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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17153, 1 October 1926, Page 6

The last of the prosecutions by the. Highways Board; against motor-drivers fur operating motor-lorries at a speed in excess of the regulations was heard by Mr. B. C. Levvey, S.M., in the Gisborne Magistrate’s Court this morning, when the He Luxe Motor Service Co was lined £3 and costs. Mr. G. Parker prosecuted on behalf of the board.

The repeated evasion of service by the defendant in an affiliation case, called at the Magistrate’s Court to-day, led Mr. E. C. Levvey to iesue a warrant for the man in question. Mr. J. S. Wnuchop said that the child, which was subject of tiie complaint, was now eighteen months old, and the complainant had never effected service because the defendant skipped out of the district whenever they managed to locate him. Arrears of maintenance on an order made some years ago were mentioned at tiie Magistrate’s Court to-day, in a case relating to the separation ol a man and his wife. The magistrate did not catch tiie amount mentioned by counsel. "How much, Mr. Burnard?” he asked. "Nine hundred pounds,” replied counsel for the wife in tiie case. His Worship later made an order reducing the arrears to £SO, observing that if they made him liable for more, "a million would not ho less within his power to pay.” Mr. Burnard concurred in this view, and agreed, on behalf of the wife, to a 25 per cent, reduction of the weekly payments. “I have written to the defendant, in whose interest my linn has been acting, and told him that the case would he heard to-day, and that no further adjournments as possible,” stated Mr. J. S. Waucliop, counsel for the defendant in a maintenance action against Walter Claude Pierce, to the magistrate to-day. Mr. Wnuchop said that lie had registered the advice, and bad re-i eoived no acknowledgment from the defendant. The latter, lie understood, was kept advised of the progress of the case, and his failure to accept the suggestion of counsel left the latter with hut one course, to withdraw from the case. This he .applied ior the magistrate’s permission to do. Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., granted the desired permission. Tim secretary of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce has received from the High Commissioner a copy of the London Daily Mail, In which a leading article, headed: "Well Hone, Xew Zealand.” is published, applauding the action of the Auckland Power Board in awarding a contract to an important British linn, though the price was £6COC higher than a tender made by a German electrical manufacturing company. "The proper reply to ibis stirring example of New Zealand patriotism." says the Daily Mail, "is for the people here to buy New Zealand products whenever they possibly can, and to give them preference over tiie food and raw materials imported from foreign countries. The day is probably not now far distant when an adequate preferential tariff will be imposed in Great Britain, in return for the generous treatment which during more than a generation the Dominions have given to British goods.”

The Wanganui Education Board is faced with a big building programme at, various schools in the' district, owing to the rapid increase in attendance. The New Zealand Rowing Association lias placed an order with Sims and Son, the famous English builders of racing craft, for eight eight-oar boatSj for New Zealand clubs, and one specials boat for the nse of All-Black crews. The boats are expected to arrive in New Zealand about February next. H is the- intention of tin- Hawke's Bay County Council to erect- notice boards on the boundaries of the different local authorities’ districts, such as Napier borough, Hastings borough, Taradale town district, etc. This will be of assistance to motor-lorry drivers, who have to send in monthly returns of distance travelled. They will then know where one district begins and where it ends. There is a possibility that MajorGeneral Young, Commander of the New Zealand forces, will be in Gisborne dining show week, and should the. possibility be realised, lie will be invited to foregather with the ex-service men of the district at the annual re-union, to be held at the City llall. Last year invitations were limited to ex-soldiers, witli two or three exceptions, but this year the privilege will be slightly extended. " 1 am afraid farmers in this country are being mulcted to an extent that they don't realise for all these fancy, stock foods and manures,” said' Air. Billingtou, principal of the.Floek House, speaking at Hastings. ” I spent- seven years in Ireland chasing all those things out of the place. Foods that they were charging 55s for 1 bad analysed, and found them worth live shillings or so—and in darned poor condition at that.”

The means adopted for the entertainment, of the sailors and marines from H.AI.S. Dunedin, which will be three days in the roadstead, will depend largely upon the number of men who will be allowed shore leave. The Rugby and soccer matches between teams from the vessel and from the district will fill one afternoon, and a motor drive into the country will give a big number of the crew an opportunity of seeing the coast from the hills, thus reversing their accustomed conditions. Poverty Bay settlers have shown practical sympathy for the hardships which a few ex-soldiers’ families are suffering, through the- unemployment of their breadwinners, and several carcases of mutton have been made available through the Returned Soldiers’ Association, for distribution in cases requiring relief. Alany homes have been brightened, through the winter, by the presence of a succulent Sunday joint that would have been beyond the purses of the possessors. Reductions of telephone charges are favored by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, which holds the view that a lowering of rates would tend to popularise the service still further. In asking the coming conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce to agree to a remit to this effect, the Wellington chamber will include a suggestion that when a surplus results from the working of the telephone branch of the Post- and Telegraph Department concession in the annual rates should bo given to users 1 .

