Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11324, 30 September 1930, Page 4

Local and General

' j ' jS' "-' A',' P.' ; *A. ‘Cable states that the Jwoeraki was yesterday withdrajpvfrom the Islands service owing toJaclt of trade. ships worked 1 the port pf' Gisbofpe during the period from August 22 ■•to,- September 25. The gross tonnage was 44.248 and the r,iett 2:5,1165.

Two .for the supply of ironwork required for the railway trestle along Kaiti wharf came before the Harbor Board meeting yesterday, and that of Messrs.. Niveo and Go, at £64 3s KM,' was accepted On . the; recommendation. , i>l\ the .works committee, it was decided to call for, tenders for the driving of the 62 piles,;.required in this trestle work, hut that the remainder of the ivork should bo carried out by the board’s staff.

The series of euchre tournaments, conducted weekly by the City Band will be continued, and the , next one will be held on Thursday evening, at 8, in the Liberty Hall. These tournaments are proving very popular - and there;is .every.; reason to expect a big crowd .of enthusiasts for the, coming one. Prizes for ladies and gents will be played for and, in addition, a special prize lias been awarded to the playef gaining the largest number of points, at the conclusion of the series. Supper will be provided.

f Gifts for the Children’s Creche have.been acknowledged by the Cook County Women’s Guild as. follows. Mr. Clifton, oranges; Mrs. Bower, calces; “Irresistible,” buns and scones: Miss Eileen Harper, book and cards; “A Friend,” - bag of flour; Mrs. H. B. Williams, clothes, Airs. Thompson, hats and boots; Gosford 'Fish Depot, fish; Alcsdarmrt F. W. Nolan and Kemp, sandwiches, cakes and cream; Miss Mari Tucker, butter and lemons.; Mr. £• L Davy, cutting children’s hair; Nelson’s (N.Z.) Ltd., meat, weekly supply; C.R.F.M. Co. Ltd., meat, weekly supply.

With assets valued at £lO, and a deficiency of £248 15s, John Sydney Ferris, farmer, Ruatoria, lias filed Ins petition in bankruptcy. The assets comprise two horses. The deb-ts totalled £258 15s, the list of debtors, all unsecured, facing as follow: -Lupnroa Trading Co. £96; Waiapu Farmers £76; Harold Cato (Gisborne), £22; Claude AVinter (Ruatoria) £l3; •Harry Beach, £6; J. Ward, £9 10s; Dr. Davis £9 10s ; Dave Chalmers, £8 13s; AV. Robb (Gisborne) £5; AV. 11. O. Johnston £l6 13s. The meeting of creditors will be held in the commercial room of the Ruatoria, Hotel on October' 10, at 2.30 p.m.

The extraordinary actio n of an Auckland woman, who had made a will within an hour or two of being certified by doctors as a. menial case, was nullified bv Mr. Justice Reed in the An el; land Supreme Court yesterday. In her will, the woman made over all her property, amounting to about £2OO. io the Presbyterian Church, excluding her daughter from benefit, and two days later, .she was committed to the Auckland Mental Hospital. She had been in the institution just, over a year, with the exception of a short time while she was out on license, when she died in June of this year. Application to have the will declared invalid was brought by her daughter, and was not opposed, by the authorities Oi the. Preshytcrinn Church. His Honor granted the application.—P.A.

“Have you talked this matter over with your daughter?” asked Mr. it. It Hill, in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, of a lady witness, whose child had previously given evidence “No.” was the reply. “She sum nothin”- to von about the case. - '' , “Oh yes. - site'did.” “Now, what was it she said?” pursued Mr. Hill. “Site said you had been vers- abrupt to her.- She is only a. child, and a very highly-strung child, and she didn t ■like it,” said the witness. “I’m sorry,” said Mr. Hill.

