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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18594, 3 January 1935, Page 6

Mr. E. Griffiths, New Tlymouth, has been appointed judge of the. pedigree Jersey cattle sections of the Auckland and the Wairoa (Hawke’s Bay) Agricultural and Pastoral Societies’ forthcoming shows. Customs revenue received at Napier during the past year easily set a record lOr the district, the grand total being £425,920, compared with £354,660 for last .year, which figure, 12 months ago, also constituted a record for the port. The result of two competitions held at the To Karaka sports meeting have been announced as follows:—Estimat mg the weight of a live sheep (correct weight 148il"b). —J. V. Castles 1481 b, C. Donaldson 1481 b, and W. Clavden 1481 b, equal, 1. Stepping the chain. — A. Malone, 1.

At a time when driving conditions were difficult, owing to drizzling rain, two cars collided on the main road on the Gisborne side of Mauutuke last night. One car, returning from Morere. contained three young ladies in addition to the driver, and in the other there were a large number of natives. The front portion of the car returning from’ Morere was damaged, and the damage to the other vehicle was extensive, but no one was hurt.

Advice has been received by secretaries of friendly societies in Gisborne that the Tvlinister of Health has refused to sanction a proposed new agreement regarding the admission of friendly society patients to the Cook Hospital. Representatives of the societies had several conferences with the Cook Hospital Board recently, and at these the basis of a new agreement was drawn up, this to take the place of a system which had been in operation during the past year. As a result of the Minister’s refusal to sanction the new proposals, however, the existing method will remain in force.

In spite of the overcast sky during the morning, the Unemployed Workers’ Movement decided to proceed to-day with the arrangements made to hold the children’s picnic on the Rutenc road reserve. Preparations were made to enter for between 800 and 900 children, and to guard against the possibility of rain descending during the flay tarpaulins were erected under the trees to give shelter, while seats were provided for adults. Special buses were run on the main routes to the picnic ground,. and during the morning the sun burst through the clouds, giving promise of a fine and hot day

The recent shipment from Gisborne of several railway carriages so far diminished tiie carrying capacity of (lie. Gis-borne-Motuliora railway section that the Waterside Workers’ Union, in organising its annual picnic, lias decided., to bold the outing at the Park Domain, instead 'of at Scott’s hush reserve, at Khitaratahi, where the picnic has been staged successfully in several recent years. Last year 1250 picnickers were carried by rail, and it is anticipated that this year’s gathering, which is to take place on January 9, will make' even heavier demands on public transport facilities. Some doubt having developed ns to the capacity of the railway service now available at Gisborne, to handle such a large crowd, over a long distance, the committee decided to hold the picnic nearer town, so that patrons might be served by more than one train, ... -

The sale of two valuable properties in Ala okay street, Ureymouth, is reported. The shops occupied by .7. 1. Smaif, radio dealers, and Ttouatt tiros., bakers, have been disposed of at a satisfactory figure to Messrs. Herb. Afoore and A. E. Prince respectively. Probably the most brilliant that has ever been given in Napier, the fireworks display which was held at AleLeari Park on Tuesday evening’ attracted some thousands of spectators, The display marked the conclusion ,of' Napier’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, and proved a fitting finale to a memorable week of festivity.

Arrangements have been completed for the Grenadier Guards Band to visit Gisborne on Monday, January 14, and the band will appear on tin; Childers road reserve. This is the result of negotiations entered into between local musical organisations and the business manager. Gisborne was not included in the original itinerary, but the representations of local interests resulted in an alteration being made in the arrangements.