The Otago champion four-oar erew leaves to-morrow for Australia to compete in the Stewards’ Challenge race at the Afelbourno regatta, Henley on Farm, and the New Zealand Council lias voted £25 towards the expenses of the trip. The Otago four won the championship at the last Dominion regatta, and impressed the critics bv their performance on that occasion. The crew has been invited to compete at- Sydney' on the, way home.

Several Grins and organisations effecting lire, insurances with companies abroad have not made returns as required by the Fire Act, although it has been stated that failure to makes those responsible liable to a line" of £f> for each day's delay. At a meeting of the Wellington Fire Board it was pointed out that there was an obligation upon every owner of property and stocks within a fire district, when his property had been insured against fire with a company carrying on business outside Now Zealand, to notify the authorities, within 48 hours. For the month ended yesterday, the number of births registered by tho registrar for Dunedin and district was 126, compared with 139 in September of last year. Deaths totalling 75 occurred during the past month, this being seven fewer than in the corresponding month of last year. Forty-four marriages were solemnised, as compared with 58 in September of last year. For the quarter, comprising the months of July, August and September, figures are: Births, 401: deaths, 301, marriages, 140. The figures for the corresponding quarter of last year were: Births, 378; deaths, 283; marriages 166.

For over three weeks there has been no rain whatever at Tokomaru Bay, with tho result that the ground has become caked hard, and roads are as dusty as in mid-summer. Already many residents, with memories of last summer's drought, are beginning to look to their water supplies. Unless rain comes soon there will be a serious shortage of water in some houses. Naturally. stock-owners are anxious too. On all sides there are gloomy comments on the possibilities of another drought, which, if as severe as the last one, would he a serious blow* to tho whole coast. At the present time there are signs of rain, and all are hoping for a good downpour. The receipt of further offers of financial assistance for the relief of distress among ex-service men was reported to a meeting of tlie It.S.A. execut'fve yesterday by Mr. it. F. Gambrill, the association president. From one source, Mr. Gambrill stated, a gift of a substantia! nature had been forthcoming, and a portion of it had already been expended on relief. A number of eases had been brought to his notice in which the families of ex-members of the British forces were suffering want, and an arrangement had been made whereby the Association could secure groceries at cost prices to alleviate the distress. He memtioned that ho Lad received much assistance from Mrs. Beer, secretary to the Citizens’ Defence Committee. in investigating these cases, which lay beyond the scope of the patriotic funds.

Approval of the scheme on the ground that it was tho only one finacinllv possible was accorded the proposed undertaking of flood protection by the Mann-watu-Oroua Diver Board, at an estimated cost of £450.000, by Mr. J. Wood, inspecting engineer for the PubIn: Works Department, in giving evidence before the commission at Palmerston North. "On account of ibis, and because it is a reasonably safe scheme based on sound engineering principles of Hood control, the Public Works Department will he prepared to give the scheme its approval should such become necessary.” - Witness considered that the sum of £450,089 would satisfactorily complete the whole of the works proposed, assuming that so much as was necessary to Mr. F. C. Hay’s scheme of the Makcrua Drainage Board’s works already constructed was taken over by the Diver Board, tlie cost of £450,0C0 being above such works.

The Auckland City Council last night decided to grant an increase of 5s weekly to thirty tramways inspectors.

The petition for an enquiry on the tramways poll, to be heard by Air. E. C. Levvey, S.AL, next week, will be responded to by several leading citizens, whose reply to the petition will be a rebuttal of the allegations contained therein'. «

At a general meeting of the Poverty Bay Bowling Club on Wednesday evening, it was unanimously decided to hold a gala day on Thursday, December 16, to raise funds to complete the purchase of the section. The town and suburbs were divided into districts, and strong committees were appointed to work each district. \

An effort is to be made to enable all the school children of the district to see If.M.S. Dunedin during that vessel’s stay in the bay, from October 11 to 14. The Customs Department has been askeu to license the lighters and tugs for the purpose of fc-rrying the children to and from the warship, and special arrangements are to be made for the transport of country scholars to town.

Tho successful candidates for the New Zealand Government’s cadetships at the Sandhurst Royal Alilirary Colloge, England, were J. R. Pago, of the Southland Hoys’ High School. Invercargill, and G. Wooller, of the Auckland Grammar School. There was a big increase in the number of applicants this year, and they' were narrowed down to seven.

