LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12526, 11 April 1935, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Stock impounded in the boroughlast month numbered. 32 and 88' head were released) on the road. The fees amounted to £7 Bs. Tintenty-two dogs were impounded in the borough during the P a st tuo months. Pound fees aggregated 16s 6d and revenue front sales £1 12s. Building, permits issued by the Borough Council during the fortnight ended March 30 numbered five and the total value of h'-,o proposed structures is £3OO. The permits were for .three motor shods (to cost £74), one dwelling 021851 and one alteration (>£4ok ' •• ‘ "* •. Revenue obtained from Who borough bus " sen’icb” duririg, the last two .weeks of March • amounted to £2BB 2s 6d (fares £279 10s find subsidy etc, £8 12s 6d). The mileage was . 6826, the passengers, numbered ,20,971 , and the' average fare per mile was 10.43 d. Fares collected during the finajncial year showed! ato jnerease of £275 on the usti/nate.

The Gabriella sailed fi'om Sydney yesterday for Napier-.—P-.A.

Tho cruisers Canberra, unr] Sussex arrived at Hobart’ yesterday from New Zealand ' after a severe buffets ing.—P.A.

,' An Amsterdam me.sis ago states that the • Netherlands'' Bank lost £15,000,000 worth of gold in the past few days in an attempt to defend the guilder 1 against speculators.— P.A.

Slaughtering at the borough Abattoirs during the fortnight ended! April 6 were as follows: Bullocks 2, cows 268, lieifors 61, sheep ' 816, jambs 126, calves 41. and pigs' 88. Of these the following wore condemned: Cattle 2, sheep 1; and pigs T partly.

Following brief discussion at yesterday’s meeting, the Cook County Council decided to 'reduce valuations throughout the county by 25 per cent in accordance with the special powers under the Valuation Act, 1933. It was mentioned there were 3068 valuations to he adjusted.

Paying a. routine visit to Gisborne, H.M.S. Wakakura, the mine-sweeper, berthed at No. 1 wharf about 10 a.m. yesterday. .She is bound for Auckland and continues her northward run this morning- The Wakakura, of 290 tons, and with a draught, of 14,ft., is the first naval vessel to berth in the new harbor.

Tho window of Mr Sidney Butt’s jewellery shop in the main street of Wgipnwa way, broken on, Tuesday night, .apparently by a stone, and jewellery principally rings, stolon. It is understood' that the value is between £IOO and £l5O. The broken window was seen by a. man going to work at 6.45 o’dock in the. morning and ho communicated with. Mr Bott, —P.A.

Although the liner Rangitata. is expected to reach Wellington this evening, Lord and Lady Galway will not land until to-morrow morning, when the programme of welcome previously arranged to take place today will he carried out. The only ceremony this evening will consist of tho escorting of the Rangitata into harbor by the H.M.S. Diomede and H.M.S. Leith, followed by the firing nf salutes. If the hour is not too late aircraft from the Royal Now Zealand Air Force will fly in formation above the ship.—P.A.

A now type of soundproof windows which, it is claimed, can diminish noise from without by as much aS 90 per cent., has been invented by Mr. E. T. Fisk, chairman of directors of Amalgamated Wirciess (Australasia) Ltd., who is at present visiting Wellington. The device is said to be in practical application in offices in the big cities of Australia. It works by deflecting and absorbing the sound waves, and does not interfere with ventilation.

In a letter to the High -School Board of Governors yesterday, the Education Department advised that, in connection with the King’s Jubilee celebrations, the • Government would make a. grant of 4d per pupil for the purpose of some entertainment to mark the occasion.—Members considered that it was practically impossible to arrange any form of entertainment for the sum mentioned.—Air SunderlanJ mentioned that it was hoped to arrange an Empire p cture programme tor the children. The matter was left in the hands cd the Rector and Mr Sunderland for arrangement for some attraction, preferably on May 10.

The rainfall at Rakauroa fc.r March totalled 6.35 in. which fell cn 21 days the heaviest fall in one day being l.olin. on March 2. Tho other principal registrations were. March 4, .63 ins; March "14, .46ms ; March 15 .72ins ; March IS. ,62ins; March 23, l.{Hin. The total for the year to date is 20.77in5., January having contributed 6.12 : n 5., and February 8.03-ins. In March of last venr the weather was very dry anj mild, the total for the month reaching only I.o7ins.—Spl.

“In several instances” reported th«* engineer, Air I\. F. .Tones, to tho Cook County Council at yesterday's meeting- “buildings have been ercet-eu in the county -without the necessary permit being taken -out. As some of these were substantia] buildings- it would he. hardly fair that, any evasion of the fees should he permitted, as all new buildings l require ni permit-. In oug instance I have- written to the owner concerned and although the' ‘building is now completed no attempt has been made to take r a permit. I wool d suggest that, fur* tiler action be taken if a permit isnot taken exit shortly."