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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16488, 4 November 1927, Page 8

Auckland, sailed at 11 a.m. to-day, Ulimaroa, for Sydney. During shearing; operations yesterday a Maori, Kangi Kcreua, 38, met with an accident- which necessitated his immediate removal to the Cook Hospital. Jt was stated this morning that he was suffering from cuts, and injuries to one arm, but that ins condition was not \ serious Mr. Kereua, who was married, , ~ gave his address as c/o Mr. R. C. Murphy, Panikau. . An indication of the valuable work being done in New Zealand by the St. John ■ Ambulance Association is ':■ gained /from statistical records of the cases treated. On one day, Saturday, July 23, 1927, the total number of accident cases treated was 411, first aid being given by 250 men on 93 different sports grounds. la * (iisborne on this day 21 cases were "treated by eight men of the brigade. With tlie advice that the additional funds will be available for the completion of the works commenced by the relief gangs employed by the Gisborno v Borough Council, iio time has been lost ki having them resumed. A new start ■ was made yesterday afternoon, when eight men were put on to the work on the Haiti beach road, while it is ex- • pected that the construction of the track on the Childers road reserve will be recommenced early next week, possibly on Monday or Tuesday. The- ', . erection of the grandstand will probably be deferred for a, few weeks.

No 4 tram on the Ormond road route, which was derailed in i'eel street yesterday due to a broken axle, was replaced on the track after some difficulty, the operation occupying over an hour and a half, and was towed back to the barn by No. 6 tram. The work of replacing the broken axle was proceeding to-day, but the car will not be able to resume running until Monday. In the meantime bus services have been substituted during the daylight hours, and No. 3 tram is to take up the running this evening and to-morrow evening for the convenience of theatre patrons. At the monthly meeting of the Awapuui .School Committee last evening, Mr. J. 0. Hardy presided. Messrs. H. Hughes, J. Hodgson, R. Mortimer, and C. L. Harvey, lion, secretary, also being present. The . report Of the neacTmaster, Mr Olson, showed a very satisfactory state of affairs regarding attendance, which averaged 142 on a roll of 150 pupils. The school so far bad escaped very lightly in the matter of sickness amongst the children. A school library had been .started by donations of -over 100 books by parents and friends of the scholars. This number will be added to as circumstances permit. The committee decided to extend the lunch interval by a quarter of an hour, making the school hours 9 a.m. to noon and 1.15 p.m. to 3.15 p.m., to commence with the coming into operation of daylight saying on Mpfld>J> f *