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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16375, 24 June 1927, Page 6

The seventh anniversary conference of the Gisborne Y.W.C.A. will be celebrated on Tuesday next.

Riding on a. "Bicycle after dark without a rear reflector cost Jack Robinson 10s when he appeared before Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., this morning. The New Zealand Minister for External Affairs, the Hon. W. Nosworthy. and party arrived in Sydney by the steamer Ventura from'Fiji.—U.P.A. For being in arrears to the amount of £l2 in respect of a maintenance order against him. Joseph Wareham was sentenced to one month's imprisonment by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., in the Police Court this morning, the warrant, to be suspended on payment of all arrears and counsel's fee. A very successful jumble sale was held by members of the Y.W.C.A. yesterday to augment the funds. The pro ceeds amounted to £2O. The stall holders were Mesdames Bayly, Riach, and Faulds; Misses B. Stewart and Startup. The Board of Directors lias expressed appreciation at the action of Mrs. Witters in organising the recent concert. The representations recently made to the Customs Department by the local Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants' Association are acknowledged by the chairman of the Customs Tariff Commission in a letter received to-day by Mr. G. T. Bull, president of the Association, and it is stated that they will receive the careful consideration of the Commission. Further experiments in long-dis-tance broadcasting were made early this morning, when .10-PCJJ, Holland, relayed programmes from London, Paris, and a German station, a farther relay being made from Sydney and Brisbane.' Though voices and music could be heard, the reception in this part of New Zealand was not good, even the Australian stations being much below their usual strength, After two appeals to the Pensions Appeal Board and 12 months' collection of evidence, the Returned Soldiers' Association in Dunedin has secured the recognition that the illness of an exsoldier, who is now in hospital, since 1921, is attributable to war service. This'means not only a retrospective pension, amounting to approximately £6OO. but also the provision for treatment during the whole period at the charge of the Department. The following were amongst the more important works carried out by the Main Highways Board during May :- tlisborne- r yVhata.!<a.tane, via Motu.«— Waioeka Bridge: To date, 23 piers have been built, including both abutments and the placing of the decking is well in hand. Gishonm-Wairoa, via Morere. —The whole of the length between 4.9 miles and 9 miles has been grouted with bitumen and sealed. Gishorne-Wairoa, via Hangaroa.— During the month the top course of metal was laid between 29.6 miles and 31.2 miles. Mcßae's Bridge deviation: The approaches to this bridge are almost complete. Gis-bonie-Opotiki, via the Coast. —Kopuaroa Bridge No. A and Boroporo Bridge: The piers of these bridges are practically eomolete.

Throe charges of breaches of a prohibition order taken out against Mm were preferred against William Kyncrsley Harris in the Police-Court this morning before Mr. E. C. Levvey, &.M. The defendant was alleged to have entered, during the currency of the order, the licensed premises of the Coronation. Albion, and Turanganui hotels. Senior-Sergeant Fitzpatriek said that tlie defendant called at the station this morning and intimated that he was leaving town, and would plead guilty. Ho had been on a drinking bout during the past week, without paying any attention to the order. On the first charge a line of 20s and costs Ids was imposed, and on the others ho was convicted and ordered to pay costs 10s in each case.

The question of an insurance scheme for school children, to cover them for accidents in the school grounds, is to be taken in hand by the Havrke's Ray Education Board as the result of a derision reached at the meeting of the board last week. in reply to a suggestion that children in the playground of schools should he insured, the Department of Education advised that negligence had to be proved before a parent could recover compensation As long as ordinary care was exercised the teacher, the committee, and the hoard were not liable, and therefore insurance was not necessary. The secretary, Mr. W. L. Dunn, said that a comprehensive scheme was wanted to cover any child who was hurt in anv wav while ni school. Mr. K. 0. Wright "urged that the department might do something. The chairman. Mr (J. Crawshaw, said that it was a matter for the Government, he thought. Mr. 13. Larsen : The number of accidents is not so great. Mr. H. C Wright: Could we not approach the Government Insurance Department? It was decided to refer the matter to Mr. Wright and the chairman to formulate a scheme if possible.

Auckland's first, loan art exhibition was opened yesterday. The collection of etchings was surprisingly good. On a charge of riding a bicycle on the footpath in Herbert road. Carroll Dick was ordered to pay costs 10s by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M. this morning. The New Zealand golfers, who have returned from Australia, state, that a return visit from Australian golfers may be expected shortly. Whittom and Russell, the best players in Australia, are hoping to come.

