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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19107, 31 August 1936, Page 6

The following trophies have beet) awarded in connection With the amatem tournament conducted last week by the Gisborne Boxing Association:—Aislulm.Memorial trophy for the most outstanding boxer.— W. Shaskey. Trophy donated by Mr. S. Bardwel! for the most outstanding novice.boxer.—ls. Harrison.

Writing to Mr. A. Gordon Hultquist, member for the Bay of Plenty, regarding the bridge over the Raukokoro River, on the Opotiki-Gisborne, via East Cape road, the Hon. It. Semple says: “I have received your letter in which you state that from a perusal of the draft of the public works estimates you find that no provision has been made for the Itaukokore River bridge. I hasten to assure you that the proposed construction of this bridge has certainly not been abandoned, but that provision has been made tentatively on the main highways estimates, which are separate from the public works estimates, and that as soon as the necessary plans have been prepared, tenders will be called for the bridge itself. I may say, for your information, that two items have been shown tentatively for this work, namely £5500 and £IOOO on account for the bridge itself.”

The success of the Hawke’s Bay Rugby representatives against Australia in Saturday’s match in Napier was witnessed by many 'Gisborne enthusiasts, and among these the. superiority of the Hawke’s Bay forwards in the later stages of the game was regarded as the deciding factor. Several experienced Rugby men from this district to-day expressed the opinion that neither the Hawke’s Bay nor the Australian forwards were superior to those of the Poverty Bay district. team of this season. The Australians were not the usual type of forward from across the Tasman Sea, having a more stocky build than the scrummagers of many earlier tours; they have a good deal of weight, however, and are active in tight and loose play alike. Their backs wore described by Gisborne spectators of the game as fast, and spectacular, capable of handling the ball at high speed and with plenty of variation in their attacks. In the. Napier match, however, they showed a, tendency to run across-field, and thus sacrificed some good chances of making ground. Two almost certain tries were thrown away in the course of (he match by the tourists, ■

For the week ended at noon to-day throe cases of notifiable disease, two of tuberculosis and one of tetanus, the last.-menti.oned in Gisborne, ■ were report eel in the East .Cape health district. No deaths were reported. Found drunk for the third time during the month,..John.Francis Wooster, aged 52. who was arrested at. Patutahi at 9.15 a.m. on Saturday by Constable Allan, was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment, when lie was brought before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court to-day. Senior-Sergeant Maenamara stated that Wooster was very shaky when arrested, and was still in a bad state. Substantial building, operations are progressing in Wanganui, nearly £20,000 being involved. The largest work is being done at Kempthorne, Prosser’s fertiliser works at Aramolio, where additions are being erected which will run into £13,000. It is understood that other additions will be made at the works, bringing the total expenditure to over £20,000. Found on tlite Royal Hotel premises after hours on August 20 by Sergeant T. Campagnolo, Lawrence Spencer Durie was fined £L and costs 10s by Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court this morning. Mr. J. S- Waucliop-, who appeared for the defendant, said the defendant, called at the hotel to take the daughter of the licensee to a ball, and while waiting was invited in t,o have a drink.

The final in the Thermal Cup contest on Friday in the Rotorua open amateur handicap golf tournament, between R. G. Rainger, Auckland, and G. M. Dodgsliun, Gisborne, was more evenly contested than the championship final. Both men played consistent golf, but occasional lapses- by Dodgshim on the green, resulted in his being three down on the morning’s round, Rainger returning home in bogey figures, 35. Rainger again won on the nineteenth, and four holes in succession were halved. A tlp'ee on the twenty-fourth' reduced Dodslum’s deficit to three, and at the turn in the afternoon round he was only two down. Rainger did the Sentinels in three and the next in four, and eventually won the contest four up and three. Reporting to the Gisborne Harbour Hoard to-day, Captain A. Carson, harbourmaster, stated that rough sens were experienced in the roadstead on only two days between July 24 and August 27, the ixeeptions to the general run of fine da vs with calm to moderate seas being August 1 and 2. A total of 23 ships worked the port during that period, the net tonnage being 26.620 and the gross tonnage 44,945. During the 10 months’ period completed to day, 306 ships worked the oort, the net tonnage being 262,877 and Ihe gross tonnage 457,289. These figures showed :a decided falling-off in the amount of shipping using the port, as "ompared with the previous year, when 546 ships were- served, .the. net tonnage beiim 287.985 and the gross tonnage 505,896.

Looking ahead to the centennial year, and realising that the Kaiti shore-line is likely to furnish tile locale for one of the major features of the centennial celebrations in this district, the chairman, of the Gisborne. Harbour Board, Mr. J. Toinbleson, suggested at to-day’s meeting that tlie works committee should prepare a schedule of improvement, works. The signal-station staff already was levelling and grassing an area immediately around the station, he mentioned, but there was a space adjacent which also required cleaning-up, while the old block-yard could receive attention from the committee. -Members of tire board agreed that the present was a good time to take in hand the tidying up of the waterfront and beach-line', and gave the necessary authority to the committee to act in this direction.

A finger-print, and an axe-print apparently have a common attribute in that they can . be. essentially personal. At east-, that is implied l>y evidence given luring the hearing of a case in the Pukekolie Police Court in which a. charge ol theft called for identification of strainer posts by a bushman. He had cut them, but he 'had not seen them again for several months. He was quite, certain oi their identity. “But how could you tell?’’ asked the magistrate, Mr, F. H. Leyieh. “I can toll 'posts I have cut anywhere until they start to deteriorate,” was the reply. Constable H. J. .Olsen endorsed the witness’ statement. A bushman could always tell his own axe-work, lie said, and added that he had done a- good deal of work in the bush and was well aware of this. “I can recognise posts I have cut myself just avon can recognise your own handwriting,” said the witness to Mr. Levien.

Details of the draw for the New Zealand amateur boxing championship tournament, which opens in Wellington on Friday, have been received in Gisborne, particular interest attaching to the classes in which amateurs from this district are engaged. In the bantamweight class, W. Shasky, Gisborne, will meet G. Gordon, Auckland, in the first round ; D. Heeney, Gisborne, will ■ meet C. Ellesmere, Marlborough, in the first round of the .welterweight division ; and N. James, Gisborne, lias drawn F. Pritchard, Wairarapa, as his first opponent in the. middleweight class. In all, 65 entries have been received from 23 associations, but only in 6ne case lias an individual been entered for more than one division. The double-entry is that of J. Page, Marlborough, who is entered in the middleweight and light-heavy-weight classes. For the open heavyweight division, no entries have been received.