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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17045, 2 September 1929, Page 6

No petitions in bankruptcy were filed in Gisborne last month. Vital statistics for Gisborne for August were as follow, the figures for the corresponding period last year being given in parentheses: Births 30 (44), deaths 24 (19), and marriages 10 (10). The returns for the eight months ended August 31 were: Births 355 (321), deaths 107 (120), and marTho monthly mee.ing of the South African Veterans’ Association was held in Liberty Hall on Saturday night, the chair being taken by the president, Mr. J. Remvick. There was a fairly good attendance of veterans, and some vcrv interesting correspondence from the secretary. Mr. J. Scott, who is at- present attending the annual conference in Wellington,, was read. After discussing various subjects of interest the meeting terminated in the usual manner, I

The returns of the customs and excise duty for Gisborne for August were as follow, the figures for the corresponding period being shown in parentheses for comparison: Customs, £7555 8s 8d (£7746 3s 7d); excise duty, £6lB Os lOd (£536 6s 8d). For the eight months ended August 31, the figures were: Customs, £50.892 19s 2d (£44.973 4s lOd); excise duty, £6877 17s 4d (£6860 6s 2d). “Some time ago 1 issued a warning that the penalty would be increased until there was a marked decrease in this kind, of offence,” said Mr. Ik 11. Harper, S.M. in the Police, Court this morning when two cyclists, Percival Bailey and Leonard Brown, admitted having ridden their machines without lights in town on .Saturday night. The defendants, who appeared voluntarily, were each fined 10s.

“I should like to say something about the splendid work of Mrs. Macandrew, the official accompanist, ' Mr. Farquhar Young, adjudicator in the elocution classes at the Competitions festival, remarked on Saturday night. “Mrs. Macandrew gave the competitors in ' the vocal sections a very great deal of help, and the atmosphere she created for them was so favorable as to be almost illegal. Had 1 been judging the singing, I should have 'begged her not to give the competitors such wonderful .leads,”* Mr. Young remarked, amidst appreciative laughter. “Mrs. Macandrew could not help being a fine player, considering tho family of wonderful musicians which were her forbears. Long may she reign.” (Applause) Mr. James liletcher, of the Fletcher Construction Co., who are contractors for tlie Dominion fertiliser chemical works at Ravensbouyie, Dunedin, states that no big undertaking in liis wide experience represented such a large volume of cost in local production and local labor. The whole of the buildings are to be constructed in reinforced concrete and brick. Mr. Fletcher estimated that the direct and indirect wages which will be expended out of the total contract price will approximate £127,C 00; in other words, over 60 per cent, of the total cost of the works will be spent in wages and labor charges. This proportion is extraordinarily high, much higher, in fact, than would be the case with any ordinary business block erected in the city. Sitting in chambers on Saturday, His Honor Mr. Justice MacGregor granted probate in deceased persons' estates as follows: In the estate of Edward Dale Smith, of Gisborne, chemist, to Elizabeth Jane Smith, on the motion of Mr. J. S l . Wauchop; in the estate of Hugh Mackay, of Waipaoa, sheepfarmer, to Harold Ernest Bright and Frederick John McNab, on the motion of Mr. Wauchop; in the estate of Johanna Scott Moncrieff Bright, of Gisborne, to Harold Ernest Bright, and Leslie Roy Bright, on the motion of Air. Wauchop; in the estate of Ellen Green, of Gisborne, nurse, to William John Green, on tho motion of Mr. K. A. Woodward. On the motion of Mr. T. A. Coleman, letters of administration in the estate of Annie Espie Babb, of Ormond, spinster, were granted to Robert Bobb and William King Bobb.

The score of 14—0 'put up by the Canterbury ladies’ hockey team against Poverty Bay B at the tournament on Saturday is by no means the largest m ladies’ representative hockey. Uuring tiie time when Southland was the champion team a score reaching 19 goals was piled up against South Otago, while totals of 15 and" 14 were connected I with other engagements. Some of the Ispectators on Saturday took exception to Canterbury team’s thoroughness in drubbing the weak combinations in ‘such a manner, but one can easily understand the Canterbury point of view. The team is here to retain the championship, and the players do not want the 1920 record repeated, when' they lust the trophy to Poverty Bay. Un that, occasion Poverty Bay did not have to beat the southerners; a weak side did that, a draw for Poverty Bay with Canterbury being sufficient. The Manawatu team, which scored only one point throughout the tournament in a draw with Wellington, then a very weak side, sprang a surprise and defeated Canterbury by three goals to two, upsetting that team’s claims to a championship victory. Canterbury still find themselves in danger of becoming lax when pitted against a number of teams, much weaker than themselves, and it is only by exerting every effort in all games that that players will be able to* keep thoroughly in form for the more important matches to come.

