Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11175, 7 April 1930, Page 4

Local and General.

The Maluira sailed from Sydney for Auckland on Saturday.

On Saturday William Robert Allen, a butcher, aged 22;years, of 360 Stout Street; was admitted to Cook kosp.ital with injuries to one hand.

Says a.'.Sydney cable: “Air. AT. Laird, superintendent of the Telegraph Department, who is retiring after 52 years’, service, predicts that there -will he no telegraph system at all .at the- end of the next fifty years, because it will lie superseded by tile telephone and by wireless.”

A freak white colored red deer reported as having been seen a few weeks ago at Stewart Island was shot by a. party of deer stalkers from Invercargill, it proved to. be a wellgrown hind and. though the winter coat was showing signs of reddish hairs among the white it is nevertheless a decided curiosity and a very lumdsonie trophy.

The attention of momliers of tho Poverty Bay Golf Club is drawn to an advertisement in this issue ooneernirig the official opening of the. season on Saturday, April 12. A counter-attraction has made it necessary to have the opening a week later than originally proposed. Alem hers wishing to participate in ; the opening match, a mixed Canadian foursome, should advise the respective secretaries. The draw for partners will be published later.

A Sydney cable states: “G. Golding’s friends are disappointed at his omission from the Australian team for the Empire Games and express the opinion that he should have been given priority, over Bascombc. Accordingly, Golding ha s issued a challenge to Bascombe lor a match over 440 yards in Sydney. The latter has accepted the challenge, which will be decided in Afay.”

TTie body of Ceorge Blackwell, a railway employee, 38, married, was found ’ at Hillside plantation, Oamaru. with a bullet wound in the head on Saturday afternoon. There was a. pea-rifle clasped in his arms. Deceased had been missing from homo since Thursday morning, when the rifle- was also found to have disappeared. He had just returned from Hanmor, where he was treated for a nervous breakdown.—P.A.

In a paper at the Pacific Rotary Conference in Sydney on the .“Creation and Promotion of Rotary Fellowship,” Air. David Robertson, oi Auckland, elaborated oil the power oi Rotaiy throughout the world. "II it means anything,” lie said, “it means the end-Oi all hate. Jt enables us to meet our one-time loe not with a clenched list but with a clasped hand. Ih this way Rotaiy will do more to promote world-wide good fellowship than anything else.”

Tho barricades surrounding the large windows in Alossrs \\ . Pettie and Co.’s new shop at th e corner of Gladstone Road and Customhouse street were removed on Saturday, and the attractively dressed windows • drew forth much eulogistic comment, the high degree of the windowdresser’s art being seen to perfection especially in one space, which contained a motor car and a number of appropriately dressed wax figures.

No time is being lost iu the rebuilding of tlie Cash Stores and the work is proceeding satisfactorily according to the arranged plan. The first section to be re-built was the grocery department. Before . (that department was completely finished, shelvings etc., were all ready and with a Targe staff of men at work, a transformation was effected in record time, the results being that during the week, and especially on Saturday, the new and up-to-date grocery establishment was in full swing.

Tho Auckland Cricket Associations senior championship concluded on Saturday in fine weather. Results: Parnell 242 for seven wickets (AYhitolaw 44, Vivian 41) beat University 236; Grafton 266 for six wickets) declared) drew with Y.ALC. A. 205 for six wicket* (Ai.iller_ 63, not out, Lyon 46); Ponsonby 347 for four wickets (declared) and 136 for four (Einlavson 56) beat United Suburbs 125 (Wetherell 15). For Ponsonbv, Finlavsou took 6 wickets for 7 runs. Eden 300 for seven wickets (A. F. Weir 82, Thakagau 81, S L. Weir 61, Postles 45) heat North Shore 235. Parnell wins the championship. Points being: Painoil 35; University 27; Eden 26; Ponsonbv 26; Y.ALC.A. 24; Grafton 22' North Shore IS; United Suburbs 13.’ The suburban championship was won bv Green Lane.—P.A,

At the annual meeting of the AA nirarapa Rugby Union tlie pioposod admission charges to matches ot. the British touring team wore criticised. The union decided to instruct its delegates to oppose tho reservation charge of Cl and also the admission charge of one shilling ' for school children. After extended discussion, delegates to the New Zealand Union were instructed to vote in favour or the broadcasting of matches ot the British touring team. Tho delegates were instructed to support the proposal to revert to the international rules for this season. Tho chairman of the management; committee said that he thought the legality of the amusement tax of one and tenpence on a seasoy ticket costing a cmiilea should be tested. A solicitor had told him that this tax could not he enforced.—P.A.

