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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18234, 1 November 1933, Page 6

Accompanied bv Mr. Lb Dustin and Mr. W. -I. Gilberd. six members of the Associated Chambers of Commerce visited the youths’ afforestation camp at Kaitoke on Sunday. They praised the work that was being carried out, and sp ke highly of the appointments of the camp. A visitor to the camp was Air. J. S. Yates, botanist of Massey College, who wrote a letter of appreciation of the undertaking, stating that the example set might well be emulated in other cities.

Two offences in connection with the parking of a car were admitted by Mrs. Alary Barron in the Police Court this morning before Air. E. L. Walton. S.M. The charges were of permitting a- car to be stationary oilier than at the lolthand edge of a road, and within a lesser distance than 30ft. of an intersection. On the first charge the defendant was convicted and ordered to pay costs lCs, and on the second a fine of 5s and costs 10s was imposed. Reference was inkle at the meeting of the Wellington Esperanto Club to the International Society ol Esperantist Teachers, which has on its fifes the names of nearly 7000 teachers in 60 countries, who know the language, and over 1000 schools where Esperanto classes have been set, up. Recently 20 ol the leading educationists in Great Britain published a statement on the educational value of Esperanto, advocating the adoption of Esperanto as the 'first language t> he studied after the mother tongue in the schools of all countries. Building operations in connection with the State Theatre in Hastings luive been commenced, the contractors being N. Cole, Limited, ot‘ Auckland. The new theatre will be the fortieth link in the chain of theatres controlled by Amalgamated Theatres (N.Z.), Limited, and it is expected it will be completed in about three months. At the present, time nine theatres are being imi ll for the company, the most important being the State Theatre in Wellington. in the new Hastings theatre, interior decorations and ligditing will receive special attention, xvhiio modern sound equipment will be installed.

The following gifts to the Iloni Materoa Children's lioine are acknowledged by the matron : —A. and P. Association, Show tickets; League of Mothers, mugs and plates, and entertainment; Petties’, Limited, balloons; Miss Tucker, vegetables and butter; .Mesdames .). Moore and McLeod (YVhatatutii), butter and eggs; Mrs. Reynolds, dripping; Mrs. Oman, dripping and cups and saucers; To Karaka Sunday School, vegetables and eggs; Mrs. McCoy, pics •and sandwiches; A.M.P., sandwiches; “Irresistible,” buns ; (lisborne Refrigerating Company, and “Very Good Butcher,” meat- and dripping ; Mr. Cave, timber; Mrs. Stevenson and Miss August, sewing. Thanks aie tendered also to Mr. Ilirkett, Singer Sewingmachine representative, and Mr. I*. Fiselihaoh, Dominion ’fools Company, for service* rendered. One of the chief interests of correspondence among the world-wide branches of the South African Veterans’ Association lies in the identification of various units and individuals who took place in the veldt campaign, and in their present state of health and prosperity. In a recent letter from Windsor, Ontario, Mr. .1. V. Scott, secretary of the Gisborne branch of the association, learned that the Windsor branch includes a, New Zealander named George Burrell, who left New Zealand with the fltli Moimteds. Also resident, in Windsor is the former stationniaster at Ladysmith, who with his wife survives in happy retirement in the Canadian border town. Their name is Masterman, and Mrs. Mastnrnmn has for some time occupied the post of president of the ladies’ auxiliary of the Windsor veterans’ organisation. Yet another item of interest is that two sons of a Boer who fought against the Canadians at Paardebuvg are connected with the association, and are popular with _ all the veterans at their reunion functions.

Pleading guilty to a charge of committing a nuisance in Lowe street on October 21, Nicholas Somers was finch £1 and costs bv Mr. F. •L. Walton. S.M., in the Police Oonrt this morning. A lino of 5s and costs 10s was imposed hy Mr. L. L. Walton, S.M., in tin* Police (hurt, this morning on Han Tailkamo wlio by his counsel, Mr. .1. G. Nolan, admitted having driven a car without being the holder of a license. Preparations are being made for metalling a section of five miles of the Himgaroa-Waikaremoana road, in the Cook County, authority for this work to proceed having been received from the Minister of Public Works. The job will give employment for some weeks to a gang of 30 to 35 men. on co-cp*na-tive contract basis. Arrested at Rere by Constables King and Allan, Frederick Mervin Blank, 26, appeared before MY. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court this morning charged with breaking and entering Bridges. Limited, at Wliakatane. on October 16. and stealing! suitcases and clothing to flic value of £3O. On the application of Constable King the accused was remanded to appear at Wliakatane on Friday. Investigations regarding the costs involved in the completion of the Last toast railway have been completed by Mr. 1!. Trevor Smith, and have been forwarded to I lie Government for approval. The inquiries into the question of revenue are also neaiing completion, and a general meeting will be held in Napier shortly, when the reports on the various phases of the matter will he presented. At the meeting will be representatives from Wairoa to Napier. A charge of theft preferred against Horace lieyton Miller was dismissed by Air. !•:. L. Walton, S.M., in the. Police Court Ibis morning. 'The charge was of stealing two cords of wood valued at £o belonging to David P. Cameron, at Waerenga-a-liika on September .18, but alter hearing Camerons evidence the magistrate remarked that at most the matter was a civil dispute between the parties, and dismissed the information without calling upon the defence. Mr. K. J. Brosnahan-appeared for the defendant. The Opotiki district possesses some of the linest trout rivers in New Zealand, and it is therefore pleasing to note that, following arrangements made by the Opotiki Rod and dun Cluli, furtner restocking of some of these rivers has been carried out this season, as follows:

