Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11383, 8 December 1930, Page 4

Local and General

A Melbourne P„A: .'.cable,’ states : “Heavy rain caused the. postponement of the. inter-State tennis contest? apd the Moonee Valiev races.”

• Falling from a ladder on the steamer -Rotorua at Lyttelton ,ou Saturday,, Charles Asliley., ’ lamp-trmuner, aged 40. suffered. Serious: injuries: including a fractured skull. Ho is in a serious condition.—P.A.

With the coming of the spring and summer months, . amateur photographers, and their number is-legion,, becopie involved in the told problem as. .to whether it is worth while to develop their own films. The .fas-, ciriation of securing snaps of; homo life, holidays, friends ’ etc., has an attraction for young and old. But after the snap is • taken, -- tho.. film must ho dovcioped, which entails; time, paticncoj and money. Happily now this problem has been-solved by Mr. Ivan D,: Bramwell,, who. has at his Pharmacy’,'-..•tho'’ latest 'and most up to date developing plant- known in,, tlio ,Ql<l World. Scores-of. films may, be developed .at the one* time, and thefd is"' no' risk a s'-’ to - wli other ■ they will'ho printed satisfactorily. Mr-: Bramwell has made ja : closq study of • this : branch ‘of tho service,, and; .providing tho film is- correct, tliero is-no failure -in ’ developing. This Tip to. date .plant giVes' a' ono day j service, that isy films brought in before lO a'.m.' will be developed and.printed,;by ( 5. ; p.m- the same day. Films must he’developed;' so- why not .have, the jbes ft service! espcially When the cost.ia not more,? Country, orders may bo to Ivan; D. Bapmwcli’s Pharmacy,. Post’i Office Box 211, mid, if received “by ; the morning’s‘mail will; be posted in the •afternoon,***/: \ •’

The wool sale* in London have been postponed owing to the log. P.A. ’ ‘

The Saro Windhover flying boat, to ho 4d in,the Wollington-Nclson air service, is aboard the Port, liuon, to TS Auckland on Friday, and Sm be assembled at Hob.sonv.He base.—P.A.

. Messrs. Dalgety and Go. Ltd-, have received the following cable from their head office dated 6th. i ns t.“ London wool sales.—No sales have been held to-day owing to a thick fog.” ' "

At Hokitika, a single young woman was found in a coHapsed dstato on Friday and removed to hospital. Yesterday the remains or a nowborn female wen* found m a.locked trunk under a -bed where she d, the circumstances being suspic ious A post mortem was ordered.— P.A.

In connection with the remarks made at the Waimea, County Council meeting regarding the rato ot relief- wages, it -is now pointed out by -the chairman that the council payments of l2s'.a day referred the rate paid casual workers, .principally small farmers. The permanent, surfacemen and bridgemen are P. 13s a day and the tractor men and drivers 15s.—P.A.

A meeting of the central, boaid, of which the Governor-General Lord Bledisloe, is chairman, was held at Government House on Wednesday/ the purpose of considering applications of graduates of the JSev ■ je ‘~ land University for appointment > British Crown colonies and protectoiates which are under the control or Hiis Majesty’s Government in toe United Kingdom. Of nine applicants who presented themselves, four ’ nG . re selected for recommendation to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with whom the final decision letts. P.A.

■* A Sydnev cable states that Mr. W. ll* Parsons,, aged 84 years, who joined the Aorangi at Auckland, became seriously ill off the (Australian coast on Thursday . night. Arrangement.-, were made to transfer him yesterday to the Ulimaroa, to which lie .as, hurried in a car just- belore sailing time, but officers of the steamer considered that he was too ill to travel home, and he was returned to tho Aorangi. Soon after being carried up the gangway, he died.—-A.P.A.

Dead apparently for some hours, the, body of Miss Amelia Atkinson was discovered Iving on the floor in a room of her house, "318 Oriental Parade, Wellington, by a neighbor early on Saturday. The house is of two floors, each floor a flat, and Miss Atkinson lived on the upper story. One of )lie occupants of the lower flat found her and communicated until Dr Clay, who said that she had been dead for some time. Neighbors had seen her in the morning, going about as usual. The cause of death is not vet known. Dr. Clay had been her doctor for the last 10 years.—P.A.