A ease in which Matthew Leo Rogers manager oi the RualnneRnngiwahia dairy factory, was cliarged with soiling tlie Maoriland Dairy Coy. ■ cream which contained pot assium bichromate. a- poisonous preservative, was suddenly adjourned on Saturday morning, when defendant fainted while under cross examination. Tt wa s explained that lie" had been up all * night .at his fnctoi y and had had no food tlie previous day. Mr. L. Cohen, for the defence, said no suppliers of Rangiwabia factory had had cream rejected by defendant. In one case there were maggots on the surface of the cream and in another there was a distinct flavour of' kerosene. Defendant, in evidence/ said that two suppliers whose cream ho had rejected- sent to the the. Maoriland Coy. Witness decided to make a. chock test of the Afaoiiland grading. He decided to send a poor quality cream hut lie told his assistant to lie careful not to put preservative in the sample bottles. Mlion witness fainted an adjournment until Saturday next - was agreed on—P.A.

; Prominent amongst the new fashions for this season is the new style of hip and three-quarter length coats. It is a ■ distinctly smart, .innovation and in the pretty all wool tweed and worsted striped and check patterns is most becoming wear. The most popular colors are .pretty shades of brown, grey, navy and black. A new shipment ’of • this, tnshionnhlo apparel is now being displayed by Matthowson’s Ltd. aipl the range of’sizes is to suit all \ figures. , Ail Parly inspection is advised.*

At 3.4-5 p.m. on Saturday tho Fire -Brigade turned out to an alarm lor an outbreak in an outhouse a residence of Mr. D. K. James, 31/ Stout Street. Th e structure whicii was a small orie, was badly guttecl. Thoro was no insurance.

As a result of a well-attended and enthusiastic mooting of th e Orrnont Presbytery, Father Lyons presiding, it was decided to hold tho annua Catholic ball at the KaitoraTah public hall on Ma v *, and 51 committee representing the parts of-tho parish was appointed to organise tho function.

That apple-growing is creasing industry in Gisborne ishown by the fact that theAotal sli . : r c ifoM or ”tL &>■ .shipment' was on Friday ?vhon 30 U cases of Ballarats, Delicious and Stunners were shipped.

The Dunedin police 'were ndvised nn Saturday aiternoon that Wilium Arthur Trough, aged 62,- a threshing mill owner, of Milton, had been found drowned in th 0 Tokomairo River, lie had been missing for some days.—P. A.

At the inquest on John Henry Sunner, aged 22, hush worker, killed in Alangarewa hush on April •->, through the breaking, of the block on a log hauler, deceased being struck on the head by the wire rebounding, a verdict of accidental death was returned no blame being attached to anyone.—P.A.

At tlie Police Court on Saturday, before Al!r. W. Hamilton Irvine and C. Blackburn, J.’sP., _a young man named Sydney .Forbes was charged with committing' an indecent act in Gladstone Road on the previous evening. Senior-Sergeant AYade said accused had been out v. irti « number of other men and had had a few drinks when he committed tho offence Accused was fined 10» and costs the Bench warning him tlun, for such an offence he was liable t< imprisonment.

The death occurred at Napier yesterday of Lionel Brunger Signall. aged 13 years and 9 months. Hf j, "p S the only son of Air. and Airs, B G Signall, of Wairoa, and his parents will have the sympathy ot a, wide circle of friends. After a long illness necessitating many operations, the end came yesterday. The Ivmeial will leave St. Paul’s Church. Arturo a, at 2 p.m. to-morrow lor " airoa cemetery.

