Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11325, 1 October 1930, Page 4

Local and General

'• The net, Customs revenue-collected at : Wellington last-: month totalled 288,186, against £324,868 for: bepteniber 1920; a decrease ■ot £4l, For the nine, inonths* of this the revenue' was - £2:816,652 compared wit-li £2.280,002 for the - corresponding period last year, -an increase .or £3s,B6o'.—i’;A. ;■

. Just what to wear-for Spring and Summer , lias now; to,- to - quickly decided.- i iviatl,i6wsbj;’s' jjtd.,’. played.a Avonderful array of the very pewest-fashions: ill. gown's ahd frocks; two and; thrce-piecp suits : and jumper suits. Their- iejliincry, importations are all up-to-the-minute .styles,-- and off’or; a- very wide selection, i Mathew-' son's Ltd;} where quality ; costs 'no more.*'** " ' • ••

. Early , visitors.,-to M’aikunuo ,- Beach yesterday morning" were treated to a: unique sight -as they beheld a shoal of porpoises disporting themselves in the Bay. As the mammals came to the -surface they, presented something in the nature of a rarity.

At a meeting of the Gisborne Bowling Centre, it was decided to lix the opening date for the coming season as Thursday, Octobc»r 9. It. is understood that Gisborne, Kahutia and Poverty. Bay Clubs will officially open on that day. .. .

Tho National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Bill, Births and Deaths Legislation Amendment B»U* New Zealand Institute ' Amendment. Bill and Incorporated Societies Amendment Bill were received in the Legislative Council yesterday from the Hous.o and read a first time. —P.A-

Tli o Nows-Chroniclo (London), says Kingsford-S'mith’s Avro Avian aeroplane was finally tested out at Woodford aorodrome, Manchester, on Saturday. Smith hoped to take off for Australia on Tuesday, Roino being the first stop, but a later message said ho is suffering from influenza, and liis flight has been post-poned—-A.P.A.

The second reading of tho Loudon and New Zealand Bank Ltd. Amendment Bill was moved in the Legislative Council yesterday by the Hon. V. Deed. Sir W. Hall Jones sind the original Act expired on July 31 last, and yet they, were being risked to amend" it-. Surely they could not amend a Bill that wa-s already, dead. Air.' Deed said the point could he considered when the Bill went to committee, although lie did not admit that it had lapsed in toto. lbe Bill was read a second time- ami referred to a Committee of Selection.—P.A.

The duly collected-on motor spirit in Wellington last month was £30,170. against £28,917 for September, an increase of £72-53. The figures for the nine months period are respectively £324,568 and £292.664. an increase of £31.867. 'Hie collection of lyre tax last month totalled £2331 compared with £3748 for September 11)29, a decrease of £1.417., for the nine months a. drop of £I6BB is recorded. the figures being £28,397 and £45,285 respectively., 'lbe beer excise collections -for 'September were £5278, against £3837 for September 1929, an increase of £1441. 1‘ or the nine months, the figures are £4.0.401. as against £36,286, an increase of £4115.—P.A.

The standing committee of the New Zealand Alliance at a meeting at Wellington on Monday, adopted the following resolution: “That the standing committee of the New Zealand Alliance observed with regret the increase in expenditure on intoxicating liquor of £500,662 in the year 1929, as compared with 1928, making a total of £8,116,G 5 4. and considers that in the light of the existing economic depression and widespread unemployment this increase is deplorable. < l't further notes that the increase in ■ expenditure coincides with an increase of 211 in convictions for drunkenness. 135 in convictions for being found on licensed premises after hours, and G 3 for selling liquor without a license.’*—P.A-

Before Mr. P. 11. Harper, K.M., m the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. William Baty (Mr. It. B. Pearson) claimed £l.ll J.7s from Albert Georg© Gandy (Afr. J. S. Wan chop) alleged balance due from a ploughing and farm laboring contract. Doiendiint counter-claimed for £1.21 1.9 s 6d. for hire of horses, half share in contract andcash supplied. After a very longthv hearing, judgment was given for plaintiff for £25 9s with court costs £1 10s, witnesses’ exoonses £1 Ins and solicitor’s lees £4 3s. On the counterclaim, judgment was given for Candy for £7l! 3s. court costs -G2, witnesses’ expenses £1 15s anil solicitor's fee £3 10s.

