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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16377, 27 June 1927, Page 6

The Public Works Department has commenced the work of traffic decking the Whakatane river bridge. The concert broadcast from WLW, Cincinnati, on a short wave length was heard fairly distinctly' in Auckland on , Sunday'., evening but faded rather badly at times. Part of the programme was relaved by IYA Auckland.— P.A. '

The H. 5.0.8. Rugby club’s senior fifteen had a bye in the club competition on Saturday, and paid a visit to Wbangara, where'a match with the local dub resulted in a win for H. 5.0.8. The teams were not up to their full strength, but the game gave both some good practice. With the object of relieving eases of indigerfco in which clothing is urgently needed, the Gisborne R.S.A. has opened a depot, at which partly worn clothing will be received and distributed. Mrs. Beer, secretary of the Citizens’ Defence Committee, has undertaken to manage the depot, and gifts of parcels will be received at. the C.D.C. offices on behalf of the G.R.S.A.

Apparently overcome in his sleep by the fumes from a smouldering lire in the mattress and a bed pillow, a young man occupying a single room in the Princes boarding-house, Hawera, was discovered in a stupefied condition when a fellow boarder, aroused by the smell of burning cloth, made an inspection of .the room. The fire in the bod clothing was extinguished without an alarm being raised, and the rescued sleeper revived in a short while after being taken into the open air.—Star.

It. is well known that the miners on the West Coast are quick to resent an\’thing in the nature of what they regard as victimisation (says the Greymouth Star). It- is reported that- an instance has occurred at an hotel not many miles from Greymouth. The hotel recently changed hands, and the new licensee inaugurated his control by cutting out the largest beer glasses used by his predecessor. He has realised the consequences of his action, the miners having declared the hotel “ black."

Further long-distance broadcasting experiments were made at- the weekend. Tlie Schenectady station, New York, sent out a programme which was relayed from Sydney on Saturday evening by both 2BL and 2FC, the transmission being remarkably good. The announcer at 2BL described it as a wonderful happening to get vo : ce and ’music so clearly direct from America in spite of the fact that it was sent out in broad daylight, the time at New York being 5.5 a.m. Not. one word, he de-clared,-had been missed. On Sunday evening the Cincinnati station also broadcasted a programme, and this was caught up by IYA. Auckland, and relayed, the items being clearly heard. This morning the members of the Gisborne Police Force appeared in their new shakos and altered uniforms. The shakos are somewhat similar in shape to those worn by the New Zealand police some 20 years ago, and are to be worn in fine weather, the helnjets being reverted to in rainy weather, and on night duty. Silver buttons replace the black ones on the former uniforms, and the two breast pockets have been removed, their loss causing some inconvenience to the policemen. All non-commissioned members of the force are required to wear the new headgear, so that in Gisborne the inspector is the only officer who will not appear'in a shako.

At tho conclusion of the annual golf match between Poverty Day and Gisborne social clubs, played during the week-end, the trophy in competition was presented to the Poverty Bay Club team by Mr. F. W. Nolan, president 01 the Gisborne club, who made a brief but happy speech of congratulation. Mr Nolan touched on the fact that since last year’s .match, there had occurred the deeply regretted demise of Mr. Ernest Adair, to whose enthusiasm the institution of the annual match was largely due. On the links as in many other’ spheres, the memory of the late Mr Adair was warmly cherished, and l a suggestion had been made that the cup which he then had the privilege of transferring to the care of the I overtv Bay Club might be permanently associated with that memory. The suggestion was warmly approved by the gathering.

“To me to-day going round the world, and as one who has had an opportunity in other spheres of meeting people of all classes, and of all sections and all ideas throughout the world,’’ remarked Sir A. Boyd -Carpenter, AI.P., at tire Wellington Town llnll, “there has been brought home to me this curious thing: that the Englishman, that the Britisher, never changes his mental outlook wherever he may be placed. He always has the liberty* and always has pleasure in growling. There is no race under God’s providence that is more definite, in his grousing and growling, than the British race, and there is no race under heaven that is more determined to prevent anybody else doing them down in that respect. (daughter.) But it is our w»itinual grousing and growling that lias really made us what we are; and it is, after all, a sign of the vigor and virility of our people." (Laughter.) The former Agent-General in London for Western Australia, Sir Hal Colehatch, speaking in Penh of Iris impressions during a recent visit to Italy, said that Mussolini and his followers had saved Europe from calamity, probably as had, if not worse, than that which would have befallen it if Germany had won the war. English people who had resided in Italy over long periods had told him, said Sir 1 Hal, that the difference that hid come over the country in the past few years was amazing. In contrast to its former condition Rome was to-day one of the best cities in the world, and the same improvement, had occurred from one end' of the country to the other. People had work and) were contented, and the children were well clothed and fed. When attending a big Fascist demonstration, Sir Hal remarked, be could not escape the conclusion that the enthusiasm of the people was real. One does not ridicule the ideals of religion, loyalty and patriotism, and service one saw in Italy to-dav,

