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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17920, 26 October 1932, Page 6

Mails which left Auckland on September 20, per R.M.M.S. Niagara, arrived m lahuloti on October 21.

A resolution that the finance committee of the council should administer the Mavor’s earthquake relief fund for necessitous cases was passed at last night s meeting of the Borough Council.

Owing to the length of time taken by an earlier action, the ease of Garrick, Wtdderspoon and Company, Wellington, v. U. T. C. Hands and Arthur Owen, jmi. f called in the Magistrate Court yesterday morning, was not reached yesterday. ‘ The action is a defended one, and was. adjourned until a later date.

Notification of the intention of the No. 4 District Transport Licensing Authority to hold a sitting in Wairoa on October 28 to hear an application by Mr. 1L C. Mason, to conduct a daily_return service between Gisborne and Wairoa was received by the Borough Council at its meeting last evening, and it was resolved to forward a letter to the authority favoring the granting of a license to Mr. Mason.

The electrification of the Kelburn table tram, Wellington, which is used daily by hundreds of residents of Kelburn and the western suburbs, has been decided upon by the Kelburn and Karori '.Hamway Company, Limited. The steam engine, .which is situated in an engine house at the top of the tramway, is to be replaced by electric- gear, and it is expected -lint the change-over in traction power from steam to electricity .will take place in about eight or nine months.

A generous coptributlon towards the Taruheru breastwork scheme was mentioned at last evening’s meeting of the Borough Council. Cr. H. H. DeGosta announced that Mr F. Goodman had offered to donate the water-logged punt lying in ■ the Taruheru River, the punt to be broken up and used in the breastwork. He added that the punt was built (>-. totara, and was worth a good deal of money. It was resolved that a letter ot thanks should be forwarded to Mr. Goodman.

The attention of Mr, P, H. Harper, S.M., was occupied in the Magistrate’s Court all day yesterday until after 0 o’clock in the evening in hearing a claim for damages arising out of a collision betweon a motor car and a motor-cycle near Toatoa on August 11, 1031. The plaintiff was Ronald Yardley, of Toatoa, farmer (Mr. T. A. Coleman), and the defendant James Ashton, of Toatoa, farmer (Mr. S. V. Beaufoy.) The plaintiff alleged negligence on the. part of the defendant, resulting in a collision with the plaintiff's motor-cycle, rind he claimed in all £2lO 5k damages, made up as follows: —Hospital charges, £22 13s fid; loss of time, £BB 11s fid; repairs to motor-cycle, £S; general damages, £IOO. After hearing the evidence, the magistrate gave judgment for the plaintiff for £llO 2s, and costs £lB 4s.

Unanimous support to the Auckland Automobile Association’s campaign against unsightly roadside hoardings in beauty spots was given by (no Borough Council at its meeting last evening, when the council received a copy of the circular letter forwarded to all local bodies and organisations interested, as previously published. The Mayor, Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., remarked that there were two sides to the question. He was entirely in agreement with the removal of hoardings from scenic spots, but thero could be no objection to hoardings in industrial and commercial areas, where they were of considerable value to the advertisers, and also provided employment. Other councillors agreed with the Mayor, and it was resolved to support the campaign only so far as it related to hoardings in beaut}' spots.

Last night’s eighth annual reunion of tlie Gisborne Returned Soldiers’ Association was important from two aspects, it was the largest gathering of its kind held by the association, and about 400 ex-servicemen and their friends were present. Also, il was the first occasion on which ladies were present, these including sisters of the nursing units, and a member of the Women’s Royal Air Force. The ladies participated in the enjoyment of the lurietion, singing the once popular choruses with much the same zest as the men, and doing tlioir best to nualify as “diiikum Diggers,” as Sister lliggiusoii, in her reply to the toast to the nursing sisters, suggested they should be by being allowed to become ftillv financial members of the assn- 1 ciation. The ladies retired shortly before JO o’clock, and as they filed from the linll the assembly stood to sing, “Good Bye-ee,” by way of farewell and also as an indication that their company had been appreciated,. .... . .

The extermination of the poisonous katipo sliders is a spare-time hobby ol a Christchurch boy. They have become numerous iu the district where he lives.

Authority for the employment of agents to act on behalf of the State Advances Superintendent is gazetted. The agents’ duties will include the collection of rents, the furnishing of reports on securities, Hie authorising of repairs io premises and any other matters that the superintendent may deem to be necessary.

Several times during the 'past few weeks Harold White, of Chester street, Christchurch, who was a witness in a recent police case, has been awakened at night by stones crashing through a bedroom window and threatening injury to his wife and himself. A watch wps set and James Frederick Andrews, who was caught in suspicious Circumstances, appeared in the Christchurch Police Court. “This sort of thing will not be tolerated here,” said Mr If. P. La-wry, S.M.. after hearing the evidence. “1 am quite sure that Andrews threw the stone with the intention of intimidating White.” Andrews was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment.