Expressing resentment and embodying determination tc resist any attempts made in the direction ot enacting legislation such as. requested by employers in the deputation 1o the Acting-Prime Minister, which would provide the. Arbitration (unit with power to reduce wages by a general order, a strongly voided resolution was passed last night by a well-attended meeting at Wanganui, convened by the AA r-nganui district Council of Labor, lucre were delegates from the waterside workers union, builders’ union, and tramway and ga.s workers employees' union. The resolution is to be forwarded to t-110 Acting-Prime Minister— P.A.

Danger of foundering was. experienced bv the. small coastal steamer Totara,' two miles at sea after leaving New Plymouth for Greymouth yesterday. For about a, week; violent weather and unusually high .seas have prevailed on. the West Coast and shipping movements have been severely hampered. It was the intention of Captain Eden to- await the moderation of the weather before sotting out, but, yesterday, -it was necessary for the vessel to move to another berth to make room for expected arrivals and the captain then decided to sail. As soon as. the shelter of the harbor was left, mountainous seas were encountered. .The steamer stood on end and wallowed dangerously. • After .battling for two miles, the captain decided to return to port, which was accomplished only after the. Totar.a had suffered a- severe buffeting.—Pi A- 1

In a- cablegram which lias been forwarded bv the directors -of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company Limited, the Prime Minister (Hon. G. Forbes) -is urged to press for a tariff on foreign dairy' produce enter-, ing Britain in return for increased preference to British goods coming into New Zealand. The message states that, if this not not--done, extremely low prices,, especially, for butter, will result >in .a permanent lower standard of .living and .will restrict future progress in Now. Zealand. “The dairy industry is under no delusion as to the seriousness of the outlook for produce,” said Mr.. W. GobdfellojV,- managing director of the New Zealapd Dairy Company. “There is every prospect of lower prices, owing to Hie present economic position. But what makes matters really ious is .'the -rapidly increasing quantities of-dairy 'produce going into the United Kingdom, an amply supplied nVarlcct. Production is . racing ahead of consumption in...the United Kingdom, while; -Umpire dairy produce ;is gradually being excluded from all other, important markets.”—

The : .popularity of Eastwood’s Lending Library, with its .subscription of 7/d-a quarter, isVtfpcreasmg by leaps and hounds; Under the rules, one may _ read two books a day if desired. There are. (vfet four ; thousand .'/booksin. the library and newvvojumes . are, plaqe.t.l onethe -shelves on; the siri'ival of each English mail., 1 Two books may be token out each time by /v.town subsfcriber, and four ,;by, a qounfry, subscriber. . The; country- subscriber forwards, two hooks backtab-a time .aud thus always. bii-s..:two books,, at,liomo 'to read; ’ A : special k'pheap rate) of pbstngo is ; al.loiwerf/.;by) l t'he Department tog lending libraries,;, .so. ..-.that those ill;Hfe country have all. the advantages of h 'totriri r&faeri' --.Full’ ticulars will ho given at. Eastwood’s Book Store, and those interested nre invited to inspect, at, any .'.time.***

The forty-first annual meeting of the members of the Gisborne Racing Cub will be held in the secretary s office, Customhouse street, .at 2 p.m. to-day.

Police headquarters, Sydney, report that William Schubert has been arrested on a charge of murdering his daughter May, whose skeleton was discovered recently in some lonely bush near Newcastle.—P.A.

On. Thursday next at 469 Palmerston Road, Mr. Fred Barwiek will hold an auction sale of household furniture on account of the Public Trustee in the estate of the late Mrs A... L. Double, full .details of which will he found in the advertising columns of this issue. The sale commences at 1.30 p.m. sharp.

“At the request or the chairman,” stated a paragraph in the report ol the finance committee to the Harbor Board meeting yesterday, “the committee considered the question regarding when it will bo advisable to take steps to raise the additional loan money that will be required and found that immediate action is not necessary. The question will be kept in. view and will bo brought forward later in the year.”—The report was adopted.

