LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12865, 20 May 1936, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

■. ' ' - ■ .- ? 'lt; Mr. G. Forbes, manager. ol the Olritu dairy factory, is at jii'oscnli oil a tour of the Bay of Plenty ami Waikato districts.

During tit© past two wdefcs’ fares collected on the borough buses totalled £306 Ss 2d, the mileage was 6592,, and; the” passengers carried numbered 268151

. The Y.M.C.A. wits granted permission by the Borough Council last oyehiii’g to hold ' the annual_ Red Triangle Day appeal on Friday August 14

Protection, rails have been placed at the tinning place at the top of Kadi Hill, stated a clause, in the engineer’s report to. the Borough Council last night.'

Dogs appear to he decreasing, m the, borough, only 674 being registered to date, compared, with 708 at this period last year. This total include ed 52 licenses issued during the past fortnight. Building permits for one motor shed and six alterations and additions were issued by the Borough CounciL during the past fortnight. The estimate .value of the motor shed, is £26* and of the alterations 'and additions £490.

Six traffic licences were issued by the Borough Council during the past fortnight—three motor drivers’, two. heavy traffic and one motor lorry. To date 2430' drivers’ licenses have been ii.sued against 2341 at the corresponding date last year,, and 520 heavy t: affio licenses, compared with 471 last year. During the past fortnight the traffie inspector lias made six prosecutions.

Notices have been served on several householders requesting them to discontinue the practice oi depositing iiedgo clippings and rubbish oil the roadsides, stated the town clerk’s report to the Borough Council Bust night. Should these notice's; not he complied with, it was added,' legal proceedings will be instituted for a breach of the borough by-laws.

There is a large number of canvassers busy at present in the town and suburbs, according to a complaint by Cr. II .11. De Costa in lha Borough Council last evening. He said they were not all licensed, and uiged that a badge should be; issued to a canvasser after the license fee had boon paid.. The Mayor v.Mr. D. \V. Cob man, M.P.). . said a license cost live shillings, but there was no provision in the by-laws to issue badges. The town clerk, was at present revising the by-laws. and. the council would consular the matter then of pic-riding a badge for all licensed canvassers.

‘'Gladstone road is in a dc-nlonabl : state,’’ said Cr. H. H. Do Costa at the meeting of the Borough Council .last evening. “After the men sweep the road,” lie said, “there is still a lot of debris about.’’ He suggested that the road should be hosed down one or twice a week. Cr. H. Holmes contended that the work of cleaning up was done too casually. The sweepciu could liiake a better job. °f W he said, if iluy put more energy into the work. After further discussion it was decided that, the matter should be referred to the works committee and the engineer' should be asked to bring down a report on the cost of hosing down the street once or twice a week.

The annual meeting of the Gisborne Domain Guard was held last evening, tlie .Mayor (Mr. I). tv. Coleman), . presiding. The balancesheet showed tlr*t the assets amciintetl io £Bl9 5s 9d, comprising a bank cycle track £SG, camping conveniences £325 I s , basketball and tennis courts £228 lSs 3d, eouvenences £209 19s. gas stoves £4 7s fid. cash iu. bank totalled £43 4s 2d. making the total assets £862 9s Id. The liabilities were nil. The receipts, including £4-5 I'Gs 2tl brought 'forward, totalled £58,03 lid ('Athletic Club fees £ll. and. interest. P. 0.5.8. £1 Is 9d). The expenditure, comprising wages £.9 Os 4d, legal expenses £4 4s, insurance £1 15s sd. leaving a credit balance oi £43 4s 2d. The r.eriort was adopted.

