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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17008, 15 April 1926, Page 6

The Salvation Army intends to hold a big congress at Wellington at the end of this month. , . . Farmers in the South Wairarapa are finding winter grazing for their dairy herds extremely difficult to obtain. The New Zealand Meat Producers 1 Board has been advised that 5898 carcasses Of. lamb were exported from Australia for the fortnight ended April 9. A model in the window of one of the leading Wanganui drapers was responsible for the destruction of one of tiie plat© glass panes. The model overbalanced and its head struck the pane in tho middle, shattering it to atoms. Luckily no one was near enough to be hurt by flying glass. A truck owned by a Kauangaroa farmer got out of control on a hill the other day, and after swinging from side to side of the road, capsized over a, bank! In the crash the cab became detached from the lorry, and the driver was earlied forward! with the wreckage. Luckily he escaped with nothing worso than a gash on the head, and bruises.' An interesting experiment is being made at Petone. by the Borough Council, which accepted a tender from a northern firm to pave the road with 2j inches of cold-mix,, and the work is now pro? -seeding. Presumably, the laying of cold-, mix is not affected by temperature, as is the case with hot-mix, for the work will take some little lime. The experiment will be watched with ifiterest, as it may be a. valuable guide as to what work may be done with another mix under conditions that, preclude the laying down of a. hot-mix surface. • The Board of Agriculture at a meeting in Wellington yesterday gave consideration to representations received by Jhe Department of Agriculture urging a modification of the regulations at pfe-. sent in operation relating to the introduction ,of stock aqd agricultural pro duce from countries in which foot and mouth disease exists, and agreed that in view of the serious nature of the'disease, and the great loss which would arise should it find its wav to the Dominion. the time had 1 not arrived for withdrawing the present; restrictions, but that consideration should now be given lo those, dealing with the importation of seeds from the United States of America.

“It has been said that teachers are likely to ossify and become ‘dry as bones,’ ” was one of the reflective comments made by the reebtor of tile Otago Boys’ High School at the re-union of old boys. Teaching was a terrible responsibility, he continued, and one began to feel that one was becoming an institution oneself. It was good for the school to be' an institution, but it was very different in the case of masters. If a teacher stopped learning he would stop (caching—or teaching well. Also, they had to be human, someone had said all too human, and they were apt to he. (Laughter.) Perhaps the tricks which were so well remembered had not. been so successful in reality as they were in retrospect,, and possibly teachers knew more of the non-academic performances than the pupils thought- they did. The teacher had to know when to shut his eyes, and when (apparently) to shut his ears, -

. Arrears to the extent of £2lB 10s in respect of an order for the ntaintenanco of his wife,,.,and two children at {he rate of £2 10s a week were alleged against a vdung man, William ‘Edward Pinching, before Mr. E. C. Be why; •S.M., nt the Magistrate’s Court this morning. Mr. A. Whitehead, who appeared for the defendant, stated that he had been arrested'in Wellington on warrant, and had been brought do Gisborne on the understanding that the gnse would not, come on until to-mor-row. He asked t]int the matter be adjourned until to-morrow mohiiiig and that bail be allowed.- —Mr. ,T. Blair, .tor the informant, said that ho had no objection to tho proposal providing",the defendant gave an undertaking to keep away from his wife.—The undertaking being given an adjournment was granteu accordingly, bail being allowed in tho sum of £IPO.

A meeting of delegates from ninCSfnall co-operative dairy -companiesbin, South Auckland, held l ate Hamilton, yesterday, unanimously favored the single ward system of election of representatives to tho Board of Dairy Control. ■/ r ;

- There has been sucli a rush of motorists in Hastings for number plates that tne officials have not been able to cope with it in time. It is expected an extension of time will be granted, but up to four o’clock yesterday afternoon no word had come through. The packing of apples for export in Hastings-is going along briskly, and by the end of the week it is expected that 80.000 cases will have- been despatched . Packing will cease, at the end of the month, when it is hoped the, 100,000 mark will have been reached. . The Hawke’s Bay Education Boai'd will ask for an inspection of conditions in the Board’s district, with a view to the establishment of a Junior High School. It is likely that Poverty Bay will be included in the scope of the, inspection.

Actually within two and a-half minutes of Hie. call being given by telephono the firemen were . inside’ the Wanganui Chronicle building. The-rea-son was an outbreak'' in-the basement of the building. It .was a very meritorious display of efficiency and speed. Building materials are said to be now a little cheaper in Dunedin, and that as some iarge contracts are nearing, completion there is not at present a great rush of .work. These two-factors in-combina-tion lead to the suggestion that this, is a good time to. place orders; for the,copstr.Uetion of dwellihgs.

