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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16211, 8 December 1926, Page 6

' 11.M.5. Diomede will arrive in the Gisborne roadstead at 3 p.m. to-morrow, according to a telegram received by the Mayor, Sir. G. Wildish, from Captain UJt'chie; The warship will remain at Gisborne for three days. 1 Ah . Auckland company is reported to be negotiating for the purchase of the Peninsula Ferry Cb'.'a steamer Waikana, well known on the Otago harbor; .for passenger pnd cargo service on thff Waitemata. ! Without a ■ driver, a motor truck careered down Wakefield street, Auckland; and collapsed in a heap upon a broken front ax'.e and Crumpled wheels. A taxi that it overtook had disappeared, carrying with it a few scratches and dents on the body as the only sig-ns thai. it had been struck at the rear by the truck that was wreckedThe Wellington police have the task of finding tbo identity of some person or persons who, on Saturday . night, strewed pieces of broken bottles all over the bitumen road in the vicinity of Houghton Bay, on the seafront road, hetween Lvall Bay and Island Bay. It was obvious that a trap was laid for unwary motorist*. , .

Tlie nursing staff at the Wellington Hospital has increased from 84 in 1911 to 220 at present.

A gift of £SOOO has been madefo Wellington by Mr. George, Shirtoliffe to equip children's play areas. —. The question of the price of whisky " nips ■' at racecourse booths was raised at Che quarterly meeting cf the South Dunediu Licensing Committee, which was of opinion that the present charged of Is per "nip" was excessive and the price should be 9d, as charged in hotels.

Mrs. Dwyer, of Waipawa. when returning home with fiiends from the theatre recently, wa s run into by a horseman. Proceedings by the police are likely, and it is understood some sensational evidence will be forthcoming. Mrs. Dwyer, though <not seriously injured, was knocked about considerably and her medical attendant fears complications. "Thero will be a light crop of fruit in the Auckland Province this year," said Mr. H. Turner, a prominent Auckland fruit merchant. "This applies not Only to stone fruit, but also to apples." Growers state that all kinds of fruit have been to some extent affected by the wet and cold weather. Many apples,, .Will bear hail marks, which will render them unsuitable'for export.

; '|"Godwits used to come in thousands at one time, but now they arc getting scarce," stated Mr. F. DY ltobson, ranger, to the executive committee of the llawke's Bay Acclimatisation Society. The society decided that 1928 be a close Reason for tho shooting of godwits in. the district. • " •<'•',.

: Mr. Pv. ]5. Horner, engineer to the ; Kaitieke County Council, Itaurimu, who was. among the four applicants who went. (ts| the ballot. for \ the ;ppsifcibn \ of Wan- \ g;inui. County .Engineer, has been appointed to the senior staff of the Federated Malay States Survey Department at a salary of £6BO per annum. Mr. Horner is a young man, whose record since 1921 has been exceptionally fine* He is 26 years of age, and began his career in the employ of Messrs. Grant and Cooke, of Gisborne.

"It might as well have been in plain English, so that everyone going past could understand its meaning," said Mr. J. A. Young, Minister of Public Health, when referring to the motto of the new Nurses' Home, opened at Waipukurau by him on Saturday. The motto referred to is "Spiritus intus alit," which, in the free Ministerial' translation, is rendered as: "It is the spirit within that keeps you going." While using explosive material; oh Sunday morning 'to blast out a tree stump; T. Boston, 13, son.of Mr. T. H; Boston, electrical engineer, of Napier; had three fingers of his right hand blown off resulting subsequently in the loss of the whole hand. Boston was employed with others in clearing away a stump from a bathing spot. It is not known definitely how the accident happened, but seemingly, through an oversight, Boston was too near the explosion; Mr. W. Goodfellow, of Hamilton, who lias just returned! from Australia, states that New South Wales and Queensland are having' a bad' time so far as the production of butter is concerned, and that unless they get really heavy rains within the next few weeks the exports of butter from, Australia this year will be well down. In consequence Mr. Goodfellow says he is looking for a fairly rapid recovery of the London butter market—despite control.

The 11-footer lona, which won the Sanders Cup for Otago in Auckland in February, 1925, has been sold to Mr. Grant, of Lyttelton, owner" of tho yacht Annis. It is stated that she will compete with the Lyttelton 14footers in the Sanders Cup. trials, Which will bo commenced on Saturday, December 11, and that she Will be 'Skippered by, Mr. Sinclair, owner of the 14-footer Linnet TI. It is understood that the purchase price was £75.