The Customs duties collected iu Dunedin for the month ended September 30 are as follows, tlie figures for the corresponding period in 1929 being given in parentheses: Customs (tut.v, Sep fern lier 1930 £56.815 Cs 4d. (£72.455 12s lid); beer duty, £lO,374 Os .5d (£20.020.13s 9d); petrol tax £1.2,082 7s 3d (£4304 6s ); tyre tax £llls' (£1263 14s). For the quarter ended September 80. the figures- are: Customs duly £1.96,147 4s 5d (£230.207 7s Id): beer duly £49,950 10s Id (£54.187 10s 6d) • petrol tax £29,034 7s Bcl (£16.832 10s 4(1); tvre tax £2730 9s Rd (£2907 3s). Hie firm res for tlie nine months ended Sentember .90, 1930. are: Customs duty £612.639 Us 10d (£609.043 13s 4d); beer dutv £157.521 9s 7d (£l/0■572 13s); -petrol. tax £86.603 0s 4d ( £SO 762 15s): tyre tax £8730. 4s 3d (£8402 12s).—:P.A.

.Although legal argument directed by counsel in a case heard hi the Court of A.pneal at Wellington yesterday probably was not very entertaining to peonle who slipped into court to pass the morning, the proceedings were not without moments of humor. Several times the Bench and counsel did not conceal the fact that bright observations were nnnreo.)nt<pU Air.. Sullivan, of Auckland, who bad held. the. floor all the morning, raised a- hearty laugh just before the Court adieu mod. Ho minted „n authority, and.-said that untortuuntidy he Tiail left Hint particular hook in Auckland. “As'a matter of fact,” said Air. Sullivan. “T lent mv ropy, to ,a learned ..judge in the Court below to illustrate a point of mv own, and Hie learned judge used the hook to illustrate a point of his which was against me. so Urn not lending mv books to the' Court any more (Laughter).—P.A.

Judgment for' plaintiffs by default was given by Mr. P. H. Harper, : S.M., in the Court yestordav in the following civil actions:; East Coast Rabbit Board v. W. T’raiuor, 11s, and costs 10s; same v. Arapeta Piri, 14s lUd, costs 16s; .same ,v. .Eoroniria Te Ana, £1 Bs, and costs 17s; same v. Prince Manuel, 11s, and costs, £1 Os 6d ; sainuy. Piui Tamnliori, 11s, and costs los; same v. Wi Tuliou, lls, and costs ,13s; same v. S. Collier, lls, and costs 14s; -saano v. Rbpihana Hfeta, lls,; and costs 13s; sanie v. the separate estate of Mei Eruiti, lls, and costs 15«; same-v. W. Kohiti, lls,. anu costs 15s; same v. H. R. Hogg, costs oiilv, -. 8s;. R. : Mortimer ■; v• O. H-., Williams, £5 10s 6d. and costs £.J tOs 6d; Blue and White. Taxi to. (Gisborne) ltd. v'Erie Martin Harper, £l4 lOs, . and costs £2.165. On a. judgment summons, Robert. 1. Lu-. riqm and. David' -Wilkio were ordered to pay Samuel Dudley . £35 ss; ni default 28 days’ imprisonment.

‘. Without, doubt; the greatest, most powerful ; and most realistic story of •the'war ever written- is “The Case of. ; Sergearit-Gri.sch'a, ,, .by the famous German author, Arnold ZAveig. This; remarkable-book--tells in vivid and masterly 1 language, iand' Ayith en- j thrallinglnterest;/the fight s between the, German . military and civil .authorities during the ..war .-for . the life of a -Russian escapee - condemned to death-uudemu ,Ai:r6ng name. The. final chapters -in. which t-lie poor,victim is , compelled to (dig : his; owii:- grave betore-' hi?- e;s:eCuC.an : ;are reaUstid <in the extreme/. \sp) great' wife! the de'liiuiul/'for' -this . unforgettable story .Ihqt/all■ s.toqks throughout the wdrld ram out sooiv after puhlicptioii.. East* Avood!s ? Book Storo ; have now reebivod fresh..' supplies. -' Price six' - shillings; posted ''six 'and £ sixpence.'*** : ;:•?,

, Cable -advxep has- beeii recenpd by tho Hawera agent of Jr U-knovm Tooley Street merchants tH all tisli official contracts for he supply of cheese stipulate that pi cheese bo full cream.—P.A. Tho Sir James Wilson >W medal for the leading student l Massey College in the slieep-farnfg course for 1929-30 has been awardd, on the recoinniendation of fcWg 1 Board, to R,. Dosser, an EHish pub lie, school boy, now at H tings.

