LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11538, 15 January 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

,In 'the Kconfl heat Nort*Uminv. 43see.

A slight earthquake in the of an upward thrust was expenenc 1 at Gisborne, at 1.20 this morning. Wairon. there was a somewhat P[ longed but not .shake j . upheaval" was noticed at Opotiki, m - not at Napier or at Rotorua.

The N;Z. Loan and Mercantile Agencv Coy. Ltd. hiis received ifollowing cablegram from tlb- e ”; .B, - don office, under date 14-th. instant. "Butter, 98?-; cheese,-, white, .s<s ™ f.3s; colored, 56s to 575. Market quiet.”' . ■ , -

Another grass' fife oceifVred yesterday, on this occasion in a vacan section in Ormond road near Mesm - Fisken and Ludwig’s shop. The brigade was called out at; 3.30, but the flames were extinguished , without heed, of using a hose.

Labor was in good demand on the waterfront yesterday, a total of 2-iO linen being required. Of these I*2/ were to work-the Berminius and ‘he remaining 140 -to work the coastal vessels Waipahi, Pukeko, .Wa j-rpea rtnd Tibi: ' 7' 7 '-

At the. Ruaioria -Hotel to-morrow, Mr. C. 11. Williams,, president of the Epst Coast , branch of the' Shipowners’ Federation, and Mr. E. R. Blade, vice-president, will address slieepowners. The meeting will com-rnonc-e at 2 p.nt. All interested are Invited to attend.

The popular Waik-anne Beach had an adqcci attraction last evening, when , the City Band attended and played a programme of light in inspiriting music, which was greatly enjoyed by the patrons of the beach. Mr. A. "Wood was in charge of the band.

Seventy-seven butchers are. at present engaged at the Kaiti works and the total of the killings to date this season has now reached 380,000. During the past week, several thousand head of fat stock have come forward from . Wairoa and the total dealt with this season so far from that quarter has now mounted to well over 7000 .sheep and lambs.

For the week ended January H, the unemployed on the register totalled 45,539", an increase of 978 on the total for the Dominion at the end of the previous week. The aggregate is approximately the same, as th e total of 45,524 was registered for the week before Christmas. The latest figures include 33,771 men employed part-time on relief work, leaving 11,768 unplaced.—P.A.

Commenting yesterday on a suggestion that the Kaiti works were not of sufficient capacity tc deal with stock now offering-in this district, in view of the extraordinary rush or .sheep as the result of the drought and other factors, Mr. F. T-olerton, .manager for the Gisborne Refrigerating Company, pointed out than, before the merger of the t "'o local works, the maximum which both could handle per day was about 6200 .sheep and lambs, whereas, already this -season, Kaiti had dealt with 6848 head on the best- day’s killiug. Taking everything into account, ho said, the Kaiti works could now deal with an average of 10C0 head more than could the two works in the days before the merger. Mr. Tolerton mentioned that the only possible difficulty which could arise was in. regard" to the freezing capacity, this accommodation nol having yet been enlarged and a number of the farmers showing a preference for holding their slock at Kaiti instead of shipping Homo immediately space became available.

A moving picture of Maoris netting fish on the Ninety-Mile Beach was taken by a photographer who is jto make a pictorial- record of the speed trials. The Maoris use a net 'SO to 70 yards long, and work in the breakers. One, with the net ov■er his shoulder, wades out until the •breakers almost sweep him off his , feet, and his mate works along the beach, paying the net out . It is 'heavv work. Not only have they the weight of the uet and the fish, but • they have to be careful the rollers ido "not knock them off their feet. 'They wait, for a particularly large ' wave and then run, dragging tho •net with them up the beach. Aecord- - ing to TYA’s announcer, they filled - rt;-.sack, with flounder.in about three -hauls. The- photographer- was ’anx--ions to give a good impression, and : bad; the ’ Maoris continually ■ filling •'the bag and emptying it. agan to "gPI Mho best effect. After a time they became tired of it, and one said: “Py korry. if you don’t hurry up we wear te fish out putting them in and out of te bag.”

■ Twelve charges relating to the theft of cream and tlic receiving of the spoils were dealt with by Messrs G-. Kirk and Y. O. H. Rickard, J.’sP., at a sitting of the Police Court at Port Awnnui. Tho accused were two Maori youths, Harry Walsh 19: and Matuhara Walsh, 18, and a pakelia farmer named Leonard Pat rick Cosgrove. Reduced returns from tho dairy company received by various settlers and an unduly high return by Cosgrove were the main factors in raising suspicion and Complaints were made to Constable Barnes, as the result- of which a watch was kept and the accused arrested. It transpired that the youths had been in the habit of raiding the dairies of distant farms, taking sufficient cream to. fill two small cans, each holding eolbs of cream, and giving this to Cosgrove. The emptiness in the cans from which the theft-, was made was hidden bv filling tip with water to the original level. The youths were each charged with four "thefts of 701bs of cream, while Cosgrove, was charged with four count* of receiving the cream, knowing it to bo stolen. Pleas of not guilt* were entered in respect of all charges, but the' court entered a conviction in each instance. The youths wore sentenced to one month’s imprisonment on one count and discharged on the others, while Cosgrove was sentenced to throe months on two counts, the sentences te bo cumulative, and discharged on the two others.

Quito a popular way of making pinmoney nowadays is to take snapshots" of some popular gathering, sports, busli or picnic scenes, etc., and send them to a newspaper, the payment being quite liberal considering the little labor involved. Some Poverty Bay residents, it is said, add qhito substantially to their income by this means. In some cases, however, photographs are rejected,’ not because they are uninteresting, but solely because they are badly printed. The moral, therefore, is to have your films, either for your own use or with the idea of sending away, developed and printed by an expert, and this connection you Cannot do better than send them to Bramwell’s Phanmacy. The latest apparatus, added to a practical knowledge of the business, ensures success and moreover, only work of the highest grade is allowed to be sent out from the establishment. Films shnt in by 10 a-m. are ready for the customer at 6 p.m. and this quick service needless to say is much appreciated. Mail orders are despatched the same day as received. •