A great improvement in New Zealand roads has been noticed by Air. 11. S. Vestey, a Continental manager of a large meat marketing company, who is on a health trip to the Dominion, and who last visited New Zealand 13 years ago In the North Island, said Ah'. Vestey, the roads were splendid compared with their condition when he last drove over them. "'Tide roads are comfortable now,” ho added, ‘‘and one no longer lias to drive through mud inches deep.” Interviewed on his arrival at Auckland, Sir Thomas Wilford explained Uiat since his retirement from the High Commissionership last year ho had been appointed to the directorates of several large companies. He was a director of the National Bank of New Zealand, which hud its head office in London. Ho was also on the board of Sternol, Limited, a large British oil company, and he was interested in a London company concerned with a vacuum packing process for butter and cheese. Suffering from injuries received as the result of a collision between a motorcycle, on which ho was riding, and one of the municipal vehicles, Air. Leonard Whale, 24, of 46 Gordon street, was admitted to the Cook Hospital, last night. It is believed that his injuries arc not serious and Iris condition this morning was reported to he quite satisfactory. Air. Whale-,-who is employed on the Gisborne telephone exchange, was taken to hospital by the St. John Ambulance Association’s" motor ambulance.

An intense interest in everything British was found in America by Dr. Bernard Myers, C.M.G., who arrived at Auckland on Saturday. Americans, he said, appeared to be losing their insularity and there was a widespread belief that" only through co-operation with Great Britain and the following of British examnles ip many phases of public life could the United States recover her prosperity. There was a genuine attempt to understand the British point of view—an attempt that, in the past had been made only by a comparatively small section of tlie community.

In opening a new Catholic church in Dunedin, Bishop Whyte, who has returned from a trip to the Old Country and the Continent, said he had visited many countries and visited many educational institutions, and one .thing that particularly attracted his attention was the fact tliat in many of these countries the State gave assistance to Catholics in their schools, while the Government oi New Zealand still refused to give the smallest aid. He stressed the injustice under which the Catholics of New Zealand had been laboring for many years. ■ The broadcasting service in. the Dominion is i emaVkably good, considering the comparatively isolated situation oi the country, its" remoteness from the older countries of the world, and its natural'lack in numbers of performing artists. These statements were made by an Englishman, Air. J. G. Montgomery, in the. rourse .of an interview in ■Napier. He considered that in view of all these disabilities, New Zealand listeners had very, little to complain about, especially in view of the highpowered station's which, lie understood, the New Zealand Broadcasting Board had on its programme for 1935.

One of the many hundreds of motor campers at New Plymouth grounds had a rude shock before breakfast on Boxing Day morning and suffered tlie humiliation of being rendered partially bald, as to chest and face, at any rate, although lie considers himself lucky, states the Taranaki News. The larger camps supply gas cooking appliances foi the convenience of patrons. The eampei in question was dissatisfied with a strong odour of gas in the cookhouse, despite the fact that all rings were alight. He investigated the oven and found that I.is suspicion that someone had left a tap slightly turned on was correct. The noise was considerable, but his injury was fortunately slight.

Passengers by the car to Aramoho leaving Wanganui with a full load on a recent evening had an exciting experience, and one which a number of women will not soon forget. One of the overhead wires broke, the resultant noise causing some of the passengers to think the ear had been struck by lightning. Women screamed, children cried and there was a general scramble to get out of the car. This was wisely prevented by the conductor and the attendant inspector, who at once realised the danger of live wires, which could he seen burning the dry grass on which they had fallen. Later, when the wires were removed. a number of passengers alighted and proceeded to walk. Traffic was interrupted for half an hour until repairs were effected.

Speaking sit a function on hoard (he motor-ship Pakura at Lyttelton last Saturday, Mr. W. 0. Jamieson, chairman of directors of Andersons, Limited, said that the port of Lyttelton was to a large extent neglected by the city, little interest being taken in it bv the people of Canterbury. The city bad gone ahead, but the port had been left alone—isolated. This should not be: the people -'f Canterbury should take a pride in t heir port and proper access should bo provided. In the very early days of the province, said Mr. Jamieson, a mere handful of population hail driven the present tunnel —a wonderful work. But nothing had been done since about access. This was wrong—there should lie, another tunnel, a road-tunnel. “It is quite ridiculous to talk about another harbor,” concluded Mr. Jamieson. “The Government would never allow it, common sense w-mld never permit it. What we should do is to improve the communication with the fine harbor wo already have.”