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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17916, 21 October 1932, Page 6

Au invitation to t bo chairman of t|> e Cook Hospital Board, -Mr- M. L ; * \‘J { ford to attend the Gisborne Utuiiiu Rubbers’ Association’s annual reunion cm Tuesday evening w’as m T 'T^ li ul £ > s .' thanks at the meeting of the bo.ml > • terdity afternoon. Mention was made at yesterday afternoon's meeting of the Cook Hospit. Board of a donation ot a handsome udu> set hv Mr. T. Corson lor the benelit ot the inmates of the .Memorial Home, the set, having been installed m the men x sitting-room. A vote ot thanks to Mi. Corson was passed. The portable X-ray plant sought by the Cook Hospital Board will not he installed this year. At its meeting yesterday afternoon the board received a teiciiratn from Mr. D. \\. ‘Coleman, M.I ~ statimthat lie had interviewed the .Minister of Health, who had informed him that there was no 'chance of the plant being installed this year, but had plumbed "that the application would receive favorable consideration next year.

The Cook Hospital Board acknowledges the following gifts to the institutions under its control; —Cook Hospital: Mr. T. Maunder, Mrs. Williams, and Mrs. Matthews, flowers; Mrs. Forge and Mrs. Jackman, hooks; Mr. Moncktou, lemons and (lowers : J)r. A. L. Singer, illustrated papers; Mr. Stretch and Waerenga-u-hika College, lemons. Memorial Homo: Mrs. T E. TotievclifVe, knitted wrist cutfs; Mrs. Hobson and Mrs. G. Priestley, eggs; Miss Barker and Anonymous (2), illustrated papers: Anonymous, gramophone records

At the Waiitpu Diocesan Synod in Napier, Canon A. T. Hall, Gisborne moved. “That this synod respect fully asks the president to convey its gratitude to the Governor-General speaking in the interest of the faith in this Do minion in endeavoring to influence the proprietors of picture houses to show Biitish films, thereby maintaining it higher moral standard and preserving the pure diction of our race.” The mover mentioned that or. Toll British till,is reviewed, only 22 contained matter that was rejected. The motion was carried.

As a precautionary measure to meet ; ' 11 v emergency necessitating the quick removal ot patients from the verandah 0 f the Tolaga Buy Hospital, the managing secretary of the v'ook Hospital Board. Mr. C. A. Harries, m his report i,, the hoard at its meeting yesterday afternoon, stated that it had been suggested that an opening should be made m the narapot of the verandah, and that e small ramp should be built. Investigations as to the probable cost were beim>- made. Mr. If. Kenway explained that as the hospital was at present the patients would have to he taken right through the building, and lie considered the proposed alteration 11 very desirable one. Tin? proposal w adopted,

As tlu* result of an accident at Eketaluma on Tuesday, Air. Thomas Martin I age. solicitor, of Eketahuna, was admitted' to a private hospital in Palmerston North sufferin'; from a gunshot wound. Legislation providing that children may be enrolled during the term in which they roach the age of six years is to he introduced into Parliament this session.

Successful candidates in the Trinity College examinations jin music and elocution, conducted recently in Hawke’s Pay hy l)r. Vaughan Thomas, include- .Miss ,'Jean Agnes Muir, a (iislxirne pupil fit lona College, who lias been credited with a pass in the A.T.C.L. examination.

To-day being the 127th anniversary of Lord Nelson's famous victory at TraAlgal-, the pupils of the. Patutahi School assembled m the morning and saluted the llag. The headmaster, .Mr. 0. \Y. Williams, addressed the 'children on the sigMitieance of the occasion, the ceremony closing with the singing of the National Anthem. -Special. Strong support for the early completion of the railway connection between Dargaville and the main trunk system was shown at a meeting sponsored by the Dargaville Chamber of Commerce. The meeting adopted a motion aifirming its opinion that urgent representations tor the completion of the railway to Dargaville should he made. "This otfence is regarded as very serious." commented Detective-Sergeant T. Kelly in the Auckland Police Court, when Michael Cathhert Lynch, 47. bricklayer. was charged before Mr. F. K. Hunt. S.M., with forging a totulisator ticket on October 17. ’ll is alleged that the accused surreptitiously printed tickets ami attempted to get dividends from the totulisator," Mr. Kelly stated, in asking for a remand until October 27. The remand was granted.