There was no outstanding competitor among the ladies who competed in the vocal classes at tho Competitions, and none secured the minimum number of marks necessary to qualify for the championship, each one taking marks from the other, Miss C. E. Trowell being mentioned as a most consistent performer. Mr. F. Neill won .the men's vocal championship, his performances prompting the judge, Mr. H. Temple White, to remark on Saturday night that he was an artistic and versatile musician. Mr. Len. Schwa be won the piano championship, and Miss Marion Dennis the piano scholarship. Special trophies donated by Hie president were won by Miss Cuslila McConnell, vocal, Ralph Dyer, instrumental, and Joan Raven hill, elo■sntion. In respect to tho vocal training scholarship, the judge mentioned that no award had been made, and he had recommended to the society’s committee that the amount of the scholarship be divided between two previous winners, Misses Joan Hill and Phyllis Wheeler, to assist them in carrying on the good work they had done recently. Another announcement of much interest was made by Air. 11. Temple White, who stated that a gift of £1 had been forwarded by an admirer of little Makarota Morris, whose work in the juvenile sections had won the hearts of everyone.

The judge of vocal and instrumental music at the Competitions festival, Mr. H. Temple White, addressed a gathering of upwards of 60 competitors on Saturday morning. lli§. remarks, - which were of particular interest to all students of music, were followed with the keenest attention, and at the conclusion a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr. White for his most interesting and instructive address. In a subsequent conversation with a press representative, Mr. White expressed his pleasure at having had the opportunity of visiting Gisborne again after a period of two years, and noting the progress of the competitors who had previously appeared before him, and also to note the several new ones who show great promise. The most even standard of work was heard in the violin sections, which were really good. 'The piano and vocal sections disclosed some work of a very high standard, but there was a good deal of very indifferent vocal work in the ladies’ classes. As before, Air. White was particularly impressed with the number of very talent d children Gisborne possesses, and this augurs well for the success of future festivals. A very pleasing feature of the festival of 1020 was the improvement in the men’s vocal sections. Mr. White was also delighted with the fact that so many string quartets and other examples of ensemble playing were to be heard in Gisborne. This spoke well, he remarked, for the general musical culture and taste of the community,. ! . * i

Cabinet/has approved a substantial grant for the erection of the first portion of the new Napier Technical College.” At an inquest at Hamilton on Louise Rayson, a retired railway inspector, the coroner, returned a verdict of suicide by gas poisoning.

Included in the cargo which is being discharged from the steamer Karamea in Auckland are 14 cases of statuary, paintings and prints which have been forwarded as a gift to the people of Auckland from Mr. Moss Davis, now resident in London. —Auckland Star.

Tho old railway bridge across the Otaki River, which has stood witli occasional patching since the days of the Manawatu Co., has outlived its span of usefulness, and is to be replaced by a steel girder bridge with concrete piers by the Railway Department, reports the Wellington Post. It will be built alongside the old bridge, and will necessitate a deviation of the track.

Owing to the strong attraction offered by the ladies’ hockey tournament on Saturday afternoon, the senior grade Rugby match set down for decision was postponed by agreement. The teams for this match are the Y.M.lk and Muriwai sides, and it has been agreed that they will meet on Thursday afternoon, probably at Manutuke. The winners will play the Rovers’ senior fifteen in the final, at a date to be fixed. Mr. F. Bryant, formerly of Palmerston North, who recently arrived in the Dominion from England on a visit, has decided to erect, at a .cost of about £12,000, a three-storey block on bis property, at the corner of Church street east and the Square, to replace the wooden (abiding at present occupying the site. Another new work to be undertaken is the building of a four-storey office block in Bangitikei street for an insurance company.—Standard.

