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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18204, 27 September 1933, Page 6

The calling of tenders for the erection of the Robinson Memorial clock tower was authorised by the Borough Council at its meeting last evening. Tenders are to be called within the next few days. The Shell Company’s tanker Paua, arrives at Gisborne from Wellington to-morrow with a. shipment of !k>o tons of Mexphalte, required by the Borough Council for the coming season’s programme ,of bitumen hot-mix roadworks. A plea for the preservation and scientific planting of New Zealand trees was made by Sir Edwin Mitchelson at the opening of the Cheoseman Memorial exhibition of native spring flowers at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on Saturday. After praising the objects ot the exhibition, Sir Edwin mentioned that New Zealand had a variety of trees, shrubs, flowers and ferns that could be equalled by few countries. The attention of the Borough Council has been drawn by its inspector to the number of persons who have been supplying milk in the borough without fust having obtained a license from the council to do so. The offenders are mostly people in a small way of business who own one or two cows, and deliver the milk on bicycles, thus making it difficult to detect the offences. Notices have been served on offenders, l-nftiun onllim> ni)on them to

comply with the by laws, and alter Urn expiration of those notices the inspector intends to prosecute without further notice if the. by laws are not observed. Notification was received by the Borough Council at its meeting last evening from the Department of Laboi that the council’s applications under No. 10 scheme for subsidies totalling £440 in respect of the Taumata Hill service reservoir, and £4l 13s 4d in respect of the. Robinson memorial clock tower had been approved by the Lnemploynient Board. 1 his approval was subject to all men other than a contractor and foreman being engaged through the bureau and being Class C men, except that at the discretion of the certifying officer a proportion of Class B men might be. allowed lor special work, I An offence committed in October, ■ 192!), was charged against a man in the Police Court this morning before : Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M. The accused I was Arthur William Curtis, who failed to appear to answer to a charge of having been found ,on the licensed 'premises of the Gisborne Hotel after I hours on October 19, 1929. Sergeant | Clark mentioned that since the incident the accused had not been located 'until recently for the service of the summons. A line of £1 and costs was imposed.. 1 Plans of the Plunket building which the Gisborne branch of the Plunket Society proposes to erect on the town hall reserve at the entrance to the Peel street bridge were submitted. to the Borough Council at its meeting last evening by the. society. The council referred the plans to its works committee - .i , • t , l _ A il,„

for consideration. At a later stage the council approved a recommendation by , its works committee that the engineer ( should submit an estimate of the cost of extending tho breastwork, which at present terminates near the Peel street bridge, along the boundary of the town hall reserve as far as the bnndroorn. , A site on the Read’s quay riverbank adjacent to and on the eastern side of the Peel street bridge has been chosen by tho Borough Council for the Sievwright Memorial, which is to be removed from its present position in Pool street. The works committee of the council inspected the site, and in a report to the fortnightly meeting of the. council last evening the committee recommended it as eminently suitable, for the memorial. The committee also recommended that the drinking fountain attached to the memorial should be connected with the water supply. The recommendations were adopted. • Approval of the scheme submitted by tho borough engineer, Mr. E. It. Iliumas, for the beautification of the old wharf area between Gladstone road bridge and the railway bridge was received by the Borough Council at its meeting last evening from tho Gisborne Harbor Board, and the council was authorised to proceed with the work. The secre-tary-manager of the board, Mr. 11. A. Barton, stated that from the board's point of view it was not desirable that any fixed tenure should be arranged, but as it appeared unlikely that the area would ever be required for harbor pur poses, the board considered that the council would be I airly sale in assuming that the position would not be disturbed

for many years. Aiming to provide facilities for sport for the unemployed, the. Unemployed Workers' Movement made, a request to the Borough Council at its meeting last evening to be granted control of the Butene road reserve. The movement's sports club offered a nominal yearly rental for the reserve, in order that the unemployed workers might, after putting the ground in order, be able to exercise as much control as possible over the whole reserve. It was pointed out that the financial position of the unemployed debarred them from joining private clubs. Tho council also received a request from a swimming club formed by the movement, for the use of the Macrae Bath for one night each week for swimming and life-saving exercises, the hope being expressed that the council would grant the use of the bath at reduced rates. The requests were referred to the council’s reserves and financo committees for consideration,

The value of the recent rise in wool prices in Australia lias been estimated at £12,000,000, according to Mr. Bernard Grennan, of Messrs. .1, B. Were and Son. the 'Melbourne stockbroking firm, who arrived at Auckland on Saturday on a short visit to New Zealand. Wimbledon’s style of tennis dress appears to have reached New Zealand, for at tho Dominion badminton tournament, at the Wellington Town Hall, two of the lady competitors appeared on the courts in “shorts.” This type of sports wear is popular with women in England and on the Continent.

