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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19044, 18 June 1936, Page 4

A frost of five degrees was registered in Oisborne this morning. Air mails for the United Kingdom and Europe which left Gisborne on May 27, via Australia and Singapore, arrived in London on June 15.

At the North Island conference ol acclimatisation societies, to be held on July 6, the East Coast society probably will be represented by Father Curley. It was decided at a meeting of the district council last evening that a delegate from this area should be present, and in the event of Father Curley being unable to attend the conference, Mr. M. J. White, hon. secretary of the district association, would represent his council. The pronounced lag in the application of civil re-establishment measures in conncction with returned soldiers in New Zealand was expected to prove one of the main topics of discussion at the annual council of the New Zealand R.S.A., now proceeding in Wellington. A number ol remits from different district organisations were forwarded to the conference, some of them expressing keen disappointment with the results obtained to date by the Civil Re-establishment League, an independent body with headquarters in Wellington and branch committees in various parts of the country, chiefly in the metropolitan areas. It has been calculated that 10,000 returned soldiers throughout New Zealand are unemployed, and the scope offered to the reestablishment authority is not. by any means limited

Referring to the sports and physical culture aspects of school activities, the rector, Mr. J. Hutton, stated in his report to last evening's meeting of the Gisborne High School Board of Governors that the school was well represented in the various Saturday sports this year, there being six Kugby teams, two hockey teams, and five basketball teams participating. "For those who are not playing in Saturday competitions," he continued, "there are the various house matches held on Thursdays, and the. practice games on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On Fridays the grounds are given over to a primary school tournament. Boxing is a further school activity taken each Friday evening, and there is a dancing class for day pupils each Saturday at 6.30 p.m., followed by another for boarders at 7.45 p.nu In addition, the cadet corps, the boys' training corps, the daily drill squads for both boys and girls, and the special drill periods for girls under the physical instructress, make for the physical benefit of the pupils."

Between SO and ICQ tons of steel are to be transported from Napier to Palmerston North next week, when Messrs. \V. M. Angus, Limited, Napier, will commence the const miction of the new £22,000 A.M.P. building there.

Arrested yesterday on charges of failing to comply with the. terms of maintenance orders, two men appeared before Mr. A. (J. Beere, J.P., in the Police Court this morning, and were remanded until Monday. They were George Anderson, aged 47, and Jeremiah Murphy, aged 27, the order in the case of the latter being made at. Tnumanmuj.

The Opotiki Rugby Union has -suggested -Inly 18 as a suitable date for a visit to Opotiki from the Malawai-Motu sub-union representative team. It was stated at a meeting of the Opotiki union management committee, held on Monday evening, that the Matawai-Motu players were keen to secure a fixture in the Bay of Plenty centre.

One of the windows of Messrs. O. Ros-ieand Company was broken open recently and a quantity of men's attire, valued at- approximately £5, stolen. At the time the window, of the island type, was dressed in such a manner that a person working on the door of the window would not be observed from the pavement. There were four patent locks on the door, and ail these were found next morning to have been forced. ,

Delegates of the Gisborne Returned Soldiers' Association at the annual council meeting of the New Zealand organisation, now in progress in Wellington, are Messrs. A. 11. Lange and P. Gordon. The conference is also being attended by (he district president. Col." R. F. Gambrill, in his capacity of member of the Dominion general executive. Messrs. Lnngo and Gordon are paying their first visits to the annual council, which should furnish both with an interesting ami impressive experience.

Of the three nominations offered by the Poverty Bay Rugby Referees' Association, in connection with the first representative football match of the season, between Poverty Bay and Tairawhili. that, of Mr. N. Tasker has been selected by the manager of the native team as referee for Saturday's game. Mr. Tasker has had a good deal of prominence among Rugby referees this season, having ruled the majority of senior club matches nlayed on the grandstand ground at the Oval since the opening of the competition.

