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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16509, 29 November 1927, Page 6

In the House of Representatives yesterday, the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. K. S. Williams moved • the second reading of' the Public Works Amendment Bill. In committee a new amendment was made, the report was agreed to, and the Bill passed the third reading.

A large motor car, overturned in Hansen road, Mangapapa, yesterday afternoon, and was left lying on the side of tho thoroughfare. It is stated that tho accident occurred at about 2.30 p.m., but so far no details are available.

Judgment for plaintiffs by default was given by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., in .the Magistrate's Court this morning in tho following undefended civil actions: —John George Johnstono v. Julius Hansen, £43, and costs £4 13s (id; C. H. Bull, for Haisman and Co., v. Harold Edwin Lougher,- £lB Is 3d, and costs £2 14s; James Beattio v. John Patterson, £4 13s 7d, and costs £1 8s 6d.

All telegraphic communication with Gisborne was severed during tho early hours of this morning, tho gale which arose during the night playing havoc with the wires in both directions. At midday the faults on tho lines be-, tween Gisborno and Napier had not been definitely located, but *it was thought that several breaks had occurred. During .the morning intermittent communication was established on one line with Opotiki, but tho conditions were so bad as to make reception practically impossible. A Feilding resident took a risk with a sitting of eggs a fortnight ago, but received a pleasant surprise. A broody hen had been set for' hatching. After performing her duty for a period of eight to 10 days she left the nest. The poultry fancier then gathered the eggs and placed them in a cupboard below his electric hot-water service,. where there was an assurance of a constant j and even temperature. This novel form of incubation proved entirely successful, for on a recent morning a little family made itself heard, and an investigation disclosed a batch of iino healthy chicks. Since tho Waitemata Electric Power Board has been in operation it' has spent £27,0C0 outside New Zealand on the purchase of transmission poles. Eeferring to this item at the meeting of the board yesterday, Mr. S. E. Kennings said the Waitomo Power Board had undertaken the manufacture of concrete poles in the Dominion, and the results seemed to be most satisfactory. He suggested that this scheme might be considered by the Waitemata Board. The chairman, Mr. J. W., Hayden, said the engineer and ho intended to make a tour about Christmas and! they, would make a report after the holidays'.-i-Special. More use appears to havo been made of the railways this season by Poverty Bay sheep farmers; and it is stated that large quantities of wool already have come to Gisborno by train from the stations along the lines. The largest quantity handled in one day is over 400 bales, which was taken from the Gisborno railway yards to the wool stores yesterday. This is said to bo the busiest day in tho matter of handling wool that tho station staff has experienced for somo years, and it is expected that during the next few weeks there will be further heavy consignments.

Some excitement was engendered at the- Taneatua Boxing Association's tournament, held on Thursday of last week, by a docision which did not meet with the approval of. a section of the audience. It is stated that after the bout, a very willing one, had concluded and the verdict had been awarded, some boo-ing came from the back of the hall, and the referee was subjected to much heckling. It is alleged that the brother of the boxer against whom tin decision went, leaping into the ring, adopted a hostilo attitude towards the referee; later the beaten man himself expressed an unflattering opinion of the official, and the matter is likely to lead to action on the part of the association. The decision in the bout found favor with most of thoso in a position to judge the relative skill of the two boxers.

, "Journeys end in lovers' meetings." This was certainly true of the Athcnic, which arrived at Auckland from Liverpool on Sunday. Quite a number of girls wore on board who were coming out to bo married. Their lovers had come from various parts o£ New Zealand to meet them, and circled round the ship in motor launches* waving and shotting to the girls oh board. Two of tho girls had been engaged for three years, and had waited until their future husbands were sufficiently well placed to assure them of good homes. One will go to Nelson and the other to Palmerston North. When the Athenic berthed there was a further demonstration on the wharf. The marriages are to take place immediately.—Special.. Many complaints have been made recently in .connection with the charges made for operations and other services performed at: Opotiki Hospital. Rather than enter the Opotiki j institution, patients have gone to Gisbomo, Wkakatano, HotoTua, Hamilton and Auckland. In consequence of the complaints, the Hospital Board has gone thoroughly into the matter, with the result that now arrangements are now being made for tho working of tho hospital. Applications are boing called immediately for a surgeon superintendent, full time, at a salary of £SOO per annum, plus £75 house allow- r ance, or, alternately, a surgeou superintendent at a salary of £350, with the privilege of private practice. The new scale of charges for operations is as follows: Minor operations, £1 Is; £3 3s. Patients will be charged 9s a day in hospital. A physician and anaesthetist will also be appointed.

