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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18283, 29 December 1933, Page 6

No papers will bn published in Now Zealand on Monday, January 1. Sports arrangements for to-night have lioon ups'Ot as a result. of today's cold and boisterous wea t her. The Olympic Swimming Club was to have held the first of its season's carnivals at the Macrae Hath tonight, and in addition the Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club was to have staged another of its successful weekly floodlight meetings. Both have been pQstponcd until next week,

The Prime Minister, the Kt. Hon. (). W. Forties, on Wednesday unveiled a memorial tablet to a pioneer of tiie Ainuri district, the late Mr. Duncan Rutherford, on Conical Hill, Hanmer Springs. This week's cold snap, accompanied by rain, has further, delayed shearing in (ho district. (food progress was made with these operations doling I ho few line hot weeks before Christ mas, and in some instances gangs .were able 1 o make up lost time. However, showers in the back country kept some sheds back.

On Boxing Day Mr. Steve Priestley, CO' of Whangara, was thrown iiom a horse and severely shaken, lie delayed consulting a doctor until yesterday, when his condition made this step imperative, and resulted in his being admitted to the Cook Hospital yesterday afternoon. This morning, however, it was reported that he was quite comfortable.

Gisborne's rainfall for the month is still below the average for December. The I).", points of rain that fell yesterday afternoon and last night lias brought the month’s total to 1.71 in., compared with the December average of tl.bOiu. The rain for the 2-1 hours ended at 9 o'clock this morning was heavier in parts of the back country than it was in Gisborne, and on Mr. ],». c. Parker’s gauge at ilangaroa the recording was l.OTin.

An unusual incident occurred at evensong in the Anglican Cathedral, Christchurch, last Sunday. Towards the conclusion of the second lesson, which was being read by the Dean, a man seated near (he pulpit rose and made some remarks, presumably to the Dean. To most of the large congregation his words wore inaudible, but they seemed to have reference to the prevailing distress, ana concluded, “ something should be-

done about it!” The verger and a sidesman hurried to the spot, with the intention, apparently, of removing the man, while the organist and choir immediately began the “Nunc Dimittis." However, by this time the interrupter was absorbed in his prayer-book, amt no further action was taken.

The match between A. E. Doneghue's Wellington colts and Poverty Bay representatives concluded yesterday afternoon when heavy rain definitely stopped play after a number of adjournments resulting from light showers. The Poverty Hay score, in reply to Wellington’s 14b, was 453 for the loss of six wickets, stores additional to those reported yesterday being Lockett not out 11 and P. Dow not out 21. The extras totalled 50. Fortune, with three wickets for 102, was the most successful of the Wellington howlers, and others to take wickets were : .]. C. Dow, one for 61 runs; P>. Griffiths, one for 107. The Wellington team left Gisborno at 6 o’clock this morning for Tokomaru Bay to keep an engagement with the. Waiapti representative team today and to-morrow. The Wairoa, A. and P. Association has advised the Poverty Bay centre of the New Zealand Piping and Dancing Association, that entries for national dancing events at the Wairoa Show will close on January X. The association will provide transport for competitors from Gisborne, and two trophies of special interest have been oonated for competition, the first being a challenge cup presented by Mr. Wrn. McCullough, of Maknuri, and the other a challenge trophy for annual competition between dancers from Poverty Bay and Hawke’s Bay, this cup being one of several donations made by a commit tee of Wairoa business people, with the object of making the section cspecia Ily a 11ra et i ve. Fruitgrowers in this district will not welcome the rain, owing to the liability of stone fruit to contract brown rot at this stage of the season. Some growers have been especially unfortunate during recent seasons, and domestic orchardists, who grow fruit jut rely for their own and their friends' benefit, are inclined to wonder whether stone-fruit trees, particularly nectarines, are worth their room. With the limited season, stone fruit, usually comes in in large volume from the commercial orchards by the time the “backyard” growers are able to pick from their’ own trees, and the fruit becomes so cheap that the trouble of spraying, combined with the loss through pests such as brown rot, makes domestic growing rather an unprofitable activity.

When off Pcnearrow jit 10.30 u.m. on Tuesday the small fishing launch Kiwi, owned by Mr. John Bird, and manned by himself and son, broke her tail-shaft. The vessel was only about 2Uott. oil' shore, and Air. Bird let go his anchor, also an improvised one made rruin sash weights. Aoout 11 o’clock he communicated his plight to some people .on the beach, who promised lo gel in touch with the harbormaster. it was i'. o’clock in the afternoon, however, before any word ui' the launch’s mishap reached Wellington. The pilot launch Arahina got under way shortly after anil proceeded out to Pcnearrow to pick up the launch, which, despite- it strong northerly wind was brought safely to port.

