LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12521, 5 April 1935, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Pope will broadcast a worldwide benediction on Easter Sundav from the balcony of St. Peter's, states a Vatican City meo*age.— P.A. The amendments by the,Legislative Council to the Maori Purposes 1' und Bill and the Board of Native Affairs Bill were agreed to by the House of Representatives yesterday. — P.A. The building figures lor Wellington for the year ending March dl show that the amount invested in building and: alterations during the past year totalled £417,363, as against 1:371,1)71 for the preceding year, a gain of £75,389. In all, 739 permits were issued, as against 781 l°r the year just ended. Alter haring been freed by the Pull Bench of the Supreme. Court on Monday,, states l.i AVp lijugtcn ■ l , .iu-\-|;ari.e, two prisoner s, Madge Monro and William Campbell, who laced charges of stealing share scrip in Sydney, have been rc-au-rested and iwor© remanded in the Magistrate s Court to appear . today.—P.A. The New Zealand Lean -and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., has :c----coived the following cablegram I' em its London office under date April .4: ‘‘Blitter, New Zealand choicest, salted, market weak at tiie beginning of the week, 71 s; n<nv firmer at 765. Cheese, white, 465; tele rod. ■l7s; market steady.” Driving along Laveiihain road, from Patutahi to Repongee re, about 9.30 on Wednesday night, Mr P. Williams savr a well-grown stag with a spread of antlers measuring between 3ft. and 4ft. The deer immediately dashed away from the glare of .the headlights into the darkness of a nearby paddock. A denial that the poli-c lmj intervened and ordered the fight between Jarvis and Hawes at Jlawera to be stopped was made yesterday, states a.. New Plymouth message. It was explained that the referee Mr Alan Maxwell, had acted on bis own initiative. It appeared' to the spectators through activity in the corners, as though tlio police had intervened, but it is now plain that that was not so—P.A. Arrangements have been made by the Unemployment Board for allowanacQS of 4s a week each 'to relief workers’- dependants between 16 and 20 years of age who arc unemployed in cases where the total income of the household dees not exceed the maximum allowance under the board's rules. Hitherto relief granted in respect to eliildhen lias been restricted to the age of 16 years and under.— P.A. Membership of the Civborne R.S.A., as at the close of the financial year, showed a drop of 214, to 10C2. Last year the total was 1216One of the main factors in the decl’no is the fact that no return lias been received from the Tairawhiti sub-association which, last year, had 150 members. The town inembersliip, when the books closed for the year, was 729 as against 783" a year ago, while the country membership was 273, as compared with 425. The British Post Office has sent the letters carried from Australia by Mr 11. L. Brook in his record flight, bade to the aviator at Harrogate, and Mr Brook will deliver them. On his arrival at Harrogate the previous day he was unable to present to the Mayor letters from the Lord Mayors of Sydney and Melbourne, and five Australian aero club;-, because they lia<l been confiscated by the Customs, ns he was not entitled to carry mails.—P.A. A Hastings P.A. mes-.-'a *o c lat« s that demands involving altered' conditions of work and 1(J t» 7 5 p- r cent, wages increase on various lvj < s of work were asked by tli North U. land Council of Freezing Works and Related Trades Industrial Union, which met in Palmerston North recently and which was appended tc represent the industry. These demands will shortly he pufc before the committee representing the fj mg companies—P.A. Approval of the proposal to supply milk to school children was expressed by members o); the Auckland! Education Board yesterday, buti the board in reply to a letter from the Metropolitan Mjlk Council de'-larcid that it had no funds to assist the scihome. The council’s letter stated) that there Aver© 16; >SOO primary sc-hcel children in. Auckland under 10 years of age, and that; to supply them with a pint of milk a. day would cost £SOOO a year. The council would appreciate any support the board could 1 give.—P.A. Aft-or evidence. in Support of the piroisocutian had been heard before ; Mr Ei. O. Lovvey, S.M., in the Police Opuyt;at Inypryargill yq§t£r.day. afternoon,' George Thomas Jordan, a single man, aged 24, pleaded not tffiUtiy. reserved his defence; to, indiG table’ charge .of having pph\Ayfu!ly c.m ' ago. of 14-year? from tl\c o,t father.;. Avfio had tho : Iv’S-Vl custody ol: her.' Accused wiis coni milted for t'rial at the next sitting in Invercargill of tlio. Stiprcme bail being gifted in the. sum of A2Bi(JO Ayi o ife, syre.ty ' of; ,£300,"' nr two 'Apreties oae-h. el £ls9.—P 4- ' ' ,

