LOCAL & GENERAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13126, 24 March 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Tile Wuikohu County Council has agreed to join with the Cook County Council and the Bordugh Council in acquiring, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, land for the extension of Darlon Field aerodrome.

On the recommendation of the finance committee, the Borough Council decided last evening that the rental for the first year of the- second /term (commencing April •I, 1937), ol the lease of the aerodrome to East Coast Airways, 'Ltd., be fixed at dOO. and be reviewed at March 31, 1935.

A bleach or an alleged contract to employ them .as a shearing gang, formed the basis of a claim for LI.IS briught against (.!. C. Ormond, of Mahia. by J.l Maori shearers and shed-hands in tile .Magistrate's Court at Wuiroa. Air. E. L. Walton, S.M., held that the plaintiffs had not established a contract. -eic, the ease was dismissed, with costs to delcnduut.

A London T’.A. cable says: ‘‘Lord Cottesloe has informed tin; 'National Itiflo Association of the iaeceptanoc of n-u invitation from the Commonwealth Council of Rifle Associations to scud a team of I f to represent Groat Britain at a special anniversary meeting at Sydney in February of 1933. South Africa will ho visited on routo and New Zealand on the return journey. The expenses inmoimt to £4,000. for widen subscriptions arc sought.”

The vVttikohu County Council naa decided to re-erect the Hangatim sus pension bridge, which collapsed last December wljeu a mob of sheep was being driven across. An engineering report from Mr. W. L. Newham, of the Public Works Department, was yesterday considered by tno council, which decided to adopt Mr. Newham’s recommendations, including a shorter span, wind-braces, and bulldog typo cable fasteners.

Charged with, having been' found in it state of drunkenness in . Lowe street on the previous day, John,Bernard Smith, alias John Claude Raley pleaded guilty in the. Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Senior-Sergeant Mhcnamara said that the defendant liad a list of previous convictions, ; 'or various offences, the last being on October 3, 1930. The magistrate, Mr E. L. Walton, S.Mi., convicted accused arid fined him £2 in default seven days’ imprisonment.

, Gisborne housewives are again able to obtain fish, which has been very scarce during a dispute between local fishermen and fish merchants over the price to bo paid, the launch men having ceased to take tlie r vessels out. They have iio\v resumed work, the merchants agreeing to pdy , 3LI per lb. for liapuiia ipirins the li£iul, with a limit of SflOOibs for a Rmr.weekly period. Aliy supply above that amount is to be paid lor at a reduced figure. Previously the fishermen received tip to Ed per lb. with tho heads on. The fishermen propose giving the new conditions a three mouths’ trial to sec •If they can obtain a reasonable return lor their work,.

Tho Maorao bath was closed for the -season last Saturday..

Sixty-eight dog collars were issued by the- Gisborne Borough Council during the past fortnight.,;

The Waikohu County Council yesterday granted the sum of £5 to the Children’s Health Camp;

Lust evening the Gisborne Borough Council donated £3 3s to the children's health camp.'

The South African Government has come to, an arrangement with Germany whereby tho jUnion., is-’-increas-ing its purchases of German goods and thus enabling Germany to buy more South African wool to the value of £50,000. —P.A.

Tibe first donation was received by the Prime Minister, Mr Savage, yesterday in response to the appeal for the King George Y. memorial fund, the sum of £SOO being given by the Dunedin Savings Bank.—P.A.

Coronation celebrations l were discussed by tho Waikolui County Council yesterday, and it was decided to grant £3O towards the expenses, to he divided equally between To Karaka and Gisborne. Support was promised for tho Coronat’on ball to- be at Tc Karaka.

Seven building permits for work estimated to cost £5094 were issued in Gisborne during the fortnight ended March 13. One was for business premises of an estimated value of £3028, five 1 were for alterations and additions costing £l7lß, and one was for a dwelling £948.

At Auckland yesterday, Adelaide O’Meara, aged 41 years, a married woman, for stealing a, coat which was hanging outside a shop, was sentenced to gaol for ten days. The magistrate, Mr W. R, McKean, remarked that this was tho second offencce by tho accused and there seemed to be a recurrence of this class* of offence.—P.A.

Jt is understood that a Bill is !jcing introduced in the House of Commons to-day providing that the Premier’s salary ho increased to £lO.GOO and those of other members of Qvbinet to £SOOO with retiring pen T sions after a specified term of service. An innovation will be a salary for the leader of the Opposition of £2OCO.—P.A.