An amusing contention was put forward'by a solicitor in the Magistrate s Court to-day, during the hearing of a case in which a woman was charged with wilfully throwing bricks through a window. In defining the word "wilful" Senior-Scrgenat Fitzpatrick said that according to the Act it meant, anything done recklessly. The solicitor, whose client had admitted throwing the bricks through the window, said that the action was not done recklessly, but inadvertently. A smile went round the Court in which even the solicitor joined. An unrehearsed incident at last week's breaking-up ceremony at the Wellington Training College caused much amusement. " Just as Sir John Luke was beginning an address to the fetudr ents, the green baixe curtain in front of the stage began slowly to descend as if giving a gentle hint that no more speeches were wanted. But the falling draperies were stayed before they obliterated the august personages on the stage. " Never yet in Wellington," said Sir John Luke amid laughter, " has the curtain been rung down Upon J. P.. fjiike." ■

" I did nob speculate on the relative severity of the weather here and at home till I saw, on Little Barrier Island, trees actually growing on a few yards of beach between the ocean and the cliffs,"- says . Mr. Conor O'Brien, in " Across Three Oceans," the record of L the cruise round the world of the yacht Saorise. " Then I said in my ignorance of the Southern Ocean that there was nothing like the North Atlantic. Certainly the North Island of New Zealand is not like it; the things that sail and steam and motor round)-the coast here would not'be allowed to go out of harbor at home." If anyone knows anything about wool it should be Sir William Vicars, head of the great Australian firm of John Vicars and 00. He states that during the last two years there had been a slump in the woollen textiles trade owing to over-production during the war period and after. This was a natural reaction, but Sir William was glad to ascertain that things were improving greatly in thai particular industry. , As. far as : Australia was concerned, things looked very favorable for wool. • America was using a fair amount of Australian high grade wool, the lower grades being supplied mostly by her own flocks, from some of the South American countries, and from the Cape of Good . Hope. "There is quite a hopeful feeling about the wool industry," said Kir William upon reaching Auckland' this week. " In Boston all the people T met connected willi the trade were very optimistic." A large number of children and parents attended the annual distribution of prizes won by the pupils of the Knox Presbyterian Sunday school. The children were first entertained at tea, after which an excellent concert programme, organised by \fr. Ralph Grant, superintendent of the school, was contributed before a large audience, the Rev. A." H. Nnrrie presiding. Item.s svere confronted by the following: Dorothy Redstone, Kathleen Tlenrv, P. TTarkess, N, MoNally',' U Redstone* F. Grant, E. MePhcr.son", I. Finley, L. .Witters, M. Cousins, J. Mitchell, S. Ritchie, M. Taylor, A. Ait ken, O. Bissenden, L. Mat th era, B. Linley, W. Marsh, J. Ireland. E. Cousins, G. Morgan, B. Westhrriok, J. Payne, and Ferris. Mesdames Redstone and Grant, supplied the accompaniments. The prizes were pre-1 sentccr by Mr. Norrie, who congratulated each child. It was announced that the school closes for the summer: recess on December 19.

Arrears of maintenance to the ck-£ tent of £IOOO were stated to be owingf by a man who was before the Magi«-" trate's Court in Wellington'this .week* He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. ■ The Mastertpn Beautifying annual carnival and gala, held on Saturday, resulted in the return of £420, which will be devoted to town improvements. • Last' year's effort realised £370. • " !

A case of infantile paralysis in Auckland has been notified to the Health Department, the patient being a boy aged eight or nine years, living in the Farnell district. The case is not sen? ous, on© of the 1 legs being affected. The boy is in the Auckland Hospital, and il is considered there is every hope of his recovery. "There is no occasion for anxiety and this case is not at all significant," said Dr. T. J. Hughes, medical officer of health. "We are always likely to get sporadic cases of infantile paraly•sis."

"How.they get away with it beats me," said Mr. Ultan MeCabe, of Web lington, discussing the tariff wall with a Wanganui'•' reporter. He pointed out that '-though America ex* ported: vast quantities of her product's; particularly motor cars, to other couintrias, she "endeavored to crush eoropetii tion within her own borders by heavy taxes on imports. ."America for Americans" was their motto, and one could not help admiring the manner in which they observed it. ''although the"'fextdnt to which other ~ countries purchased American goods was admittedly paaalingi

At the Magistrate's ■Cburfc at Wooti- .')> before Messrs H. Galbraith and fJ. J". Goldfinch, J's.P., Jotmv BTurnmoh4» .of.', ! Dahhe^rKe, ; :,' ; wasi ! -cKarge(l .'■\tjt!bv.negli-', gently driving "a motor;,"car, thereby causing the -death- of George-. Vinton? The charge was the sequel to an accident on the main road near Wood%i!l« recently, when accused's, car "". knocked down Vinton, a Flock House boy, who subsequently died : from injuries. Thfe accused was committed ; for trial at the next session of the Falmerston Nbrtfj Supreme Court, bail being allowed in surety of self at £IOO, and a surety of, a similar amount.

