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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17236, 16 April 1930, Page 4

The new white and black motor reg is!ration plates for 1930-31 have loci received at the Chief Post Office, Gis borne. The change of plates is require! to be effected by June 1. License fees collected by the Bon! County Council since April totalled 61( Us Sd. The collections made were: Motor lorry licenses. 2 fees collected £5 14s 9d; vehicle licenses, 2, .610 motor drivers’ licenses. 4, £l.

A review of the present main highways and recommendations for the declaration of new secondary highways are two of the main subjects for discussion at, the next meeting of the No-. 4 District Highways Council, to be held in Gisborne on April 24. Notification of the meeting came before the Cook County Council at its meeting to-dav. A small rhesus monkey which escaped from the Auckland Zoo on Monday night was recaptured this afternoon in Morningside. The animal, which was not caged, was confined in a small enclosure bv a leather strap attached t-o a post, and during the night it- •chewed the strap through. About noon it was seen bv a woman living in Morningside, and the zoo officials were informed. They had little difficulty in capturing the animal with a net- on the end of a long pole.—Special.

A breach of the “off-side" rule at the intersection of Peel street and Gladstone road on April 12 cost Neil George Harris os when he appeared before Messrs. D. W. Coleman and C. Blackburn, J’s.P., in the Police Court this morning. Senior-Sergeant Wadn explained that the defendant, who was riding a motor-cycle, -did not give way to a ear approaching from his right when he reached the intersection, and had it not been for the fact that his brakes were in good order lie would probably have been involved in an accident. He was only a lad, and helped to support his mother, added the senior-sergeant, and the bench took those facts into consideration in fixing the penalty.

Several of the Gisborne members of the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Aero (’liih who are candidates fur living tickets have reached the stage where it will he necessary for them to undertake solo flying, an I this morning Captain T. W. White, the club’s instructor, with Mr. G. A. Nicln.Jls, spent an hour flying over the flats in an endeavor to select a suitable ground from which the tests could bo made. A giound of £0 acres would be necessary, and Captain White is anxious to know of any farmer with a paddock of that area and with good approaches and a reasonably level surface, who would be prepared to grant tln> use of it to t-lm club for a few days. Captain White will remain in Gisborne for 10 days to continue (lie instruction of the Gisborne, pupils, and during Easter and throughout Easter week will give passenger (lights from MMaraka. It is bis intention also to visit linn tom and other places on the Boast where suitable grounds are available from which to give flights. Captain White is flying the club’s Spartan machine, with which be will give exhibitions of stunting during Easter.

“I hope this will be a warning to the accused and others that they cannot spend their money and then hang round the town cadging," said SeniorSergeant Wade in the Police Court this morning when John McGarrv, (iff pleaded guilty before Messrs. D. W. Coleman and C. Blackburn, .T’s.P,, to a charge of vagrancy. The se-ninr-ser-geanl explained that the accused earn ed a pound or two, and then came into town and spent it, forgetting to go out again when his money was all gone. lie hud been cadging and begging, and was a source of annoyance to business people and others. lie and other men like him had to be shown that they could not remain round the town in this way after they had spent their money. To the bench the accused said he would like to go out to the country as soon as possible. “You told me that some days ago," remarked Air. Coleman. McCarty explained that lie had a job to go to til Matawai. The bench: “We cannot have you about town. You will be convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months, on condition that van leave the town within 2 1 hoars, and keep at your job. If you conn: back to town you will go down to the beach for a week or two." A difficult problem was presented to the bench when James Tracey, 33, appeared before Messrs. D. W. Coleman and C. Blackburn, J’sP., in the Colic. Court this morning charged will, being idle and disorderly, having insufficient means of support. “When Tracey is sober he is quite ail right, but he cannot leave liquor alone," re marked Senior-Sergeant Wilde. “We have, had him in gaol for medical ■treatment, to which lie responded satisfactorily. but when he came out he slipped again. He* lias been doing no work, and is always limiting round the country, finishing up here. He is not a bad fellow otherwise. 1 would suggest a trip to the island, but that is beyond Your Worships’ jurisdiction.” That -the accused realised the depths to which he had fallen wais indicated by his explanation to the bench. “1 think my trouble is hereditary,” he said. “1 have tried very hard to knock it off, but 1 cannot. It has ruined my life already, and a doctor in Napier lias given, me only three years to live if I keep on drinking." He added that he had been to the office of the Public Works Department, but there was no work available at present, and he hud been told to come back later. The bench: “We recognise that all this is due to liquor, and we think it; would be better in your own interests to put you away for a time to enable you to get the .liquor out of your system." The accused was sentenced to 14 clays’ imprisonment.

A petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the Supreme Court, by Cecil Henry Stevens, of Gisborne, painter.

A cyclist, Norman William Balcombo, who attempted to ride his machine past the police station alter dark last evening without a lig.it, appeared lief ore .Messrs ,i). W. Coleman and C. Blackburn, J's.l’.. in the Police Court this morning, and was lined 10s.

After an inspection of the histone Jvoru Pa by a party representing i lie Taranaki Automobile Association, steps are to be taken to restore it. The pa, which is nine miles from New Plymouth, is a line example of the old-time terraced fort.

