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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17944, 23 November 1932, Page 6

It was reported to the monthly meeting of directors of the Auckland Young Men’s Christian Association that there was a- deficit of £SOO on the activities of the Year.

Severe concussion was received by Mr Bichard Perry, 60, married, through falling from his horse in Iluntly on Friday.

Nineteen cottages have been erected at Fongakawa for occupation in connection with the Government tobacco settlement scheme in that district.

Head injuries and concussion wore received by a schoolboy, Wallace Evan William Girven, 13, as a result of a collision -between his bicycle and a motor car in Auckland on Sunday.

Reconstruction work at the Napier Hospital following the disastrous effects to this institution by' the earthquake of 1931 is now nearing completion and by Christmas the whole programme under the present scheme will have been finalised.

An escape from serious injury was experienced by Mr John Anderson, 79,

watch limn on Mr G. NiccnUs motor vessel Atua, when lie fell from the vessel into the Auckland harbor on Sal urdnv.

A (ifiti-inilo journey in the South inland with -a fuel bill of only 18s 9d is tin 1 performance claimed by the first complete Dkwl-ongined bus chassis to be brought to New Zealand, The chassis is at present in Wellington.

With tin 1 advent, of dry weaklier, forestry companies in Rotorua district have ceased planting operations. The addition of 189 men to the unemployment problem in Rotorua is causing considerable uneasiness.

A member of the staff of the Marlborough Engineering Works, Mr. F. K. Ford, had a startling experience when a presumably empty petrol tank off a motor car expoded while lie was effecting a repair with an oxy-arctone welding torch. Mr. Ford received a heavy blow on the forehead.

“When 1 go home 1 shall he a walking advertisement, for New Zealand,’’ said Mr. IT Tsehopp, an American landscape gardener, at a complimentary social tendered to him in Rotorua. lie said he had been greatly impressed by the beautiful seene.rv in the country, not only if, Rotorua, hut all over New Zealand. “Home remarkably fine cloud effects were seen while living at an altitude of II.QOOIt. between Napier and Auckland on Saturday.'’ said Captain •). D. Hewelt, of Auckland, who, with Mr. R. F. B. Worth, of Stourtiorl, Kurland, and Mr. H. T Merritt, i f Auckland, returned on Saturday after an aeroplane tour of both North and South Islands. Captain Hewelt said he flew above the clouds for over an hour, steering by compass.