Writing to the Government Publicity Officer, Mr. A. H. Messenger, from Mosman, Sydney, ,Mr. Alfred Hill, the wejl : known composer, states that during h\& recent trip abroad he found that the American were especially interested in New Zealand and the Maoris.' - ">jfehy were the inquiries about Maorilajid/-* adds the writer. It is a pity the country has no representative in the United States of America, since the people there would visit it in greater numbers did they know more about it. There is ho doubt that both in the United States of America and England, the .Maoris are a great asset to New Zealand. £> During a street appeal one:is often : heard to exclaim, " Oh yes, I've dodged i them ; nicely, £Q far. . . »i" andYthe the other day a number of men who. were j working on a scaffolding on a high building in Timaru thought they Would-be" sate from a dady collector, Who ■ wswl on the footpath below signalling; iof j them to come down (remarks , the Herald); With a. >' ypu-cari't-get-in*!" feeling of satisfaction, th§ workmjftfc invited the lady.to come up, not tilt,then would they support the Ptahket Society. To demonstrate the enthusiasm of the collectors - the young Jady-. procuired ft long ladder arid jreached their haven. The workmen paid Up.

Under construction: at. a eosf of £7OOO tho Kauangaroa. bridge, oyer the Wangaehii' river* is now taking definito form (reports the Taranaki Herald). Lofty towers to support the , cables for the suspension bridge- are embodied in tho plans, and..one-of those, rising 74ft 6in above the riveij* has now been completed. .For the tower on the opposite bank the piles havo boon driven, and concrete work has been begun. On the eastern side tho heavy anchor for.. the cables, which will be bedded in 320 tons of concrete, is being prepared* Settlers in tho district are anxiously awaiting the completion of the bridge.

The necessity of keeping a;cheefc;bn transactions in view of the prevalent thieving of bicycles was streswi W : the police in the Palmerstoh North Magistrate's Court when Joseph. Bouehefj ai cycle deajer, being licensed underthe Second-hand Dealers Act* was charged with keeping no registration book. .Sergeant Power gave evidence to the effect that a resident of the town had missed his bicycle, which was traced, to the shop of defendant. Defendant {had said that he was in the habit of; taking old machines on account of hew ones, and had done so in this case. Howeyer, as there was no registration book in connection with the business, the person who had disposed of the bicycle could not be traced. Kemarking that the Act must be complied with, the magistrate imposed a fine of £5, with costs.

An accident which jeopardised the lives of two women happened near CJnstvastbwn, on the Nelson-Blenheim main road, when a light car driven by Sister Dundon, of the Havelock Cottage Hospital, with Nurse I. Sullivan as a senger, dived into a deep lagoon 'alongside the road. The car was submerged in about 15ft, of water. Mr..L. Bmitjtj of Havelock, leaped into the water, bat became entangled in some willow branches and could not free himself until assisted, Mr. Stevenson, of Nelson, was motoring with some friends, who. were on the spot when the accident happened. He quickly entered the water and *ls,« •cued both the women, who had somehow shot clear of the submerged cat, ana* were struggling oh the surface. Miss Sullivan was little the worse for hef wetting, but Sister Dundon was unconscious when brought from the water, and did not respond to resuscitation for some time. "Keen admiration of American s hospitals was expressed in Auckland by Br. h; E. Barnett, formerly professor of sjurgery at the medical school at Dttnedin University, on his return froiu an extended tour of the Continent, Great Britain and the United States.' Br, Barnett said that most of the great American hospitals had the support.bf wealthy patrons, whose contributions enabled these institutions to bring, tbeif equipment up,to date and keen abtest of most modern practice. While in theUnited States Dr. Barnett spent some time at the famous Mayo clinic at Rochester. -, One feature that struck hhn .was the number of New Zealand who were visiting the clinic and getting first-hand information about the research work being carried oh there. During his visit to Great Britain Dr. Barnett alsocame across a number of young New, Zealand graduates who had gone Home for post graduates study. He saTd that he was extremely pleased to find the high esteem in which these young men were held. "1 certainly think we are proceeding on the right lines in New Zealand," added Dr. Barnett. "Come for a spin on Sunday, Joe!" "Can't do it, old mai "' % want- to clean up the weeds on my drive, and it's a good day's work." "Don't be foolish; buy a unllon tin of MURTON'S WEEDKUTftR at 5/91 it makes 20 eal.'ori|v of solution. You'll be free of weeds then for the rest of the summer."—ObtiaipnH'«. at Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd.« , : ■._ . ■.'.,.;,