An excellent method of holidaying was adopted by members ol the Wellington SI’.M.C.A. A bus was lured and the party of 28, including several ladies, set out on a sightseeing trip along the east coast. Each clay a party was selected to go ahead in a private ear and choose the cam plug place and prepare the meals. Late on Onristinas J>ay the travellers arrived at Gisborne after an uneventful journey from Wellington. They passed Hie night in the V.M.C.A. building here and tile following day visited the most outstanding points of interest in the district and then set out for Opotiki, via the Motu route. Since then Air. I.es. W. Anderson lias received advice of their safe arrival in the Bay of Plenty. From Opotiki they intended to travel to Tauranga, theme to Kotoru(i, returning home via bake Taupe-. The cost of the trip for each member of the party was not expected to exceed £5 16s. The holiday had proved such a success that the party were already making plans for a visit to Melbourne during tlie centenary celebrations.

Radio listeners cannot hope for any immediate) relief from tlm interference with reception caused by the d.e. motors in the borough pumping stations. The exhaustive tests which have been undertaken by the telegraph engineer, Mr. F. Walpole, and his staff in an endeavor to arrive at a solution of the. trouble have had to be suspended indefinitely—at a time when they appeared likely to be brought In a satisfactory conclusion—owing to- the fact that the officers of the department are now unable, lo gain access to the stations. - The telegraph engineer recently applied to the Borough Council to have its pumping station attendant released at certain hours to give the testing officers access to the stations, but the council was unable to see its way to grant this request, in view of the fact that an additional employee would have to bo engaged while the regular attendant was assisting with the tests. Much is being done, however, by cooperation between the telegraph engineer and the Poverty Bay Power Board to eliminate the interference, caused by power leaks in the board’s reticulation, and the position in this respect has improved greatly.

Thieves broke into the store of Mr. 11. J. Mantey, Opunake, last Sunday night, and by the use of explosives opened the safe, from which a small sum of ntonev was stolen.

A dairy farmer of Toatoa, Mr. Thomas King, 55, died suddenly near lluntly while travelling to Auckland by motorear at f> o’clock on Wednesday evening. Deceased iiad aslu-d a neighbor, Mr. 11. W. .\1 mini, to drive him from Rotorua to * Auckland. After passing Ngaruawahia, he appeared to fall asleep, but it was found lie had collapsed.

Severe burns to the arm were received by Mr. G. Openshnw, ground engineer of the Tauninga Aero Club, while starting a launch engine which he hud been cleaning at Mount Muunganui. Mr. Openshnw \s arm, which was covered with benzine, came m contact with one of the spark plugs, the spark igniting the petrol. Passengers by the !) a.in. train to Lyttelton on Sunday spent 20 minutes at the middle of tiro tunnel when a fault developed in the electric locomotive. The stoppage was traced to a blown fuse, hut when it was replaced by the driver the fuse blew out again, and there was further delay. Apart from the time lost no inconvenicncc was suffered by the passengers, as the air in The tunnel was quite fresh. Vandals stole the tools and attempted to remove the battery from a motor car which skidded off the road and down a bank between Mamaku and Rotorua, according to a report received in Auckland by the Automobile Association. The three occupants of the car escaped unhurt. When a wrecking-van arrived to take the damaged machine- away, all the tools had been taken and the battery detached. The thieves failed to find a wallet belonging to the owner of the car. The wallet contained a substantial sum of money, and was located by the wrecking gang under tile damaged vehicle.

One of the most satisfactory features of arrangements in connection with the Wellington-Auckland cricket match at the Basin Reserve in Wellington has been the promptness with which play has been commenced after each session. On the other hand, however, the introduction of a proceeding which caused adverse comment when the M.C.C. team was in Australia was viewed with some misgivings, although it appeared to be very acceptable to the participants in tlii“ match. This was the taking of refreshments on to the ground at hourly intervals.

Late on Wednesday afternoon two cars came into collision on the IT tills road, Motu, writes the Herald correspondent. Mr. T. Tyerman, who was proceeding towards ivlotu, and Mr. E. P. Fisher, returning from Puha, met at a sharp bend about a quarter of a mile from the Post Office. Mr. Tyerman was alone in bis car, but Mr. Fisher had- several passengers, including Mr. Tycrmau’s soil, Roy. Owing to the fact that both drivers were going very slowly, no one was injured. Mr. Tyennan’s car, a four-door sedan, was very badly damaged. both front springs and axle being brqkivi. tyres ripped, and mudguard cruhipled up and the wheels badly smashed. Mr. Fisher’s car, a two-door sedan, had a mudguard and axle bent and the steering gear affected, but was able to proceed under its own power. To-day Mr. Tyfeman’s car had to be removed bv lorry'to the at Motuhora, where the greatest difficulty was experienced in trucking >t. Fortunately no glass was i broken, on either car.