LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12536, 24 April 1935, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The General Post Office advises that th 0 air mail, which left New Zealand on April 5, arrived at London on April 22.—P. A.

Canada’s Jubilee gift to the King will bo a. solid gold box 18in by 14in. by 3in., bearing t'lio arms cf all the provinces.—A.P.A.

Although nominations do not close till noon to-day, there are already •53 candidates for 21 -eats on the Auckland (Xty Council. In 1929, the record number c.«? 97 went to trie poll. Tn 1933 there were 43. —P.A.

All records for attendance at the Sydney Royal Show were broken on Monday, when 181,065 people attended. The total attendance for. the first seven days this year is 603,409, nearly 109,000 higher than last year.—A.P.A.

Corn corn is expressed by Dr Defoe over the condition of MaHo, the smallest of .the quintuplets, who is running a temperature of 100 (says a Callender, Ontario, message). Ovilia Dionne, the father, lias telegraphed to- the Premier, Mr Hepburn, demanding that- he be allowed to> have another physician called.— A.P.A.

Blenheim til'd, its little best during Easter to emulate the mass marriage system introduced by Signor Mussolini, except that there were no bonuses and the ceremonies did not eventuate in the market place. However .the churches were kept unusually busy. Twelve couples have- been married since Friday, with more to follow. This is a record for many years.—P.A.

The 54th session of the Grand Lodge of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society was opened at Christchurch yesterd'ay. The. delegates were wecomed by the DeputyMayor (Rev. J. K. Archer! Officers of the Grand Council wor-, elected as follows.- W. G. M., Rro. J. Lindsay; 1.P.G.M.. Rro J, Harvey; D.G.M., Bro G. Hellycr; grand secretary, A. Hay; grand treasurer, IT. D. Austin; grand, chaplain, If. A. Christie; grand' trustees: G. Perrin, E. H. Sineoek, A. Devlin ; joint editors of "The Brotherhood.” G. Perrin and T. Arnold.—P.A. -

The Daily Hera Id Brussels correspondent says that nows lias been received that Fritz Hosemann, expresident of the Minerrd International, was murdered hv Nt.zi guards at the Papon burg concentration camp, the usual pretext for the murder being "attempting to escape”. The news bar, been suppressed in Germany, but .there is intense resentment in the mining population of the Ruhr. TJusomann’s recent imprironmcut was due to attempting to obtain compensation for members of the Miners’ Federation, whom the Hitlerites dismissed.—P.A.

According to a member of the Times staff who was on a visit to Australia recently, Gisborne does not suffer in comparison with the larger centres in the manner of its cinema theatres; indeed, in some eases pictures were advertised to be held which had been shown in Gisborne weeks before. Naturally the larger places, siich as Melbourne and Sydney, possessed more palatial structures and some of the interiors were marvellous in their colour schemes and acoustics, but the Gisborne visitor was quite satisfied that the local picture theatres more than held their own in sound effects and general 'arrangements in seating and filming of the pictures.

Victoria takes her football ga.me very seriously and the various chibs in Melbourne, in particular, were hard at .work picking teams for the ste'en.uops season ahead .so says a. inembeT of the ‘Tipie’ staff .who was on a. holiday visit to Melbourne recently. Any availably .piece of ground', no .matter how small, is generally packed with pln.y.er practising. Pirating of good players once an easy thing fo clo, is made difficult at present by the hard and fast rules ,\vhic ; b prevent apy player playing for any hut hin ,own Club, unless granted a. permit by his former club. The gapio, ,which i® kno.wp hero as Australian ,-Rules football -is very spectacular qpd scientific apd is played at. a pace. . All .peiysiiapers liaye for .weeks past, the doings ..of the .various clubs an.d players, .and! .the star players are fpr moye popular too fooT ball fans than the screen stars.

The Wanganella left Sydney yesterday for Auckland .—PA.

In the .scini-finalg of the Wellington provincial golf championship, Hornabrook beat Silk, 4 and 2; Wateoii beat Jack Black, at the 19th.—P.A.

According to a Winnipeg P.A. cable the Canadian Government Wheat Agency will take delivery of May wheatcontracted 1 for on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange and the list of tb© October futures will not, be considered un til tlie end of May, according to a.n announcement by Mr John McFarland, general manager of tb.© Canadian Wheat Pools centra] selling agency.

Mystery surrounds the disappear* anco of approximately £IOO in cash from th© Peter Pan cabaret at Auckland. Tile money is believed to have been stolen from the sale In the office, but there was nothing to indicate that the safe had been forced open. The money was intact when the cabaret closed shortly after 1 a.rn. at the conclusion of Tuesday night’s dancing, .and the thdft was not discovered iint.il about nine o’clock yesterday morning.—P.A. A report has been published recent ly, on the authority of the official organ of the Federal Citrus Council Australia-, thaf New Zealand wn s about to arrange with Jamaica- a trades agreement to facilitate th© importation of citrus fruit. The Ron. It. Masters, in a telephone interview from Stratford last night, said that he bad heard: nothing of any negotiations for such an agreement.—P.A.

Providing tho -sequel to a collision which occurred at Waipaoa on Monday nigiifc, Sydney Bates Hooper, 28, appeared before Mr E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to- a charge of being intoxicated when in charge of a car.—Senior-Sergt. Wade, who prosecuted, explained that a collision occurred with a car driven by a Mr Bradley. Accused’s car was extensively damaged and, apparently, by the tracks, was travelling on the wrong -side of the road. It was the first time accused had been before the court. —Accused explained to the court that drink was not the cause of the accident, but that- he had been dazzled by the lights of the approaching car. A fine of £5 was imposed, and accused’s license was cancelled for three months.

Charged with vagrancy and with being found by night without lawful excuse in a Gisborne dwelling, Ernest Paul Crombie, 27, appeared before Mr E’. ’L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to both charges. The evidence for the prosecution, as led bv Senior-Sergeant Wade, was that accused put his head through the window of a girl’s »>edrooni and refused to go away when requested. Accused gave evidence that he wished to marry the girl and had gone to the licuoe to discuss this matter with her father. The father would not listen to him and eventually went to get the police, accused following with the intention of making an explanation . Pointing out that accused had a list extending .back to 1923, the magistrate imposed a sentence of three months’ imprisonment.