LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13093, 15 February 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

A Loudon Lb A. cable /ives the price of gold at 17 bs Hd.

Tho London financial Mews considers that unless the weather in North America is exceptionally favourable. wlieat will go higher in the next few months.—l*.A.

Two new school buddings are to ho erected in the Poverty Bay district, one at Wheterau, ten miles north of Wuikohu nm! towards V? hutatul i, and the other a; Tauwhareparac.

During the races on Saturday <1 petition was signed by some hundreds of patrons urging tho Minister of Land, the Tlon. F. Langstcme. to reconsider his decision to abolish racing from the Mak.irnka Domain.

Early yesterday morning a car went over a bank on the Wharoratas, but its three occupants had a fortunate escape. \ break-down lorry was required to go to the scone.

The. Matson Australasian lines have intimated Unit children under 1.6 are not allowed to land at Suva from vessels which call at Now Zealand ports and therefore appeal to Australian parents to discourage the bookings of children owing to lcar entertained by the Fijian Government of the spread of infantile paralysis.—P.A.

The Australian reception of -\ A Wellington broadcasting is generally excellent. 'This station’s programmes are among the most sought after by listeners. Last night’s presentation of a lilting old time dance and popular music and minstrel items came through with the usual clarity and was greatly enjoyed in Sydney.—P.A.

An address of considerable importance to th" commercial community will be given in the Borough ( mined Chambers on Monday, February !*• at S p.m. by Mr. M. ('•■ C- McCaul, president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, who is making 11 tour of tlm North Island, accompanied by the secretary (Mr. A. 0. Ilearvyi. The president, desires to welcome to the meeting any members of the business' community wlm may not be members of the local Clumber.

The land taken by the Stale housing scheme in the Ilutt Valley, near Wellington, comprises about 1300 acres and the value, is £127310. Some ..f tho owners have not yet received notification of tho intention to take their land over, 'flic 1 land extends on either side ‘of the main road from Park Avenue, to Taita Gorge. On the eastern side of the road the whole of the land lias been taken right back to the river, and on the other side the depth of the proposed purchase is about a quarter of a mile. The projected railway lino up the Hutt Valley will run through the area, and that ■possibility has been allowed for in the area to be taken over.

With the object of strengthening tho bond of fellowship and goodwill between the Ngatlkahungunu (II . IT; tribe and the Bmigowhakata tribe (Poverty Bay), a parly of forty Hawke’s Bay Maoris arrived at Manutuke on Friday evening. Another object of the mission is to mourn together the loss of those who have passed away. After dinner divine service was held in one of the mooting houses, and later the visitors were welcomed in the typical Maori custom, tho speeches being ituerspersed with halms and chants. In. the references to the death, mention was made of the Tlawko-s Bay ehiol’tahicss Tangioro. th’b Bov. '*• Hakiwai, vicar at Omahu, Mr. Ru i Takahirangi lid several others. Tho party left on Saturday lor Tokomaru Bay where the mission will he continued. ,

A childish' prank which. might have had serious l .consequences caused some excitement ;at Central Park, Whangarei. An 8-year-old girl from Tikiptmgai wasi playing near the dam when a 'boy, no more than five or six years, pushed her into the stream and held hof head under water. Fortunately -the. child’s plight was boon noticed, and with the help; of the 'caretaker, she was soon pulled out of the water. The child suffered badly 'from shock; and convulsions and a doctor was called. Later she was taken homo. ■ ■

At Palmerston North on Thursday night at tho speedway meeting “Putt” Mossman announced that his brother, “Curly” Mossman, was to have been married on the track the previous night. However, the meeting was postponed becauso of ruin, and his In other “just couldn’t wait and was married in tho Congregational Church by tho Rev. Leslie Simpson. “Curly” Mossman rode his first race as a married man and won it. He won another race later in the evening and put up tho best timii in on attempt on the four-lap record.