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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18036, 13 March 1933, Page 6

Mr. ,'). S. Jessep, deputy-'chairman of tho t nomployment Board, lias spent the last three weeks organising the counties on the West Cost, from Collingwood to Westland, to undertake the systematic supervision of prospecting for gold. Sunday, April "J. will be observed by the .Methodist Church of New Zealand as a day for prayer in connection with present-day problems and distress. Tiff: Council of Christian Churches in Auckland has decided upon a similar course.

A Maori ceremony will bo held at Orakei village, Auckland, to-morrow afternoon lo eelebrnV the ninety-second anniversary of the ollieial landing at Auckland of Captain William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand. The anniversary has a particular significance for Orakei. as it. was in that hay, known as Okaliu Bay, now skirted hy the waterfront road, that Governor iiobson was welcomed by the Maoris.

In connection with the action of W. B. Clarkson v. the Halifax Insurance. Company, reported last ween, it is explained that the adjuster, in giving evidence, stated that had the plaintiffs books 'been kept in a proper manner, he. would not have met with the same difficulty and delay. On account of the lengthy nature of the case, cross-examin-ation could not be reported in full. The fact, however, is that the witness under cross-examination stated that the books were properly entered in accordance with the system used by Mr. Clarkson, a system which was in common use, but in the witness’ opinion books kept on this system did not disclose the information required by the adjuster.