Waineka, 200,000; Ofara, 15,000; Taka putalii, 10,000; Waimana, 100,OJO. The spawning season has been exceptionally good tins year, with the result trial most of the. crocks contain natiirally-spawneu trout.

Charged with entering licensed premises and procuring liquor on September 30, while the ,subject of a prohibition older, Where Carroll was lined £1 and costs on each charge hy Mr. K. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court this morning. Mr. >S. V. Beaufoy, on the accused's behalf, entered a plea of guilty ni respect of both charges. Similar charges were preferred against Charles Cutis, who was lined £1 and costs for entering licensed premises, and £2 and costs for procuring liquor while prohibited. having recently been convicted of a similar breach of bis prohibition order.

The present fairly busy state of the building trade in Gisborne should continue for several months, on the strength of the schemes approved to date by the Unemployment Board for subsidy purposes. There are no jobs of very great individual value among those most recently approved by the board, but the aggregate value of'work proposed is veryconsiderable. Eight or nine residences, ranging in building cost from £3oo' to £1506', are included in the recently-ap-proved schemes, and a large number of smaller permits for extensions and renovations will furnish employment for jobbing builders and renovating firms. Probably few motorists are aware that the parties concerned in an accident are responsible for the removal of any broken glass from the roadway. Attention to this provision in the motor regulations was drawn in the Police Court before Mr. K. L. Walton, S.M., this morning when Mrs. Viola O. Osborne was charged with having failed to remove glass after ail accident on October 6, and also with having driven without a license. Regarding the first charge, the magistrate said that sufficient attention would he directed to the regulation if the defendant were convicted and ordered to pay,costs, 10s. For driving without a license, the defendant was fined 5s and costs 10s.

* Despite a fairly substantial decrease in the number of births registered in Gisborne in October, as compared with the corresponding month last year, the figures for tho 10 months of the year sliov’-n slight increase on those for the corresponding months in 1932. Double tho number of marriage notices were issued during the month, and for the 10 months there was a 25 per cent, increase in the number' of marriages. A slight decrease in the death rate for the 10 months is shown, while in October itself deaths fell from 16 to 10. The statistics for the month are as follow, those for October, 1932. being shown in parentheses:—Births, 24 (40*1; deaths, 10 (16); marriage notices, 22 (11); marriages by registrar, 5 (3). For the 10 months the figures are as follow Births. 362 (3581; deaths, 14S (155); marriage notices, 158 (127); marriages by registrar, 42 (26). Help for various institutions catering for veterans of the Great War is secured in Canada by the conduct of a series of sweepstake consultations, on the general lines of a well-known Tasmanian system. The various association branches in the Canadian cities are the agencies for the sale of tickets, and the scheme has the cognisance of official circles. Results arc conveyed by the publication of . a bulletin, “Sweep News,” which also serves as literature for the introduction of the scheme to new investors. The amounts raised by the scheme may be judged from the fad that in lfl.’lO, ,0)0,000 was divided by two holders of tickets on Blenheim, the Derby winner, while in 1931, the Derby win of Oameronlan brought £27,000 to the holder of the winning ticket.

The attention of lorry drivers was directed in the Police'Court before Mr. K. L. Walton, S. M., this morning to the requirements of the motor regulations in regard to loads extending to the front and the roar of lorries. William Prentice (Mr. J. Blair) admitted having driven a truck with a load extending more than 3ft. in front of tho radiator and more than 9ft. 6in. behind the axis of the rear wheels, without having obtained written permission to do so. Senior-Sergeant Wado said that lorry drivers made a practice of. carrying loads which extended a considerable distance over the front and rear, withoutobtaining authority or displaying red warning flags. This -prosecution bad been brought- as a warning that the drivers must apply for permission and displav Hags. The magistrate remarked that he considered that the owner also should be prosecuted; if the owner and driver both were prosecuted it would he possible to find out who was to blame. In this case the driver paid and the owner got off. Mr. Blair intimated that the penalty would he met by the owner, and the driver would not have to pay anything. After hearing an explanation by counsel, the magistrate said that it was.obvious that the owner knew that there was some requirement, A fine pf £1 aud costs was imposed.