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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17947, 26 November 1932, Page 4

Reports received from Moorewa, Vvhnngnrei, indicate that there will be no shortage of skilled labor to answer the call 'on .Monday when the freezing works will open. ' Moorewa is following the lead of Westfield in introducing the chain gang .system of killing.

Burns to the rigid arm and side were received by Mr Robin Campbell Wood, 03 a piano tuner, when a methylated s'nirits lamp he was tilling exploded in the shop of Mr Arthur Bree in Wellesley street west, Auckland, on Thursday.

Expressions of sincere sympathy with tho relatives of the late Mr. John Kinder were made by the committee of the Waikanao Beach' Society at a meeting last night. Mr. Kinder was the honor - ary solicitor for the society,' and the chairman, Mr. A. J. Nicol, remarked on the valuable services the late, Mr. Kinder had rendered in that capacity. A motion of condolence was passed by all members standing in silence. A slow but gradual reduction in the number of unemployed registered at Gisborne lias been noticed over the last few weeks. A fairly high total, in the vicinity of 1600, is maintained, but the evidence of seasonal work causing a ■falling off in the registrations at the labor bureau m •welcome, although the reduction is yet small. It is anticipated that as seasonal work reaches its height a further drop in the registrations will be apparent.

Final figures in connection with the applications for ryegrass seed certification in the Gisborne district are not vet complete, but it is apparent that the increase in area entered under the Agricultural Depart iinoiit’s scheme is greater than was <:it first anticipated. When the announcement of interim figures was made in the Herald on Wednesday, it was stated that the total area would be about. 4400 acres. .Since then, Mr M. A. Black, instructor in agriculture at Gisborne, who has control of the certification work in tho district, has ascertained 'that the total acreage will he in the vicinity of 4550, an increase of gbout 500 acres over last year’s applications. Field inspections of crops entered have loinnienced.

The loss of a linger was suffered by Mr Glurrie Gordon, 21, non of Mr and Mrs C. Gordon, of Kaitaratahi. The young man was working on his father’s farm on Wednesday afternoon, and at the time of the accident was greasing the disc he was operating. ■Suddenly the horses moved forward, (find the disc, which had just been fitted with new blades, went: over Mr Gordon’s hand, completely severing the index linger. He was a mile away from ’the homestead, and by the time he reached the house and was taken to the Cook Hospital lie had lost ti tame quantity of blood. An operation was performed on Thursday, and the patient is reported to be progressing satisfactorily.

A reply 1.0 crili.-ism li<* li:i<l heard of ('ho ability of slaughtermen at. the Kaili works this season was given tu(l iiy by Mr 11. -It. Shrinks, of Knilarutiihi. Ito isiiid ho could not say flint the mode of slaughtering had affected lhi* grading of a draft of lambs he sent to the works on Wednesday. There were 340 in the draft, and his returns showed no rejects and only 30 seconds, and he realised when the lambs were nicked that there would be at least 30 second grade animals. This line was sent to the works by train. Criticism on this subject was referred to Mr IP. Tulerton, general manager for the Gisborne Itefrige,rating Company, Limited, and he said In* did not know how it could have arisen, for 'ho had never seen a better lot of learners on a slaughtering board before.

llaiii is badly needed on the Hautaki Plains. However, despite this, there are indications oi' a. record dairying season.

On 16J acres of tobacco land in the Nelson district the grower lias raised -0,000 pounds of tobacco. This yield lias borne an excise duty of 2s Stl per lb., or £2066. A collision between motor-cars driven by Mr. AY. Rowley, of Hukcrenui, and Mr. <l. Bothell, of Wangamii, occurred on the Jordan bridge near Whangaro.i. A child in each car suffered slight head injuries. As the result of pulling a pot of boiling water over himself, Desmond Stead, 14 months, the sou of Mr and Mrs E. Stead, Hamilton .East, received painful scalds to the face and chest.

Work is to be recommenced upon the Gabitea estate. On Tuesday 20 married men went there to undertake scrub cutting and clearing. They will be paid £2 5s to £2 12s (id a week, according to it he size of their families.

