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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18067, 19 April 1933, Page 6

The body of Mr. Donald Robertson,. 83. was found on Sunday on the edge of the lake at Queenstown. It is presumed that he was drowned.

Heavy train loads of sheep and lambs have been railed to the Kaiti freezing works recently, and yesterday a train with 30 trucks containing 2141 sheep and lambs, mainly tho former, arrived from l’ulia. The freighting of sheep and lambs is much on tho same level as last year, although this season was later in starting than last. The lamb traffic is practically completed for the season, and sheep should comprise the remainder of (he railed animals at Kaiti. • T. C. Lowry’s record individual aggregate of 1187 runs for a season’s cricket in Hawke’s Bay has been exceeded this season by M. A. O’Brien, the brilliant United, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington player. O’Brien, during the. season just closing, has compiled a total of 1240 runs in 31. innings, and in 21 representative innings, including Wellington matches, ho has averaged 46.3, there being four unbeaten innings to his credit.

A new winter time-table will be put into operation on the Gisborne section of the railway. At present there are 18 trains a week, and this nupiber will be reduced to 12, probably from May 1. This is the usual winter alteration, but instead of running three outward return trips a week and three inward return trips, all trains will run from Motuliora to Gisborne in the morning and return to Motuliora in the afternoon. This is calculated to effect a considerable saving in running expenses.

The connections of Joe Franklin, tho Gisborne featherweight boxer, had expelled to hear of his entry into tho ring against Johnny Loekie, in a professional championship match on Saturday evening in Masterton. Last month Franklin fought in Masterton, and it was announced that the winner would be given a fight with Leckie, but though Franklin proved a good winner on that occasion, he lias heard nothing since of the proposed engagement with the more prominent boxer, Leckie. Officers appointed for the remaining two months of the official year of the Legion of Frant-iersmen, to control the activities of C Squadron, were as follow O.e. Squadron, Captain J. Hurrey, troop lieutenant, Captain J. B. Poynter, squadron sergeant-major, Sergt.-Major McOalluni: No. 1 troop sergeant, Sergt C. Jackson; adjutant-secretary, Lieut. 11. B. Green; lion, medical officer, Dr. W. A. Bowie; lion, auditor, Frontiers man E. L. Maude. The appointments will be reviewed at the opening of the new year of operations, following on the New Zealand conference, to be held in New Plymouth in the first week of June. Judging by the quantity of fruit available for export the season has not been a very successful one for Auckland growers. Applications for shipping space have not come up to last year’s figures. Rains in February swelled much of the fruit to sizes which are barred for export. Mouldy core has been fairly prevalent and a good deal of codlin moth has been evident, but was not discernible m the early stages. The total export of apples-and pears from the Auckland province this season is expected t-o be about 125,000 cases, a drop of 55,000 cases on last year’s total.

Most types of locally grown fruit continue to bo retailed at cheap rates in Gisborne. A glut in tomatoes was responsible for phenomenally low prices a fo.w r months back, and even now they can bo bought for 3d per lb. The. apple crop is not as large ns it was last season, but in view of the fact that some of the usual exporters are not inclined to send as largo quantities as usual overseas, together with restrictions on oxports of large varieties leaving considerable quantities on the local market, prices have declined to a very low level. The best Delicious can he secured at 4s a case, while some of the other varieties arc even cheaper. Lemons, however, arc scarce, owing to a light crop, hut grapes are selling at the lowest prices known for many years. As evidence of the interest taken by old members of 0 Squadron, Legion of Frontiersmen, in the re-iormation of tin* unit in Gisborne, several messages were, received at last evening’s gathering, at which Lieut. P. A. Warren, liaison officer from Mew Zealand headquarters, was present. Apologies for unavoidable absence were received from or presented on behalf of Captain W. Brechin, and Frontiersmen F. E. Gnddum, Murdoch Mcßae, and P. W. Mossman.. The legionaries, present heard with interest, too, a message from Sister Pritchard, an old member of C Squadron, who sent her assurance that though unable to attend the meeting, she maintained her interest in the organisation, and would bo prepared to do everything in her power to further its aiini.

Con (Mission was received by a schoolboy, Allan Harvey, 14, as a result of being thrown from a horse near bis home at Keinuera, Auckland.

Serious injuries, including a fracture of the right leg, were received by Mr. Walter Lloyd Weiss, 86, as a result of being struck by a tramear in Auckland on Monday.

