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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17227, 5 April 1930, Page 4

During the past four weeks over 12,000 cases of apples have been shippel from Gisborne for overseas, bringing the total for tho season to just over 14,000 cases. Yesterday's shipment comprised 3013 cases of Ballarats, Delicious, and Sturmers for several of the overseas markets.

The barque Rewa has been offered as a gift to the Government as a training ship for the mercantile marine, and if the offer is not accepted she will either be sold or taken out to sea at the earliest opportunity. So stated a letter from Mr G. W. Bews, agent for the owners, read at the Jast meeting of the Auckland Harbor Board.

A well-attended and enthusiastic meeting was held at the Ormond presbytery on Wednesday evening to further the arrangements for the i.nnunl Catholic ball. The various parts of the parish were well represented, and Father Lyons was in (lie chair A strong committee was appointed to organise the ball, and the hope was expressed that last year's success would be eclipsed by the results of the forthcoming function. The date chosen for tho ball is May 8, and the locale the Kaitaratahi public hall.

A line of 10s and costs was imposed by Messrs. W. Hamilton Irvine and O. Blackburn, J's.P., in the Police Oourt this morning on a. young man, .Sydney Forbes, who pleaded guilty to committing an indecent act in Gladstone road yesterday. Senior-Sergeant Wade explained that the accused had been out with a number of other men, and had had a few drinks when he committed the offence. He had not been before the court on any previous occasion. In imposing the line, the bench warned the accused that he was liable to a fine of £5 for such an offence.

An extraordinary tale was told by Senior-Sergeant Wade in the Police Court, this morning, when a native of Finland, Tsak Edward Tier, 30, appeared before Messrs. W. Hamilton Irvine and 0. Blackburn, J's.P., on a charge of trespassing on premises in Whataupolco. In applying for a remand for eight days, the. senior-sergeant said the circumstances were somewhat unusual, 'the accused, while staying at a boardinghouse in town, had met a married woman, who was living with her husband, and apparently fell in love with her. She removed to another house, and since then the accused has been frightening her and the people with whom she was living. He was continually hanging about the house and going on to the premises, and the police ordered him away on two occasions yesterday, before arresting him. On each occasion be commenced to cry, and said he could not leave the girl The speaker was of the opinion that accused was mentally unbalanced, and he wished to have him remanded in order that he might he examined at the gaol. The bench remanded foe accused until April 14. Regarded as a business proposition, the R.S.A. relief fund which takes en re of unemployed returned soldiers is well worthy of .support, according to figures taken from the statement of accounts of the Gisborne association of ex-service men, and supported by the customary vouchers. Last year the R.S.A. received through the medium of the Poppy Day appeal a total of £252, including the receipts from country centres of population. With this amount to work on. it was able to make a total of £ll7O avaUablo for wages to returned men, this monoy being expended through the Borough Council to a considerable extent. The 'iI.S.A. executive points to a number of improvements to the town's environments, such as the Kaiti beach road, the Kaiti esplanade embankment, and other works of a similar nature throughout the borough and suburbs as evidence of tho wise spending of the funds raised during tho past four years. It is not to be wondered at that the Poppy Day appeal this vear is being made with confidence in a hearty public response

The O'tago subscriptions to the obstetrical fund now total £2315, and South land's totol is £438. The Native Land Court will sit at Te Araroa next Friday, and it is expected that the business for the session will occupy about three days. —Special. During tho past few days very little rain has been experienced at Te Arai'oa, but a heavy sea has been running. The weather was fine to-day, but the sea was still rough.—Special.

At the Rotary conference at The Chateou, presentations of New Zealand travelling rugs were made to Ihe three Japanese, two American and one Hawaiian visiting Rotarians. It was reported at a meeting of the Auckland Harbor Board that the Local Government Loans Board had approved the raising of £240,000, part of the 1024 loan of £1,000,000, and that arrangements had 'been made to borrow £IOO,OOO from the A.M.P. at o/, per cent.

As a result; of being struck on the forehead by a stone, yesterday afternoon, Glendower, the 12-year-old son of .Mr and Sirs L. Cooke, of iramii road, Kaiti, received injuries which necessitated his removal to Cook Hospital. An operation was performed, and this morning his condition was reported to be satisfactory.

In connect ion with the reported drop in fat stock prices, the following is the schedule for the Taruheni works from next Monday:—Lambs; Prime, U/3«1b., 7.M; :!7/421b., 6id; 0/421b., lUd; seconds, <>:jd. Wethers, U/su'lb., figd; 57/04111., 4.M; 1)5/7211)., 4Jd; 0/7211)., :Ud; seconds, 4}d. Ewes: 17301 b., 3£d; r>7/()41b., 2Jd; Co/721b., 2;]d; 0/721b., 2|d. Hoggets: Prime, ijjjd; seconds, 44 d.