The Earl of .Moray has given instructions for the disposal of liis Perthshire estate.. Kinfauns Castle. It is understood that the sale will he effected by private treaty. Other Scottish lands to he sold are_ the Rannoch estates, of about G 0,05-9 acres, including moors, lochs, forest and rivers providing every kind ol sport, the Castle Menzies estate in the lovely highland district- of Sfcraihtny extending to 1.1,000 acres, where both Mary, Queen of Scots. and Prince Charlie were entertained.

“Once in Cnnterburr 1 heard -a bellbird whistling - somethinpr very like the opening phrase of “The Camphells are Coming,” said Mr.. Johannes O. Andersen, in liis lecture- at Christchurch to the Society for Empire Culture on “Neve Zealand Birds and Their Songs.” “I didn’t say anything about it because I was along, but when I got home my boys, said they’d heard the same thing. I mentioned this at a lecture, and a reporter wrote next day that- I had said I’d heard a bellbird singing, ‘The Campbells are Coming.’ This got Home- to England, and a paper copied it. adding. ‘Wo leave.to our readers the obvious jest upon this scientist’s name.’ Hans Andersen wrote fairy tales." the lecturer added.

The present situation in regard to business generally, reveals that those who are wise seize every opportunity for a sound investment. These are, however, few and far between, under the existing conditions of finance and trade. The advertisement in another column by . the . A.AI-.P. Society is, therefore, all the more worthy of attention at the moment. The Society announces that all those who take out policies before 31st. December, will share in the surplus to be divided amongst participating policy-holders as at that date. The cash dividend among ordinary department policy-holders at 31st December last (for one year only) was just oii £3,000,000, making a total distribution since the establishment of tho Society of- oyer £47,000,000. Immediate application should be made by those who intend taking advantage of this offer.***

Asked at Te A rob a if he was a disciple of Empire Free* Trade, Lord Barnby said lie did not believe in catch phrases, .says, the .‘‘Waikato Times.” He did advocate freer trade within the Empire, however. ‘‘Front what I have ..just, seen,” be said, “it is obvious that, New Zealand’s- prosperity is indissolubly bound up with that of Britain. Preference, therefore, is essential. In England we are heading towards a change in our fiscal policy, that must- be on the lines of increased inter-imperial trade on a mutually advantageous • basis, and in which preference must be playing a -big.part.” . Lord. Barnbv added that he was also struck with the high'type of factory manager in the dairy industry. They had The smallest details of production-at their finger tips, and it was a pleasure to converse with such intelligent and energetic men. “It is an eye-opener for une to know that the interests of agriculture are collective, and .that all ;these factories are founded on the basis of. Go-operation,” he added. “New- Zealand is steering - a course iaway from old-fashioned individualism) which still holds sway to a largo extent in England. I would, tell New Zealanders to stick to co-operation.”

1 -That this Dominion is advancing .rapidly in tho world'of literature has ; often been emphasised, and this point will no doubt lie further ; stressed as the Xmas, season comes on. Amongst hooks which; have been published during the last few ■ months pride of place must he given !« Pictures of Old ; Nevy Zealand”; to• ' a 9°hection of old-time Maori chiefs with lot-terpress by James ; Cowan, in which valuable information tof .the To Kooti ' times . is, recorded. •Edith Howes’ latest hook, “Goklori ! Forest” is selling well, and ““Short j Stories of Now Zealand” is ..another jpppular hook, Two new editions of j well-known books-have just been rc--1 issued,, “Old New Zealand” by -Man,ing (6/-)', in which Heko’s war in the north of Now Zealand is incorporated, and Williams’. “First Lessons in. Maori,,”’.which lias been enlarged; but remains at the same price, 4/-: ‘JTi 1 ? -Plume of,the Arawas”. .(■7/6) by Judge Acheson, and James- Cowan’s' ! “The Maori : Yesterday and To-day I at 12/6 are two other volumes in keen ' demand.Vn An .. important ppiut;,to 'bear in mind is that the possession of to New Zealand hook is a-good.in--i vdstapent that increases; as . tlie ’years igo.'on, for in/all.casds only a'tlimite'd 'number ig. Jpfinfed.All ‘the:, above books are - on sale at Eastwood’s Book Store,