The Minister of Transport. the Hon. R . Semple, has issued a circular specially designed to educate children in the road-safety code and generally to make them traffic conscious. Teachers are to make the code a basis for discussion in class and expla-n the reasons for each rule. It is urged that! wherever possible the rules should be illustrated by blackboard sketches.—P.A.

The racing motorist. Mr Freddie Dixon, is planning to stagger the motoring world with an uneonvent'onal car of his own, design capable of beating Sir Malcolm Campbell’s record of 301 miles an hour, says the motoring writer of the Daily Mail. “The ear will resemble a dart iu shape with ail the weight in front It will have an engine of only GO horse-power, but the car should be able to do 3-50 miles an hour on threequarter throttle”, says Mr Dixon. without disclosing how this is to be achieved.—P.A.

That the Coronjition is now rapidly approaching was brought to mind by correspondence read to the Borough Council last evening. The clerk to the Paw a- County Council wrote slating. that his council had decided to make a donation of £lO towards the. cost of the Coronation celebrations. Another letter was from the manng-iiig-seeretliry of the Poverty Bay I’ower Board who advised that tfie Board would grant £bo towards tho cost of the decorations and would supply electricity for illuminations elected by the Borough Comic 1 at oue-hull'peuny per unit. It regretted, however, that it was unable to carry out any work in connection with tho erection of illuminations, as the staff was too busy in dealing with supply applications in the district.—Toe Mayor. Mr. D. W. Coleman. M.P., said be would much prefer that tlso Power Board should have done the work, but it was evident they were too busy. Both letters were received.

In the Magistrate's Court last week, two applications for the posses sion of a house were made, one by Stewart Peters, owner of the property. and tho other by Edna Earle White who was an intending purchaser, against T. If. Doreen, tenant of the house. After hearing an outline of the proceedings, tho magistrate granted an adjournment till the following week. When the applications were set down for renewal yesterday before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M.. Mr, D. E. Chrisp said that as the magistrate might remember Mrs. 'White fiiad, agreed to purchase tho property conditional on the house being vacant, and the proceedings were adjourned Vast week in order that Mrs. White should give evidence. She, however, refused to do so, and ho asked that the summons, so fir as Mrs. White was concerned, be struck out. The magistrate struck tho case out. With, regard to tho other summons, continued Mr. Chrisp,. the defendant had been ordered by the. court to pay 10s weekly and had done so reguarly. The magistrate adjourned the case sine die to be brought on at seven days’ notice/

' An unusual incident occurred in tho Magistrate’s Court yesterday. An application had boon made by a fans band for a variation of a maintenance order lor the support; of Jus wife. When tho ease was called in the morning 'the plaint’if - came from the back of the , court • towards the front passed bis wife- in-Court, stopped, and shook hands, and then came forward. ■ The magistrate, ' Mr., E.. Lb Walton, 8.M., noted the incident. ‘>l saw them shaking hands just new.” said his Worship, ■ “and f suggest they should settled the : matter • themselves.” The man and . his; wife then w Went outside the Courtroom to. talk tnattois over, arid the magistrate adjourned the-court. Alter sQ-mo time, word Mms sent in to Ins Wjorsliip and on the Court resuming it.’wns bxy ‘i plained that a temporary settlement had' been arrived at. i /

Imprisoned at Now Plymouth °n Friday for default in ‘ * judgment debt, <a Maori, aged > , was advised yesterday that lie was to be given his freedom because of prrangements made by his solicitor, <jfore his release could he effected, however, lie collapsed and died m the prison.—P.A-

Amending .regulations to the Animals Protection and Game Act are contained in a Gazette issued as night. The regulations cover native and imported game, 'they contain definitions of weapons to lie used dining the season for game. Game which may, be killed in various acclamutisntion districts is also defined, also a list is given of absolutely protected birds. A list of general conditions, and of the conditions for p irtienhu districts during the open season is also given.—P.A.

A Sydney P.A. cable states: "The acting chief film c'.uisor, Mr Hurley, has stated that newsreel items do pictuig the Duke of Windsor ski-ing would not bo. shown in any part of Australia.” He added: “Tlfe film was, considered to be of ai character not desirable for this screen. 1 cannot comment further) than that.” The Daily Telegraph says it is revealed in a high official quarter that certain Empire Governments, including Australia, have agreed that it is not regarded as desirable that) the Duke of Windsor should be seen in films until alter the Coronation.”

