Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11280, 9 August 1930, Page 4

Local and General

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Official figures for-the Britain-Coin-b i n edt Rug by < jn atcl rial. Hamilton; show that the, takings wore £15(50 arid the attendance 11;000.- —P.A. -

The Western Access Empowering Bill:'; .(Mr . Chapman) was introduced arid read, a first time in the House, yesterday.—P.A.

Messrs. Dalgoly and Company Ltd. have.received the following cable from their Jiead office; London, dated. Aug. 7 :—“London Frozen Meat Market — The market is dull, quotations-arc unchog»ged.y . • ••• ’ - ,

dsWool carried on the Gisborne section of the railways during the past season totalled 974.3 bale's, a decrease of 1733 von the total carried in- the: previous season. Oil Ngatapa, branch the total was only 503 bales, a decrease of 192. The number’of sheep carried decreased from 108,(50-1 to 101,082.

An excellent programme has . been psoparod for the City Band’s municipal concert to be held jn the Botanical Gardens, commencing, at 3 o’clock to-morrow. The band will be under, the capable baton of Mr. A. Wood. There will be a collection in aid of the band funds. '• "

There are probably many owners of radio sets who are .still unnv.qi.re ol the new dinner session broadcast, recently started by 2.Z.M., the local station, but judging by the correspondence received to date, the innovation is being greatly appreciated amongst all classes. If the session continues to he popular, Mr Stevens intends to keep on the air between the hours of. 12 and 2 daily. .

The dispute between the Wairaki Coal Company and miners enjoyed, by that company was settled at a sitting of the Conciliation Council at Invercargill yesterday. It.was agreed to open the mine on Monday, and that the Onion .would, supply the number.of men requited to work the mine each fortnight, the .whole ol the employees engaged by tlu> company on July 28 to. share the work in turn.—P.A.

Indications of the remarkable interest in to-day’s Rugby Test at Wellington wore given at a well-known local boarding house last evening when, instead of the usual 11 sitting down to dinner, only three, were present t-o partake of the meal—the remainder of the household were in Wellington, answering the cnjl which has taken, probably, over 500 Gisborne residents down to the Capita! for tins most important occasion.

•Having allowed maintenance arrears in respect of each of two children to reach the total of £l2/6/6 by .Lily 14 last,. Toma Smith was yesterday sentenced to one ; month’s imp. wdnment. .for each default by Mr, P. Harper, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, warrant to be diseiin -ged on payment of the arrears and counsel's fee, £l/11/6. Harry Wade, who was £B/17 in arrears on a similar order, was sentenced to 14. day.c gaol on like terms.

During the recent- wet weather, when motorists have experienced considerable difficulty at the Waihuka. crossing on the main- north road, , the Railway, Department- enjoyed something of a harvest in the way of car transport- arid increased passenger traffic. Since the Waihuka. bridge collapsed, nearly 100 cars have been carriedo by the trains between. Pu.ha and Motnhora, while the passenger traffic has increased by about 50 per cent.

When the Cunard .liner California from New York recently on “an ocean whoopee excursion to nowhere.” she was piloted beyond the 12-mile zone by a revenue cutter, and 500 women and 390 men tackled the job of consuming 18.331 bottles of liquor. They will visit Halifax for replenishments if the present, supplies do not last six days. There were 75 husbands and wives in the party, which contained also 300 unattached women.

The executive of the -Municipal Association, which met m Wellington yesterday, discussed the question of the standardisation of local body supplies and 'purchases, not only in the interests of economy., bat also to encourage local industry in the manufacture. of much of the material used in engineering plumbing work etc. It was decided that the engineers of the eight cities nnd.Masterton and Timaru be asked to meet in Wellington at an early date t$ go into the- whole question of standardisation.—P.A.

The ■ electric power hue at Wflikokopu for supplying the Public Works Department with' “juice” for its tunnelling operations has been completed by the Power Hoard. The fine between Wairoa and Nwhnka however, has yet to be duplicated to cope with the /department’s requirements. 'The department wishes to have a power line constructed along the route of the Gr.sborne-Nap.ier railway and it is understood that preparations are being made for an immediate start. The lire,sent, unduplicated line is siifiiciont for working on two tunnel faces, but more power will be needed when the works are in full swing and the duplicated line will thus be. necessary.—Star,

“I wonder how many of us expected, a quarter of a century ago. that our children would dance to the air of “A Bicycle Made for Two?” asks an Euglish writer, "in the last week or so that lias become the fashionable tune in ; London ballrooms, played ev n band which, can command a fantastic sum for , its services at, private parties, and is said to be the, favourite. dance orchestra' of. the Prilled of Wales. At a ball the. other night’ the tune, which is one in a medley of favorite old airs, from pre-war days which have been cleverly, linked' tip inf a waltz . number,, was demanded time after time. Even the youngest person oh the dance floor seemed able to, hum the. chorus, with' the older folk to whom the words brought back memories of, less hurried dny.i. . After the syncopation of modern' music those old airs have a haunting beauty which is rather refreshing.