"“The American xteigraphers, whose duty it was to tukiverbatiiii reports of speeches sent d a w-M against, the -New Zealaiidis, j Miss E. Andrews, a Domion delegate at the recent .Pan-Rbim \\omen’s Conference, in addfcsmg a Palmerston North audieucl . -Mis* Andrews said that the Ncvfccaiandors were accused of not (speaking English. “Perhaps that wi how' it appeared to. thorn, ’ she sd. anv rate we often had dif-uHy m following the gist of tho murks or the American speakers.

Steps which have to be Ikon by travellers who wish to be p Hungers, on vessels leaving Austral* were mentioned by Air. A. Ale.Yol, ° Dannevirke, who returned Ij a recent boat. “Australia may n< bo one of the hardest places to getinto apresent,” Air. AlcNicul said/but it is certainly one of tho iiardcj to get out of. Before a New Zeafid passenger from. London to thePominion can obtain a ticket to Niv Zealand lie lias to visit the Boded taxation office in order to -satisf them that lie has earned no nloneyp Australia. Tho measure has bep introduced in order to obtain [-venue from those who make part f then income in Australia, but it tn only be : irritating to other passengrs who are making Australia nothin more than a port of call.!’

“What is the p--.-it.mu d aliouse is damageu by an aeroplane Mashed a member at> the annual meeng oi the Wellington Aero blub ycarday. TJio president (Air. T. 1. n.. Lisiop) said the proprietor or tfioiiouse ivouid have action for damage, no added .that up to the present t had not been possible lor aero tips, to be covered bv insurance consumes for such a risk, nor to be cvered in ■ respect of the pa mongers they carried. Another member said Lun derstood householders could be cotered against damage to their jwoilings by aeroplanes. Mr. Hr lop: “You want me to siy thatjthey should insure themselvesagainst aeroplanes?” Tho inemben *lt- night be handy for them to kunv.” (Laughter).—P.A.

An ex-soldier who hac gone ori active service at the age at 45, w*s a defendant in an application fon, alimony in the Auckland Spreme Court yesterday. H.is counsel said he had suffered "a- long list of ijiuries caused chiefly by life in the tinclms. Only one of liis injuries, a round in the leg. was caused by rificire. The man had left- New Zealand in 1917, and since his return afterth- war. he had been receiving a jnilitary pension. He was the fathrer a grownup family of eight, ancalso of three young children as the ijsult of n second marriage. Recent: he received a- bequest of £725 Iron his mother's estate, but had to pax £525 to the State and £175 to -sati.w other debts He had oulv £33 wbenbe decided io return to dairy famiinj th.s year at Hie ago of 58— Special}

A clergyman who wd due to conduct morning service t one of tho New Plymouth ehurche on a recent Sunday arrived at tp . appointed place nearly half an lior late, to find the service well on its jay under tlm care of a retired mincer who was iu the congregation, 'he latter was in the midst of an adress to the children when the miibter appointed made his appearane. and the text for the . children ivas Hie singularly appropriate or: “Be ye ready.” Places were xchauged by the two ministers, audvlien the one originally appointed foi the service made his apology to till congregation for liis late arrival. h< said he had never been late for a jervice before in the 50 years lie had been preaching. and that- watch tat had done such good service for (5 years had on this solitarv oceasiu failed him.

Viscountess Ednam, (he youngest of the victims of the 2cent terrible aeroplane disaster at jome was. it seems, frightened of fling. She had said that she would roller travel by steamer. But she was,in a hurry to get home, and Airs. Loettler, who had hired the aeroplaie, and others laughed at her and leelared that they flew every week and that she was silly not to come, j So they persuaded her to go oil ill doomed machine. There would i!»f- have been room for Lord Ednaiij but it was thought belter that It should bo quiet for a day or tv.'ij longer as he had been suffering ftpn an attack of para-typlioid. He eeapeu. therefore, but only io sue) bitter gnol. Tho pilot, Colonel JHiderson,- - had been married only a pw weeks before. His bride liad he courage to write a- letter to the piper, almost as if she were begging iardon ot the public, and saying tint if her husband had surrived hi would have been heart-broken. • |

