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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 2 October 1933, Page 4

11.M.5. Laburnum is to pay a visit to Gisborne next month. The Gisborne dates in the sloop’s itinerary are -November 17 to 20. The Laburnum is at present undergoing refit at, the I )e\onport naval base, Auckland. Commander A. 11. JVlaxwell-llyslop will be m command ol' the vessel, For being in arrears to the amount of £42 in respect of a maintenance order, Dan McKenzie was sentenced by Mr L L. Walton, SAL, in the Magistrates Court this morning to 10 days’ imprisonment with hard labor, the warrant to be discharged 011 payment of CIO olt the arrears.

The Mayor of Opotiki, Mr. CL S. Moody, lias donated a handsome silver cup to he competed for annually, and a miniature to be won outright in connection with a cottage garden competition to be held by the Opotiki ant District Progress League. Tim first competition will probably he held m November.

A new tourist launch for cruising m the Marlborough Sounds is being built for Captain At. Steele, of l’ieton, by Messrs. Codings and Bell, of Auckland. The boat is to replace the Tinopai, which was built for Captain Steele, by the same firm last, year, but which was destroyed by fire on one of bee early trips,

Customs revenue collected at the port of Gisborne for the month which ended on Saturday declined by approximately 50 per cent, as compared with the total for September, 1922, the respective totals being £1407 (is lOd and £2Bll 12s lOd. There was an increase of £9l in beer duty, however, the total for September of this year being £S2G Is, as compared with £432 4s (id for the corresponding month last year. Revenue derived front sales tax amounted to £1 •* 1(> Ids for the month.

A big season for “Libby ’ calves ami a very promising one for pigs is reported by the New Zealand Co-operative pig Marketing Association. Advice today reports that the association has handled 125.000 “bobby” calves, and, judging by the rate supplies ol pigs are coming in at present, the season promises to bo a very satisfactory one. The payment of ?,d per lh.. in place of the id pievionsly intondod, has brought the total bonus payment for the season up to Jd per lh. In view of this additional bonus payment, made jxissihle by higliei realisation of unsold stocks, it has been decided to extend the closing date for shares beyond October 1.

A suggestion for the arrangement ol a series of rifle shooting matches, either between teams representing the respective New Zealand contingents which served in South Africa or between teams of South African and Great War veterans, was made at the monthly meeting' of the Gisborne branch of the South African Veterans’ Association on Saturday evening. The proposal was greeted with much interest, and reference was made to the number of firstclass shots of former days who are numbered among the veldt veterans. subcommittee comprising Veterans G. Grawshaw and F. Collin was appointed to make inquiries as to the arranging of matches, with instructions to report results to next meeting of the association. An increase of 18 in the number of births is the most noticeable feature of (he vital statistics for Gisborne for the month which ended oil Saturday, as compared with .September, 1932. There was little variation i" the death rate, but five fewer marriage notices were issued during the month. following are the figures for September, those for the corresponding month last year being shown in paiontnoses. —Births, 44 (31); deaths, IN (17); marriage notices, (> (il) ] marriages by registrar, 1 (4). For the nine months ended September 8(1 the figures were: Births, 838 (318); deaths, 138 (.139); marriage notices, 136 (11(3); mai riages by registrar, 37 (23.)

Only two cases of Infectious disease were reported from the East Cape health district to headquarters at Gisborne for the week ended at noon to-day. The eases comprised one of cdainpsis and one of hydatids.

According to the. headmaster’s report read at a meeting of the Wellington College Board of Governors, a remission of fees in the ease of children of registered relief workers is to be made this year for the intermediate and university entrance examinations. The remission will apply to pupils considered to have a reasonable chance of success.

Criticism that requests by witnesses before the Tariff Commission for duties on materials used in building tended to keep up, or even increase, building costs was made by Professor B. E. Murphy at Christchurch. At the present time, lie said, it was urgently necessary that those costs should come down, as working people could not pay the rents that were asked.

Two games were played by the Poverty liyy basketball teams at Wairoa on Sat unlay, a morning game resulting in a win for Poverty Bay by 17 goals to 11, while in the afternoon the Wairoa representative team which competed at the N'ew Zealand tournament, recently scored a win over Poverty Bay to the tune o! Id goals to 7. At Tulaga Bay on Saturday afternoon another team of Poverty Bay basketball players proved •ruecessfui in an engagement with the Toiag.i Bay representatives. The sober outlook of N'ew Zealanders at present was compared with the mental attitude of the people of other countries by Dante, the visiting magician, in an address to the Optimists’ Club at Christchurch. In the last four months, lie said, lie had been observing the. way in which the people of various countries Were reacting to the present times of stress, and he, found that New Zealand ers were “heavy” compared with the others. He did not know whether this was a normal national characteristic or whether it was a result of the. depression.

