LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11835, 17 January 1933, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Afatawai sale, fixed for Wednesday. January IS. has been postponed indefinitely. For disobedieuce of a maintenance order, the- arrears totalling £2l fis, John Thompson was sentenced by Mr. P. 11. Harper in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to six weeks’ irnpns. onrnent, warrant to be discharged on payment of arrears. Mr. 0. Fogden, maintenance officer, appeared for complainant.—William Blowe.s, who was CG in arrears on. a maintenance order, was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment, warrant to bo discharged on payment of arrears and counsel's roe 11 11s 6d.

As the result of the recent heavy rain on the. Const car traffic was suspended on Saturday between Te Pviin and R-uncoria and passengers from Gisborne had to spend the evening at Tokomaru Bay, leaving on Sunday morning wheu the creeks had fallen sufficiently to let the service ears through. Yesterday traffic was proceeding as usual. Heavy rain was also experienced in the. Waipaoa catchment area during the week-end. On Sunday morning tlie river was three or four feet and spread across the gravel beds at the Te Karaka bend. The Waihuka stream fords between Mahaki and Otoko allowed no signs of rising.

A slight mishap occurred to a service. car on the Wliareratas on Saturday evening due to the dense fog making driving conditions very difficult. The ear, which left Napier at 2 p.m., ran. into fog and heavy rain at Tapewa, and when at the top of the hill at 8.40- p.m., visibility was practically impossible. The driver’s only guide ya.s the bank, and in clinging to it the car ran into a clay watertable, and without chains or ropes at hand, it. was impossible' to extricate it. Passengers therefore had to await tho arrival of the 6 p.m. cars from Napier and did not reach Gisborne until the early hours on Sunday morning’. The car wa s not damaged. Last evening the Whareratas were again enveloped in deep and almost impenetrable fog, and slow and carotid driving was once again very essential.

A young man. IT. Beckbessiugor. of Waitiara, had a very painful experience on a recent Sunday evening as the result of a sting from some msb'et. He had just returned home from a. visit to a New Plymouth beach when he felt a sting on the back of the leg. He removed the sting but the, leg quickly began to swell and it could be seen that the young man was in a serious condition. He became, unconscious and was foaming at the mouth. Dr. R. L. Barclay remained For over an. hour and a-half and gave several injections before relief was given. Next morning, however, AJr. Beckbessitiger was much better. He has no idea, of the nature of the insect that stung him. but- thinks it must, have been something that he picked .up at the beach.

The Minister of Justice lias, promised to give consideration to the Raglan County Council’s request that, the. law be amended to permit of the carriage of stock by motor or other transport on Sundays. Several mem. hers of the council expressed the opinion that undue hardship was. placed on. farmers as the result of the prohibition oh the transport of their stock to the freezing works by motor, generally the only means available on Sundays; It was decided to as2 Mr. D. Stewart'Reid, M.P- to bring the matter before the House. Members also”'protested against 'the imposition 6f a tax of Id. a head ’on all ‘lambs and sheep carried by motor lorries to file freezing works from a distance of :l(i nnleiV It was' agreed To ask Mr., Reid .to 'bring'th'is m'atter' b'efbrfe tbe House.

. Tho sdcond*' prize., of ijpOO in': the hundred and • first State., , loti©ry> drawn in Sydney yesterday, waß woix iby F. Freeman, of Wpihi; Auckland. —A.P.A. ' tv "

Dragging operations were carried out’ wihout result yesterday by the police, wlio searched the. Wanganui ‘river] below' Parakino, twenty miles from . Wanganui , lor ‘the’ body of Noel Gledhill, single, 29, ■ of Wanganui, Who disappeared in the river bn Sunday while' bathing.—P.A.

At, the Sydney Stadium last night) over twelve rounds,' * Eked Henne’berry,' 11:3, drew with Iton Rich•ards, 11.GJ: The former excelled in in-fighting - whilst the latter used his right most effectively. The pair mixed, it alb through and the crowd was on tho tiptoe bf Excitement.—P.A:

The 'death of; Samuel Flavcll, aged 69, of Northcote, occurred in Auclct land Hospital last night. tFlavoll fractured' his neck on November 1, but,; not realising t]io seriousness of ,tho injury, he continued to' walk about. Six weeks later, he was admitted to hospital, where he remained strapped, to a steel frame.—P.A.

A parade of all ranks of the Wellington (East, Coast) Mounted Rifles and tlio First Battalion bf the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, will be held at : 2 p.m. to-morrow, at Waikanae Beach to assist in guarding the Southern Cross and controlling the landing area, on the beach on which Sir Charles will bring his machine to rest after the journey from Rotorua. The parade will take place near the end of Grey street ,adjacent to the platform which will be erected for ■ the off!cial reception,

Mr. E. Al. Hutchinson had an exciting time at Ohiwai on a. recent evening. After Mr. Hutchinson had baited bis game-fishing line with a pipce of stingray, the party turned •in for the night. The hook was connected with the line, by a stout trace, and the rod and reel were taken into the tent. At ten o’clock there was o great commotion, and the rod started to disappear in the. direction of the harbouri A. shark had been hooked, and fortunately there was a sufficient length of line on the roe] to enable Air. Hutchinson to play the big fish. The members of the party assembled on the beach in their pyjamas. and witnessed a great struggle for supremacy. For two hours the fisherman fought with the big fish, and eventually won. When midnight arrived, the shark was conquered. It measured Sr-, in length, and was of considerable girth.

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