LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11956, 29 May 1933, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Owing to the teeming rain, all sports fixtures set down for Saturday in Gisborne were postponed.

A S vdney P.A. cable states that Jack Metcalfe, the University athlete. on Saturday in the hop, stop and jump, covered. 40ft. "din., which is an Australian record, though unofficial. A new Sunday newspaper, the Gunday Observer, published its first issue in Sydney yesterday.—P.A.

Tim, hotly of a. woman found floating in Svdney harbor has been identified as'that of Mrs. Phyllis Hewitt, •12, residing at Davlinghurst. a n.athe of Now Zealand. The \Hawk//4*Y versus Wairoa representative /tnamfo wm b© playocl at Wairoa. on. /May 3 P*™; The official opening of Wi6 bridge will take place at 11 fa-marf on the same day so that ontfomaits will liavo ample time- to witness loth functions.. On the King’s .Birthday (next Saturday), the Post: Office will he closed. The usual despatch of mails up to 7 a.tn. will be made. A delivery of all correspondence, including registorecN, will tie made between. 7 and 8 p.m. on Friday (counter and private box wicket). The Telegraph Office will ho open from 9 a.m. to nodu, and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The i clophouc exchange remains open continuously. Postman’s deliveries: None. "

Thus -M'-. Holland, the Leader of the Opposition: f< A of Dr. McMillan’s pamphleteering on the New Zealand Legion is hi, s last paragraph, 'wfh'icli it would ho unforgivable not to print'. He writes: ‘Tim Legion, I cannot- help feeling, has been aptly named. For I read in Holy; Scriptures' fLnko, 8-30) that when Jcsus Christ wa so about t heal' a. man possessed with a devil, TTci asked him saving, “What is thy name?’’ and ho said “Legion.”’ because many dcjjdb were, entered mto hjm/ ” . *

Tho price of gold in London I s £6 2s 10c!.—P.A.'- ' Tlio Knrnmcn lifts arrived at. London. ' Tho- National Mortgage and . Agency Co*., of New Zealandhas declared an interim dividend of 2£ nor cenf, tax froe;u_P. A. A Stratford man tried to hill a rat recently bv stamping on' it, but tho cat ran tip' .his ‘Jog inside the trousers, and declined; 1 to ho dislodged. At ' last another man seized if; in the cloth’ and broke its mock, hut not before the first man had suffered slight personal injury. A decision to make a general reduction. in cha.vgos amounting to £40,817. for the coming year "-.as made, by the Auckland. Electric Power Board at- tho annual meeting. Tho reduction directly concerns ever 00 pe r cent, of the' hoard’s consum-

It is anticipated that about JOOO toils of Canterbury pofntoe iS will he shipped to South America from Lyttelton and Timhrn early next month. Their destination will be Valparaiso. A few years ago shipments of potatoes to South, American ports were not uncommon, but the present one •is the first; arranged for about five years. The transaction was. carried out through a Wellington agent . Ii i H not unlikely that further shipments will ge sent to the same part of the world.

“i do nob suggest that the corner has been negotiated, hut I am definitely of fee opinion that the coming year, - will bo better than the one wo have iefi behind,” said the chairman. Mr, ■!. X. Massey, M.P., at a meeting of th>? Franklin. County Council, when returning thanks for hie. re-election. a K county e.hairman.

A Christchurch firm has asked •Kaikoura fishermen to supply lOd sacks of rcviyf.sh a week from Kailcoura for export. Only iho tails ot the fish wi]l be. sent away, io a, market which was reccjifly supplied from the coast of Africa. The tails are used for a special purpose, and as supplies! from the original source have fallen off and increased in price, a demand lias sec in for the New Zealand crayfish.

“What- would you say of this hook?” asked Mr. TT. F. O’Leary of a medical witness, in the Napier Supreme Court, during the hearing of The Hart ease. Air. O’Leary showed witness a. book on nursing written by an American. “I would not like to criticise the book,” said witness. “It might ho a good authority and ii; might not bed’ Mr. O’Leary replied: “Oh, it must be a good book, because it agrees with practically everything you have said.” (Laughter.)

A novel and what it is anticipated should prove a most practical way of assisting to alleviate distress in Gisborne has been undertaken by Mr. «R. .T. Kerridgo, managing director of Gisborne Theatres, Ltd. Ho has offered to give an afternoon screening at the Majestic Theatre on June 7, admission to he by a parcel of groceries, the proceeds to 'be divided hoi ween the Central .Relief Depot and the Children’s Creche. On behalf of the depot the hon. see.. Mr. W. Oakden, has accepted the generous offer with sincere thanks, and arrangements are to bo made by the committee to aid The scheme ill every possible way.

Included in the minor accidents associated with the wei weather during rho week-end was a mishap which occurred to a cream lorry on the. Xg-atapn l-onj on Saturday morning. Swerving to avoid a hoavj log, which had been deposited on the, road bv the flood waters, the lorry ran on io some soft ground at t'ue side of the road and then slipped sideways down the bank. The vehicle fortunately, did noi capsize and was hauled out later by anoiher truck..

Insurance policie? can now be taken for everything from wet weather io twins,'and mauy unusual investments are made m this com-, mouplate and strictly legal gamble. One family in Gisborne insured every member for good health during the winter, and the premium was remarkably cheap. 11 was only balf-a-evown tor a bottle of that well-known balsam Hrnmwell’s One Nought One Influenza, coughs, colds, and all affections of the tliroat and. chest disappear like magic- before this wonderful elixir, and in many cases in the early stages one dose effects an immediate improvement. One property in the mixture is a powerful antiseptic which, by cleansing the throat of all impure germs, acts m the nature of a tonic. Four times ns siroifg as the usual balsam, One No right One is thus the cheapest eiyfir on the market. All leading p/ooers stock One Nought One, amt M- ip also on sale at Bramwell’s Phar* Ifhaey. It is indeed a cheap and effective insurance for good health.