Two stop-work meetings were held by the butchers at t\ia Tomoana freezing works on Friday. The first, which was held in the morning and lasted about 40 minutes, was called to consider whether to kill or not to kill a ram lamb. Another meeting was held in the afternoon and lasted about half-an-hour.

Taranaki Oil Fields, Ltd., report for tho week ended November 2b':—

"Waiapu No. 2 well. —Depth 2doUft in grey shale; diameter casing to 2019 ft. Gisborno No. 1 well.—Testing water shut-off to-day. Gisborno No. 2 well. —lload construction and preparation of site in hand."

Tho proficiency examinations in Gisborno were completed to-day, when the pupils of the Gisborne, Awapuni, and the Seventh Day Adventist schools were examined. Each year a number of pupils are recommended for then- proficiency certificates, but those who are not up to this standard have to sit for tho examination. The results will not l>o known until next month. When Mr. J. Merrett was returning to Wellington from Lowry Bay with his passengers, his motor car crashed into the Hutt Park racecourse gates. It is stated that the car was going at about 25 miles an hour, when the steering gear got out of order. The car struck tho rails, one wheel- was torn off, and severe damage was done to the radiator and engine. The occupants of tho car escaped injury. .A high opinion of tho New Zealand newspaper is held by Mr. Huxley, a member of Hon. L. & Amery's party, who, to a press representative in Hamilton, commented upon not only the high tone of the journals he had seen, but also on the completeness of their news services, and the superior quality of the general reading matter they contained. It was very pleasing to see newspapers oi? such a high order in a country so remote from the centre of the world. .■'

When the Black and White Shield, a trophy donated by Messrs. Buchanan and Sons for junior Rugby competition in the Poverty Bay Rugby Union's district, was burned in a fire at Motuhora, the donors generously undertook to replace the trophy, which through some oversight, had not-been covered bv. insurance. Advice has now come to hand to the effect that the new shield is being prepared, and will be forwarded to the Poverty Bay Union in due course. The letter from the donors closes with a suggestion that the benefits of insurance be kept in mind. Passengers and drivers of service cars who arrived' at Gisborne from Napier during the early iiours of this morning report rough weather at the Napier end, and it is also stated that, cars and pedestrians had to move quickly on the stretch of road past the Napier inner harbor to void a soaking from the spray that was being blown across the road. 'There was a little rain in Napier when they left, and a heavy wind, while, though there was no rain at Wairoa, there was a strong wind. Ch the Gisborne-Opotiki route, it is stated that there was neavy rain on tho hills, but there was no blockage of the road: Proof of the fact that motor lorries have captured a largo portion of the transport trade on the Coast was given to a Gisborne motorist during a journey to Tolaga Bay one day recently. In less than an hour and a half between Gisborne and ; Tolaga Bay the motorist passed no fewer than 14 lorries, all but two of which were laden to varying extents. The goods being carried were of a varied nature, some lorries being laden with wool, and others with sheep, butter, timber, general merchandise and liquor. The lorry traffic upon the road must bo considerable, since 14 were passed in such a short time and over a distance of less than 35 miles.

As a dairy cow cannot miss a milking without danger of suffering harm, something in the nature of a roll call at the shed is desirable. When the cows are numerous it is difficult to detect tho absenco of one by merely looking them over in the yard. A farmer near Inglewpod, says Che Taranaki Herald, after giving tho matter considerable attention, has fitted his shed with a simple yet ingenious apparatus. A wire runs overhead along the bails, connecting at one end with* an electric bell, and a large< dial bearing numbers around its circumference.' Each time a cow is released after milking, the wire is pulled, ringing the bell and moving to the next number a pointer which is operated by a cog wheel. The total of the cows milked is thus obtained, and if this does not correspond with the herd total a careful check is madb.

The prohibition of pillion-riding has been repealed by tho Ghristchurch City Council, after a short discussion in which the advantages of pillion-riding as a means of ending matrimonial'' liabilir ties were discussed' (states the Christchurch Sun). A substantial majority of the councillors supported the change. A recommendation that pillion-riding on motor-cycles should be made legal, provided a suitable foot-rest were.placed on the machines, was made by tho By-laws and Finance Committee. The committee suggested that it also be a recommendation to the Government to include in the Motor Vehicle Regulations now under 'consideration the provision of a foot-rest on motor-cycles that were used for pil-lion-riding. So numerous have pillionriding accidents become in England, proclaimed Cr. J. W. Beanland, that it was a saying there, "If you want to do away with your wife. *take her pillionI'iding." "This young man has been in the Dominion for about two years, and I can't say that he's a credit to the country," said Senior-Sergeant MacLean in the Police Court this morning when William, Erndst Bruce Havelock pleaded guilty before Mr. E. 0. Levvey, S.M., to a charge of vagrancy. The Senior-Sergeant stated that tho accused had beeu sleeping out at Kaiti, and although he was not doing any harm, tho people were frightened. There was not much in his favor, but perhaps he might bo worth a chance. In reply to the magistrate, the accused said ho had been doing'fara work of various kinds, but was at present out of work as he had been suffering .from a poisoned finger; he could easily get a job now. The magistrate entered a conviction and adjourned the- penalty for a week to enable tho accused to secure employment, a warning being given to him that if he did not do so he would bo dealt with sharply.

