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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17958, 9 December 1932, Page 4

Geonm Smith, the IS-ycar-old bov W !m had been missing from bis borne m Palmerston North, was located at a Chinese market garden at Motuiti.

Fire completely destroyed a lorry owned by Mr. Reg. Clarke, Stout street, when it was travelling m the direction of Gentle, Annie last evening. Mr. Clarke was proceeding towards Gentle Annie to pick up a load of wool, but fortunately the vehicle was empty at the time. It is a total loss.

Writing from Seattle to a business ■ox-respondent in Gisborne, an American manufacturer has the following observations to make concerning his impressions of the prohibition issue:—‘‘The majority of the people realise that prohibition has been a rank failure, and as long as the police and public officials accept ‘hush-money’ for being deaf, dumb and blind to bootlegging operations, enforcement is out of tbo question. Practically anvbodv knows where liquor can be bought such as it is and everybody seems to have something in the cellar, from home-made wine, beer or gin or ‘moonshine’ up to bunded whisky. But still we have prohibition. Rome day it will lie voted out, but when nobody can tell, it lias been a mightly costly experiment.”

Hundreds of glass houses within almost a stone’s throw of the town is a striking sight to those making their first visit to Nelson. Mr. J. C. Hardy, secretary of , the Poverty Bay Fruitgrowers' Association, returned last night from the centre of New Zealand's largest fruitgrowing area, and said he was impressed by quite a large settlement which depended on glass houses foi their revenue. They were within three and five minutes’ walk of the Post O.liie, iust as Kaiti was to the business part of Gisborne. These places were mostly controlled by Italians, who were an able and industrious lot at this type of work. They raised all sorts of hothouse fruit. One fact in whi h these

.... jj|:> were fortunate was that then .•as an - abundant water supply, pro v ded I>v wells, and the water win

H-nulifllily pure, despite the tact that his section of land was beside the sea

As a result of the increased use of motor vehicles and tractors, the sad <l|,-rv business in New Zealand for some lime has suffered a decline, but recent ii ports from the Wanganui and \Yai loilo districts indicate that during Hie post few months there lias been a revival in the demand for farm harness. From inquiries made in Gisborne this morning it was ascertained that saddlers had noticed hardly any appreciable change in the volume of tlfoir business in recent months. Although one firm bad experienced an increase in the sales (f farm harness lately, chiefly in the demand for collars for ploughing work, winkers and chains, other firms stated that they had found business steady, with scarcely any increase in tho sale o f farm harness. In some cases, however, more repair work had been received. especially as far as saddles Were concerned, ■> and this, it was thouirht. was because the owners realised that attention was a saving in the long vim Traitors had never taken a strong hold in this district, it was pointed nut,, and their abandonment, if such was the case outside, would not be felt to the same extent here as in districts where they were in more widespread use.

A Mercury Bay fisherman is making an effort to ship crayfish to Hongkong. Jlo lias cooked and salted a 'barrel of crayfish for export as a trial shipment.

About £ll3 was collected in Dunedin as a result of the appeal in the streets by the South African War Veterans’ Association on behalf of the men (and the dependents of those men) who fought in the Boer War and are now in distress. The Education Department has announced that it is reducing the cost of work books and scheme-books that teachers have to buy. The department also intends to publish a series of mode,! programmes of daily work for tlm guidance of teachers in school management. The higher the net revenue of the rail ways, the less is the interest-burden on the consolidated fund. Thus railway users help to reduce the Dominion s annual liability, and, says the actinggeneral manager of railways, Mr. 0. If Mackley, “almost the whole <>f their payments to the railways become a direct contribution to the Treasury.” The Central Hawke’s Bay Bower Board has commenced the replacement of lib miles of copper-clad steel wire, which is showing signs of deterioration, with aluminium, steel-reinforced cables. Tim cost of the original lines was £2630 (£2256 for material and £374 for labor). An indication of how costs have come down is given in the fact that the new material, although superior to that originally used, will (cost only £1053.

The dredge Pari tutu at- New Plymouth is In be overhauled at a cost of £5300 and placed in commission for a further four years. The New Plymouth Harbor Board lias decided to give consideration to the acquisition of a new and smaller dredge suitable to the requirements of the port, to replace the Paritutu after tlm expiration of four yearsiji order that pupils leaving schools may take records of the teachers’ estimate of their progress the Education Department is instituting a report called the pupil’s leaving card. The head master’s comments will be marked on this card, which it is intended pupils shall present when entering a post-pri-mary school or when making application for a position of employment.