What Avill Gisborne bj Hi"-' in IUoU? An interesting topic av s brought up at a recent u-sseinblagj in Gisborne, when a well-known professional man narrated a dream he lild had on tlic previous evening. Ho said lie saw Gisborne in 1050, audit Avas vastly different from -iiOAv. Gudstono Road .was a boulevard of iasliouablc shops which were well pufouised, and large crowds were or tho streets. The harbor had been ixtended seaward, and lavo large liners Avere discharging at the Avlirves. Aeroplanes Avere contjnuall; in tlie , sky, but tho motor-ears Ave e of unusual design. The . majority Avere very small cars, Avith A\ ; ings folded in to the sides. These cars rero practically planes, for they If w .from toAvn to country homes, or a icq versa. Un nearing ' town oi cr wded trallic 'tho plane descended umo distance away, and-pressure on, a knob converted tlie planes into the ordinary motor car. Socondaiy industries were in full SAving. the larg- 3 artistically designed bulking attracted special notice, with ils lawns and gardens in front. Tlii factory was the home of Bramwellb One bought Ono, Avliich yvas one of the best known cough balsams n the Southern Hemisphere. Tho health of the community, through this Wonderful mixture, was .classed as 95 per cent perfect.. Then as now• it was sold at half a crown a bottle, and R ho could only tell the wonderful cureseffected - lie/was sure . that—Bub ms interested . hearers realised the joke against themselves, and broke up hurriedly. ' BfannveU’s Ond ISougnt One is the -best remedy, for coughs, colds, influenza, and all ,chest- complaints. It is on sale at llrnmweil s Pharmacy and at all. country stores throughout the district.*'**

“Wherever a man shall excel at ftis craft,'bq, ho. on '.on: island ®r, : a mountain top, the world will make a path to his door.” . . The reput-a-tioii*. of .McDonald’s Lung -• Linctus has reached the South Island. A kelson? lady, writes“ Send .xne two more .bottles-of- Lung Linctus, it;' is ‘the best thingT know, of for a cold.. •The increasing,- -number - of-., bottlesposted •to .Gisborne • shows - -that -is now- a household > remedy. 2/6 or 3/posted, chomists and stores, or .direct from •'McDonald, Chemist, Tokuinaru Bay*,* .. V • ' ' '

Afr -3f vr. .WJiibley, .seqrotary to Tixniiireii Army, now resides at WanrS tarKs- ~^f «“?• ”. a “feronf-in" vears. retired from tho ol.adTancm„ e Orrnondville, H iar ke’- 1 Bay 1 ' All communications be cent to the non. SccreClnirch Army, at “Sovonoaks,* Kuliuta, Wanganui. when the nineteenth draft of K 5 iJVmrhrc m Wcllnn-ton b.v th® n f.uritata on October 1, some o<3 Raiigitata brought to New fe’LS tk House Ac,uana l-itc-st partv is in £3'of AH. A. Cunningham, oi Christchurch. A new- craft which wiU be .v--on i nl'c! Taupo this -summer is a 28-toot Laho J aup %v I IK -!i is at presenu rU I oonstrubiou Aui-klanJ lor Vw t**»°*> “ r ‘'‘i 1 fltys.~ri - r.s arts - structed trailer.

A private Bill, the, Otugo torial ChuroU Oo;ml Amendment b-\\ ■■■ fJ au<) T& nT'rf- Atmoro pa. .j- • tlurd reading, said tho the board to sought author education. SS'ilSnS.ltute mil W-. « ; mU'S;;'.) Vfi.WS, w- »• Hint- it wum iwv iSrio proceed with the Bill this session. —i. -

“I can look back upon the days when women wore crinolines --ail Archdeacon Mac Murray, the annual meeting •oi t --, , Vdo.aiypod^m.AuoMuud.^-.u hJ4K'2o.;jorlul mi torta rtrug- ± with Which they seated them Jin the pews m church. I Io- - v*** through many e, and fashions— from the crinoline to the age uf lie n^k . ckii-L The change has. been rcmaxi sh.il J .o, - i aU index to thl° rca? dilference that lias taken place in the thought and character of the whole commun-t;..