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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18581, 15 December 1934, Page 4

The provision of a new school at Pouawa has been placed fifth in the Hawke’s Bay Education Board’s list of urgent, works, and will receive further consideration by the Education Department when more urgent cases have been dealt with, according to advice received by the board from the department.

An invitation to members of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board to attend the jubilee celebrations of the Makaraka School lias been extended by the Makaraka School Committee, and at the meeting of the board yesterday it was decided that Messrs. C. R. Sainsbury and G. L. Frazer should represent the board officially. The celebrations will be held on January 29. Three metalling contracts are being prepared by the Waikohu County Council, and tenders are invited. The work will be done by rates and Government subsidy, and includes two miles on the Malta retu road, a mile and ahalf on the Mangahamia road, and 54 chains on the Hihiroroa road. Tenders will close next week, and it is hoped to have the work clone early in the new year.

The fattening season for lambs and sheep in the Gisborne district has not been as good as expected, and the liurnfiers received at the Kaiti freezing works lately have proved disappointing. For the season to date nearly 100,000 lambs and sheep have been killed, but this total falls short of the tally for the corresponding period last year by a small margin, and the early part of the past season was not a good one for fattening. The best day’s killing for this month so far has been approximately 6000 sheep and lambs, whereas the capacity of tho killing floor at, Kaiti is up to 7000 a day. Yesterday's shipment of lambs by tho Port, Campbell was the largest of the season, and 24,835 lamb carcases were loaded.

Another example of the manner in which Gisborne suffers through the absence of railway communication with tlie main system was related to-day by a Gisborne fruitgrower. About a fortnight ago large supplies of plums started to ripen, and to avoid tho possibility of. a glut in Gisborne the grower decided to dispatch some to Wellington. Freight and handling costs by motor vehicle to Napier and train to Wellington were considerably more than if he had had the advantage of the railway for the whole distance. Fortunately, his consignments met a bare market in Wellington, and a profit was shown, but if the district had had railway communication he could have continued 1 his consignments to a later period, and also there would have been less chance of bruising tho fruit as the result- of fewer hapdliigs.

A donation of £3 5s towards the town decoration fund has been received by the Gisborne reception committee for the visit, of the Duke of Gloucester from the Waiapu County Council.

A dairy farm of 32 acres at Patutahi, with all necessary buildings, was submitted at auction this morning by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, but failed to attract a bid. The offer of the property was made at the direction of the mortgagee.

A petition signed by 76 householders of Tolaga Bay was received by the Hawke’s Bay Education Board at its meeting yesterday. The petition urged the board to use every effort to provide separate schools for Maori and pakeha children at Tolaga Bay, and the board resolved to forward the petition to the Education Department, with the board’s support.

A further challenge for the Miller Stars has been received, and' the match will be played on the Titirangi Tennis Club’s courts at 4.30 p.m. on Monday. The challengers are the Gisborne club veterans, N. H. Bull and G. H. Seddon, and the holders are P. Kaua and W. Smiler, of the Titirangi club. The handicaps will bo as follow: —Kaua, sor., v. Seddon, o. 15.3; Smiler, scr., v. Bull, o. 15.3; doubles, Kaua and Smiler, scr., v. Bull and Seddon, o. 15.3.

An intimation that the Education Dei partmeut could not agree that thq establishment of a school at Buatoria inf the interests of the children of European residents was necessary was received by the Hawke’s Bay Education Board at its meeting yesterday from the depart- 1 merit-. Tho letter stated that the native school at Ruatoria was a most efficient one, adequately staffed by trained teachers, and with ample accommodation, there being 43 Europeans out of 130 on l t ho roll. It was not considered by the department that the European children suffered in any way by their attendance at tire native school. The board resolved to discuss the matter with the Minister of Education.

A large attendance of children was attracted to the Mangapapa Hall last night on the occasion of the- Christmas tree arranged by the Knox Sunday School. The children were entertained with games, and were given refreshments. At an appropriate interval, Santa Claus arrived, and handed each child a gift from the tree, which was well laden and tastefully decorated. There was also a large attendance of adults, who seemed to enjoy the occasion every bit as much as the children. The Rev. J. H. Boyd thanked all the helpers for the large amount of work done in preparation for the function, and mentioned particularly Mrs. Sparrow, who had spent much time in this respect. At the opening of the function, the hymn “Once in Royal David’s City” was sung. Items were given by the following: Marie Redstone, Mr. R, Neilson, Mr. J. Stein and party and Laurie Murray. Failure on the part of a Maori, Joo Milner, 30, to comply with the terms of his release ,on probation resulted in his appearance before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court this morning. Senior-Sergeant Wade explained that the accused had been released on probation on May 4, 1932, on ! condition that certain moneys were to bo paid. He failed to report as required, and was brought before rhe e.ourt on a charge of failure to comply with the terms of his release. An amount of 10s was incurred' in connection with the expense of bringing him into the court, and although his period of probation had now expired, that money had not been paid, and he was therefore still on probation. The accused had been arrested, and his employer had now paid the full amount, plus other costs that had been incurred. The magistrate remarked that the accused had put the department to a certain amount of expense, and would have to pay for it. A fine of 10s was imposed. »