Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11323, 29 September 1930, Page 4

Local and General.

Iytlie Soccer N.S.W. State Cup mi. Addin stowin' the. -Newcastle jiunbination, beat Cessnpck by 2 foals to nil.—vPVA. -

: The Laburnum sailed from, Suva on Saturday for NiuafoouV Passengers from New Zealand included the party which is to observe the- eclipse— An. outbreak of, fire. in. the Argus newspaper building, CrCymoutb, on Saturday morning damaged paper rolls, the roof, 'and a partition mg wall. Tho damage is estimated at about £SOO;—P.A.

..The Government seaplane (bitty Sark, piloted -by Squadron Loader L. M. Isitt, left New Plymouth;lor ITobsonville base, Auckland, yesterday.- It" had been- delayed at . New Plymouth, for several days' owing to rough weather.—P.A.

The Jubilee celebrations of the Otago Rugby Union were brought to a. close, yesterday ..with a, church parade of present and pn,st players. The service, which was held in the Town \ Hall, was conducted, by Archdeacon Fitchctt, assisted by dev. It. G. McDowell (Presbyterian) and Hov. A. Mead. (Oongregationalist).—-P.A.

Thirty-four applications for tho post of traffic inspector for the Cook, Wnikotni. ITawa; Wnjapit and Alatakaoa conn tics had been received when the applications for the position closed on Saturday. Most parts of the district were represented amons the applicants, while there were also several'from Wairoa and one from Auckland.

•At Rugby League football, in the City of Sydney Championship, St. George beat Western Suburbs in a ding-dong game by, 14 to 6. ; Western Suburbs hold . the minor , championship, having Won most points in the season's club competitions and- have the' right to challenge St, George for a. further test. This will be played next Saturday.—-P.A.

In connection with a paragraph which appeared in a recent issue concerning a- re-burial, it should be explained that the happening did not occur in the southern. Coastal area. Tho only re-burlal that has taken place this year in that area was carried out at Tokomaru Cay under the supervision of an undertaker and in the presence of a representative of the Health Department and friends of the deceased.

Cased on Omar Khayyam’s wellknown lines, Liza Ixdimann’s beautiful song cycle, .“Pensian. Garden 1 ' will be given at the Opera House on October lo and Id by Mr. David Clark’s company. The soloists, who will appear in appropriate costume, are Mr. and Mrs. David Clark, Air. and Mrs, Frank Neill. The, first portion of the programme will comprise numbers by Mr. Clark’s pupils.

An extraordinary incident which occurred in an Opotiki resident’s home recently might easily have resulted in a mysterious and unexplained fire. Some articles of clothing were placed inside a window on a wide ledge to be dried in the sun. Another member of the household saw the articles and placed them m a largo silver rose-bowl. Returning sometime later to the room, a smell of burning was noticed, 1 and it was found that the sun, striking the inside of the bowl had used the latter as a burning glass and set fire to the articles.' A little while longer and the house would have been in flames, as the curtains were brushing against the side oi the bowl Special.

Pupils of ihe Gisborne High School will to-day take part in the longest race yet contested in the history of the school, ihis being over a course of five miles for a handsome silver cup donated by. the' W. B. Aliller Sports Fund Trustees. The race is to bo compulsory for all boys attending the school so that the Held will number about 200. It will begin at 930 this afternoon from.in front ot the school, the route being down Stanley road to the beach, along the beach ‘to the abattoirs, then to the right to the- golf dinks, past the Maori, meeting house to Lytton read, thence into Childers 'road for the run home to the finishing tape in front of the school. Competitors for the cup will start from iscratch, hut tho others will be on handicap.

Bids made at .the important land sale conducted by Alessrs. Dalgety and Coy. on Saturday failed to reach the reserves, specified and .the proper-, ties were passed in for private treaty The sections were offered under instructions from the Public 'trustee as executor in the estate of. the late Mr. Joseph. Hamon and comprised a 47-acre section on the corner of. the main M aka rakn-Waorenga-a-hika road and the Alaknuri railway station road, divided into two paddocks, and pastured with the best- English grass; a .51-acre, section situated on the 'road running towards the Waipaoa Biver, at Waerenga-a-hika, divided into two paddocks, all in grass; and a 59-acre section adjoining the last-mentioned area', subdivided into two paddocks. The sections were taken over bv the late Mr. flanion about (50 rears ago,-aiid comprised some of the best flat lahd in Poverty Hay. The. attendance at the sale numbered between. 7o and 100, and included prospective buyers irom Wairoa . J lie Ma kauri property was passed in at £SB per acre, atid the other two sections at £4O and £?;8 respectively.