The position in regard to the relief of distress in Christchurch at present was quite as bad as at any time during the winter, stated Mr. J. W. Woodbury, director of the Central Relief Depot Applications were being received from many people who bad hitherto kept away from the depots, but now found, on account of Joss of work, that they had to ask for food and clothing.

Speaking at the annual reunion of the Wellington South African War Veterans’ Association. Colonel G. T. Rail appealed to all returned men to show that same indomitable spirit they displayed while overseas in an endeavor to overcome “the present depressed feeliiici that was rampant in the city.” ‘Tj that same spirit is displayed,” added Colonel Hall, “I feel sure a mark will be loft behind which will be followed.” As a result of structural damage sustained in the earthquake of February, 1931 the l'almerston North City Council’s ’ chambers in the square were partiallv vacated. Subsequent to the earthquake it was estimated that an expenditure of £4OOO would be required to re condition the whole of the chambers The engineer lias been authorised to renovate the front portion at a cost of £l2O.

The nitrate industry of north Chile is dead, declares Captain IT. S. Hurle, a recent arrival at Auckland from South America. Where formerly the annual export had been 3,000,000 tons, at present it was 300.000 tons. Synthetic nitrates had ousted it from the world markets. As the country used to derive a large revenue from its -tax on nitrate exports, the finances were in a parlous state. In fact, Chile had for the first time defaulted in the payment of her foreign bonds. Owing to the trees not having been lapped, there was no income from sales of lubber, and, therefore, after allowing far depreciation, a loss for the year of £867 had resulted, most of it from the upkeep of the estate. Such was the report submitted to the annual meeting in Oamarii of tlm New Zealand Malay Rub tier Company. Trees in the mature area of 534 acres had greatly benefited from the enforced rest, and higher yields would be obtained. In order to conserve funds the directors had decided to recommence tapping over a portion of. the estate.

A taJo of money wasted in the past, of almost complete lack of it in the present, and of a future most uncertain, i.s told of most of the South American republics by Captain H. S. ITurle, who has arrived at Auckland. He has been in Chile for many years, and after 1929,

•vhen he returned after the war, he was with the Antofagasta Railway Company. Things were so bad in Chile, lie said, that he simply packed up and came to New Zealand with his wife and family. In the towns of Peru, Ecuador and Columbia weeds were growing, in the streets, and the buildings looked dilapidated as though unused.

Considerable interest has been taken in the finds of Maori implements by Meisrs. R, Roll, of Mercury Ray. and 8. .'I. Hovell, of VVaihi. at Uruarangi in nn «>UI Maori pa in the vicinity of Matatoki, about, seven miles from Thames. This pa was tile scene of many fierce battles and was a densely-populated stronghold of the Ngatimaru irilie. A representative collection of articles will he exhibited in the Auckland Museum. The collection comprises 572 specimens. Wh at is considered to he a valuable acquisition is the discovery of varied tattooing implements, made chiefly from the wing bones of the albatross They numbered about 150. Prior to thb discovery tatooing implements were considered rare curios.

“'Most farmers recognise to-day that they would be better oil' with less land,” said Mr. 8. A. R. Mail’, speaking at a meeting called in Wanganui to discuss the Development League’s afforestation proposals. There was never a time more than the present when owners of large blocks of land felt they would rather have smaller lots. They would sooner have half the. land productive than the whole of it an expiring assi t. “The man who owns freehold property holds a trust for posterity,” said Mr. Mail', “and he should not allow it to deteriorate and become a lost asset to the people of the Dominion.“ At the present state of I if* produce market there was no money available for farmers to redevelop tneir !: nd, bid a tremendous lot. of it could le made highly productive if it were c il up into smaller areas.

In reference to the matriculation examination paper in algebra, concerning which confusion arose through conflicting directions as to the time allowed for the subject, Mr R. T. Norris, registrar of the University of New Zealand, has announced that the paper was compiled for a two-hours’ period. Telegrams advising supervisors of the error in the directions given on the ’paper had been dispatched immediately after the registrar’s attention was drawn to the matter, and although Ihe'.c had arrived at different cent ret at different times, the supervisors genc.any a..il boon aware or the position, and had acted on the instructions given in the separate examination schedule, circulated previously. Air Norris

stated further that the matter would be placed before the examiner in algebra, and the executive would see that whatever shouiu be clone would be done.