When landing Mr. Adam Adamson at his new ambergris camp at Doughboy Bay. Stewart Island, recently, Mr, George Bragg picked up a bottle containing papers drafted by the Brisbane Weather Bureau and signed by Clement L. Wragge. to indicate the direction of ocean current. The bottle was thrown overboard from the steamer Wailiora by Captain Nevilie on June 22. 1895, near the Hobart coast. "Whv used we to clothe our soldiers in red?” asked Mr. E. Douglas Tayler, president of the Society of Professional Museums, in a lecture at the Pioneer Club, Wellington. "Because (he answered) red is a fighting color. That is why the revolutionists have a red flag,. red armies, and so on, and why Socialists wear red ties—that is to say, those Socialists who are out to perform the wonderful feat of fighting their brethren to produce brotherhood.” The further heavy rain which tell this week has given the ground all over the district a thorough soaking, and although most farmers hold the opinion that sufficient rain has fallen to last a long time, this , week’s rain was very warm and therefore will not go amiss. It. is certainly being welcomed by the fruitgrowers of the district, and one grower informed a Napier Telegraph reporter that his land could take a lot more rain vet.

Considering that Governmental “economy” is in the air, and that there is even some talk of raising the incoim tax. it is good news to hear that this year the State will not be called on to find money under the apple export guarantee to anything like the amount paid out last year, £82,619. In fact,, though nothing official is available on the subject, it is understood that the' Government expenditure under the head of the guarantee will he quite' small.*-*-; Wellington Post. ; . -h Complaint having been made by the New Plymouth Harbor Board that live coals were dropped by the Railway Department’s engines when shunting on the wharves the stationmaster wrote to the board stating that the locomotive foreman advised that the engine referred to was in good order and he was unable to account for live coals dropping. Further investigations, it was stated, were being made. "It seems an extraordinary thing that a locomotive can run around dropping live coals and no one in your department is able to state why,’’ said a reply, forwarded by the engineer. His action was endorsed nj members.

A tribute to New Zealand’s publicity campaign in America was paid by the Hon. T. G. Murray, M.L.C.. of New South Wales, who is returning to Sydney on the Aorangi after a trip to Canada and the United States. "New Zealand is to be congratulated on its publicity work in America,” lie said, "in both Canada and the United States.” He found New Zealand better known and better advertised than Australia. It was not the result of an ostentatious display of posters or booklets, but of the superior methods employed. He saw evidences of this everywhere in the States and Canada, and had no doubt that it was bearing fruit. The excavation work for the new pipe line is now complete and an electric tram line for the conveying of the pipes to the required position is nearing completion also, writes our Waikaremoana correspondent. The new bridge by the electric grab at Mitchell’s, turn-off is in process of erection and will be a great convenience to all farmers in the vicinity. Viewed at night from the hilltops surrounding Waikaremoana the numerous electric lights at Tuai and Kailaua encampments make a pretty and unexpected spectacle. As the big scheme steadily advances < sheepfamers are eagerly looking forward to similar lighting and, the inmumerable advantages of the advent of electric power. Tiigre is a constant’and' natyroF desire on the part of passengers for a “steady improvement in the comfort of trove,, said Mr. J. Mason, of the Railways Board, in Wellington. Ori suburban runs, he explained, there is a programme of conversion under way which is replacing longitudinal seating with chair seats. On the longer runs our express cal' seating and the piovision of general convencies for comfort in travel are within measurable' distance of the best standards in this respect, when due allowance is made for gauge and clearance restrictions. It was anticipated that the limited trains would ultimately become sleeping car services, and in the meantime, in order to meet public requirements, a number of new sleepingcars of the latest type were being built.