Plans are being completed by several New' Plymouth businessmen for the sinking of a test bore for petroleum near Whangamomona. Leases have been taken over from the Stratford Petroleum Co., and it is understood a bore will be put down within the next tw r o or three months in order to ascertain whether oil exists, as has been claimed, at a depth of about 2000 ft. One of those interested states that a diviner chose the same spot as a geologist had chosen as the best' site for the bore. Splendid form shown by two Maori members of the Poverty Bay senior Rugby representatives, in the match with Hawke’s Bay in Wairoa last week, was duly noted by the selectors for the Tairawhiti Maori district team. The convener of the district committee, Mr. Turi Carroll, has advised W. McKay and Piki Smith, both Y.M.P. and Poverty Bay players, that their services will be required by Tairawhiti for tlie Prince of Wales Cup match to be played in Wellington on September 11 against the Western Maori district representatives, present holders of the cup. No conclusion has yet been reached between the Railway Department and Hie Auckland City Council in regard to the future lay-out of the old Auckland passenger station site, states the Herald. Lire council is aw'aiting a reply from the department to certain proposals it has made. The station site is a very valuable block of land within a stone’s throw >f Lower Queen street and the waterIront. Tt is flanked on three sides by buildings and on tlie fourth by Breakwater road. When subdivided it will be used for the erection of modern office buildings and warehouses, most of which wilt probably be as high as the city bylaw’s permit. , .

In the Legislative Assembly in Melbourne On August 21' the Premier, Sir William McPherson, moved the. second reading of the Rural Bank Bill. The Premier said that it was proposed to establish a separate institution not connected with the State Savings Bank. It would grant fixed loans on freeholds and leaseholds up to 40 years and up to 85 per cent, of the value of the security. Loans would be limited to £oCCO. U would also grant loans for seasonal and harvesting purposes up to £ISOO and up to 60 per cent, of the value of the security. The capital of the bank would be £5,000,000, raised by debentures or stock.

“It. would be dangerous for Great Britain to leave the Sudan. The Sudanese trust the British, and they realise that if British protection were removed they would simply become slaves again.” Mr! E. K. Rimmer, of the Sudan United Mission, made the above remark on his return to Auckland after an absence of seven years. During that time he has been attached to the mission station at Rom, near Fashoda, 500 miles from Khartoum. It has taken Mr. Rimmer and his wife seven weeks to reach Auckland from the heart of Southern Sudan. 'The first part of the journey was by train, then a week on a boat travelling down the River Nile, then by train again to Port Sudan, which lias a direct steamer service to Australia. —Star.

The shortage of positions for young teachers in Auckland, in the opinion of Mu H. G. Cousins, M.A., is duo chiefly to the fact that teachers of high grading from the south are applying, for appointments in this part of New Zealand. When, he was being farewelled by students of the Teachers’ Training College, Mr. Cousins said that many of these teachers were gaining positions to the exclusion of students in Auckland with lower gradings. The retiring principal took occasion to express the hope that in four or live years’ time both primary and secondary teachers would be trained in Auckland. He added that when the proposed new wing was added to the hall there would be adequate accommodation for this purpose. The bursting of one of the water mains on the Hutt road a few weeks ago gave the city engineer’s department an opportunity of taking out specimen blocks of the bituminous pavemeiit for inspection and analysis. This pavement had been down just over five years under tho supervision of Mr. A. J. Paterson, late citv engineer, and naturally the engineers concerned were curious to see whether there had b<?en any change in the aggregate, chemically or otherwise. A block cut smoothly showed the material to be as perfect, compact aifd fresh in condition as the clay it was laid down, the two courses being as firm and clearly defined as when originally rolled out. This examination is most gratifying to the authorities, as it shows that a bituminous aggregate in the proper proportions is likely to stand' intact until it wears away—and the wear on the Hutt road pavement is negligible.

Auckland singers, elocutionists and others who engage in* the dramatic arts, will shortly be able to hear themselves on the gramophone (announces the Star). Maori songs and choruses are also to be recorded in the Maori villages. Mr. M. Rosenthal, of Sydney, arrived by the Mnheno to establish a gramophone recording plant in New Zealand. This will be erected at either Wellington or Auckland, and Mr. Rosenthal describes it as the “beginning of another secondary industry.” “We intend, to record local artists and to establish a pressing plant, where the records will be made. These, records, will be sold direct to the retailers, who can order as many of them as they want. For instance, if an Auckland firm desired to have IGOO records of any particular Maori song or chorus we would send our portable recording unit to wherever the Maoris lived, record whatever was necessary, and produce the records. This will also be clone for your local singers, bands or choirs,”