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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18582, 17 December 1934, Page 4

Another discussion on the closing of the Waioeka road to stock traffic took place at Saturday's meeting of the Poverty Ray executive of the Farmers' Union. Several members spoke against the imposition of the by-law, and Mr. J. E. Brosnahan maintained that the Waikato was not taking so much interest in Gisborne ewes in view of the difficult road journey through Motu. The president, Mr. J." K. Benson, said : "I can see the point of view of the Main Highways Board in trying to preservo the road, but stock should have first consideration." It was decided to support the Waikohu County Council's protest on Iho matter, and'to bring tho subject up at tho Cook County Council meeting next Wedri"sdav.

The standard of national dancing in Gishorno and in the Dominion as a whole is not. surpassed anywhere pise, according to the opinion expressed by Mr John Thodcy, -who has relumed to Gisborne after ,an absence of two years in London, where he continued his dancing studies. He said that nowhere did he see a 'higher standard of national dancing. The teachers in Oishome were working on sound lines, apparently. When he went, to London he found thai lie still had a tremendous amount to learn, but ho had nothing to unlearn, which was a big point. In Lhis, he had to thank Mr I). McLenhan and Miss Paltridge for Hie sound knowledge of dancing they implanted in him. While he was in London* Mr Thodcy met Mr McLennan 'a brother, who was an examiner for the Operatic Association, »nd at this meeting Mr Thodcy discovered that Mr McLennan. of Gisborne. was one of the dancers at the coronation of both King George and King Edward, and also that he had taught members of the Royal Family,

The name of Mrs. D. Perston was inadvertently omitted from the published list of workers in the City Hall, at the recent sale of work held in connection with St. Mary's Church. A hoy of 12 years, Paul Murray, was admitted to hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from a broken arm. The accident resulted from a fall from a swing at the Waikanae Beach.

There was a further satisfactory attendance at the Oddfellows' Hall, Mangapapa, on Saturday night, when the final dance of the year was held. These have been weekly fixtures, and their success throughout the past season has been most encouraging, the social committee of the Mangapapa Oddfellows' Lodge having agreed to continue them next year. On ■ Saturday night, Monte Carlo waltzes were won by Miss Parsons and Mr. Bolger, aaid Miss Lees and Miller.

A Christmas cantata, "The Holy Morn," was rendered by the choir of Knox Church, Mangapapa, at last evening's service.' A large tion was present. The presiding minister was the Rev. J. H. Boyd, who expressed thanks to the choirmaster; Mr. J. Carrington Wcllby, and' the organist, Mrs P. Schwabe, ,for their •efforts in this connection and also throughout the year. Thanks were also extended to those not members of the church who assisted the choir for the occasion. Soloists last night were Misses Nancy Caie and Flora Grant, and Messrs. J. Mercer and D. Goldsmith. ...

Some years ago if was the practice of Ihe Presbyterian Young Men's Bible Class Movement to hold one camp at Easter time, at winch members gathered from all over Now Zealand. Of recent years, district, camps only have been held, but it has boon decided next year, besides local camps, to hold a Dominion camp at Waikanae, on the Main Trunk lino, miles from Wellington. There are indications already that campers, including many ojd timers, will be gathered there from all parts of the Doniinion. Among the speakers will be the Rev. J. L. Gray, a missionary from India, who is an ex-travclling secretary of the Bible Class Movement.

A further addition to Gisborne's list of accidents was made yesterday morning, when a motor-cycle ridclen by a young man, Mr. Berwin Astor Redmond, of Parau street, Kaiti, came into collision with a motor car driven byMrs. Campbell, of Makaraka. The accident occurred at the corner of Grey street and Palmerston road, and the collision was of such force that the lighter machine was thrown under the car and almost inextricably mixed with the running gear. Mr. Redmond suffered severe leg injuries, and was given medical attention before being removed to the Cook Hospital bv the St. John Ambulance. He was reported ,to-day to have- had a bad night, but to have shown a slight, improvement this morning.

The long dry spoilt ■is having a' marked effect on dairy production in the Gisborne district, and a rapid decline in now taking place. The flush period was much earlier this season than usual, and most of the' herds on the flats had passed the peak before the end of November. Until then, suppliers from the up-country districts where rain had been more frequent had been still on the increase, but t'hey, too, are now lower than a fortnight ago. The rain of a w r eek or more ago did little to improve the position. The pastures were freshened temporarily, but little benefit' has' been noticed, so far ,as buterfat production is concerned.

Many friends in Gisborne of' Mr. Gordon R, Stone, formerly well known here as an oarsman of representative calibre, will. hear, with deep interest of the success he has had, in association with his partner hi an architectural business, in securing the designing work for a housing scheme of magnitude, to be commenced immediately in Dunedin. Mr. Stone had his early training hi draughtsmanship in Gisborne, and later carried on his studies in Auckland, where he secured employment with the Love Construction Company. Recently he went into partnership with Mr. Sturmer, another young architect, and their first big success has been registered in connection with the scheme referred to above. A total of 60 houses are to be built under this scheme, and it has been laid down as a stipulation that no two houses are to be alike. The designing will call for a considerable degree of ingenuity on the part of the architects, and the progress of the scheme will be watched with interest.

The performance of the Gisborne High School bowler, M. Sharp, in the Town v. Country match at Auckland, which concluded on Saturday, was so pleasing in the eyes of the Auckland provincial selectors that he js to be taken south with the Auckland touring team, which plays Canterbury and Otago in the Plunket Shield series while on tour, and also meeting the Wellington representative team in a friendly match. The Gisborne boy has an excellent chance of picking up experience on this trip, and if he fulfils the pr.omi.se shown in Auckland in the Town v. Country match his ser-vices-may be regularly claimed by the provincial selectors. The result would, of course, be a loss to Poverty Bay, in respect of Hawke Cup and other representative matches, but Sharp's opportunity l is one which all players of the game will hope to see exploited to the full. In last week's Auckland match, Sharp took four wickets for 61 runs, against a strong batting side, his googlies keeping runs down, and helping considerably to disconcert the batsmen of the Town team..

Swimmers on all the town beaches have suffered this season from the petty criminality of persons who have so far been unidentified. Money has been taken from clothes, and in many cases clothes token from places where they have been left by bathers. The pavilion at the Waikanae Beach has not been exempt from the- activities of thieves, and on several occasions recently the loss of portions of women's clothing has been reported. Yesterday one young woman was unfortunate enough to lose the whole of her wearing apparel, and after an anxious search, was compelled to telephone for garments in which to iclurn home. The women's section of the pavilion is more subject to the operations of'petty thieves than is the mens, owing, no doubt, to the fact that mens clothing is more difficult to remove from the pavilion without attracting attention. Bathers who leave clothes and valuables unprotected, on any of the beaches, are in the familiar phrase "asking for it." Those who observe suspicious behaviour on the part of loiterers should lose no time in reporting their suspicions to someone in authority, as only by the co-operation of users, of the beacjtieg in general can the nuisance of petty thieving be kept down.

Keeping abreast of the times. —The Trocudero Tearoom, in Bryant's Building, Hasting Street. Napier, has changed over to the cafeteria principle of "servrt youi'self," as far as morning and afternoon teas are concerned, so next time you're passing through call —we would welcome your opinion an this, our latest Innovation. Hot dinners and hot teas are'being served as uuual.*