The two 186 ft. steel masts for Wellington’s ncw r broadcast station, 2\A, are now completed, and can be seen for many miles around owing to- their lofty site. The transmitter has also been installed, and is awaiting connection with the city 230-volt electrical supply. Mr. W. Qoodfellow, chairman of directors of the Broadcasting Go., informed the executive of the Amateur Radio Society of Wellington last' week that the new 2YA, Wellington, will be a veritable “Pacific station.” Under ordinary circumstances, he said, its giant voice will sweep the whole of the Pacific, giving forth music and nows to all who care to listen. It would be worth while for all the mail steamers to parrybroadcast receivers and loudspeakers ror the passengers’ entertainment. Into the chorus of approbation which greets the beneiicient and educative influence of radio, a lone voice has penetrated in protest from the secondary schools (reports the Christchurch Sun). A teacher in one of the largest colleges lor girls and boys in the city, declares that the boys under the lure of wiroless, dismiss their home lessons with a cursory glance, and spend the evening enthralled by the joys of “listening-in.* At an hour when they should be sleeping they are still hard at endeavoring to demonstrate that. “Australia will be there!” De-adwood Dick and Buffalo Bill were, in the opinion of teachers, responsible for the misdeeds of a past generation, till, in their .turn, they were ousted by the attractions of the pictures. Nowadays we must, presumably, blame Mr. Marconi..

A forward move for the purpose of giving a lead in the work of providing facilities whereby New Zealand sheepfarmers can obtain information and assistance in regard to wool research has been taken by the New Zealand Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders’ Association, which has provided a subsidy of £IOO yearly for three years to the. funds of the .Scientific Research Council. The association realised, said the president, Mr. J. E. Hewitt, at. the annual meeting in Palmerston North, that this subsidy could by itself do very little. It would, at all events, give a lead to others who wished to see New Zealand occupy the premier position as a woolproducing country, and would show that the breeders were not averse to helping themselves. “ I consider that, if we can get a really first-class instructor, he will be worth about £SOOO. We can do nothing unless we educate the fanner,” he said. After further discussion, Mr. W. 11. Buiek (Masterton), moved that Romney Marsh breeders should request the Government to allocate a sum of money, either from the Consolidated Fund or from the proceeds of the Howard estate (which was left to the nation for educational purposes), to the Agricultural College Council so that it might lie able to appoint a lecturer to deal with the growth of wool, such lecturer to lie available to address meetings of farmers. As time went on, a senior student would be available for tiro same purpose. The motion was carried with only two dissentient votes.

The Hutt- Valley is to have ?.n automatic telephono exchange. A magical word is "sale.” At tease, it has its lure, for a Wanganui woman was waiting outside a shop at 2 o’clock in the morning in readiness for the opening of a sale at a store. * It is a firm conviction with many of* if not all, the planters in the Solomon Islands that unless the problem of securing adequate labor is met the plantations will in he not distant future revert to the jungle. Delvelopmenr has been stagnant in the group for years, and without development the planters claim, with every truth, the country is already half dead. "When is it proposed to proceed with the erection of the new railway station in Wellington?” This question was asked the Minister of Railways in the House of Representatives by Sir John Luke, who said that a large area of reclamation had now been completed for the railway yards. The site for the station, abutting on Bunny street, was now clear for the erection of the station buildings, he added, and there seemed little obstacle to making a start. The reclamation already completed would permit of the layout system connected with the yards being undertaken.

“It shows lukewarmness among the business interests in the town. That’s my candid opinion,” remarked Mr. K. Mcl.eay at the Napier Chamber of Commerce executive committee’s meeting, when a number of resignations from membership were received. "Che man wishes ns success and then resigns,” stated ilr. C. Eveisleigh. “We .are not concerned with their subscriptions,” added Air. McLeav, "but it’s their cooperation we want.” Mr. A. Hobson: We want members to realise that they •dp. hot. always have to be attending 'meetings to give us their siyjpofG Meih'Hers 'decided to approach those:, who had tendered resignations with a view to getting them to re-cofisider their decision.

