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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17179, 8 February 1930, Page 4

The night of April 21, 1951, has been fixed as the time for the taking of the next census, according to an announcement made by the Minister of Internal Affairs.

The consecration of the Veil. Archdeacon Herbert Williams as Bishop of Waiapiti is to take place in Napier t athedral to-morrow. All other bishops of the New Zealand province are expected to be present, and the consecration ceremony will lie performed by Archbishop Averill, The'rainfall for Gisborne for January

e.as 3.11 in., better than the average for Lie mouth over a period of 40 years. Bain fell on eight days, the onlv downpour exceeding 1 in. being on January 1), when 1.02 in. was recorded. This fall was the third of eonsequeneo on consecutive days, the two preceding days having falls of .66m. and .76in respective! v.

“My first impression of New Zealam is that the scenery is very grand—alums, awesome," said Dr. W. Saddler, wilt ■ as arrived in Christchurch from St. An drew's, Scotland, to take up the chair of mathematics at Canterbury College. “In Scotland there is hilly country, on. ihey are not like those up there. ’ In added, pointing to the Port Hills ■Neither do we in Scotland get the ' tystal clear air that you do."

L’asscngers in a municipal bus bound from To llapara to tin; post-office this morning have been thanking the drive)’ lor his presence of mind. The bus was at proacumg the Derby street intersection shortly before 10 a.m. when a motor truck crossed almost immediately in flout. The driver of the Inis immediately swung his vehicle round across the road, averting a. collision by a narrow margin. The passengers. were alarmed with the sudden interruption to their trip, but they showered on the driver praise fur his prompt action. Satisfactory support lias been given by the public to the fund to send Miss * h'iole Faram, the brilliant young pianist, to England to further her studies. In order to further augment, the. fund to allow Miss Faram to make as early a departure as possible, a concert will be held in the Opera House on Wednesday night. Miss Faram will tie the chief performer, and those who have had the pleasure of hearing her renderings in tlie past should be delighted with what sin; has in store for them next 'Wednesday. In addition, numbers will he given by leading artists of the town, while the Savage Club’s orchestra also will assist.

The warning which he received previously evidently served as no deterrent to a Maori boy who appeared boil) re Mr. P. 11. Harper, 8.M., itt the Child Welfare Court this morning charged witli unlawfully converting a car and a motor-cycle to Iris own use at Tolaga Hay. According to Sergeant Carroll, uf Tokomani Hay. the lad appeared in the Children's Court: charged with an nll'encc last year, and was

then placed under the care of Die Child Welfare Otiieor fora year. Decently, however, in company wi,a another hoy, he converted a car and a motor-cycle to his own use. The magistrate commit toil the lad to the care of the Kuperintendent of Child Welfare.

The balance sheet- of the Poverty Hay Fruitgrowers’ Association for the year ended December ill shows a satisfactory state of affairs. The trading account shows a gross profit of Toll IDs 7d after allowing for the payment of £22Sti 7s -Id for spraying and packing material and sundry stores in addition to £lO7 17s Dd carried forward under this head from the previous 1 year; freight and cartage cost £2(5 (is oj. The sales of spraying material, packing and stores brought in £2l itt ISs ltd, leaving stocks on hand valued at £279 12s (id. The profit and loss account showed a net profit id £7l Is Bd, which included the gross profit from the trading account, discounts amounting to £4-1 IDs 7d and payments from the New Zealand Federation totalling £57 (is 2d. Expenditure in this account totalled £8.3 17s I Id. The net profit, together with £2O in .subscriptions, was placed to the reserve account, which now stands at £378 10s lid,

The road deviation on To Aute bill, between Hastings and Waipawa, has been completed. The work eliminates two bad bends and shortens the route up the hill. There were about 50 applicants tor positions on the Samoan police force ai. the Dunedin central station yesterday. The list, will not be closed i'or-soine days. The applications so far are quite satisfactory. The installation of electric floodlights .sufficiently strong to illuminate the whole of the Palmerston North railway station yards will be completed within a fortnight. Two steel girder towers, each 93ft. in height—the largest of their type in New Zealand—will bear the platforms on which the electric floodlights will be erected. A narrow escape from a serious accident was the fortune of a school boy recently (says the Manawatu Evening Standard). He. had alighted from an express train which was just drawing in toi the Palmerston North station when lie tripped on an overcoat lie was carrying and fell to the platform. He rolled towards the moving train and only just regained his feet in time, to avert falling un to tlio line.. An unknown man made an attempt to enter a building occupied by Mrs. Voss, confectioner and tea room proprietress. Church street, Opotiki. One of Mrs. Voss’ daughters heard a noise on the roof and gave the. alarm. A man was seen disappearing, apparently in stockinged feel, as a- pair of boots was alterwards found no the roof. The intruder disappeaied into the yard, and although search was made, no sign of him was found.

