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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18310, 31 January 1934, Page 4

Probation was granted by Mr. E. L. Walton, vS’.M., in tbe Police Court this morning to a Maori youth, Edward Stewart, who pleaded guilty to the theft on or about December 21 of a bicycle valued at £3, the property of James Barber. Detective McLeod explained that the accused had removed the bicycle from outside an office in town. He was found in possession of it. yesterday, and was arrested by Constables Allan and Gatehouse at Patutahi. The accused was in employment, at Patutahi, and had not previously been before the court, having hitherto borne a good character. The bicycle had been damaged to the extent of £2. The magistrate admitted tile accused to probation for 12 months, and he was ordered to pay £1 in connection with the damage to the bicycle, and 11s police expenses.

Primary schools throughout, the district will re-open for the new school year next Monday.

On a charge of operating a lorry in the borough without a heavy traffic license, Sydney Edward Sargent was fined £3and costs by Mr E. L. Walton, S.M., iri" the Police Court this morning; 'The defendant, who was prosecuted by the borough traffic inspector, Mr 0. 0. Winter, did not appear.

An adjournment until February 12 was granted by -Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court this morning when Cyril Derecourt was charged with behaving in an offensive, threatening and insulting manner at Motu on December 28. Mr. D. W. lies, who appeared for the accused, applied for the remand, explaining that other cases arising out ot the same set of circumstances were to be heard on February 12. Progress with . the Gisborne Lawn Tennis Club’s championship tournament has been slow, during recent weeks. For a time after the publication of the draw, the weather was overpoweringly sultry, and few games were disposed of before the week-end break in the weather. The committee of the club is anxious that ihe tourney should progress as close to schedule as possible, and a return of moderately warm weather will be welcomed by players and officials alike.

The new bridge carrying the pipeline across the Taruheru River at Lytton road to the Taumata Hill reservoir has now been completed, except for tar-paint-ing the structure. On the recommendation of its finance committee, the Borough Council at its meeting last evening decided that the approaches at either end of the bridge should he barricaded, and a notice erected prohibiting persons from using the bridge. The inconvenience experienced by residents in a portion of Whataupoko in the matter of posting letters was referred to by Cr. H. Holmes at last evening’s meeting of the Borough Conned, and on Ins motion the council resolved to support a petition that is being prepared for submission to the postal authorities asking that a box should be provided in Russell street in (he vicinity ol Sheehan street.

Arrested by Constables Gatehouse and Neale yesterday, Hcke Katae appeared before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police, Court this morning charged with forging the name of Harry Matihi to a clreque for £5 on or about January 30 at Tokomaru Bay, and was remanded until Wednesday next. In applying for the remand Detective McLeod stated that it was alleged that the accused had stolen a cheque-book and issued several cheques along the Coast. The police desired to make further inquiries.

The Herald’s Wairoa correspondent advises that a party of natives representing the Ngatikahungunu tribe, and numbering about 60, will leave Wairoa to-morrow morning for Napier, en route for Waitangi to attend the Treaty celebrations. The party will include Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Carroll, liurumua; Patu te Rito, Whakaki; Matene Whaanga, Nuliaka; Repena Tumataroa, Mohaka; and 1 lore Ninnia, Te lieinga, these being the representatives of the different sections of Ngatikahungunu. Mr. Paetai Wilson, also of Whakaki, will be a member of the party, a later message states. “Motorists have re-adapted themselves quite readily to the old method of parking in Gladstone road,” stated the traffic inspector, Mr. G. fi. Winter, in a report to the Borough Council at its meeting last evening. “The objectionable practice,” added the inspector, “of stopping cai’s anywhere in the street and ‘double-banking’ will require to be dealt with more severely, as it constitutes a danger and inconvenience to other traffic.”