Extensive burns to the face, chest, right arm and right leg wore received by Kenneth Andrew, 4, the son of Mr A. L. Andrew, Te Aroini, through the explosion of a methylated spirits burner.

A vigorous appeal for stern action to be taken to prevent the drinking of methylated spirits was made by Commissioner Cunningham, territorial leader of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, in an address to tiie New Plymouth Rotary Club. The speaker affirmed that the making of the spirit poisonous would cure what he said was a great evil.

Injuries to her hack and cuts on her face were received by Mrs A. Brown, of Wanganui East, on Thursday, when the motor car she was dliving skidded and somersaulted on a

sharp bend near the top of Lethbridge’s II ill, a mile and a half from Turn kina. Two passengers, the driver’s mother, Mrs Wright, and Miss Wright, escaped with a shaking. The first single storey building in the new Napier to bo constructed on the steel frame principle is that which is now being raised at the corner of Hastings and Emerson streets for the Union Bank of Aiudralia, and the

steel girders are now being placed in position. Other buildings which wore similarly built are the Market Reserve block and the now Plaza Theatre which is still under cons! ruction.

A modern ferro-concreto and earth-quake-resisting building is to lie erected shortly on a site opposite the SalNation Army Citadel in Broadway, Palmerston North. The structure will have a frontage of 25ft. to 'Broadway, and .u depth of 165 ft. At the present time a large two-floor block of shops

and offices is in the course of construction almost opposite the site of this proposed building. An all-round improvement in conditions at the inner •harbor has been effected as a result of the new method of dredging devised by the Napier Harbor Board's engineer, Air G. W. L. Eowson. and recently put into operation. A n addition depth of 6 and <Yr. has been obtained in some places during the last fortnight, and it is now possible for lighters to use the entrance even at low tide.

Of particular interest to antiquarians is a Maori flute found by Air 8. M. Ilovell in connection with his investigations on a property at Thornton’s Pay, near Thames, reports the Waihi Telegraph. The flute, or, as the Maoris know it, a “koauau,” is a hollow peice of stone, about 4in. long, and has three stops. The instrument, which is beautifully carved at one end, is made of what appears to be sandstone: Air Ilovell states that he has found eight flutes on the property he is investigating, but such finds are verv rare.

The Wellington "Retail Traders’ Association has forwarded a letter to tin* Prime Minister, the I’t. lion. G. W. Porbeo, suggesting that the Governmeat should lift the unemployment wage tax for December Jo enable the people to add a little to their personal comforts for Christmas. The association states that the loss of one month’s return cannot seriously affect the. unemployment- fund of the country and the temporary relief will assist the people to begin the New Year with more confidence.

The Maori land development scheme in tin* Tauranga district is progressing (satisfactorily. The scheme includes the greater portion of the Ivaitimako block, which is'only about- a mile from the borough boundary. The block was overgrown with gorsc. A total of (550 acres has been clo'ared and ploughed. Four hundred acres have been planted in maize and .1:20 acres are being sown in turnips. Nearly eight miles of fencing have been erected, two miles of drains have been dug and Imiles of road formed. The total cost to date, including implements, seed and manures is £4 Gs 8d nn acre. The land is of good quality and will soon be yielding a return.

In the course of bis address to the shareholders of the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen .Meal, and Mercantile Company, Limited, to-day, the chairman, Mr. 11. P>. Williams, referred to the fa i that since the last annual meeting death had claimed a member of the board of directors, Mr. Vincent Barker. Although be had been on the board of directors only for a short while, the late Mr. Barker had made ins presence felt, and had put his whole weight into the company’s affairs, said Mr. Williams. Ills' assistance and advice in connection with the lease and subsequent sale of the Haiti works were invaluable, and the company was eevtainly the poorer by bis deafb. The chairman added that all the shareholders would join in an expression of sincere sympathy to the relatives of the late Mr. Barker. The vacancy on the directorate caused by Mr. Barker’s demise had been tilled by the appointment of Mr. Percy F. Barker.