local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11326, 2 October 1930, Page 4

local and General

■ Tho final korcro .of 'the Gisborne Savage Club, the customary ladies’ night, will be liold in .tho'Gity'Hall bins' evening; • commencing' at Y. 4-& ji-.ni;' '-' : v • y*

Jlaiu. fell .in Gisborne on IB days last inoiitii • -arid Tho .total, was well above the. average .for iho month, but the toial tor the riiriV months of too year to date is still veil ■ below the falls for tlie 'corrospondirig periods of the. }>a,st tiVoAvtars;-’ : !i\ir told, ‘ast mont-ji, : B,o9ius of-yaki fell whereas Hid’-average is a" { y Sfc99ins;--- "|'he heaviest! daily fall • .fere .t&his on the .'four'Oh" and h&fiU■ on 1 the teiitli: For the nine nionths of the, year to date tlib total ' fall ' lias been : 117.91 ins as cohipafed with.34 : .s4iris and -aU.liiins in, 1929* and 5 1928 •respectively;

"jipit whrit to wear ;for .Spring and SJujiVnicr.'- lias f'rioV'- to bo quickjy 'do’cided. fMathewson’s ;! Ltdiiarp dis’piayed’ array of the ; very newest fashions hi ' gown's and; frocks; twpiahdlthl'eetpfeceVsuits and lumber siiits.' 'piejfrf 'millinery "importations are all up T to-tlje-iniputeV styles"; * aid offer a- yery wide selection; Mathew-' son’? Ltd., • whore ' quality costs ho mora.*** " '■ - • ... *'

The ,vjtal.. statistics for Christchurch 4br September, 'with'- those for the isariio month’last year being given in parentheses were: Births 218 (R>o> deaths 119 ai3),’ : marriage!s 88 (75). P.A.

The Te Hapara Bowling Club will open the . seafeon on Saturday next, wlien a number of town bowlers will journey to the country centre to participate in tho usual games. Tho grpon ;.is reported ,to be in. first-class condition. ' ;;•

: On tlio motion of Mi’.' Masoii (Id, sponsor oFthe Bill, the amendments made’ by the Legislative Council to the Magistrate’s? Courts Amendment Bill were agreed to in the House ot Representatives yesterday. Tho Companies Amendment Bill (M r - Barnard) was read a second time, pro forma, and referred to the Statutes Revision Committee.—i(. A. • - •

After a lapse of several years, the City Band has decided’ to hold another ball,-which will Take place in the Assembly Ilall on Wednesday evening, October 15. An entliusastic hand of lielpers, both ladies‘and gentlemen, has the arrangements in hand, and a successful' function should he the result: Mrs. Menzies’ Orchestra has been engaged. Admission will ho by. invitation.

' In the' House of Representatives yesterday, Mr. Chapman (L), • oil behalf of Mr. McKeeh, gave notice of intention to • introduce the Wellington City and Suburban Highways and Hutt Road Amendment Bill. The Native Land Amendment and .Native Land Claims Adjustment (.Washing Up) Bill was introduced by GovernorGeiierarsmessage and read a first time. At I>lio request of. Sir Apirana Ngata, this Bill was read a second time pro forma and referred to the Native Affairs Committee.—t'.A,

Steady progress is being made with the concreting of the rtift. heavy traffic -.'strip in Gladstone road and it is expected that the first section from-Read’s Quay to Fettle's corner, will he open to trattio on ‘.Monday next. This expedition has been enabled by the use of quick-setting cement for the section and the same material will he used at other intersections'. in between, ordinary cement is being employed. About 3U inch, all recruited. from tlio ranks of- tlio unemployed, are engaged on the job.

This ■ evening at 7.30 in the. Women’s Club rooms, Miss A. S. Perry, who was a delegate to tlio I’an-ia-ciiic Conference, held in Honolulu m August, will speak on the Work ot the Conference. Members of the following organisations are cordially invited: National Council of Women, Women’s Club. Women’s National Reserve, Business Women’s’ Clue,Y.W.CiA., Mothers’ Union. W.O.T.U, Women Teachers’ Association, league of Mothers; Patutalu Womens Institute, and Victoria .League. Any other' women interested are mnteu and all members are requested to bring a small basket. A short musical programme has been arranged.