In a brief report to last evening’s meeting of the Borough Council on the proposal to remove the water mains from the To Arai bridge and carry •them over a trestle bridge to avoid earthquake damage to the mains, a committee of the council stated that the engineer’s estimate of the cost of the work was £3OO. This expenditure the committee consider to be too high, it being pointed out that the waterworks account was overdrawn, and it had 'been decided that the propositi be considered at a full meeting of the council.' As there was not a full attendance at last evening’s meeting, however, it was resolved that the matter should be further'postponed until the next meeting.

The ' following gifts to the lleni Alnleroa Children’s Home are acknowledged by the Cook County Women’s Guild:—Gisborne Refrigerating < ompany, meat; Very Good Butchery, meat; Mr Russell, repairs to bicycle; Patutnhi Women’s Institute, Tahiti mu Maori Institute, and Manutuko Women’s Institute, eggs; Miss Tucker and Mrs 11. B. Williams, 'butter; Gosford Fish Supply, fish; Freesia, sandwiches; Mrs W. Clark, tomato plants; Airs Garrett, spinach plants; Mr 0. Horne, cabbage plants; Methodist and combined Bible classes, cakes; Miss Dorothy Green, clothing; To Ilapara dance committee, bread, butter, and cakes; Poverty Bay A. and P. Association, tickets for Show.

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Beattie, known as Airs. Burns, who was found dead in bed on the morning of July 8. which had been adjourned to enable a further report to be obtained from the Dominion analyst, was resumed in the Coroner’s Court this morning before Mr. IJ.1 J . IT. Harper. 'S.M. Detective McLeod stated that he bad made inquiries into the circumstances of death, and had made a careful search of the house and surroundings for any poison. He had taken possession of numerous medicine bottles and boxes of pills, which were subsequently sent to the Dominion analyst. from whom a negative report was received. Inquiries from her personal friends and neighbors confirmed the evidence that deceased and her daughter and Burns got on well together, and that nhc at no time gave any indications of suicidal tendencies. The coroner, after reviewing the circumstances of deaih as disclosed at the evidence, returned an open verdict

“Of. late years u number of proprietary remedies for livestock ailments, particularly those affecting dairy cows, have been on the market,” states the annual report of the Department of Agriculture, now before the House of Representatives. “Taking the dairy community alone, the annual outlay oi' the fanners in the purchase' of these preparations must amount to a considerable sum, and while some of them are good and others useful in varying degrees, it.cannot bo s:tid that farmers get anything like'good value for the money expended upon many of them. In certain cases which have been specially noted, the charge is out of all proportion to the intrinsic value of the ingredients present, even when it is recognised that the price is loaded with the various costs. . . . It is evident that legislative action is necessary to prevent farmers being unduly and unreasonably exploited.” The report suggests legislation requiring official registration of all stock remedies, with true descriptions of the ingredients, information as to price charged and other features of the sale, and the appointment of an authority to approve or disapprove registration.

The objections of the Poverty Bay and East Coast iShecpowners’ Union to the bitumen surfacing of the William l’cttie bridge were referred to the Borough Couneil it its meeting last evening by a deputation from the union, comprising Messrs. J. B. Kells and Lawson Field. Both speakers gave details of the damage to •cattle caused through falls on the bridge en route to the works, and the consequent suffering to the animals themselves and considerable financial loss to (he owners, as brought out at the meeting of the union when the matter was discussed . They pointed out that there was no alternative route, and asked that the council’s engineer should be requested t. • renort on the question of whether or not the surface of the bridge could be so roughened ns to eliminate the trouble. The deputation went very, thoroughly into the - duration, and supplied figures

recent damage. The Mayor, Mr. D. W Coleman. M.P.. thanked the deputation for making its representations in (such. a ••eusonable manner, and assured the demitation that if it were in the council’s power to give relief the relief would "Pilainlv be provided. After the deputation had withdrawn, the engineer was instructed to furnish the desired report.

’file recently-formed branch of the R.B.A. held a most successful bridge tournament and dance at Bartlett’s on Monday night, when there was a very largo attendance. The bridge games were keenly contested, the winners being Messrs. F. Lnhood, sen., and J. Lnhood. The consolation prizes were won by Mrs. Oresor and Mr. W. MeGuinness. Euchre prizes were won by Mrs MeGuinness and Mr, W. Baines. The prizes wore donated by Messrs. Mitchell and Grayson and Taylor and Thompson. The dance floor was in good order and the music was supplied by the Muriwni Kraz.y Kat orchestra. A number of voeai items wore rendered during the evening. A Monte Carlo waltz was won by Dir. Ned Hawkins and Miss Jimmie Tunoa, the prizes being donated bv Mrs. J. Jack. An estimating, competition was won by Mr. T. O’Donnell. During an interval the president, of the Bartlett’s Association, Mr. F. G. Oresor, presented the prizes won during the evening. A dainty supper was arranged by Mesdames Fleming, Oresor, and Laing, and Miss Agnew, and was enjoved by all present. The members of the R.S.A., assisted by the relief workers’ committee, worked hard to ensure the success of the evening. A most enjoyable time concluded with the singing of the National Anthem. • .. ..