LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11495, 24 November 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The- District Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Association wiU visit Gisborne ,on Monday next for the purpose of carrying out the annual inspection of the' Gisborne.. Nursinor. Ambulance and Cadet Divisions of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. An inspection will he held in the Masonic S3*all, OhsiWorg- T?|onci, be* tween 7 and 8 p.m. At 8 p.m. the Commissioner will deliver ar. address on the. history of the movement.

After studying 400 Maori and poetry, said' Sir Apirana Ngata in an address to the Tairawhiti Maori Association yesterday, he' ventured to make bold the assertion that there is as good poetry in the Maori race a s in any race in the world. Let them take'Omar Khayyam .Milton, Shakespeare. Put them alongside the Maori poets and there was nothing that they need fear.

For being in arrears to the amount of £l4 6s on a maintenance order, .fames Alfred Sumpter was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, warrant' to b<? discharged on payment of all arrears, by Mr. P. H. Harper, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday. Peter Liddell, who ha<l arrears of £4 on a similar order, was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment on the same condition. The maintenance officer, Mr. Charles Fogden, appeared for complainant in both cases.

Appearing before Mr. P. H. Harper, .S.M., in the Police Court yesterday, Thomas Robinson was charged that, on November 21, at ; Gisborne, being the occupier of premises In Gladstone road, lie used such premises as-a common gaining house. Ernest Parfitt appeared on a similar charge in respect of promises situate at 10 AVainui road. Mr. L. T. Bernard appeared for Robinson and Mr. J. S. AYauchop for Parfitt. Detective McLeod explained that the policy, were not yet ready to proceed and asked for a remand to December 2. A remand was made accordingly, bail being granted, in respect ot each accused, in the sum of £IOO on his own recognisance.

“Anyone can frame resolutions — Chambers of Commerce have been known to frame them.” said Sir Apirana Ngata, amidst laughter, addressing the Tairawhiti Maori Association yesterday. “We get shoals of resolutions and no one troubles to read them.” At anothet stage, the speaker explained that resolutions that came before him were put into the waste paper basket. He had bad thirty years’ experience with resolutions and knew what io do. “Get down to tin-tacks,” he advised the association, “and send us down reports, and we will see what- wo can do.”

Grants for school work, authorised at the monthly meeting of the H.B. Education Board last week, included several in connection with Poverty Bay schools. A grant ot' CIO was made to the Gisborne Central School Committee towards the cost of repairs: to the assembly ground. A special grant of £5 was made to the Atonal tike School Committee towards the . cost of water ''.supplied '* by "‘tne” Gisborne Borough Council during the past 12 months; Advice has been received that the Papnratu School had been extensively damaged bv earthquakes, and the hoard was asked to pay rental for the hnilding at the rate of 10s a week: it was resolved to pay rent for the building at the rate named as from Octol>er !. Attention was /drawn by the Awapnni School C'ctnmittee to the inadequate shed accommodation a.t the Awapnni School and the matter was referred to tho Gisborne members for a report. A grant of £2 10s towards the cost ot repairs to the fence round the Tinirnfo .School was approved.

Claiming wages to the amount ol £54, being the balance allegedly dno and owing for 15 weeks’ employment at £5 5s per week, together with one week’s wages in lieu of notice, less £3O paid on account, James Samuel Clark proceeded against Joe Lfibbert, pork butcher,.' in a defended action hoard before Alt. P. H. Harper, S.AI. in the Magistrate's Court- yesterday. AJir. S. A”. Beaufoy appeared for planitiff and Air. L. T. Burnard for defendant. After hearing the evidence,' the magistrate commented that it appeared the plaintiff 'approached defendant for a job and was engaged at £2 per week. Then the Inspector of Awards came along and pointed out that plaintiff could not be employed at that rate, the only solution being for defendant to pay higher wages or to employ plaintiff as a general laborer at 2s 6d per hour. According to the’ defendant, it' wa's then agreed to employ plaintiff as a general laborer for 16 hours per week to make tip his £2. Tips was done, so the defendant’s evidence ■ showed, except tor some trips up the Coast when defendant was in hospital. Apparently, when engaged, plaintiff had had no experience of tho work and taking into, account the smallness of the business it dm not seein likely that he would have been -engaged at the rate of pay hb claimed. Mir. Harper added. that, the story told- by defendant appeared th 0 right one atid lie' had already paid the sum of £lO. into court in respect'’of the extra time worked by plaintiff; therefore* judgment would lie' entered simply for that amount. No costs were allowed either party. CHEAPEST AND BEST. • Four times as strong as the usual balsams and yet sold at 2/6, Brarawell’s. great cough, cold and influenza curative, One Nought- One, is claimed to be the cheapest and best on the market. New millinery is tho feature of Mathewson’s Ltd. latest shipment; Rummer style's predominate, ' with shady brinis and light • in weight! Summer frocks in floral crepe de Chino; floral"Mousselino, and, the famous!’ Bfitish-mado /Macclesfield washing frocks, croahi tonnis frocks/ skirts and blouses' for sports wear, at MatfioWson’s/ 'Ltd.; • where quality costs no more. %*

Tho mads which left Gishonio the United Kingdom via > on October 17th arrived >n London on November ,?■ ■ ' Friends and relatives of tho, Into Mr John Alexander* Lucas paid thm iast respects yesterday altornoon when the interment took pj-.<-« Tariihcnt ceniqlery.. Parsons conducted tho-. tbo paII-hearers were tho fo\U>^ Arthur' Sawyer, George Oman, Joseph Martin and J. Turnbull. Last respects to the memory of Mrs. Ellon Davidson wore paid »>> large gathering of . relatives and friends ’"when the; interment took place,;at Taruheru cemotory op Sunday. Nearly 10 vehicles followed the ' coffin' to the graveside wheyo the W 'James Air,ken conducted the .semto.The pall-bearers wore Messrs J* fTConnoll, A. Kmmmont, M. Lampbell, A. Campbell, A. C’rnokft and H* Foal. Sentence of one mouth’s ment with'hard labor, warrant to bo suspended so long as defendant paid 2s fed per week off arrears, was imposed hr. Mr. P. 11. Harper. F.M-, in the "Police Court yesterday on Ntoer Green, who had allowed arjears ’ under a maintenance order to amount to £135. In making the order, the magistrate cancelled arrears to the extent of £IOO. Air. 8. ». Beau for appeared for applicant and Mr. L. T. Bernard for defendant.

Particulars in regard to ino proposal to establish a, school dental clinic at To Ivaraka were lost when the February earthquake, destroyed the H B. Education Board’s offices at Napier. Recenr.lv the board inquired of the Education Department the position in this regard and at last week’s meeting a reply was received from the department stating that no advice had been received from rhb Health Department Ms to whether a. dental nurse was available’ for Tq Karaka, and it was necessary to ascertain this before any ■ proposal could be considered. It was resolved to make application io the Health Department for the appointment -n a nurse.

Regarding the conveyance of children io Bartlett’s school, the secretary reported to the Hawke’s liay Education Board at its monthly meeting in Napier on Friday that the removal ‘of faniit>cs from the outlying camps to Bartlett’s '’amp had been effected. As a,consequence the number of children conveyed was reduced to 15, and the contract, therefore, had been terminated. In connection Fug Ijhe '.same ' mattor, the Education Department advised that it had received a request for the continuance of conveyance of 11 settlers’ children who had attended Bartlett’s school with the help of the conveyance, the contractor being willing to take the Children tor is per child per school lay. Ihc Minister had agreed to pay t: e cost of conveyance at the rate named for the balance of the current vear.