LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11829, 10 January 1933, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Contributions to the Mayor’s Earthquake Relief Fund aggregate LI Go Lis, the latest donation being a sum of LI Is from the Tc Ngawiri Maori Association, Maugatu,

A most enjoyable party was given by Mrs. V. Clark at Malawai on Friday, when ail the young people of the district were bidden to come and celebrate .Miss Clark’s birthday Dancing and games were kept going until well past midnight —Spl.

Two eases of infantile paralysis are being treated hi the New hospital, one from the Tmigaporutu district, and the oilier from Opunalie. Dr. (■'. F. Ri'.h. medical superintendent. stales that odd eases au. likely to occur at this time of (he year.

’Tlie eighth session of the lynchers’ summer school opened in delightful weather in Nelson College yesterday, wjiere Co teachers are in residence. A public welcome was extended last evening in the school of music. An authoritative pane) of lecturers has been provided and special arrangements .have been made for the entertainment, of ihe visitors.—P.A.

' Work proceeded smooth!v at Kaili freezing works yesterday and the full quota of 100 union's!* who have been latterly employed attend l ed as usual. About tbe same number of non-unionists arc employed at the works and there has been an entire absence of any friction between the two factions. There was a slight lull in the killing last week, but the daily tally has now returned to approximately 0500.

During the past fortnight 9 eases of notifiable diseases were reported to the Medical Health Officer for the East Coast district, Dr. TI. B. Turbott. The list comprised four cases of tuberculosis, one scarlet fever, one typhoid fever, one infantile paralysis, one undulant fever, and one cercbro-spinal meningitis. Four deaths were reported from tuberculosis.

Tho annul picnic organised by the Gisborne waterside workers will bo held on Scott’s reserve, Kaiteratahi, to-morrow, when a very large attendance «s anticipated,, as YJiis function is one of the most popular festivities of the year. A special train will leave the Harbor Board No. 2 cargo shed at S.4S a.in. and at the main railway station at D a.ni., stops being made at Stanley road and the Park racecourse. The return train leaves Kaiteratahi at 4.50 p.m. An invitation is extended to the public to bo present.

Appearing before Messrs. A. G. Ueere and C. Blackburn, J.’sF., in the .Police Court yesterday, Frederick Higgs was further remanded for a week on a charge of assaulting a female at Makaraka on December 27 with intent to commit a serious olfence. A previous charge, of indecently assaulting a female, was withdrawn on the application of SeniorSergeant AVade. Mr. S. V. Boaufoj appeared for accused. Bail was renewed as previously, with, tho furthest condition that accused report to the police every second day. It seems fairly certain that transport will he one of the prime factors in the municipal election in Napier in May. The situation is complicated through the effects 1931 earthquake, which completely disorganised the service. It lias been estimated that approximately £70(50 would need to he spent before tho tramway system was restored. In tlio opinion or some this figure is of itself sufficient to preclude the rcintroduction of trains in Napier, sinco it ig argued that the Local Bodies Loans Board, would look askance at loan applications ' for. uneconomic vices.—“H.b! Herald.”

A AVeUingboro ugh (Northamptonshire), motorist claims bo have fitted an auti-jbauclit device on his car, which, /when he presses a button, electrifies all the metal parts. If he is stopped while' driving, bandits touching the bonnet or starting-han-cjle would got a shock. This, it i 6 stated, would 'Be ' intensified' if -the person was standing on a. wet mad.

Max Goldman, of' New York City, champion iguorer ol' traffic laws ana traffic Court summonses, has been shunted into the. background by Deputy. Police Commissioner Muldoon’s'blunt- order of "license revoked.” How many summonses have you ignored to date?’’ Goldman was asked. “I think it’s fifteen,” be replied. The plea for another chance went unheeded.

Should a hank ask a woman customer what her■ husband is? This question was argued in a case which came before the House of Lords. The point was raised whether any duty devolved upon a bank to ask a prospective woman customer, when she was opening an account, what her occupation was, and, if she replied that she had none, what was the occupation of her husband, assuming that she was receiving the money from him. Counsel for Lloyds Bank —one of the parties in the case—repudiated any such obligation.

% According.to the Wanganui “Chronicle,” a local dentist always associates Christmas with plenty of toothache. His rooms were unusually full this year, and a feature was the number of people who wanted aching teeth attended to. Asked for an explanation of tile prevalence, he said excitement was one of the causes, liven people who did not touch sweets were not immune from the torments of a bad tooth. The "festive season,'’ with its excitement and general indulgence in good things, caused an increase in the blood pressure, and that had an effect on the teeth. .The dentist said he bad an abnormal number of extractions to make this Christmas.

'Rather an unusual course was taken by Messrs. A. G. Hcci'e and C. Blackburn, J.’sl’., in the Police Court yesterday, when they granted uu order for suppression of a defendant’s name in connection with a by-law breach. Making a voluntary appearance. defendant admitted riding ms cycle without a light in Gladstone road on Saturday night.—SeniorSergt. Wade stressed the serious danger of t!ii> breach, pointing out that defendant had been running the risk of getting himself sent into the mor-gue.—-Defendant explained that he was out of work and asked for suppression of the name as it might tend to prevent him seccuring work. —The bench agreed to ibis the chairman remarking that as it was not a criminal offence it did not matter much.