Another cyclist, Tom Melville, who was caught riding after dark on June 1o without a red roar reflector, was before Air. E. O. Levvey, S.M., this morning. A fine of 10s and costs 10s was imposed. It was stated at- yesterday's meeting of the Wellington War Relief Association that applicants for financial assistance are increasing. "They are breaking down tinder war disabilities in a greater degree than was expected," said the chairman.

Tree-planting in the South Island is making good progress. The Power Boards are putting in thousands of trees. Nurseries established at Hokitika are doing well. The red cedar of Canada is being found most suitable for tTie dryer areas. It is expected the plantations now being established will provide great wealth for Westknd.

A fine of 20.-- and costs 10s was 'mposed on a motorist. Eileen Lucy Jackson, by Mr. E. C. Levvey. S.M., this morning For cutting the corner at the intersection of Stout street and Fitzherbert street. Air. Willock, for the defendant, said that she had not deliberately cut the corner, but did so to avoid a possible collision with a tram.

Charges of passing stationary tramcars were preferred against three drivers of motor vehicles this morning before Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.Af. James (folding was charged with driving a lorry past a tram in Gladstone road; Wm. Joseph Gomm with driving :i car past a tram in Ormond road; and Oscar McGregor Hcikoll with driving a lorry past an Ormond road tram. Each defendant was fined £2 and costs 10s.

It is interesting to find the Maoris in the Wanganui district considering a scheme to provide educational facilities for their young people (states the Lyttelton Times). The awakening desire among the Maoris to educate their young people, is very encouraging, and probably is the result of the recent visit, of Sir Apitrana Ngata and other members of the Young Maori Party to the Wanganui district. Their efforts for the welfare of the Maori race have produced striking results, and they no doubt realise that work on the.land offers the greatest possibility of assisting the largest number. , Keen disappointment Mas felt locally when it became known that the council of the New Zealand Ladies' Hockey Association had passed over Danne virke's claim and allotted this ypar's championship tournament to Manawatu, especially in view of the efforts made by local residents to ensure the satisfactory billeting of visiting players in the event of the tournament being played here.; also in view of the records of the respective associations in supporting the Dominion tournamemnt in recent years. Still the Rnahine players will not bo down-hearted over the. ways of delegates for which there is no account rng.—Danneviike correespondent.

The matter of various fanners' organisations federating is to be discussed at the coming conference of the Dairy Farmers', Union in Palmerston North. The proposal, which has been raised on several occasions, was ibrifefly talked over at a meeting of the Wellington provincial executive yesterday, when it ktas agreed that the sooner a federation was brought about the better it would be for farmers, who now showed a tendency to drift apart, The meeting also decided to re-introduce the question of a weekly butter and cheese sale in New Zealand, similar to wool sales, in view of the failure of the Control Board's policy. What appears to be a rare kind of fungus was' discovered by Mr 'C. H. Pyke, of Levin, a few days ago, under a * macrocarpa tree (reports the Cliron icle). It had a slender yellow stalk surmounted by a globukr head of a brilliant scarlet color, nearly an inch in thickness. In appearance it was not unlike a strawberry. Fungi are such lowly growths that "they do not receive much attention from the layman. One of the indigenous varieties emits such a fetid smell when decaying that anybody encountering it hurries out of the vicinity. There is a kind that is shaped like a coral basket, and another, that is found drv and rolled up, lying loose on the ground. When the latter is placed in water it gradually expands and assumes a bright pink color, until it resembles a sea anemone, measuring five or six inches across.

Pupils attending the primary schools in Hawke's Bay last year again did very well in the annual Standard VI. pariieiency examinations. The Hawko's liay Education Board was informed on Friday that the State schools presented 1459 ' pupils for the examination, of whom 1181 gained their proficiency. Other schools in the district presented 227, 185 gaining their proficiency. This makes a percentage of 80.9 for the public schools and 81.5 for the otfier schools. In 1925 the pubiic schools percentage was 84.5 and the other schools 73.3. It was added by the inspectors that the percentage gaining certificates was rather smaller than last year, a result due to rather more exacting demands from the examiners than to any diminution of effort on the part of the teachers. Dr. Mcllraith thought that even with that percentage, Hawke's Bay, with Otago, would be leading the Dominion, as it did the previous vear.

