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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 4

Serious injuries to his head were received by William Robertson, of Elthani, a single man, and son of a well-known E Itham settle]-, when he was accidentally struck by a falling stacker while engaged in the harvest field. His condition is grave.

A donation of £1 Is to the reception committee’s funds in connection with the visit of the Duke of Gloucester to Gisborne was voted' at a meeting oi the Gisborne Returned Soldiers’ Association’s executive last evening. The executive also gave directions for placing at the disposal of the municipal authorities the services of a number of ex-service men, for traffic control and other duties in connection with the celebrations. Members of the association are making a considerable contribution to the preparations for welcoming the Duke of Gloucester, as apart .from the donation of cash and services noted above, the association has undertaken to erect the welcome arch at the entrance to the Childers road reserve, where the major public gathering will take place on Thursday next.

At Burnie, Tasmania, the Duke oi Gloucester was motoring in a spare halfhour when his car broke down. He hailed a young man who was driving an ancient single-seater car who, when the Duke said be wanted to get to H.M.S. Sussex in a hurry, said, “Hop in, old man.” The driver was a bright young man, and the drive to the ship in thp ricketty car was enjoyed by the Dulfe, who also hugely enjoyed the obvious (act that the young man had not recognised him. When the wharf was reached the young man shook hands with him, and said, “Give my regards to the Duke.” When the Duke approached the gangway the sentry saluted, and the young mail, suddenly enlightened, yelled, “Good God, you are the Duke!” Half way up the gangway the Duke acknowledged this startled recognition with a laugh and a cheery wave of the hand. If Major-General Sir Alexander Godley, former commander of the New Zealand Division, includes Gisborne in the itinerary of his forthcoming New Zealand tour, it will be at the expense of a day or two of the time he has allocated' for a fishing holiday at Rotorua. Sir Alexander will spend a fortnight at Rotorua, and in the normal course will proceed to Hawke’s Bay yia Taupo, but the Gisborne Returned Soldiers’ Association’s executive hopes to induce him to make the trip by way of the Bay of Plenty centres and Gisborne. It is possible that special arrangements may have to bo made for Sir Alexander Godley’s transport to Gisborne, in the event of his accepting the invitation forwarded to him, but this will present little difficulty, and if necessary a member of the Gisborne executive will proceed to Rotorua to drive Sir Alexander’s own car over the Rotorua-Gisborne route.

A dispute between brothers over the ownership of a sheepdog and two pups was ventilated before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court this morning, the plaintiff being Henry Joseph Mullooly, of Ormond, efrover (Mr. G. J. Jeune), and the defendant Michael Patrick Mullooly, of Kaitaratahi, farmer (Mr. E. T. Brosnahan). The plaintiff claimed the return of a sheepdog valued at £lO, allegedly taken from his home in February last, and of two pups, valued at £5 each, allegedly detained by the defendant from March 2, 1934, onwards. After hearing the evidence, the magistrate said that a fair decision would be to order the defendant to return one pup to the plaintiff, or, failing its return, to pay the plaintiff £5. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff also for costs, £2 Bs. In reply to Mr. Jeune, the magistrate said that the defendant could please himself as to which of the pups he returned. Parcels of Christmas gifts for nearly 800 children, the sons and daughters of unemployed ex-servicemen in the Poverty Bay and East Coast district, are to be prepared within the next week for distribution just prior to Christmas Day. The Christmas gift scheme is regarded as one of the most successful undertakings of the Gisborne lleturned Soldiers’ Association, and at a meeting of the executive last evening a number of letters were received in connection with the scheme, several containing donations, and others furnishing suggestions. One country resident forwarded several excellently-worked woolly toys, her letter stating that her own children had so deeply appreciated (heir gifts in past years, from the Tt.S.A. scheme, that this year they had decided to “do their bit" to help. They had accordingly spent their own savings for materials, and had worked the toys forwarded, to help the association to give pleasure to other boys and girls. Another indication of the light in which the scheme is viewed by beneficiaries of past years was afforded by a report from the secretary, Mr. W. Oakden. He stated that several men who now are in regular employment again had made donations of a few shillings each, and had expressed the hope that the association would keep their children on the list of recipients for this year at least. “My kids wouldn’t think it was Christmas, if they didn’t get their parcels from the R.5.A.,” was one man’s remark, in making his donation, and the comment was typical of a large number made to officers of the association,

Last evening, 'Major-General Sir Andrew Russell opened the memorial gates erected at McLean'Park, Napier, to keep alive the memory of Hawke’s Bay athletes who were killed in action during the World War of 1914-18. He was frequently asked in Australia how T the. golfers in that country compared with those in America, said Gene Sarazen in an interview. “The question is really absurd,” he said. “We have more people playing golf in the States than the whole population of Australia.”

In view of the large area generally covered by the Salvation Army Band during the festive season, a start on Christmas carolling was made last evening, when the band divided into two sections and visited the suburbs of Victoria Township and Mangapapa. Tonight the band will render Christmas selections in Palmerston and Childers roads.

The body of the late Mr. Harry Kelso was interred at the Ormond cemetery this afternoon, a large number of settlers attending. Among the many floral emblems received was a graceful tribute from pakeha and Maori suppliers to the Kia Ora Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, in the Manutuke and Muriwai districts with whom Mr. Kelso had been associated over the past three or four years, until two months prior to his tragic death.

“While I was in Australia I took the trouble to find out what progress the Douglas credit system is making,” said Sir Andrew Russell in an address to the Hastings Rotary Club. “I found,” he said, “that it is making considerable headway, and I put it down to the fact that of those who support it, only 5 per cent, understand it, and that of those who oppose it, only 1 per cent, understand it. But I say in all earnestness that, the present system is going to be altered; how, Heaven alone knows, but the change will come.” Following a nine months’ tour of the Homeland, Mr. T. Parker, of Napier, has returned greatly impressed with the conditions in England. He stated that in London there was no sign whatever of poverty. “Generally speaking the conditions in the Old Country have improved considerably,” said Mr. Parker. “There is a much greater feeling of optimism regarding the future. Industries are progressing where they have been stagnant for some years, and there is a general feeling that still better times are coming in the near future.”