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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17203, 8 March 1930, Page 4

Mrs. E. Allison is not available for the Maori v. pakehn tennis match on Monday, and Miss M. Humphreys has been selected in her place in the pakeha team.

“I think it is rather important at present, as the Chamber might he able to assist us with the wool question,” commented Mr. J. C. Field at to-day s meeting of the Poverty Bay Farmers’ Union, when a letter from the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce suggested that the Union should nominate a member to attend the Chamlber meetings. Mr. Feild was appointed, The Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Hamer Club had anticipated sending a team to Nepier shortly to compete lor the Hawke’s Bay Shield, but at a meeting of the local committee last evening it was decided to definitely cancel the proposed visit this year as sufficient competitors were unavailable. It was agreed to make an endeavor to compete lor the shield early next season.

A large party oi’ members of the tit. Andrew’s and Abercorn Sunday schools and of the men’s and gills’ Bible classes conducted in connection with the Presbyterian Church left town this morning lor the annual picnic, which is being held at the l’atutahi Domain. Mr. t. A. Clark, superintendent of St. Andrew’s Sunday school, was at the head of the committee supervising the arrangements.

From now on export apples should be leaving Gisborne in good quantities, and a largie consignment was despatched to Wellington yesterday. This shipment comprised 1132 cases ol Dunns, Delicious and Jonathans, and makes the total for the . season to date 1677 cases. A few Cox’s Orange Pippins were sent with the first two shipments, bat the crop of this variety is very light in Poverty Bay this season, and none was available for yesterday’s consignment.

This morning’s fire alarm was the result of a slight mishap to an electrical wireman whoso foot slipped while climbing a pole, breaking the glass and turning on an automatic alarm. The brigade was summoned to the station, and tiie engine was about to start lot the neighborhood whence had come the alarm, but the. linesman' had the presence of mind to telephone the lirestation in time to intercept the brigade’s turnout.

There is no prospect of the Te Wera block being thrown open for selection in the immediate future, a pressman learned from the Minister of Lands and Agriculture, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, who arrived in Gisborne last evening. The land is being farmed in one block at present by the department, and is at least meeting the expenses incurred by the department, the flocks being of good quality and the pasturage satisfactory. It is not open to any intending settler to apply at present for any of the sections into which the block lias been subdivided, but when the time is opportune the property will be thrown open as a whole lor selection.

Advice from the Gisborne agent of the Auckland Automobile Association, Mr. G. Crawshaw, indicates that the signposting patrol leaves Auckland on March 10, and, after travelling through the Bay of Plenty, is to carry out an extensive programme in the Gisborne district. A number of new danger signs are to he erected and fresh directions will ho placed on the East Coast road. The association’s activities in this district have made a wonderful improvement for road users and on the main routes it is now hardly possible to mistake the way. Another service patrol is shortly to visit the Gisborne district, when a further series of headlight tests will lie conducted.

Whatnupoko competitors loomed largely among the prize winners at the High School swimming sports yesterday afternoon. The winners of all four championships were from that suburb, they being D. Muir, senior boys, M. McGibhon, junior hoys, P. Cato, senior girls, and O. Broad, junior girls. In addition, one of the Whatnupoko teams was successful in the four relay races, while a second place was secured in each- of the other three by representatives of that area. The two boys’ relay races resulted as follow: —Senior bays: Haiti (Craig Martin, MeLprnon, and Knox) 1, Whataupoko (Muir, Maunder, Hopkinson, and Nelson) 2, Waikanae (Mace, Grant, Foster, and Ross) 3, School (McKay, Sherratt, Shanks, and Shanks) 4. Junior boys: Whatnupoko (Mi-Gibbon, McKee, Wane-hop, and Higgs) 1. Haiti (Armstrong, Forster, Bowie, and Scott) 2, Wniknne (Green, Dowell, Robb, McDuffie) 3, School (Shalfoon, Lynch, White, and Newman) 4.

It was made dear at a meeting of the Wanganui A. and P. Association that it was useless to ask for a Royal Show to be held in Wanganui until suitable buildings were provided. Three vessels are discharging fertiliser cargoes at Auckland, and the shortage of railway trucks has caused a serious position. A telegram has been despatched to the general manager of railways. The extra handling, it is stated, will mean an added 2s 6d per ton, which will be passed on to the farmers. A proposal to secede from the parent body and form a separate association was discussed at some length by the Manawatu branch of the Wellington Justices’ Association, but it was decided to bold a decision over to a further meeting.

An Auckland-bound service Car from New Plymouth in passing through the Awakino Gorge, struck a light car, driven by a member of the Amalgamated Dairies’ staff, who was accompanying the Australian dairy delegation. The service car swung off the road and slid to rest upright in the swamp. No passengers were injured.

At a meeting of the Opotiki branch ol tlie United Party Political Association the following motion was carried unanimously: “That- the meeting deprecates the action of Air. A. E. Davy, late chairman of the executive, and considers his action unjustifiable and disloyal to the party, and has every confidence in the United Party and .Sir Joseph Ward as a leader.

