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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18580, 14 December 1934, Page 4

Hay crops are exceptional, writes a Waikato correspondent. Feed is wasting everywhere; indeed, the number ol cattle pastured this season might have been doubled without discomfort. The Gisborne Reception Committee for the visit of the Duke of Gloucester acknow ledges donations of £1 Is from the Chinese Club, and 5s from Mr. W. Tan. towards the town decoration fund. The committee 'ins previously acknowledged £l3 13s.

A New Plymouth naturalist has discovered that the white butterfly there is being attacked by a parasite. This is not the parasite which was released in certain parts of New Zealand by the Agricultural Department, but is apparently another enemy of the pest.

A scheme for the construction of an aerodrome on the mudflats of Nelson Harbor, to replace the existing aerodrome at Stoke, which is considered to bo too small, was placed before the Minister of Defence and Marine, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, by a deputation representative of the Nelson Progress League and the Nelson Harbor Board. The Minister gave an undertaking that the proposals would be investigated. Warm applause greeted the announcement, made at last night’s break-up gathering at the High School, of the donation of two interesting photographs rceived from an old boy l of the school, now resident in Australia. The photographs were of the. Cook Memorial in Sydney, and of the Cook Cottage, recently transferred from England and reerected in Melbourne. The donor was Mr. Roy Lowndes, who until the early part of this year was in the teaching profession, but who took up a business appointment in Australia.

The winning collection of photographic prints entered in the Bledisloe Cup competition, and also the collection which was placed second in the competition, have now been delivered to the Gisborne Photographic Circle, for exhibition, and are to be displayed for three or four days at Le Grand Cafe. Ihe winning collection is that prepared by members of the Auckland Camera Club, while tho collection, placed second was also from Auckland, being the work of the Pic* torialists' Club. Some striking compositions are included in both collections, which should attract a great deal of attention during the season of their exhibition in Gisborne.

But for hie fact that he was driving a car fitted with an all-steel body, Mr. S. Mathews probably would have received serious injuries, if he escaped with his life, when a new car which he was driving capsized in loose shingle on the main Coast road on Wednesday. Mr. Mathews, who lives at Waipiro Bay, was returning home when the car skidded in the shingle and got out of control. The car ran up the bank at the side of the read, and turned over, and from its appearance after the accident, it probably capsized several times. 'I ho bodywork was extensively dented and twisted, and several panes of glass .were broken, but Mr. Mathews escaped unhurt, tho steel body of the car withstanding the severe battering it received. The car was brought in to .Gisborne for repairs.

The new swimming bath at Te Puia Springs, which has a capacity of 103,000 gallons, was filled recently iii 14£ hours, and for cleaning purposes it is possible to empty the bath in an hour and a half. Poles have been erected to carry floodlights, so that visitors may swim at night, and suitable dressing sheds have been provided, while a paddling pool has been constructed for the children. The bath will be officially opened on Boxing Day, when a swimming carnival will be held under the auspices of the Gisborne Amateur Surf and Swimming Club. A silver challenge cup has been donated by Mr. D. J. Barry, and will be awarded to the. competitor scoring most points at carnivals at Te Puia Springs each season. Much work is being done to beautify the precincts of the bath.

An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. John Cavanagh, 64, whose body was foilnd lying in a pool of blood in his wharo at Tokomaru Pay last Friday, was opened at Tokomaru Bay before'Mr. S. G. Doig, J.P., acting-coroner, and a jury comprising Messrs. D. E. Ramsay, foreman, H. A. Findlay, H. S. Short, and W. McCulloch, Sergeant Sparks representing the police. After evidence oi identification had been given, the inquest was adjouVned sine die to enable further inquiries to be made. It was stated that death must have occurred between 6.15 p.m. on Thursday and 3-30 p.m. the following day. On the Thursday. at the hour mentioned, the deceased was seen in his bach by a neighbor, Thomas Gilvray, at at 3.30 p.m. on Friday Cecil Mulligan, 11, found him lying dead on the floor, the circumstances indicating that he had fallen heavily, and had probably died front concussion and loss of blood. In the course of his introductory remarks at Inst, night’s gathering at tin 1 High Seh.ool, to signalise the breaking up of the institution for the summer vacation, Mr. L. T. Burnnrd, chairman of the Board of Governors, referred to two matters of importance in the administration of the school. The first reference was to the boarding establishments, Mr. Burnnrd stating that for several years the girls’ hostel had been closed, the hoys and girls rated as hoarders being accommodated at the rectory. The hoard' wished to reopen the hostel at the earliest opportunity. A minimum of 30 boarders was required to make the rectory pay, and 15 girls were needed to cover the expenses of maintaining the hostel. As soon, therefore, as 45 hoarders in nil were available, the hostel would be re-opened, and the rectory would return to its old order, being conducted exclusively for hoys. Mr. Burnnrd then mentioned the extension of the preparatory department, which had been conducted for many years successfully with pupils commencing at Standard 111. It was now proposed to commence at Standard I, lie said, and lie asked parents who contemplated sending their children either to the hoarding establishments or to the preparatory department to get in touch with the board's secretary at as early a date as possible.

Early: next year Christchurch is to have a gla'ciarium for indoor ice skating. A company has been formed for this purpose, and a site in Salisbury street has been selected.

‘ Southland beech exported to England some time ago returned to its homeland last week in the form of bodywork in a new shipment of English ears. • This wood is now being extensively used abroad for-car-building. A shipment of 90,000 ft. was sene oif just the other day. It was reported at a meeting of the Ashburton County Council that 11,376 rats’ tails had been purchased since April 1, at a cost of £142 4s to the council. The price paid was 3d per tail. It was decided to discontinue the purchase of tails after December 24.