A highly satisfactory financial position was shown at the final meeting on Wednesday afternoon of the Women's Welcome Committee appointed to attend to the entertainment of the pioners during the jubilee celebrations. The meeting was convened to pass final accounts in connection with the "Old Time Social," and it will be remembered that although some 400 guests received individual invitations, no financial assistance was asked from the jubilee executive, the women's committee undertaking to meet a possible deficit. Happily, this necessity did not arise, however, for owing to the generosity of a large number of people the social was an outstanding success, both from ' the point of view of entertainment and in a monetary sense. The receipts totalled £56 12s, and the expenditure amounted to only £l9 2s, leaving a surplus of £.T7 10s. The committee would have liked to use this balance for the founding of an Old Settlers' Association, but in view of the present distress in the district, unanimously decided to divide it among various approved local charities for immediate relief for necessitous cases. The committee also expressed its warmest thanks to all who participated. Matawai Parochial District.—. Services for 2nd Sunday after Trinity, June 26: Matawai. Holy Communion 7.30 a.m. Rakauroa, Holy Communion 11 a.m. Otoko. Evensong 3 p.m. —P>er. V. G, G. Salt, Vicar.*

Winter railway traffic on South Island lines * encouraging, stated Mr. R. J. - Kent, traffic manager at Christchurch yesterday. The accelerated service between Christchurch and Ashburton has cut out a good deal of traffic by road.-*/ An unfortunate accident, the cause of which is; unknown, occurred near the Maharahara railway crossing, when Mr. Richard White, 22. of Danne.virke, recently employed by Mr. Blythe, of Waitahora. and who had been riding a. motor cycle, was found lying . unconscious by a passing motorist. A serious accident befel Ernest Bright, a married mau, employed by the Waihi Goldminincr Co. He was engaged in cleaning a gelignite-ihed hole that bad misfired, when it exploded, severely shattering his hand and. Wowing off three fingers. An operation w T as later performed on the injured man. The Prince of Wales as provincial grand master of Surrey, presided over a big gathering of Freemasons in the Albert Hali at. the annual festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. Stewards from all parts of the country took contributions to be placed on the Prince's list, in honor of his year of presidency. ''England consumes more tea per head than any country in the world, while the best quality tea is sent to Ireland. The Irish peasantry don't mind paying a good price in ordei to get the best," said Air. W. Y. Wyndham. chairman of the Terai Tea-Planters' Association. India, during the course of an interesting add; ess to the members of the Napier Rotary Club.

"You people in town cannot realise how much we in the country appreciate wireless." said Mr. W. J. Freeth (Pukearuhe) at the annual meeting of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce. Wireless was going to do more than anything else to keep people on the land, continued Mr. Freeth, and he went on to explain how great was the pleasure of some English boys working on his farm when they were able to hear a voice speaking from England recently.V "Ours is the biggest dairy show the Dominion; and we say that We take precedence of any other fixture in size and importance," .said Mr. J. A. Nash, M.P. (according to the Manawatu Standard), in asking for a farmers" train to the Manawatu Show. "The same thing applies to the spring show, and when we find that Waikato is being advertised in the way it is we think that the time has arrived when we should secure that consideration to which we are justly entitled."

"There is a considerable body of thought in Germany to-day which firmly believes trfat the * more objectionable features of the Treaty of Versailles can be repealed by force," declared Mr W. A. Holman, ex-Premier <:i New South Wales, in an address before the members of the Sydney Legacy Club a few days ago. Air Holman said that the unknown quantity that was disturbing the mind of the world to-day was not Russia, as one might suppose, but Germany. Russia was a known quantity; her attitude and outlook were well defined. Prussia dominated Germany, and to appreciate the true position to-day one had to read and piece together fragments of illuminating information gathered from the speeches of German Ministers in the Reichstag and by Prussian Ministers in the Prussian Diet.

