LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11831, 12 January 1933, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

On New Year’s. Day a rather unusual feat was performed by two Gisborne lads, J’. Sealy and 1.1. Morrison. In ,a. canoe made by the former they crossed, the harbour to Nick’s Head, approximately five niiW distant, clambered., ashore on the rocks, took photographs, and returned to Kiaiti beach.

Appearing befpre,Mr P. H. Harper, S.M., in, the Police Court yesterday, a, middle-aged mafe admitted: his fifth charge of drunkenness within six months and also a breach of,.lu’s prohibition order. Mr E. T. Brosnahan, on behalf of ..defendant, explained that a voluntary application had been mad© for committal to Rotoroa Islands and defendant desired some time to arrange, hig affairs. A remand -until this morning was granted and; an order suppressing defendant’s narrio was also made.

Each with a passenger on, the pillion, twenty motor cyclists participated recently: in a severo test conducted under the auspices of the Gisborne: Motqr j Cycle, Club. The route traversed wa s from, Gisbornei to.'Wairoa via Gentle Annie, Tiniroto and Te Reinga, with the return trip hy way of Morere and Wharerata. T. Smeilie secured mos.t points and carried off the Velo Cup, a handsome trophy presented by Mr J.-White, of Auckland, iwhile second, and third places w,ere secured by A. Sandlant and A. Jennings respectively.

Several fishermen on the fishing jetty at Kaiti basin on Tuesday evening were suddenly startled by a small boy’ s cry of “Save my baby.” Children have often so thoughtlessly raised alarms that at first little notice was taken : of the appeal. -Mr S. Higham, a iwell-known. fisherman, decided, however, to,investigate and.ran to the spot, where he was just in time to remove a three or a four-year-old girl from the water. The cl old quickly recovered a.nd was removed to her homo. Apparently the children vrere fending small boats off the jetty by placing one foot on the wharf and the ether on the boat and thus fell in.

Whilst on. a visit i ';o Matamata recently, a Gisborne mot-aron fell into conversation with a, motorist from the North and tho question of quality ol the highways throughout tho Dominion arose. The northern motorist was astonished to learn that the, Poverty Pay highways had now. reached such a high standard. 7Why ,r , ho said, “when J was getting my car insured, the agent put the question most forcibly to mo as to whether I intended to make visits to Poverty Bay, the inference being, of ’course, that, if I did, the rate would he higher!’’ Naturally, the, Gisborne motorist v.’as most indignant and has made up his mind to make representations to the local branch of tho A.A.A. rm the subject.

The cheapest and the most popular form of recreation is reading, and this is shown, by the steady increase in the number of subscribers to Eastwood’s Lending Library, .where, the latest popular, novels are placed on the shelves immediately on their arrival from the publishers. There are thousands of hooks to select from, including the works of all the best novelists and writers of biographies, etc. The terms are very moderate — 7s Gd a quarter, 12 s Cd for six months, or £T a year. T.wo books can be taken out at a time by town subscribers, and four by country subscribers, so that the above subscription fees give reading for a whole family. Start the New Year .with a subscription to Eastwood’s Lending Library, and wile away the idle hours with a “thriller’’, a Wild West or a love story, or improve the mind with more solid literature, all of which can be found on. the shelves of Eastwood’s Lending; Library."’