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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17949, 29 November 1932, Page 4

Of 10 Gisborne candidates who sat for the written part of the electrical wiremen’s examination held in September, only one, J. Buvdett, secured a pass, while two candidates who sat for the practical part were both unsuccessful. Charged with vagrancy, Peter David Muldoon appeared before Air. i‘. H Harper, KM., in the. Police Court this morning, and was remanded until tomorrow week on the application ol Detective McLeod.

During the voyage of the vuclit Hearts ease from Wluuigarei to Tonga, Air. Trevor N. Silk, of Wanganui, killed a shark. In a letter to his parents he sn\s that the fish came up alongside the yacht, ignoring a first shot. It was so near that lie shot it from a distance ol about 4ft. On another occasion, lie states, a starling circled round the mast n few times and then settled on the gaff. It rested there for some time, appearing- to be almost exhausted, and then Hew away.

Judgment for plaintiffs by default was given by Mr. P. 11. Harper, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court this morning m the following civil actions Wong Oho y, lion Bov. £l4 and costs .£2 16s; It. M. A. Price v. Karo Pohai, £9 5s 6d and costs £2 7s; Williams and Kettle, Limited, v. .1. 11. .Jamieson, £42 15s lid and costs £4 5s 6d. In a tenancy case. Airs. F. F.. Stevens v. F. J. Wilkinson, an order for possession of Ike dwelling on or before December 6 was made, and judgment was given for the plaintiff lor renf totalling £42 5s and costs £4 7s.

Through the slipping of a knife when he was working cm his property .on Saturday, Mr S. Sundcll. farmer, of Tontoa, cut the main artery ol an arm. Bleeding freely, the injured man telephoned to his nearest neighbor, Mr. Vardiev. who li-es three miles away, and walked half-a-mile to meet him. Arriving in his car, Mr. \ ardley took his neighbor to Opotiki, where medical aid was given. .Mr. Sundcll was admitted to the Opotiki Hospital at o.ot) p in. (Lis. condition is reported to be improving, although, when admitted, lie hao lost a considerable quantity ol blood. An estimated deficiency of £142 His ■ld is shown in the stateniciiQ of Richard Houghton Porter, of Waiina, Tokomaru Bay, wharf laborer, wno today filed a petition in bankruptcy in the .Supreme Court in Gisborne. According to iiis statement, the bankrupt owes £l)2 ids 4d to unsecured creditors, and £BO to a secured creditor, Richard X. Porter, Tokoma.ru Bay, though the security is shown as being of no v;:lt:e. ilis total indebtedness, then-lore, is

£142 I(is 4rl, mid according to tuc bankrupt. 's stiitoimmt there are 'no assets. Tin' unsecured creditors, :ill ui whom are Tokomaru i!:iy residents or firms, «rc:—.l. H. 'Porter, .£2a; Tokomaru Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Company, Limited, II 37s 4il; Bignell ami Holmes, £lB 3s; Frank Thompson, £7 Ills 2d;' Tokomaru Bay 'fillrage Complin V, £7 30s 3Oil; G. McKee, £2 Ss. No new developments occurred to day in connection with the delay of the Tirou’s departure for Auckland, with a shipment of railway sleepers. When the owners of the vessel declined to increase the number of men working from trucks into the forelmld of the Tiroa yesterday, the union withdrew its members from that hold and the wharf adjacent, though a gang of eight men were allowed to continue loading the afterhold, which is smaller than the ftiiclmld. To-day the Tiroa was tied no awaiting some settlement of the dispute, but there seemed no likelihood of an early settlement, as the union had declined a suggestion that the matter be placed before the local disputes eommittee. The loading of the forehold was commenced yesterday with four men in the hold and four men working from trucks on the wharf, and the union asked that each group he increased to six. The company made the concession ill respect to tiio number of men in the hold, but would not agree to increase the number of men on the \i liar!, and (liestoppage of work then followed. An argument in (Hailstone road oil tbe evening of November 5, during which a shop window was broken, culminated in the appearance of James Black in the Police Court inis morning before Air. P. If. Ilavper, H.M.. on a charge _of fighting in a public place. SeniorSergeant Wade explained that the accused had attacked a man named Robert Alexander l.iltlo, near the Herilld 'Ofti.e, and in the em-uing engagement a shop window was broken. ]\li-. S. A’. Heatiloy, fir the accused, who pleaded guiltv. explained that Black was a man wlio should not touch liquor, he having suffered severe war injuries, as a result of which liquor affected him very quickly. Little, however, was wellknown as a pugilist, and he bail. interfered without any justification in an argument between the accused and another man. The magistrate remarked that it was obvious that the accused would got himself into trouble through drink, and he considered that, Black was a man who should not touch liquor. Upon the accused consenting to a .prohibition order, the magistrate convicted him without penalty.

