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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16372, 21 June 1927, Page 4

According to a Wellington P.A. message, it is now stated that the date for the. official opening of tho broadcast station 2YA Wellington will be duly 10. The Palmers! on North Borough Council deckled last evening to raise a Joan of £3OOO to be expended on footways to relieve unemployment. Although the Poverty Bay Winter Show Association has arranged for nearly sufficient exhibits in all classes for the district court at the Auckland Winter Show, there is a shortage of curios. The officer in charge of the arrangements, Mr. G. Darton, therefore, is anxious to get into touch with any person with any interesting relic in his possession.

Leslie Joseph jMurpfiy; a youth, a j licensed farmhand, of Dannevirke, was arrested on the wharf at Foxtori yesterday and charged with converting a new Chevrolet car at Palmerston North to j ids own use, and which lie abandoned .'at Kangiotu on Saturday; also with stealing a stock-whip and breaking and entering the drapery premises of Barr land Tver, Foxton, on Sunday night and stealing therefrom goods valued at £3l. Accused appeared before Mr. J. K. Hornbkuv, J.P., and was remanded to Palmerston North. The stolen goods , have been recovered. ' A perplexing incident occurred in <* i Gisborne Household recently. A lady j who lives in Cobden street left a valu- , able fur in a casement cupboard, situatj ed near a door, which was, usually open. | When she went to look for the fur one ' day she found it was missing, and enj quiries made from all callers she could | remember failed to solve the mystery, j Some days later' the mystery solved ■ itself. The fur was returned to her in a very damaged state, after having been i found in a neighbor's yard, where it j had been the plaything of a dog for several days. The animal was a. frequent visitor to the f house from which the fur was lost, nnd it is presumed that the dog, while in a j sportive mood, took the fur to his I kennel. The wool oddments .sale held at the City Hall yesterday afforded the first opportunity for the use of the rostrum prepared by the Poverty Bay WoolDroKers' Association some years'ago in anticipation of the inuguration of regular wool sales at Gisborne. During the visit of tho buyers, wlio included some who had never before visited Gisborne, no effort was spared in the endeavor to convince them of the facilities which Gisborne possessed for the conduct of wool sales, including storage accommodation for many thousands of bales, display floors, and first-class accommodation* for the representative of the buying firms, as well as good overland communication with Napier and the rest of the country. Those buyers who had not been in Gisborne since before the war expressed surprise at ttie growth of the town, and especially at the area of wool storage available hero. An official communication the Commissioner of Pensions, Mr. (J. C. Faehe, has received from tho British Ministry of Pensions draws the attention of former members of tho Imperial Forces now resident in New Zealand to the approaching conclusion of the period during which, under the War Pensions Act, 1921, tho Ministry is empowered to grant pensions in respect to disability. The circular reads: "Claims by officers, nurses, noncommissioned officers and men to any Imperial pensions, giant, gratuity, or allowance in respect of dis ahlemcnt incurred in the Great War (including claims by pensioners for additional disabilities) can only he considered if made within seven years after the date of discharge, or within seven years after the termination of war (August 31, 1921), whichever date is the earlier." Claims for any class of Groat War pension, and other communications should be addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, Wellington.

Me. L. Booth had the misfortune to fracture his jaw in the senior football match played at. Waipukurau on Saturday afternoon.

The Waihi Telegraph states that Mr. Sam Thompson's dairy farm on the Waihi Plains of 100 acres has been sold as a going concern for £4500. Christchurch started with a competition fur mouth-organ players at the last musical and elocutionary competitions, and now a Tirnaru mouth-organ band has been formed.

The Mayor's unemployment relief fund/has received a donation of £5 from' Messrs. J. ,T. Niven and Co., bringing the present total up to £IBO Os 7d .

Although a penalty faro of 50 per cent. operates on omnibuses running on tram routes in Plymouth, the bus revenue for the year ended March 31, 1927, was £55,000, or £19,000 more than in the previous vear.

