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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17235, 15 April 1930, Page 6

The bridge over the Mangaiti stream on the Karakatuwhero road, in the Matakaoa County, for the construction of which tenders have been called, is a structure 30ft. in length and 10it. in width. The design calls for timber construction and the formation of earthwork approaches.

An amateur theatrical production which ran for a season of four nights at Taihapo was a distinct financial success. The door takings were Bill7, aim expenses £ GY, leaving a net prolit ol juioO, which was divided between tin school commit too and the producer, Mr. VV. Lints. As the school committee s portion will carry a ill for £1 suosidy, ihe school will benefit to tho extent ol £l5O.

Reporting on his visit to the annual meeting ol the New /.eaianit ltugoy Football l nion in Wellington last ween, Mr. A. g. Barker stated at, last evening s meeting ol the management commiuee of the Poverty Bay union that lie nan made every endeavor to obtain visits here this season Irom Auckland and Wellington, but his efforts, apart lrom being promised a visit lrom Auckland next year, had been unsuccessful. W eiiington was unable to send a team hero this season, but Manawhenua might pia.y here on the Friday between the two race days in duly. The match with Hawke s Bay was almost settled, and probably would bo played here m August. Mr. Barker, who had arranged tor ilie return match with Bay of Blenty to be playeu at Opoliki towards the end of duly, pointed out that this date should prove most favorable in view ol' the fact that it was a race day' here. 1

Possessing nothing in the way ol assets, and owing £ll2 12s lid to unsecured creditors, Reginald Thomas Goldsmith, freezing works employee, ot Gisborne, has tiled a petition in bankruptcy in the Supreme Court in Gisborne, and a meeting of Ins creditors will bo held in the jury-room at 2.30 p.m. on April 28. Following is a list ot the creditors: T. and H. Shields, 10s; I*. Haughie, 7s 6d; Fisken and Ludwig, £6 12s 6d; Whataupoko Meat Co., 10s; F. Stennor, £1 ss; Mclveague and Co., £i 7s 6d; All Cash Co., £2 17s 6d; S. Smith, £5 19s lOJd; Lane Bros., £6 19s 2d; Gisborne Gas Co., £6 15s; Cook Hospital Board, £l3 14s 6d; T. Stephens, £1 18s 6d; W. F. lies, 12s 6d; Jury and Parry, £1 18s sd; B. McLean, £8; K. Graham, £3; L. Robinson, £2 13s; R. Burt, £1 3s 4d; Mrs. Woods, 8s; It. Hannah and Co., £1 10s; H. Clayton, £1 3s 6d; 11. Farani, 10s 6d; McGruer and Co., ss; Lyndsny, 12s 6d; B. Galloway, 10s; G. M. l)odgshun, £4 16s; S. Whitehead, 14s 6d; Ball and Crawshaw, £3 ss; Mrs. T. Turnbull, £4 10s; F. Somervell, £8 10s; Whitfield and Kennedy, £10; McNeill, ss; Gisborne Dairy, 5s lOd; West End Dairy, ss; Dr. Gunn, £3; Dr. Wilson, £1 Is; T. It. Gordon, £1 ss; 11. Armstrong, 12s; Sim and McAra, 4s 9d; Bower Board, £2 15s.

Fourteen days’ imprisonment with hard labor was tlio sentence imposed by Messrs. F. C Leggett and 1). I). Hutton, J’s.lb, in tlio Police Court this morning on Albert Edward Whitcomb, alias Morton William, alias Dean George, 49, on a charge of being idle and disorderly, to which he pleaded not guilty. The accused admitted having been drunk yesterday. To the bench Ihe accused explained that he had £1 in his pocket, and had money due to him, but Senior-Sergeant Wade submitted that- whether he had money or not lie was idle and disorderly. Constable Birch stated that at noon yesterday he arrested the accused, who had been going about the streets bogging. He had staved at a boardinghouse for three nights and had not. paid his board, and had stopped three people on the street before witness arrested him. He had been frequenting the streets, and had been keeping company with a convicted thief, and with another man who had been convicted as a rogue and a vagabond. He was always in a half-drunken condition. The recused stated in evid once that be had been working on the railway at Waikokopu for 12 months, and was now on leave under doctor’s orders. .He Imd rnonev due to him at (he Public Works Department's office here. He still had work to go to. To Senior-Sergeant Wade, 'he accused admitte 1 that he had previously been convicted of vagrancy, theft, trespassing on a racecourse on two occasions, drunkenness and wilful damage, and using obscene language. He denied that he had not paid his board Tlio senior-sergeant : You are not alraid of committing perjury?’’ ’I he accused : No. On the charge of drunkenness I lie accused was convicted and discharged, and on tlio other charge lie was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment- with hard labor.

