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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17067, 27 September 1929, Page 6

The Tourist Department proposes to erect a suspension bridge over the Fox Glacier, West Coast, which will enable tourists to walk on to the ice without any climbing. The Poverty Bay Hockey Association’s season so far as the men are concerned was brought to a close yesterday in rather a disappointing manner. The final of the' knock-out competition was to have been played, but as Y.M.C.A. could not field a team Waerenga-a-hika won by default.

For disobedience of a maintenance order against him, Edward Balt was sentenced to .one moue.tli’s imprisonment with hard labor by Mr. P. H. Harper, S.M., in , the Magistrate’s Court this morning. Harold Fitzgibbon, for being in arrears to the amount of £54 in respect of a maintenance order, was sentenced to two months’ .imprisonment, .with hard labor, the warrant to be discharged on payment of the arrears.

A well-dressed young man, George Clifton, a salesman and native of England, arrested oil arrival of the Aorangi from Sydney on a charge of stowing away at Sydney last Thursday, appeared in the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland, 110 pleaded guilty to the charge. The police and purser of the vessel stated that Clifton was found in the secondclass quarters of the Aorangi the day before the vessel reached Auckland. Ho admitted it was his intention to workins passage to Canada. Accused had 14s 10s only on him when arrested. Clifton asked the magistrate for a chance so that lie uould look for work. This was refused, Mr. Hunt stating that there Were too many men stowing away lately. Clifton was lined the amount of the faro, £B, or 14 days’ imprisonment. *

Arrangements have been practically completed for a tour of New Zealand by a party of Tasmanian farmers, (reports the Dominion). The preliminary arrangements for the tour have been made by Mr. C. L. Gillies, chief agronomist of the Department of Agriculture, Tasmania, who arrived in Wellington by the Manuka, last Sunday, and will accompany the visitors through New Zealand. The idea of the tour originated with the Agriculture Bureau oi Tasmania, which is the equivaleilt of the Farmers’ Union in New Zealand, and its object is purely educational. It is hoped that the visitors will learn much from coining into personal'touch with the most up-to-date New Zealand fanning methods, particularly as regards live stock, in which direction it is recognised improvement must bo made in Tasmania. The party will consist of between 25 and 30 farmers, who will arrive at the. Bluff on October 13, and spend about three weeks in the Dominion.

The bobby calf season is nearing an end and a large number have passed through tin 1 Wanganui works. Generally speaking, the calves have been of good quality, and since August 1 the weights (dressed) have been over 171 b. Waikato collieries have been benefiting by the interruption to West Coast supplies through the earthquake, and to .New South Wales supplies on account of the strike, and the Pukemiro Colliery Co., at its annual meeting yesterday, was able to declare a dividend of 35 per cent, The Palmerston North Borough Council has decided to ask the ratepayers for authority to raise £14,C00 tor the sinking of a 6in artesian bore. 'The loan also provides for the construction of an underground cistern of 100,0U0 gallons capacity to provide two electricallyoperated pumps, for the erection of a pumphouse and purchase of land, and three new mains.

A block of 1130 acres of timberbearing lands was submitted to auction at llokitiki yesterday and was purchased by -Mr. 'Thomas Quirk, sawmiller, of Gisborne, for ±IIO,OOO. The sale attracted little attention and there was no competition. It is understood that Mr. Quirk has arranged that the bush will be. worked by Higgins and Co., sawmillers, who have an adjacent plant. In the House of Representatives the Hon. W. A. Veitch gave notice to move that the following be appointed a Select Committee to which representations on the Transport Law Amendment Bill should be referred: Messrs W. J. Broadfoot. (U.), G H. Clinkard (U’.), E. F. liealy (U.), A. J. Murdock (U.), E. A. Anseil (IT.), A. Harris (It.), K. iS. Williams (it.),' W. E. Parry (L.), D. G. Sullivan (L.), and the. mover. “ The defendant says in this that he Las paid £1 a week while in employment,” remarked Mr. P. H. Harper, SAT., in the Police Court this morning, reading from a letter seat to the court by the defendant in a maintenance action. “That is correct, sir,” said the clerk of the court, “The defendant has paid £1 a week while in employment. He was in employment for one week! ”

Fat. stock appears to be getting more plentiful, but still sells readily at high prices, while any good quality stores offered at country sales are eagerly snapped up. The cattle market continues extremely healthy, and, according to the domestic and the world position, there should, be a good market for surplus stock for some time. The new dairy marketing season is com-' niencing with fairly bright prospects, though values are at a lower level than at this time last year.—Auckland Star.

The question of securing a cricket coach for Hawke’s Bay has been exercising the minds of the members of the executive of the Hawke’s Bay Cricket Association for some time, and when that body met this week the name of H. Tyldesley was suggested. It was thought that he would be prepared to come to Napier provided suitable employment was found for him. The committee finally decided to obtain information from Mr. T. Lowry, who travelled through New Zealand some years ago with the M.C.C. team, of which Tyldesley was a member.—H.B. Herald. A sensation was caused at the showground at Albury recently, says a Sydnew newspaper, when Perry Bros.’ Hawk, ridden by W. Barton, broke the Australian high jump record by clearing 7ft. The ground has been the scene of previous records byTlranibs Up and Sundown, and held ‘he title until a new record of 7ft. loiin. was registered at Tenterfield by Mrs. * A. Laidlaw’s Lookout in 1926. By exceeding this height, Perry Bros, gained the £loo' which has been offered by the Albury Agricultural Society since 1926 for the owner of any horso breaking the record.

