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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18633, 18 February 1935, Page 6

A 'quarter-acre section in Ruatoria township extension No. 3 has been temporarily reserved as a site for Government public, buildings. .The quarterly sitting of the Supreme Court in Gisborne will open at 10.30 a.m. to-morrow, when a fairly substantial list of criminal, civil and miscellaneous business will be called. His Honor Mr. Justice Smith will preside. Tenders accepted by the Public Works Department recently and announced in the latest Gazette include a metalling contract on the / Tahunga-Taumata road-The-successful tenderer was Mr. 8.. Fitlzgerald, whose price for the work was £503 Is 6d. ■ ,

The hearing of charges under the Motor Vehicles Act against the rider of a motor-cycle, George Priestley, was adjourned hy Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court this morning at the request of counsel for the defendant, Mr. .S. V. Beaufoy. The defendant was George Priestley, who was charged, with a breach of the off-side rule at the intersection of Palmerston road and Cobden street, and with having ridden in a manner which, .was or might have been dangerous'to, the public.', , ,j. ■

A further-adjournment, until Monday next,- was granted by Mr. E. L. Walton; •S.M., in the Police Court this morning in connection with charges of breaches of the Motor Vehicles Act arising out of a collision between a borough bus and a taxi at the entrance to the Peer street bridge on December 1. Thomas O’Brien, driver of the bus, was charged with a breach of the off-side rule, and Albert Wilkinson, driver of the * taxi, was charged with driving in a manner dangerous to the public. The adjournment. was granted by arrangement between the parties in view of the fact that a civil action is pending. Disappointment was felt amongst followers of cricket to-day when it was learnt that it had been found necessary to postpone the annual match between Waiapti and Poverty Bay for the Kirk Chip. The match had been set down for to-day and to-morrow, and the reason for the postponement was that the Waiapu Cricket Association was unable to send down its full representative team, owing to the fact that many of the players live in back-country districts, and were unable to get out to the main road on account of the state of their clay roads. 'Suitable dates for the match later in the. season will he arranged between the two associations.

“In those, casos I think tho employe! should be charged,” said Mr. E. *L. Walton, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court this morning when a lorry driver, Thomas Charles Hatton, was charged by the borough traffic inspector, Mr. G. G. Winter, with having operated an overloaded lorry. The inspector stated that the gross weight of the lorry was 14cwt. over the weight for which it was licensed. Mr. A. A. Whitehead, counsel for the defendant, said the defendant was employed by a carrying firm, and had been carting sacks of grain. Jn loading the lorry he allowed the generally recognised number of hags to the tori, and his only excuse for overloading was that the bags must have been more tightly filled than usual. A fine of 10s and costs was imposed. The former Poverty Hay representative cricketer, W. Carson, continues to do well in senior cricket in Auckland club circles, now that he has shaken off the indisposition which affected his form in the earlier part of the season. Playing for Eden against University on Saturday, lie made 19 runs, being second highest scorer on a difficult wicket; and also took five of the University wickets for 49 runs, rounding on his performance bytaking two catches off Mcßae, a team mate, who secured three wickets for 42 runs. The best bowling performance of the match was registered by Matheson, of the University team, who dismissed eight of the Eden club side for 51, his victims including the three topscorers in the Eden innings. Jt was Carson who caused the dismissal of Matheson, in his turn, 'by means of a smart, catch in the slips.

Charged with having driven a car at the intersection of Roebuck and Aberdeen roads in a manner which, having regard to all the circumstances, might ha ve been dangerous to the public, Allan K. TiUdbrook was fined £2 and costs by Mr. E. b. Walton, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court this morning. The borough traffic inspector, Mr. G. G. Winter, stated that the defendant approached the intersection at a fairly fast speed, and did not ease up his speed. He travelled on the right-hand side of the line of traffic studs at the. intersection in turning, and failed to signal his intention to turn to the right, or to souml his horn. The inspector added that the corner was a dangerous one, as there was a high hedge on the right-hand side.

A strong westerly breeze and a fresh in the Ngarororoa River made conditions on the regatta course at Clive, Hawke’s Bay, difficult for all the crews competing in the four-oar and pair-oar competitions there on Saturday. Tho races were rowed against wind and tide, and (he draw for positions on the course was more important in its effects on the competitions than usual. In all hut one of the 10 races rowed during the afternoon, (lie crew on the Clive side of the river secured the victory ; and in the tenth, rare, success attended the efforts of a crew which gained the lead and then ■ rossed into the sheltered water under the Clive hank. There was little question hnl the winning crow in each race was the best of its field, but the effect of the shelter found, on one side of the river was most noticeable in the matter of the distances between the placed boats at (he finishes of the events.

A cye.lisi., William James Murphy, was fined 5s and costs by Mr. E. 1,. Walton, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court this morning on a charge of riding a bicycle after dark without a light. The defendant, was prosecuted bv the borough I rathe inspector, Mr. G. G. Winter.

Judgment, for the plaintiff by default for .Cii and costs i'l 10s (id was given by Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court this morning in a civil fiction in which Blue and White Taxis, Limited, proceeded against H. W. Shaw.

An adjournment until March 4 was granted by Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court this morning in a case in which Albert Anderson was charged with having driven a ear in Gladstone road on October 30, 11)34, in a manner, which, having regard to all circumstances, was dangerous to the public, and with having driven within the limits of the borough at a speed exceeding: 25 miles an hour.

On account of the excessive heat, the New Plymouth High School boys in barracks" this week have been allowed in tiie hottest part of. the morning to remove their khaki tunics. Underneath tlie tunics' most of them were wearing singlets, with football shorts under their trouser. The explanation for putting mi the additional and apparently unnecessarily warm garments is, in the boys’ words, that the ‘cloth of the uniform is “like thistles.”

“The defendant was doing a very dangerous thing,’’ said the borough traffic inspector, Mr. G. G. Winter, when a cyclist, Brian Ogg, was charged with having failed to keep as near as practicable to the lefthand side of the road, before Mr. E. L. Walton. S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, this morning. The inspector stated that the defendant rode along the middle of the, concrete strip in Gladstone road, and about one chain from the Grey street intersection, turned to the right, cutting the corner. The defendant was travelling at a considerable speed. A fine of 10s and costs was imposed. The public’s appreciation of the rendering of various pieces in last night’s programme given by the W.E.C.M.R. Regimental Band at the Trafalgar Ro tunda was subject to favorable comment this morning by the bandmaster, Lieut. A. Wood. He remarked that when an audience showed its appreciation of different items the task of arranging a programme of music to the public taste was ' made considerably easier. Til? public was well represented at last night’s recital, when the following numbers were presented : Hynm, “Abide With Me”: marches, “Lynwood,” “Band Parade,” and “Waveney” ; selections, “Ernani” and “Our Miss Gibbs” ; songs. “Play to Me Gipsy” and “The Old Spinning Wheel”; fantasia, “The Jollv Bandsmen.”