LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11494, 23 November 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

At rughv, South Africa boa b Cardiff bv 13' to ,5.~~P.A;

In. the report of .Mr Lysnar’s meet r mg at the City Hall on Friday night it was inadvertently stated that Mrs Goffo had seconded the vote to the speaker. In strict, fact,. it was Air. Goffo, who was the seconder.

Mr. AV. D. Lysnar will address electors in Christensen’s Hall,. Wai;roa,.. commencing at 8 o’clort: ■ tonight, while Mr. doLautbuj-. will also speak there this evening in.,Osier’s Hall. Mr. iOolefnan. will speak at Manutilke.

Giving to the heavy rain, all outdoor sports at Auckland were postponed on, Saturday, -with the exception of a little yacht racing, lowing and golf.

Taking advantage of an invitation (extended by the chairman of the Harbor Board; (Mr. J. Toinbleson), a party, of 12,.members, of. .the Farmers’ Union made an inspection of the (■arbor works on Saturday morning.

An impressive coniirmation service was held at Holy Trinity Church last night by Bishop' Williams. About 100 candidates were presented. _ The chiirch was filled to overflowing.

Two shops in town and one oil Kaiti were visited by the police on Saturdav afternoon, and, as a result-. the occupiers of two of the premises will appear before the magistrate this morning, charged with alleged breaches of the Gaming Act.

Appearing before Mr. P. H. Harper, S.AL, in the Police Court, on Saturday, a (Maori, Ivumera Tameana, 24, was charged with a serious offence against a girl aged 12, at Ngatapa, on October 25. On the application of Senior-Sergeant Wade, a remand wa s granted to Friday next.

Donations for the Children’s Creche are acknowledged from the following: Good Butchery, loin of mutton ; Mr. P. Lowndes, donkey rides; Mrs. McMullen, potatoes; Mr. Miller, donation; Miss Tucker, butter and new clothing; Mrs. Telford, dress ‘and fruia: Sister Wheeler, fruit; “.Irresistible, ’’ buns; (R.S A., preserved eggs.

AVeleome. rain fell in. most parts of the Auckland province on Saturday. It set in about mid-dav and fell fairly heavily throughout the afternoon. The night was showery. Pastures and gardens were beginning to show the effects of the dry spelt and benefit will result from the fall. Tt was the first useful fall of rain this month. —P.A.

Charged with being found without lawful excuse by night- in a house belonging to Frederick Allan, hue under circumstances which disclosed no intention,,to commit any offence, Henry Kelly, 4.1, appeared hefcjo Mr. P, H. Harper, S.AL, in the Police Court on Saturday. Senior-Ser-geant "IVade explained that .accused was found in the house, which was unoccupied, about 11 o'clock the previous night, and had been there the two previous nights, fie suggested that a term of imprisonment would he in. the best interests of accused. The magistrate adopted this course and imposed a .sentence of three months’ imprisonment.

According -to statements by Mr. A. H. Northover, stationmastor at Gisborne. ,at the -F-ar-mers*-- (Jinori meeting on Saturday, an intensive canvass Tor transport contracts, tor carrying woo] to. Auckland, has lately been in progress in the Matawai and Afuru districts. It was the intention. of those concerned 10 take the wool to Opot.iki. from where it wohld be shipped bv scows io the ■'.northern centre.Mr, v A. McNeil, business agent for the railways, commented that, from- the feeling apparent at .meetings-he had addressed during the week, he did not think such an idea would bo given much support.

Recently, says the Christchurch Props, there has been discovered in the Karamoa , district, north, of Westport, a gold-bearing reef said to be one of-the widest in the history of mining. ,It has been proved to. be gold bearing over 20fc. in width, and is reported to he gold bearing, by simple panning off, for a. further 27ft., making am estimated payable reef width, of -47 ft. One. sample taken by a reliable prospector assayed, gold and silver to the value of £ffi.,per ton of ..quartz, and samples taken by a well-known mining engineer assayed an average of -Ids lOd per ton of quartz, over -12 ft. in width (taking the value of gold at only. £4 per ounce.) At the southern end of the system the reef -is reported 10ft.. in width and samples at, this end are reported to have assayed soz. per ton. j

