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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18960, 10 March 1936, Page 4

Referring to the projected inland airmail service in New Zealand, the Post-master-General, the Hon. F. Jones, said on Saturday that arrangements would be, made for inward overseas air mails to be conveyed by inland air servicer in the Dominion in cases in which the delivery of such correspondence wouh' be facilitated.

Messrs. Bellam and Murray, Auck land, are the successful tenderers for the installation of two storage tanks, each with a capacity of 250,000 gal lens, for the Wairoa Borough watei supply. After tho tanks are in working order, it is hoped that the insurance grade of the town will be greatly improved. —Special.

Women cricketers in Gisborne, who have taken up the game with enthusiasm this season, are much dashed in their hopes of eventually establishing their division on a good fooling by an incident which occurred during! the _ week-end. Turning out for a match with a team from one of the senior men's clubs, the ladies were left in possession of the field, owing to the failure of the other team to keep the engagement. According to an announcement in thi Gazette, sittings of the Tairawhit) Native Land Court have been set down as follows for the next 12 months:— Gisborne, April 27, June 24, August 3. October 6, November 9, January 18, 1937, and March 22, 1937; Te Araroa and Tikitiki, April 2 and October 22 Ruatoria, April 20 and November 2. Wairoa. and Nuhaka, June 2; Wairoa, February 8, 1937; Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay, August 17. Requests have been made by re-sell-ers and employees to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Snllivan, that the prices for petrol should be fixed in Christchurch, Timaru and some other centres along the line? of the action taken in Wellington .These are now receiving consideration, but it is not expected that an early announcement will be made. Thorough examination of all the factors bearing on tin subject will have to be made first.

For the four weeks ended February 1, the Gisborne railway working account shows a net loss of £6B, as against a net profit of £494 for the same period last year. The revenue amounted to £1566, is compared with £2242 for the four weeks in 1935. The expenditure for the period was £1634. a decrease of £ll4 from the figure for the previous year. For the 10 months prior to February 1 the line showed a net loss of £4912, as against a net loss of £1122 for the 1934-35 period. Three Gisborne boys were prominent in the junior section of events in the King's College swimming carnival held at the Tepid Baths, Auckland, on Thursday. They were A. Sunderland, E. Graham and C. Salmon. Sunderlaucl was placed second in his heat of the 33 l-3yds. junior cup race, and first in the junior neat dive. Graham secured a second in: tho junior neat dive. Salmon swam first in the 50yds, under 14£ years, and third in the 33 l-3yds, under 14i years. ...

Several residents have made 'coinplaints to the Napier'Aero Club concerning the low and fancy flying ovor tho town alleged to have been indulged in by aviators. When approached, Mr.; Arnold Wright, president of the Napier Aero Club, pointed out the fact that the aeroplanes concerned were the property of the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Aero Club and aviators using their machines were also under their jurisdiction. Any pupil not abiding hy the regulations is severely disciplined. The following telegram received from tho Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, has been forwarded by Mr. A. G. Hultquist, M.P. for Bay of Plenty. "I sincerely regret that on account of extreme pressure in Wellington and necessity of finalising various policy matters l by tho Cabinet, it will be impossible for me to visit your electorate before the session as I had hoped to do. I am sure you will appreciate the position, which is that the policy matters now under discussion in tho Cabinet are of paramount importance and all other matters must be subservient to them. At the earliest opportunity, however, I will be pleased to visit you and will do what I can in the interests of your district."

Members of the Hawke's Bay. County Council are perturbed, in view of the existing unemployment figures, at the apparent distaste of workless' men for positions on the land. "We hear of the most distressing cases of unemployed men, but it cannot be said that all of these cases aro necessarily as genuine as they appear to be," commented Cr. E. W. H. Beamish. "There is work available that these fellows could do. The position horrifies one." Cr. C. Lassen cited the case of a man who had declined to accept a job at £2 2s a week and found owing to the possibility that he would "miss the East Coast railway job." The chairman, Mr. F. B. Logan: I do not think that the East Coast railway will pay more than the farmers of New Zealand. It is the farmers who keep the country going, not the East Coast railway,