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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17229, 8 April 1930, Page 6

A collision betwen a motor cyclist, Mr. David Seragg, and a cyclist, Miss Bartlett, occcurred yesterday at the intersection of Roebuck and Palmerston roads. Miss Bartlett was thrown heavily, Hut. apart from'a bruised arm she escape,! injury.

Authority has been issued for the expenditure of £2OOO granted to tlm Waiapu County Council for the Maku rika-Matahiia road, states the Herald s Wellington correspondent. The section of the road concerned in the grant is a length of two and three-quarter miles.

Judgment for the plaintiff by de fault for 17s and costs 12s was given by Messrs. E. W. Riach and (Bias Matthews, J ’s.l’., in the Magistrate’.Court this morning in a civil action in which John Ralph Grayson proceedeu against Sydney Epairama.

A statement presented at last night’s meeting of tlio Palmerston North Borough Council showed that the financial year just ended had been one ol the best in the history of the borough. During the year there had not once been the need of an overdraft, and the year had ended with a cash credit at the Hank of £26,250.

The Minister of Public Works has advised that the contract for transport of railway construction materials between Gisborne and the, depot at Bartlett’s (Kopua) lias been again given to Dominion Supplies, Ltd. The tender of Mr. A. K. Davis has been accepted for tlie erection of cottages at the station yard, Waihua, in the Wairoa district.— Special.

A recent addition to the equipment ol the new pa at Haiti. Polio-o-Rawiri, n the bell which formerly hung at the old pa and summoned the native congregation to worship there. The bell, which will he hung eventually in a special belfry, is believed to have been used in the early days at the Waerenga-a-hika mission, established by Bishop Williams before the Hauhau rising. It was brought to Gisborne when the mission was in danger of attack, and did not return to Waerenga-a-hika. Intimating that two further charges were to be preferred against the accused, Detective McLeod, in -the Police Oourt this morning, applied foil remand until Tuesday next in till case in which Gordon Williams, 22 who appeared on remand, was charged with tin- theft on April 1 of a diamond ring valued at foil, the property of Mrs. Frances Quinn. Messrs. F. W. Riach and Gluts. Matthews. J ’s.l’., granted the remand. Mr. J. S. Wauchop appeared for the accused.

At last evening’s meeting of tiie man. agement committee of the Poverty Bay Cricket'Association it was reported that the positions of the teams in the association's competitions were as follow Seniors.—A section, Old Boys 60, Gisborne Club 46, City 37, Turanganui 36; li section, Celtic 40, Civil Service 29, Poverty Bay Club 27, High School 13. Juniors.—Celtic 70, Turanganui 51. Championship awards were made as follows : Barry Cup, Old Boys; Cranney Cup, Celtic; Alhambra Shield, Celtic juniors.- The committee resolved to forward letters of congratulation to the winning teams.

A successful meeting was held last evening by Loyal Gisborne Lodge, 6087, Manchester Unity, an interesting event being the visit, of Bro. W Tyrrell, of the Loyal Valley Lodge, Dunedin, to whom the N.G. extended, on behalf ol the host lodge, a very warm welcome. Reference was made to the fact that Bro. Tyreil had not been in Gisborne for some 40 years, and the hope was expressed that his stay in the district on this occasion would he highly beneficial from the health point of view. The honors of the order were given to Bro. Tyreil by tlio lodge members, and later Bro. Tyreil made a suitable response to the remarks of the N.G. The white degree was then given in open lodge by lecture master Bro. H. T. Sinden, P.G., assisted by the secretary. The animal reports from the Auckland district were received, special reference being made to the recent, revaluation of the district. The secretary made an interesting explanation of the reports, and gave the members much food for consideration. A special sub-committee was appointed to arrange for the annual ball, and to submit a report to the next meeting, which owing to Easter Monday falling on lodge night, will he postponed for a fortnight from the usual date. Bro. ('. H. Ambridge, P.G., a director of the New Zealand branch, leaves for Palmerston North shortly to participate in the conference anil in the jubilee celebrations of the Loyal Manawatu Lodge.

Arising out of a series of burglaries last year in connection with which two youths were ultimately brought to justice, Harold King Cole, 18, appeared before Messrs. F. AV. Riach and Gluts. Matthews, J’s.l’., in the Police Court this morning, and, electing to be dealt with summarily, pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving from Herbert Little, on November 1, a gold watch and chain valued at £2O, knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained. Senior-Sergeant Wade explained that the charge arose out of a number of cases some time ago in which two youths were convicted on .several charges of .breaking and entering and theft. Dole received a pair of field glasses and the watch and chain from Little, but through a mistaken idea of loyalty to his companions, lie did not disclose to the police that he had the watch and chain. Later he returned •the watch and chain anonymously to ‘the owner. Cole knew that .they had been stolen, and he should have advised file police that they were in his possession,-in which case this charge would not have arisen. He had received 12 months’ probation for receiving the field glasses, and this charge was .brought merely to have the matter cleared up. The accused was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within. 12. months.

Surprise was expressed at a meeting of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce that a main highway was classed under the .Motor Vehicles Act as merely a fourthgrade road. The particular section is irorn -Mokau to To Kuiti on the only direct route from New Plymouth to Auckland.

The three Turanga-o-moana properties near Matamata, totalling 2000 acres, which have been under option to the Government for closer settlement, have been rejected. There was a difference of approximately £4 per acre in the price asked and that at which the Land Purchase Board valued the properties.

