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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17955, 6 December 1932, Page 4

Candidates numbering 876 are sitting ft, r the university entrance examination (mat riculation) and associated examinations at Auckland. Last 3 the .candidates numbered 1108. In tho recent Christchurch Metropolitan Show, out of 17 entries m tho Christmas novelty 'class >n the needlework section, Mrs. C. Money, Gisbonje, secured first prize with one exhibit and very highly commended with another. The subject, of the restoration of Holy Trinity C'huveh was again the major topic at a meeting of the church vestry, held last evening, and after an exhaustive discussion the meeting reached a decision as to tho proposals to be put before the parishioners, at a. general meeting to be held in about a fortnight.

The killings at the Kaiti freezing works mounted over the 5000 figure vesterday, and with a full bouid the season’s work continues to progress satisfactorily. To-day new season’s meat was being loaded out of tho works for transhipment to the Port Fremantle, and eventual dispatch to the Home market.

There was much jubilation at Whunmiva earlv this week when it was ascertained that the £2OO art union t eket that came to “Alice,” Gisborne, was held by Mr. Dan Tamararo, who had taken the ticket and given the name of one of bis daughters. Mr. Tamararo is a well known Maori on the Coast and his win has made him the envy oi' a very large circle of native friends. The old pontoon which for many months lay at moorings in the lower portion of the Taruheru River, near the Trafalgar Rotunda, has been acquired b v the Borough Council, alul is being demolished for the value of the timber in the hull. .Some of the timber may he useful for the proposed embankment between Roebuck road and Reel street, along the town bank of the Taruheru River, and the balance will be utilised for general borough purposes. It is understood that the embankment crlieme, forwarded to the Marine Department for approval, is now being made the subject of a report by the district office of the Public Work’s Department. Earthquake damage to the sewerage system m Upper Gladstone road has made its effects felt during recent weeks, and the borough engineer’s staff is at present investigating its extent, The tis n.esented is similar to that assomnt"d with the fractures of pipes in the To Hapara extension of the system, and the same means are being employed to ascertain the extent and nature of the damage. By means of an air-inflated bladder, played down the service-pipes and checked’ at intervals corresponding to the length of individual pipe sections, t i ia s i cen found possible to locate fractured sections without the necessity far unearthinsn the whole nt the line Tb s urdhod is being annlied to the upner Gladstone road branch of the svtcm. and good results are hoped for. Ju view nt the flooding which occurred in the Ngatapu Creek on occasions of heavy rain, it is suggested that the present’time should he an opportune one to place clearing and straightening works in hand at small cost to the settlers con ~(wued bv making use of unemployed labor. The suggestion was placed before Mr. 0. G. Thornton, district engineer for the Public Works Department, who said that schemes for the relief of flooding in that area had been considered from time to time, hit nothing had been done on the score of the comparatively large expense considering the small area of land that would secure relief. Even if the work were done by iirmnnloved labor, there must he some cost to the settlers interested, for plant must he urovided both for the clearing of the trees from the stream bed and also for the straightening work which would he necessary. In addition, there would be the cost of transport for + ’•« men engaged in the work, or the estab* lislnnent of a camp on the site. In view ,of the circumstances, he did not favor the inauguration of , a scheme op a comprehgnsivo basis.

Only four bankruptcies were filed in tlie Auckland district last month compared with 13 in November last year. The. figure was the smallest recorded during tho year, except a return of three in January. About six miles of the Bombay deviation of the Auekland-Hamiltou road are to be tar-sealed with one coat of tar this season. Traffic will be diverted over the old Kazorback Hill road while the work is in progress.

A verdict of accidental death, no blame being attachable to the driver or fireman of the train, was returned hy the coroner, Mr. T. I£. Lang, at the conclusion of an inquest in Featherston on Thomas Daniel Keane, the railway surfaceman who was killed near Feathersum last Thursday through his jigger being run down by an engine and van.

An order on a judgment summons was made by Mr. T. H. Harper, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court this morning as follows -Frederick Liddell v. Charles Robinson, £l7 16s, in default 17 days’ imprisonment. In a tenement case, O. K Wall v. K. Quinn, an order for possession of the dwelling on or before December 20 was made, and judgment was given for the plaintiff for rent totalling £ls 13s.

Some time ago the Gisborne* ICS.A., in mi endeavor to find employment for some partially disabled men, decided to commence a basket-making industry. The services of Mr. A. G. Finueane, a disabled soldier, who has had extensive experience in basket-making, were secured as an instructor, and three men were set to work. They have entered into tho occupation with zest and to-day the first results of their labors were placed on sale at a shop next to,the Majestic ThoiifrC.' Tho articles that have been made so far include ladies’ shopping baskets, tea travs, stools, clothes baskets, work baskets and butchers’ large baskets. They are made of finest quality cane and the workmanship is highly creditable. It is hoped that f.s time goes on this industry will grow and will provide permanent employment for disabled men, whose injuries preclude them from undertaking work in competition with men in good heatlh.

As a result of inquiries made by Detective McLeod, a girl of 18 appeared before Mr. P. H. Harper, S.M., in the Child Welfare Court this morning and pleaded gnilty to the theft of jewellery and other articles to the value of £SO, from the house where she was employed. Detective McLeod explained that he interviewed the girl immediately after the robbery on November 11, and she denied any implication in it, but on December 3 he again interviewed her, and the girl then admitted having stolen the articles. At the time of the robbery slip had made arrangements to take up another position. Further, she had in toreopted and destroyed letters, one of which contained the key to a box belonging to a guest at the house, which site ransacked. It was a well-thought out theft, and though the girl had not been before the court before, reformative detention was required. The magistrate said he could not look upon the matter in anything but a serious light, a grave feature being that the girl had gone about, the theft very systematically, and had not acted on sudden impulse. In tho circumstances he must carry out the recommendation of the Child Welfare Department, and the girl would he committed to a Borstal institution for a period not exceeding two years.