At a suitable, interval on Saturday during the progress of the Old BoysGisborne Club cricket match, members of the, former team said goodbve to Air. Hunter Witters, a popular member of the Old Boys’ Club. In presenting Air. Witters with a handsome' bridge set on behalf of the team. Air Cl. Lockett said Air Witters had always been very popular especially with his team mates. lie was a keen and enthusiastic cricketer and always willing to field should their opponents be_ short. The speaker wished Air. "Witters bon voyage and a pleasant trip to Britain. Air Witters appropriately responded.

The death occurred at Nelson Hospital on Saturday of.. Eric A. Rodley, aged 33 years, who had been hi the institution, since the previouu Alonday suffering from a severely fractured skull, the result of falling from an upper storev. window at Dwell Hotel. Deceased, who was employed on plumbing-work at the hotel went to hed about 10 o clock on the Snndav night and was found oil the ground beneath the window of his room next morning. There was an earthquake shock during the night and it i s surmised that deceased? when leaving his room, may have mistaken the window for the door. Deceased was the eldest son of Mr. H. A”. Rodley. of AVaimea Street, and loaves a widow and one child. P.A.

That the Government should institute inquiries as to the possibility of utilising coarser and inferior wools in woof packs, thus providing work and disposing’ of surplus stocks, was a suggestion put forward on Snturdav by Air. R. AA . Coop, president of'the Poverty Bay A. and P. Association. About five years ago, ho said, the association received a sample of an all-w,ool pack from Bradford, but it was generally considered it was not a success as it “bellied” out too much. At present the packs are made of jute and cost between 5s and 6s each. AA hen the specimen pack to which lie referred was made at Bradford wool was bringing a high price and the sample pad" cost in the vicinity of 11s. Now however, wool is down in price, especially the coarser and inferior types, and under those circumstances, the idea of wool packs was. to his mind, worthy of investigation. Coarser wools, bellies and pieces, of which there is a surplus in the Dominion might he utilised, this assisting both the grower and the labor market.

The story of another “converted” motor car was unravelled at the Auckland Police Court on Saturday, when L. Brandon Collins, aged 26, farmer, and Thomas John Higgins, -17. butcher, were charged with having converted to their own use a £260 motor car belonging to George Wellesley Spencer. There was a further * charge against Collins of having driven without a license. Mr. Dickson pleaded guilty for Collins and not guilty for Higgins. Sen-ior-Sergeant O’Grady told _ how the two men were seen driving a car from where it was parked in Hobson Street. Two of Spencer’s, employees gave chase on a motor cycle and side-car and eventually the car was stopped and a policeman, who was called arrested Collins. The other mail got away, hut lie was arrested subsequently. Each mad e a statement blaming the other. Mr. Dickson suggested that Collins wa s responsible for the escapade, a s Higgins could not drive a car. Higgins was a returned soldier with a wooden leg and he was Jn receipt of a pension. Air. E. Iv. Hunt, S.M,: “They are simply a pair of drunks.” file Magistrate sentenced Collins to three months’ gaol on the charge of converting the car and recorded a conviction on the charge of driving without a license. Higgins was given the option of going to Rotoron for twelve months or to prison for three months. He chose the Island. —P.A.

That influenza in a mild form is prevalent in the district at present, i s amply corroborated by the suddenly increased > sales of Bramwell’s famous balsam. One Nought One. The popularity of this mixture is advancing by leaps and hounds, for its marvellous effect on coughs, colds, influenza, and chest . complaints, £ well-known, in any mixture, , fresh drugs are an absolute- necessity, for medicine or balsams kept long in store rapidly lose their efficacy. Herein this popular remedy 101 stores highly, for it is made ill bulk each week, and only the freshest and best drugs are used. One Nought One is confidently claimed to be four times as strong as the usual cough balsam, so that ,at half a crown it is the cheapest proposition ' on the market. Stocks ar© now obtainable at Wairoiij Nuliaka and Tokomaru Bay- and also at the Pharmacy, corner of , Derby Street and. Gladstone Road*' ■ 'f

“It is a beautiful story of a kindly act.” This is how the coroner described the tragic end of a 13-year-old girl, of St. James’ Garden Islington, London. The little girl had piloted an elderly woman .across the road at the Angel, Islington (.one of the most dangerous traffic centres in London). As she was coming back she was knocked down and killed by a motor ambulance.

