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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16958, 23 May 1929, Page 6

The Waikohu County Council can be said to have "come oi' age" yesterday, when the 21st annual meeting of the council was held.

A peculiar instance of the mild climatic conditions in the Morere district is the fact*that the willows are putting forth new shoots before the old leaves have left the trees. Early plum trees are. also in blossom.

To represent the Pirates. Kaitaratahi, club in Saturday's junior game with Old Boys, on the main ground at the Oval, the following team has been chosen : Ingrain, Gurran, Baker, Gilbertson, Bartlett, S. Jones, It. .Tones, T. McFarlane, Dunstan, .Steele, Carmody, Brown, Fuller. White, and Bell. It was decided by the Cook County Council to-day to close the Te Ara'i stock paddock to cattle during the winter, in moving in this matter, Cr. F S. Bowen stated that the tramping of cattle during the wet weather had created a quagmire in the paddock, which was now giving off a very unpleasant stench. He had been requested by Mr. Muir, who lived adjacent to the paddock, to do something to prevent a continuance of the nuisance. The council decided, therefore, to close the padlock during the winter. Preliminary arrangements for the Gisborne Fire Brigade's March Glras Carnival, which is' to be held at the end of the year, are being .discussed with leading citizens of the town, and it appears likely that the brigade will secure excellent support lor tho prooosal. A meeting of brigades-men is to he held this evening when the. organiser, Mr. John Hopkins, will outline the general character of the carnival he has in. mind.

Traffic domes, or silent policemen, are to be adopted by the Cook County Council for some of its busiest Vomers. Cr. G. Witters made this suggestion at the adjourned council meeting this morning, on behalf of Cr. J. E. Benson, who was unable to be present early today. Cr. Witters suggested the domes should be erected at Makaraka, Matavvhero saleyards and Waerenga-a-hika corners. Eventually, the chairman, Cr. Chas. Matthews. Crs. J. E. Benson and G. Witters, and the overseer, Mr. A. Guthrie, were deputed to go into the matter with power to act. "A man who stepped off the footpath had to jump for his life," remarked Senior-Sergeant Wade in the Police Court tins morning when Walter Stuart Black was charged before Mr. P. H. Harper, S.M., with driving a car at the intersection of Peel street and Gladstone road in a manner which might have been dangeous to the public. The defendant, who pleaded guilty, explained that he had been experiencing trouble with his carburettor, and, being unable to shut off the throttle, swung out of Gladstone road into Peel street to avoid a breach of the by-laws. A fine of £2 and costs was inflicted.

Teaehersl attending yesterday's session of the refresher course in Gisborne were interested by Mr. E. Douglas Tayler's suggestions for giving class music a form which must appeal to the child mind. He introduced the teachers to the "Doh" family, with Father Dob, Mother Dob, Molly (Me), and (Sob), the minor members of the family. Mr. Tayler emphasised the importance that the gramophone had come to play in the musical education of the child, and he mentioned some of the outstanding examples of recordings suitable for use in instructing the children. The lecturer displayed striking ingenuity in the application of homely similes to the illustration of time values in relation to staff notes.

"In Remembrance' of John James Keane, for 20 years, 1907-1927, overseer and engineer of the Cook County Council," is the inscription of a. tablet erected in the council chambers by tho council employees. The tablet was placed in position yesterday, when formal permission was unhesitatingly given by the council. This is not the only instance of the esteem and honor in which the late engineer was held by the past and present council's staff's who also have borne the cost of the erection of a memorial, a handsome engraved stone, over the grave. The tablet in the council chambers is a brass plate mounted on wood, and it occupies a prominent position in the meeting room.

The secretary of the Gisborne branch of the Navy League, Mr. F. J. Rowley, yesterday received advice from Mr. C. A. deLautour, who, with Miss deLautour, is on a visit to the Old Country, that he had consented to represent the Gisborne branch at the annual meeting, which was to be held on May 8. The general secretary in London, Mr. deLautour wrote, had asked him to visit the office and had sent him a copy of the season's programme and also literature bearing on present day questions. Mr. and Miss deLautour had a pleasant voyage Home, and propose to leave again at the end of October on the return trip to New Zealand. Mr. deLautour probably will also represent the local branch at the overseas conference in October.