Uuo step towards the tiiuniate compleiion of Messrs. Wm. Pettie and Co.'s extensive building scheme was taken this morning when the barricade surrounding Ibe new windows on the comer of Gladstone road and Customhouse street was removed. A good deal of interior and exterior work still remains to be done, however, but some of the new windows 1 ave been attractively dressed, and the interior of the new building is being stocked.

"Recognising that the deer menace was of more concern to the South Island than to the North, it was decided '.hat a conference on the subject should .e held in Christchurch on May 7," said the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle to a representative of the Christchurch Press. "Wo have invited all interested, and they are numerous, to meet and confer with the departmental heads to see if they can evolve some method dealing with the menace." '' There is no comparison between sailormcn of to-day and when I was before the mast," said Captain E. V. Hale Monro at the annual meeting of the Wellington branch of the British Sailors' Society. "When I first went to sett," he said, "sailors used to get £2/10/- a month, and when they signed on all they received for their Irst montk's pay was a 'donkey's broiikfast,' a piece of soap, and a boxes of matches."

An Order-in-Couneil issued on Thursday authorises the Tongariro National Park Board to borrow an additional £20.000 from the Public Trustee for Ihe purposes of the park hostel. The rate of interest is to be C per cent. Under tho 1028 Finance Act, the board was empowered to borrow up to £40,000 for the erection of the Chateau, but an amendment last year increased the figure to £OO,OOO. 'The Order-in-Council lis made in accordance with last session's legislation.

Tin' Native Land Court at Rotorua reserved its decision on the petition from certain members of the Ngatiwhakane tribe, claiming rents and bath fees. The Chief Judge, Mr. R. N. Jones, said every man' was entitled to petition, ami these people had taken advantage of that right. The Government wanted these matters cleared up, and it would not be unfair. Ho warned the petitioners, that they must not "trade" on receiving a lot of money. .Ho could assure them they would not get it.

Mr. J. F. Cousins, secretary of the New Zealand .Motor Traders' Assoeia tinii. speaking at a gathering of motor car distributors in Wellington, said he thought there was too great a feeling of pessimism regarding the future of the motor industry. It was quite on the cards, of course, that business would be more restricted this year than bad been the case last year, but even so be was sire there would he a fair volume of business. So great bad been the strides of motor transport in recent years that the;e was no need for a. feeling ol pessimism as far as the trade was concerned. All. that was needed was enthusiasm and team work.

Righty-five years ago Hone Hoke cut down the flagstaff at Russell, sacked the town, and went on the warpath. On April 9 next there will be unveiled al ihe base of the modern flagstaff, that. stands on the identical spot of the old one, a memorial tablet which was presented by Mr. Hector Morpeth, of Auckland. The ceremony will be performed by .Judge Acheson and one of the chiefs of the Ngapuhi. Several hundred Maoris will be present, and a large gathering of Europeans is expected, the invited including the Parliamentary leaders, navy and military heads, local body representatives, and other prominent people.—Star. "'1 differ from Mr l . Martin, fundamentally and completely," remarked Mr. P. Eraser, M.P., at the Trades Hall, Wellington, when a questioner asked bis opinion of the tribute to the. Minister of Public Works, the Hon. E. A. Ransom, paid by the Labor member for Raglan. "Certainly," said Mr. Fraser, "I am not joining in F.ny laudation of Mr. Ran>som." Mr. Fraser expressed the opinion that Mr. Martin's eulogy was probably meant as a joke. Certainly it read like a joke. Perhaps it had been spoilt in transmission, for even newspaper reporters sometimes failed to see the point of a joke. As to Mr. Martin's reported statement that be would be glad to give Mr. Ransom a very hearty welcome to the Labor Party, 'Mr. Fraser said be thought Mr. Ransom was the last man in Parliament to have anything in common with Labor.

"Mention the other day in the Star of the failure of the watermelon crop at Whangaparaoa reminded me of just the reverse down in Poverty Bay,' writes Waikanae to the Auckland Star. "Travelling through the famous Poverty Pay flats, 1 was astonished at the wonderful crops of pumpkins. Down thero the people grow them bv the acre, not in garden patches, and I saw tons and tons of splendid large pumpkins lying rotting on the ground. The supply is obviously much greater than tbo demand, for even after supplying the market and feeding quantities to live stock, the farmers find their fields simply littered with pumpkins. Of course, the rotting vegetables will not actually be wasted, as they will act as manure for the land, but it' did seem a pity that such quantities should not bo used for food. One would think that a depot in the cities where cheap, or perhaps free, pumpkins could be obtained would be greatly appreciated by tbo unemployed during tho coming winter."