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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17946, 25 November 1932, Page 4

Twelve 1 nurses and several female patients of the Ivemnore Mental Hospital., Gotillmrn, were suffering from a. new form of influenza when the last mail left Sydney. The new influenza caused acute inflammation of the ears and is infectious.

Reporting to the Poverty Pay Power lioard to-day, the manager, Mr. V. E. Sanders; stated that electricity sales under schedule rates for the seven months ended October 31, were as follows, the figures in parentheses being those for (he same period of last year: Lighting. .1116,534 <(4317,389); cooking and heating, £7758 (£7826): waterheating £1464 (£14471;, power £5060 (434^34); guarantees £352 (£358); total. £30,971 (£31,254). Aii elderly man,-Mr. William Turnbull, was admitted to tho Cook Hospital last evening ,as a. result of an accident in To ITapara. Mr. Turnbull, who was cyeiing along Gladstone road from town, was met at the Clarence street intersection by a. motor car driven by Mr. !!. C. Ei’skeu, who was proceeding in the opposite direction. The bicycle panic into contact with the bumper of the ear, and Mr. Turnbull was thrown to (he ground. He was taken to hospital bv Mr. Kislen. hut the injuries shown hv an examination were not serious. Mr. Turnbull was reported to-day to l e making a satisfactory recovery

One of the points frequently made by Government supporters m the Victorian Legislative Assembly during the debate on the vital .Morigage Bill was that mortgagees had rights as well as mortagoes—that many mortgagees, as a result of the difficulties being experienced by mortgagors, were themselves suffering financial hardships. To lend emphasis to this point, tlm “baby” member of the House. Mr. Hullway (U.A.P.), fold a story about a man who called to interview a farmer, and noticed an old man working in a wood shed. He inquired who the man was, and the farmer (according to Mr. TTollway) replied. “Oh, that is my mortgagee. The poor old chap is in’such a. poor way that I give him an odd job or two, and allow him to sleep in the shed.’’

The railway service from Whangavei to Onerahi will cease on December 31 owing to the Kioreroa bridge being unsafe for traffic. The closing of the bridge will deprive Whangarei of a deepwater port until the. removal ol“ the wharf to Kioreroa is completed about the end of March.

A tender has been let by Hie Whangarei Agricultural and Pastoral Society for the erection of a new building to replace the cattle pavilion at Kensington Park, which was destroyed by fire a few months ago. The building will be divided into two sections, one 250 ft. long, and the other 180 ft. The cost of the now building is £670. A claim that earthquake damage to a building in Gladstone road had been accentuated owing to the fact that Power Board lines were attached to it, was made in a letter received by the Poverty Bay Power Board at its monthly meeting to-day. The finance committee of the board recommended that liability be refuted, on the strength of a report from the engineer, Mr. W. IT. Busvvcll. The report characterised the compiaint as “quite unjustifiable.” At a meeting of the Otago provincial council of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, in Dunedin, the following motion was carried :—“'That- the Dominion president be asked to organise without delay a deputation, consisting of one member of each branch of the Farmers’ Union, to wait on the Government stress ing the serious position of the farmin'.community and the urgent need for reducing) costs.”

Optimism in connection with the efforts of the Auckland Tobacconists and Haiidressers’ Association and the Associated Chambers of Commerce to have tobacco, cigars and cigarettes removed from the scope of the Commercial Trust Act, 1910. with a view to placing the fixation of prices in the hands of the Board of 'trade, Wellington, was expressed at a meeting of the association, by delegates who recently waited on the Prime Minister.

