LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12610, 20 July 1935, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The P.B. Stockbrokers’ Association has decided that ho further .cattle iairs be held in Gisborne until September next.

• Owing to a shortage of pilots, due to two recent crashes, Tv.L.M. will shortly close down its A msterdamLiverponl living service.—P.A.

Failure -to dear weeds from his property resulted in a fine of 10s and cost 18s fo Ihaka. Alorete when he wa s prosecuted , before Mr E'. L. Walton, SAP, in the Police- Court at Ruatcria. IMr T. French,. inspector of htcck, appeared for the department.

A young man, an Australian, stowed away on the steamer ICairangn. at Newcastle and was arrested when the vessel arrived at Auckland last evening. The ,'airanga proceeded from Newcastle to Sydney to complete loading and the stowaway remained hidden among -coils of feno"X wire in the shelter deck until the vessel had left Svdnev.—P.A.

At the Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch yesterday Henry Frederick George Cox, for sixteen years accountant to the firm of J. J. Niven and Co. Ltd., pleaded guilty to the theft, of £557 Is 2d, the property of the firm. ■ It was alleged that misappropriations had taken place from November last year till June of this year. Accused was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.—P.A.

A sum of £,3S was secured by burglars in the early hours yesterday when they Blew open as n.fe in the Feathcrston County Council Office, Mart in borough. The burglary appeared to be the work of professionals, the sound of the explosion being deadened with mats, sacks, etc. Two cash boxes were smashed to pieces and the papers strewn around—F.A.

: T.\e National Coursing Association's N.Z, Waterloo Cup meeting advanced to the semi-finals hi • the Hamilton Club’ s enclosure yesterday, today Red ttuftis (Waitara) meets Father Emerson (lyaibi), .and Rhodesia, (Wanganui), which has drawn the bye, will meet the winner in th c final, 'Thirty-seven clogs were entered, for the Cup, and 1.8 fiavo qualified for the Waterloo Purse, and rime for the Waterloo Plate, which will be completed todari—P.A. .

J. W. Savidari, Olympic representative arid former British Empire tenmiles champion, will not be availa.blo for the.' trip to Australia, with the, Now Zealand cross-country team, which will compete at tho Australian 'championships in' August.. This announcement was made, by Savidari upon. his arrival •, in Wellington yesterday with ilio , Auckland team for the cross country .championships. Savidan, said Mr. ,W. Mortoh, maria,gcr of the Auckland tea,til, was never rtinhing bettor. It, is understood that business, reasons have precluded his making the trip.—Press Assn.

Inquiries into ' the * circumstances surrounding the death ,of W.i ivarauvia; which; occurred, at Cook'Hospital on Thursday, were conducted yesterday .before' thoyDistrict Coroner, Mr. 13. L. Walton, fS.M. Evidence, .wa.s given by a niece of deceased, Diana. Smith, who said .that- Mr'. Kdratiria was a man hobrit 50 years of age and had been living at Nuliaka. A .short timo ago, lie wbnt.on a.trip to Honolulu, and .on the journey* homo fell on board ship, injuring, his arm find head:* Dr. T: DL Pemberton, ,house surgeon, said that he hold a post mortem examination on the deceased,; and in, his'opinion death 'was caused from septicaemia; follbwihg on ,a' cel hi i tic condition Of the arm., which condition might, have been caused by a fall. The coroner gave a finding iri accordance with tho medical testimony.'

There was a good- attendance .of members at’ a meeting of the -;Gisborno Competitions Society preside over .by Mi>. Mainland Foster. It was decided to include an additional class in the, schedule• for . tap .y dancing, under 9, the prizes- for which have been donated to the. sooiety. An extension until next Friday, of the closing date of entiles for the coming, festival, was .agreed upon. It was reported that although many entries had been received- 1 it was - ■ expected that the majority ; wotikl be sent- in during next week. The committee • also decided to meet every woelvuntil the festival - ' J

Sergeant Sparks, of the Tokomaic -Bay police force, hah: been promoted' to take charge i. op the Te-. Kuiti police fitatioh and -assumes his new duties at the. end; of the present month. Ho has been at Tbkmmiru 8a,7 since February, I£B3, and during tlie period since has won a high; place in the esteem of local reridehth. Prior t 6 comirig to Tokomaru Bay he was in charge 6f the Welling-, toil wharf police station for a period | -op IS months, while be-fiore thatlie was stationed •. at Christchurch ... andTimaru. During his 25 years with thei: forte, he vva.'jf partiottlarly- associated * with the mounted-division, rind, ivas S always-iin charge of this section at; Wellington on. official 'Occasions. >

Marking a now doprirture on the part of Last Cjoast Ainvfiys, the two De HaviUarid Dragon planes will be placed at the disposal'of. the public to-morrow for the purpose of sight-seeing fours each of an hour’s duration. It is intended that the planes should fly south-west towards Waikareirioaria, and if ike -day is a good one those who take advantage of the outing should see Mnhia peninsula, Wairo'.i, Waikaremogna, Wai-kare-Iti, and f lip niou'ntains Tongariro and Ruapehu, with many of the lesser peaks. Applications for seats are being received already, and as, the faro is based on the same scale as that between Gisborne and Napier for ordinary schedule running, thoj opportunity should appeal 'to a large number of Gisborne residents. Details of the project wi)] be found i n thp advertising columns.