In the Opotiki Police Court, William Wright, 55, a half-caste .Maori, was charged that at Opotiki with intent to defraud he obtained from W. J. Hartley bread ami groceries to tlie value of W Ms Id hy falsely representing that, the goods were required for a hui at Opape Pu and that they would be paid for hy Paora Kai. At ter hearing evidence the magistrate, Mr ,s. L. Paterson, committed accused, who "pleaded not guilty, to the Supreme Court at Oicsborne for trial.

No action was taken by the Cook Hospital Hoard at its meeting yesterday afternoon regarding the Borough Conner’s suggestion that an art union should !k-. launetted to finance the repairs and alterations to lie made to tlie hospital. Ihe chairman, Mr. M. i'. Trafford, said h<- did not think the board should do anything until a reply was received from Un> (lovernment to the hoard’s application for a special grant. The reply should be received in a few days, and the chairman expected it to be a favorable one.

The reports on the Maori mission houses were received at the AN aia'jm Anglican Synod in Napier, and the mission workers were heartily commended on the extensive social and spiritual work they were doing. Mothers’ nnionn, Scouts. Guides, first aid work, Sunday Schools, woodwork, cooking ami needlework classes were conducted. Regular classes for confirmation candidates were held, and a sure foundation was being laid amongst the Maori young people for future spiritual development. It was mentioned that the ladies in charge of the mission houses had each one written and offered to reduce their stipends, but the standing committee considered already tliov were not overpaid and the proposal was not entertained. A morion of thanks was carried by svnod.

An appreciative audience tilled the Gaiety Theatre, Wairoa, last night when ;i display was provided by a party of Gisborne members of the Y.M.C.A. tbo party, which numbered sb, left Gisborne warlv yesterday afternoon in 10 private t ars in charge of Alessrs. 11. F. Forster, I, w. Anderson, E-. W illiamson. M Alexander and G. Slade. On arrival at Wairoa the visitors were met by the Mavor. Air. 11. L. Darker, who extended to them a warm welcome. The display, which was practically the same as that given here m the Opera House last uee.v, was well received and the Wairoa earthquake fund, towards which the proceeds were donated, will benefit considerably. At a break in Hie performance, Air. Anderson, the secretary of the Gisborne branch of the association, thanked the Wairoa people for their hospitality and briefly outlined the aims and objects of the movement. At the conclusion of the display the party ie turned to Gisborne. the return joume' being somewhat slow on account of heavy fog experienced on the lulls.

At the recent annual meeting ot the \ew Zealand Amateur Rowing Associa- ( on, held in Wellington, the Hast Coast association was represented hy Mr. \\. Dent. Wellington, and Air. 11. lan strom, Gisborne. Mr. Dent, who is the residential representative of the hast Coast association, was again elected to the council of the New Zealand body when the election of ollicnrs tor the ensu mg year was carried out. Ito will thus he in tin- host possible no.sition to forward the claims of the Hast Coast nsso nation for the allocation of a champions’ in boat, which were heard sympatheti(allv by the annual conference and referiod to the council for ai tion. A number n; matters affecting the control of rowing in this district received passing reference, and one result of general interest was the reinstatement as an amateur oarsman of a former well-known contestant in regatta events, who surrendered ids amateur status some years ago to

>'urtici|>ate in professional cycling events. Reinstatement by the New Zealand AinaI cur Rowing Association was ellectcd the more easilv by reason of the fnc-l that the former oarsman had been accepted bv the Amateur Athletic Association for reinstatement.