j Efforts are being made by senior memhers of the Poverty Bay Rowing Club to trace among the old records of their club any former member by the name of A. Davids. Recently an old silver trophy wqs discovered in an Auckland suburban household bearing the inscription “Won by A. Davids. Sculling Cup —P.B.R.Q,, 1896.” It was conjectured in Auckland that the initials indicated the now defunct Ponsonby Boating Club, but Gisborne people in Auckland who heard of the incident suggested an inquiry from officials of the Poverty Bay Bowing Club. Mr. Jus. Webb, president of the club, lias no personal recollection of any sculler of the name of Davids, but is endeavoring to trace the name, and would welcome, any information which former oarsmen of the Poverty Bay club may be able to give. I A lonely island settler, Mr. W. Nevill, of Portland Island, is a strong supporter of the Hast Coast railway agitation. He is at present in Gisborne, and when he was talking with a pressman to-day he showed that he was as keen as anyone to have the railway built, in spite of | the fact that lie is cut off from the. mainland, lie has seen most parts of New Zealand, having been a surveyor during the prime of his life, and he maintains that few parts of New Zealand have such a favorable climate as 1 that which would be served by the railway between Gisborne and Napier. The lim'd, ho said, had enormous productivity, which would be developed to a far greater extent than at present, if railway access were provided. The main trouble that he could see was that farmers tried to farm too much land. He said that olf liis 300 acres at Portland Island he received a greater return than lie did olf 1200 acres when he was . farming at Wairoa, | Promoters of card tournaments in Gisborne would do well to make themselves acquainted with the provisions of the Card Tournaments Regulation Act, 1933. The main requirements are that at public tournaments, where a charge is made for admission and prizes given, lawful card I games may he played if the organiser or ' organisers have given the police seven i days’ notice of the tourney, with details as to time and place; and if the proceeds of the tournament are to lie devoted to a charitable or other public purpose approved by the Minister of Justice. Expenses deductible from the proceeds are strictly limited, and cannot include any payment to an organiser or committee of organisers, who must lie prepared to furnish to the Inspector of Police, within seven days of the date of the tournament, an audited statement of its finances. The Act also provides for adequate police supervision of all premises where tournaments are held, including free entry upon such premises by a police officer. I Although a certain amount of scaffolding and timbervvnrk still surrounds the Robinson Memornl clock tower, the contractor, Mr. H. T. Reynolds, has now progressed so far with the, construction of the tower that its finished appearance can readily be pictured. The handsome lines of the, new structure have won appreciative comment from many townspeople and visitors, and undoubtedly when the plastering and other details are completed, the tower will greatly enhance the approach to the, business portion of the town. The contractor has now com- 1 pleted the placing of all reinforced con creto, and the plastering, hanging of bells, and placing of the opal dials is to be undertaken immediately. At its meeting last evening the Borough Council opened five, tenders for the supply and in stallation of electrically controlled ■ mechanism for the clock and chiming and striking system, and after some discussion the tender of £354 5s of Messrs. W. Littlejohn and Son, Limited, was accepted. This tender provided for mechanism . which should be unaffected by weather, ' the power to be derived from accumulators, “trickle-charged” from the mains, thus providing against failure of the power supply.

Polling on the proposal to borrow £2500 as a borough loan, as part of the consideration in respect of the projected acquisition by the borough of the Park racecourse, proceeded quietly this morning at the six booths in town and suburban areas. There was no congestion experienced at any of the booths, and the indications are that the poll will be a small one.

An amended scale of charges for the use of Barton Field by aircraft ovas eontirined by the Borough Council at its meeting last evening. The council’s finance committee stated that at a meeting at which Mr. G. A. Nicholls had been present, as representing the Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aero Club, hill consideration had been given to the complaint of the New Zealand Aero Club regarding the charges, and it was decided to recommend that the following revised charges should be given a trial for six months.—Two-seater machines : Fee for single landing,' 2s 6d; daily housing fee, ss. Three or more seater machines: Fee for single landing, 2s 6d; daily housing fee, 7s 6d. It was further agreed to recommend that passenger tax should be eliminated in respect of club pilots and members, and private pilots, these revised ' charges to apply only to aero club machines, and not to com inercial planes. 'The recommendations were adopted. An offer by the Bank of New Zea land to carry out operations in connection witli the conversion of the council’s loans was received by the Borough Council at its meeting last evening. The letter from the bank stated that a comprehensive scheme for dealing with conversions had been devised, and the bank, through its blanches in New Zealand, was prepared to carry out the operations of receiving from persons holding existing securities applications for cqnversipn or dissent from conversion, and the distribution of the new securities to the persons entitled. The bank’s charges for these services would be at the rate of 2s 6d per cent, upon the amount of all such securities converted and/or dissented from through the agency of the bank up to a total of £100.000,. and Is 3d per centum upon the amount in excess of that figure, plus all out-of-pocket expenses. It was decided to hold the offer over until the council was in receipt of data relative to the borough proposals.

A petition signed hv a number of Haiti residents, requesting that bitumen hot-mix paving works should be undertaken on certain roads in that suburb, was presented at last evening's meeting of the Borough 0-ouueil by Or. J. W. 11. Holmes. The petition reminded the council that a promise had been given earlier that ITinaki street ,aml part of Iranui and Graham roads should be laid down in hot-mix, and the roads had been prepared to receive this pavement, hut the work had then been postponed. Reference was made to the great volume of 'traffic -these roads carried, they forming a portion of the Kaiti bus route, ft was suggested that there was ample time this summer for the work to be undertaken, and the council’s favorable consideration of the proposition was urged. Or. H. E. Maude submitted that the council should protect its bus undertaking bv the provision of good roads, and after some discussion it was resolved that it should be a recommendation to the estimates committee that a sum should be placed on next year’s estimates for the work.