The atmosphere was rattier strained at times during the hearing of a case’ in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Sergeant Cullotv, on one occasion, was asking questions ot a witness, when Mr. R; B. Hill rose and interrupted. “I’m cross-exam-ining the witness, Air. Hill, not you. Don’t interfere,” said Sergeant Cullotv. “Pm not interfering with you/' said Air. Hill. “Well then, don’t bully,” said the Sergeant. And Mr. Hill sat down.

Alotor cyclists collided near Woodlands last evening and, as a result, a young man named Norman Fitzpatrick was admitted to Southland Hospital suffering severe injuries and concussion. Hi. 1 } condition is serious. The other rider, Alan Robinson, is suffering from concussion and is also an inmate of the hospital.—P.A.

There were 227 starters tn the first cross-country race of five ..miles, conducted Yesterday by the Gisborne High School. The first six to finish were: C Tiet-jcn 1. F. Gaukrodger 2, 0. Fla veil 3, K. Hyland 4, F. Bradley 5. O. Gaukrodger 6. The prize for the fastest time, the AV. B. Miller trust fund cup. was won by C. Flavoll. who did the distance in 28mm. 59 Djsoc, wiih R. Cousins second.

“AYhnt were you treating him for?” asked Sergeant Culloty in the .Magistrate’s Court yesterday, of Dr. Rice, who was giving evidence in a case before the Court. ’ “That is a question I don’t answer,” said the doctor. “That applies to a civil case, but this is a criminal case,” said the sergeant. ‘AVould it apply in a mental case?” persisted the sergeant. “No.” said Dr. Rice, who went on to explain that the position had no bearing on the case. “I am bound by an oath to observe strict confidence in regard to the health ot patients,, continued Dr. Rice, “and 1 don ttliink the Court should ask me m break rny oath.”

At the Gisborne Chess Club the match plaved between married and single members last Saturday resulted in a victory for the iomier by eiMir games to six. Although the cinrdes included both bachelors and widowers, it was found necessary to augment- its numbers with a couple o?'veterans. Following is the score, the first of each pair representing the married team: G. H. Seddon. „ v V H Schlichtmg 1-?. : R. •». Thompson 2 v. A. Cleave 0: H. -MRitchie 1 v. C. Blackburn 3 : K IVenning 1 v. J. F. Meatherlv 1, LE. Somervell 1’ v. J. H. Bull • • Fisehbnch 0 v. L. Alei-cdith 2: H. \. .Ten sen 2 v. AA . Thodby C.

Dr C E Adams, Dominion Astronomer, with his party of five observers. landed early yesterday morning at Niuafou Island, where they ore to make observations of the acidise of the sun, which takes place m October. The last singe of the purnev was made on H.M.S. Laburnum, wlio reported by Tadio that the landin» had been made. Derails were furnished yesterday afteynoon by Commodore Blake, states a Welling ton message. The expedition a ed at Suva on the Niagara at 9p.m. on Fridav last. They embarked on the Laburnum under Commander Charles E. Hotham. D.S.C., on SatS and' the ship sailed at- noon A calm passage brought them to Niuafou, whore they arrived at - am. yesterday. , The weather conditions'were ideal, for landing the pa.tv, stores and instruments. Native boats were., used, and the 3 oh w. • completed by 10 a.m.—l -A.

In moving in the House of llepie--entatives yesterday, for the commits of the Law practitioners Amendment Bill, Sir Apirana said the main.purpose_of.the Bill -na. confer on the University oi -«' Zealand Hie sole control of tho ecltu.tional ounlifirations .of candidate for the legal prolesstom H should he read in conjunction with the V Zealand University Amendment But which provided for setting np ‘ Council of Legal Education and also empowered the University Senate to make statutes with respect to law examinations. The motion vras opted. Motions to commit the- New Zealand University Amendment B and the Judicature Amendment Du Was put through committee without amendment. Later the committee stages of the Bills were takon aml thev wre then put through their final stages and passed. I