Tramway and bus operations in Wellington resulted in a loss of £12,591 for the past year, as compared with £9683 for the previous 12 months. Last year’s total revenue was down by £28,298. The tramway account showed a loss of £4330 and the buses a deficiency of £8261. Deficiencies of £22,549 in the accounts for trains and trackless trams, and of £l6ll in the accounts for petrol buses are shown by the financial statement of the Christchurch Tramway Board for the year ended March 31. Included in the first ligure mentioned is £5524, which was the balance of the deficiency from the previous year. As a result of shifts working day and night trains are now able to reach the entrance to Tuhtia tunnel on the Strat-ford-Main Trunk railway. . Three chains of boulders and silt remain to be moved on the (f'kahukiiiii side of the tunnel. Siltcovers the tails inside the tunnel for a distance of 60 chains. A chain and ahalf of logs, some 40ft. long, also blocks the tunnel. The track is expected to bo cleared in about two weeks. A serious motor collision occurred on the (treat South road near Huntly on Monday evening. A sedan motor car driven by Air. Ronald Stone, Grey Lynn, collided with a van driven by Air. C. Kelly, Frankton Junction. Alls. Stone, mother of the driver, and Miss A. Stone, received injuries which necessitated their removal to Huntly Hospital. Both vehicles were extensively damaged. An indication of the vigorous measures being carried out by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society to exterminate hawks, stoats and weasels is given in the annual report of the society. The sum of £378 was spent by the society last year in bounties for the destruction of 14,951 hawks. Over the past 11 years, 144,972 pairs of hawks’ feet have been sent to the society, £3897 being paid in rewards. During the past year 5219 tails of stoats and weasels were sent to the society, royalties paid on a basis of Is a tail amounting to £394. A notable swimming pertormance was registered by Miss Mona Leydon, the 220 yards and 440 yards lady champion of the Dominion, at the New Zealand University carnival in Auckland. Miss Leydon took part in an 880 yards handicap and, although she conceded long starts to her two ojiponents, she won by 120 yards in 13min. 0 3-ssec. This time broke by 53 2-ssec. the New Zealand record held by Aliss Kathleen Miller, of Wellington. Unfortunately, Miss Leyden's t inic, through having been registered in a handicap race, cannot !u* granted official recognition. While large numbers of Wellington dwellers have been spending the Luster holidays at country or seaside resorts, states the Dominion, it has been noticeable that hundreds or probably thousands of others availed themselves of the nioro simple pleasures provided by the city’s amenities. The botanic gardens were thronged with strollers and the grassy spaces were dotted with family picnic parties. 'The various walks on the hills were popular, as also were Wilton ’s Bush and other beauty spots 1 within walking distance of the various tramway routes. Considerable public indignation was expressed by Suva residents recently when it was learned that several rabbits had been brought into the colony from Auckland by a resident, who returned from a holiday at New Zealand by the Aorangi. Later it was learned that permission had been given to import a number of Chinchilla rabbits, and that the importer had taken it on himself to bring several of the common grey variety and some crossbreds. When the rabbits were placed in quarantine and this was discovered the department took immediate steps to have them destroyed. The importations of chukor have been costly experiments to the Auckland Acclimatisation Society. Of the first major shipment, only 18 birds were landed alive out of 100, and among the survivors, dysentery again broke out, only two cock birds being left. In January, 1933, a further 122 birds were shipped, of which 50 were for the South Canterbury Society, but this shipment was as unfortunate as the first. Only 83 birds were landed, and were quarantined on account of dysentery, and of this number 50 havo died to date. Small shipments to private buyers have been more successful, and the society has now decided to discontinue importing birds on its own account. The total cost was £268.

One of the most interesting person alities met during the cruise of the yacht Heartsease through the South Sea islands was the Fijian chief. Rata Sakuna, district commissioner in the group. This man was educated at Wanganui. Collegiate School, took his degree at Oxford, and was admitted to the Bar in London. He served with the Fijian forces during the war and also was at one time with the foreign Legion. Ho met members of the crew at Suva and invited them to visit him at Lomaloma in the Lau group. They accepted the invitation and spent a most enjoyable week with him. Ho was a most outstanding personality. Afterward he accompanied the Heartsease in its cruise round the group, making his annual tour of inspection.

Representatives of Victoria and Canterbury Colleges and Otago University to the number of between I<>7) and 170 arrived in Auckland on Friday morning to attend the twentyninth annual M T ew Zealand in toruniversity tournament. The Star says that the Visitors, were given a boisterous welcome by a large party of students, including representatives of the Ho.ngi Club, who arrived at the station on a motor truck furnished with a piano. As soon ns the train from the south drew up at the platform, heavily boarded students of the llongi Club, describing themselves as oflieers of the “ITogpu,” “arrested” the visiting teams and gave them into the custody' of “gaolers” who were the Auckland residents with whom the visitors were to be billeted. This ceremony caused much merriment.

The opinion that a complete overhaul of the public art galleries of New Zealand was long overdue was expressed by Dr. E. B. Gun son in addressing the Overseas League, states the Auckland Herald. Dr. Gunson said culled pictures might in some cases form the basis of exchange or, indeed, go to the formation of a nucleus of a collection in towns not at present possessing a public gallery. The appointment of a representative Dominion body of accepted authority to advise upon art resources and activities in the Dominion would also be of value. Such a body could operate advantageously with respect to the requirements of the smaller towns by selecting a national loan collection for exhibition in such centres', and in arranging an interchange of important pictures as loan exhibits between Now Zealand and Australia. c,