When Pope Pius XI. was n, younger maj) ho. climbed to the ball which surmounts the dome ol St. Peter’s one hot day, and twas almost overcome by the heat as he stood inside (says the “Observer’A. r ‘lf over lam made Cardinal Secretary of State, I shall have tho ball lined with insulating material." he remarked to a- young priest who was with him. Years passed. In 1022 he was made, not Cardinal Secretary of State, hut Hope. He did pot forget the terrible heat inside the copper hall of St. Peter’s. He 'has had an insulating material put into it; and though tlio sun may glare •upon its outer surface, tho inside remaiins cool. Tho ball bolds 1G

persons. , Stonehams’ prosent-s for everybody. No increased exchange: or sales tax on our stock. All at old prices.V'

Never trifle with influenza, for though- the disottso itself . pray OQ slight; complications may sot in, which' mean a long and. pxpensive illness. Tho best precaution agaipst influonza is a bottle of Bramwell s Olio Nought One. Re on the sate side and keep it in the house. bv all chemists and stores, or Eharmacy at 2/6 a bo|Ho,

. “During tho past. eighteen months a magnotic truck has operated, over our highways and has picked up «* n average of about 400 nails and tucks per mile. I do not suggest further research, a s it may lead to a realisation that this service is just another case of Government interfor-c-noo with private business,’ said Mr. A. Tyndall, engineer to the 'Main Highways Board, in a lecture on modern highway research to tho technological section, of the Wellington Philosophical Society.

In tho latest issue of the “Jewish Chronicle,” London, are two photographs illustrating the ignominies to which the Jews ot Chemnitz Saxony, including lawyers, doctors, and prominent business men, were subjected hv the Nazis, vho forced them to .street cleaning tusks. One shows them whitewashing a ■wall in the business quarters of thd town. In the other is shown a Jew, who refused to demean himself, being publicly paraded throng}* the city in a scavenger cart. H*> expression, is one of patient suffering.

Although it .is estimated that there are about ffO unemployed Chinese, in Dunedin, -all of whom pay the ordinary unemployment taxation, not one'has applied at the Government Bureau for assistance (stains “Otago Daily Times”). Chinese have The same rights as Europeans in respect io relief, and if single men applied for assistance they would have to go into the country to work. The conditions under whic-h. relief work is carried, out, however, dp nnt appeal to them, and the Chinese community, with, characteristic independence. is providing for - 1 " ovu:L workless members.

When a witness was being crossexamined in the Auckland SupremeCourt in an action heard before Mr. .Justice Smith, counsel mentioned that the witness was on defendant » side. “I’m not on any side,” said the witness. Counsel explained to the witness that be had been called by the defence, and it was customary to refer to a witness as being on the side that called him. The witness still emphasised he vas not ->n any side, and even, when his Honour explained that it was merely a way counsel had of referring to witnesses. the witness must still hove entertained some doubt, because he said: “Yes, vour Honour, hut you know I’m net on any side.”

The passenger service on the Stratford-Main Trunk railway will not- he resumed before August, according to advice which has been received by the New Plymouth stationmaster. A through freight service hoc. been maintained since the clearing away of the blockages caused by the March floods. It is stated that the alteration in the timetable of the AVellingtou-Auckland express will also necessitate an alteration in the time-table for the new linn when it is opened for passenger traffic, and instead of the express train leaking New Plymouth at 6.10 p.m. it. will leave an hour later. The •express will also be speeded up on the return journey, so that instead of arriving there at 6.38 a.m. if will arrive at 6.1 a.m.

“We may rest content ns io the safety of the construction of 01 ' r new buildings,” said Mr. P- • Peters to Napier Roiarians. “for in Los Angeles the modern steel ana concrete, buildings were not- damneed. If. was the brick buildings which collapsed in the earthquake.” Ho wont on to say that there was a remarkable topographical similarity between the earthquake areas of Lo* Angelos and Napier, and he illustrated this fact with a map of-Los Angeles borough and county. Tn the newly-built, city the absence of chimneys was one of the most noticeable features. A number of photographs handed round to Rotafians illustrated the fact that there were some reallv handsome buildings erected. Los Angeles, covering an area of •InG square miles, had a population of 1.250,000. Tbp authorities, however. wore, planning their now city to accommodate a population oi !(}.- 000,000.

Under flic Motor Vehicles Insurance Act. 1.928 (Third Party Risks!, it is laid down that immediately after an accident, a motorist must acquaint. the insurance company with the full facts of the case. The fact is stressed: in the- latest issue of the Automobile Association magazine. Tim insurance company concerned is the one which "'a s -nominated i°i> third party compulsory insurance; when the new season's. number "dates were obtained. Should the owner of the car tail to give the required information, he becomes liable for any damages which tho insurance company may have to. pay ns the result- of tho accident. The injured person, or ‘'third party. adequately protected, but. the company. after meeting the claim, has the right to proceed against the owner "of the vehicle insured for third party for the amount which the company lias had to pay die injured person. “It is contended, that there is a. growing tendency on the part of motorists to ignore this requirement. of 1 the ■ yAot.” say s the ■bulletin.' 1 ‘ ' K ‘ ■ ' “ ,