LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12398, 10 November 1934, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

In an exhibition tennis match at Christchurch yesterday, Mis s Dorothy Round heat Miss Lyle, 4 —<3, 6—4 <3—2.—P.A..

Much interest is • being ' taken in the forthcoming lecture on Christian Science to ho given by Miss Margaret Murney Glenn, C. 5.8., of Boston, Massachusetts, on Thursday next, November 15, in- the Opera House at 8 p.m. Tlio Gisborne Christian Science Society cordially invite the public to attend.

‘Tinder the- will of the ■late-’ 1 Mr. Matthew Stuart Holmes/of Dunedin, which was sworn at £30,000, ■ the following bequests are’ made :: £IOO for relief of the poor of Ivnok-Presbyter-ian Church ; £25 to the .Knox. Sunday School ; £l63' to the Presbyterian Church, of New Zealand for the home missions fund; £50 1 for tho aged and infirm Presbyterian' ministers’ fund; £IOO to the Dunedin Gityw,Mission; £IOO to the Presbyterian Social Service Association for the .hoys’ orplianage; £2OO to the same for the’aged poor; £100"to Otago : Presbyterian Girls’ College /Board of ► Governors; and £IOO to the Dunedin branch of the Salvation Army.—-P.A.'

• “I suppose. I 'can call this< a valedictory Bpceoh’-r'iaaid the GovoniorGeiicml; Lord Bledisloe, referring-to his impending, departure from the-Do million during his speech, at. a luncheon •: at the ■ ; Christchurch: ■ Show'grounds’ yesterday. ‘“I must say,with Komq 'sadness that' my '.wife: andj. J-.are shortly''about tu-,flit to..our ancestral haunts ‘in flip -Old Lund, .but spOalting •without exaggeration r . we 5 shall leave hehipd u s ;no;sipall part of our hearts and-..sympathies. None will learn of your, , returning-. prosperity with more genuine joy.”—P.A.

Armistice Day. is to bo. celebrated, in Gisborno to-morrow on much tho same, lines as imbprovious years./A church .parade, .however,.,; has been ■called by the, .Griborno R.S.A. - and there , a noJndi cation s that the nius■i'er of returned, men ..will he. cxecp: ionally . largo. . Wreaths destined .lot 'the Toot of.,the .Wayside Cross, it has been announced by j Canon ■ £. ; > F. Hall, should he brought _ into Holy Trinity Church and placed 911 .the chancel stepo during: tho moi-nifig service which will ..commence at 1.0:41? o’clock. Later tho wreaths., will .ho transferred to the loot'of tho Wayside Cross.

The Poverty Bay Stockbrokers’ As- ■ sociation will bold a Cattle Fair;at tbc Matawbero yards tm Tuesday, November -0.

lii tho Legislative Council, lf st night the Cinematograph Films Amendment Bill passed.-‘-P.A;

Full details in connection with the To Karaka Flower Show appear on page 12 of this issue. l >’>/ ‘■' v: ’ -

In the House yesterday, the Cinematograph. Films Amendment Bill was put .thro,ugh committee, read .a third time and passcd.—P.A.

A London P.A. cable states that •the .cash lists in connection with the Commonwealth conversion loan closed in 125 minutes.

Steps are well'under way for the formation of a central body on which 8(1'!. school committees ' of'the district will be represented. Ihe inaugural meeting is set clown for next week, and keen interest in the movement is -already apparent.

According to a London cable, the Hpuse of Lords spent nearly twelve hours discussing the Incitement to Disaffection Bill. There were numerous division’s on Socialists’. .amendments, all being defeated. The committee stage has been, completed.

About £2o3' in notes; part/ of a large sum kept in Mr M. C. Seger house at Ashburton, disappeared during; the week end, -A. puzzling circumstance is that only part of the money was taken from a farce envelope in a desk.—P.A.

The Thames Borough Comminsioner Amendment Bill, Woodlands Drainage Board (Rating) Validation Bill, Noxious Weeds Amendment Bill, Auckland Transport. Board Empowering Bill, Wellington City Empowering Bill., and Native Purposes Bill were put through the remaining stages in the House yesterday, and passed.—P.A. ” .