Immediately the weather becomes fit, the Government orchardist at Christchurch will begin travelling round among Canterbury fruitgrowers who were badly hit by (ho frosts some time ago, and who applied for a share in the assistance offered by the Government (states an exchange.) He will assess the amount of damage suffered by tlu* respective growers. The, fund has been established to tide over the men who cannot possibly get along without some assistance. By 64 votes to six the Christo!turd Returned Soldiers’ Association at its quarterly general meeting last week rejected a pioposal to admit territorials who have completed their service to membership of the dub, as distinct from the association. The object of the motion was to secure increased revenue for the dub, as in recent years tlu amount taken lias dwindled to an ex lent that lias occasioned serious misgivings mi the part of lire executive. Tiie danger from good intentions on the part of Urn public was shown at a drowning fatality at New Plymouth. Mr. Jlogavth, one, of the, .East End lifesaving' team, who went out with the lx-lt, found that the rocks were hampering the line. He. signalled for a slackening of the rope. A number of people, thinking he was in difficulties, seized the line and began to pull him in. “They nearly drowned him,” said an official of the club. “The public should never interfere with a team when it is working.” Satisfaction with- the result of his examination of the State Coal Mines system was expressed by the Minister m Mines, Mr. W. A. Ycitch, on his return to Wellington from the West Coast. The Minister explained that he had carried out a thorough inspection of the plant and organisation of the James and Liverpool mines, his object being to discover whether the plant and organisation were working to the best advantage, as it was his aim to keep down costs of production without in any way reducing wages. Community lighting is to be undertaken at Napier. At a meeting of Napier retailers proposals from the City Council were accepted. A charge of threepence per week for each 60 watt lamp will be made. This is a good concession, working out at a cost of twopence per unit. It was also stated that retailers having a time switch need not incur any further expense, but those who bad not should install one, the installation costing approximately £9. In the case of this being an excessive expenditure, a time switch could be rented at a cost of about one shilling per month.

“You New Zealandeis are not half well enough known at Home,” declared Viscount Cruigavon, at Wellington. “I am amazed at the ignorance which exists of your country, and I would suggest to you here, don’t allow the word ‘Australasia’ to interfere with your own individuality. While taking a generous broad outlook of the interests of the whole Empire, always keep the New Zealand flag. It is a country which deserves special and very interesting notice of its own, and [ would say to you, ‘Always send to the Old Country the very finest of your representatives. ”

The prompt action of the enginedri-ver, Mr. F. Sargent, was responsible fen saving the life of a live-year old bin when he wandered across the Eden View lailvgiy crossing, Auckland, in the track of an oncoming goods train. The tram i\ as rcdiK-mg speed preparatory to turning on to a loop when the driver noticed the child about to cross the line. .He blew the whistle, but the child took no notice. The brakes were immediately applied with full force, and with locked wheels the train hit the child, throwing him two or three feet clear of the line. The train came to a standstill witlun two engine-lengths, and when the offi•ials went to look for the boy, they found him suffering only from a few minor bruises of tlie arm, and from frigid:.-- Herald. Arrangements for the running of week-end railway excursions from Auckland to Rotorua will be made shortly. This is the result of a conference held in Rotorua between the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, the Hon. P. A. de la Ferrelle, Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister-in-Charge of the Tourist and Publicity Department, and Mr. H. H. Sterling, general manager of railways. The new service is to be inaugurated in the near future, and it is expected that it will afford many people their first opportunity of visiting the thermal district. “It is one of Die aims of the Tourist Department to increase the popularity of Rotorua,” staled Mr. de la Perrello. “The new scheme of weekend ex' ursions should help greatly towards this end. Trains will leave Auckland on Saturdays and return on Sundays, and there will be a considerable reduction in the fare.” —Auckland Herald. In every primary and infant school in northern Ireland, said Lord Craigavon, at the Mast-e.rton Rotary Club’s luncheon, they placed pictures ’Ey the best, British artists of life and work in the. pictures they attached catchwords, such as: “When you become a man, remember the pioneers of New Zealand. Buy the products of the Empire.” Through the school curriculum and in other ways much was done to teach the children what it meant to belong to the Empire. They were in every way a loyal people in Ulster. People here in New Zealand would have done the .same as Ulster did in the same circumstances. There was no law that could compel a British subject to give, up his nationality unless he desired to give it up. (Applause.) Suppose someone passed a law that Master! on should no longer belong to the, Empire. II would he ultra vires. The people of Masterton would say: “You can go, but we remain British subjects, and no law can drive us out-” That was all the people of Ulster did (Applause.)