THe expenses of the Eastern Southland ladies hockey team, which participated m the recent Dominion championships in Gisborne, totalled £230 3s 6d, according tu advice received this morning by Mr. G. Fitzmuurice, hon. secretary of the Poverty Bay Hockey Association. In forwarding details of the expenditure, the secretary of the Eastern Southland Ladies’ Hockey Association offered congratulations to the local organisation on the successful running of the tournament. “From the accounts given me by our players,” the secretary wrote, “they had an enjoyable time and everything went without a hitch. Many thanks for looking after the girls so carefully.”

There are lemons and lemons. The kind usually on sale in the shops are of average size, whether New Zealandgrown or imported. Mr F. Mace, of Hataitai, who returned recently to Wellington from a trip to Norfolk Island, brought with him a few specimens of the island lemons, some of which were live or six times the size of the usual 1 shop lemon. They were over IBin. in circumference, and in appearance like a very large pomegranate. Both oranges and lemons grown on Norfolk Island are excellent in quality, and Mr. Mace stated that he had never tasted oranges of finer tlavor except* in Mexico and on the coast of South America.

The magistrate in Wellington reserved his decision in the action taken by the Mayor of Wellington, as trustee of tiie earthquake relief fund, against Charles Forrest and Morris Domb, promoters of a “jazz evening." The Mayor asserted that the profits of the entertertainment amounted 1 to £l3B, and that he received only £4B. lie claimed the balance. The contention of defendnts was that they were unbusinesslike in their management, but there was no intention of dishonesty. The most that could be said against them was that they wore lax, but there could be no suggestion of imputing dishonest motives. They had not understood that the musicians were not to be paid. Claiming (o be the deity and declaring that he was going to give all his money to the poor, a -well-dressed, man, aged about 23, accosted several of the ladies collecting for 'St. Saviour’s Orphanages at Christchurch, and filled their boxes with £1 notes. He had £2O in single notes, and when he had given these away he announced his intention of going to the Post. Office Savings Bank and drawing the rest of his worldly wealth for the purpose of bestowing it upon the orphanages. By that time suspicious were aroused, and the young man, who was subsequently declared insane by a doctor, was taken into custody. The ladies who got the money are wondering whether they will have to surrender it or whether the orphanages will benefit.

While the Assessment Court was sitting at Christchurch, one objector to the now valuations of property, who eoTiTpjamed that his house was overvalued, produced in support of his contention a large piece of borer-riddled wood which he said came out of his house, and placed it on a desk. The clerk of court pointed out to him that, in view of the fact that the court was sitting in the old Provincial Council Chambers, one of the most beautiful and valued buildings in New Zealand, the action of bringing wood riddled with borer into the chamber was foolish. The clerk asked the man to remove the piece of wood at once. When the man took up the wood a heap of borer-dust was scattered over the desk, and as lie gathered up this destructive dust, he remarked that no one valued the old building more highly th*a he did f

The Wheat Control Board has decided to continue shipments of New Zealand wheat to England by every available steamer till the end of November.. Nineteen aeroplanes are certain to start in the Sydney to Perth air race, commencing on Saturday. Pilots and mechanics, says the Sydney Evening News, are working hard to get the machines tuned up for the six days of arduous flying. A number of Auckland University students have been interesting themselves in the spoil of gliding, and a meeting was held last, evening for the purpose of forming a Gliders’ Club. It is thought that the Hobsonville base would be a very suitable place for the sport. Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M. at Auckland, heartily approves of the scheme of rest homes embodied in a Government, measure. He states that it is one of the most worrying problems of magistrates what to do with senile and half-witted vagrants, not actually criminals, and for whom gaol is certainly not their proper place. He thought if rest homes were established on one or two islands of the Hauraki Gulf, where these people could do a little work for their keep, it would be a most humanitarian measure.

Fruitvale road, between New Lynn and Croydon road, Auckland, on the north line, was the scene of a railway accident on Tuesday night. The Auck-land-Henderson train was in the vicinity when, without being seen by either driver or fireman, a cow walked on to the track. The impact was severe, and the sudden application of the brakes startled the passengers. The cow was killed outright, and the two leading wheels of the leading bogie on the engine left the rails. The train was delayed for 32 minutes whilst the carcase was removed and the engine wheels were replaced'on the'line. No damage was done to the track.

Following close upon the announcement that the J. C. Williamson Co. is negotiating for the purchase of the site of the Post Office Hotel in Broadway, Palmerston North, where the company intends erecting a modern theatre, comes the news that the Palmerston Pictures, Ltd., is to proceed almost immediately on the erection of another theatre on the site of the old Zealandia Hall, in Broadway, almost opposite the proposed Williamson theatre.' The cost of the theatre to be erected will be approximately £30,000, and will provide seating accommodation for 13C0 to 1400 people. It is expected that the building will be completed in about nine months’ time.— Dominion.