LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12533, 20 April 1935, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Tho. Gisborne Times will be published as usual on Lai Ter Monday morning. The Poverty Ray Stockbrokers will hold a cattle fair (females only) at the Matawhero yards on Werdncsday and Thursday, Ist and 2nd May. Coal consumed at Cook Hospital . during the past year totalled 422 ions (costing £1055) compared with 431 tons (£1080) in 1933-3-1), , and 447 tons (£1132) in 1932-33. Eleven patients were admitted to the Cook Maternity Home last month and 11 bab es were born. Ices receivable amounted to £B3 Us and tecs paid, to £3l 7s. The Redding Borough Council and the oroua and Kiwitea County Councils all show substantial surpluses at the end of the financial year, the borough of about £IOO9 and each county of ab-out £3OOO—P.A. Patients in Cook Hospital on March 1 numbered 13-1, during the month 155 were admitted, 10 died, and 145 were discharged, leaving 131 in the institution at the end of the month. During the same month there were-seven Admissions to Tolaga Bay Hospital. The Poverty Bay Lime Co._ Ltd. publishes particulars of a turnip mauurial trial conducted in the South Island. The results of the trial clearly indicate that lime must be applied to the land to get the best results from manure. Rcevnue obtained from the Cook Hospital dairy farm during fast month amounted to £93 15s Id (sale of buttcvfat £l2 2s Bd, sale cf eight pigs £l9 0s Sd, and supplies of milk and cream, to institutions £O2 12s 7d). Payments totalled £63 15s 3d, leaving an excess of receipts over payments of £3O 0s Sd. Does South Africa boast the world’s only vegetarian cat? In a Johannesburg home an animal has been found which turns up its nose at meat arid fish bub feeds avariciously on walnuts, avocada pears and pawpaws. Her mistress takes tibbv into the or-e-hand each day and peels greCn figs for her and the cat enjoys four to a meal.—South African Press. Excavators at Tarkastad (South Africa) have junt unearthed the skeleton of a reptile resembling the tortoise. The bones, which' have ' been petrified, have taken six weeks to assemble and show the specimen to bo Sft long. At Ladysmith; in Natal, a fossilised teeth lias -been found which scientists say belonged to an ex tiuct typo of horse* standing ten feet high. One other complete skeleton of the tortoise discovery is mounted in the British Museum South- African Press. Once every year the police of Johannesburg have a field day with the guns. Stray dugs make the mine dumps which surround the city a gathering .;.u>jc, ana from these haunts they sally forth to worry poultry an/.] 'i-iieep on farms in The vicinity. Police and municipal officials are ordered to shoot them and for tho whole of one day the huntsmen raid the dumps and take potshots at every dog which comes into tlie open. Recently,. the gunmen 1 secured a bag of fifty strays.—-South African PressA voyage of two and a-half days in a 14-foot dinghy rigged with . sail, from New Plymouth to Kawliia was completed by Joseph Thomas, of Oakura on Wednesday night. There was inueli criticism -1 of the attempt, but it transpires 1 that' Mr Thomas, is an experienced sailor, who was once second 'in ! command of a ship. Owing to anxiety for the safety of the’voyager, a Government seaplane from Auckland, and ' an" aeroplane from New Plymouth searched 1 the coast without ■ result',. but 1 The craft was then probably in tow of the launch which evjntually took it into Kawliia. Snakes nave beon in tho limelight during mail ’week- In tho Cape ol : Good Hope a ‘yellow 'cobra was attracted "by'The music of a-brass’ band When The' musieia’iis of the'lndependent Order ’«f True-Templars were ; at practice. It put tlie band temporarily out of action until The 'drummer Trill;it with his drumstick. 1 ' At ’Lusaka, the new Capital of- Northernpßhodesia- a- -huge ' python- /stretched'•itself across the - - road- in- tho -path : of ‘an approaching motor- lorry.lilnsteail of moving out of--the- way of the 1 vehicle it reared up,, its-head towering'above flic hood o .ftli ecan The' terrified na-tive-driver ran into a Tree and tho Kiinko riciously attnelced - tho bonnet off-tho lorry.—African PresE ■

At Suva, Captain do Uany, of tlie yucht' Korrigane,' was lined £2 iof- d" breach of quarantine by calling at Matuku before Suva'. Tiie Korrigane has now -sailed for Noumea.