Whatever the weather conditions may be on Tuesday, some section of the sporting public should have a satisfactory holiday to mark the King's Birthday. The council of the East Coast Acclimatisation Society, at a meeting held last evening, decided to recommend licenseholders to make Tuesday a "duck day," spreading their activity over the district 30 that the birds will be kept on the move. Should the day he unfavourable for the successful conduct of other sports ictivities such as the rodeo and the carnival at the Oval, holders of shooting licenses will be well served in connection with their outings.

A request for assistance in draining an outer area of Mangapapa was made to the Cook County Council yesterday by a deputation from the Gisborne Borough Council comprising the Mayor, Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., the deputy Mayor, Cr. 11. Holmes, the town clerk, Mr. W. M. Jenkins, and the borough engineer, Mr. E. R. Thomas. The Mayor pointed out that the drain inferred to had been taken over from the Cook County by the old Mangapapa Town Board, which in turn handed it over to the borough at the time of the amalgamation, and he asked if the County Council would reverse a previous decision in the matter. The County Council discussed the request in committee during the afternoon, and decided to take no action.

"This car is not truly representative of the standard type of vehicle which we are putting to service," explained Mr. G. M. Mackley, general manager of railways, referring to the rnil-car Maahunui. Limitations and restrictions were imposed 1 upon those designing it by the. arduous journey over the Rimutaka incline, which has meant keeping the weight down, and building a chassis which would cany the brake equipment and engine and clear the centre rail. The standard vehicles which will be put into use elsewhere will be dual-engined, with a double bogie, the engine riding on the bogie and not in (he centre of the car as is the caso with the Rimutaka cars. This will mean more speed and steadier riding."

The number of men for whom employment bus been found on the WaikokopuGisborne section of the East Coast railway during the past month has reached _ou, this total being almost evenly .uvided between the respective headquarters at Bartlett's and at Kopuawhara. The process of preparing accommodation for the works staff in the respective camps has been accelerated steadily, and while the numbers of men absorbed so far have been smaller than was expected by the general public, they should increase rapidly from this stage. In all arrangements for increasing the staffing of the works, the necessity for having accommodation ready and work outlined for attention is emphasised; and the efforts of the Public Works Department's officers are directed towards preparing the giround thoroughly before launching the major programme of construction.

, The council of the East Coast Acclimatisation Society last evening decided to negotiate with the North Canterbury association for the purchase of young pheasant stock, for liberation in the East Coast district, in addition to that available from tin: breeding station conducted by Mr. Alex. Gordon at Ormond. The sicecss of Mr. Cordon's breeding has given much satisfaction to the society, but the limit capacity of this station is approximately 300 birds annually, and the society is anxious to reinforce the number of birds available for liberation this year. If the North Canterbury association is able to supply, the order, 300 birds will be obtained from that source. The East Coast society is also prepared to give its support to the proposals of the Auckland district society, which is taking steps to import mallard ducks from America for breeding in captivity. The mallard is an exceptionally Rpod type of game bird, and should quickly acclimatise itself in this Dominion.

At the korero last night ot the Gisborne Savage Club Rugby was well represented, the chairman, Savage G. J. Adams, being the president of the Wanganul Rugby Union, and on the dais with him was Savage W. A. Bowie, the president of tTie Poverty Bay Rugby Union. At a suitable interval in the programme the rangatira, Savage W. J. Sinclair, asked the Wanganui Rugby representative if it would not be possible to arrange a match between Wanganui and Poverty Bay when his team was visiting Hawke's Bay. Savage Adams said that he could not give a definite answer, but would see that the matter received consideration when ho returned. He did not. think that, the fixture would bo impossible, for his team would be playing Hawke's Bay on a Wednesday, and might bo able to extend its tour to come up to Gisborne on the Saturday. Savage Adams said that he would do what he could, providing he first received a promise from the Gisborne Savage Club that a party would go to Wanganui and entertain his club.