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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16826, 13 December 1928, Page 6

A meeting of the Hawke's Bay Crioket Association last night decided to send a Hawke's Bay junior representative team to' Gisborne to play Poverty Bay in the New Year.—Special. At a school not a thousand miles from Gisborne the examinations were in progress.'A question asked one of the senior classes was. "What is the Rhine of New Zealand?" One bright pupil's answer to this was "cheese."

For his second offence of drunkenness within six months, Paumea McKay, 21, was convicted and discharged on condition that he took out a prohibition order against himself, by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., in the Police, Court this morning. Senior-Sergeant Mac Lean explained that defendant had been in the lock-up all night; he would consent, to a prohibition order.

Notice has been received by the Gisborne and East Coast Sheepowners' Association of the registration of the new shearing^rates, which caused some discussion in recent weeks. The Arbitration Court lias made the necessary orders varying the terms of the old award, and incorporating in the instrument the conditions of pay decided upon at n joint conference of (he Sheepowners' Federation and Shearers' 'Union officials at Wellington in October.

When the Waiapu County Council undertook to construct the Kai-Inanga and Mahora roads, serving the right bank of the Waiapu River and connecting up the Waiomatatini area with Ruatoria, the .Maoris of the Waiapu Valley agreed to subscribe £SOO to the cost of the work. This undertaking was recalled by Or. F. J. Williams, at the monthly meeting of the Waiapu County ('mined, t'r. Williams moving that Sir A. T. Ngata, through whom the promise had been received, be written to ashing again for the contribution. —.Special.

Fruitgrowers in Canterbury are lamenting the .continued rainfall which they say will "not only spoil the cherry crops, but will also,'if it lasts much longer, affect the stone 1 fruit, strawberries, and raspberries. Heavy rain at this time of the year is bad for any fruit. The main crop of cherries is just ripening, and the rain will already have done its damage, swelling and * splitting the fruit. Raspberries and strawberries will feel its effect, and stone fruit, particularly peaches and apricots, is very susceptible to brown rot at this time of the year.—Special.

Carrying one of the largest shipments of Island fiuit taken to the South Island for some time, the Government motor-ship Maui Fomare berthed at Dunedin on Tuesday. The vesse.'s freight consisted of nearly 9000 cases of bananas and about 40 cases of pines. The fruit was loaded at Apia and Nine Island. Approximately 4000 cases were discharged at Dunedin, and merchants received their consignments in excellent condition, the fruit showing no signs of being over ripe. The Maui Pomnre maintained an average speed of ' 11.3 'mots throughout the voyage from Auckland to the Islands and back to New Zealand.

Interest in the possibilities or. providing a supply of electric current for heating, power and light, in the county of Waiapu, was exemplified at the monthly meeting of the County Council, when Mr. H. Busvrell, engineer to the Poverty Bay Power Board, attended and gave a considerable amount of information on the problems of supply. Mr. Buswell was thanked' by the chairman, Cr. A. \V. Kirk, for his attention to the council, and the hope was expressed that when Mr. H. F Toogood, consulting engineei' to the Power Board would meet the council in January, Mr Buswell would also be present, and would have available figures relating to alternative lighting and heating systems, for purposes of comparison.—Special The mishap to the s.s. Parera in tiie early hours of Sunday morning, when she ran on to Walker Bock in Cook Strait, has occasioned no small ..mount of inconvenience to Gisborne shopkeepers for whom the vessel was to bring a quantity of goods for the Christmas trade. ■ The Parera was scheduled to load at Lyttelton yesterday a quantity of produce and a large consignment of confectionery for Waikokopu and Gisborne. but lengthy delay has been caused by the-mishap. Yesterday the vessel was to have gone on to the slip at Wellington for inspection and repairs if necessary, and it is not anticipated that she will be launched again before Saturday. That being so, sho will be unab>'to load at Lyttelton before next week, and at the' earliest sho is not expected to arrive here until the end of next week. As Christinas Eve falls on Monday week, the Parent's cargo will be rather late to catch the Christmas trade. /