A fortnight ago, (‘Mrs E.S., Papantii”, won the second prize of £SOO in the Cancer Art Union, but so far she lias not claimed tho money. If she does not lodge her claim wihtiii ten weeks,, she . will forfeit her claim to the..money,.Clues of various sorts have been supplied to Mr D. McCormick, the Canterbury agent for art unions, but .so .far . none of these haq proved genuine. -.A clause qn- all the tickets states that, if any jxrize is nob claimed tfit-Hin, three months the money shall bo disposed of; as .the Minister of Internal. Affairs. shall direct... On one, occasion this, clause tins tuadq opefative-rjn.st after the Napier earthquake, when ,200 books of tickets were lost or sold. The position in regard to the third prize is also uncertain. This was won by a man jn Taranaki, .»ud thq butts of the book containing the lucky number were burnt by accident/ " - ■

- OHEAPEST ANT) rest. ~ , Four tmhes rts Strong, as the usual balsams and yet sold at 2/6, Brain* Swell’s great cough, cold and influenza curative, One Nought . Qve; is claimed to be the cheapest and best or tb* market. v . * I, ~ New millinery is the featuro of Mathewson's Hid. latest shipment. Summer styles,.. predominate,„ with shady brim nnd .lifcht,, in - freight, Summer frocks in floral crepo do .chine, floral Mousseline; and the famous British-mado Macclesfield washing frocks, cream tennis frocks, skirts. and. blouses for. kports wear, .at Mathewaoh’s Ltd:, where quality costs no more. *** '.v\

, Th ? ysSto states a ; .London -< Kmgsford cd .that, position nofU» <*“ to ' DQTitx 1 Ai r w&y s

’ “I- believe that the in New Zealand ha* j>„-, months,” opened during the official 0» a * said-Alr. V) API’ , - Wellington litiqn candidate fown “ X f { fiouth, speaking at I>y even am any judge M " of the the most ardent -UPP scheme -Socialist Patty chat - mj |y .propounded by ' a- snare and a delusion. ' “I was delighted to hbnr the. National Anthem not only because it-us a “ p . ||t sion of loyalty musical art, said 1 1J1 5 mpdis- &, SfThnT-iffof ’IK<Anthem can .so easily be murd • . a vocal effort—! have hcard it s-o m the course of my journeys about tno Dominion. When well d°rtey it i;national song as inspiring and bran tifiil as any in the world.

The popular , idea that in matters pertaining to public administration greater attention is to, political than to economic considerations is the subject of some ment bv the Public Service Cpmrmssipner, Air. P. Verschaffolt, in his annual renort, presented _to tnc House of (Representatives m the dying hours of the.session. “It should he manifest on reflection, ’ the Conimissioner ro marks, rf Uiat the expansion which has taken place in the functions of the Government i n <he last few decade, s and the creation of departments to undertake th,-. extended administrative tasks imposed by Parliament has not be<?n a chance * development,., or purely a matter of political expediency, but bas been a steady process of evolution.”

Tlicre are tricks in every trade, and an amateur wrestler earned 3 laugh from the crowd by the manner in which he escaped from a hold during (he carnival at Auckland the other’ evening. Tile wrestler was Kish a Bana, an Indian youth, and bis opponent was A. Hassan. Alid( way through the l>out Bana found him~elf in an awkward position in one corner nf the ring, frith his opponent tugging at a hold. Hassan’s head was veil into his opponent’s body, and be could not sea what the Indian was doing. Raising himself to a sitting position, Bana' reached over and gave hi? opponent a smack between tbe shoulder blades. Hass an Interpreted the tap as a signal from the referee that he had either been awarded a penaltv fall, or was being instructed to get hack to the middle of the ring, for he ‘imaiediatelh* released hi? hold and allowed the Indian to get to his feet and tako up the attack.

Miss Wish Wynne, whose death occurred in London last week, was the wife of Air. Bernard Kitchen, who is the eldest .son of Mr. and Mrs A. F. Kitchen, of Wanganui. She visited Wanganui sonic five years ago with her husband. As a music hall artist she was famous in England while she was also well-known in oilier parts of the world. It was in 1914 that she first made her name, when actinrr in Mr. Bennett’s “Great Adventure.’’ Her work for charity was unparalleled, and. in her efforts to help to raise funds, she gave of h*»r sorvior? Tin Hint inglv. Me, B. V. Lucas, in Ills hook “Loiterer's Harvest.’’ says of her: “She is Quiet, humane, understanding . . .. she has truth and restraint, on her side . . . slio is without vanity. She is not like anyone ebo nor. has shr had a predecessor. She brings a clean humour with a leaven of pathos all her own. She gives the audience not what, they expect, end not, perhaps, wholly what tliov want, judging bv the laughter that- early in. her songs one hears hefore a sentence is finished, prompted hv the hope that it is tn_ take a different and more conventional turn. No singer gets such rapt audiences.”