The work of planting pine trees on the Whakatane County Council’s reserve at To Teko has been completed. A total of 245,000 trees has been planted. Two officers of the Forestry Department who visited the reserve expressed- the opinion t-liat the pine trees on that area had made better progress than those on any other plantation they had inspected. “During the past four months T have been right through New Zealand, and I must say that among the retailers with whom I have come, in contact, there has been a much more optimistic outlook than for a. very lone lime.” remarked a commercial traveller in hardware, fancy goods and similar lines, who was in Napier last week-end.

A Melbourne man who returned lastweek from a. visit to England stated that he was 'astonished at the amount of building that was going on in London and suburbs. Standardised housc-s by the thousand were being built bv private enterprise and the London County Council,

In its campaign for the b'-auti'a-afion of the town. Ihe Poveitv Bay Ladies’ Gardening Circle, in a letter to the Borough Council at its meeting last evening, made an offer on behalf of members to donate rock plants for the improvement of the rockeries on the riverbnnks. Appreciation of the circle's activities was expressed, and the council resolved to accept the offer with thanks. As in past years, a “clean-up” week is shortly to be held in the borough. On the motion of Or. \\. 11. Mar-Gibbon, if- was decided at last- evening’s mooting of the Borough Domicil that the engineer should be asked to arrange for the removal before Show week of the rubbish usually collected dining the annual

“clean-up” week, one week’s notice to bo given to householders. The Fernhill-Ilnstings road was the scene of a motor car accident, as a result of which one of tho occupants of the car is now in hospital suffering from head injuries. The car, which was driven by Mr. R. (billion, was returning from a dance, and at the Kaupare turn-off ran into a dense fog and crashed into a telegraph post. The car was extensively damaged, and Miss Cora Potter was struck on the head and had to bo removed to hospital. A. scheme promising a saving of £350 per year at first, increasing on a sliding scale to £2OOO per year during the final portion of the term, and assuring the complete liquidation of the whole debt at the expiration of 30 years, was secured by the Mayor of Napier, Mr. C. 0. Morse, and the assistant town clerk. Mr. Watters, as a result of negotiations carried out with the Treasury in Wellington in connection with the proposed conversion of Napier’s debts, totalling £803,564. Advice has been received by Air. R. Shiel, aviation officer of the Vacuum Oil Company, from Mr. Wilfrid Smith, brother of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, that the monoplane which SquadronLeader T. W. White, chief pilot of .New Zealand Airways, will fly across the Tasman Sea in December, in company with the Soutbelli Cross, is almost completed. The monoplane, which will be a six-passenger, twin-engined machine, is being built at Cockatoo Island. Two Napier-. Javelin engines, each developing 175 horse-power, will be fitted to the machine shortly. The engines are on their way to Australia from England. Having previously decided that the disused tram-track now being removed from the middle of Gladstone road should be replaced by a grass plot, surrounded by a concrete kerbing and planted with ornamental shrubs, the Borough Council at its meeting last evening decided that the width of the grass strip should be 14ft. It had previously neon recommended that the strip should be 16ft. in width, but the council felt that this would be too wide Cr. H. H. DeCosta remarked last, evening that many people who were objecting to the laying down of the grass strip were under the misapprehension that two-way traffic was to he permitted on both sides of it.

Some of the old . Maori customs are forgotten by the younger generation. This was demonstrated at last night’s Maori concert in the Opera House in tlie only unrehearsed item oil tlie programme. The Rev. K. T. liarawira introduced a party of seven elderly wahines, who, he said, were to do a haka—a very old haka that was unknown to the younger generation, ft was the haka wahine, and those who participated, although they seemed to have reached the allotted span, performed with a rhythm and precision that did them credit. It was a haka of the early days of the Maori, but the leader started off with, “One, two, three—.” The audience laughed.

“One. of the worst acts of vandalism in Poverty Bay occurred in Victoria Township within the last fortnight,” said Or. 11. 11. DeOosta at last night’s meeting ot the. Borough Council. Or. DeOosta stated that it appeared that the occupier of a house in the township had taken it into his own hands to cut the top off a beautiful Norfolk pine, lo make way for the erection of a wireless pole. In 1 COO, when Victoria Township was cut up into 110 sections, he explained, each section had a Norfolk pine planted on borough property in front of it, but through the erosion of the sea only three of these trees remained. One of these trees had now been mutilated in a shameful way, and lie considered that the resident concerned should be asked to take liis aerial down. The tree was on council property, and the householder had no right to cut the top till' it. The council referred the complaint to its reserves committee.

