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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19124, 19 September 1936, Page 4

A number of photograph's of chilled beet' and mutton carcases in the United States meat markets were tabled nt yesterday afternoon's meeting of the Poverty Bay provincial executive of the Farmers' Union. Mr. P. S. Bowen stated that they had been presented to the union by Mr. T. Le C. Powdrell, Wairoa, who had secured them on his recent visit to America. It was decided to write to Mr. Powdrell thanking him for the photographs and the interest he had taken in the meat industry.

With the placing on the East Coast railway reconstruction work of a large number of married men and their families, the Department of Education has found itself laced with the' necessity of providing educational facilities for children living alongside tiie line. It was mentioned by the chairman of the Hawke's Bay Education Board, Mr. G„ A. Maddison, at yesterday's meeting of the board that about d 0 married men and their families were oeing placed in what was known as the No. 5 camp, near Bartlett's, and a large number of children would be living in Ihe camp. It was proposed that tli6 children—about 110 in all—would be con\e\ed to Bartlett's School daily. During his. Coast circuit, Mr. K. J... Walton, H.SI., heard several cases in the liiiiatoiia Police Court on Thursday, a juvenile being placed under the care of the child welfare otiicer lor 12 months and. ordered to pay expenses amounting to £2 10s on two charges of theft oi clothing. A Maori, Tunuwai Parapara, was- charged with a breach of Ins prolu- I bition order and also with using insulting words and on each charge was fined , i/t and costs £1 9s. Three natives, llira Kaiwai, Mi Wharehinga, and iMcpia Andrews, charged with destroying telephone insulators valued at £4 iis k:d, tho property of the Government, were each lined iji, and ordered to pay costs 17s, and a poi*ron of the damage, £1 7s 6d.

A protest against the hours of work set down for shearers in the latest award was made at a meeting of the Poverty Bay provincial executive of the Fanners' Union yesterday afternoon. The president, Mr. ,1. E. Benson, stated that no work on Saturday afternoons, even if a whole week's work was lost through the weather, was ridiculous. Such interference with hours of work might mean a serious delay in shearing to such an extent that some farmers might lose thousands of pounds from the bidibidi pest. The meeting agreed that Mr. Benson should bring the matter up at the Dominion conference.

'the Gisborne Boxing Association todiiv received information from Bill Pluto, Sydney's leading welterweight boxer next to Jack Carroll, to the effect that he will leave tor Now Zealand aboard the s.s. .Maunganui next Thursday. Pluto is coming to the Cisborno association under engagement for three fights, tho first of which will be for a fixed purge, and the second and third on percentage of profits. Ho will como straight to Gisborne after landing in the Dominion, and will train here for his first light, which is to be staged in the Opera House during the second week in October, according to present plans of the association. Show night, October 28, is to ibo one of Pluto's Gisborne dotes.

Folowittg the start of the work on the first pier on the north side of the Mohaka Viaduct on the route of the Gisbornc-Napiot railway, the men have begun on the southern side. Evidently the work is to be carried on from ' cither side alternatively, and even at this early st-gfl the struct tin' is beginning to be it prominent feature of the landscape. —Special. What probably could be attributed to the recent rise in wages and the return at' prosperity ivas the fact that at the combined primary schools' annual sports 011 the Oval yesterday there was .1 huge increase over last, year in the amount taken a! the stalls on the grounds. The financial outcome of the sports was highly satisfactory as the children had more money at their disposal. .Shillings and sixpences featured in the amount taken instead 01 pennies as in past, years. The resounding crash of a collision attracted a large crowd at 9.0 p.m. yesterday at the intersection of Gladstone i-oatl and Peel street. The vehicles involved were a car driven by Miss Eileen r'. Kenny, M 4 fox street, and a lorry driven by Mr. Noel Kccs Jones,, electrician. Ihe lorry came to rest near the footpath and the power pole 011 Humphreys' Pii'i'inshing warehouse cornel', ilie car was extensively damaged a I the back and had to be towed away by a breakdown lorry. Mr. Jones' lorry was only .slightly damaged. No one was hurt. A delightful dance was held on Wednesday evening by the To Ilapara Anglican Ladies' i.iuiid. The attendance of dancers was very good, everyone enjoying themselves. ' Airs. C. King presided at the piano, and Miss P. Bennett played the extra. The duties of M.C. were carried out. by Mr. A. Hughes. The Monte Carlo was won by Miss L. Bennett, and Air. M. Marshbu-uks. A dainty supper was served by guild members. At the conclusion of the dance a viae of thanks >vas extended to Mrs. King, for playing 1 lie music.

