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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17173, 1 February 1930, Page 4

Mails which left Wellington, per R.M.S. Tahiti, via San Francisco, ou December 31, arrived in London on January 30. The following figures show the vital statistics for Dunedin for the month ended yesterday, the figures for the corresponding period last year being given in parentheses: Births 147 (150), deaths 72, (74), marriages 55 (55). No trace has been found it the body of Mr. C. J. Hampton, ot Tokomaru Bay, who was drowned on Thursday while oathing at Dngaruru beach. The search of the coast is being continued with the ! assistance of a number ot Maori residents of tiie district. Fine weather . prevailed at Tokomaru Bay to-day for the opening of tile lawn tennis tournament promoted by the newly formed tennis club. The programme comprised doubles, events in all three divisions, and tiie entries were satisfactorily numerous. It was hoped to dispose of the whole of the programme to-day.-^Special. • An increase of -|d per lb. is to be made in prices for lat lambs at the . Haiti works from next Monday, when tiie rates will be as follow: 361 b. and under, 8d; 37/421b., 7jd; over:42lb., 7d; seconds, ?(d. Wethers, ewes, and beef cattle are being bought ou Hawke’s Bay rates. At the Taruheru works no changes have been made, buying being at Hawke’s Bay prices. Customs and excise duties collected m Gisborne during January were as follow, the figures far the corresponding period last year being given in parentheses* Customs, £OI4B Ids (£62*25 IDs 7d); excise duty, £1176 Os 7d (£I2OB 15s lOd). For the 10 months ended January 31, the figures were: Customs, £62,853 18s Id (£50,114 3s 8J); excise duty, £8416 8s 5d (£8284 17, s 8d). Fire partly gutted a four-roOmed house, owned by Mr. S. Ledger and occupied by Mr. F. G. Fielder and family, and situated at 257 Ormond road, shortly after 8 p.m. yesterday. The alarm was given by Mr. T. R. Cox, and within three minutes ol the arrival of the brigade the outbreak was extinguished. The kitchen and a spare room were completely gutted, while the iront rooms were damaged considerably by smoke and water. The fire seemed to have originated in the spare -room, for the walls and ceiling there were burnt through, while in the kitchen the walls were only charred, though the contents suffered heavily. The occupants were away- at the time of the outbreak, butt returned in time to save a few articles. The cause or the fire is unknown. The house was insured in the State office for 41440, the contents being covered by a policy for £l5O in the Australian Provincial office. The approach of the Ferguson Cup competition between the Gisborne Amateur Surf and Swimming Club and the Meretaungn Swimming and Life Saving Club, to he held in Hastings on February 19, has been marked by increased enthusiasm on the part of likely candidates for inclusion in the Gisborne water polo team. During the past few weeks hardly a day has passed without some probable members of the team indulging in training with a view to representing the Gisborne club at the contest, and on Monday evening the following swimmers are to attend at the High School baths for the purpose of choosing possible and probable teams: 1). W. McKeague, T. Wauchop, M. Owen, .1. Miller. S. Corson, J. Crawford, J. Brady, D, Miller, R. Murphy, R. Pool, W. Pera, * G. Murnhy, Jones, and Hill. These teams will meet at the next carnival conducted by the club, and the team to represent the Gisborne 'club at Hastings will be announced at the conclusion of the match,