Enthusiasm for the new syllabus has been greatly strengthened among Poverty Bay teachers by the able addresses given to those attending the refresher course in Gisborne by Messrs. S. A. Clark, E. Douglas Tayler, L. Watkin, and S. Cree. The development of character in the pupil appears to be the principal object of the new methods advocated by the speakers at the refresher course, and the methods they suggest, are directed to the realisation, on the part of the pupil, oH the beauty of life and what its appreciation means. Beauty in literature and in word forms, in music and in movement have, been emphasised by one. speaker after another, and the teachers have been given must valuable material to work on, with many excellent approaches suggested by the speakers.

Yesterday's ''meetings of the Cook County Council constituted one of the longest sessions in the history of the council of recent years. Commencing at the usual time, 10.30 a.m., the monthly meeting was carried on till noon, when the annual meeting commenced. After the election of the chairman. Cr. Chas. Matthews being again appointed, the conned went into committee to discuss staffing matters. Adjourning for lunch at 1 p.m., the committee work was resumed at 2.30 p.m. ami lasted till 5 p.m., when the monthly meeting was resumed. A. large amount of business still remained to be done, including consideration of the year's estimates, and at 5.15 p.m. it was decided to adjourn till 9.30 a.m. to-day. In connection with the committee work, the- chairman stated after the meeting that the result of the deliberations was that the whole of the present staff would resume as in the past with the help of an additional assistant in the county clerk's department at a salary of £250 a. year.

Windows of stained glass to be placed in Knox Presbyterian Church, iJanne\irke, in memory of the late Rev .Alexander Grant, for over 20 years the pastor in charge, arrived in Wellington on Monday from the makers in England. The yacht. Wanderlust, after spending a week at Suva, has sailed for a cruise among the Fiji Islands, and will then make for Tahiti, which has been the yacht's headquarters for the past two years.

In a paragraph appearing in yesterday's issue in reference to the overhead road bridge between Te Karaka and f'uha, by an inadvertent error it appeared that an amount of £4O had been received from the Railways Department "or repairs to the decking of the bridge, whereas in fact an account for that amount had been received.

With respect to to-morrow's reception to the pioneers of the district, we have been asked to state that the invitation extends to anyone who has been in the Bay for 50 years, man or woman, and that the committee will be most delighted to welcome them. The function, which takes the form of a conversazione, will he held at the Women's Club at 2,30 p.m.

The danger of children walking on busy country roads as a result of inadequate footpath accommodation was (jointed out at to-day's session of the Cook County Council's monthly meeting, adjourned from yesterday. Cr. G. Witters drew attention to the unsatisfactory state of the footpath from the Makaraka corner to the school, stating 'hat the path was in such a bad condition that children preferred to walk on the road, and so expose themselves to danger. He suggested that the path be gravelled, and the council instructed the overseer, Mr. A. Guthrie, to have the work done immediately.

Recently the familiar "Stop, Look Out For Engine" notices at railway crossings were removed, and substituted bv smaller metal signs standing about 3ft. from the ground bearing the words "Compulsory Stop." the letters being n hlack on' a yellow background. This fact Was mentioned at the Cook County Council's meeting yesterday afternoon bv Cr. G. Witters, who maintained that the new signs were too low, and already one had been flattened out by stock, white one in Bushmere road was in a dangerous position near a gateway. Although cattle were more likely to do more damage to the notices that the signs would do to the stock, it was oossible for cattle to do themselves iniury by coming in contact with the metal. The matter was deferred until to-day, but no action was taken.

Now that the waters of the flood have almost totally subsided, the effect of the inundation of the countryside is easy to see (states the Napier Telegraph}. All the pastures in the affected area are waterlogged, and many paddocks are covered with silt, some to a depth of several inches. Hay stacks in many paddocks were ruined by the rising waters, constituting a serious loss to many farmers, particularly dairymen. Many of these are now searching for good clean hay at a reasonable price te augment their depleted stock of winter feed, and those people disposed to gener osity could easily find room to do good work. Most of the roads in the flood irea are silt-covered, and there is report ed to be 3ft. of silt on the southern side of the Brookfields bridge. If is expected that this road will be impassable for :ars for some time.