During the past few days the Gisborne Harbour Board's outside staff has made the annual change of the gas cylinders which serve the automatic light at 'I uahine Point. The cylinders are cumbersome to handle, and are transported to and from the lighthouse by dray from Sponge Bay. During this year's change it, was necessary to blast small sections of the cliffs near the lighthouse in order to permit the passage of the dray, the action of the sea during the. past year having brought down new slips and blocked the track.

Gratifying comment on the progress of ihe Women's Division of the Farmers' Union in the Gisbonie district was made by the president of the Poverty Bay provincial district of the farmers' Union at a meeting of the executive yesterday afternoon. He said that the division now had 75 members in the district, and was^ continuing to grow. Great interest was being taken by the members, who were anticipating a visit from the Dominion treasurer shortly.

A total of 29 positions 111 private etnulovment was obtained through the placement bureau in Gisbonie during the- past week, while 40 men were sent to the railway camps, the figures in connection with the railway being lower than usual. There is a prospect, of a larger number of men being required for the camps next week, however. Cowboys, station hands and bushmeu are in' demand, and the supply of suitnble men and boys is not sufficient to meet requirements on the part of emulovers.

,Jut, as ~;ie Wellington office of the ~.uil< of New Zealand was uooul to close oil Tuesday alternoon, two men, who are .suited to nave been hanging round outdue ior some time, entered the premises .Hid, marching upstairs, demanded money from Mr. A.'Hall, the chief accountant. ..fit 11 were roughly clad and had apparentry come from a public works job. One was'aged about 34 or 55, and the other about live years older, and both, it is stated, showed signs of liquor, the .oiingei- being the worse. After telling; die men it was useless coining to tho bank for money, Mr. Hall left them and uuc.sequcntly they were ejected by Ibo caretaker, both going quietly.

The signing on of 52 additional men during the past week lias raised the number of railway workers under tlie Bartlett's en inn construction ottico to over 4 CO, while almost as many more are now employed between Wailcokopu and the head oi' the Kopuawhara Valley. The Herald's representative at Bartlett's reports that the married stall quarters at the camp now comprise lour substantial houses, of four rooms each, the dwellings having attached washhouses complete with baths, concrete boiler and tubs. The construction ol the power-line extension which is to furnish electricity for lighting Bartlett's camp is progressing well, and it is anticipated that the power will be available in about six weeks, hi preparation for the turning on i" ine power, the main office, stores, and several other buildings at the camp have been wired.

The increasea grunt to school cone mil tees in the Uawko's Bay Education Board's district total's £4280. Hitherto, .committees wore provided vvith £7USU annually and with the increase of 07.1 per cent in the allocution the aggregate available in the district this year is .t12,21>7. An announcement oi' the increase was made by the board's cnairman, Mr. (i. A. Aiaridison, at a meeting oi school committee members in Uisborne on Wednesday, when he stated that fill but 2.1 per .cent of the increase'would bo made available directly to committees, the remainder to be distributed among those schools where special treat mem was desirable. One of the conditions attaching to the increase in the allocation was that 10 per cent must be spent on improvements to school grounds, in addition to any work car-

ried out by the Public Works Depart ment.

'flic Gisborne postal district, which in earlier years was looked upon as a difficult one to serve from other districts, now ranks as a model for the provincial areas of the Dominion, according to an official from the department's head office who recently visited Gisborne, The existence oL two nighl-operating services, one between Gisborne ami N'apicr and the other between Gisborne and Taneatua, provides alternative routes' for the dispatch of mail in the event of storm • ii- Hood damage to either road, and the connection between these services and dial operating on the Masi Coast main highway is highly satisfactory considering the circumstances. Transport regulations have had their effect upon the prospect or competition for Die mail contracts, for whereas iinlil recent years any person might tender for a contract on a given route, nowadays only transport men having appropriate route licenses are in a position to tender. There is one route in the Gisborne postal district for which only one tender is expected lo be. forthcoming when the new year's] tenders close at midday next Tuesday, but in this connection the department is not anticipating any difficulty in placing the new contract at reasonable cost. In respect of other routes, and also the town delivery services, keen competition is expected to develop.