In early Biblical times the delivery of a’ shoe was used to signify the transferring of a possession. The throwing of a shoe on property was a symbol of new ownership as, “Over Edom will I cast out iny shoe” (Psalm ix, S;, from this arose tho custom of throwing u shoo alter a bride on Lor departure for her now homo, symbolising that the parents gave up" all right of dominion over their daughter'

Several years ago Afrs. K. AL-tz, an employee of an American radium ■company, contracted the so-called “radium disease,” which causes bone disintegration. The disease has reappeared in her infant son, and she has sued the company, claiming that the child inherited the disease from her. As experts on heredity will testify on both sides, the outcome of tlie suit wdl bo more than ordinarily 'interesting.

“It is not .sufficient for any one party involved in an accident merely to inquire if the second party lias been injured,” said Air. E. D. Aloslev SAI , in the Alagistrate's Court at Christchurch. He .added that some definite steps had to lie taken for the parties to ascertain if one or the other had been hurt. This statement was made during the hearing of a case in which a man was charged with failure to report an accident. He knocked down a cyclist, hut contented himself with asking the latter if he had been injured.

• The heavyweight boxer entered the fur department oi' a large store and fixed the assistant with an eye that showed he was a man who stood no nonsense. “I want a set oi furs, he muttered. “A present lor my wife.”—“Yes, sir, any special kind:- ' asked the assistant.—The man of muscle glanced about him. “ih i dark brown set in the window looks the sort of tiling I want, but it mustn’t be too expensive. —The assistant followed Ids gaze. "Oh! you mean skunk,” he exclaimed.—He woke up in hospital.

The deatil is reported of Luig:<i Casein, of Osteliazzo Bormida. at the age of 108. She was the oldest woman in Italy, and was called “the grandmother of Piedmont. ’ She lived under nine Popes, and she had seen five Sovereigns. The old woman was very well preserved, and she could thread a needle without glasses. She had never taken medicine in her life. To the friends and acquaintances who visited _ her she was in the habit of saying. “The good Lord has evidently lost sighr of me.”

Resembling one another so closely the twin sisters Hilda and Elsie Harrop, of Rotherham (Yorkshire) could not he distinguished apart by even, their own father. They always had the same thoughts and dreams, and as children awoke trembling from the same nightmares. Their brother always addressed either of them as Elsie. He was sometimes, right. And just when people began to have hopes that their married names would give a clue to their identity, they each married a James Thompson! Hilda married Air. .James Thompson, of Chesterfield, and Elsie married Dr. James Thompson, of

Glasgow. Because of his visit to London to attend the Prince or AYale.s' dinner on November 9. Lance-Corporal Alfred Wilkinson; A'.C., of Leigh, Lancashire, had 2/6 deducted irom his temporary relief pay of 15,-. Corporal Wilkinson said that he thought that the money had been stopped because if he had • been working he would have lost; a day’s wages. He is a spinner, but he has been out of work for 21 weeks. An official oi the Leigh branch of the Cotton Operatives' Association said that they were hound to deduct the amount. If Wilkinson had applied before he went and stated his ease lie would probably have received the money. As it is he has been advised to present his case for consideration by the head council, and probably tlie amount will be granted.