Referring to the message from Her .Majesty the Queen, expressing her interest in the campaign in New Zealand lor the endowment of a. chair of midwifery, .Sir .Joseph Ward, Prime Minister,, stated that the campaign iiad his heartiest support. The movement concerned a most important branch of public health, namely, the protection of motherhood and the welfare of infancy.

Burglars entered the Midhirst Hotel, .Stratford, and the licensee, Mr. A. E. Gei rat'd, reports the loss of a large sum ol money from the pocket of his trousers which were left on a chair in his bedroom. On rising Mr. Gerrard discovered ilie loss of his trousers, which were later found thrown over a fence near the building. The key of the safe was in one of the pockets, but it had not been made use of.

Sites for the surveyors’ camps in connection with a resurvey of the routes for the proposed Paeroa-Pokeno railway, were selected at Ngatea recently. The route proposed will bring the line nearer to the township of Ngatea and will also reduce the number of bridges to one. The present route to be surveyed will follow the right bank of the F’iako River from Kerepeehi to Ngatea, instead of crossing the Awati Canal, the ’iako River, and the Putanga Canal, as did the last route surveyed.

Though the Lands Department is interested in the experiment now in progress in the Rotorua district in respect ol native settlement of pumice lands, the scheme is almost entirely in the hands ol the Minister of Native Affairs, Sir Apirana Ngata, and for this reason the Hon. <!. W. Forbes, under whose administration come the lands and agricultural departments, declined last evening to discuss the matter. His only comment was to the effect that much is hoped from the scheme, the Government’s financial stake in which is' a sufficient indication of official interest.

The monthly meeting of the East Coast Rabbit Board was held this morning, Mr, E. M. Hutchinson presiding. There were also present Messrs. M. T. Trafford, E„ M. Moncktoii, M. L. Holden, 0. G. Holdsworth, and D. M. Ross. Accounts amounting to £433 17s 8d were passed for payment. Inspector Burgess reported that nine rabbits had been killed in the Galatea district during February. Inspector Dawson advised that during the month he had cover ad a fair portion of the Wairoa district, including the greater portion of the country between Moliaka and the Wairoa River. He found the country in fair order. Only two rabbits had been killed during the month, one at Otoi, and the other at Tutaekuri.

Flattering reports of tlie condition and quality of Sliow lambs and wethers despatched to London for judging were received by the Poverty Bay A. and P. Association at its meeting to-day. The reports stated that the lambs had sold at Is per II)., and the wethers at 8d per lb. The chairman, Mr. R. \Y. Coop, suggested that prize-winning competitors in the export classes be recommended to shin their entries Home for sale there, in preference to disposing of them here. Bv this means, he considered, the district could be given a good advertisement, and the farmers would be able to secure an excellent guide as to what the trade at Home required. The suggestion was endorsed by the committee, and was deferred for discussion later when the 1931 Show is in process of organisation.

Reports of an imminent drop in the Haw lie’s Bay schedule of export meat values have been circulating during the last day or two, the fluctuation of the market having prepared the farmers for some such announcement. Beef prices have already receded, and it will not be surprising if the next week sees a reduction in lamb and mutton. An interesting development in the export meat market is the re-establishment of the margin between the prices fur first and second qualities of lamb and mutton. In past years the margin has been Id per lb., but this season opened with a margin of only -|d, this being later reduced to id per lb. All buyers operating in the district have now re-estab-lished the margin between first and second quality at |d per lb., it is reported on good authority.

The retirement at the end of this month of Dr. J. S. Maclaurin, Dominion Analyst, recalls to mind the value of what is known as the cyanide process for the extraction of gold. During the ’nineties, Dr. Maclaurin published in the “Transactions of the Chemical Society (London)” his researches on the solvent action on gold of cyanide solutions. These were of such outstanding merit that he was elected a Fellow of the society, the first New Zealander to be so honored. This work had very great practical importance, for it proved that air was necessary for the solution of gold, and it paved the way to successive improvements in the process of the recovery of gold from 1 its ores by a cyanide, a process by which at least half of the ±130,000,000 worth of gold won from the earth each year is extracted to-day.

“On account of my absence from the Dominion for the next eight months, 1 wish to hand in my resignation as a member of the committee,’’ wrote Mr. V. 0. R. Mitford to tho Poverty Bay A. and P. Association, in a letter read at to-day’s meeting. “It is better that I should do this than ask for leitvo of absence,” tlio letter continued. “I have been on the committee and a steward for tho last 25 years, and it is quite time 1 pulled out to make room for a younger and more energetic man. 1 enclose a small cheque for the new showground, and wish your committee success with your carnival, so as to be able to claim Mr. H. G. Tucker’s generous offer. I trust that your president will see his wa v to accept re-appointment for a further term of office, and in this I am sure every member will back me up.” The resignation was accepted with regret, as were also those of Messrs. 0. Borland and P. Sherratt, the services of the gentlemen named being the subject of complimentary remarks.