Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10977, 16 August 1929, Page 4

Local and General

Tho Muaiuii sailed at 2.10 a-.m. r <>- (liiy. lor Waikokopti. Through being struck by a loaded tiling, a. married man, Air. Georgo O’Neill, qf -Kaliutia street, while engaged in discharging cargo Rom the s.s. Kahika yesterday, sustained injuries to hi s head. Mr. O’No-ill was convoyed to the wharf by launch'and, after’ receiving.' mCdicul attention, was able to proceed to his home. The heaviest patient ever to mter a Toronto hospital is Gertrude Hcstoule, aged H>. weighing 32sh 2H>. Stic is sft Sin in height. Increasing obesity. Jia s rendered her helpless. Two others in the. family share the affliction, though tho parents are normal. A sister, aged 13, weighs 2fist mil., and an infant brother of a rirodigious size will be brought to hospital, for .treatment.

The Poverty l;ay lady hockey representatives selected, for tho New Zealand tournament «ro requested to attend a black-board lecture to lie given in the Fire Station at 7.30 tonight. The address was arranged to be delivered at Le Grande Lounge/ but it was found 'to be otherwise engaged.

“Britain declares her indcpondenco" says the Sunday Chronicle; pointing out that, although unheralded and unsung, the most amazing revolution Ims occurred recently in London theatres, where only one American play is left oht of many, whereas the" outstanding successes in New York theatres at present arc Brit* isih plays, with others to follow'. Thus the tables have been turned with a vengeance). Brtish dramatists bavo not only von the Ahglo-Amoricah theatre war, but are also providing tlie army of occupation,

The novelist, Mr A. G. Hales, Writes to the Sun’ newspaper inquiring for. news of ,his four sons, WaHie, Loyola, Roy and Eric, who when last hoard l'rom wore in the New Zealand earthquake none before the shake.

The well-known Auckland optician Mr. Russell, -of A. R. Russell JMS®" Co., QifStm street, will Gisborne e.a ri wc a short visit and may ~mS s^s »*«ili|ted irom Tuesday' oyik>frtm; at -Mr."*" •'.'•n^D. ’Brajifi'Saiytf* Pharmacy, corner ot Derby street and Gladstone road.*/.'

“It. is not an offence to lie to a police officer,” Mr A. M. Muwlem, S.M., was told by a solicitor during a case in the Napier .Magistrate’s Court. “No, I’ifi afraid it is not," replied His Worship, “but if it were I,’ni afraid many a witness would not bo in the box.”. The solicitor: “You would hardly put them in the dock.”

Appearing before -Mr. D. 11. I’arper S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, William Henry Gleye, 00, faced two charges of a serious nature in respect of a Maori girl aged between I*2 and, 13 years, the alleged acts being set down as occurring at Manntuke on August 9 and J2. On the application of nenlor-Hergcant Wade, a remand for one yicok was granted.

The death, at the age of 90, of Mrs Mary Cain, “the Queen of Jlurraheedeo Mission Station,” has removed one of the oldest identities in Now South Wales. Her father, Eugene Griffin., was an Irishman, and she was the first half-caste horn on the Castlcreagh, her mother being a full-blooded abo.igmal. She' learned to read from a prayer-book her lather had. and itoeamo a good scholar.

One of i.ho most interesting exhibits at the Royal Norfolk Show, at King’s Lynn, was a new apple. It is a cross between Worcester Penr.main and Gascoyne’s Scarlci, ami its season is from mid-November, to iriiel— March, its color is brilliant and it has a hue flavour. It ought to prove a formidable competitor to in reign apples. Mr Condo, the 'T.-nuty horticultural superintendent. lias 2;JO young trees ai. the Norfolk experimental station at Bnrbnghnm, near Norwich, being worked up. for public sale.

A laugh was raised by Dr L. Cockayne, 1928 Darwin Medalist, during his address to the Philosophical Institute in Christchurch. Dr Cockayne said he could claim to be like the great Darwin in one thing—bib read novels. Darwin used to read novels very day and he (Dr Cockayne). always read Edgar W allace in bed. “I am sure Darwin would have lilted to read Edgar Wallace. I'm sure he would not have read—who is that woman who writes such trash '■—Ethel M. Dell."

Influenza and measles have been mainly responsible for the reduction of the native population at Vanikoro (Solomon Islands) to hardly more than a score. Five years ago the estimated population was 6000 natives. The survivors now keep to the back of the'‘island, do a little pearl diving and trade with the natives recruited from other islands lor timber cutting. Vegetables cannot, be grown satisfactorily, said travellers. Rent and rain .make them quickly run to top. Tinned food has to he used. Fever is another trouble. There are 20 whites on the island.