Inquiries to the Auckland Sun concerning the correct written form of the word Aotearoa were referred to Mr. Elsdon Best, the foremost authority on Maori lore and history. Mr. Best, writing from the Turnbull Library, Wellington, says: —"Aotearoa, is, of course, composed of three woids, but I fail to see that Ao-tea-roa is necessary. We close up our own place names—Wellington must have originally bren a twoword place name, Greytovvn, Johnsonvillo, etc. If hyphenated at all', then Aotea-roa should be sufficient. We see in tradition that the land was named Aotea when discovered by the Polynesians, but Great Barrier Island was 1 -also named Aotea, and this was probably the reason why the mainland name was given the' lengthened form of Aotearoa, or 'extensive Aotea.' T prefer the closed form Aotearoa —we have a multitude of precedents. As the Maori possessed no form of script be can uive, us no authoritative ruling. Belter keep to pakoha usage, or some stickler may demand Grey-town or Grey-Town." ,

Episode was scratched at 9 a.m. to day foi* ail engagements at the Altck land summer meeting.—P.A.

A team of Wairoa lady runners appeared at a special athletic carnival at Napier last night, but failed to show their true form. In the invitation scratch race Miss I'. Stewart, the W'a.viKb champjon, was beaten by live yards by Miss E. Iloyle, I lie Napier champion, in lime equalling the New Zealand record, The Wairoa girls-were unplaced in the handicap events.—

Special. Charges of drunkenness and of using obscene language in Read's Quay yesterday were denied by John McKay, 40, in the Police Court this morning, before Mr, V.. C. Levvey, S.M., and on the applicatior of Mr. S. V. Beaufoy. who appeared on his behalf, accused was remanded until December 21. Mr. Beaufoy explained that accused had four witnesses, three of whom were working on a Home steamer in the bay. Bail was allowed as before.

The anniversary of the Sunday school at the Awapuni road Methodist Chuitch was celebrated on Sunday, when theRev. Geo. Frost preached to a full church in the afternoon. The children sang a number of anniversary hymns, choruses, and solos. The work of the school has beeu well maintained during the year by the stall', Mr. Vincent (superintendent), Mrs. Vincent, Mr. C. Hawkins, and the assistants, Misses Eileen Baty and Ruby Solomon. On Monday evening the .scholars were entertained at lea. followed by a programme of music and songs: the prizes won during tho year were presented to the scholars by the Rev. Geo. Frost.

A "progress train" on the same lines as that recently organised in the Auckland province, will leave Christchurch next February or March, with Go representative Christehurch meii aboard, and make a nine days' tour of Cue South Island. The men will 'ive on the train and see all that can possibly be se< n of the South Island from the railways. The Cantoilvjry Progress League, with the co-operation of the Railway Department, '.s .binning the organisation of this special "progress train," for the purpose of enabling representative business men, farmers, members of local bodies and public associations to study at first hand the resources and potentialities of the South Island.

The extensive milking operations which have been developed this season* among the up-river Maoris are already justifying the experiment (remarks' the Wanganui Herald). Practically the. wfux'.e of those who undertook to join in the scheme have been entering into the work with much to be commended zeal, and the results to-day are to be seen on the arrival of the up-river steamers at the landing. As many as 70 cans have come lis a consignment. The upriver settlements give every promise of becoming or" considerable importance, not only to the Maoris directly concerned but to the whole community-at large, now that a definite attempt has beet made, and already proved justified by results, to help the Maoris to meet theh needs by hef.ping themselves. Mr. N. 11. Moss, who has just returned from a motoring trip to Rotbrua and Taupo, testifies to the wonderful difference in the roads since the Highways Board came into existence (says the Stratford Post). He had been over the route six years ago, and he found the improvement in the roads on the present trip to be simply marvellous. Six years ago~the trip over the Mamaku hill was a great trial, the surface being muddy, and it was necessary to cut scrub in order to get through. To-day tho road over the hill is well metalled, and one can go over at a good touring speed. In fact, the roads were in good order all the way round to Rotorua, Taupo and Napier, and an average speed of 20 miles an hour was possible over the whole distance.