Just about a year ago mention was made in the columns of the Auckland Star of the ravages of the grr.ss grub .!■ p-.ns -ot cue Matamata roiinty (states that paper). A further visit was made to one farm referred to, ancL when asked how he got on with the pest the farmer pointed to a hillside paddock where a straggling swede here and there could be.seen, and said: •'There's what they have done wrtfe my swede crop." This particular land is well farmed, and the paddock had previously been in grass, and all precautions had beeu taken to combat the grub. He did not think for a moment that the pests would attack the root crops, but it seems only heavy liming and time will get the grub out.It takes its time to work the ground out and then migrates elsewhere. Rangi Phillips, of Okaiawa, has just completed a long and interesting tour on a bicycle lasting three weeks, during which he circled the middle part of the North Island. Leaving Hawera, he touched at the following towns: Palmerston North, Hastings, Wairoa, Gisborne, Motu, Opotiki, Whakatane, Rotorua, Te Awamutu, Cambridge, Hamilton, and Te Kurd. He had bad luck in the wearther, getting only tiro* fine days on the road, but he had very little trouble with the bicycle and no punctures. He went from Te Kuiti to Okaiawa in one day, a good performance for a cyclist. He spent a week-end at Gisborne during the jubilee celebrations there. It is perhaps worth notice that at nearly every pa he went through there was a tangi in progress. The roads on the main route were good, but in the interior he struck many miles of road which took a good deal of courage to face, and when he reached Te Kuiti ho was much inclined to take train.

The unsuccessful efforts of "ay few years ago to establish a light railway .between Waikato and the West Coast, which went so far as getting a surveymade, a railway district gazetted, and a constitution drawn up, but which, owing to organised opposition, was abandoned after a railway board had been set up, had its aftermath, in an action for £629 brought by the solicitors to the board, Messrs Watts and Armstrong, for the costs of obtaining the constitution. Much difficulty was experienced in obtaining the constitution, owing to the opposition of a considerable portion of the ratepayers, while a further difficulty was the necessity for obtaining special rolls for tho areas affected. The defendant sued was George Parr, for whom Mr W. J. King acted, and at the instance of defendant the Provisional Board which had been first set up, and the elected board, were added as defendants, Mr 6. P. Finlay acted for the elected board. As a result of negotiations the board offered a sum of £512 10s in full settlement of the claim and costs, and Mr J. P. Strang, on behalf of plaintiffs, accepted this.

'•The position of the timber trade has I me absolutely beaten, and though mills have written asking for suggestions, I can do nothing," said Mr A. Seed, secretary of tho New Zealand Sawmillers' Federation, when announcing the icrult of a visit just- paid to the coast sawmills. An inventory of orders had been taken for the month of May, he said, and it had been found that the total orders received represented approximately 17 per cent, of what the mills had turned out a few years ago. Spread over the whole of the mills on the coast these orders represented the equivalent of one working day a week a mill. The West Coast holds about one-fifth of the *otal capital and labor of the timber industry, and Mr Seed states it is inevitable that more mills will close. The industry is thus being blotted out, and the position is absolutely desperate. No early relief is exprcted from the Hon. A. D. McLeod's suggestion that millers should classify their timbers so that buyers would he' assured of getting the class tliev required and of obtaining oYy timber, in which event the Minister offered to give an undertaking that tongue and grooved rough lining would be used in houses on which Government moncv was expended, in place of foreign timbers.

A Roval Salute of 21 guns was fired from the Point. Jprningham battery at Wellington on Wednesday to mark the Coronation Day of His Majesty King George. After long discussion at a meeting in Wellington in the Early Settlers' Hall it was decided on the motion of cu Douglas McLean, that consideration be given to a proposal to call applications for competitive, designs to test ore the Bolton Street Chapel, and. as an alternative, to a proposal to erect a lych-

gate. Professor Barkett, lecturing before the Astronomic Society at Auckland, described a recent visit to the Urewera countrv with a telescope, which created interest amongst the Maoris. He found that whilst the natives generally knew little about the stars, amongst the older men there were still preserved some legend-? and old-time knowledge. During M. Paderewski's tour of New Zealand the Government and the Railway Department paid him a compliment by" placing at his disposal the special railway car used bv the Duke and Duchess of York while in New Zealand. This courtesy was highly appreciated by M. Paderewski and his wife (formerly Baroness de RosenJ, and letters of appreciation have been dispatched by them * to the Government and to the Railway Board.

The Fremantle (W.A.) Ugly Men's Association, which did such good woik during the war. has been giving attention recently to the local public hospital. The association resolved to go to iis and, armed ,with Ihe promise of the Government to give 10s for every £1 that was raised, set to work to* get together £IOOO. This feat was accomplished in due course, and a few days, ago,, at a function that Was arranged for the purpose, the sum of £ISOO was handed over to the hospital authorities.