The new motor whaling factory ship, Sir J. C. Boss, reports by wireless that she expects to arrive in Wellington about October !>. After staying in Wellington over the weekend islio will sail io'r the whaling grounds in tlie Ross Sea. it -is behoved that she will ho accompanied by three chasers. The vessel w-ii load ICO tons of coal for the Mawson expedition in the'Antarctic, ilio new Sir J. C. Ross was launched in April this year from Haven ton j-ii-i on Tees yards for the Rosshanet whaling company. Sandeljord, Norway. The ship is built to carry 20,00(3 tons of oil, and is therefore tlie largest motor tanker afloat. She replaces tlie Sir J.'-’C Ross which was a regular visiter to Wellington on her whaling expeditions in tlio past. This is the new vessel’s maiden trip to New Zealand waters.—P.A. •

Replying in the House yesterday to Mr. Coates, tlffi Acting-Prime Minister said tlie Railway Commission’s report would be presented to tlie House to-day. The report of the SoldierP Rehabilitation Commission would conic up for- discussion next week and legislation would be introduced which it was hoped would give effect- to some of tlie Rehabilitation Commission’s ' recommendations, though at the present time it was not possible to deal entirely with these recommendations. The report of Professor Hornell on Arapuni was not yet in the hands of the Government, hut lie expected it- would be available shortly, and he hoped to be able-to present- it- to the House next week. In reply to a further point raised by Air. Coates, Air. Ransom saitl it was a matter for tlie special Railway Committee itself to decide when it would-report hack to tlie House.' —P.A.

“That in the opinion of the Council, the Government (should consider the question of limiting by means ot a duty, the importation in bulk ot papers, and periodicals of foreign origin, thereby conserving our national -spirit and national ideals by assisting our own periodicals to exist, by maintaining a wider circulation, \vas a motion moved yesterday m the Legislative Council by the Hon. 3 • G; Carrington: The ‘mover said .that ■Now 'Zealand was being made the dumping-ground for foreign magazines, and it was practically impossible lor New Zealand magazines to keep going. .Other members of the Council- thought- they should he very careful' before - placing any restriction 'ou -the importation of hooks, which might mean knowledge to P 1 -'®' pic of the Dominion, and evciituaUy Mr. Carrington Agreed to withdraw liis motion.—P.A.

Following a public meeting licld on Friday bvbiiiiig last tor tlio purpose of forming a* Wellington branch ot the New Zealand Wrestling Association, • the. provisional, committee tbeii appointed met last evening ioi t npurpbsc of' approving rules lor Lho new organisation and of appointing executive officers. The' lollowing wCie duly elected; ■ lTesident, Mr. i , • - • Carr; vice-president, Colonel J. Jitcliell chairman of committee, Mr. J W. Slade; libn sec. and'lion, i-roa-suftr, Mr; W. ~A! Thomson; hon. surgeon; T>iVHugh •Steele; hen. solicitor, Mr. Jo J- -McGrath; of executive:-Messrs.' A. L. Jolnuc i, J. .McDoiiald, JG'W .Murohy, Lh. Steele,'• J- W. Slade; .TV Co tnian, L. •stock. I?.' Wood, and J. lorter. it was' decided 1 to proceed at once-to incorporate* under *- tlio Incorporated So£ Ad; , and,: for this 'purpose application‘ for incorporation- was signed bV those present and the rules of the Association were duly approved : and -instructions • given lor ■ nniue-diat-o registration.—l’.A. Without doubt the greatest, most 'powerful and. mdst-realistic Mory ot tlie' • war - ever- Tvritten is- -, f The, Case of Soi'geant .Gtischa-,” .by;thc famous German -author, - Arnold’,; Zwoig. This 1 rema'i’kai)lo-‘-hpok tells in wiv-id arid masteflyt'Jangiiage, and with enthralling Tuterestf’' the hgh't -between tho military I ' : and civil authorities during -the;war for - ithcTite bfvri-llussian escapoo-condemned- to •'dbath r uridei*'a wrong name; .Tlio hnal chapters-'in, which'-the poor • .victim- is ebinpellbd ilo dig‘- bis own-, gravo:, before? his>. execution ' are realistic ' in tho extreme-' So • great was_* tß9'demand : for - this, unforgettable ;• story that-alii stocks throughout the world ran orit- sobri aftor,pub|i,cation. Bastwood’s F Book Store have now;: received ’fresh; sripplieSV ; - Brice; six -'shillings j b'cktM' 1 six- and•••••'-. -'

Jed° $3 terday morning.—- 1 • Ji ••

”«'A farmer who has not got some; <«!*«*•> Wellington Suburbs).

Tho ferry steamer Maori arrived at inoH.ua f’G-.,. rin arn yesterday, Lytte ton atteßToO a.rn J h four hours late, after a j dat trip. Sho was forced to a reduced speed most of ttu Dine.. HA. • • • r- r "

The London and ' Neiv Zealand Bank Ltd. Amendment Bill ported in tho EcgisHttvo yesterday, from tho I i Soloction without amendment. ... ;

A Melbourne P.A. cable Maloj that argument Las been concluded in the railway award case and the Court reserved its decision.

Charged with being m arrears m respect of a maintenance oiclei, a middle-aged man was arrested yesterday by Constable Gatehouse on u warrant issued from Auckland H will appear in the Police’ Court today.

According to a Sydney P.A. cable, Robert Bowie, a visitor from New Zealand, became acquainted with a man in a Sydney hotel, who Oxlered to change £2O worth of New Zealand notes into gold. Bowie handed o* l -' the money and the stranger disappeared from the bar and Ims not since been traced.