A few minutes before 11 o'clock this morning the brigade received an alarm of a fire in Upper Stout street, but on arrival at the scene of the outbreak on the corner of Stout street and Hapara road, it was_ found that the building in which the firo had occurred was well beyond the water reticulation area. The outbreak occurred in a combined washhouso and garage about 100 ft from tho house of Mr. H. D. Humphrey, and by the time the brigade arrived there was little left of the building but tho iron work Mr. Humphrey was fortunate that tho washhouse was at some distance from tho house, and that the wind was blowing away from it, or otherwise with the absence of water supply it is highly probable that the flames would have spread to tho main building. As it was the brigade confined its attention to protecting the house and the adjoining small sheds, preventing the fire from spreading to them, but the washhouse was rased to tho ground. Mrs. Humphrey was in the house at tho time, and tho cause of: the outbreak is a mystery. The building was insurod in the South British office, for £BO. '

The new concrete culvert at for which the Public Works is calling tenders, will replace a tenMBF porary bridge Just beyond Motu town-! ship, on tho main north road. The culvert is not a. large one, but the improvement to the road will ho appreciated by the travelling public, .for tho contract includes a substantial filling which will eliminate a dip in tho road. ; An experiment is about to be made by tho Education Department to test the practicability and value of wireless broadcasting for schools. Oh December 13, between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., a. wire-V less programme will be broadcasted from 2VA, including addresses by Messrs. Strong, Bird, Douglas Taylor, of the Education Department. Schools in ' all parts of Dominion will listen in, and on the reports received the Educa- % tiqn Department will judge the desirability of . continuing the broadcasting scheme.

It is reported from Canberra.that Melbourne girls are not enamoured of the prospect of life at Canberra, and a large number of those attached to public departments of the Federal Government who have been ordered to transfer to the new seat of government have resigned. Others who have gone to Canberra are regn.rding it more or less as a holiday excursion, and propose quitting the service after Christmas. The heads of departments are at their wits' end\ endeavoring to maintain the staffs. *

A four months old calf lost its life at Weber through eating a five pound note. It was attached by a pin to a "■ bundle of insurance papers, whicji the; lady of the household left on a stool' outside while she went into the residence. When she. returned the calf haVi-rfij had an expensive meal. It was not the / pin or the note which was the cause of 9| death, but the knife of the owner, who killed the beast to recover the valuable „ parchment. The note was not much tfe worse for its ■experience, but the other papers were well pulped. That there is some revival in goldmining is evidenced by the increased export of gold from the Wcstland district." In more than one locality gold is being recovered, some of the yields being verv satisfactory. The Rimu.Fkvt is still yielding good returns witbj ot \ course, a very largo area of country yet r to. be treated. It is expected "when- , iiydro-electrfc power passes adjacent to some of the alluvial fields further developments will take place, the power enabling mining to be resumed on an economic "basis. l

. " What kind of machine is that— British?" said a Hawke's Bay Herald reporter to a sheepfarmer whoso woolshed ho was being shown over. "Yes," was the answer. The same question and tho same answer were repeated several times till it came to tho engine, when the farmer said; " Everything on the farm, is British," and there was pride behind tho answer- that lime; and .there was a British motor-car waiting at his door. Strangely enough (so those peculiar- people who think well of 7 every country but their own will think) that farmer has a great name for the efficiency of his farming and for his shrewdness—none- more so.

After patient experiments, extending over nearly two years, a double Iceland ' poppy has been produced by Mr J. W. Johnson, head gardener at St. Cuth- , bert's College, Auckland. The bloom has all the characteristics of the'poppy, but resembles a camelia in form. Ifc-V was grown from seed produced by ":. hybridisation last year.-; Mr Johnson has. several similar, achievements to his credit. He produced.a new eweefc pea and a new a Isona some years ago, and in 1925 a new hydragea, with foliago and a double flower-head. Belli is hoped to save the seed of the double " poppy and perpetuate the new variety. A prominent nurseryman stated he had never before seen such a perfect example of a double bloom production by hybridisation. . .