What promises to be the largest industrial concern in Nelson is the Ouakaka Iron and Steel Co. Some time ago the directors decided to increase the capital and put in a plant for producing cast iron pipes, for which purpose £BO,000 has been raised, and it is anticipated that early next year the plant will be in operation. In a resume of the year's oneratioris the chairman of the conipany, Mr. J. R. Leggo, gave some interesting information and figures. From November 20. 1927, the furnace ran continuously and smoothly for nine months, and 7344 tons of pig" iron was produced. Reports from Australian pipemakers indicated that the quality of the iron is all that could be desired' for the purpose, and it is proposed in due course to still further extend the plant to produce gas and water pipes. In addition to iron and pipes it i.s the intention of the company to manufacture three other lines—crushed iron oxide for gas purifying, slag wool for insulating purposes, and the manufacture of coke. "These," Mr. Leggo states, ''being by-products, shoivd be a profitable source of income to the company.

"One individual drove a mob of lambs over the wet concrete and left it looking like an attack of chickenpox," declared Cr, W. Tucker, at a meeting of the Hawke's Bay County Council, in strongly urging that the contractor on the new concrete road from Clive to Hastings was not "getting a fair spin" from the public. "He is getting a dashed rotten spin," said Cr. Tucker, "despite the fact that he has done everything he can. to inconvenience the public, as little as possible. There are about half a dozen routes to the freezing works, but people persist in driving stock along the road where the concrete is being laid. Is tiiere nothing we can do to check the interference of the contractor's work by the public?" The chairman. Mr. H. 11. Campbell, M.P.: Unless the road is absolutely closed I don't think we can. Cr. Tucker: Well, something must be done. Notices are ignored and people tear past the work and interfere with the progress of the job. The engineer, Mr. R. Puflett, said that he had suggested to the contractors that for their own protection, the road should be closed, but the contractors had not seen fit to adopt the suggestion. It was decided to make the suggestion again to the contractors.

The Rhodes trustees announce that they are promoting a Bill in.the House of Commons enlarging the powers conferred upon them under the will of Cecil Rhodes. The reason for the, Bill is that owing to changes of circumstances and in methods of education which have occurred since the testator's death, there is a risk of the main purpose of the Bill being frustrated unless the powers of the trustees to determine the administration, tenure and distribution of the scholarships, as they may from time to time consider necessary, are enlarged. The principal purpose of the Bill is to enable them to carry through a reorganisation of the method of choosing Rhodes scholars in the United States, so that four scholars will be chosen annually from eight' districts of six States each, instead of one scholar being chosen every two years out of three from 48 States. The Bill does not alter the allocation of scholarships to the different States, provinces, or schools in Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Bhodesia, or Newfoundland. The Bill gives the trustees power to determine the tenure of the scholarships in any way they may think necessary in order, to give effect to the testator's purposes, and it authorises them to create, a capital reserve fund behind the scholarship system.

If has been conceded generally that in short city runs and in narrow congested spaces adjoining wharves and metropolitan markets, where the motor truck has to "back and fill" to turn round, the horse is the more economical unit. This is the explanation of the "back to the horse move-

ment," oi which we hear a good deal nowadays. But in the longer runs the position is reversed. Figures given out but the Department of Agricul-