With the object of ridding the city ! reserves of gorse, it has been determined to plant trees on areas of the Wellington Town Belt at present gorse-coveied. It is expected to plant about 200 trees this season, and amongst reserves to secure a few will probably be the golf links at Berhampore, the annual clearing of gorse on the unused portion of which is a considerable expense. It was reported at a meeting of the Manawalu-Oroua. Power Board that a contract had been let for the manufacture and delivery of the steel towers for the 60-milo " Waikaremoana line from Napier at a cost of £28,352. The successful contractors, Messrs. Dansey and Co., were identical with the firm, which supplied the Manawatu beard's towers for the Linton crossing. In the undefended civil cases at the Magistrate's Court this morning, Mr. E. C. Levvey entered judgments for plaintiffs as follows: Common, Shelton and Co. v. Thomas John Ingraham, £24 3s and costs £4 13s 6d; R. C. Piesse (as liquidator for Wilkinson's Motors Ltd.) v. Henry Thomas Fox, £2 10s, and costs £1 ;"s fid; J. Latchford v. Charles Remnant, £OO 13s, and costs £5 3s fid. In a judgment summon.': case, Ormonds Motors v. Ernest Charles. Thomas, an order was made for payment of £4fi lis (id in default 40 days' imprisonment. Following the intimation that the Harbor Board are negotiating for the hiring of the dredger Maui to the Government for use at VVestport, a conespondent informs us thai there appears to be some deep-seated contention that the board will be wrong should they do so. It is contended by those who have intimate knowledge of the Maui's dredging capabilities that she is a much more economical and efficient dredger than the Korua, and in the event of deciding to dredge out a. floating basin as suggested by Mr. Furkert the hiring out of the Maui will prove an unfortunate, policy. It is suggested to let the Korua go instead of tho Maui. Formal approval of the date and terms for llawke's Bay primary schools' holidays is not likely to be/ given, it is understood. The Education Department requires that 200 school days shall constitute a year, but. under proposals formulated by the llawke's Bay Education Board this number is not quite reached. Recently the board decided to give seven weeks' holiday at Christmas and two weeks at the end of the first term, but is expected that either the end of the year vacation or the other will have to be reduced to comply with the regulations. The matter will, it is expected, bo reviewed at the next meeting of the board.

"Americans," said Air. J. B. Merrett, manager of the Australian- Kgg Export Federation, who. arrived in Dunedin the other dav from Melbourne, "are spending £2.000,000 annually in touring Europe. Tens of thousands of pounds are being spent by different countries to attract them. ■ With the rich wealth of scenery in .New Zealand we should be doing more to attract people to its shores. As one travels one comes in contact with people who declare New Zealand can show them mure attractions of Nature than ' any other country of its size. There are many advantages, such as cheap travel and good hotels that should be mad* known. It would pay the Government handsomely to allow the New Zealandei's to send illustrated papers and post cards of our scenery free of postage to their friends in all parts of the world." The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Gisborne Lodge 6087, .MU.0.0.F., was held last night the attendance being good considering the unfavorable weather. The. principal business was the innitiatkm of four candidates. The ceremony was impressive, the officers carrying out their various duties well. Bio. R. J. McKay, P.G., with Sister Williamson, 1.P.N.G., were the conductors. After the final address and presentation of badges, the honors of the Order were given -by the members present. A vote of sympathy was passed to the widow and family of the late Bro. A. W. Home, a member of some 27 years, whose funeral took place on Sunday, June 12, a large number of members being present. The sick report showed a number of accidents and septic hands apart from some chrome cases still on the, funds. A letter from Bro. T Austen, at present an inmate of a hospital in Auckland, reported steadv progress after a serious operation*;' he hoped to be out in about 10 days' time.

During a discussion upon the failure of some"settlers to pay their rates, the clerk of the Inglewood County Council stated that since April a total of £329 of back rates had come in. Some of these rates, he said, had been outstanding for four years. Une of the factors contributing 'to this position was attributed to the fact that, in a number of cases, mortgagees were assuming possession oC farms where the previous occupiers had defaulted in payment of interest, reports the Taranaki Daily News. The mortgagees, on assuming possession, were at once faced with the matter of paving up arrears of ratesThere are about £4OOO outstanding rates in the inglewood County, and after discussing the outlook, the clerk was authorized to take legal proceedings against all ratepayers whose rates had not been paid since and including 1925. The resolution did riot apply to the ease of returned soldiers where the Council was dealing with the Commissioner of Lands.

"Hoy clubs accomplish a great deal of work in agricultural education in tho United States, and of all movements which could be introduced into New Zealand for the purpose* of maximum progress at minimum cost —always a great consideration in America —it is this boy club organisation," stated Mr L. .1. Wild, M.A., B.Sc, Director of tho Fielding Agricultural High School, in an address at the Patmerston North Hotary Club. The speaker devoted some time to dealing with agricultural mat tors in the United States, from obser vat ions during his recent visit there, and in drawing a comparison with New Zealand, 'said that California alone spent three times the grant tion» of this Dominion. One school had been erected in the United States at a cost of seven million dollars, and in this institution no detail had been omitted which money could buy. "Every American citizen aims to send his son through the primary and secondary institutions and then on to the grammar school, followed with a college education," remarket! Mr. Wild.