Owners of properties draining into Lake Papuke, Takapuna, are at present prohibited from erecting dwellings on their land, but nevertheless are compelled to pay full rates. It was recently suggested that it might, be possible for the amount of rates due from these owners to be levied" by the North Shore Water „ Board as a charge over the four boroughs which derive .their supplies from the lake (reports the Auckland Star). As an alternative scheme the association suggested that a royalty per 1000 gallons ,of water pumped from the lake: bo charged to cover the- amount of rates levied against the. properties affected. The Takapuna Council decided to notify the association that, while it appreciated the position, it was doubtful whether either the council or the Water Board eould carry the proposals into effect. In the opinion of tho council, the only effective way of dealing with the problem is the adoption of a new water supply scheme, which will allow the present restrictions to be lifted.

An inteiestihg address on the Kaiangaroa Plains and the rock drawings of canoes was given by Mr. H. Hill at a meeting of the Haw'ko's Bay Philosophical Institute in Napier. Mr. Hill spoke about the possibilities of the plains in the work of forestry, of dairying, ana of sulphur mining. He is an enthusiast on this subject, and believes that the district had a great future. He then touched on the history of exploration from the time of Bidwill and Dieffenbach, and coming down to our own times spoke about the stirring days of the\ sixties and the hunt for Te iCooti. AftefA throwing pictures of the rock on the screen he explained that they were scored in soft rock underlying a bed of hard lava, and he believed could not be of any great age owing to the friable nature of the rock. The district could never have supported a population in early times, and bo felt certain that in the sixties, when it was better known and more frequented by Europeans and Maoris than ever before or since, it was practically impossible that these carvings should not have been discovered had they then been in existence. He could see no difference between the canoos and the carded letters, obviously the work of Europeans, that were found beside them.

The star bout ja.t the Taneatua Boxing Association's tournament, held last week, was that between A. Buckingham, of To Karaka, and A. Savage, of Matata. The Poverty Bay welterweight had a slight advantage* in the matter ot poundage,, but his opponent, who has improved greatly in the last few months, fought him every inch of the way. and the referee, Mr. Garruthers, could not separate thorn at the finish, awarding a draw. Buckingham is one of the toughest amateur fighters developed in Poverty Bay boxing circles in the last year or two, and though ho has not a high degree of science, he has beaten many more scientific men by his persistence and punch. Decidedly, he xs a handful for the average provincial fighter, and Savage did well to stay with him throughout the four rounds. Gisborne's representation v at the tournament was not up to tho average, for apart , from Buckingham, only two boys took), part in the bouts, these being B. Robm.l | son and C. Simpson. Robinson needed li§ a little more experience, to have a chance/ with R..Chalken, his opponent, "who hnlu a weight advantage of more than a stone, and the bout was short, the towel coming in from the Gisborne boy's corner. Simpson showed no great degree of science, but ho held G. Savage, of Awakeri, to a draw over four rounds. Savage weighed 10.7, while Simpson tipped the. scab at ft&

ias,, Owing to tho falling-off in the numfPrtJOr of scholars,in recent years, the "j Wanganui Education Board is taking stops to disestablish the liunterville High School, \ which has been in existence now for about 15 years. It is understood, however, that residents of the district are entering a vigorous protest against -the decision. Motorists at present are hemmed in from every angle by regulations, rules, and traffic inspectors. "1 saw in a paper the other day," remarked a speaker at a meoting of the Wanganui Automobile Association, "where a German has invented a speedometer by which tho speed can he told from tho rear." "He'll be unpopular," said another member. The existence of gold on the West Coast is evidently a fact of which American visitors are well aware (states the Grey River Argus). The other day when passing through Otira Gorge, quartz specimens in Kelly's Creek were secured by a number of tourists from the United {States, who intend taking them back to America for an assay. The average West Coast resident is scarcely interests ed nowadays in such possibilities, but 1 evidently the quartz in the locality mentioned, must have come from the outcrop of a gold-bearing reef in the ranges, for the pieces contained good traces of the precious metal. A handsome inkstand of historic value has been presented to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, by Mr. F. A. liellabv, the immediate past-president. The inkstand is made from timber which i

formed part of " Acacia Cottage," the residence of the late Sir John Logan Campbell. Acacia Cottage was one of & the first houses to be built in Auckland, and occupied the site in O'Connell street where the Acacia Buildings now stand. Sir John himself helped to carry the timber up from the beach and to build tfie cottage. Cornwall Park is 1 now the proud possessor of the cottage, and the Chamber of Commerce has a piece of it.