The present season gives every indication ol being a particularly bad one in regard to the extent of damage to wool pelts and carcases through the penetration of seed heads of barley grass, wild geranium, and other weeds, reports the Marlborough Express.

“Every inch of New Zealand is rich iu story, in legend, and in incomparable beauty,” commented Mr. E. G. Guy, of Rotorua, in an address to the Hamilton Rotary Club recently. “Everywhere in this wonderful Dominion there is something to make us proud to claim the privilege'of being Mew Zealanders.” Although the general comments on the food supplied at New Zealand hotels are most favorable, there are complaints from time to time that visitors are given tinned food when they would prefer local fish and fruit, states the report of the New Zealand Tourist League presented at the annual meeting at Auckland, “At some, of the resorts,” states the report, “it ’seems anomalous that people cannot' sample our local trout, but are given tinned salmon, and that tinned peaches and pineapples are supplied when local fruit should be available.” A new view on the unemployment problem was advanced by a member oi the audience, at a meeting at Woodlands, Invercargill. The question of a rabbit board was being hotly debated, and an objector stated that the activities of rabbit boards might be the means of increasing the number of unemployed. Many farmers were unable to pay their sons wages, and these depended on rabbiting for making money. A rabbit board would deprive the sons of a start in life, it was stated, and drive them into the towns.

An indication of Japanese business enterprise is given by a leaflet received in Christchurch recently from the Chiyoda Trading Company, the head office of which is situated in the Japan Industrial Bank Building, Marunouchi, Tokio, Japan. This concern, a manufacturing and exporting company, advertises a long list of articles, among which appear:—“Motor-car parts and accessories; all sorts for Chevrolet, Ford and all other American and European cars. Top end hood cloths of all kinds, imitation leather and canvas cloth.” The receiver of the leaflet remarked that the enforcement of patent rights apparently had its limitations as applied to Japan.

Reporting upon the state of the Gis-borne-Napier road, the service officer of the Automobile Association (Hawke's Bay) states: “The contractor has made good progress with the mix-in-place work on the Napier-Petane section, and this work has been completed from the Petano end up to the Westshore bridge, a distance of two miles 24 chains. The completed road has gone down well, and an excellent running surfade has been obtained. The contract for metalling the Petane-Esk section is now almost completed. The unemployment camps have worked well and the Waikoau Hill is nearing completion. The contractor has completed, the Tarere Stream culvert, and the fillings have been commenced. The highway is in good order.” The .first of a series of lectures to detectives and members, of tile ,ujnifprm branch of the police force.iin 1 Auckland was delivered last- week by;-Dr. Gilmour, pathologist -at the; Auckland Hospital. The lectures-haverffieen specially arranged to assist, members of the force to improve their knowledge of modem crime detection methods. It is compulsory for detectives' to attend, while uniformed men may also be present if they wish. Dr. Gilmour dealt, with the relation of pathology to crime! detection, with particular reference to the significance of the stains of blood and other matter. He emphasised the importance of detectives and pathologists co-operating in murder cases, and also, referred to various aspects of post-mor-tem findings. When the Chief Scout, Lord BadenPowell, visits New Zealand after the Centenary jamboree at Melbourne, it is not likely that he .will take part in any rallies. At a Scout function in Timaru the Chief Commissioner for New Zealand, Colonel P. Ckmncll Fenwick, said the Ohief Scout was not in good health and, realising that a great strain would he put on him in Australia, the New Zealand Commissioners had decided not to impose upon him by asking him to attend rallies in every centre he visited. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch were not going to hold rallies, blit he understood that one would be held by Otago. Ho emphasised that the decision had been arrived at through consideration for Lord Baden-Powell, who was only two years ofT 80, and that it implied no disrespect to the Chief Scout.

Some humorous sidelights of speeches ho has heard delivered in the House of Representatives during his 23 years’ service there were related by Mr. It. A. Wright, M.P., in a speech in opening the new R.S.A. elubrooms at Rrooklyn, Wellington. After a few remarks concerning public speaking as compared with speeches in the House of Representatives, Mr. Wright quoted one or two ludicrous remarks that had been passed by members of that institution from time to time. ‘‘lt is no use my taking any notice of the # membor for Wairarapa,” one member had said; “anything you say to him goes in one ear and out of the other like water on a duck’s back.” Another very jumbled remark passed was: “Here we find ourselves harnessed to the chariot-wheel of the huge octopus which is crucifying the people.” On another occasion a member was upholding a widow’s petition. “Mr. Speaker,” he said, “when the woman saw my face she burst into tears.” “No wonder!” was the ready retort from tiie Opposition benches. Borne years ago a man who was employed in a well-known and old-estab-lished hardware firm in Wanganui, when opening a case of goods which had arrived from America, came across a note signed “Eugene Sarazen.” It was a polite request to the finder to communicate to a. certain address in the United States. The New Zealander acted after some short delay, and in duo course received a reply from Eugene Sarazen. ‘T am no longer in the trade now, as there is not much doing,” the reply stated perhaps not in those exact words, but to that effect. “I am now a professional golfer.” The New Zealander was sceptical. So much so, in fact, that he procured a photograph of the most impressive-looking Maori chief he could find with tattoo marks—and forwarded it to his new-found friend in the United States. “Things have not been too good in the trade here, either, and I am now a Maori chief,” ho wrote. He has not heard . from Eugene Sarazen since, and completely forgot about the incident until he saw the name blazoned forth through the kingdom of golf. When the famous Sarazen visits Wanganui one of the many who will call on him will be the man who doubted his story about forsaking the hardware business for'golf,