil-son-(Wellington'). D. G. France (Wellington). The doubles pairs are tentatively arranged as follow : BartleetWilson; Ollivier-France. The matches against Wellington were postponed yesterday to to-day on account of rain.—Press Assn,

While travelling from Port Chalmers to Dunedin by a train at about 8.45 yesterday morning, Valentine Charles Parker, coxswain on the pilot launch at Port Chalmers, died suddenly. The deceased, who was a married man, 43 years of age, with five children, had been suffering from heart trouble for some time and had been undergoing treatment by Dr. A. B. Roy, of Port Chalmers, and it is thought that the cause of death was h-art failure.—Press Assn. At the Royal Show at Palmerston North the pig championships resulted: Large whites, hoar, O. G. C. Dernier (Cheltenham); reserve boar, Eddie and Hancock (Paliiatua); champion sow, Rowen and Wilson (Hastings) ; reserve sow, D. and S. Ross (Te Puke); Berkshires, champion boar, J. A. Russell (P.N.); reserve board, Central Development Farm (Weraroa); champion sow, ,T. A. Russell; reserve sow, J. A. Russell. — Press Assn.

Judgment for plaintiffs by default was entered by Mr. E. C. Levvey, fi.Mq in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday ,in the following civil cases: Commissioner lof Taxes iv. John Scott, £6 2s 6d. costs 19s; Commissioner of Taxes v. Itobt. Robb, £3 Is, rests ;J. X). Roberts Ltd. v. Jas. Lawrence, £8 O.s 2d, costs £1 10s 6d; I J Ewing v. Combi nod Buyers Ltd. £35, costs £3 5s 6d. On judgment summonses David Bell was ordered to pay Robt. Cadzow Fisken £66 12s in default 30 days’ gaol; Tom Leach to pay T. A. Hogg £8 Us Id, in default seven days’ gaol. As advertised elsewhere the fares on the. Gishorne-Wairoa-Napier road have been increased from to-day. The motor sendee proprietors, interviewed, state that, after several months of'running at- cheap fares, they have been compelled to return to their old fares of 30s to Napier single, and pos return. This step has been taken with a view of maintaining stability business and to erialfle them to -.ros .Kqoui ; }0 suiVemi ssep-isay u uiu} vices between Gisborne and Napier. Gisborne residents and business people must realise that the services are the only means of getting to and from this town at the present time, but it is quite obvious that, to keep the cars of the different fleets up to efficiency, a reasonable charge must be asked of the people who traveL lay them. A section of the public demand an extra cheap service and, in view of this, three services operating on the road at "present are, by combining efforts, running a ear once daily direct to Napier at 15s single, starting on Thursday. By these means,- they hope to cater for all classes of the travelling public with satisfaction. ***

Following upon a protest by shipping firms whose steamers trade in and out of Gisborne, concerning tho shallowness of the river channel preventing small coastal ships from entering the harbor, the Harbor Board decided on Monday that'the John Townley should \ie immediately employed in improving the depth. It was with some surprise, therefore, that the dredge was seen working m the basin yesterday morning. _An explanation was supplied by the Harbor Engineer (Mr. C. F. Marshall Smith).' He said that the dredgo could only work in the entrance' tor three hours at each ti'de, so that by transferring the vessel to the basin in .bo* tweeilthoss periods, more economical working could be carried out. the. dredge' was j engaged, therefore, in pumping silt from the bottom or the basin over the wharf piling to form the filling behind the structure.

Five stray dogs were impounded m the Borough during the past fortnigh tIn the interests of public safety, the Government has suspended the Communist paper Ruedepravo for a month, says a Prague cable.

Traffic licenses issued in the borough during the past fortnight thralled 26, 24 being car drivers’ certificates and two motor cyclists’. Seven renewals of’ car drivers’ certificates and seven of motor cycle di-vvers certificates were also issued. With regard to the cable message that the Sensible Heat Distillation Co., has secured a contract for five years’ supply to the New Zealand Railways of one thousand tons annually of L and N. residual smokeless fuel, Mr. Gerald Hamilton, attorney for the company in London, who is at present in Wellington, expresses surprise at the message, anu states that the company has offered to contract with the New Zealand Government for the supply of smokeless fuel for railway purposes, but the negotiations have not been finalised on either side. —Press Assn.

In another column Messrs. Forshaw Bros., of Makaraka, announce that they have purchased the well-known butchery business lately conducted by Mr. J. E. Newton, at- the corner of Gladstone road and Lytton road, and in future they will conduct their butchery business from their new address In making this announcement they hope to be able to cater better for their old customers and at the same time they wUI be glad to welcome old and new customers at their new address. Their lorries will continue to supply meat to their country customers as in the past. **■ In furtheronce of his campaign, Mr. Lissant Clayton, the nominee of the United Party, will address the electors of Gisborne in the City -Hall on Thursday night, November 1, at _8 p.m. Air. Clayton will explain in full the policy of the United Party and the proposal of Sir Joseph W ard to borrow £70,000,T00 without one penny additional taxation, direct or indirect. Air. Clayton has organised and been responsible for the successful flotation of several small loans, and therefore, his views upon the matter will he interesting, Air Clayton will, in all probability, reply to the Hon. K..S. AYilliams. A claim for a penalty of £lO for a breach of an award was made in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday by the Canterbury Freezing Works and related Trades Union against the Canterbury Frozen Aleat Co. The union demanded payment for waiting time for a period of two hours and threequarters, which time was lost owing to a dispute at the works. Instead of the customary neck strings for tying a carcase into position for packing the company supplied, one day, wire neck sets. These the butchers refused to use, declaring that they wT'i'e unsanitary and liable to scratch and infect their hands. Before the trouble was ended by restoring the neck strings, 22 hours were lost. For this time the slaughtermen demanded payment which the company refused. The magistrate reserved judgment.—Press Assn.