The Minister of Internal Adairs was asked in the House yesterday > Mr. Barnard <L), whether he won d make provision this session, whereby money 1 refunded. to racing clubs m respect of totalisator duty may in the discretion of the clubs, be applied toward painting and otherwise maintaining in good order, club bmldi erected on racecourses. The Hon. ao la Perelle said that when legislation for the rebate .of one and aquarter per cent, to totalisator clubs was first- introduced, the Pules of Paeni o provided that the net amount received from the totalisator in one racing year was to he given m stakes the following year. It was there!ore necessary to earmark the rebate 1 improvements, or for the liquidate of liabilities incurred for improvements, otherwise clubs would have been obliged to. give the rebate in stakes. Now,, however, the Pules, oi Pacing had been amended and special provision made requiring racing clubs to give not less Ilian 90 P Ol cent, of the average net, amount received from the use of the totahsator during throe previous years. It had been provided also that the totniisator’ tax refunded should not be reckoned as revenue derived from the use of the totalisator. Mr do la. Berrelle said lie would bring the matter before Cabinet for consideration, with a view to introducing amending legislotion.—P. A.

"Wherever a man shall excel n’t ft is craft, bo bo on an island or a mountain top,the world will make a path to his door.” . . . The reputation of McDonald's Lung Linctus has reached the. South , Island. .A Nelson lady writes: “Send mo two nioro bprilefj .of Lung Linctus, it, is the best thing I know of for a cold.” The . increasing number of . bottles posted to Gisborne shows that it is noW a hftuseholif^sinbdy;• 11/6 Mr v 3/ posted, chemists lad stores, or direct from McDonald, Whemist, Tobomaru Bay,’*** l tv'. .|rk»

Tlie mails which left for the United Kingdom on An gust ,23rd, via Vancouver per Aorangj, arrived at London on September 2- r >.

„-A AVefetport P.A. cable states that Herbert Coxal], married, 34 years ot age, was caught in belting at Bowater and Bryan’s mill yesterday afternoon and killed instantaneously.

Reporting to the Harbor Board meeting yesterday, the treasurer, Air H .A. Barton, stated that, after accounts passed for payment that day had been settled, there was a balance of £26,321 remaining for harbor construction out of the original loan of £750,000.

“Didn’t you pass some remark to the constable when you were in the box,” asked Sergeant Culloty of oq[ accused man. in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. “Yes,” said the man. ’“Well now, what was it?” risked the sergeant. “I told him his boots squeaked and apparently they hadn’t been paid for,” said the man. The Afagistrate smiled, and the sergeant asked no more questions on that point.

The Reserves and -Other Lands Disposal (AVnshing Up) Bill was reported from the Lands Committee with amendments. The Auckland City and Motuihi Empowering Bill was reported from the Lands Committee and the Rotorua Borough Vesting and Empowering Bill was reported from the same committee with the recommendation that it should not be allowed to proceed.— P.A.

Heavy thunder and hail storms swept- Auckland city last evening doing considerable damage to fruit crops. Lightning -struck a large chimney fifty feet high at the Clyde Ironworks at Onehunga and, with a roar like the explosion of a howitzei shell .the chi inner collapsed like a pack of cards. Falling bricks tore a large hole in the iron roof of a building, but, as the men had knocked off work, nobody was injured. Hailstones which fell in many district 1 '- were of a phenomenal size P.A.

In a question in the House of Representatives yesterdav. Air. Savage (L) asked the'Acting-Prime Al>’\ if lie would include in the Finance Bill this session a clause giving general powers to all local bodies including electric power boards, to establish, or contribute to (a) any scheme to provide for the payment of officers and servants of such local bodies, or their dependants, of gratuities. retiring allowances and other such grants; (b) bonus funds to provide for the payment- to officers and servants of siic-h local bodies or any association of such officers or servants, of bonuses, gratuities and ether like payments. In the course of bis reply Air. Ransom- said, “It appears that the legislation is already on the. Statute Book and should be sufficient for the establishment of such schemes as advocated. There lias been no general agitation for further powers in this direction, amt it is not proposed to introduce legislation during this session. If, however, local authorities evince a general desire for further legislative powers, the matter will receive consideration, should further representations be made.”—P.A.