“Many local bodies have incurred their expenditure under the stimulus of a boundless faith in the future of their districts.” said Dr. E. P. Neale, secretary of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. when addressing members of the chamber. “No doubt,” lie added, “the rapid population increases of some regions under conditions of prosperity have formed a basis for the erection of capital works on a scale out of proportion to present-day requirements. It is perhaps not realised that the population of the Auckland provincial district more than doubled itself in the 20 years from 1900 to 1926.” In the current issue of the New Zealand Gazette appears a notice of the issue to the East Coast Commissioner of a license to operate a water-power electrical installation at To Bcinga which has actually been in existence for many years. The power is drawn from a spring on Whakapunaki, and lights a homestead on Glassford’s, Te lteinga. In recent years, it appears, the right of the East Coast, Commissioner to operate this scheme has been challenged, and the issue of a license has removed the ground for discussion. The volume of water required for the operation of the plant is not more than one cubic foot per second.

At the opening of the Wellington (lower show, Mrs Knox Gilmer remarked that she hoped that our legislators when things improved would find time to bring about the long-promised legislation for the. protection of the native flora. New Zealand lagged behind other countries in this respect, and she expressed the further iiopo that the Gov-ernor-General might prevail upon liis .Ministers to make a move in the matter. Later on in the proceedings, His Excellency said that it was not for him to suggest legislation to his Ministers, hut he could assure Mrs. Knox Gilmer that if such a bill came before him for his signature he certainly would not, refuse to give assent to it.

“The Old ’Bus,” the film story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s triumphs in the Southern Cross, now being produced for world release by Mr. Jack Percival, will contain scenes of the air mail route from London to Darwin. Arrangements have been made for the “shooting” of aerodromes and air scenes of London, the Alps where Hinkler crashed, Home, Athens, Allepo, Bushire, Karachi, Allahabad. Rangoon, Singapore, Sourabava, Attomboca and Darwin. Sir Charles, who is flying a Percival Cl nil plane hack to Australia, will carry a camera with him on the flight to record tho hop from the solo flyer’s angle. “The Old 'lias” will he ready for release in Australia- and New Zealand when Sir Charles Kingsford Smith next flies the Tasman Sea in December.

The question of meeting the cost of removing trees likely to damage transmission lines was under consideration at the Power Boards’ Conference at Wellington. It was stated that the Public Works Act already gave boards authority to recover the cost from land owners who refused to do so after receiving notification. Mr. F. M. Martin, tho board’s legal adviser, pointed out, that tin' section applied only t-o trees overhanging the road. Mr. C. H. Smith (Otago) said the conference should consider farmers who planted trees for stock protection before the lines were laid. In such eases the Otago board bore the cost of removing the trees. A remit was carried in favor of amending the Act enabling (wards to recover from owners the cost of removing trees planted after the construction of transmission lines.

Members of the Gisborne Fire Brigade were entertained on Saturday evening at an informal gathering in the social rooms, held under the auspices of the Poverty Bay liugliy Referees’ Association. Tho evening was spent with tho playing of cards, billiards and quoits, and Mr. A. Wallace, chairman of tho association, was congratulated on completing his thirty-sixth year as a referee. During the evening Mr. N. Gilchrist, thanked the brigade for the use of the social rooms. Air. Wallace also thanked the brigade, and as a- token of the referees’ appreciation lie presented a leather bat. box to the custodian, Mr. T. Sheen. Mr. Sheen responded, and Mr. Kane also thanked the members of the association, remarking on the happy relations that existed between the Bremen and referees, and adding that the social room would be always at the disposal of the referees. During the evening, musical items were rendered by Messrs. 11. Nicholson, ,1. Mercer, W. Wilkie and Tl. Murphy. Mr. J. Stapp played the accompaniments.

The year book of (be New Zealand Society of Accountants, now in circulation, is a publication that should he of very definite value to the members of tho association, and also to many members of allied professions. Its contents are principally records of events of the immediate past year, in which the association registered substantial progress, but it- also includes lists of fellows and associates throughout- New Zealand, and of the secretaries and oilier ollkiMs, national and district, which information should be at the disposal or every up-to-date business man in the Dominion. The survey of recent economic developments and other factors affecting the profession, contained in the annual report, and the speeches of important otlieials at the annual conference, should stand among the. most reliable and well-balanced analyses of the Dominion crisis, and of the' steps taken to meet the urgent situation created by the fall of overseas market prices. Tho hook should be on tho shelves of progressive business men, for current and future reference,