Opening the Address-in-Reply debate in the House, Mr. 11. Holland, Christchurch North, referred to the matter of soldiers’ pension reductions, and on behalf af the (lovernment pointed out that New Zealand is the only country which gives economic pensions to its returned soldiers. A prominent member of the Gisborne R.S.A. executive to day pointed out that the statement was liable to misinterpretation, in the direction of suggesting that economic pensions are available to all returned soldiers, or even to a considerable* proportion of war service veterans. The actual number of returned men in receipt of economic pensions is small, compared with (lie number of men who were partially incapacitated by war service, while men who were discharged lit and who subsequently have broken down in health are not in receipt of the concession. The R.S.A. member considered that the point should be made clear, in justice to the association, which makes an annual appeal on behalf of returned men in distress. If economic pensions were available to even a considerable proportion of the returned men who are in need of assistance, he stated, the necessity for the R.S.A. appeals would he much reduced. For those who carry home knitting on through the summer months, Petties’ are showing the newest crochet wool suitable for summer jumpers. Full ounce skeins, in all the newest pastel tones, as well as green, lemon, rose, coral, white, and cream. Price 7jd skein.*

A resident of Napier for the past 50 years Mr Edmund M. Banning, has passed away at the age of 79. He was connected with the staff of the Napier Gas Company for about 10 vears.

A special matinee for children of unemployed parents was held >n the Majestic Theatre yesterday afternoon, when a special children’s programme was presented, with “fSooky” as the chief attraction. From 400 to 500 children availed themselves of the opportunity, and thoroughly enjoyed the treat.

Under the will of the late Mr. John Cameron, who died at Gisborne on August 7, the Public Trustee is appointed executor and trustee. The will provides for payment of the residuary estate to tho chief officer of the Salvation Army, to be applied for the general purposes of the Salvation Army in New Zealand. It is understood that the legacy is of modest dimensions.

The Napier Harbor Board has reaffirmed its previous resolution in regard to the Tutaekuri River diversion scheme, but disagrees with the allocation made by the Hawke’s Bay Rivers Board, and is of opinion that the Rivers Board should approach the Government to set up the commission under the Hawke’s Bay Rivers Act to investigate the position and allocate the amount each local body affected shall contribute to the scheme.

Encouraging' signs pointing to decreased unemployment among women and girls were revealed at a meeting of the Women’s Unemployment Committee at Christchurch. It was reported that dining the past month 77 girls had been found permanent employment. Tins was considered 1o be most encouraging. There was a more hopeful outlook and the number of fresh registrations each week was showing a decided decrease. Regret was expressed that so many girls were refusing to take residential posi I ions.

A request that the Wanganui Hospital Board should provide false teeth for relief workers and their families was lately received from the Wanganui Belief Workers’ Association. The chairman, Mr. W. Broderick, stated that a similar request had been received some time previously, when the matter had been referred to the Health Department, as it was considered that it was outside the board’s duties. It was agreed, on Mr. W. -i. Rogers' motion, that a further letter be sent to the department on the subject.

Memories of the days when the Australian miners came in their thousands to Otago are revived by a find made by Mr. R. S. ’Thompson during mining operations at his claim on the old school site at Lawrence.' The find took the shape of a coin closely resembling a penny. One side bears the inscription, “Peace and Plenty,” with a kangaroo and an emu, and on the other side there is the inscription “Melbourne, Victoria,” and a figure holding the scales of justice. The coin bears the date 1858. It is only one of a. number of coins, including Chinese, which have been discovered by Air. Thompson.

The match committee of the Hawke's Bay Boxing Association has been authorised by the executive to arrange for a team of amateur boxers to visit Gisborne in the early future, to compete for the Johnnie Walker Cup, a trophy presented for inter-district competition. The Hawke's Bay association lias also agreed to dispatch a team to Te Karaka, to take part in bouts before the Waikoliu Boxing Association next month. The decisions of the southern association will be greeted with much interest in this district, where boxers from Hawke’s Bay have furnished some of the most entertaining matches of the past few months.

It was pointed out recently by a deputation from the New Zealand Law Society, which interviewed Air. B. L. Dullard, Under-Secretary of Justice, that there was no Dominion roll of barristers and solicitors in existence, and that it was highly desirable, from both historical and practical viewpoints, that such a roll should he compiled, states the New Zealand Law Journal. Each office of a Supreme Court at which practitioners could be admitted kept a roll of admissions at that office only, and experience bad shown that trouble often arose when a practitioner applied for his practising certificate at some other office. All-. Daliard promised to look into the matter.

Estate agents are finding! that there is a keen demand in Christchurch at present for the renting of houses of the modern or bungalow, type, but these are somewhat scarce. Plenty of older houses are available, but there is not much enquiry for them. There has been a good deal of building, but much of this appears to have been done by persons who have recently been living in rooms or fiats, or who have been renting houses. The building subsidy was taken advantage of fairly largely in the suburban areas and sales of sections were frequent. There lias been something of an influx of persons to Christchurch during tlfe last few weeks, and the tone of the land market has been quite hopeful.

Little-known facts about the island of Mauritius were given by Major H. Vere Chumleigh in an address to members of the Overseas Club at Auckland. The. island has the distinction of having the world’s record for the rise and fall of tides. There is a difference of no less than 32ft. between high and low water. Another record Mauritius claims is the possession of the oldest living creature in the form of a gigantic tortoise, which is 460 years of age. It had passed through the hands of the Dutch, French and the buccaneer rulers of the island. Now the British officers’ mess makes it a daily allowance of one rupee to provide it with the comforts that its mature age deserves.