—P.A. | Tho Defence Department has arj-. ranged to- expend a ■ substauiial -sun), in making the Feilding Club aerof drome at Taonui, two miles, from Feilding. The work is expected to übkbf'b the whole of the local relief workers tor several months. —P.A. 1 A lew eases of eczema in sheep are reported with /slight losses ' iri the Feilding district. The disease is supposed to have been, caused by a sudden excess of .feed following abundant' rains cn warm ' ground. The countryside never looked better. —- P.A. ' - Gifts for Cook Hospital are acknowledged with thanks .from Mr Foster ('sweets), Mrs Grundy ' (grapes), Te Kanaka Church. (fruit, vegetables, and jam), anonymous (magazines and grapes) For the Memorial Home gifts were received from the following: Adjt. and Mrs Ransom (copy of Scriptures), Miss Brewster (Australian Women’s Mirror.s, etc.), Miss Barker (Daily Mirrors, etc.), Williams and Kettle (biscuits), and anonymous (periodicals and two flannelette nightdresses.) Efforts are at present being made to arrango a' re-union, or some similar function, of all pupils who attended the Gisborne Central School from its initiation under Mr Mahler to the end of Mr Harry Bull’s term. Us headmaster. A number of those interested in the jiro[josal met in the Cosmopolitan Club rooms cn Wednesday night and informally discussed arrangements. It was finally decided to- call a further meeting of old students of the period mentioned for Friday evening next. Extensive additions are planned for Te Puia Hospital arid tenders are being called for the removal of the existing ward on the west side and the erection of a new five-bed ward, together with' four single wards and a sanitary block. The interior of the hospital is also to be altered, making provision for a kitchen store, linen and mattress store, office and dispensary, maids' diningroom, ami store room for patients’ clothes. A now dairy, additions t-o the laundry and a domestics’’ block (containing seven bedrooms, a sittingreem and bathroom) are also planned. The new ward block will measure 47ft. by 23 ft. 4ih.. while it will also have a verandah and' three ramps. Flight-Lieut. Gen-and, of the Hawke’s Bay Aero Club, landed at Gisborne at 6 o’clock ‘ cn Thursday evening. The Moth was specially chartered by Amalgamated Theatres Ltd., to transport the world-famous picture, “One Night of Love” for the King’s Theatre. The picture was rurdicij to Gisborne in order that those who intended going away tor the holidays might first have the opportunity of seeing it. A striking innovation in connection with the King’s Easter screening; was tile throwing of a streamer of gaily -illuminated lights across to the other side of the street together with the testooning of the theatre frontage, making it a landmark that might have been observed -for miles around Reminiscent of the opening day of the theatre was the brilliant scene within file lobby which lias just been newly decorated.' The attendants provided an additional striking ieature in costumes c'f unique design and tasteful coloring, each being neatly coiffured by Miss Hind. Resolutions favor:ng the liquidation of the Investment Executive Trust cf New Zealand Ltd., were carried out at a meeting of 23 de-benture-holders in Christchurch held on Thursday. The meeting also decided to thank tile Government and Mr Coates for the prompt action taken over the affairs of the Trust. The resolution'; carried were: “That in the face of the disclosures in the New South Wales Commission’s reports and the reports of the New Zealand inspectors, this meeting is emphatically in favor of the inspectors’ recommendation .for liquidation with the Public Trustee and this meeting recommends that an advisory board of two'or three debenture holders' be appointed by the Coverri■ineiit to act in conjunction with the Public Trustee; that a vote of thanks be accorded to the Government snd especially to Mr Coates for' tho prompt- action taken ;' that in the event ef the Government deckling to appoint two or three deben tore holders to act with the Public Trustee, this ■ meeting ' recommends that Mr J. D. Rent-on he appointed” —P.A. ' ' • . Recent guests at the Gisborne Hotel include the following: Messrs. Md Bruce 1 (Wairoa), R. McCulloch (Palmerston North), H. H. Wright (Wellington), P. S. Thornton, Mrs Thornton, Miss ’Thornton (Tolaga Bay), Mr E. A. Robinson (Napier), Mr and Mrs Lyons ‘ (Hastings), Mrs Hislop (Wellington), Mr J. F. Strang (Invercargill), Messrs. M. Galvin. (Hamilton), M. H. Jolly (Galatea), E. Sweeting (Auckland), D. Bruce (Ruatoria), Miss E. Baird (W-aefenga a-lrikiV), Mr M: McNeil (Ruatoria), Mr-and Mrs Smith (Tauranga) Messrs IF J. Hiaslclori; C. Ro-sboe, it.' M. Glazebrook (Auckland), "A. Millar (Hamilton), J. J. Scales-and J. S. Ryan (•Monunsvillc), W. H. Gregory (Tuai), E. Williams (Matawai),, I*. .Wallis (Hangaroa), I. Sisam, K*. E. Maelonnan, -L. S. Sisam (Whakatanoj 0- ingrain, H. S. Holme;, -W,. Garland (Opotiki), G. Sayers, G. fitting, J. McNeil (Tolaga Bay), W. J. Pritchard, E. McGirr, A. C. H. Bailey H. G . McCartie : ( Auckland)- Mr' and Mrs 11. G. Millar, Mr F Duncan, Mr E. J.- Parr, Mr J. G. Learning, Mr. J. I. Aitken>' ( Wellington)',-' Miss E. L. Friend. . (WangaiuuyjFMr -'S. - G. White (Hastings), Mr. J. White (Napier);l Mr -and 'Mrs- -N. H. Boyd, -Mi's and Miss -Gooch (Napior)j J "Mr arid Mrs CL' Anderson (Taihape)Sergt. Mrs. and Miss Campagnolo, Miss V. Williams (Gisborne)y-Mr H. Od-Wil-lirimson-(Hick’s Bay); Miss E. Wallis (Hangaroa)Afir and ,; ' Mrs l J. 1 N. Sp('rie<v (Wlint.af,utu), 'Mr R.‘ C. Gnldstono'j Mr D. Thomas : (Wairoa)i