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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17241, 24 April 1930, Page 6

The Herald will not be published to morrow, Anzac Day

The following donations, have been received at the Herald office towards the dental clinic appeal fund: Mr. W. J. Callow ss, Miss A. 9. Perry ss, Me. L. C.rcv Barton £1 Is.

The I'.B. Power Board to-day received and accepted an invitation from the Gisboroe R.S.A. to be present at tlic annual commemoration service to-morrow, Anzac Day. The financial membership of the Gisborne R.S.A. stands at 024, comprising :!.'W financial members of the Gisborne association and 291 financial members of sub-associations—an increase of 122 above last year. Subassociation membership is as follows: Tairawhiti (late Matakaoa) 177; Tolaga Bay 45; Ruatoria 40; Waikohu 29.

A spectacular smash occurred in Auckland on Monday morning during a fog, when a taxi-cab and a small coupe car used for milk delivery .same into violent collision. Both vehicles were badly damaged and four women passengers in the taxi and the drivers had a remarkable escape, none being hurt, though all suffered from shock.

A lino specimen of red deer with 19 points was shot by Mr. D. B. Livingstone, of Matamata, during a recent stalking trip in South Wcstland. He spent about 10 days in the mountainous co.uilry behind Lake Wanaka. Although not a re-'jord. the head is considered to lie one of the finest ever obtained in Wcstland. Red deer was plentiful in the region, but very few animals with good heads were observed.—'Special.

An unusual request is made by the Hamilton Borough Council in announcing arrangements for Anzac Day. The coin cil asks the public to break step when crossing the traffic bridge with the parade, owing to possible damage heuifj done to the structure should a large body of people move across in step. The level of the bridge dropped slightly some months ago, arid since then Ihe council has felt concern regarding its safety.-Special.

i Reporting to to-day's meeting of the Poverty Bay Power Board, the resident engineer, Me. W H. Buswell, staled that the number of units dispensed during the month totalled 524,157, of which 2157 units were generated by the standby plant, the consumption being nearlv double that of the corresponding month last year. The maximum demand on the Public/ Works Department during the month was 1254 k.v.a. at 7.30 p.m. on March 27. the total peak on the whole svstem being 1275 k.w. at 6 p.m. on March 29.

Among the cash donations received last year by the Gisborne R.S.A., and acknowledged in the course of the annual report of that body, were the following: —Waiapu Returned Soldiers' Trust, £100; late Mr. J. Clark, £3O; Licensed Victuallers' Association. £2O; the Kiore Sheepfarming Co., £.lO for Christmas gifts; Ruatoria subassociation, donation £32, proceeds of dance, and £. r > donation Poppy Day, also an additional capitation of (3d. per member for each financial member; the Poverty Bay Amateur Athletic Association, £lO, for unemployment relief.

Whether the public treat betting on racing as a business or as an amusement, they are certainly prepared to pay, and pay dearly, for it, remarks the Auckland Star. The general opinion has led us to believe lh.it money is tight in the Dominion, but tho totalisator returns recorded at six meetings on Saturday hardly boar this out. At Ellorslie the volume of betting reached £74,732, at the, Metropolitan trots, Christchureh, £49.072 10s, at Feilding £28,651, at Featherston £23,066 10s, at Riverton £21,413 10s, and at tho Hawera trots £17,659, or a total of £214,594 10s. As approximately 3s is deducted in taxation from each £1 invested, the nubliv: on ' Saturday was charged £32.189 for the privilege of being allowed to have a legal let.

It is understood that when the new steamer which is to be built to run in tho Lyttelton-Wellington ferry service is in commission she will replace the Maori, which will then be withdrawn. If is probable that the Maori will lie retained for use as a relieving steamer in the service. Tt is compulsory fur all commissioned vessels to undergo an annual overhaul, and in the past, when the Wahine and Maori have been withdrawn for such a purpose another vessel has been put on in their place. This has sometimes meant that tho relieving vessel has itself had to be relieved. By retaining tho Maori for use in the ferry service when required, says the Christchureh Press, the Union Co, would not, need to interfere with any other of its services, another advantage of such action being that when there are few passengers travelling between the North and South Island, as is often the case in winter, the Maori could be used to relieve one of the larger vessels.

A railway, excursion from Napier, to Waikari Gorge, is being run. today.

Fifty years as a high school is the record' celebrated by the Thames High .School this Easter and the celebrations have taken the form of a reunion of old pupils. About KiO were present and a programme of festivities was carried out under a committee of old xmpils. The question of the deer menace was discussed recently at a meeting of the Otago Provincial Council of tho New Zealand Farmers' Union. A resolution was carried expressing tho opinion that protection should be removed from all classes of deer, including moose and wapiti.

Mr. H. B. Irvine, Opotiki, passed through London last month on his way from New York to Johannesburg, accompanied by his wife, and two children. Mr. Irvine has been with the International Electric Co. at Schenectady, and has been transferred to Johannesburg in connection with illumination work.