A subsidy of £1 for £1 up to £2OO has been promised by the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, to the Rev. Jasper Calder on the proceeds of a concert to be given by a party from H.M..S. Diomede in aid of the "down'and outs' doss house" in Auckland.' The special circumstances of the appeal are considered bv the Prime Minister to. warrant a subsidy. "The doss house is non-sec-tarian and is something altogether apart from the City Mission," .Mr. Calder said. "The Diomede's concert party came forward of their own free will and offered the concert in aid of the doss house funds. They told me they had given a concert iii aid of unemployed relief in Gisborne and that the proceeds had been subsidised. I communicated with the Prime Minister, setting out the full facts, and the upshot is the promised grant."

That a further 1 mile 42 chains of the Mangapoike road had been formed and made, ready for handing over to the Cook County Council was an announcement made in a letter before the Cook County Council yesterday from the District Engineer, Mr. O. G. Thornton. Reporting on the matter, the county overseer, Mr. A. Guthrie, stated: "An inspection was made during the month of the section of Mangapoike road constructed and improved by the Public Works Department, which it is proposed to hand over to your council. At the time of inspection, before the recent storm, the road was in good order, formed to a general width of 18ft, with easy grades and curves. Part of the line of road runs through very unstable country, and future maintenance is likely to be expensive, particularly at the bridge approach on the north side of the Mangaoporua River, near the Wairoa County boundary." The report was adopted.

Some time ago the Hawke's Bay branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects approached the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board with a view to getting a share of tho board's business when contemplating further building operations. That request was ed up with the advice that the architects fee was 6£ per cent, on tho plans and general supervision. It was reported to members, however, that the Government's fee for that same work was only 2 per cent., Avhereat several members strongly condemned the action of the Government. Mr. F. B. Logan described it as scandalous and a crying shame that the Government should under-cut the architects and deliberately try to take their bread and butter away from them. Other members spoke in favor of supporting the local architects, who were ratepayers of the board. It was left to the finance committee to make a definite recommendation to the board at its next meeting.—-H.B. Herald.

Though there is a large proportion of the public that takes no interest in boxing save when a world championship is in dispute, Hie object of to-morrow night's tournament in the Garrison Hall should be sufficient to enlist their active sympathies for the occasion. The tournament is being conducted by the Gisborne Boxing Association in aid of J. Franklin, an unlucky amateur boxer who has been under hospital treatment for some time, through an injury, not caused by his participation in boxing, it should lie stated. The boxer's fellowamateurs have agreed to fight for "honor and glory" so that the amount allocated for trophies in the ordinary way can be devoted to the object of the tournament, and this practical sympatic on the part of the boxers should arouse an echo throughout the sporting community. The star bout of' tho evening will be the meeting of W. Robertson and F. Fraeri, the latter a wellknown Auckland fighter who should prove a good match for the Poverty Hay welterweight champion. Fraeri was expected to arrive in Gisborne this afternoon, and to give a sparring exhibition this evening at the temporary training rooms engaged by the association.

A drink taken from a bottle of eriibrocation in mistake for a cough mixture which was on the same table resulted in an invalid, Mr. William Francis Finlay, 55, of Freeman's Bay, being admitted to the Auckland Hospital suffering from poisoning in a mild form.

The action of the Post and Telegraph Department in placing some of its poles too close to the metal, and so hindering ~

the work of county graders, was pointed out at to-day's meeting of the Cook County Council by Cr. C. Gibson. It was decided to communicate with the department on the matter. <£

The commencement of the railway v* works at Kopua, and the consequent exceptionally heavy traffic over the Cook County roads, prompted Cr. F. S. Bowen at to-day's meeting of the council to suggest making an endeavor to secure assistance for maintenance on the main South road in the Muriwai riding during ihe course of the railway construction works. The traffic over the road now, said Cr. Bowen, was enormous. The department was metalling some of the side roads giving access to the location of the operations, but this metalling would be of no value to ratepayers. .On his suggestion, he, With the chairman, Cr. Chas. Matthews, and the overseer, Mr. A. Guthrie, were deputed to * approach the District Engineer, Mr. O. G. Thornton, on the matter.

Speaking at a meeting of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce, Mr. L. J. Harvey said that the problem of controlling rivers in the district had become extremely serious. He thought* that a process of dredging and depositing the spoil so as to build high and strong banks might wisely be adopted. The present banks were only a menace. In a really bad flood they would be gone in a flash, and stock and human lives would be in danger. During the recent flood the bank at Meeanee -had been quivering on the verge of collapse, and houses 10ft. below were threatened. The Rivera Board was only|i dabbling with the problem,;and it wasf time that local bodies got together in ' an effort to have something done to remove the present danger. Other members spoke in support of Mr. Harvey, and the matter was left for further discussion in committee.—H.B. Herald.

