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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18770, 29 July 1935, Page 6

No cases of infectious diseases were reported in the East Cape health district for the week ended to-day. A Rugby player, Thomas Nicol, 20, of Wairoa, suffered slight concussion in tue third grade representative match, 1 ovei’tv Bav v. Wairoa, on Saturday and was admitted to the Cook Hospital. His condition this morning was reported to be satisfactory.

A further remand was granted to-day ; n the case in which Ernest Vivian Walters (Mr. E. T. Brosnahan) was charged before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M-, with breaking and entering the Gisoome Harbor Board’s shed and stealing two eases of brandy and 13,000 cigarettes, of a total value of £47. On the application of Plain Clothes Constable King, a remand was granted till August 7, bail being, renewed..

Writing) on behalf of the Poverty Bay Scouting Association, Dr. \V. A. Bowie suggested in a letter to the Harbor Board, received at to-day’s meeting, that his association should be allowed to have one of the tug Pelican’s boats, and also the ship’s .compass, m view ot me fact that the board. bad decided to break up the vessel. The secrctaryrmumger, Mr. 11. A. Button, reported that it had. been found impossible to save the compass wlu-n the'trig was sold lo a Gisborne syndicate for breaking-up purposes. The boats of the Pelican had been saved, and the question of donating cue to the Scouting Association was within tho purview of tlm board. Ihe request was referred to the chairman and the harbormaster for decision.

Wairoa and Poverty Bay ladies and men’s representative hockey teams were the guests of the Poverty Bay men s representative team at a dance held on Saturday night, when the trophies won during the day were presented by the chairman of the association’s executive, .Mr. P. Sim, who congratulated the winners. It was remarkable, he said, that Poverty Bay should lose the Lady Car roll Shield to a sub-association, after having registered li succession of victories over that sub-association for many years. However, he congratulated Wairoa on the fine game played, and the fact of the shield going among the Wairoa relatives of the late donor would do a lot of good for hockey in that district. Mr. T. Duley replied cn behalf of the Wairoa team.

Many residents ol Gisborne who live on the banks of the lower reaches of the Tnruheru and Waimata rivers were surprised to see what seemed like tidal bores sweeping up ttie rivers on Sunday morning. In the Waimata River the waves would surge along one bank for a considerable distance and, sweeping across the river at a certain point, surge along the other bank. White foam lined one of the banks until high tide. The cause of this unusual circumstance was the tremendous seas that- were running in the bay. The waves broke with great force over the breakwater, while the wave trap near the diversion cut also came in for a considerable battering. The Turanganui River was in a state, of continual iobble, in striking comparison to the practically calm surface of the harbor basin.

An explanation regarding nominations for the Meat Board's electoral committee was made at a meeting of the Farmers’ Union executive on Saturday. Early in the meeting the question of whether or not the union should take- any active stand in the matter was discussed, and it was stated that Messrs F. S. Bowen and I*. J. Roberts had written to the Wairoa branch of the union asking support. Members wondered whether these two nominees had associated themselves with the Farmers’ Union in the letter, and it was decided to adjourn the matter until Mr Bowen arrived at the meeting. When the question was placed before him, Mr Bowen explained that the letter- to the Wairoa branch was a personal letter from, himself and Mr Roberts, and they in rid way associated themselves with any organisation. The meeting then agreed to take no active steps in the- election.

When the Gisborne Harbor Board to day considered a report from Mr. J. U. Graham on tho condition of the board’s Tauwltarcparao endowment lands, Mr. C. 11. Williams asked whether anything had been dono by the board’s tenants about the tree-planting scheme which lie had brought down two years ago. The secretary-manager, Mr. IT. A. Barton, stated that the scheme, had been placed before the tenants, ‘but no notice had been taken by them. In the course of a discussion, Mr. Williams stated that a certain amount of planting was very accessary, as otherwise the lands would come back on the board with not a stick of timber on them. Mr. W. T. Veitch said that fencing was the main trouble for the tenants. After a gcnoral discussion, in the course of which it was pointed out that the hoard hacl offered to supply seedling trees ur :t contribution to the cost of the scheme, the Tuuwhareparno committee of the board was asked to take the matter up again

It is anticipated that the new building which will Be erected lor the Bank of Australasia in Timaru will cost between £14,000 and £15,000, and will consist of three storeys in modern style. Mr. George Bichan, Dunedin, who formerly conducted a large flaxmill oil -portion of the Otanomomo estate, on thr banks of the Puerua River, was in Balclutlm recently making arrangements loi the reopening of the mill after a lapse of some years.

Many dogs have died in Grcymoutb during the last- few days, through an epidemic of - pneumonic distemper, one valuable dog being -Mr. J. McLeod’s Tells Benedict, a two-year-old St. Bernard, and one of the few of the breed in New Zealand. The use of rear lamps on bicycles was discussed at the last monthly meeting of the New Zealand Cycling Federation at Christchurch, when it was decided that tests of various kinds of rear lamps and reflectors should be made and the results communicated to the city authorities.

