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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18920, 23 January 1936, Page 4

A lady resident of Dannevirke has won a prize of £750 in a Tasmanian lottery.

The meeting to have been held last night to discuss the formation of a 50,000 Club in Gisborne was postponed owing to the death of King George V.

Partnered by Mrs R. Swan, Paeroa, Miss E. Plummer, Tokomaru Bay, was successful in winning the ladies' handicap doubles section in the recent Hawke's Bay tennis championship tournament at Dannevirke. In the final they beat Mrs 'Fenell and Miss Fitzgerald, 9—4.

The Hawke's Bay ladies' cricket team to play Poverty Bay in Napier next Saturday will be picked from the following :—Mesdames Proctor and C. J. O'Brien, Misses G. W. Moyle, E. Lowe, A. Burns, M. Kelly, A. Dwyer, D. Skews, I. Phillips, N. Baxter, L. Molander, L. Weber, N. Webster, C. Fernandos, and E. Knowles.

Portion of the air mail salvaged from the Imperial Airways liner which crashed off Alexandria on New Year s Eve, arrived at Auckland by the Monowai from Sydney on Tuesday. Between 50 and 100 letters arrived, but as they were enclosed in new envelopes and re-addressed, it was not possible to determine the damage, but the packages still felt damp. When the City of Khartoum crashed it was estimated that about one-third of the Australian and New Zealand mail was lost.

Many interesting details of the work and recreation at Hereworth School, Hawke's Bay, arc given in the Hereworth Magazine, just published. A tribute is paid to the late headmaster, Mr. H. E. Sturge, whose fine personality and qualities endeared him to scholars and parents. Typical extracts from his speeches and letters are given as presenting the truest picture of him. School activities arc fully reported, and there is a good etching of the school. The grave state of the finances of the Sign of the Takahe rest house and the adjacent Cracroft reserve, on Cashmere Hills,' Christchurch, was emphasised by the trustees in a report presented to a meeting of the Port Hills-Akaroa Summit Trust. They emphasised that unless more public support was given no objection could be taken to the mortgagees exercising their legal rights over the properties. "The Sign of the Takahe Dtesents the biggest problem the trust has to face," the report stated. 'The building is unfinished, and it is not likely to be completed for a considerable time."

The opinion was expressed at the last meeting of the Horowhenua County Council that the regulations designed for the control of blackberry were futile in their present form. As it was, it was stated, the regulations required that blackberry had to be cleared from farm lands by March 31, but by that date the vines had seeded and the harm was done for that season To be effective, it was suggested, the clearing of blackberry, and also of sweet brier, should be carried out in January. It was decided that the attention of the Minister of Agriculture be drawn to the position.

Probably for the first time in the British Dominions one of His Majesty's judges has gone on circuit by air, comments the New Zealand Law Journal. This record was established by Mr. Justice Smith when he and his associate travelled from Napier to open the criminal and civil sitting at Gisborne. When Gisborne was principally approached by sea, many a learned judge was delayed in the roadstead, sometimes for days,' by stormy weather. More recently, the judges have proceeded from Napier by motor car. In adopting the latest metno3 of travel, in both going to and coming from Gisborne by air service, Mr. Justice Smith found a more expeditious and, at the same time, a cheaper means of fulfilling circuit engagements in Poverty Bay than was available to his predecessors. A farmer who travelled to Taranaki from the Waikato by car last week said a considerable number of haymakers all along the route had been caught by the rain during haymaking operations. In some cases stacks that were being built had received a soaking, necessitating several feet of the top being removed and spread for drying. Before it could be replaced on the stack further rain hnd fallen. Ho considered some hay would be completely spoiled, which would be a serious loss to the farmers, who, in view of the shortness of feed experienced last spring, were keen to conserve all surplus pasture for use during the coming winter. On the other hand, the wet weather had had its compensations, for the pastures had come away remarkably well, and the country generally was looking very green, in marked contrast to the same time last year.

The tender of Messrs Win. Angus, Limited, has been accepted for the erection of a two-storey ferro-con-crete building in Napier, to be used by the Hawke's Bay County Council as additional office premises.

■ A new ambulance was delivered to the St. John organisation in Auckland on Tuesday, to replace one of the existing machines, which is being taken oil the road. Another new unit, is on order and when it is delivered the strength of the Auckland fleet will be increased to nine vehicles.

A landmark which will be visible for many miles, especially, in the sunlight, has been provided for Napier by the painting with aluminium paint of the highest water tower on the top of Bluff Hill. It is expected that the tower will also act as a daylight beacon for aeroplanes passing over Hawke's. Bay. Owing to the rain the floodlight sports meeting to have' been held this evening on the Victoria Domain by the Poverty Bay Professional Athletic and Cycling Club has been abandoned. At a committee meeting, held recently, it was decided to suspend two dogs, Tiger Gain and Great Peter, from the tin hare racing for a fortnight on account of their fighting on the track.

