LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12876, 1 June 1936, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Tlio Maungamii arriv-d at Sydney mormng from Wellington.-—!?.At

\u Invercargill P.A. wire BtalS the l Mr. Robert K. F'airbnirii, ag'd \>li married, faimer, of Raoeconr.se road, died in Southland Hospital -yi& terdav as tire result of injuMM received in a collision botwoyti/« bicyc.e ho \vns rid-ns and a motor ear.

The principle of a levy on wool for •probnganda and research purposes provided it was (blinitoly umbvstov ■that the fund should b? ducc.ecl mainly to . propaganda,’ was. approved on Saturday by tbH piovuicwl conferonce of the' Southland Farmers! Union. The conference discussed outfg’sted. methods pf'r'opr.iying t'ho levy npd decided to recommend. that ilu; charm; be levied on. th~ weight raS s and that it should'ho’ lilted; to two.: pence per ICOlb; that a £ for £ snhsidy be given by the Gbysrnnront am 1 that- the growers' v should " have .tus chief voice in the selection (if the govouning committee,—-P-A.

The Poverty Bay Stockbrokers’ Association, owing to the cattle sale at Hawke’s Bay;? are holding the wearier and springing heifer fair,at-the Matawhero yards on Wednesday, 24th Juno instead of Thursday, 2oth June, as previously advertised. .

The WangancUft,. which left Sydney on• Saturday afternoon, carries an overseas air mail •io Wellington.— Press Assn. 7 ■

A Townsville (Queensland) P.A. cable states that tho 32ft. American ketch Idle Hour anriyed yesterday afternoon after a good trip from Sydney.. The ketch was live days becalmed and then experienced -strong and fair winds. The voyagers saw Zano Gre.v shooting ibe Bander Reef film.

A Sydney P.A. cable slat’s that after a special mooting of Cabinet to Consider the eases of four men and two youths who are under the sentence of d:ath for murderJ' Mr. Bruxnor stated that- no- dcci.ipn would be reached until a meeting of the Executive Council was held..

According to a Sydney P.A. oible, the body of the lottery official, Mr. Collins,- was recover;b from the harbour near Clifton Gardens, North Shore, on Saturday night. It appeared to have bocn in the water for some time.

A young New Zealander, Ray Dixon, arrived in Sydney by push bicycle yesterday L oin' Melbourne. Dixon has already toured Western Australia and is now making for Queensland, lie bus hitherto travelled about 2i),090 miles on his bicycle. During his travels he has delivered lecturett.es on New Zealand. When mounted, his courier load is 2431b5. ) including a wireless' set weighing GSIb. Despite tho load lie can average about- 00 miles daily, his record for one day bring 127 miles.—Press' Assn.

Owing to the fact that no buyers were present an auction sale of two Mata uni properties in the estate' of the late Mr. J. H. Coleman whs not proceeded with by the anct'one'fs, Messrs. Williams and Keltic, Ltd. The first lot to have been offer cl, the Pinckney property, comprised 2610 acres, of which 1060 acres were improved with house and building;;, and the other was known no the Mata wai ifroperty of -1980 acres, ot which 660 acr:s were in glass.

The trial run of the first of the'several rn'l curs to ho used on the Wel-lingfon-Pnlmcrston North service was carried out- by the Railway Department on Satuidny. 'flic car named Manhuni was driven from Fotone to Upper Ilutr and back,'a scheduled tune table being maintained throughout. Those privileged to make tho trip were unanimous in approval of the new means of transport.—P.A.

The formation of an association to develop the Tounist Traffic in the South Island and Stewart Island will be considered at n confer:noo to bp held in Christchurch in Juno or July. Invitations to attend the conference will lip sent by the Lyttelton Harbor Board to Harbor; Boards, ' city, borough Councils, tourist and travel organisations, hotel arid hostel interests. progress leagues, chambers ’of 'Commerce, automobile associations and other organisations in the South Island interested in the development and welfare of the tourist trade. It- 's proposed to call the organisation “Tho South Island Travel Association of New Zealand” and it will b? modelled on the Australian National Travel Association. Tho draft constitution proposed sets out lo objects, the first ef which is to provide 'machinery by which interested organisations may cc-opcratc to develop and maintain the tourist traffic m well ns the scenic resorts and amenities of the South Island and Stewart Island. It is proposed that the I-riand should he div’dod into six tourist regions, oadi to have 'representation on the general committee, the regions being the provinces of; Nelson, Westlaud, Southland (with Stewart Island), Otago, C-’.ntcrbary and Marlborough.—'Press Assn.

Interviewed, tire Alinistrr for Public -Works (Air, Semple) amplified, in come particulars, the report he made a. day or so ago in regard to the supply ct? power on the West Coast. Ho stilted that the transmission line from Coleridge to the central point on the Coast was estimated to cost £1'15,000 and for the load in sight in the immediate future lie allowed an additional .C2O.QCO to provide a limited amount of' distribution. This mnin line Would be a double circuit one, operating Co,COO volts and have « load capacity of about 15,000 kilowatt. The line would have an Udvantage |in that it would make it possible to supply hydro power to (he railway electrification at Arthur's Pass tunnel. Surveys which had been carried out on the Coast indicated that a -similar amount of power could not be obtained at. the Same price from local sources. Under tho circumstances, said the Minister; he had no hesitation in recommending Cabinet to adopt the - transmission proposal, which "would provide a larger amount of power at considerably, less cost. This project liad tiro additional advantage that, once it were 'established it would give much greater 'value to tliO' potentialities of local 'sohotnes which would,' 1 undoubtedly', be required at I .some later date,—P.A.

One of the most- attractive exhibits .at the Winter Show was the display by the National Tobacco Co., Napier. Nobody could resist watching the. mechanical figure pushing the roller backwards and fovwa-rds, featuring the famous. Rive-rhead Gold tobacco. This enterprising firm, realising the) ladies prefer rolling their owh'- with R-iyerhend Gold’, displayed for the first • ■ time in Gisborne■ the mechanical lady with the rolling l pin and she- caused no end of amusement to -tiro fair’.sex. The eight etto rolling competition was a, huge'- stichess’-i an-cl drew hundreds' of entries. So- good were sornei' bf the cigarette,® rolled thrtit- the judge must have; bad a hard task in makingßlvd/ awn'ids..Souib of them: were,' indeed ■ as near the tailor nipclte article as it wits possible to 1 bo.' T-lie National -Tobacco 00. -whs awarded, by public votd, first prize in the 'trade '‘-exhibit seetibn. y rißcs'ieged .as-' liel was : by : so 'many- hundreds each'day', -Air Alexaiid-er, ’tlio company’® popular - representative, ninst have been very wearied at the ?.cml of the four davs’ exposition.* »