Much evidence of the early settlement by Maoris of Capo Saunders, Otago, is being unearthed by the small farm settlers. Many Maori ovens have been discovered, and recent finds of importance were a sharp stone adze and a moa bone in the bush, near the month of Papanui Inlet.

Because of its geographical position. Palmerston North is destined to become the most important centre for aviation Lu New Zealand. This was the opinion expressed by Mr.. G. O. McCaul, president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, speaking at the annual dinner of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce. Palmerston North and Wellington must Vork together Id the interests of their aviation progress ho declared.

At the Magistrate’s Court, Waipawu, Puru Rukiruki was charged with having purchased a ticket in a lottery which was illegal in New Zealand. Defendant six weeks ago won £12,000 m an outside investment. Mr C. G. Marker, who appeared for Rukiruki, submitted that “Tattersall’s” could not be proved to be a lottery, and no prima facie case could be ' established. The magistrate, Mr J. Miller, dismissed the information.

That the sales tax is too heavy a burden on trade, and that the time has arrived when its abolition should be pressed for is the attitude of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, according to Mr. A. 11. Allen, of Dunedin, president- of the Associated Chambers, when speaking at the annual -dinner of ihe Palmerston North chamber. “We are now pressing for its abolition, for we realise that unless strong and persistent objection is raised, this tax will become permanent,’’ he added.

' The reserved decision of the Arbitration Court in the case of George Wallwork, laborer, of Grcymoutb, versus the Greymou'th Borough Council, has been given by Mr. Justice Page. Wnllwork claimed compensation for the loss of an eye which be suffered while working on the demolition of a hand rotunda. Tlu majority of the court has agreed to the award of compensation on the basis ol a weekly wage of £2 6s 3d, plus £1 medical fee

Seven years ago the number of eases oC canned goods produced in Great Britain totalled 2,500,C0D. To-day the total had grown to IOO,OCQ,CCO as the result of the application of laboratory research, said Dr. E. Marsden during an address at Wellington. In South Africa, where they had availed themselves of research, the output of canned fruits had grown from 200,000 cases before the war to 6,000,000. cases last year.

“The farmers are essentially indi-vidual-sts: they will never ''.co-operate,-; whereas if they were of one mind they could dictate terms to the rest of the community, and their terms would'have to be accepted,” said Mr. J. E. Straehan, principal of the Rnngiora High School, in an address .to young farmers at Canterbury College. “But. the fanners won’t do it,’’ he said. “The farmer is about the one man who is not able to put his price on his work, but waits for the other fellow to make an offer.’’

A property of 71 acres at Hillerest, near Hamilton, has been purchased bv Mr Game Carrington, of Makaraka, Gisborne, and he will shortly take up his residence there. Mr Carrington’s father, the late Mr Gaine Carrington, was a very successful breeder, chiefly through the agency of Hunting Song, who> was imported from England by him. The son lias in view the importation of a Blatidford horse to he located at liis Hillerest property, which was purchased from Afi-s E. R. Hale and is considered to be ideal for the purpose of a stud farm. Probably one of the best-known Maoris in Wanganui was "Governor” Paipai. who 50 yrars ago was one of the leading figures of the town. It was his custom to wear a top hat on his walks through the town, and this, combined with a quaint old walking-stick, apparently led to his nickname. “Governor” Paipai’s walking-stick came into the possession of the - family of the late John Ballance, a former Premier of New Zealand, and has been beoueathed to the Wanganui Museum by the late Mrs Ellen Ballance. “Governor” Paipai was a conspicuous figure, with his heavilytatooed face and cars adorned with large pendant bone ornaments.

Woik on the Stratford aerodrome site has made good progress despite the wet weather of the past two months. The average number of men working on the aerodrome last month was 85, and each man drew. • last month an average of nearly 13s a day, with none drawing less than 11s a day. In view of the number of wet days, for each of which the payment is 10s 6d, the average rate paid on measurement compares favorably with any work of a similar nature. The measurement' rates do not includo the recently instituted bonus, which is an extra. Each man received so many days’ work a week according to the schedule for relief workers.

‘There is a popular belief that wars sro profitable to newspapers and that newspapers are therefore inherently militant and eager to foment international discord as a source of sensational news,” said Mr. J. M. Ha ideas tie, manager of Wilson and Horton, Limited, in an address to the Auckland chapter of the New Zealand Institute of Secretaries. He said this belief was fallacious. War disorganised sources of ■supplies, interrupted transport, multiplied prices of materials and curtailed advertising, with the result that under war , conditions, newspapers had <o maintain production at greatly increased costs and with decimated revenue.

The appointment of a third representative of Cook County electors on the Harbor Board was the subject of correspondence dealt with at to-day’s meeting of .the Gisborne Harbor Board, the first letter received indicating that Mr. G. M. Reynolds had been appointed by the Governor-General to fill the vacancy left after the recent elections, and the second being an intimation from Mr. Reynolds that he had been appointed in error, as he had not accepted nomination, and furthermore was unable to accept ■ the appointment. The third letter, on the subject was from the Cook County Council, indicating that-Mr. \V. T. Veitch had been appointed to fill the vacancy, in place of Mr. Reynolds. The new appointeo was in. attendance at the 'meeting, and was warmly -welcomed.