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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18262, 4 December 1933, Page 4

An initialled gold signet ring, found •it Kaiti Beach several weeks ago, Inr been handed over to the police, who nr awaiting a claimant. A nil return in regard to new notifies tions of infectious diseases and den « therefrom was announced front the office of the Bast Cape health district ior the week ended at noon to-day.

Tho Y.M.C.A. hurmonii'a band paid a visit to the cruiser Diomede last, evening and provided an attractive programme of musical and other items ior those of the complement of the cruiser who were unable to leave the ship. At the close of the programme. Chief PettyOfficer Firth expressed appreciation oi Die entertainment, and the interest shown in the welfare of the cruiser's ratings. The annual confirmation services in connection with Holy Trinity Church wore held yesterday, being Conducted by the Bishop of Waiapu, the Rt. Rev. \V. H. Williams. At the afternoon service seven moil and 20 women were presented, whilst 12 boys and 52 girls were confirmed at the evening service. An appropriate address was delivered hv His Lordship at each scrvico.

“I was very glad to hear you people sing the National Anthem prettily and so "accurately,” said the Governor-Gen-eral, Lord Bledisloe, when addressing the school children at Cheviot. There were few persons in the Dominion who heard the National Anthem sung so often as Their Excellencies, Lord Bledisloe continued. Many times he and Her Excellency had heard it sung out of tune, out of time, and often very nervously. At Cheviot it had been sung in good time, in tune, and with confidence, ns though the children really believed that they had a great King and a great man ruling them. “You have not only a great monarch, hut one who has set a brilliant example to the Empire. Nor is there a woman who has set a nobler example to tho women of tho British race than Her Majesty the Queen.”

An event of considerable importance to the Maori people will take place at the southern end of Lake Taupo on December 6, when Te Rata Koroki, who recently succeeded to the Maori kingship, is expected to make an official visit to Wailii, the historic headquarters of the Tnwharetoa tribe and their chiefly line, the Te Henlieu family.

An amateur engineer, son of a farmer near Daiineviike. lias constructed' and fitted a water-wheel which runs the milking plant for the herd of 40 cows. The tunnel consists of tar barrels abandoned on the highway. The work is of . a substantial nature, and gives every satisfaction. It runs throughout the season and costs nothing for working expenses.

There were all the usual accompaniments to a wool sale during the progress of the auction at Napier on Friday. Sellers of wireless sets, insurance shares, new cars, and even women’s beautifiei’s were plying their trades. “I am not going to buy a new car, but I'm off to get my wife a new outfit, and perhaps a few things for myself." remarked one farmer, who came out of the sale more pleased than he expected to be. “Come i n," he said to his happy-looking wife. A remarkable performance on the Mangapapa rifle range was registered by ,L. Berry, a member of the Gisborne Defence Rifle Club, on Thursday. After taking part in the club’s December handicap competition, Berry, in an extra practice shoot over the 200yds range, registered 16 “bulls” in succession before dropping into the four ring. His t\\ ; o siglftei's' Were bulls', and fie roil tinned to hit the hull until die broke on the seventeenth shot, which was only half an inch off the bull.

A further improvement, on the high figures of October is shown in the customs duties collected at Auckland hist month, the total being €213,509. This is slightly more than the October return of €211.373. which was the, greatest amount collected in one month since August, 1930. when the total was £228,710. In November, 1952, the customs collections totalled only £168.970. For the, 11 months of the present year a. total of £2,030.247 was collected in customs duties, compared with £1,795.101 in the same period of 1932, an increase of €235,146. .Sales tax collected last month amounted to £50,731, the total amount since, the imposition of the tax being £368.228. A large number of chemical fireextinguishers in private services have been found to he unfit for use, although reliance is being placed upon them for protection against fire, according to a statement made by Mr. L. Gibson in a paper read to the Institute, of Fire Engineers. Wellington. He said that if fire-extinguishers were not properly made and carefully maintained they became not only useless but dangerous to those who attempted to use them. The speaker favored the inspection by fire brigade officers of extinguishers. Mr. Gibson’s motion favoring legislation being introduced to prohibit the importation and sale of extinguishers of inferior construction was adopted. Mr. GirlingButcher, Inspector of Fire Brigades, said that governing of the sale of extinguishers was to be considered by a departmental committee. The request of the New Zealand Aero Club for modification and uniformity of the provisions in life policies affecting aviation risks is referred to in the annual report of the club. The report stated that the matter had been taken up with individual companies witk a view to getting one at least to give the protection desired by the club, and there had been extensive correspondence on the matter, but so far without any definite result. “In view of the statistics, which clearly show the safety of flying, even under the somewhat disadvantageous conditions at present obtaining in New Zealand,” the report stated, “it is difficult to understand the conservatism of life insurance companies in declining to modify the conditions which at present prevent persons from travelling by air who would do so, could they be assured that they were not endangering the protection afforded their dependants under their life insurance policies.” The annual report of the Dominion Observatory records the occurrence in some part or other of New Zealand of 313 earthquakes during 1932. The North Island felt over three times as many as the, South Island. Apart from the Gisborne- Wairoa shake on September 16, few of the year’s earthquakes were at all severe, being just about normal both in intensity and in number. 'The two most quaking months were March and September, 63 being recorded in the former and 88 in the latter. July was tho month most free from earthquakes, only nine being recorded. Of the 313 earthquakes recorded during the year, only 57 were above the figure 4 on the Ilossi-Forel scale, and more than Half of the total number were so slight as probably to escape being noticed by the majority of people in the area in which they occurred. At the Dominion Observatory, Keiburn, 472 earthquakes were recorded during the year, but their total includes those that occurred in other parts of the world. There was an exceptionally large attendance at the concert held in the Botanical Gardens last night, -when the hand of HALS. Diomede, under the baton of Petty Officer Boyce, and several members of the Rifles Band presented a pleasing programme. The two bunds marched through the town, quickly gathering a large crowd as they headed towards the Botanical Gardens. The programme was as follows:—Hymn, “Fierce Raged the Tempest”; march, “The Challenge”; overture, “La Diomede”: waltz,

'•Over tlie Waves”; march, “Sons of the Brave”; selection, “Austral// march, “8.8. and C.F.”; selection, “Scottish Aits”; march, “Colonel Bogey.” Before the last item was rendered Mr .1. Chrlsp thanked Captain Cosmo Graham and Lieut. Archdale; hand president, for the. hand’s attendance at the concert. He also thanked the band for rendering so fine a programme and the Salvation Army 'or lending the lighting equipment. In conclusion, he called on those present to give three hearty cheers for all who were responsible for the entertainment.

“T mil as much opposed to Government interference in business as anyone. and I accepted the chairmanship of one of these transport licensing authorities with a good deal of doubt." stated Dr. S. A. Gibbs, chairman ot No. 7 Transport Licensing Authority at a sitting at the Blenheim courthouse. “It was only because I could see, not only in New Zealand but all over the world, that transport had become a vital problem that 1 decided to accept appointment. The mounting cost of transport. is a problem in most countries, and particularly in New Zealand, and unless some organised move is adopted to bring transport costs within a reasonable ratio to the products of the country we shall have to go insolvent. They have gone up from 50 per cent. 15 years ago to 50 per cent, of our total national costs of production to-dav. Tf you go on another 15 years and they go up to 75 per cent,, how much is going to be left for ns to live on?” Counsel : “Not much! I hope we’ll be dead bv then!” Dr. Gibbs: “I don’t want to die I want to see tho solution of these problems. I think it is a most interesting age to live in. I want to see how we get out of it all. I want to see how they settle up with the Nazis, and how you fellows settle up your transport problems,”