j Has a resident of the Grey district the right to send his child to the Christchurch Hospital for treatment, without the consent, of the Grey Hospital Board, to whom the treatment is charged? This question was raised at a recent meeting of the Grey Board, when a resident's account was being discussed (reports the Greymouth Star). Cne member stated that it was a peculiar position if a patient could go to any hospital iu JN'ew Zealand, and have the fees charged to the Grey Board. Should not the consent of the Grey Board first be secured? The answer was deferred pending the return of tho 'hoard's chairman, Mr. J. \Y. Hannan. ,

Grateful for tho decision along those lines, which it has been found is most Jttelpful to the fire figfeters when proceeding to a blaze, the .Napier Fire Board wrote thanking the Napier City Council for arranging for trams fo stop when a lire engine is proceeding to a tiro and it is necessary to pass a tram, apd requesting the council to consider the framing of _ a by-law • regarding the right of the road to fire engines with a suggestion that all traffic should stop during tho passing of a hrigade to a fire (states tfio Telegraph). Cr. F. Rise said that in large cities whero he had been that course.was adopted and had proved an excellent scheme. The council decided to consider tho institution of such a by-law later.

"I am perfectly certain that we will never bring about that peace which wo talk so much about until we give God -his proper place in ordinary national : and international life," said his Grace I the Archbishop of New Zealand, the Most Rev. A. VV. Averill, at the cere'mony of unveiling the foundation tablet -of St. George's Preparatory School, ■i Wanganui. His Grace stated emphatically that the idea of God at the present, time was not an adequate one. He said , that God had a perfect right to His proper nlace in tho individual life, the church life, and every department of life, the church life—school, social, political, national and international. To < bring about such a state of,things it , was important to look to the beginning; where were they going to do it, but in the schools?

High gear from Auckland to Hamilton—that is the latest experience motorists have enjoyed (says the Auckland Sun). Hitherto prohibited by the steep hills between Drury and Pokeno, the run in high gear has been introduced by the opening of the Bombay deviation. .Daring the winter large gangs of men who would otherwise have been unemployed, were kept at work on the deviation, which breaks from the main road at the foot of the first steep hill on the run south from Drary, and rejoins the existing highway by way of the Pukekohe road. It avoids the steep ridges of the Razorback by following a detour to the west, and its grades and curves are acceptably easy. As it is not yet metalled, the deviation is passable only in* dry weather. During the past week many motorists have traversed it, and find it much preferable to the old road, which was constructed by soldiers 'gamped in the district during the Maori war period, and presents some of the steepest pinches of the North Island highway system.

It is said that sufficient faith will move mountains, but the Foreign Missions Committee of the JPresb3'terian General Assembly was not prepared to incur expenditure not provided for in its budget, and, to rely on its faith that the money would be found, states the Christchurch Star. So it wanted permission to make a special appeal for money with which to rebuild the launch of Mr. J. W. Mansfield, a missionary at the New Hebrides, and to complete the erection of his house. Mr. Mansfield's launch had been partly' destroyed by fire, and there was no; money available to repair it or to provide windows and "doors for his uncompleted house. The Assembly was in a quandary. It wanted to help Mr. Mans- \ field, but it did not like more special appeals. A deadlock seemed to have been reached when the Rev. W. J. Comrie declared, "0, ye of little faith, go forward and provide the launch and complete the house. If the church will •not find the money, it must be a moribund church." Eventually a way out was found when the Rev. J. Paterson proposed that the ministers themselves should find the money as a' special gift 'to Mr. Mansfield. The idea was taken up enthusiastically.

■ -The eerie shrieking of a tractionengine, whistle that started to sound the usual warning at a crossing and steadfastly refused to stop, brought to Blenheim's 6COO inhabitants first the ' chilling fear qf impending disaster, and then a good laugh at their own expense. Firemen, mistaking the sound for an alarm of fire from the gasworks, rang the firebell. Tennis players and bowlers • abandoned their games and poured into - the streets. Helmeted firemen on bicycles pedalled frantically toward the v fire station. Business was abandoned. ■: All this time the traction-engine kept, up its disconcerting wail, and soon nearly all of Blenheim's 5000 residents were in-the streets, anxiously wondering what disaster threatened. A special squad of police turned out, and the river-board 1 inspector, fearing a cloudburst. in the m hills, telephoned desperately "P- riv er, W seeking information. The Power Board s line;; gang assembled incase tho alarm concerned a break in tho main.. 33,000Tolt transmission line. At this stage, with the aid of a wet sack, the -traction"engine crew succeeded in mastering tho . recalcitrant whistle. After that there wai a d«4 tflonce, '*nfl wryboqy wept ■■■■ ''-bo**'.'