According to an Auckland motor trader the increase in primage duty proposed by Sir Joseph Ward will operate in favour cl the American product as against the British. He explained that this arose from the fact that, dutv was based on the retail value- of a car in the country ol production, and as the retail value in America was much lower than in England, the extra primage duty on English ears would moan more than it would on the American models.

“Where do elephants go to die:”' asks Sir William Gowers, Governor of Uganda, in an article in The Times. The elephant population of Africa must be hundreds of thousands, yet they are seldom seen dead from natural onuses. Sir William Gowers relates wliiit veteran hunters declare to he a unique experience. They saw beside the Hirer Lugard the carcase of a large bull elephant, its old agoi would have required its proximity to water, and this suggests that elephants mostly die in rivers or swamps. Not realising their weakness. they plunge into midstream, according to their habit, and their hearts give out under the strain.

A harmless-looking brass cylinder lying on the roadway, outside the St. George’s Hall, Newtown. (Sydney), aroused the curiosity of, Robert l)onne.v, aged 11. ft was a detonator, and when Donnev picked it up to examiner it, it exploded, blowing on pis left hand at the wrist. Hi s right hand was also dreadfully injured, and practically the whole oi Ids head and lace was lacerated. Only shreds ol the left hand remained. Denney exhibited remarkable pluck. “That's nothing. Don’t tell mother. i m all right,” was his appeal to New-town-Marriekville ambulance qlliccrs

“You wore the first man to be prosecuted in Napier for exceeding the speed limit?” asked All" Al. H. Grant of Air J. H. Edmondson, propi ode nt of the Hawke s Bay Automobile Association, during a by-law case in the Napier Court. “Yds 1 was,’’ replied Mr Edmondson. “What, was the speed limit then?” asked Air Grant. Mr Edmundson’s reply brought a smile. “1 was prosecuted for driving at a speed greater than the walking pace of n horse.’’ Later in tho same case His Worship (AH A. AL Afowlem) scored an almost opigrammatical point when he obFCived, “1 l>elieve there are now only two classes of society in W ellington and Auckland—the quick and the dead.”

ft will he welcome new-s to the people of New Zealand to learn that the New South Wales Government does not intend to lift the ban regarding the importation into that State ot Now Zealand potatoes. There arc those who hold that it would be a good thing to have the ban lilted, as it would mean a lot oi money to New Zealand holders. That may bo so. but a Wellington merchant, speaking oil this subject." said that it would mean an immediate rise in the price here to ;CR> or £l6 nor ton, and that would hit everyone. -Even at the present time the existing price (£l6 10s per ton) was not justified—it was a price made because some ol the big holders io the South thought -tbeie was a. chance of the Sydney ban being lifted.

Atany years ago, a leading publisher in London, Air. J. Deni, made up his mind that the best literature oi the world could be found in 1000 books, which, ho considered, should be sold at a. price suitable to even the poorest class in the community. Thereupon lie- initiated ■ the famous Everyman’s Library', which now contains . 800 volumes. The books include all tho better class novels, atlases, dictionaries, books on gardening, ■ religion, poetry, biography, juvenile literature, etc.: in fact all famous books afo to bo found in Everyman’s Library A* The books are of .artistic shape and all are bound alike in cloth, and the price is half-a-crown! Quite a number of ol.d and also young people make a point cot buying an Everyman every week, and thus a library of the’ best books soon' accumulates. In Iho shelves of Eastwood’s Book Store can now he seen some hundreds of these famous book's, which are Fell worth inspection,*,*

“It was believed that the arithmetic could retreat ore^ House.

Messrs Dalgety and Coy LM. have received the followinfi <k - their head office., dated Hlo “At the London tallow suk.>, casks wore offered of winch cent .was sold. There wusa ; hcttci demand at' unchanged prices.

Th „ VZ . L. and 31'. Agency Go. Ltd have received the following I lk ß nm, fm ti,eir nmlor tltito Mtl,. inst.: choicest waited -Ms to ] lNi,,rwhito 86s; colored 89s to kef, quiet.”

“The price wo pay fur petrol,” said Mr W J Edison (Stratford.),, in the House "of Representatives, is so ex-cessive-that it is time steps woic taken to deal with the matter. I h nrico of petrol n the United States S Taorick nnd tt*Calf at 'J™ said, was ojel par Imperial gal mi. and in Now Zealand one had to P-'J 2s, 2d a gallon for it.

“Municipal politics m Am^ 1 , day do not appear to bo as clean and free from personal ugliness as oui s are in New Zealand,” said Sir Jame. Gunson on Ins return from Cal - to Auckland. “In that respect then i- a good deal of -trouble in many m the. American cities at present. Dm freedom from that sort oi tnmg ' n New Zealand affords ground t (, i much satisfaction.'’