A national field day for the rad o emergency corps was participated in by the Gisborne section on Sunday. Three stations were operated in each, district throughout the day and night in the exchange of messages. One of the local station's was a portable one packed in a suitcase and it was used at tlio Patutalii Domain. Tho local stations war: Base station, Air. A. W. Bird’s nesideiiec, 80 Lylton road, 70 watts; staff, Messrs. Bird, J. B. Sutton and 4. Neal. Zone station, Mr. A. Papworth’s residence, Ngatapa, 12 Watts j staff, •Messrs. Papworth, M. Ludwig and G. Butler. Outpost station, potable set, Patutahi Domain, 2 watts; staff, Messrs.' W. Hutchinson, J. Vau'tier, I. Sanders and T. Hughes. The relay oi messages was something, in tho nature of a message handling contest, •and operators of every _station were doing their- host to get their messages through as. expeditiously aa possible. The Gisborne section finished up very satisfactorily, handling ail messages within, a short time.

Further reference to a municipal strongroom in which plans and document can be preserved was made by the Mayor (Mr. D. M. Coleman, M.P.), at tlic meeting of the Borough Council hist evening. He . said tlntt the engineer had gone into the matter, and the only strongroom available for use was in the- Gisborno ;Sheepifanners’ building in Childers • road opposite, the Borough Council Chambers. It would necessitate an expenditure d; £39 to u-iO and then would bo lire j|>rcel but not ’qua*p 'proof. It should, also be mentioned that there would, be no security of tenure. .Or. H : . ’E-. Maude said that until , the council could erect its -iwh .chambers,, the risk of loss remained, ,'and as the plans and dbeuniouts were valuable they should be protected. Ho thought negotiations might jbo continued with a view to ohta'injihg ; compensation if the tenure "Was 'lefts than a certain,termj and' Civ H ' Holmes stressed the importance oi'guarding the plans.. On tlie motion oi tho Mayor, the . matter was-., left in tho hands of the engineer and town clerk lo complete ariUhgcnients.

According to - a... Melbourne. P.A. cable, tivo Alsatian dogs/attacked a flock of 720 sheep at Hamilton, killed forty and severely mauled sixty. Mrs. A. W. Soiuidy, Dauucvirke, is spending a sho r fc' holiday in tindistrict. She is Ills guest of .Mrs. C. Tietjen, Bushmere.

The appointment of Mr. E. 'M. Hutchinson, Ruakituri, as a rangei under the Fisheries Act; 1908/ for the East Coast acclimatisation district lias been gazetted. lii tile Opuse yesterday Mr.. Kiishworth (C.T.), was Jcave o| absence till tHe.hnd.df .tbc session on account of illness in his family. Press Assn.

An application loom tap Poverty Bay Basketball Association to lay down ,two extra , hard epurts -was granted at the annual meeting of the Domain Board last evening.

At the annual .meeting of the 31akaruka Domain Board, held last evening. the Gisborne Park Golf Club was granted' permission , to" hold adance under the main stand on the domain in order to ’ raise lands for furnishing the clubhouse.

Passengers by the Cathay, whicii arrived at Fremantle yciteidav, include tho English Rugby League touring team. of 26 players, the manager of the team is Mr. 31. 1 opplewcll and the captain J. W. Brough. The latter visited Australia with the 1928 team. —Press Assn. Drastic comment on tho slave or Upper Gladstone road between Lyttoii road and Roebuck road was made by Cr. D. S. Thompson, at the meeting of the Borough Council last evening. This was 'the .entrance to the town, he said, and it was a disgrace. There was an open drain in it. he aliened, dedp enough to bury a horse. He suggested that the street should be channelled. The matter was referred to the engineci) to report on the cost.

A Wellington P.A. wins records the death of 31 r. T, \V. Kirk at his residence, hear Paraparauinu. at the age of 79 years. 31 r. Kirk was best known for his fine work in building Up the New Zealand Department or Agriculture in its earliest years and la ten did yeoman service in organising and supervising its services oi inspection and instruction in connection with orckardist, market gardening and beekeeping. 3lr. Kirk, who was a son of the late Processor 1 T. Kirk, the eminent botanist and forester, arrived in New Zealand when seven years old. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School. His first public appointment was to the position of assistant curator of tlie museum at Wellington. Later .he went to the Education Department, finally being transferred to the Department ot Agriculture, in which his wide knowledge and experience were invaluable, especially io horticulturists. lie is survived by his widow and a soil. A younger brother is Professor H. .B. Kirk, of Victoria University College.