Two applications in connection with billiard saloons cams bcioro the Borough Council last evening. Mr. Con. Patterson applied for a license for a biliiiard saloon to be run in conjunction with a hairdressing saloon ,yit 273 Gladstone road.—Tho application was grantee! subject to the sanitary arrangements being in order. Mr. F. G. Dominey applied to have the license for the Alhambra billiard saloon transferred to Edwin Farnam Burden.—The transfer was approved subject to the police report being satisfactory.

The Hawke’s Bay Education Board has decided to conduct a housing survey of the residences of country teachers. Reference to the poor sair’tarv conditions prevailing in a large number 'of teachers’ houses was made by Mr G. A. Maddison. the chairman. “I know a- number o-f instances where teachers have not even got bathrooms”, he said. “This 'State- of affairs should not he allowed to continue. I have heard of one per son who has to wait until the weekend before she- can afford to go to a hotel for a bath.” After the necessary information lias been collected, the board intends seeking Government aid in renovating, the houses.

Iri the course of its report to the Borough Council last evening. "the public works committee stated that it had considered Air. Stapp’s claim for dumhge to his car sustained when crossing the culvert to give access to his premises, Wainu; road, oiul recoincnded the council to _ accept no responsibility in the matter. Under the council’s by-laws, it was stated, it is the responsibility .of tho occupiers or owners of properties to maintain crossings in a satisfactory condition. The engineer had inspected the culvert and found t-luit it was not in i satisfactory ecnd’tiou.— The report ws adopted. v

The activities of the Gisborne Beautifying Society were brought before the Borougli Council last evening by an application from the association for a small piece of land on Score Point reserve for a nursery for trees, plants and shrubs for the use of the fissoeiation. It suggested that tho proposed nursery be.under the general supervision of tho association.—The MB.yor* (Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P.), said the area referred to . was a Id-tie piece of-land not being used in any way.—lt was decided tc grant the application.

The demolition order issued in respect of premises owned by Mrs. J. M. Lysnar has not been completed with, stated the town clerk’s report fo the ■Borough Council, last- evening. and further instructions were desired. The Mayor said that the council had decided some time ago to deal with the matter, but the borough solicitors advised that it would he desirable to procure a report from the Health Department inspector and that had since come to- hand. He mov cd that- the matter be placed in the hands of the borough solicitors to take further action and Or. Holmes seconded the motion which was carried.

Another plea for the bituinenisiug of the Ivaiti Hill road was made in the Borough Council last evening by Cr. H. TI. De Costa, Everyone who came to Gisborne, lie sa-d. went up Ivaiti Hill and it was probably the town’s best asset. He suggested that the Cook County Council might share the cost. He was aware of the tact that the Cook County ( '-oi!ncil had already refused but it nrght reconsider its decision, Mr. . Hammond, technical adviser to the Housing Department, had visited Kadi Hill and had suggested -that the' rotul should be improved. The Mayor, Mr. D. \V. Coleman, M.P., said he quite agreed with the principle of the idea, lmt it was too big a job to' undertake out of revenue. The engineer wMs to prepare a cost of bltumenising the streets of the borough. and would also go into the cost- of a road up Haiti Hill.

' . It was aboard a Lytteltou-AVdlliug. ton- boat. A clieery-lookiiig. old chap .—the picture of health, was enjoying his after-breakfast pipe on deck when accosted by a fellow-passenger. “Do you kriowj rriy good Mir, that every ounce of tobacco you smoke sli irtens your life by a year?”. “Great Then I ought to have, been dead and buried long ago!” “You may laugh, my .'friend,-.but tobacco will get you, 'sooner or later!” “Welt, let’s Lop,a it will be later,” said, the jolly old boy, “But I’m not worrying! Noxt fo*no nicotine in my baccy!.-it’s practically harmless.” “What tobacco !may that 1 be. pray,” sneered the i crank; “Cut Plug No. 10. Try a fill ?” < Offer declined witha shfidder. But there’s no hariri in “toasted” ami ;for a- really comfortable arid thoroughly enjoyablo smoke its equal : isn't manufactured; The five (and only, genuine) toasted brands, , Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Naw ffut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead I Gold Arid Desert Gold, are everywhere on sale—a convincing proof of their widespread popularity! V. y