% ' „ A letter was read at the meeting oi the Onehunga Borough Council from the Ellerslie Town Board, stating that they * were in serious trouble with their water 1 supply, which is received from liutiga (says the Star). For the last months Ellerslie has lost £BOO through leakage in the water main, and, so far, the- turncock does not seem file to detect the cause. Repeated 4 e-ts have been made at the big meter, aff-’r midnight, and invariably show sorre 360 to 400 gallons registering for 15 minutes. The board asked if the council could offer any suggestion to help them, the council decided to lend the borough turncock to the Ellerslie Town Board to assist their man to find out the cause of the Meakage of ile wrier main.

Without parents, without money, and without a friend in the whole land, a yCung immigrant came before the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court charged with damaging a cow cover valued at 255, the property of a Fordeli farmer. Police •Sergeant Sivyer stated that the lad had been trumping the country* out of work, and had called in at the fanner’s residence and obtained a job. He slept in a where and the farmer gave him a new cow cover to supplement his blanket supply, but when the work was finished the young man cut a square piece out oi the cow cover to wrap his. belongings in. The Magistrate, Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., said that as time would not permit a full investigation into the defendant’s position, the ease would be adjournect until next Monday'.

VVliat must be the record in brief church services was held during the Maori ceremonies at the opening of a meeting-house at I’anhaka recently (says the Taranaki Heraldj. . The call to lunch had interrupted,the conclusion of the speeches of welcome, and before dispersing for the midday* meal Atj| suggested-;-'.air;-it -was : Sunday. should hold "clutch.” ' However, IteT said, they were in a hurry to go to' lunch, so he would make it short. At his request Maoris and pakehas respectfully removed their hats and cigarettes. Mounting a chair, Atua explained, that he would ring the bell he carried three times for “clutch.” “One! two! three!” he counted, and then announced that “clutch” was over, much to the amused astonishment of the gathering, which promptly dispersed to the several dining-rooms for lunch. Mr. Somerset Smith, who, with Mr. T. A. Moodie, was appointed by the Napier Chamber of Commerce to go into the position of the Mohaka blocks reported last week that the cons* mittee’s work was not yet completed. It had been ascertained, he said, that of an. area of 24,369 acres in the blocks about 10,000 acres had already been acquired by the Crown with a view to carrying out the Minister's policy to make the land productive. The department, he was given to understand, was continuing its work, which had not yet reached a stage when the area acquired was consolidated sufficiently to be put on the market. “Seeing that the Government has acquired 10,000 acres, ,wc * might speed things up if we support Wairoa,” added Mr. Somerset Smith, and that course was agreed, upon by the Chamber. Mr. Somerset Smith intimated that the committee would complete its work and go into the position of other waste lands.

’The perennial question as to which is., the shortest day arises about now, and the answer depends entirely upon the definition given to “shortest day.” remarks the Wellington Post- of 'Tuesday. In Wellington, astronomically speaking, the shortest day is on Wednesday next, for at 11.30 p.m. the sun reaches the extremity of its apparent northern journey. On Wednesday the sun rises in Wellington at 7.17 a. mi., setting at 4.28 p.m. . We therefore have on the shortest day 9 hours and minutes of daylight. In London on the shortest day the sun rises at 8.4 a.m. and sets at 3.63 p.m., making 7 hours 49 minutes of daylight. Our latitude therefore gives us an advantage over our antipodean brethren of 1 hour and 21 minutes of possible sunlight on the shortest day. When the shortest day is past, the optimist begins to look forward to spring and lengthening days. Certainly the days will begin to lengthen imperceptibly, but experience shows that more often than not the worst of our winter weather is to be expected after the shortest day is but a memcry.

At a luncheon tendered to tho visiting delegates to the Public Service Conference in Wellington, Mr. R. Sinel, in proposing the health of the Public. Service Commissioner, who was present., suggested that, following the policy of sending public servants in tho professional and technical divisions overseas, to gain experience in tho special branches of work in which they wore engaged, it would be of great benefit to the public service of the Dominion, both from the standpoint of the Government and the public service itself, if the Government sent the Public Service Commissioner on an overseas tour of enquiry,to examine the methods of control of public services in other portions of the Empire. If this suggestion were adopted, said Air. Sinel, the Public Service Commissioner’s outlook would be considerably broadened, and he would no doubt be able to place before the Government in his report suggestions that would considerably improve the present methods of control of the public service.