At Wanganui ,tlio magistrate reserved his decision in the case against Matthew Leo Rogers, factory manager of the Ruahiiie-Rarigiwalna Dairy Co., charged with selling cream containing potassium bichromate in large (juanlities. Payment of half the removal expenses of a. clergyman proceeding to his appointment as vicar of a parish is to ho made from Canterbury diocesan funds, according to a decision of the Standing Committee. Previously all the expenses were a charge on the parish to which the clergyman transferred. Whether pedestrians should walk on the right or left side of the roadway, especially at nights, was a matter upon which emphatic opinions were expressed by members of the North Island Motor Union at Wellington. The view was strongly expressed that they should [walk on the right-hand side. The chairman suggested that the matter should he referred to the authorities, and this course was adopted. Mr. W. Ail-ken, owner-rider, of Taihape, was injured on Saturday at the Wanganui Trotting Club’s meeting. Mo was riding Puna Jlaka in the fifth race —the Stewards’ Handicap—and had just entered the straight when Wee Thorpe, ridden by P. 11. Green, came across, and the two horses caught each other’s heels, both coming down. Mr. Aitken was taken to the Wanganui Hospital with a broken pelvis. The other rider and the (wo norses were unhurt. Mr. Aitken will probably have to remain in hospital for six months. Mr. C. Willetts, ui' Hawera, will take Puna flaka to Hawera to fulfil its engagements next week.

At the meeting of the Gisborne Chess Club on Saturday evening Sehlicliting and Gloavo succeeded in fending oil’ their respective challengers, Somervell and Fischbach, in the ladder competition. Somervell defeated Ritchie, and J. T. Witty won from Whitehead. The clubroom will be open each Thursday and Saturday from 7 o’clock so that schoolboys and others anxious to learn or improve can play. The following games should be cleared up by April 2(1: Scddon v. Sebliehting, Ritchie v. Cleave, Fisehbaeli v. Weatherly, Thompson v. Venning, Cameron v. Whitehead, and ,T. T. Wittv v. Jensen.

Judgment for plaintiffs by default was given by Messrs. F. C. Leggett and D. D. Hutton, J's.P., in the Police Court this morning in the following civil actions: Cook County Council v. Katerina Iverekere, 14s id, and costs 17s; same v. To Otu Rupi, 8s sd, and costs 17s; same v. Hau Mihaero, £1 2.s 7d, and costs 17s; same v. Tio Eruera, 5s Bd, and costs 17s; same v. Heta Te Kani, 5s Bd, and costs 17s; Sydney Palmer v. C. Rawle Williams, £l6, and costs £2 15s 6d; Ellen Hair v. Edward Kennedy, £6 15s, and costs £1 11s 6d; Kenneth Wood v. Benjamin Walker, £3, and costs £1 3s 6d; Russell and Sandlant v. T. B. Clarke, £2 2s 9d, and costs £1 11s 6d.

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Turanganui Public Library was held last night, Mr. J. Jackson, the president, being in tlie chair. It was reported that the increase of subscribers still continued, there being now 545 as against 533 last month. The 93 books put into circulation comprised 76 novels, one biography, four war 'books, four oi travel, and three juvenile. One history, tlireo novels and one juvenile book had been presented. A number of new suggestions were received from the chief librarian, who had attended the annual conference of the Libraries’ Association of New Zealand at Auckland, and these the committee decided to carry out-. Jt was resolved that the library should' be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. "

A scheme for supplying posters _to schools for the purpose of educating children on the subject of “safety first’’ was brought before the North Island Motor Union at Wellington. The scheme was intended to cover 1803 schools in the North Island and 1097 in the South Island. The cost was estimated, at £SOO a year for the two islands. A sub-committee urged that the strongest argument in favor of t> scheme was that if principles of safe road usage were to be inculcated into adults they must start by educating the child. * The proposal recommended was to supply posters once to each school, together with a leaflet for the teacher explaining the lesson each poster is to convey. It was agreed to proceed with tlie scheme and obtain designs to ho submitted to the next meeting of tho executive.

The early indications announced last week for tlio first New Zealand shipments of the season’s Cox’s apples to the London market were distinctly favorable, and later advice received today by Mr. J. C. Hardy, secretary of the Poverty Bay Fruitgrowers’ Association, confirms the early reports. The advice was from the Fruit Control Board quoting under date of April 12 a cable message from its London representative, who reported that the s.s. ltangitane, whi'-jli carried the first shipment of Cox’s, bad completed discharge, with the Cox’s mainly in excellent - condition and prices ranging from 22s to 2is. ibis price is a high one, and better Ilian the first lot realised last season. The Gravensteins were in forward condition with slight waste, and sold at 10s to 12s. while other varieties, in good condition except for bruising, realised 11s to 14s. The first of t lie Poverty Bay Cox’s were dispatched to connect with this vessel.