■i-Tiie'annual refresher, course for, senior field officers- of the New. Zealand/staifs corps’ .is m/progre.patAiicklanj.i, i;. .'Njl pgriti anenti officers' -;f i’pjm y tbe/L rank; : Major (inward ; are';-Uin3ergoing.' instruction. The course will extend overall fortnight. Major-General R.. Young. Officer Commanding the New Zealand Forces, is at the head of the instructional staff. '-

A lost sports medal' was recovered .under peculiar circumstances in WhakatAiu). A resident was feeding the fowls and irt the hag of, maize a 'small; chain was discovered. 0n pulling this out a medal won at the Bay of Plenty Sports Club’s meeting in 1925'wqs found attached. As the name of the winner was inscribed thereon the medal was- soon returned to its owner, a native. ’

There was‘a merry scene at the Lyttelton ferry wharf, created by the . departure of' a dlraft of ‘2O petty. officers and 40 other sailors of lower ranks form H.M.S. Dunedin, , who -have completed their'commission in New Zealand waters andi are, proceeding to the United Kingdom for orders. About five per cent, of the draft will have completed theit Service in the Navy and! will go back to civilian life. / ’ , ! ’ .

The. new Public Hospital at Nelson, for, which the contract price is in the vicinity of £80,0901 is now practically ready for the opening ceremony, which .will take place on Friday. .The Minister of Health, the Hon. J. A. Young, is to perform , the opening ceremony. The hospital is built adjacent to the old building on an elevated site,. and is described as being one of the most up-to-date institutions of its nature in the Dominion.

Good fishing has been obtained during recent weeks on the Waihui beach, where kawhai- and nurnerous other species of fish haunt the fringes of the surf on fine evenings. One drawback arises from the occasional visits , of big fish, which drive off the shoals of smaller fry, and one Wainui resident has;procured special tackle for dealing with these monsters. It is possible that they are-large kingfisb, in which event, there should be some-rare sport for the fisherman who Kooks one.: A coniprehehsive report on The" Geology of the Whangarei-Bay of'lslands district has been issued by the Director of the Geological Survey Branch qf ! the Mines Department. The report was written mainly by Mr. H; T.il’itrar- geologist, who was in charge of field Work in the area described. The report states that the coal resources have been fouftd to be smaller than was expected; but the liffiestone deposits are very '.large,,.arid the clays (which require further investigation) seem to bo of great importance. ;

The annual meeting of the Gisborne branch of the Public Service Association was held last evening, there bring a, good attendance of members. The report and • balance-sheet- were adopted, after which officers were elected as follows» Chairman. Mr J. Jackson ; vice-chairman, Mr P. Fulton ; secretary and treasurer,, Mr 1). W. Cflgoill; auditor, Mr V. Bell. Compliment arv references .were, made to the poocf work of Mr P. W. SargisSoh; who for the past three and if half years had capably, fulfilled, the position of secretary and treasurer. ,

The blacksand At Greymouth continues to bold good on the north side pf the Arahura river, arid i besides the \inale Maoris who, it is- stated, are inaking good money, two of the opposite . Sex have entered the field of operations, one carrying the water while the other mani palates the shovel. Tlie two women, Mesdames George and Lousich, had their efforts rewarded by nearly one and a-half ounces of gold for about five and a-half hours’ work, and it is stated that they still continue to get good gold for their labours. ... , • ' 1

A country motorist had N a narrowescape at Ashburton. Driving along Tancred street, he failed to notice the approach of a railway engine coining from the direction of-Tinwald. Although the engine-driver sounded; liis whistle loudly the motorist kept on toward the crossing, and was only . a tow yards away from the engine when he saw it. Only his action in promptly, swinging to the right saved a bad collision, the car running some yards alongside the railway line between the first set of rails and the laurel hedge before it was pulled up., . aV;

“The /borough . electrical . undertaking has made wonderful progress, and is still continuing to develop,’’ stated a financial statement presented to the .Palmerston North Borough Council at the last meeting by the town clerk, Mr. J; R. Hardie. “It is anticipated that the income for the year 1926-1927 will-show a considerable increase, and that the Whole of the interest arid sinking fund payable on the. capital cost will be forthcoming out of revenue,, thus relieving the ratepayers of the special rate now collected.. Moreover) the electrical engineer is. lookirig fortoarfl to the possibility of being able to reebrn*; mend the council to reduce the present charge for lighting.’-’ ■ • L

Tho annual meeting -of the Gisbornd Savage Club was held- last- evening, Savage H. E. Bright , presiding, in' the absence of the Rangitijra, Savage Canon Packe. There was a large attendance of .members, close on . 400 being!-present; The report and balance-sheet, which showed a highly satisfactory position, were enthusiastically adopted. Tho election of officers resulted as follows:: ■Rangitira, • Savage F.' Tolerton; . vice-rangit-iras, Savages C. L. Margoliouth and H. F. Forster; committee. Savages AZachariah, H. IS. Maude,'T. Adams, A. M. Thomson and P. Hockley; musical director, Savaga M. L. Foster- deputy musical director, Savage J. Yjta; auditor, Savage C. Blackburn; secretary and treasurer Savage G. Adair. At the conclusion of the business tho first korero was held, many fine items being given. Amongst the guests was Mr. Sam Stern, of London, who gave several fine selections, including Ithe famous “Hell Gate of Soiuou."