LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11832, 13 January 1933, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Ae Ruutoria on Wednesday, .Timi Ixaiwai and 11. Reach appeared before Messrs 1. 8. C. Dalguirns and R. H. Wiekstead, J.’sP., .charged with breaking and entering the store of Mr H. J. Hayden , on. Saturday night, biscuits and bottles of soft drinks being stolen. Accused were remanded till January 18.

Before Mr i\ 11. liarpor, S-M-, in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday a man appeared on remand on charges of drunkenness and of procuring liquor ,while prohibited. Accused made a voluntary application for committal to Rotoroa for one year, and was convicted and discharged. Tho Magistrate made an order suppressing accused’s name in view of the publication affecting bis means-of livelihood.

As tho result of prompt action on the part of a boy, a girl named Mar. ino, who is a -strong swimmer, was rescued from drowning in the Uawa river at Tolaga Bay on Wednesday. About noon the girl wa s attempting to swim the river, but when about half-way across became exhausted. At that time she was almost under tho bridge. Her calls for help were beard by a -boy .who was fishing. With much presence of mind lie drew up Ids li.ue and manoeuvred it into the hands of the girl, thus enabling her to reach the pier where she rested till help was procured. This ig the third rescue from drowning at Tolaga Bay witin. a few days, the other two Incidents occurring on tho beach.

During the visit of the Director ul Education, Mr T- B. Strong, to G>sborne; a lew weeks ago, various proposed reforms in tho educational system in. this district were discussed. One suggestion was that .an intermediate school should be established in Gisborne, and Mr Strong made the proposal, that the- Gisborne Central School should thus bo transformed, and tho pupils in the lower standards distributed amongst the suburban schools. He mado it clear that his proposal wag merely tentative and had -to bo considered by the Education Department. Nothing further was heard of tEo proposal until yesterday when .the Gisborne members of the Hawke’s Bay Education. Board, Messrs J. S. Wauchop and T. A. Coleman received a letter from the Director of Education, stating that tlie Minister was not prepared to approve of the proposed changes in connection with the establishment of an intermediate school until all the circumstances and issues had .been further considered.

Tho cheapest and tho 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,. whero the latest popular novels are placed, on tho shelves immediately on their arrival from the publishers. There are thousands-,of books to'select ‘from, includingl ithe works of all tho best novelists land writers of biographies, etc. The terms are very . moderate—--7s ,6eL a'quarter, 12s Gd for six months, or £1 a year. Two books can bo taken-out at a time J>y town subscribers, and four by ..country .subscribers, so that the abovo subscription fcoß give reading for a whole family.. Start the 'Ne'yy Year iwith.. a subscription to Eastwobills Lending Library,,and • wile away the idlo hours with ;a -“thriller’;’, a Wild Wost or: love .story;, or improve'’the mind with more ,aolid litefu,turo, ftU of vyltich eau he; foiiud oil. theuhelyev pf East: wopd’-s•Lending; Library.€ M wvv

" TThe Marania left‘ : ‘Syrlii'6y''f6r Auckland at 4.52 .yesterday; and tlio Wanganella sailed at 5.5 p:m. for .Wellington and Milford Sound, with tourists.—A.P.A. i

Tlio N.Z. Loan and Morcantilo Agency Co., .Ltd.- hast recoivod; the ’ fob’ Mowing 1 cablegram .from its London oiEco under date lPth‘3ns6ant : "But. 'tor 82s, market firin'; choese, white, 47s to 48s, colored* 56s'to 575;-.mar-ket steadier.”

Tlio visit to Gisborne next week of Sir!Charles.lvingsford Smith and his famous SSutherp Cross is already arousing, much interest. Many inquiries Lave already been .made as to the arrangements for passenger flights. A number of f ladies make ho jsecrot of their intention of taking a trip aloft. From present indications, it js plain that there will *be no dearth of passengers. Members of- the sporting fraternity in particular are awaiting the.-arrival of;the plane, one of Smithy’s most enthusiastic admirers being Mr Tom Robinson, who avers that nothing on earth will hinder him from making a journey over the town.

A Sydney P.A. cable stales that a party of 77 farmers representative of tlio whole of the agricultural interests of Victoria, arrived there en route to New Zealand on Saturday. They iwere met by. leading representatives of New South Wales agricultural interest. At a luncheon the speakers all expressed the view that New. Zealand farmers could teach the farmers in Australia a very great deal on many aspects of agricultural production. especially as regards meeting the demands for overseas markets. Mr Schmitt, the New Zealand Government Commissioner, was among tho guests.

Invercargill, with a record of 220 hours sunshine for December, looks like establishing _a new record for the first mouth of tlio new year, states a R.A. message. '"Unbroken sunshine has been. the order lor several days past, with exceptional heat. The thermometer registered 85 degrees in the shade on Wednesday, (which was snot only the highest reading this summer, but is possibly the highest reading recorded in Invercargill. In January, 1922, 84 degrees was reached, and readings of 82 degrees havo been, fairly frequent. Invercargill’s previous. hottest- day ibis summer was on December 26, the reading being 80.5 degrees. On Wednesday the maximum point was reached in the early afternoon. The solar heat on Wednesday reached 137 degrees, the highest this year, though in former years 142 degrees had been recorded.