(3n e subject which will be discussed at the next meeting of the management committee of the Poverty Bay Rugby Union will* bo a new system of admission tickets for players to the. Oval. This matter was mentioned at last evening’s meeting bv the chairman, Mr. A. S. Parker, who felt it was time the union took a definite step towards, prohibiting non-players gaining admission to the ground without paying. He pointed out that some of the players were accompanied to the Oval by friends, who were allowed to carry a jersey and pair of boots, and in this fashion they posed as players. In past seasons the number of free admissions to the Oval must have been considerable, said Mr. Parker, and lie urged the union to take steps this season to stop the practice. Mr. Parker explained that lie had a system in view which should be the means of dealing with the matter, but ho wished to discuss it with the secretary, Mr. W. S. McKee, and treasurer, Mr. G. .T. Jenne, before outlining it to members.

The exuberance of youth seems to Ik> particularly developed in students. They have a disconcertin''' sense of humor. The ‘ ‘ medicals ’ ’ and “dentals” in the medical school in Dunedin suspended their studies and assembled on the steps to see all there might be to see wnen the Governor(ieneral and I,ndy Bledisloe arrived at the public hospital on Friday". Shortly before Their Kxeeliencies appeared, a temporarily deserted road was occupied bv a dilapidated trap driven by a bewhiskered rural gentleman of advanced years. Much to his surprise, he was regarded as a subject of vital interest and was cheered to 'he echo by the students. A few minutes later one bright soul in the student body conceived a method of enlivening the lull in the proceedings by simply leaning out of a third floor window and carelessly depositing the contents of a bucket of water on the unfortunates below. This action was received with hearty laughter from all those who did not happen to be on the steps.

Starting in August last, a .company that is now fully established has a factory in Bathgate road, near the ropeworks in South Dunedin, actively engaged in the fruit-canning business, concentrating on the products of (he Roxburgh orchards. According to reports received by the Auckland Export Committee from the High Commissioner in London and from the Government Analyst, a portion of the Auckland eggs shipped to England during the flush season arrived in an unsatisfactory condition.

A short flight was made at Whakatano a few days ago by Mr. John Allison in his monoplane. After lie had alighted the plane struck a hole in the ground and damaged the undercarriage somewhat. This had to be repaired, so that Mr. Allison was not able to fly to Opotiki, as he had intended. An interesting incident of the early days in Taranaki is recalled by the fact that there has come into the possession of Mr. Allie Wood, of New Plymouth, the anchor of tho barque Harriett, which was wrecked near Opunake in the year 1834. The anchor was obtained by Air. Wood from the well-known Maori Kaliui, a descendant of the Kahui, who was amongst the natives a giving first on the scene after the wreck of the barque. -Sixty-one years after tho wreck tho elder Kahui committed bis version of'the whole affair to paper, and it was published by Mr. Percy Smith in his “Maori History of the Taranaki Coast.”

For placing obstructions dangerous to human life on a main highway, Hector Howell, at Te Aroha, was fined £5 and costs. Evidence called by the police showed that Howell motored two companions to a dance hall, apparently for the purpose of annoying dancers by pelting the roof of the hall with apples. Howell and his companions wore said to have then driven hurriedly away, and placed some concrete pipes of large diameter in an upright position across the road in a position highly dangerous to motor traffic. Howell refused to disclose the names of his companions, and himself accepted the blame.

The possibility of an airship service between England and Australia being in operation in the course of the nextfour or five years was mentioned at Christchurch by Captain J. D. Paul, who is chairman of directors of Boulton and Paul. Ltd., of England, the constructors of the giant- British dirigible RlOl. He expressed great faith in airships, and he holds the view that they will eventually displace aeroplanes on long journeys. The firm which Captain Boulton directs is soon to produce a light aeroplane, which will be sold in New Zealand at a cost of about £650. It will have a 40-borsepower engine, and will have a top speed of 90 miles an hour and cruising speed of 70. A wish that the people would realise the importance of the railways and give them their support was expressed by the Minister of Railways, the Hon. W. B. Taverner, at a civic reception tendered to him in Nelson. Mr. Taverner said a public was growing up that did not think of the railways. He realised the comfort of motor travel, but everyone should realise the importance of tire railways. If the railways were stopped for a fortnight, motors could not do the work. The railways were run at a loss, as in most, countries. The loss this year would be about £1,000,000, but the users of the roads had to pay for the loss on the railway. That was a point they did not realise. Mr. Taverner said it was the intention of the Government to push on with the Midland line, but the speed l of construction was controlled by the amount of money available. The Government knew that the sooner it was Completed tho sooner some revenue would be obtained from it.