LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12090, 1 November 1933, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Only one bankruptcy petition was filed in the Supreme Court Gis-bor.’-o in October, 1932. but during the month ended yesterday, the position was still better, no petitions at all beiucr filed.

Charged with eomuiiuiinr a nuisance in a public place, to "'it, Lowe street. Harry Harrison, 57, appeared before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday and "’as fined £! with costs 10s. Senior-Sergt. Wade prosecuted.

The atttack on Mr G. V. Smith's remarks concerning the Leicester she£p at the Hawke's Bay Show recently, has caused widespread interest among sheep men. Mr C. Swift agreed with Mr Smith, except. that Mr Smith had not been severe enough in his criticism, and had let them down very lightly indeed. *Tf I had been judging,” lie added. - T would have made far worse comment than that.'''' —Hawke’s Bay Herald-

.V story told of a Cockney on holiday in the country who was given an egg fresh from the nest lor his breakfast. He was not enthusiastic, saying that he preferred th e London eggs. They had more flavour. Hi s preference for stronger flavours is apparently shared by others, according to tlie opinions on New Zealand butter gathered from time to time h>New Zealanders visiting England. A Nelson resident states that Englishmen preferred a more tasty butter, and it was that fact which accounted for the popularity of Danish.

A former pupil of tile Auckland Grammar School and student at Auckland University College, Dr. M • A. Hunter, lias been appointed head o ftlie Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s department of electrical engineering and physics. The institute, which is situated at Troy. New York, is recognised as one of the leading institutions of its kind in the United States,. After obtaining his M.A. and D.Sc., at Auckland University College, Dr Hunter studied under Sir William Ramsay at the University of London, then continuing his studies at Goettingen, Paris and Karlsruhe.. In 1906 he entered the research laboratory of the General Electric Company, «t Schenectady, United States, and two years later became professor of electro-chemistry at the Rensselaer Institute.

Negotiations have been completed by the Government for tin* purchase of B class radio broadcasting station 3ZC, Christchurch. It is understood that the Government will not take possession of the station until the end of tlie year. The PostmasterGeneral said yesterday that- by the purchase of station 3ZC the Government had fulfilled what was felt to he an obligation to '.the three B class stations in th e Dominion. The purchase (of stations iZR. Auckland, and 2ZW Wellington, had already been announced, and Sir. Hamilton indicated that the Government "'as not making any ■purchases beyond these three. Now that this matter has been settled, the statement which Mr Hamilton has undertaken to make covering .the Government’s policy in the administration of these three stations is not likely to be much longer delayed.—P.A.