Ivy and other creepers growing on public buildings is not favored by the Minister of Public Works, Hon. H. Semple. who has ordered the removal of ivy on the walls of Government offices at Hokitika. The Minister said that his opinion, which engineers sup ported, was that ivy on a building retained damp, rotted the timber and that the roots crept into the mortar. The foliage harbored pests, and germs and generally was detrimental.

A plea for the widening of the study of history in schools to cover the whole history of the human race was made by Mr L. J. Wild when speaking in the University Senate at Auckland. "It is a mistake," he said, "to continue to begin the study of history with young people as though the only history worth studying was the history of the British race. 1 think they should have on the widest possible basis the history of the development, of the human race."

Invasion by air of a sea-surrounded country like this, as its difficulties were explained bv Admiral J. E. T. Harper in a lecture* at Cbristchurch, seems most improbable, states the Press. Invasion, of course, had not to be confused with a raid. It meant properly the occupation some part of a country. To make occupation, as well as further advance, an enemy would need heavy artillery, tanks, lorries, countless tons of ammunition, and oil fuel. The day was far distant when such things would be transported by air. The winning design in a competition held bv the Hawke's Bay County Council for a county coat of arms was submitted by Mr W. Baker, of Auckland, but recently of Napier. The judge appointed by the council, Mr C. F. H. Pollock, had in all 14 designs to consider. Mr Baker's design is both attractive and appropriate. It is symbolic of the leading primary industries of Hawke's Bay, and Includes the coat of arm? of Lord Hawke, after whom the province was named.

The Public Works Department has again commenced construction of the Fraser River and Butcher's Gully dam, Central Otago. At, the Fraser River scheme the men are mainly employed in road-making, but at Butcher's Gully work is being pushed well ahead on the road deviation made necessary by the construction of the dam and the inundation of a large section of the old road. The deviation will prove a great improvement on the old road. The department has recently undertaken a survey of a further portion of the AlexandraRoxburgih road, with a view to improving the" bends and bills on this section.

For those who frequent the shores around" Cape Kidnappers, Mr D. W. Hursthouse, of Hastings, has discovered a new angle for anglers. One lashes a five-inch shark hook to a three-foot pole, gets into his bathing suit and wades out into the surf, standing waist-deep in the water ahead of the four and five-foot sharks and other fish that swim around. When they come within striking distance one strikes at'the fish, and if one is lucky, as Mr Hursthouse was on Sunday," ho may land a 130-pound sting ray, and later a five-foot shark.

The death has occurred at Manaia of Mr George James (Fred) Milner, an early resident of the Waimate Plains district, aged 83 years. Mr and Mrs Milner went to Manaia over 40 years ago, and by his cheery disposition and many acts of charity Mr Milner won the high esteem of all who knew him. Deceased was one of the oldest members of the Ancient Order of Druids in New Zealand, joining the'.Gisborne Lodge just 60 years ago. Tie is survived by two sons, Messrs Henry and Frank Milner, and two daughters, Mrs .T. S. McKay (Inaha) and Miss Elizabeth Milner (Manaia).

That there is more than one use for a river-bed, especially when the 'Water which formerly flowed there has been diverted in another direction, is proved by a lease which has been completed by the Napier Harbor Board, an area of 20 acres of the former course of the Tutaekuri River having been leased to Mr M. Druzianic for 10s per acre per year, and is to be farmed. A further area of ovei 12 acres south of the Awatoto stopbank has also been taken by Mr M. Druzianie from the Harbor Board on similar terms. The conditions of the lease provide for a tenancy of 12 years only.

Olie of the most striking speeches given during the Hon. P. Eraser's tour of Hawke's Bay was that by Sir Alfred Ransom, who, although he spolfle very briefly, as was made necessary by the limits of time, paid a friendly and eloquent tribute to Mr. Fraser's services to the country and to his ability as a Minister of Education. They had been friends for 13 years, said Sir Alfred, and during that time he had found Mr Fraser a good comrade, a fine idealist, and an enthusiastic and able member of Parliament. He was sure that his services as Minister of Education would be of value to the country. Mr. Fraser fittingly replied to the remarks made by Sir Alfred, and in turn paid a tribute to-the friendship that had always existed between them.

To fly from New Plymouth to Hawera to recover a felt hat left in a 'plane housed at the Hawera aerodrome was the exploit of a New Plymouth pilot recently, although it must be said thai he did not make the whole flight for tlinl purpose alone. The hat belonged to a passenger whom the pilot. Mr H. W. Lightband, took to Taupo the other day. The 'plane in which the trip was made was subsequently returned to Hawera, where the hat was found in the cockpit. In the meantime the passenger had discovered his loss and advised. Mr Lightband. Mr Lightband next day Hew round the mountain with an Auckland passenger, Mr L. Lynch, who, incidentally, was devoting to the flight portions of a c;ood win at the Stratford races. The flight brought him close to Hawera, so he landed on the aerodrome, collected the hat from the hangar and took off again immediately on the return to New Plymouth.