LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12201, 13 March 1934, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The appointment of women police ,was urged in a remit passed by the Justices’ Association, by 14 votes to 10—P.A.

Catalogues for the April wool sale a,t Napier close at 5 P.m. °n April 14, instead of April 20, as had previously been arranged.

Two cases of diphtheria were the ■only of infectious disease in;;,the East Coast ..Health district for the • week ended noon yesterday. ■ No,deaths were reported.

' When' bathing while • at' a picnic at Waihirere during ' the week-end, Brian Quinn, whose parents reside in Aberdeen road, dived' into a pool and struck an obstruction, receiving injuries which necessitated the insertion of several stitches.

At the Sydney Stadium last night for the bantam championship over 15 rounds, the Australian “Darkie” Blandon 8.5, outpointed the Filipino “Speedy” Dado, 8.6. The latter fail ed to justify his big reputation as world's bantam champion, wherewith he arrived. He was constantly in trouble. However, on a couple of occasions, he showed that lie could punch hard; otherwise he was a very ordinary boxer. —P.A.

Having allowed arrears of £1 7f> 6d to accumulate under a maintenance order, Mahu Pohatu iva s Preceded against by th e maintenance officer Mr. C. Fogden, before Mr. E. l/ Walton, S.M., in tlie' Police Court yesterday. Defendant was sentenced to two days’ imprisonment, warrant to be discharged °n payment of the sum owing.

Spurious threepences are in circulation in Christchurch and several persons, including shopkeepers, have found them in their change recently. The coiners have made no attempt to copy the design' on the coins. The spurious pieces are quite plain looking,’ like old or' defaced threepenny pieces,' without milled edges. They are white metal, probably made of aluminium.—P,A.

Realisations from the wool sold in Wanganui at the two sales of the current season amounted to £823,434 against a total of £267,222 obtained at the corresponding sales of last season. This year 53,619 bales were disposed of against 43,235 bales in January and February, 1933. The last auction in Wanganui; was on February 23, (when 28,623 hales were offered 1 , and 22,469 sold. The total proceeds .amounted to £277,877, the average price per bale being £l2 7s, and the average price per lb. 8.17d.—P.A.

Itudyard Kipling has promised an Ode to mark the dedication of Victoria’s Shrine of Remembrance. The Ode iwili be written around! the subject of the Shrine itself,-and of the part played by Australians in the Great War. The 0d 6 will be read at the Dedication Service which will take place on Armistice l)ay at 11 a.m. The day falls on a Sunday, and the Churches have agreed that every facility will be . given for the. ceremony -fco- be in-yestecL witli tbe sacredness and dignity that, the event do* mands.

iFire destroyed five shops at Balranal'd .(N.S.W.) v ' The loss is estimated at £25,000—P.A.

Dr. Jean Greig, medical inspector for the Education Department, in an address to the Medical Congress held in Hobart, predicted that th 0 time was coming when the excessive height of Australians would be highly ’inconvenient. “Already,” she said, “doorways' in-trains and trams are ; too low for many men, and the average bed and ship’s berth are* becoming too short. .'For a long time I have been 'astonished! at the amazing height of our adolescents at 14, 15, land 16 years of age, but In recent years ‘ it is the height of girls of 12 and 13 that is surprising.”

The Christchurch Tramways Board yesterday decided to appoint two accountants to investigate the finances of the board.. It was stated by members that the finances had been, left by the' previous board at such a l°w ebb that it would be impossible to carry on without striking a rate. It rofas suggested that, ’ if tlie rate were levied for two years, the trams might be :a,blp to pay their way. air Howard, M.P., said the public would never believe the position the finances were in unless an outside investigation iwere made.—P.A.

Some of the delegates to the, Rotary conference will remember .their visit.to Mt. Egmont, Noticing sprays of koromiko and other native flowers in the buttonholes of several the District Governor, who also happens to be chairman of the Egmont National. Park Board fined them all 2/6 apiece for helping themselves to flowers in the reserve, the husbands having to pay for their wives’ delinquencies. Two of the Rotarians pleaded to be allowed, to make explanations. These requests were granted on their paying another. 2/6 each. Apparently the most popular fine was that incurred by the chairman himself. He so far forgot himself as to address the Roas “gentlemen.” . Altogther the sunshine charity box, was well filled as a result of the morning’s adventures.

That there was ample scope in Gisborne for the provision of technical education facilities was a view expressed yesterday by Mr W. S. La Trobe, superintendent of technical education, Wellington, who has been paying a brief visit to Gisborne in connection with the development and extensions proposed at the High School. Mr ’La. Trobe, who returns south this morning, conferred -with the High School Board yesterday and advised them in regard to various points which had been troubling them in connection, with the new movement He warmly praised' the scope of the present arrangemnts and voiced the opinion that the steps to be taken would be of the greatest benefit to local students. Mr La, Trobe also considers that Gisborne’s situation is such as to make it particularly suitable to this class of instruction.

Several publishers are offering big prizes for unknown work,. Ca-ssels have offered £I,OOO for a novel, with a minimum length of 80,000 words, a condition being that the manuscript has never been submitted for publication elsewhere. The closing date for entries is September 1,1934 e Messrs Harrap, in conjunction with •an American publisher, offer 2,500 dollars (£500) for the best book of adventure or exploration in any part of the world, the manuscript to be sent in by November 30. Hodder and Stoughton have offered ..£!',000 for the best autobiography submitted to them by'the-end! of 1934. It must not be less than 75,000 words, or more than 150,000. The publishers will consider any setting—lslington or Haiti —provided the story is true and alive Their hope is that the £I,OOO will be won by an unknown writer. Axel Munthe who broke upon the publishing world as an unknown author some years ago when he produced his “Story of San Michele,” has just finished a successor to “San Michele.” When he began, he was already almost blind, and death seemed to be very near, causing him to name his half-written book “Death and the Doctor.” Since then he has improved so much in health that' the title ia inappropriate.