To mark the inauguration of the air service btwo'on Gisborne and Napier,. tho Postal Department, in eonjunction with East Coast Airways, Ltd., is utilizing the first flights ni each .direction..,on April 16 to carry a letter mail. The special postage rate on this occasion will be 3d fur half ounce. "While training for tlie head of the river race on the Paramatta river last evening; the Scots College boat was cut in two by a largo launch which collided Avith it. Two boys Avere injured and had to be sent to hospital.—Pi A. Greater London is growing to an alarming rate. Within the last five years areas previously suggested for preservation as parkland® have been built upon at the rate of 1,400 or 1.500 acres a year. This means that ■ a •space equivalent, to, Hyde .Park four times over is being annually taken up for building purposes An organisation for the development of colonial forest resources has been set Aip under the Colonial Office, states a Rugby message. Two technical officers of the Department of Scientific and Industrial' Research, Major U. M. Oliphant and Major 4It. Cosgrove, have been transferred to this work, Major Oliphant, as forest economist, Avill deal mainly with the organisation of production and spend most of his time in the dependencies concerned, while Major- Cosgrove, as market developing officce, will be encaged: in market promotion Avorlc' in both British and foreign markets. The Legislative Council last night received notice from tlio House of disagreement with its amendments to the Rural Mortgagors Bill. The Hon. R. Masters, Sir F. .Bell .and the Hon. J. McLeod were appointed managers to ’ confer with the managers appointed by the House and the Council adjourned. The Council met again at 11.10 when Air Masters said that, as far as he could see, there was not much likelihood of an agreement being reached that night, mid in view of the fact that the House Ava»i sitting, he thought the wisest course would be to adjourn till 10.30 a.m. to-day, when the managers would again meet. Tlr's course was agreed to. —P.A. Intimation that he will relinquish the portfolio of Employment at the conclusion of the present session ol Parliament Avas given by S'r Alexander Young in a telegram .sent to the Mayor of Auckland at the request of the Unemployed Workers’ Association. The Mayor had asked that the Minister, accompanied by the de-puty-chairman of the Unemployment Board, should vis't Auckland for the purpose of meeting representatives of the unemployed Avho had stated that there was much dissatisfaction with tlie new scale of relief pay brought info iorce on January 23. — P.A.'" No advice has been received regarding the French schooner Korrigaue. A lifeboat belonging to the vessel was seen by tho Aorangi 500 miles north of Auckland on Wednesday. In response to a radio .from the Auckland Herald, advice has been received from the steamer .Kanna, Av.hicli is en route from New Caledonia to Auckland, that- no sign of the sehconer bad been seen. Tim vessel Avould have been fairly nearly the vicinity in which the lifeboat Avas noticed by the Aorangi. If all's well on the schooner, Hie sfipuld have arrived at Suva from Russell yesterday. The Korriganc carries a radio receiver but no transmitting apparatus.—P.A. Messrs P. Mansell, H. Hillman, and C. Bennett Avere appointed delegates to the New Zealand Cyc-lin-ig Federation by the NeAV Zealand Cycling Association at a meeting in Wellington last night. The appointment Avas made to replace two rcprci■•entatives, Messrs C. D. Doyle and G. Giles, delegated at the association’s previous meeting, as it Avas felt that tlie appointees should be persons not occupying other official positions in centres or clubs. An alteration to tlie rules reduced the annual license and racing number fees for senior club members to 2s, and juniors to Is. It was reported that the profits .from the championship meeting at Petone wer.c £3-' 13s Bu, of Avlreli two-thirds will go to Wellington centre and ono-third to the association.—PA. In Hie Legislative Council yesterday, the Agricultural Emergency Regulations Confirmation Bill, the Canterbury Agricultural College Amendment Bill, and the Finance Bill were put through all stages and passed. On the Finance Bill, Sir Francis Bell urged the Government to set aside Tongariro Bush as. a national scenic reserve, and pointed out that the bush Avas the only ’©serve of magnitude left in the North Island. The bton. J. AfcLeod supported Sir F. Bell, and said that the bush, which was over 50,000 acres in area, between Taumarunui and Rotorua, was tiic only place left where native fauna could live. Tlie Hon. It. Masters said he had no knowledge of the land and the bush, but he appreciated the sentiments expressed. It would coat a lot of money to buy, however.—P.A. In. the House yesterday, Mr Savage, Loader of the Opposition, asked tho , actirig-Prime Minister whether it was iv-fact that the, Railways Board liaj prevented' a member of the Rail Way service from standing ■ as a candidate for tliq Otagq Harbor Board iind whether ho \v ill issue instruct-* tions under which public servgiits may in future exer.ciso their full rights of citizenship uicluciing the ,right to be nqininated for; Rarliamoiitary or local body elections ’ without any loss of stqtus in the soy vice—Mr Coates, iii reply, sulci that iio objection was raised by the Railway Board to tho employee concerned, standing for the; City’Council, but it was not thought desirable thqt he should become. a member of, the Otago Ilarbor Board. The .'Government did net thipk the..ease called for any. action pn its paid. Regarding the general part pi l ; the • question, he didr nefc think he could' answer that. Ho thought that each case should, bo dealt nv-i.l-li on merits.— P.A.