When the tuberculosis block - at Cook Hospital is opened three extra nurses will be required, and, -n dition, an extra nurse will bo needed for sending up to Toiaga Bay when necessary. To provide extra accom modation, three" rooms will require to be furnished in the nurses home and some of the larger rooms will havo io bo made mto double room.-. ~|| present available space being occupied-

“I issued a warning yesterday that I would increase the line to 10s until these offences showed a marked ddcifea.se,” remarked Mr. ?. 11 • Harper; S.M.. in the Magistrate s Court yesterday, when .Mai shall Alexander faced a charge oi riding a, cvelo after dark without a light. As the offence was committed /m Tuesday, the day before the warning was issued, defendant was only.

Identities of Bendigo who can hark hack ro the visit in 1867 ol the-Duke of Edinburgh, the first British Rovaltv to come to Australia, are b> His time retellmu an incident similar to the recent /ire disaster to Roy Scouts at an English fete. As ed to a Melbourne pressman, digo’s procession in the “bailor Prince’s” honor included a lorry made un to represent the, warship Galatea," in which ho came/ to Melbourne. Manned by a number ot voung.sters in Jack Jars’ garb, it eatight lire, nnd several were hunted to death.

The price obtained by the Maoris for this year’s crop of tobacco ranged from (x! to Is 9d per pound. lit*is not quite so good as was expected, remarks the “Rotorua Chronicle, but must' be considered satisfactory in view of it being the first year, and of the experience gained. 'Even at these prices, when averaged, the return runs into something like an acre which i s sufficiently encouraging to continue operations and increase them. A part of the initial expense will be- set aside from this year’s return.

A wealthy American, Richard J* Reynolds, aged 23, wa s found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the killing of a motor-cyclist at Maidenhead. He was sentenced at the Old Bailey to tire months; imprisonment. Reynolds was driving his c-ar to London when he collided with the motor-cyclist. He continued his journey until he was stopped oil the outskirts of London. He was certified as being drunk. Accused’s counsel said his client had provided his tictim’s widow with a life pension oxcccdinir her late husband's earnings. Reynolds was ordered to pay. the whole of the costs.

A man who has roamed the Okeke district with a slasher causing alarm amongst the residents because ol bis alleged entry ol several hemes, and because of the finding of a heifer decapitated and partly disembered. was arrested without trouble yesterday after a long search by Constable NJills and some settlers, lie bad slept on Wes nod ay night in a shed on the property of Air. AY. 1 lardgraves. The settler gave him breaklast yesterday morning and lie accepted work on the property. Constable Alill s was informed and took the man in charge without diilicußy. The slasher it is said, had been leu hack in tin* lulls. The man was known in the district as Johnson, but it is doubted if that is his correct name. Ho will appear m tlm pew Plymouth Court to-day.—l’.A.

The recent unveiling by the King of the Belgians of a monument atSteonstraete to comiiiQinorato those who fell in the first gas attack, has lioon made the occasion lor an article by Ernosr Jiulet. in which he declares that the French High Command was informed at the- time, eight days Indore the attack, that it would take place, but refused to take the warning seriously, with the result that- during those first, days 18,1-Ou French and 21,000 British soldiers mot their''deaths, among whom was practically tho entire Canadian force. AL .Judct gives chapter and verse for his acer Nation. A German deserter, on the night of April 13. furnished particulars of the gas cylinders, which were already in place in the trenches, and even produced an elementary gas mask with which the German troops had been supplied. General Ferry, the French divisional Commander, whom the information reached, warned the British and French troops to the right and left of him. and reported the matter to his corps, who did not, however, consider if to he of sufficient importance Io pass-up higher.-

The charge against Norman. Brown, a member of the firm of Richard Brown and Son ’Ltd., booksellers of Wellington, of selling an indecent document,. ’ namely, “Enduring Passion,” by Dr Alarie Stopes, was dismissed. * The Magistrate, in giving his reserved decision,‘isiiid that although iu his opinion the book was entirely unsuited for indiscriminate' sale, lie thought that road by those to whom it was addressed it would prove in many cases a. help and would tend to promote happiness in their relations with one another. • The evidence showed that on receipt of “Enduring Passion” from the publishers the defendant, knowing the general nature of the works of Dr Mario Stopes,, inquired by telephone from the Police Department whether the book was banned. Du being advised that it was not, he it on lii's shelves for sale. . . The question to be decided by the Court whs whether the net of the defendant in selling the hook was of an humoral or mischievous tendency. “The sale which is challenged in these proceedings,” said Afr Page, “was a sale to a married’ man (Detective - Bdyliss) of mature ■ years. In my opinion the evidence in regard to the possession and sale of this hook by the defendant as detailed-does not establish that his act with respect thereto was of an immoral or mis--chievous tendency. The information miist therefore bo dismissed.”