A petition in bankruptcy has. been filed by Philip .John McLaehlan, ot Gisborne, storekeeper. In his .statement, bankrupt shows an estimated surplus of £lO 75,. 2d. The sum of £lls l2s lOd is owing to unsecured creditors and £479 to secured creditors, . tho security a section in Clifford street, being valued at £bW. .The only asset shown in tho statement is stock in hand, estimates at £5. ■ The secured creditors are the Gisborne Co-operative, Building Society £379 and Titos. 'Moss and Sons, £IOO. The unsecured creditors are: Gisborne Borotigli Council £lO iLs 3d. Harbor Board £3 8s lOd, South British Insurance. Ooy, . .£3 8s lid, Wholesale Supply Agency. £2, Thos. Aluti.ro'and Sons.£l7.6s lOd, Murray Boherts and. Co. £3S 9s lid; C. Aickin and Son, £9 15s 3, W. McKinnon and Co.. £1 2 s Ad, Cook Hospital ; £8 2s Bostre.vor Hospital £B, Gisborne Gas Co. £3 18. B- Palmer £4,- G. H. Purness and Co. Ltd., Auckland, £1 IBs Gel, Albert Newcomb and Co., Auckland £2; 5s 3d.; A meeting of creditors will be field in the jury room at .’2.30 p.fct. on Wednesday, October 8., '■ ;

Tjbe . popularity _of Eastwood’s Lending Library, , with its . subscription of. 7/6 a quarter, is increasing by leaps and bounds. Under the rules,’•, one may read 'two books a day if ~ desired. There are over four thoiisand books 'in the library and new volumes are placed on-.the shelves oil. the (arrival;,of each English- mail. ’Two hooks may be token, out each time liy . avtown subscriber, and, four by a, country .subscriber.- The r .country subscriber forwards two books, hack!: at-a/time and thus,, always /hftsfc two books, at home to....read. i; ch(ja'p rate of postage,; is allowed by, the, Department, to .lending libraries... so that those in the-country. ho.v© all ; the advantages of: a; town Reader, ..'.PfilPparticularsMwili jhe. pdyen aij, Eastwood’s Book Store.f nml ,thpse:Apter ; ested,jnro invited to. inspect qt.any timq.%

•• a Schoolboys —and - girls that such words a s 4 ‘unique *>n (‘infinite” cannot be used m the. comparative or superlative degree. In y will note with amusement that tno Education Report on page .H makes the Director-General (Mr. 1. *'■ Strong)- say in, his evidence: ine system of educational administration in, New Zealand is probably the must unique, as it is also _ the. most expensive, in the, British Empir .

‘■Keen interest was manifested m tho tests carried out on Saturday m connection with the railway over the Turanganui River, these b--ing performed 'under, the smpervnuoj of Messrs. AX. O’Connell and C. \\ arren, inspectors,) of permanent and bridges respectively test was the running of an engine arid two cattle trucks over the bndgo The inspectors -appeared well satisfied with the results obtained ami the only alteration required sjn mexpeusive (readjustment, , m < to the cant of the curve at thp entrance to the freezing works siding.

Some time ago Captain Hayes, of the Marine Department, who ha, been engaged in research uork in Reference to whitebait, discovered oil tho hanks -of the Alnnawatu River the parent .fish, the manga, spanning on.the low rush flat just at highwatpr mark, wh«® there lions of eg"s. He assumes that alter hatching, the little fish find then way fo the oc«,n and return dnrmK the season, accounting for the iact that'whitebait are seen entering over the bars of tidal rivers during the. season. He has discovered trace* serious damage, to the, spawning grounds by stock walking over, them and killing many thousands, ami « considers this may account, 101 the diminution, in supply some year-'.

Glreat -assistance to fohe .Ravage Club’s “Mother Hubbard” has been given by the Rev. . J. *]- rav, of St. Andrew s Church, and two families have received supplies of coal and groceries from hi* tuna, while a further £7 in donations have been handed over, to the .committee by Mr. Murray. Among other recent donations have been 24lbs oj honej from Air. .Smith, of Apiary farm, clothing and household effects from various ladies, furniture and floor coverings, and carcases of lamb and mutton. Messrs. A C. Langford, b. Collin and Osborne have gnen valu able assistance in cutting up donations of meat- Many cases still continue to come before, the committee and a special need at the moment, is clothing for babies and young children .

Thomas Livingston and -.Eduard Fane, both Irishmen and rebel workers, were charged with vagrancy ■ Jtthe Nelson .Magistrate's Court. Mr. T E Maunsell, R.M., sentenced La - ingston to a month’s ‘mpnsonmenr, and Fane to lourteen days, lane was also charged with buying throe tickets in a lottery on a horse race to be run at Sydney, fin tho Magistrate being cold that they were. “Tatts” tickets found on the accuser when arrested, he said Fane was no worse than, a large number o neople. He vocorded a conviction Snd* discharged accused on the second charge.