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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 4

An unrehearsed incident at the welcome extended to the Duke of Gloucester at Matawai yesterday greatly pleased His Royal Highness. The Duke was escorted along the line of school children paraded for his inspection, and as he was about to return to his car, one childish voice piped forth: “God save our-—.” There was a momept’s hesitation, and then the whole gathering took up the words of the National Anthem where tho youthful leader had paused, and the anthern was sung lustily to its conclusion.

Action to prevent Crown stock wandering on the roads is contemplated by the Waiapu County Council. At its last meeting, Or. A. W. Kirk reported that four beasts found on the road were impounded, but the poundkeeper had had to release them at tho request of the department’s officers. Cr. Kirk said that it was “getting a bit too hot” to see stock bearing the Crown’s brand turned on.to the road within a mile of tho pound. It was stated that the council had the power to sue the officer in charge of the property from which the stock wandered, and it was decided to make inquiries upon what action might be possible. Reporting to the Opotiki County Council this week, Cr. Joblin stated that he had made inquiries respecting the supply of dog collars and had. obtained prices. Opotiki quotations wore much higher than a quotation from Matawai, Cr. Wilson said the ILS.A. should have an opportunity to submit a quotation if prices from outside Opotiki were being considered. Cr. Black said that would mean a delay. Cr. Powell moved, and Cr. Blade seconded, that the Matawai tender of sld per collar be accepted. The motion was carried, Cr. Wilson voting against it, stating that he believed in supporting local industry. Further shearing feats are being reported from other parts of New Zealand, but none equal that put up by Sonny White at Mr. Francis Stafford’s Sherbrooke station this week, when the world’s record was broken, Mr. White shearing 433 sheep in nine hours. From Taranaki comes the news that Mr. Percy de Malmanche, Pihama, shore 409 sheep in nine hour's last Tuesday. Ho began his task at 4.46 a.m. and finished in a rather tired condition at 5.30 p.m. He worked for six hourly periods, two of 1-j hours each and one of half an hour. He took 15-minute spells between each period, with one hour each for breakfast and dinner. Mr. de Malmanche shore 412 sheep in 10 hours last season.

An information charging John O’Connell, 41, with the theft of a shearing handpiece valued at £4, the property of Hauraki Ahurangi, was dismissed by Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Folice Court this morning. Tho charge was an echo of the recent conviction of Samuel Saxon for the theft of Almrangi’s saddlebag, containing the handpiece and other articles, and the police evidence was to the effect that O’Connell had offered the handpiece for sale to a second-hand dealer and another man. He had not had the machine in his possession, and had stated that he was offering it for another man. After hearing the evidence, the magistrate remarked that the most.it went to show was that O'Connell was the agent of Saxon. There was no evidence of theft, and the information would be dismissed.

“There is no doubt that, all things considered, we in New Zealand are living under better conditions than people elsewhere,’’ declared Professor G. W. von Zedlitz, of Wellington, to the Palmerston North Rotary Club. Wo had nothing like tho acute distress and desperation cf other lands, he said. We had an abundance, if not a super; abundance, of food. We were trying to negotiate oil the best terms possible the restriction problem, at the very time when many people in Germany were approaching Hie harsh realities of actual starvation. The medieval world, of course, would have known better. All men would have been regarded as fellow 1 citizens of ( hristendom and would have received assistance from those more fortunately placed. But in the modern world we had grown away from tliat| ideal, and would look coldly on any Government that attempted to practise it.

The possibility of Gisborne being represented in the New Zealand team to 2>roceed to the Melbourne Centenary meeting of athletes was advanced a further stage, when during the past two days Mr. Graham Quinn, the outstanding sprint runner of the Hawke’s BayPoverty Bay centre district, was invited by the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association’s Council to attend a trial athletic meeting to be held at Christchurch on December 29. On the performances of athletes engaged at this meeting, it is proposed, the New Zealand selectors will make their choice of Dominion representatives for the Melbourne visit. There is some doubt as yet, as to whether Mr. Quinn will be able to accept the invitation to compete at Christchurch, and whether, if selected, he will be able to undertake the trip to Melbourne, but it is the general hope of followers of athletics throughout the centre district that he will not be prevented from exploiting the chance to the full. Prior to his departure from Gisborne yesterday morning, the Duke of Gloucester congratulated Mr. G. B. Oman, host of the Masonic Hotel, upon the appointments and smwibo of his house, and presented to Mr. Oman a souvenir of his visit, in the form of a silver propelling pencil, handsomely embossed and carrying the Royal arms, and the initial “H,” as a token of His Royal Highness’ appreciation of what had been done to make his stay in the hotel comfortable. Mrs. Oman received a handsome medallion, in silver and bine enamel, bearing on one side the Royal motto, enclosing the initial "H”, and on the other side the inscription; “Presented bv H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, Tour 1934-35.” Similar mementoes were presented to Mrs. Hughes, of of the office staff of the Masonic Hotel, to Messrs. W. Card and J. Ridley, personal attendants on the Duke of' Gloucester. and to Mr. C. McCarthy, chef at the Masonic Hotel; while other members of the staff also received recognition of their respective services to the Royal party.