Afiss Marjorie Ivlingei and Air. Donald Babcock, of New York. are probably the first couple to substitute a parachute descent for the conventional wedding march. Alarried in the afternoon in a huge S>korski plane 2100 ft. in the air, they stepped out of the open door. In her excitement the bride, who went first, fell 1000 ft. before she pulled her parachute cord. Following Iter, Ihe bridegroom also fell nearly the same distance, and then slowed down to earth. The best man was the only other person to follow the bridal couple nil-wise down. In landing. lie narrowly missed a concrete mixer

There was rather a quaint and novel touch in a report of “among those present" at the Awapuni races recently. The paper, a Palmerston North journal, having given, the list, said nothing whatever about the fashions favored by mere woman, but plunged into a beautiful little paragraph about what the gentlemen wore. Brown, it seemed, was the popular color, and it was gravely reported that one man was seen in black trousers with a . white stripe, black coat and hat to match. So the poor old.neglected sterner sex is. getting a bit of its own back at last. But the paper quite forgot to mention the brightest masculine spot of the day-—the lad who wore a brown ensemble with a brilliant salmon pink shirt, collar and tie. “AA'eak women fainted—strong ones felt weak.” But there it was and its possessor looked the blithest thing to he met in a month of pavdavs.—R.R. Herald. ' v

Long eyelashes are considered to add to the charm of a face. But they are, according to a Japanese physician,- a sign of weak vitality. This doctor says that consumptive children have lashes twice as long as those of healthy little ones. While a normal baby’s eyelashes .grow about an eighth of an inch during its first- year, tiny sufferers from infantile diseases have at tli e end of twelve months lashes twice as long. These discoveries were made in a hospital attached to one of the Imperial Universities. Oyer 7000 children were, examined during two years. The death of a three-year-old boy after drinking four ounces of whisky neat was recently investigated at-an inquest at Oswestry, Wales. It was. stated that. • the hoy. the son of William Thomas Jones, of Haim Farm. Llandrinio, got . out J off Ledk : ono morning and took the wliisky"from the bedroom mantelpiece. The bay’s father said he had occasionally given liis child small .tablesnoonfills of whisky to ward off a cold. It wasthe sort of thing they used to do to children in his neighborhood. Tit returning a verdict of ‘death from acute alcoholic poisoning, the coroner remarked it . was inadvisable for parents to give whisky or spirits to children except under medical advice.

v ■ \ In the billiards matches at Home Newman is 14,145 and Liudrmn 4s 13,955. Smith is 430/311 and McConachy 17,745. —A.P.A. . ‘ ’

A London cable states that the Home Secretary, will not interfere with the death sentence on Fox, who murdered his mother for her insurance moneys. The execution will take place To-morrow. \ -,u

Messrs Murray Roberts and Co. Ltd. are in receipt of, the following advice from their London house:— “Crossbred, greasy, . .advanced live per cent. As lo all other descriptions of wool, the market shows a hardening, ttendency.’ ,

French chemists have discovered a new use for stray cats. They claim that catskins are a certain cure for rheumatism. Stray cats are skinned, and the fur is' made into a soft warm pad for application in all cases of rheumatic pains.

The most dramatic wild-animal picture, ever taken is of a tiger \ ' crouching to spring. In crouching ' he fired the flashlight which enableu the ■.photograph to he taken. The "tiger's mouth is right-shut, which is the usual position in an attacking tumr. The snarl so favored by taxidermists 'S rare in nature.

The. v>car of Chorlpy Wood (Kng.) sent-an extraordinary Christmas letter to the members' oi his congregation, iu which he made a vigorous attack on bridge as being responsible lor the breeding of a hitter, covetous spirit, envy, jealousy, broken friendships, and divided families. The letter has created considerable controversy.

Perhaps it was the possibility of a shattered bank account, and not altogether a shattered romance, that compelled Clara How to desist from marriage with Harry Pdchman. She has just signed a contract for £4700 a ‘ week good only provided she does .U" ‘ not marry. Paramount intimated that Xani-v. Carroll would he substituted for her in coming pictures it she wedded.

Frinecessarv noises caused by mo-tor-cars are. to he outlawed in London The Ministry of Transport lias issued an order guiding magistrates to what should he considered legal offences. The hanned noises include: Unnecessary tooting of horns gnndijjrr arid squeaking of brakes. Rapping of loose solid tyres, excessively loud horns, the clatter of badly packed truck loads, back-firing engines, and unnecessary grinding on shifting.