tural Economics of Cornell University (United States of America) show that horses are more expensive than trucks for hauling milk in the country for distances greater than four miles. ' Dairymen who used trucks saved 1.1 cents on each trip, and in addition the trips were .06 miles longer with larger loads. The average cost of hauling 1001 b of milk was cents with horses and 22.1 cents with trucks. A similar result has been definitely demonstrated in Melbourne and Sydney transport traffic. Applications are invited by the Auckland University College for the Sir James Qunson Scholarship in agriculture. The scholarship, which was founded recently, is offering for tlie first time. It is for post graduate research, and is tenable for one year or longer, at the discretion of the college authorities.* The research may be conducted at an approved agricultural college, and it is probable that most holders in future will choose the Massey College at Paltnerston North. The scholarship originated in a generous gift by Sir James" Gunson to the college of a substantial sum of money which. a large number of Auckland citizens subscribed and presented toj him in recognition of the distinguished record of public services as Mayor of Auckland and in other capacities. The college also offers two scholarships, established a year ago. One, the gift of Mr. John Court, is in agriculture. The other, the Sanders' Memorial Scholarship, offers a general university course of three years to children of naval or mer- . cantile marine officers.

When the Southern Cross flew back across the Tasmnn, from Blenheim to Sydney, Captain C. T. P. Ulm wore a pair of wings which had once belonged to Captain J. R. Moncrioff, who perished in an attempt to fly the Tasmaii in January. These were lent to him by Staff-Sergeant ,8. Simpson, of Wigram airdrome, to whom Captain Monerieff had given them. The wings have just been returned to Sergeant Simpson by Captain Ulm. "I am returning herewith the wiugs which belonged to the late Captain Monerieff, and which I brought over with me from New Zealand," wrote Captain Ulm, in a letter to Sergeant Simpson. After thanking him for the loan of the wings, Captain Ulm sent his regards to all his friends in the New Zealand Permanent Air Force. StaffSergeant Simpson lent Ulm the wings, which Captain Monerieff had given him, when he first passed his tests as a pilot. They are now perhaps Sergeant Simpson's most treasured possession.

The month of November was somewhat remarkable for the number of long-distance earthquakes recorded afc the Kelbtim Observatory, Wellington, The dates of these, all well defined records showing disturbances of considerable .intensity, were the 6th, 10th, 12th, 19t?l, 20t.i1/21st, 22nd, 28th, 2&th. and 30th. These shocks, apparently mostly of Pacific origin, culminated in the disastrous shock in Chile on December I—a shock which was repeated on the 2nd, according to the Kelburn records. Whether this abnormal/ number of big earthquakes has any cofW nection with the abnormal number of sunspots recently seen is a debatable point. It may bG a coincidence or it may be something more, but the fact

remains that at the present, time the sun has many spots on its surface, and it has been in the same condition for most of November. Mr. G. V. Hudson, of Karori, reported last week that an extensive and very complex group of sunspots is close to the' centre of the solar disc, and may be ' seen through smoked glass . without the aid of a telescope. The length of the group is about 100,000 miles, and the breadth about 25.000 miles. There are over 15 distinct spots in the group. Strong criticism of the condition of portions of the Great South Road between Auckland and Hamilton was voiced by Mr. A. Grayson, president of the Auckland Automobile Association, who returned to Auckland after a comprehensive motor tour with the touring manager, Mr. R. E. Champtaloup. Mr. Grayson said the long swamp portion of the Eangiriri devla* tion was in a dangerous owing to the excessive amount of loose metal. The deviation was opened f6ur years ago, and on this particular section no improvement had been made. Mr. Champtaloup said Mr. Grayson and he had covered 1000 miles during the week, mostly in territory outside the Auckland Province. In every locality where loose- surface maintenance was in use, fine metal spread evenly afforded a good running surface, but the deep, heavy metal on the swamp at. Rangiriri was intolerable. Tremendous improvements were being carried out on the Hamilton road, but on any new work the Public Works Department seemed invariably to pile on the metal inches deep, using motor traffic as a road roller, to the general danger of the travelling public. Unfortunately, the Franklin County Council now seemed to be copying the department, and a great deal of the county road required careful driving. In no other part of the North Island he had visited was this deep, heavy metal surface used.