Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10880, 26 April 1929, Page 4

Local and General

On a charge of. driving a carat Patutnhi without,lights, a. Maori motorist, Sydney'Aparinnia, .was/ fined lOs and costs'.'by Mri P. H. Harper. S.M., . iiiNThe Police Court on Wednesday. “VG, v ’Y" •■ •,7

The “Midnight FroHcs” .concluded a-very successful ...seaso* l pi .Gishorng on WeduciSdaY nigli.t, when, as aftlio , previous' ',jwi;fArniaw<>e,4',' ( ’.L.t{KV. ; Opera House was airoYy-dect-'td-oap.aCitjN''* ■ ! ■

The Public Works .Department has . let a contract to ’Messrs G. Brown and Tbps. O’Grady.,."for. the collection and delivery of 300 .-.cubic, yards, of snawls at Kopua, for the railway works.. ~ 1 ' . ; : , ' . ! i ■ . •- i ; > -p V. - ''GCM'- l,

: • The Jyoadoii ‘‘Daily, Tplegraph” is reliably; infprnied that thei'. Ounard Company intendbuildi rig two super liners '.of 7§s|Qo tons and. designed to attain a'speed giving, them world supremacy.—A. P/A.' " ’.7 • '

No - further eases of dysentery bad been reported from, tbei K'ast, Coast rind Poverty Bay -districts, on Wednesday. This leaves' the total’ in tlutse districts at three, qf .which'• two wore fatal, while the third sufferer is' how well dll? the' way to recovery after ■’:«i' term in Te'Puia. Hospital.

Tlntffhoiitldn “AVnr Cry'’ announces thawiw-General Booth is still con--tVnffriig .hi.s Clinheery action, hjuf tl|rs .being,entirely a. question of laW, i#;'hass,heeu agreed .with The\ftalvns

ifioii- ■ A'riny; (.'onimissioners ’ -that' it shall he- decided in ii comparatively simple and eepnomical wfiy.~-A-.P.A.-United fscryice." • ' !

A donation- of £4300 to the St. John Ambulance Association for its buildings; anti one of '£looo to the’ Coinnmnity' Sunshine Association for building* and a solarium for. "side children in Auckland were;announced at the . annual meeting of the Auckland Savings Batik. 1 The total donations .made l>v the ißank since. 1 DOG amount to £IIO,BqO.—P:A. 9

A savings hank schemewhich was inaugurated at• Biixloti Road School. Auckland,; 'in Oeloher, -1920, to encourage thrift amongst' the scholars has . proved a great, success'. . There are rimy 102' depositors, with a total ivcekly-average of £-1 fcffld. The total deposits to date arc €1,31 13s •id .. The school has an nyernge nttendantx* of d.‘ll. ' .

Charged -with the-theft; of-.-Cl 00 htv longrng td. the East ('oast Acclimatisation Society. Olivo.r George Howie’ appealed I ado re Mr. B. H. Harper, S.M.. in the - Police COiirr, oir Wednesday. On the application Of Detect ivc .McLeod, accused was remanded until May fL lo permit of further inquiries. Bail was;.allowed in tlic sum of €IOO or two sureties of LAO.

Some hostility. was shown by a section of the,: audience’ at the Choral Half at Christchurch'■ on Tuesday evening when t.he> Mayor, who presided, stated that; owing to' the behaviour of ilie meeting he Would not allow any questions "to'' he asked of tlic four principal' who-had explained matters-in connection with Wellington’s municipal milk supply. Twice during the progress of the speeches the Mayor appealed - for a lair hearing. Addressing a demonstrative sectiort of the audience, lie said that apparently local milk suppliers were having a good innings, judging from their applause, dissent and interjections.—P.A.

The London business girl lias found a way out of the dance-partner difficulty that perplexes . her society sister. Site will not pay for a young Mian's entertainment in order to'provide herself with a partner, and she has forced her i-easonahle attitude on proprietors of dance halls. It is now quite the recognised thing for girl (lance partners to visit the- Various balls together, and one of the latter actually advertises -‘ail lady” competitions. A few years ago, if two gills took the floor together, they \iere asked to stop. Now however, the dance halls have found that, if they want to he well patronised, they must welcome the girl without male escort. She is often one of the- best dancers.

‘Have you ever heard of a motor accident where the driver applied the hand brakes r” asked Mr. Just'ce Blair in the Supreme Court at Auckland, when counsel were arguing over the degree of care exercised by •i motorist who struck a pedestrian. His Honor said the hand brake on the average American car was seldom, if ever, used for stopping. The *a« t that it was placed well away to the left seemed ;o indicate that it was not a deriving control. As a rule, too, it was not very powerful. Its main purpose seemed to be to prevent the car from running away when parked on an incline. Counsel lor the injured pedestrian did : not agree with his Honor’s v.ew, having keen in a eai on two occasions when the sudden application of the hand brake resulted in the occupants being thrown forward with such violence a.s to almost tip them nut,.

A deputation from the Sheepowners’ Association waited on the Hawke’s Bay ( minty Council the other day to urge provision for travelling stock on the road., The trouble exiierioncocl by people driving stock on roads through motor traffic. i*j 'terrific, remarked Mr. C. Kuddenklau, when urging that more stock paddocks' "should be provided. "The treatment the sheep get amounts almost to cruelty -!o animals.’’ lie l-elatod that 105 cars.had passed through, a mob oil. a main road in one day, and Air J H. Ahsolum .said that he knew of a 'mob of 3000 that had been passed by 150 cars in one day. . In reply to the speakers, Mr. if. M. Campbell, M.P., said that ; the expense 'of- paddocks was heavy, and it had to he reiiiehiheretl that many of the county’s ratepay ws were not slieepownefs. The council's opinion was that the brokers and freezing companies slioiijd contribute.do the cost of : paddocks. It was decided to leave the question of more paddocks over to he dealt with by the incoming council.