Some excitement occurred in..one ;of the railway camps near Gisborne a few- days-ago, and before a, settlement was arlivod at, two men almost came to' htufys.. ;One hoarse-throateti individualfrpenly iweused the othei of makingln’teo usefnf his wlfare and added thatjof late fck-had missed,sev-' oral thing®. .«•'•*!» M|orcat;q»i.. drew ; a small ercp\|l, Mv TOfU stonecL vi-it h keen verbalJd.uel. Tlid crowiihfes/stmko,,*. g fid . the aggrieved lu^fouiul that - Ills' howpimw' Bramwoip One. Nought - One IfbiJrtbsnppenredMt was. indeed a lieam- loss as Jie Jfenn c -h ol influenza. Themw W%fte|il>ed forward-and offer«lM his bottle and troublfJrtis averted.'.. As; a. remedy for cougjtsT colds, influenza and all chest .complaints, Opo' lias no; superior onjpt market, ■to-day.' At Jialfi a. CrtHffwtV bottle,’ ft • i s> because- of itsJWlflr-fold'! strength, the cheapest laiicWest’ coi\gli balsam.In addition, it is i a: ynluahie threat 1 tonic, cleansing bronchial tubes of all iippuro goi-mq...thus,,tending-to .-bettor-, health generally. If is so Id. at, Bram- ' well’s Pharmacy •' .Thd .'also at* all the (loading country, stores in . the East Coast and Wairoa, districts***. .

’ To l>o able to .isOfO tjTW'jly “- portly at tho a J,) Halloa'. «« sli® froqaoatly resorts to its use.

' A wreath of Yed?;osfqs pom the Prince of Wales, bearing a- card v,dh ( ; 1 isp i* W as among tne love irom ,-M*-* ; -e 'lur, fun" 1 masses of floral tributes* top oral of Lady Ednam, one of tbc vic tints of the Moepban au Site was buried in-too;.^W 11 -JJ Memory at-Himley Hal1 ’-" v Lord 1 planted in her sop’s Toemoiy. ,Lmf' Edman was absent owing t

The control of the intermediate ciem system was severely New Plymouth yesterday .1 > J North Taranaki executive Farmers’ Union, winch deeded to support the protests of other branebj es of the,(.union. One mombgmsa d the system had developed into- one ri the most conservative lending i nM tutions in New Zealand. J was being strangled by ted top*. Sympathetic and capable boards, vRh local knowledge, were - hampered bv the cenHal body, in Wellington- Hinder present conditions the could not function as it should.—l -A.

The question/ ip the nursery rhyme as to what little boys: are made of lias recently received art interest’n„ answer from the secretary ot the i. MG V. Council in England. He.su gests that the average boy is mauq up as follows:—Mischief 5 per cenL undo 5 per cent.; courage 10 per Sit.; love of .tmth, TO per cent, cowardice ( a ienr of what others mav think). 10. per cent-; sell-will and. self- indulgence, 2o per cent,. Push and go, 25 per cent, in .the m L rests of fair play there should be ri similar analysis of the modern gir Here is an attempt:— Rouge and lipstick, 5- per cent. ; legs „0 3 cent.; tongue 60 per cent, i j bricks addressed to the an. hoi "U 11 be forwarded.

\ xtorv of a dream that- came true R told bv Mr TV. W. Timms, senr., who asides in w cottage at Tomoana Hawke’s Bay. Ho dreamt that a-tree became uprooted and fed across 1h house. The dream was so-vmcl that it. unnerved him, for there wa, a par Ocularly large blue gom near ins rottage. The next day he decided to give his housekeeper a lew days ho! iday while-he went to hye uith his daughter, Mrs A. G- Sutton, of \ 'Ror Brown street, Napier, until tb tree'could he felled. It was hutum ate that Mr Timms acted upon t warning in the dream. Tor, at tie height of. a gale four days later, the tree crashed across the eornei oi - cottage, doing extensive, damage the bedroom in which Mr Timms tonally slept-.