A meeting of creditors in the bankruptestate of Harold Edwin George, farmer, of North Canterbury, at Christchurch, lapsed for want- of a quorum. The financial statement showed that bankrupts total debts amounted to £BOBB 13s sd, all of . which was unsecured. There v. ere no assets. The principal creditor was the New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., £BOOO. A lad of nine years, AVillimn Coley, of Palmerston North, was admitted to the hospital suffering from a the result of a rifle shot. The hospital authorities report- that the boy's father was shooting birds with a pea rifle, when the boy suddenly' ran round the corner of a building, and received a pellet in his head. His condition was reported to be satisfaetorv.

The first consignment of Californian produce to arrive in New Zealand after the lifting of the embargo came by the Tahiti from San Francisco. She also carried! fruit- from Rarotonga. The steamer brought 3000 cases and bags of Californian onions, a moderate portion of which will go to Auckland. From California also came 1050 barrels of grapes, of which a portion will go to Auckland, and 100 barrels to the South Island.

A function upon which the interest of returned soldiers grows keener daily ' is the annual re-union of ex-service men", inaugurated with unqualified success last year. Preliminary arrangements for this year’s re-union were entered upon at a meeting of the R.S.A. Executive, held yesterday afternoon, and it is expected that the gathering to take place during show week will be even larger than that which marked tho somewhat hurriedly organised function held last spring. This is one of the occasions upon which returned soldiers have pledged themselves to foregather, the other being Anzac Day.

For the twelve months ended December 31, 1925, states a report on New Zealand's trade and shipping, which has just been issued by the Census and Statistics Ofiiee, the -total overseas trade of the Dominion amounted to £107,718,679, a figure which has been surpassed once only in the history of the Dominion—in 1920, when phenomenal imports of £61,595,828 were instrumental in registering a total of £108,037,774. For 1925 the imports were £52,456,407, and exports £55,262,272. Disregarding “invisible” items, such as interest payments due abroad, the balance in favor of the Dominion was £2,505,865, as against £4,085,104 in 1924 and £2,565,810 in 1923.

Under the will of the late John Charles Nattle Grigg, of Longbeach, the sum of £2(XX) is bequeathed to Christ’s College, free of estate, succession, or Other duty, to he held on trust, the income to be used for such purpose in connection with the school department as the governing body for the time being in its absolute discretion thinks fit. The testator also expressed the desire that the income of the said sum and investments should be applied in providing three cricket prizes in each year of £7 10s each, for efficent fielding, batting, and bowling; the balance to pay expenses for the maintenance of a first-class cricket coach for the College, if the governing body think fit, but they are not to be legally bound by the desire of the testator. The Jong-delayed erection of the new boys’ (hostel for the Wanganui Technical College is brought into reasonably close prospect by the Education Department’s latest assurance to the Wanganui City Council. A liberal grant of town-belt land in the vicinity of Purnell street was made by the City Council, which set a nominal rental for the tract, but the Department became uneasy, fearing that the grant of the town-belt land might not be approved by the people of tbe city. Assurances were accordingly asked for, and the City Council, by ‘stating that tho people would support anv grant to secure better.facilities for the' college, allayed the Department’s misgivings. The Department has now stated that legislative authority having been given by Parliament, money for the erection of the building will be made available forthwith.

Quite a storm in a tea cup has been caused at Dannevirke by the flying of the Union Jack over the Town Half on the occasion of the screening of the picture “Zeebrugge, ” the matter being referred to at the council table by Councillor Dobson, who asked by whose authority it was clone. The town clerk explained that he had been requested to fly it by the tenants of the hall, Dannevirke Amusements, Ltd. Councillor Dobson took strong exception to this. He considered the council’s flag should not be used for “advertising purposes,” and lie was supported ia this view by Councillor Stein and the Mayor (Mr. A. J. C. 1? unci man). These remarks being reported drew instant and indignant denial from the manager of the picture of any attempt to use the flag for advertising. He declared his strong resentment at being accused of such ‘‘a very low and despicable act,” and stated that Dannevirke was tho only town in New Zealand where any objection was made to the flag being flown i'n accordance with the request of the Navy League in commemoration of “tho bravo boys who laid down their lives in that great historical naval achievement, and of the New Zealanders who ran the patrol boats to lay smoke screens used in the storming of Zeohruggc. ’ ’

Matawai Parochial District. —Services for 18th Sunday after Trinity. October 3: Matawai, Holy Communion 7.30 a.m., Evensong 7 p.m.; Motii, Holy Communion, 11 a.m. —Rev. C. G. G. Salt, Vicar.*