Six persons had a narrow escape from injury on Sunday, when a motor car capsized on the Muriwai beach road, near Auckland, after a skid on the clay portion known as Muriwai pass bend, which had been made slippery by recent rain. The car fell over a five-foot bank, throwing the occupants out as it turned completely over.

Caught by darkness when well off the beaten tracks, eight youths were forced to spend the, whole night exposd to the top of Pouaki Range, adjacent to Mount Egmont, at a height of about :1000ft. above sea level during the week-end. They lighted a large lire with difficulty, and, although the night conditions were cold and wet, survived the experience with nothing but chilly and vivid recollections. At daylight they found their way back 1o the hostel, some with a firsc taste of real hunger and thirst.

An unusual ascent of Egmont was made, last week-end when FlyingOfficer lan Keith piloted .the New Flymouth club's Moth to the summit, accompanied by Mr. C. McCaughau. After circling above the north Egmont mountain house the 'plane-reached the level of the peak and circled it. The machine passed between Fantham's Peak and the summit before beginning the long glide to New Plymouth far below. The trip occupied only 45 minutes. This is the second occasion on which Egmont has been topped by an aeroplane, Captain Macgregor having gained the distinction as first.

In the Desoutter monoplane in which he ilew from England to Australia, Fly-ing-Officer 11. L. Piper landed at Wigram aerodrome, Christclmrch, on Saturday. The aeroplane looks little the worse for its long and eventful trip. The inside looks very snug and resembles the interior of a limousine. Mr. F. W. Johnston briefly welcomed Flying-Officer Piper on behalf of the public of Christclmrch and the members of the Aero Club. Flying-Officer Piper, said Mr. Johnston, had been born on the Peninsula, near Akaroa. Asked if he would like to make the trip out to Australia again, the airman replied: "No, I wouldn't like to do it again with a single engine." Flying-Officer Piper's plans are indefinite, 'but he. intends to spend a week or two in Christchurch., He is to sail from Auckland on May 23.

"There is no doubt that the proficiency examination exercises a malign influence on our schools," said the Taranaki inspectors of schools in, their annual report to the Education Board. "Undue importance attached to success in securing certificates of proficiency, which represent only part of the pupils' work, has'a narrowing effect on educational activities. Tho proposed raising of the standard led immediately to a revival of the evil of coaching pupils before or after school hours. However, in some schools, we are pleased to find that many teachers, our leading headmasters among thcun, have ceased to regard 100 per pent, of passes as tho ultimate goal of education. It is hoped that this attitude will be universally adopted, so that all teachers may become educators rather .than mere instructors."

How "a car-load of Taranaki crickeiers nearly went off the road into the Awakino Gorge on their way from New Plymouth to Hamilton on Good Friday was related by Mr. D. Saxton, captain of the Taranaki side. They were rounding a corner when another car was met travelling swiftly round the bend in the opposite dilation. In swerving to avoid a collision Mr. Saxton was unable to prevent ono of the rear wheels of the car bo was driving going over the elilf edge. Ho applied his brakes instantly and by a miracle managed to right the car on tim road, avoiding a fall of several hundred feet. "There were many such escapes and as many minor accidents on that road," said Mr. Saxton, who added I hat he had been throughout Awakino (Jorge about a do/.en times and had never seen surh heavy traffic or such a big proportion of "maniac" drivers. There was. he said, a continuous stream of cars travelling southwest into Taranaki.

Now that the Manawatu Gorge Bond Hoard of Control has gone out of being, with its work well done, travel through the gorge lias been largely shorn of those adventurous elements which formerly characterised it. One traveller, however, the other day collected a souvenir which, if too large to he used as a watch-chain adornment, still served as a reminder that Fate is always waiting round the corner. Touring through the gorge in pleasant sunshine Mr. W. H. Gould, of Wanganui, had the weight; of his car suddenly increased by 1231 b, when a boulder smashed through the hood, dented his hat and landed on the back seat. The boulder tore a hole Din. in diameter in the hood, and mado a large rent in the sheeting covering samples in tint rear seat. The hole in the hood was directly above the driver's Head, and only the slanting fall of the missile avoided a serious accident.

The motives of Robert Fuller, 4li, laborer, when he was disturbed on Sunday night in his prowling' on the premises of Rarawa boarding-house, New Plymouth, were not satisfactorily explained. The proprietress heard a noise and called for her brother. The lights were switched on, and a man was seen in flight. The man, however, had left his boots behind on the premises. The police had been informed, and a constable waited some while in the hopes that the man might return, lie did, and the constable collared him. Fuller was charged in the court with being unlawfully on premises. His excuse was that he had stayed at the house on a previous occasion, occupying room 11, but the proprietress could not remember the man, and there was no room numbered 11. Fuller said that he had come into town for Easter and had drunk too much. On this occasion he had gone to the house to get to his room, but did not remember what ho was doing. Jic was fined £1 and costs,