Unusual circumstances were revealed when Joseph Dove, licensee of the Royal George Hotel, was charged in Christchurch with having sold liquor after hours. Counsel stated that a keg of beer had been ordered by the Woolston League football team during the week and paid for. It was to have been picked up on a Saturday afternoon, but owing to the matcli starting late the men did not get back to town till after six o'clock. While they were picking up the keg a constable came along. The magistrate reserved his decision.

A circular monkey pit is being constructed at the Auckland Zoo, and when completed there will bo sufficient room for 200 animals. At the present there are 50 monkeys at the zoo, and the number is to be increased by 30 or 40 at an early dale. It is inteuded to io organise the monkey section, and make it a greater attraction to visitors. The pit will be open at the top, and so constructed that the animals will not be able to escape. In the middle of the pit a monkey house is to be constructed with various apartments, providing a play room on top.

An old Wanganui resident, commenting upon the heavy iron bed which was recently found in the old Rutland Stockade, said that this clumsy affair was in keeping with the whole of the furnishing and building (says the Herald). For instance, there was enough metal in one of the ventilators to do a modern bunga low and the glass in the windows was so thick that the Hau Han bullets used to bounce off it. It took a man of strength to lift one of the bolts, and it one of the iron-stayed table tops happened to fall off the props on to a soldier's legs his limbs would certainly be broken.

A resident of South Canterbury recently had occasion to purchase a small brush for the cleaning of his false teeth plate. Being aware of the danger o! anthrax, he took the. precaution o) phinginu the brush into boiling water, after which it was placed in the sun to dry Imagine his surprise when he went for'the brush and found it swarming with thousands of small insects quite visible to the naked eye (says the Timaru Post). The heat of the boding water and the son had hatched them out. No time was lost in consigning the brush and its inhabitants to the flimes.

At the monthly meeting of the Hawke's Bay Education Board last week, the Department advised in connection with the urgency list, that a number of cases had now been approved and desired to know if the board wished to make any alteration in the order of the remaining cases. Mr. Maddison stated that- the board had already discussed the matter, and nothing would be gained by altering the list. Already several of the cases on the beginning of the list had been anprored. and things seemed to be going on well. It was agreed that the list should stand.

The last stage of fhe recent controversy in the Auckland Metropolitan A. and P. Association, over the appointment of a new managing-secretary, was reached last week. Mr. W. F. O'Donneli, late of the Waipukur:,«s High School teaching staff, takes up his duties on July 1, and it was decided to retain Mr." A. A. J). Stanley's service until after the Winter Show. Mr. Stanley stated that there would be no legal . action following his vacation of the position, and after a conversation with Mr. O'Donneli, he felt sure that as the latter knew nothing about the conduct, of a winter show, he would appreciate the speaker's assistance at the outset.

At a meeting of the Wellington Harbor Board, Mr. C. H. Chapman referred to the fact that the Makura had arrived at Wellington in a damaged condition and had gone on to Auckland to ho docked for repairs. He thought that the ivork possibly might have been done in Wellington. Was it for lack of a sdock there that she had to go to Auckland? he asked. The chairman, Mr. J. G. Cobbe, said that there were no facili ties at Wellington for such repair work as was required by the Makura. At some future time the board would probably provide a floating dock in the port. The chairman said the board's engineer, Mr. J. Marchbanks, was at present abroad making inquiries regarding the provision of a floating dock. A mem ber: The mishap to the Makura shows the necessity for a dock.

The matrimonial intentions of a man who happens to get killed in the course of his employment, thereby giving rise to a claim for compensation, have to be taken into consideration by the Arbitration Court in Wellington. The Court

stated that the amended Act gave them absolute discretion in the matter, but where there were no special circumstances they usually awarded compensation on the three years' basis. It was reasonable to suppose that a single man in the forties who evinced no matrimonial intentions was likely to continue in that state. Jf he was supporting a widowed mother it was reasonable to suppose that he would continue to do so until her death; compensation therelore in these cases might be extended beyond the three years' basis. But in the case of a young man in the twenties it was likely that he would marry, and

anv contributions hitherto made to the

support of the family would be likely , to be curtailed considerably, if not stopped altogether. If was therefore reasonable, should such a young man be killed, to assess compensation on a three years' basis. Sentiment, however, could not enter into the question. One might feel sorry for the bereaved, but compensation could be awarded only for monetary loss.