“From 1927, when the last award was made, to the end of 1929, there has been a steady fall in the price of clothing, drapery, footwear, and miscellaneais expenditure. There has been a slight increase in the cost of food, but as this item is largely supplied by the employers it can hardly be taken into account.'’—A statement- made in the Arbitration Court at Wellington, during the hearing of the tearoom and hotel workers' dispute. Careful attention has been devoted to the provision of efficient life-saving appliances on the motor ship Rangitiki, ivhieli is loading frozen produce here for London. The outfit of lifeboats includes eight of 30ft- in length, with aocommoda lion for 83 persons, two of the same size lifted with wireless apparatus, and two emergency boats ot 22ft- in length. They are constructed on the covering principal. Features or the equipment of the boats are the patent hand-propelling gear and shock-absorbing lifting hook;.

“The union's request that each worker’s week shall commence on tin day lie or she commences work would merely boa, source of inconvenience and ‘inhoyance to the proprietors,” said Mr. . E. Wright al the hearing of the tea oorns and hotel workers’ dispute in the \rbitration Court at Wellington. “The •ustom now is for the week to apply t lire whole stall’. Suoli a condition would make the clause practically inoperable, as in many establishments every day o!' the week could easily become wages da i >r one or another member of the staff.' About 80 visitors were shown over lie New Zealand -Shipping Co.’s new motor ship Rangitiki yesterday afternoon, and the numerous remarkable devices and magnificent appointments were shown to them by the stewards. Afternoon tea was served in the first : class dining saloon, and the refresh ments were greatly appreciated by th visitors after their -tour through tin miles of corridors, cabins, and public rooms. This afternoon over 200 people were shown over the vessel, while the agents were unable to issue more passes owing to the uncertain weather conditions and limited launch facilities. Proof of a remarkable retentive memory was given the other day by a girl in an Auckland tobacconist’s shop (says the Star). Two years and a hat: ago an Aucklander went to Fiji, and left behind him a favorite pipe, which lie, had taken to the tobacconist’s to bo repaired. He returned to Auckland

a. few days ago, and when he rememIrered his old pipe ho decided to gland see what had happened to it. Behind the counter was the girl to whom ho had given the pipe, and before lie had time to make any remark she said: “Your pipe has been repaired. Mr. Blank.” As lie had been in the shop only three or four times before he left his pipe, lie is prepared to giv< the girl a first-class certificate for memory.

The dangers of quicksand on tin edges of the Monawatu River have been brought home to the men workin; on the Kopijtaroa stream, neai where the latter empties into the Manawatu River. Recently a valuable team of four horses belonging to Mr. R Lind, one of the contractors, wa: taken to the edge of the river for n drink, at a spot where the sand wa? believed to he firm, when without am warning the crust gave way and the horses commenced to sink in the sand One horse struggled out without assis fame, but the others sank deeper. One horse became engulfed until only it: head was visible, and its life was onl\ aived by men holding; its head up t< save it from suffocation. After workint for over two hours with ropes am other horses, the three animals were rescued. ‘‘Shipping generally is in a prettv ' ad state of depression and cannot be come any worse,” stated Major Sir Her bert Cayzer, M.P., managing directoi if the Gian Line Steamers Ltd., whe with his wife and daughter arrived n: Wellington by the Ulimaroa recently. “Shipowners are all losing money. Wo tie looking forward, however, to ar improvement before very long,” lit added. “There have been a good many si earners tied up doing nothing at Home tor some time; hut none of ours art tied up, I am glad to say.” Sir Herbert C'avzer, who is a brother of Lady Jell hoe's, said in reply to a question that Lord and Lady Jeilicoe were 'both very well indeed when he saw them last. When lie left Home Lady Jeilicoe anti her daughter Nornli were away on a trip to the West Indies, and he saw Lord fellidio in the South of France on his wav out. “Lord Jeilicoe,” remarked Ma-ior Cayzer, “was in the final of the golf tournament there. Not so bad for an old man!” “The law has always been especially harsh on the leper,” said the Rev. F. A. IVuwshaw, the New Zealand secretary to the Mission to Lepers, preaching in the Durham Street Methodist Church. Christchurch. “They have been treated as outcasts for many centuries, but it is time the world turned to Christianity in action instead of Christianity in words, and assisted in a practical manner in the extermination of this disease.” Mr. Crawshaw stated that there were something like 3,000,000 lepers in the world, many of them children, and onh'*' a. very small percentage of them were being adequately treated and cared for. By the injection of a refined oil into the flesh two or three times a welc, wonderful results had already been achieved, said the speaker, and in the last 10 years several thousands of lepers had been cured. Only last year, in India alone, 245 cases were discharged as free from the disease. The work was being hindered by want of accommodation md funds, and Mr. Crawshaw appealed for practical support in order that the tpporlunity of conquering the disease mild be fully developed. There was a good meeting of members >f the Poverty Bay Society for the Prevent ion of Cruelty to Animals, in the Holy Trinity Hall last, evening, Mr. A. B. Scott presiding. The rules of the iid Fast Coast society were revised and adopted us amended. The following itfieers were elected: President, Mr. Howard Kemvav; vice-president, Mrs. M. Terry: lion, secretary and treasurer, Mr. A. Cleave; lion, sub-inspectors, Messrs. CL Brooke-Carfer and J. B. Poviiter: committee, Mesdamcs N. F. Walker, C. M. Hutchinson, H. G. WellDonie, and J. M. Monclcton, Miss Gukev, and Messrs. CL B. Carter, F. It. 'till. A. B. Scott, A. J. Terry and H. L Wellborne. Mr. Gleavo said he would accept the seeretaiyship for 18 nontlis, when lie hoped the branch votild he thoroughly established and a , r oiinger man appointed to carry on the vork. He,emphasised the fact that the lociety’s chief object was to educate and lot 'to prosecute, except in extreme and kigrant cases alter due warning had men given. The meeting terminated vitli a vote of thanks to Canon Packe md the church vestry for use of the hall.