Riding a. bicycle in At- 'Martin’s. Square Christchurch, last, evening, W. P. Cole, 27, was struck by a motor car and received severe head injuries, from which he died soon after admission to hospital.—P.A. •

The benefit to Maurice Lovland, the well-known cricketer, totalled £3600, the'third highest in Yorkshire cricket, comparing with Roy Kilncr/s '£bol7 and Hirst’s £3702. — P.A.

Much interest is being taken in the forthcoming lecture on Christian Science to be given by Miss Margaret Murney Glenn, C. 5.8., of Boston, Massachusetts, on Thursday next, November 15, at the Opera House. at 8 p.m. The Gisborne Christian Science Society cordially invite the public to attend.

Polo will be revived in Gisborne to-day after a lapse of about rix years and the local club -will stage a match on Mr E. R. Black’s property near the old Kairoi'o salevards at Matawbero., Sixteen players are expected to participate to-day and the principal match will be one between teams representing the captain and \Tce-captain. The start is scheduled for g p.m..

The secretary Of the Sawmillers’ Assocation, Mr A. Seed, -stated definitely at Wellington yesterday that there is no immediato fear of any general shortage of white pine supplies for container purposes hi the dairy industry as- a Whole, though undoubtedly there is, and will be, an inoieasiing shortage in supplies in particular districts.

, Attendances of the orchestra ©TTIie Giohoi'ne Savage Club during tbe paot season estoblished a remarkable record, the average percentage being 94.9 for all practices and ltoreros. The orchestra was. called together -8 times during tho season and. many of the 3if members attended ever 3- practice and korero. The average percentages of attendances ior the part few years have . been as follows: 1934, 94.9; 1933, 91.9; 1932, 5G.55; 1931, 91.2; 1930,’ 89.34; 1929, 83.33; 1928, 83.33.

At the Presbyterian General - Assembly at Dunedin v yesterday;' s an echo of dissension at St. ■ Andrew’s, Palmerston, in■> which the • assembly reversed, on the appeal of "the minister,. the-' decision of the ‘Wanganui Presbytery, wa s hoard -when - that presbytery presented - -an overture seeking revinau of >the present procedure 011 appeal, giving congregations direct representation at appeals. Tt was decided to: submit the . overture to the judicial committee to prepare a report for the next assembly. —P.A.

hi Poverty-. Bay' entries - for ifiekMeat Board’s -district- fa t lambi competition numfier(exactly, the same as last-year 32, haying, come-'.'to hand yesterday, The lambs will be killed- at the Haiti works this morning. and '-will be-on display,, for inspection by interested farmers, as from' 9.30 o’clock./Judging ■ will proceed.during the morning and the best 15 penrs will be selected to .represent the district for. the North Island cup donated .by .the Meat Board. , Prizes m,..connection with the recent. Show classes will also ho awarded.

One of the most 5 delightful spots oi;i the JSast. , CdaH'' I ''ts',-* i 'Tatliip6uri, about 8i miles,' froiin Gisborne,- ’which provides: sti isplendi-d Week-end ' holiday resort, where the M 'holidiiy-niaker 'is irelb catered lor by-:tho management of the -Tatapouri -Hotel; esfab; lishment' is-,at , present s undergoing extensive renovations./Ail the rooms are nicely furnished, 'and every modern convenience is being ' installed throughout.. Guests will find'; plenty of .sports facilities within; -.baundsuof the h0te1.,,1 e. Swimming, osunbathing, surfing, /.crayfishing,] .•> Cricket-'. T and shootipg . are >OlllO-pfi the 'pastimes available., The.--proprietd?,'• MyeSteve l Thomas, apd-.-Mrs Thoina s ;,: know, just how, .to ~make: , their;• guests ’Welcome and visitors to Tutapouri Hotel mayjho assured of a,right■ roy-. a] good tiuie.*. !