Ratepayers in the central area of Fukekoho aro to vote to-morrow on a proposal to raise £14,000 in iustal drainage in the area. It is anticipated that the work can be carried out for £29,200 or less.

Marion Bell. 19, who stowed away on a liner at Sydney and was handed over to the Auckland" police, was sent back to Sydney by the Union Company’s steamer JVlarama. this is the second occasion that a girl has attempted to stow away on a steamer recently, the other girl' was detected when the vessel was passing Sydney Heads, and was put ashore.

An Auckland firm was recently defrauded ol a radio .sol \allied at £22 by a clever ruse. In response to wimt later proved to lie a bogus telephone mes•Siiup, tlM.' set. was sunt to a certain midress, latter it was transferred by taxi

io Hie “right address," which proved to he an empty house. From there it was apparently removed at leisure hv the perpetrator of the fraud.

An announcement that arrangements had boon made for the publication in the Education Gazette of articles dealing with fire prevention, and that a request would he made to instruct children on the subject was made by the Minister of Education, the. .Hon. 11. Masters. The Minister's decision is the outcome of representations made from the United Eire Brigades Association. The attention of motorists using the main road on the Coast has been drawn to the condition of Hall’s bridge, at Alangatuua, in the Uawa lids bridge, which is six. miles. past Tolaga |!av. shows visible signs <d wear, with the decking splintered and loose, while it is also stated that the midcrstrueturo is in a bad state of repair. It is believed by some that a new bridge may tie required, but at least, extensive repairs will be necessary to restore the bridge to a sound condition, it is considered.

With the object of raising funds to relieve distress among the families ol unemployed workers at i outgo Has, ilic Gisborne unemployed workersconcert party has arranged to visit, the township on Thursday evening., am present a programme of cxceptiona merit. The party will comprise a band of nigger minstrels, dancers, \oculists and sketch artists, who .will present manv items that have proved most popular with Gisborne audiences, aim several others of a novel character lately rehearsed.

There are comparatively few eases of sickness in the Gisborne district at present. according to Ur. 11. B. lm-bott. medical officer of health. Ur. lunuit, said to-day that much the same position existed throughout New Zealand, and U was strange at times of depression that nature helped in a decrease in disease The public hospital and private practitioners had noted this fact to a nui.ked extent. Ur. Turbott added that he kept in touch with the position with network ol district nurses scattered throughout the East Gape health district, ami lie would soon bo apprised o any change in the conditions. . He had spent the last three weeks visiting t ie areas worked hv the district nurses at Erasertown. Nuluika, Opotiki ami Whakataue, and the health of the communities was generally very good. At present there was a httio whooping cough and a few isolated cases ol gistiu Influenza. but apart from these there was little io worry about Applications for the building sulisidv are being received in Gisborne at a rapid rate, and they appear to have been accelerated recently with the remmde. that the work must be commenced before December 31 if the jobs are to participate in the subsidy. No tally of l.lic total .lumber and value of the applications authorised in Gisborne is available, but Mr. P. Fulton, the officer in charge of this phase of activity, slated to-dav ■ Hat most of those coining m at present are for small jobs of from £>so to £ICO, and hardly, a day passed without some new work being applied foi. As these were proceeded with, the aggregate number of men engaged in thenown lrude ietched a fairly large total. 1„ addition to this, many earthquake restoration works were done under the No. 5 scheme. These were under a different principle, for the ordinary building jobs were authorised under the No. 10 "scheme. With the two types ol building activity in the lofvn. work was being found for fairly large numbers of mon.