The helpfulness of the aeroplane in times of disaster was strikingly illustrated during the recent floods in Hawke's Bay. On Mr. W. Richmond's property at Brooklands, his manager,' Mr. P. Bullen, was marooned by the flood waters, he and his family being i trapped in their home by the rising ( tide of river water sweeping the country in that locality. As the watery isolation continued the family commenced to run short of provisions arid the position for them was becoming awkward. Relief was afforded by Mr. Richmond chartering the Hawke's Ray Aero Club's plane, in which he flew over the house, dropping very welcome stores to those below cut off by the flood. The aeroplane flew low over the house, and dropped the provisions on a dry piece of land near the house, from which they were successfully retrieved —^Telegraph.

Mr. R H Court, an Auckland business man, has just completed the last stage of a notable trip. He drove his car from Auckland to InvercargilL, via New Plymouth, Wellington, Picton, Christehurch; aiid Dunedin, the journey, with business duties, occupying five weeks. He returned by the same route in the South Island, and the same trip from Picton, but' in the North Island he travelled through the Wairarapa,' Hawke's Bay and Napier, The last stage was froth Napier via Tarawera and Taupo, through vast flooded areas. "I was told I should never 'get through," said Mr. Court, "but I aged it all right, leaving Napier at! eleven in the morning and reaching. Auckland at. dawn next day- There ■were many slips on the road, and fallen trees were, frequent obstacles, but I got through." Mr. Court said the conditions of the roads in both islands reflected great credit on tho Highways Board and the local authorities responsible for their upkeep.

What he terms "a suggestion of political chicanery" with regard to his aJJpoiritirient in place of the Hon. E. W. Alison, M.L.C.J was repudiated by Mr. E. Aldridge, th* new Government nominee on the Auckland Harbor Board, at the meeting of the board (states the Auckland Herald). At the last meetihg of the late board, Mr. Alison referred to the manner in which his.appointment had been terminated. He thought it regrettable that the Government had not notified him until the day after the last date on which recommendations for the appointment were receivable in Wellington. The notification, he said, was in the form of a brief telegram from the Secretary of the Marine Department. Replying to a welcome from the chairman', Mr. Aldridge referred to the matter. "I neither spoke a word, nor lifted a finger, nor spent a postagestamp over the matter." he continued. "When I was approached in the first place I said I was not prepared to Accept the appointment. Then I was toJd that Mr. Alison would not be reappointed in .any event, so I accepted."

Much satisfaction has been* given to local followers of Rugby football by the inclusion Of E. R. Thomas in one of the trial teams for the match on June 3, prior to the selection of the All Black touring side for Australia. The Old Boys' hooker has had a most successful -~ career in ,club and district football, and in opposition to some of the front-rank men who have won international honors" '

has shown himself a. highly, capabl» pi'ayer, while his dash and condition are familiar in Rugby circles.' B.& should have an excellent chance of winning inclusion in the All Black side, and should this honor come his way, he will be the first New Zealand representative chosen from Poverty Bay since the days of Kaipara, the scintillating Maori player who made football history here before the war. Poverty Bay players have been chosen for combined district teams to meet visiting national sides, and the N.Z.E.F. team and the Maori All Blacks of 1925 both included players from this district, but no Poverty Bay mail since before the war has won international honors in competi-; tion with the whole range of the Dominion's Rugby men.

An interesting evidence of the waste and muddlement under Labor-Socialist rule in Queensland is supplied by a writer in tho Brisbane Tolegraph. The outstanding fact in, regard to land settlement in Queensland is that under Labor-Socialist Governments 28,000,000 acres of land' passed out of use and occupation, reverted to the Crown, and became idle and unprofitable. This is a startling enough state of affairs But,contemporaneously the cost of administering the Department of Land and Agriculture increased to a remarks able extent. Between 1024 and 1927 the number of classified and unclassified officers of the department increased by 750, or over 80 per cent. That is to say, 28,000,000 acres less to administer and 750 more persons to administer them. While this state of things was/going on over £40,000,000 were borrowed for railways, roads, settlement, and other projects for promoting land development. As the writer or the article puts it, "for every £2 of expenditure in aid of settlement, one acre of land has gone out of occupation and use." It is a gloomy picture so far as land development under Labor-Socialist rule is concerned.