“The only thing that is liable to destroy a good crop of potatoes is water," stated a witness in a compensation claim in the Supreme Court at Christchurch. “We have not, been troubled with blight or frost in Canterbury lor some years. Another witness staled that potatoes could not stand water for more, than 48 hours. By order of the underwriters there was sold by auction at the Port Chalmers docks recently tne seven lifeboats in which the passengers ami crew escaped from the. Manuka when that vessel was wrecked on her way from Blutf to Dunedin. Although tlio original icost of the boats varied from £10(J to £l2O each, they did not bring the. price of new yacht, dinghies. At, £2l each the lot uas secured by the Dunedin City Corporation for the purpose of carrying shingle on Bake Maliitierangi for dam construction.

The Minister of• Agriculture, the Hon. C. \V. Forbes, is giving consideration to the suggestion of the Tauranga Cit \ Council that boards similar to rabbit ) cards should bo formed .to deal with noxious weeds. In a letter received by the council ho says he has given a

good deal of consideration to the problem. and there is certainly much to bo said in favor of some form of local con tml. The matter is receiving the attention of tiie Board of Agriculture, but there wore many difficulties in framing satisfactory legislation to deal with such a complex subject.

A new maternity ward is being erected at the Waikato Hospital. The board recently asked the approval of thii Health Department to u proposal to make the ward a training ground tor maternity nurses. Dr. Valintine has since replied stating that the Maternity Nurses ’ Registration Board was seriously considering cancelling he registration of all maternity training schools, except at the largest maternity institutions in the four centres. The board decided to enter a protest against the proposal.

In a collision between a motor car and a motor-cycle, Ronald Walter Fellingha nr, 17, a motor apprentice, of Masterton, sustained a broken leg, and is now in Masterton Hospital. Fellingharn was riding a motor-cycle down Pine street, towards Masterton, and a car driven by F. Forno, of Pahiatua, was coming down Coradine street, when the drivers met on tiro intersection, and could not avoid each other. G. Lewis, who was on the rear of the motor-cycle, escaped with bad bruises and shock. The car was badly damaged, but the cycle was practically undamaged. Early on-Friday morning an interruption in the power supply occurred at Buiinythorpe. A mouse had found its way into a switch compartment in the sub-station, and climbed on to the “live" terminals switch. Apparently its tail touched the frame of the switch, and a terrific three-phase power arc occurred, which is the worst form of short circuit. The main switch, however, successfully cleared it, thus cutting oil’ the power, which must have been momentarily in the vicinity of 100,0C0 horse-power. The switch on which tile mouse had ventured was considerably, damaged by the short circuit.

“A glimpse of the extent to wjiieh the coal strike affeeted Australia is given by an experience l had during my visit there,'' said a Dunedin resident on liis return from Australia. “I. rode in the cab of 8,300, one of the biggest locomotives in the world, which hauls trains on the road to Adelaide. This engine, which attains a speed of 70 miles per hour on the Hat between Broadford and Tnllerook, was not being run with Australian coal. 1 asked the driver if lie had Westport coal on board. ‘I wish I had,' he said. 'I used it in the Navy. This engine is lining run on Yorkshire coal.' To continue the railway services coal had to be brought 12,000 miles."

Thej-e are .some human wonders in Tikilik: —the Banks children and "Old Steve," writes our Tikis iki correspondent. The children live up the Mnraeharn valley, a distance of 10 miles from Tikifiki, and thus to attend school they traverse daily 20 miles. Needless Io say ihev often arrive la le. Old Tiwana Mauheni some years ago became totally blind, bill he still rides about unaided and often ungnideil. When he ridis towards Unngitnkia he knows the different routes .and where to turn,

whether to'the store or to the school, or go straight on towards the sea. When lie lias a case at the Native Land Court lie attends the court daily', and he does this on horseback. The road from Rangitukin to Last Cape is very rough and dangerous, yet Tiwana has ridden to Bast. Cape, but mi tiiis occasion lie followed a com-

panion. The Poverty Bay branch of the Girl | Guides’ Association met on Monday i afternoon, the divisional commissioner, j Mrs, .). Jamieson, presiding. There j were also present Mesdames C. M. Hutchinson, R. I). Bymnck, M. T. Trafford, C. (!. Suit, Cowan, Jf. G. Mat-! I hens, ami Misses fay lor, \V. Lysnarand [ N. and M. Pullett. Tentative arrange- j moots were made, for the combined Girl I Guide and Boy Scout rally, to be held | at the reserve on Saturday, May 3. The j display, it was stated, promised to he one of the best of its kind seen in ' Poverty Bay. Regret was expressed at j the resignation of Mrs. Jamieson, who; is leaving shortly on a holiday trip to ! b irvi iea. Reference was mane to the j valuable services given by Mrs. Jamie- | son, whose business capabilities and | general knowledge of guide work assisted greatly towards furthering the move-j incut here. In view of Mrs. Jamieson's' retirement, Mrs. A. J. Faulkner, of, Muriwni, was appointed 1 divisional, commissioner.

Consternation was caused in Queen street, Auckland, on Pricing evening by

a motor-car which knocked down and injured a woman in the course of a mad career. Tile ear was a small one, proceeding from the direction of the Post

Office. It collided with the buttress of a safety zone in Queen street, swung across the road, mounted the footpath, grazed a verandah post, and knocked down Mrs. Hilda Burgess, of Grey Lynn, throwing her against a shop window. Continuing along the pavement the ear missed several pedestrians by inches, and at the intersection of Queen and Short-

land streets shot, into the road again. A sailor jumped clear and then ran after the vechicle in an attempt to board it In that ho was unsuccessful, as the car, which contained two men and a girl, was now travelling rapidly up Queen street. It turned into Wyndham street, and was lost to sight. Mrs. Burgess, llio woman who was knocked down, was taken to hospital suffering from bruises and shogkt