“Wo have no more chanCe oi inlurino the hookiuakcr than of isoakiiirr up the Pacific Ocean with a mop. Lt doesn’t matter what legislation we pass, lie flourishes like a green bay tree.”—Mr. R. A. Wright Ticform, Wellington Suburbs).

. The National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Bill, and the Birth.' and Deaths Registration Amendment Bill were referred by the Legislative Council yesterday to the Statutes Revision Committee. I lie New Zealand institute Amendment Bill and the Incorporated Societies - Amendment Bill were read a second time. —i.’.A-

Walking homo at V. 30 u clock on Tuesday evening, a womhn resident of- Oriental Bay hud her hag .snatched. by a cyclist. The cyclist- rode up behind her and whipped the hag from her hand. Not many people were about at the time. The cyclist rode oil quickly. In the hag vus a sum of money and a ring, the Momau was left, holding the handle from which the bag had been toin • P.A.

in a personal explanation yesterday, in the House of Representatives Mr. Howard (L), stated that during consideration of the Justice Department Jtetimates lie Had Said that only members of -the Victoria League could, under the Relorm administration, he appointed as women Justices of the Peace. He had found, cn investigation, that ibis was incorrect, and lie regretted that tfia statement had been made.—i .A.

In the Legislative Council yesterday, the Hon. Lb Buddo asked the Government whether it would introduce) legislation extending the present restrictions on tho speed of motor vehicles. The Leader of the Council, the lion. R. Musters, saul "there was ample power at present, under the Motor Vehicles Act. ±o2i. The re-draft of- tlie regulation- was nearly readv for circulation to local bodies and" others interested. The Government was iuLly alive to the seriousness of the traffic accident- situation.—P.A.

Although she has given up the idea, temporarily at any rate, of swimming Cook Strait, Aliss. Lily Copplestone has planned a full summer of long-distance attempts. Her first will be a swim down the Waikato River from Cambridge. She hopes to make at least 30 miles, and expects to be in the water for seven or eight- hours. The swim is to take place"carlv in December. At Christmas time Miss Copplestone will swim from Tauranga to the Alouut, a sea swim of three-mile's.

“I confess at once that I ain a heart-felt believer in dross reform. I hope the Men’s Dress Reform Party will succeed. 3teu have been sweated slaves too long. Every tailor-made suit- in these summer days is like a private Black Hole of Calcutta. Even- stiff collar is a badge of the .servitude of man.” writes Dr. Sidney Berry in' the “Yorkshire (Observer.’’ “The only way out of that servitude is for men’s -fashion to bo dictated by some inscrutable powers who shall send forth the edict that it is ‘nob the thing’ to appear m public encased in wool and starch. At present, I fear, the vested interests are enlisted on the side of the continued enslavement of man.”

A face powder obtained from earth was described to the Pharmaceutical Conference at Cardiff recently bv 3lr. N. Ingram Header, a young retail chemist, writes a Londoner. Mr. Hemley said that in the course of experiments on a substance known as datomaceous earth, hitherto only used by chemists for filtration purposes, it had been found that’it possessed properties which made it suitable for use as a face powder. “Th’-s earth,” he said, “is a fine peaty deposit, which is quarried in large quantities in nearly every country m tlie world. The deposit is left by sea or fresh water.;’

“It has bperi stated that the Fducaiion • Department needs a. stuff of clerks to correct the mistakes of local controlling bodies, but-1 think tlie converse applies,” said the chairman, Professor A. P. W. Thomas, at a meeting of the Auckland Grammar School Hoard, when a letter wuis received from tlio department admitting a mistake in computing tlio salary of a relieving teacher.. The department previously disputed'a' jgtyment made by tbo board, and when its attention was drawn to a circular upon which the board had acted, tho department- replied "that' “the provisions of ! the circular were inadvertently overlooked.”

A remarkable incident which occurred in England recently hos been reported by an automobile association road patrol. A motorist on a main road near Birmingham had a. sudden and eovoro -heart - seizure. ■. The patrol found him in such a- state of collapse that a police officer was on tlio point of telephoning, for an ambulance to take Th'6 . victilribto tho frior-tua-ry, for be had all the appearances of /having passed away. ‘ Fortunately the patrol, like; all autoriiobile association road officers', was pro-licient-in “first aid.’' He massaged the sufferer's chest, and ; after some effort restored animation. The police officer, returning a little later, was surprised to see the patient driving'away in liis car. : - - r

“Wherever a man, shall excel at fiis craft,: bo ho ■ oil an- island or 'a mountain top, tho world will mak© a path to his door.” ... Tbo reputation of McDonald’s Lung- Li rictus has reached the South Island. A Nelson 'lady writes : ■ “Send me tw'o more; bottles Lung Linctus, it- is the best'thing I kriow; tif for-ri -cold.’• The increasing ••; number of bottles posted i 6 -Gisborne 7shows -that-it is now a- household : remedy. 2/6 or 3/ppsted, chemists;and stores,' or direct from McDonald, Chemist, : 'VTokoinaro Bay.*, 4