LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12199, 10 March 1934, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

An Apia message states that Nelson’s application for bail was refused and lie was a passenger for New Zealand by the Maui Pomare—A.P.A.

A Vienna P.A. cable stats that Dr Dollfuss, in a speech to the Peasants Association of Lower Austria, said that a new constitution would be pro claimed at Easter. In the South Australian tennis championships, in the selni-finals of the doubles, Turnbull and Schwartz defeated Crawford and Quist, S—4, 6—B, 6—3,- 6—3. In the singles semi nals, McGrath defeated Turnbull, 6 —4, 6—4, 6 —2, andi Quist defeated Moon, 6—2, 5—2, 6—l.—P.A-

At the rifle meeting. at Williamstown ((Victoria) H. E- Johnson, of Wahgaratta, Victoria, won the King’s Prize with a magnificent ten bull possible at 900 yards, taking his score to 341. O. Williams, of Melbourne, filled second place with 340, and W. Palmer, of Brunswick, third with 340.—P.A.

Advice has beeu deceived by xlie Lower Hutt Borough Council that a fishing boat belonging to the Mayor’s relief committee, which was washed from its moorings in the middle of December, has been discovered- on Mahia Peninsula, on the northern part of Hawkc’si Bay. The boat is reported to be damaged, but it is not known to wliat extent. It was used for obtaining fish supplies for the Lower Hutt relief de-pot. Press- Assn. *

la connection with, his speech at the Taranaki Agricultural Show. New Plymouth, states a Wellington message, His Excellency, the GovernorGeneral says he wishes to make one point clear in order to prevent misapprehension. He states that he nevei advocated beef cattle as best toi dairy farmers, hut suggested a different type of cattle for all graziers in New Zealand who desired to take full advantage of the new chilled meat trade. —Press Assn.

Private cabled advice was received in Gisborne last evening that Mt. Morgan Ltd., declared a dividend of 6d per ss, payable on April 10- This is at the same rate of dividends as paid on December iS last, when the shares were £1 each. February 27, the shares have been reduc, ed from £1 to ss.

Approximately 60 members of the Headquarters Wing, B Company, Fix-fist Battalion of the Hawke’s Bay Heginient, are expected to go under canvas at the Park racecourse °n March 17 and 18, to complete the training interrupted at the Waipukurau camp by rain. All participating will be paid for the two' days they

Believing that pakapoo was being played in a group of five houses on the corner of Vivian and Taranaki streets, Wellington, on Thursday afternoon, a party of police made a simultaneous raid on all five. They arrested a ’Chinese keeper in each house, and also 14 Europeans whom they found there. At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday fines totalling £4OO were imposed on the Chinese. Ten Europeans were fined £2 each.

The Christchurch Unemployment Committee intends to make a serious effort to train boys for work on farms and for this purpose has leased an area of 30 acres on the outskirts of the city, at which boys will receive training in such operations as milking and the use of the simpler farm implements. Farmers asking for a boy often stipulate that he must have had some country experience, or that he'must be able to milk. The boys while training will live at home, travelling to and from the farm, as the cominittpe has no funds to maintain them there. —B.A.

The ltt. Hon. J. G. Coates comments on an article in the press in which it is asserted that under tho Ottawa agreement New Zealand * ‘agreed to ‘remove all revenue tariffs from her tariff schedule.” "Because of the publicity iwliich tbe statement has received it cannot bo allowed to pass without notice”, he says : '“lt lias no foundation in fact” and I doubt whether any competent authority in any country could h p found to qndoj-se it. If t£ue, mqaii tjiat alf cliities wpujfl |ip.'yb to be remoye.d from goods of a kp d tiiat. arQ not |ctuasy' being ,man^faq T tiirgd m Neyy 2%jlaiiu. couyse, .'.‘would ’ pjhy hayoc with qpr yeyenue, and it was fipj,. anc| could hot,’ liaye! hema.' by .tjie l gHtmh of- tpe - 4iscjipsidjis.?l'

According to a Calcutta-blp/-buhdnic: plague Has - Broken opt in epidemic form in the Bettiahr district in the ‘ devastated area of-j R- - Doctors and mif&es are tiering rushed to A/hq {scene-. ~ Eal*l Willingdon flew from Pafna- to .Delhi terday at the conclusion of a threeday .tour of the earthquake area where he took part in a ; conference in 'respect of relief measures-. After counsel had addressed -the court at Wellington, on the qvidqiipesubmitted in the Supreme Court case in which Frederick William Aloore. is suing the Commercial Bank of Australia and its Wellington manager, Edwin Percy Yaldwin, on a eliarge. of misrepresentation, - the . Chief Justice delivered "his findings of fact in a full survey of the pro-, ceedings. The effect of his Honor’s remarks is that Moore failed to establish his claim against the hank, and that. Qlirles Athol Pierard and Sidney a John Hammond, against whom Moore is. proceeding £8 co--guarantors of the account of the, Unique Advertising Service, . Ltd., N.Z,, are not bound by the guarantee they signed. The ease Has now been adjourned to enable counsel to consider the position, as it affected by His Honor’s .findings.-—P-A-