Tf was revealed - at Chester that la had inadvertently .left: the sfoTTphestcr Radium Institute with a“S3, valued at £IOOO in hj s rose following an ..operation. Mr. Richard Edwards, a samtarw mspocf uc * rvlnved ,bv the Dolgelly ; District Council, visited the-institute for treatment to his nose, and-after an operation, thinking hi? treatment was* finished, left the building to drive hn ne When the mistake was distotored Mr went -to tta Chester Royal Infirmary, where the needle was removed.

The Rev. H. B. Fairclough rector of traltto-le-Marsh, . Lincolnshire, stated before a commission held atAlford. Lincolnshire to consider the union of certain benefices that on five Sundav evenings onto of six the congregation consisted or only his verger and himself. He ,thought evening-ser-vices well attended if 10 or 11 people WP re present out of a population of 178 parishioners, The Rev. Mhitcwell rector of Beeshy, an adjoining -parish, said his’Sunday morning congregations averaged only 8, his Easter communicants-. 9; and communicants on other -Sundays only 6.

There has been a slow -response on the pant of citizens to the annual demand for city rates in Palmerston North. The total collectable j*ato.s for 1930 amount to £81,482 0s 7d, of which only £31,498 6s 4d:had been paid up to Monday. This. leaves the sum of £49,983 14s 3d outstanding, representing’ £2762 ‘more than -ai- -a similar time, last year.. A pleasing feature is the fact that the amounts paid during November or this year exceed those of last November bv oooai Tn .the city there are 209 ratepayers who owe £19,000 between .them.

Napier has been • suffering from n plague of brown beetles, .known scientifically as. Adontria Zealandiea. These beetles are. about three time.the size, of a ladvbird and have green wings The streets or Napier are dotted with many thousands oi ..these pests, and they have even penetrated into the buildings. The Department' of Agriculture advises (that swarms of brown beetles are often prevalent from about the-midd,e oi November. Brown bettles are the adults of the grass grub,* and they do damage to fruit- trees. They are particularly partial to the foliage ot plnni and-apple, trees, and readily attack stone fruits.

‘'How many are there in your family?” asked .’counsel of a. Maori who was brought before the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court for debt. “About- six,” replied the. defendant, ‘lYour own children 3’’ asked counsel “No mv children'are all grown up.” “Who are they then?” asked counsel. Defendant replied: .“There is my wife, my wife’s sister, my:wife’s sister’s two children and my cousin.” It was a nonplussed motor mechanic who, in giving evidence at- the Supreme Court at Napier, claimed that if a man was travelling on his correct side of the road and he was negligently approached by anotner car he should keep right on. “You are quite wrong,” said His Honor-Mr. Justice Blair. “The law says that you should do everything in your power to avoitf a car that -is approaching you' in a negligent manner. Few people seem to know That fac-t.”

Reviewing Professor J. B. Condlifle’s “New Zealand in the Making,” the “Scottish. Edueaiional Journal” remarks: “Why should .'we in Great Britain, with oiir long tradition, and our established institutions.'and why should teachers in particular, study the ‘economic and social development of New Zealand?'. A country whose ‘civilised’ history has rein fqr barely 100 years can at first sight scarcely claim tlint it is worthy of seriou' siudV; hut New Zealand is in'a: wry unique, for it lias a world-wide reputation for experimental legislation, and especially for measures oi social improvement. There are few other lands where human life and welfare enter so. consciously into political consideration. In this country we r-re but ns it were at the beginning of serious consideration of these crossing economic and social problems. Tlie exnerience of New Zealand is well calculated to tonc-li us important lessons.'” -