In respect of a complaint from a settler, forwarded by the Cook County Council to the Power Board, regarding the danger constituted bv a power-pole on Iho main road over Kaitaratahi Hill, the finance committee of the hoard today reported that satisfactory arrangements had been made- for the removal of the polo. The County Council had agreed to pay the cost of removal, which Power Board employees would carry out, this having been necessitated •bv road-widening work previously undertaken by the council. Any toucher who has held the maximum marks for teaching, personality, discipline, environment., organisation and management for at least two years in a partieiihir grade and who has been unable to obtain a position in a higher group, may, with certain reservations, lie graded into the next group. The Education Department: is now taking action under this proprovision of the regulations, having appealed to all teachers in this situation to communicate the circumstances to the director, Mr. T. B. Strong. Hie disciplined control of pedestrian traffic on Auckland’s footpaths was favorably commented upon by Mr. .E W. Hayden on his return to Auckland from a visit to England. “London has still the best controlled road traffic and the worst controlled footpath traffic in the world,” he said. English pcoole walked on whichever side of the footpath they liked and there was great congestion, he said, whereas in Auckland practically everybody obeyed Lie

“keep to tlm left” rule, and there was no congestion.

The statement of accounts presented to a molding of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Arthur Nowlove Stuhbings, hairdresser and tobacconist, of Masterton, showed debts amounting to £1 IS (is oil, and assets amounting to £7<> Is, leaving a deficiency of £ll2 2s sd. Bankrupt attributed his position to paying too high a rental for his shop, price-cutting in tobacco and cigarettes by several chain stores operating in Mastcrton, and to the general depressed trading conditions. The creditors decided that the promises should be closed and the stock and plant realised on.

Stating that the demand for the new type of ranges, in connection with which tiie board had arranged unusually favoable terms for consumers, had proved fully up to expectations, the manager of the Poverty Bay Power Board, Air. V. E. Sanders, recommended that the hoard order a further 108 ranges from the manufacturers. He added that from the number of applications received in connection with the scheme, it was possible to estimate that a total of 400 ranges, including those he now recommended purchasing, would he fully absorbed. The hoard gave instructions in accordance with the manager’s recoin lnendat ion.

A saving of £lB3 to the Auckland Transport Board by placing a. contract for steel with an Australian linn was reported to the lioard at a meeting by the secretary, Air. W. St. ,T. Clarke. lb 1 stated tlmt when tenders for special material for the Queen street-Karanga-hape road junction were called, the hoard had accepted a miotation of £1550 from an Australian firm. The boor!

had taken advantage of the favorable exchange rate existing at the time of entering the contract and had placed the money on deposit in a bank :.t Newcastle for three months at 2) per cent, interest. This transaction reduced the cost of tho material to £133-6.

A novel method of heating water has been adopted in connection with tho construction of a parking area for up to 70 motor cars at the Wlmka. road terminus in Rotorua. This is a specially constructed steam cooking oven. In the course of excavation no fewer than six different steam vents were encountered. Pipe leads were taken from these to the central spot, where the healing base lias been arranged, With a circular wall of stone there is room for about 10 kettles. All the picnicker lias to do is to lilt up at: the cold Water fountain, and place the kettle in the steam-heated pumice. !t is even possible to cook a hot meal.

Several complaints have been heard recently of pilfering from perambulators, the thefts evidently being the work of children, though in one or two eases heard of the value of the stolen articles was not insignificant. People who leave their perambulators unattended, either in the streets or in such places as the beaches, where uncontrolled clfildren might have access to them, would do well to leave no articles of value exposed. One young lady had a warning experience at Waikanae Beach this week, when two children were seen in the act of removing a hat, coat and shoes from tiie child’s pram which she had left in a quiet part of the promenade.

"There is a general feeling of optimism in England and bunking authorities are of the opinion Ihat; there is a definite movement toward improved financial and commercial conditions," said Air. .T. W. Hayden, of Auckland, who lias relumed from a visit abroad. He had been impressed by the high retail prices being maintained for Now Zealand meat and expressed the opinion that an influential "ring" must be operating to produce such a result. It was a great pity so much New Zealand butter was being blended with foreign hotter in lingland, usually Russian. It was being sold under an Empire label, which was extremely misleading.