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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13126, 24 March 1937, Page 7

SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS EAST COAST AIRWAYS LIMITED EXCURSION TRIP to ...... NAPIER (via AVaikamnoana, Moliaka Viaduct, Tougoio Falls) EASTER SATURDAY Leaves Gisborne 8.30 'a. in. Loaves Napier 3 p.m. Return Faro (without luggage) £3. BOOK TO-DAY. AMUSEMENTS POVERTY BAY PROFESSIONAL athletic & cycling club SPORTS MEETING TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT at 8 o’clock VICTORIA DOMAIN tiding, Running, Tin Hare Racing and Wrestling. Ilig entries in all events. Come and pick the winners for the big Faster .meetings. Admission, Adults 1/-, Children f?.h NOTE Change of Night.

The establishment of. a cbmatologieal station in Gisborne is now assured, as tho Borough Council .asfc evening decided to make a contribution of £25 per annum/ for its support. The total cost is £oO :>er annum, and the Cook County Council agreed last week to provide tile other £25. The matter cropped up last evening on the reading of - a letter from Mr. H. H. Barker, soliciting a contribution of £25 a year for the station, tho request bei;i«r aceoiupUnied by a letter expressing the objects of the station, the communication being on similar lines to that re; d at the meeting of the Cook County Cuncil. The Mayor, Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P.), said that some time ago the Oliannijer of Commerce took the matter up, and the council had agreed to go into the scheme, which it was then stated would cost £75. That scheme was dropped because the Chamber ol Commerce scheme clashed with the Department of Industrial and .Scientific llesearcn. Me noted that tho Cook County Council had taken the matter up and had made a grant. He moved that the council accede tu the request and Cr. If. Holmes seconded the mol:on which was carried.

After more than two years of incredibly difficult work, a road has been built to the summit of Mount Wellington, towering 4166 ft. over Hobart, the capital city. From the mountain resort, which was formerly the road terminus, cars may now drivel along an easy gradient of four miles to tho peak of the mountain. Widely travelled persons have been amazed at the magnificent panorama available from the summit, and more than one has declared it the heist in the world. Tho Pinuaclo Road, as it is termed officially, is considered one of the finest tourist assets possessed by Tasmania, already world famed for scenic 'beautv.

A case ol interest to electrical sap ply authorities: and power boaixls was heart] in the Magistrate’s Court ao Palmerston North, -when Charles Henry Jell’s, shlaremilker, was lined bit) on a charge of the thclt oi electricity valued at os from . the Afanau atu-Oroua Power Board. Aho evidence showed that - when an ins.pec tor tidied at -the:-house he discovered two lengths of 'wire so arranged in the fuse sockets on the meter board that: tiie: accused ’drew current lor an electrical range from the hot water circuit, for which lie paid a low ft it rate, and isolating the range meter. The accused in evidence said that lie used the wire because the two mses were blown out and thint one piece of wire was so long as to be cumbersome as a fuse, but it required to be of that length- to bridge one fuse to the other:—P.A. The. twenty-first anniversary of the formation of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association- will- he marked at,the end of this .month by the presentation of a memorial 9 thanks -to New Zealand-citizens for the ygenerous support - given, to the claims .of those who served) in tie Great,: War,—P. A.

-Serious sickness kills all desire for tobacco, but with the return of health—glorious feeling!—the smoker,»s first question'is usually where s mv pipe?’ And, Oh! the rapture of that first smoke after convalescence! Of course, on such an occasion somethin" ■ “extra special” is indicated in the shape of ’baccy, by way of “celebrating, ’ and you cannot have anything better, more fragrant and comforting than a pipe of Cut Plug No 10 (Bullshoad), Cavendish or Navy Cut. No. 3 (Bulldog), or (if a cigarette smoker) a bit of either Riverhead Gold or Desert Gold, the two cigarette tobaccos principally ui dernand. All these famous blends owe their superb flavour and fascinating bouquet (and also, be it noted, them mnociicusness) to the fact that the toasting they undergo at the factory rids them of their nicotine, so that th e y may be indulged m ad. Jib. with no unpleasant after-effects, such as irritated throat, Turned tongue or Pneled nerves. These are the world s nurest—and only toasted tobaccos. Accent no substitute—there is no substitute for toasted. It stands alone! Who pay- the bill for the injured? Cbnsult the Standard Insurance Com pany for full protection— S Ghe. local manager—Advt. ,

Who pays tho bill for the injured? Consult the Standard Insurance Con) pany for full protection.—S. G. Northe, local manager.—Advt. Canon T. Guy Rogers, referring at Birmingham to the. abdication of Edward VHL, observed that where a man had paid tho price expected of him in order that lie might follow the course he. approved, it was reasonable to "leave him to the judgment of his own conscience and of God. Any suspicion of hitting a man when he was down was damaging to the person responsible. “Let us thank God for his sincere* feelilig for the poor and the unfortunate, and. for his previous service in performing a task uncongenial to his temperament,” ho added.

Who lays that every girl loves a sailor ?■ The clay after the Lord Mayer’s Show in London an anonymous person, signing herself “The Girl in the Green Hat,” inserted an “agony” admiring the end pikeman in the. third row. The pikeman was traced. ILe revealed his name as Michael, aged 22, good looking and cultured, unmarried and unattached.' He said that lie was preparing to get in touch With the advertiser—-hut not through the “agony” column. His Efforts presuinahly, were in vain, for there followed this '“agony”: “Pikeman. Too late. Forestalled • by airman. Green Hat.”

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