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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19125, 21 September 1936, Page 4

A meeting of the provincial committee te which .the organisation of centennial celebrations in Poverty Bay and the East Coast has been entrusted will be held a fortnight hence, .on the next visit of Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., to Gisborne. The Mayor, in giving this information to-day, indicated that minutes of the Dominion conference held last, month were tiow available, and that members of the committee would have something tangible fo discuss when next they were called together.

Commenting on the fact that the attendance at Saturday evening’s reunion of 'Gisborne School old boys was les s than had been expected, a speaker suggested that the exclusion of “old girls from the gathering must he a. handicap U> the success of the organisation a* long as it was maintained. The prospect of meeting their schoolmates of the other sex certainly would 1 have brought more of the old boys along to the reunion, the speaker added. The suggestion- was. endorsed by general applause, and the chairman,' Mr. 11. Robb, remarked that the executive of the association would have, to give the matter consideration. Instancing the loyalty that existed among the-schoolboys of his day, Air. till. Steals, in proposing the toast “Early Schoolmasters” at the Gisborne School Veterans’ Association reunion on Saturday evening, related an anecdote of personal interest to several of those present. On a certain occasion, Mr. Sceats stated, a boy in the upper standards tired of the educative processes, and absented himself without leave, the headmaster eventually selecting two of the most trustworthy and upright boys in the class to seek his hiding-place and report. “Of course, we knew the place all the lime,” said Mr. Scc'ats amidst laughter, ‘‘and we faithfully set out each day. on the search, joining him in his lair and also in his daily swim. In the end we were found out and suffered the penalty. To show how thoroughly loyal boys could be, I should mention that the son of the headmaster was one of the class, and knew all along where the truant was hiding, but ho did not give him nway. As early as that in his career, lie showed some of the qualities which were to lead him to the position of a borough councillor, and a leading critic of fire boards, concluded Mr. Sceafs.

For the week ended at noon to-day five cases of notifiable disease, two of enteric fever and one each of scarlet, lever, nildiilanf fever, and tuberculosis, were reported in the Fast Gape health district. No deaths were reported. For driving at a speed that, might, have been dangerous fo the public, Charles K. Lowe wtis lined £2 and costs 10s by Mr. E.' L. VValtoil, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day. The borough traffic inspector, Mr. (1. '(.!. Winter, stated that file defendant travelled af a speed of 45 miles an hour when passing another car. A large number of new members wore given their first row on Saturday afternoon, when the season was commenced by the Gisborne Rowing Club. Tidal conditions were not all that could be desired, bub those being initiated into Ihe sport showed a keen spirit. A" great deal of interest is being shown in the First Trial Fours series, and there is already a host of names on the list, Clio draw will be made to-morrow evening.

Mr. Wi Keopa Ilakiaha (Wi Horne) of Poroporo, Whangarei, died .ast week in his fifty-sixth year. Born ui the Whakatane district, the late Mr. llakialm went to Wanganui as a young man and spent several years there in the study of the Ringatu religion, becoming a leader in one oraneh of the religious thought. When ic returned t,o Whakatane about 1905 ,i number of Wanganui natives accompanied him and settled there. He iias since been regarded as a Ringatu prophet and in the course of his reigious duties periodically visited the Fast Coast districts as far as Wairoa. Word has been received in Auckland by Airs. E. T. Low-King, who represented Now Zealand at the Esperanto Conference in Antwerp in .1928, that rhe headquarters of the Universal Esperanto Association have been shifted from Geneva to London. Esperantist? hroughouf the w.orld take this as a tribute to British justice and impar- ■ ialify on racial questions. Mrs. LowKing said that not only British Esper mtists, but also those in foreign countries, recognised the value of the work accomplished by certain Englishmen, •if whom W. T. Stead was the pioneer. Cu England Esperanto has been allowed to develop unhindered, but in many foreign countries where dictatorships have arisen Esperanto is not encouraged.

Transport, is to be provided for the •hiklren of railway workers at Tiki.vluita Valley camp who are of school ige, and will be attending the Bartlett's School. About 80 married men and their families will be located at No. 3 camp, :n the Tikiwhata Valley, and it is estiuit.ed that the number of children o' school age will reach 17 in the course of a week or two. The camp is. located in- a position from which it would he impossible for the children to walk daily to school, and the conveyance of scholars is the only alternative to the establishment of a school in the valley. Against the latter proposal, the chief irgument appears to he the lack of a site for a building and a play area, the huts of the workers themselves being peiched oil the hillsides on either flank af the valley. The Bartlett’s school roll is expected to exceed 100 with the addition of the Tikiwhata contingent.