\ fnitod States army aerial photographer has succeeded in photograpldng a mountain from a distance of 0.->7 '"miles. The photograph, with others was obtained last summer during a 14,000-mile aerial photoomplnc tour of north-western l.nitml' States. In addition to their contribution to -long-distance photograph v it i.s believed that the pictures may yield important measurements relating to the curvature of light 3'ii vs around the surface of the earth.

In a remote village in North Whiles there is an industry solely devoted to the cracking of Brazil nuts. A peep inside the “factory” reveals dozens of girls eaeli using a hammer with marvellous dexterity, the jmts being cracked with just sufficient force to leave the kernels intact. The demand tor Brazil nuts is greatest at Christinas, when huge cases of kernels go from this W T olsli village to the chocolate factories, whore" they are coated to make “chocolate Brazils.”

This promises to he a good shooting season for license-holders, as the Acclimatisation Society has liberated birds within reach of everybody tlos

year. As the season opens on Thursdav, Mav 1, shootists would be wise if "they have their guns overhauled in readiness for the opening by Allan Sutton, expert gunsmith, who has imported a full range of spare parts and installed an np-to- (' date gunsmithy department in eon'neotion with • his cycle business in Peel Street.***

Mrs. Annabelle Tharp, the only woman member of the Jockey Club, •who died a few weeks ago, was always honored with the friendship ol the Royal Family. Of late years her memory began to fail, and this story is told* of her. The present Tying greeted Tier at a meeting at Newmarket a year or two ago, hut Mrs. Tharp failed to recognise him. “1 remember you quite well,” she told him, “hut— I have forgotten vour name.” The King told her his name, and both laughed heartily. She was more than 90 years of age.

Tito Schipa, the Italian tenor, states that it is his custom and that of some other admirers of Caruso to reclothe the latter’s embalmed body every three years. “We go to I’ozzo Real’i Cemetery, at Naples,” lie said, "and exhume the hotly. It is wonderfully well preserved, there being even color in the cheeks; and we dress it in the kind of clothes that .happen lo he in fashion. At present Caruso is wearing a frock coat; which suits him very well ”

The woman who, as a girl, was the model for the famous design, “The Sower,” which was formerly on French coins and still appears on postage stamps, lias died in a miserable old age at Ee Creusot. The artist Roty saw die gild hare-foot-ed in the fields, and induced her to pose for him for a small sum. When an old woman she made attempts to procure an allowance from the State, but no one Ixdioved her story. When her identity was definitely established it was too late.

Owing to then- occupying too ranch time at an evening meeting the live-mile cycle and the three-mile fiat X’overty Bay championships were conducted on Saturday. The weather was favorable, though the track has somewhat bumpy. Details are: Three uidcs fiat championship.—H. R. Ftskeri l, R. Scaly 2. Won by 200yds. Time J7niiu. 0 2-ssecs. Also started: 2' M. E. Sheridan, W. Williamson, ■% Brown, and 11. Quinn. Five miles cycle championship.—T. Campbell 1, P. McMahon 2. Won by , threequarters of a lentil. Time 14miu. -59 3-ssecs. Also started: A. _E. Redmond, P. Marine, I‘. Ponard.

/Members of the police force in Gisborne assembled, at the station on Saturday morning to bid farewell to Sergeant Mclntyre, who lias • been promoted to take charge of the Tokomaru station, replacing Sergeant •Carroll who has been promoted to Senior-Sergeant, at Hastings. On behalf of tile members, of the force in Gisborne,' Inspector O’Halloran asked Sergeant- Mclntyre’s acceptance of a' handsome ■ leather suitcase, acompanied by the best wishes of all for. the future success and happiness of Sergeant and. Mrs Mclntyre. In response, Sergeant .Mclntyre remarked that liis stay in Gisborne_ had been one of the'happiest experiences he had had in the porce and it was ken’ gratifying to know that lie was leaving the town with' such good ■wishes. The relations, between all branches.-of the Force and himself, lie been roost amicable.