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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18597, 7 January 1935, Page 6

Only one case of notifiable disease was reported from the East Cape health district. to headquarters at Gisborne last week. This was of tetanus, which ended I a tally.

Two t lisliorm* motor-cyclists, Sydney lUocnrk and Richard Jefcoate. are in the W’airoa Hospital as a result of an accident. They were both on the same machine when they met with the mishap, Jefcoate driving and Booeock sitting on the pillion seat'. .Jefcoate has a broken leg, and bis passenger is suffering from abrasions.- Special.

Who possesses tin* largest polmtakawa tree in New Plymouth'' That is tinquestion being argued in many quarters at present. One enthusiast claims that a beautiful si tcimeii oil Mr. A. Alexander’s Young street property is the largest and finest in the district. ‘ Jts spread, that is, east to west or north •to south, is 621f1., while 2ft. from the ironnd it is 18ft. in circumference and 4ft. from the ground if is 21ft., he said.

The Wniroa i oroner, Mr. Y. K Winter, and the police had a particularly busy time yesterday, when arrangements were made for three inquests on seven victims. In addition., the police made in quiries into a fire. Four of the,dead con. cerued in the inquests were of the Watson family, of Nuliaka, who were killed in a motor accident, two others wore the v-ic-tims of a drowning accident and memucrs of Mr. W. White’s family, while another was also a drowning case, and concerned Thomas Barry, who had been missing for a week. The burning! of the A'aihua School residence early yesterday morning also necessitated police inquiries.—Special.

“A determined effort is being made by the United Stales Government to suppress crime,” said Mr. J. It. Temptin, in an interview on his return to Christchurch from a visit to America.

-To-day the Oovi-i'iiinent is assisting the Slates in putting down crime, and is coordinating all the arms of the law to work in harmony. The lack of cooperation between the Federal Government and the States has been the trouble in Die past, but now crime will have a hard time. At present, of course, criminal activity is appalling. The Federal Government is also trying to formulate a criminal procedure which will expedite, convictions.”

SuHVring from broken ribs and an injured thigh, Mr. Percy Walter Taylor, 57, of Puha. was admitted to Die Conk Hospital on Saturday- afternoon. Mr. Taylor received the injury last week as the result of falling from a liny cart. Believing that his condition was not serious, lie refrained from .taking medical advice until Saturday. The district nurse on discovering the nature of his injuries and Die high temperature lie was miming immediately ordered him to hospital for observation. He was brought to town, by the St. John Ambulance Association’s motor ambulance, and this morning's report on his condition was I hat he was still very ill.

A 1 and uf Mnngnpspa residents and aicnibci's of the look Hospital stall' performed excellent work yesterday afternoon in -xlanguishing a grass fire which broke out ill the plantation oil Hospital Hill, and which spread over an area ol nearly an in re. The grass and leaves under the Does were very dry and the volunteer workers faced considerable heat and smoke in checking the Ihimes. Several heaps of cut grass in one part of the area (ontimicd to burn for several hours until they were finally put out with buckets of wafer. Foijmialely Ihe fire did not take hold of the gum trees in the plantation, and no serious was done. .Superintendent Kane, of tin Fire Brigade, was called In the scene and supervised the work, lie commented favorably on the excellent save that -was effected.

Early mushrooms have been observed in considerable ouantilies in the Okokc and Mangorei districts, states the Taranaki News.

Writing to his sister in Blenheim, a New Zealander who is now living in Sydney says that last. December was the coldest and wettest he had ever experienced. Tim occupants of a ear returning to V\ hangarei fiom the Auckland races had an alarming experience near Maiingafuroto. The tiavellcrs were Messrs. Ryan, Billings and Yelcich, of Whangnrei. .Just after they passed Manngaturoto a thunderbolt felt almost straight in front, of the ear. The occupants were nearly blinded. They described the bolt as appearing like a round ball of red-hot iron.

Ali the North Canterbury freezing works were operating with full boards on Wednesday, New Year’s Day being the onlv holiday they allowed themselves this year. The drv weather and the consequent big increase in the supply of lambs guid mutton have necessitated the works being opened at a Ijme when they are usually closed. With well-filled holding paddocks, the works had plenty of stock to Keep them busy. Many of the lamlis reaching the works are light in condition because of the continued dry weather and the shortage of adequate feed.

A proposal is afoot in Hastings to inaugurate a. film society similar to those which have already been formed in other large centres in New Zealand. It is not tile intention of the society to discuss eontroversial subjects, hut to educate members to an appreciation of the film both as a dramatic vehicle and as a medium of expression. The society is to he a private body, with a limited membership of 250. the eliiert being to screen 12 selected films each year. In the event of the movement being successful, the first screening will probably take place towards the end of this month.

New Zealand compares more than favorably for taxation with many cities and towns of the United States. That is the opinion of Mr. J. It. . Tcmplin.of Christchurch, who has returned from a six months’ visit to America. Mr. Templin said he had gone carefully into local body taxation there and he had found many places of the same size as Christchurch with taxation considerably more than 50 per cent, higher. There was also a sales tax oil everything, differing in amount in many states. 11l one there was a super sales tax imposed to keep tiie schools open, for the financial position was so bad that it was doubtful whether it. would be possible to keep the schools open after January. The electricity supply in the whole of the Banks Peninsula Power Board's area was «. ut. off from 4 a.in. on Saturday until 11.45, in consequence of a breakdown in the .transmission lines between Lincoln and Motukarara, states the Christchurch Times. The breakdown was due to insulator trouble causing a leakage of current, resulting in two of the poles catching fire. The poles were badly burnt near the top, and before the power could be restored new poles had to lie taken out from Christchurch bv the Public Works Department. An ollicia] of the Public Works Department stated that it was believed that the trouble was due to salt deposit en the insulators causing the power to pass over them. A not very encouraging account of the economic condition of Australia was given in an interview by Dir. W. J. McKcll, a member of the Legislative Assembly of (he New South Wales Government, who has arrived in Christchurch. Air. McKoll said that Australia had to be assured of better prices and tie tier markets for her primary products before any real improvement in her condition could be expected. There was, besides, no justification for saying that, retd improvement had taken place until the vast army of Australian unemployed had heen absorbed. Mr. McKell is a member of the Now South Wales Labor Party, at present in opposition. He has held various portfolios under Labor Governments in the State, having been three times Minister of Justice.

Captain (look’s cottage, f over a con tui'v old and built for a. small family, is wearing out under the pounding of the feet of thousands of sightseers, who con ti ll ue to manifest the keenest interest in this historic roof tree, states the Melbourne Age. Becoming alarmed for the staircase, which suggests collapse in the not distant future, the authorities have reluctantly decided to place restrictions on the numbers' who may inspect the cottage. After the holidays the cottage will be closed, except, to sightseers who have made special arrangements to view it. Until (hen not more than 10 persons will he allowed in any one of the topfloor rooms at one time. On Boxing Day more than 2000 visitors went through the house, and the wear and tear they inflicted on this one day alone was probably equal to many months of normal usage.

Honesty v.rs well rewarded at Hastngs one day this week when a married .nan who for some time had been living •n a state • bordering on destitution ,valked into a . shop and handed to the proprietor suilr of £ll4 in banknotes which lie had found. The money had been lost luring the week-end and the loss advertised in a newspaper. When handing over the money ihe man confessed that for some time he felt reluctant to yield up what would have meant to his family and himself a large share ■if many of the things they had had to deny themselves for so long. However, he asked only one reward—that a good word be spoken for him to a man with whom he was hoping to obtain employment. Tho good word was said and the man secured the position. Further than that, he walked out of the shop the recipient of a sum of money.