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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19137, 5 October 1936, Page 4

The number of men employed on the Bailor Gorge railway is now approximately 300. states a Press Association message.

A- handsome profit was made by tin: Manawatu Rugby Union from the Aus-tralian-Maori match in Palmerston North on September 23. The- total receipts were £645 9s lOd, and it is estimated that Manawatu's share will be nearly £l2O, while the Manawatu A. and P. Association will receive about £64.

Charges of being found on licensed premises, the Tatapouri Hotel, after hours on August 8 w'ere brought against Donald McTavish and Archie Campbell in the Magistrate's Court before Messrs. A. G. Jierre and C. Blackburn, J.P.s, tolay. Mr. G. J. Jenne appeared for both defendants. A remand was granted until "next Monday.

The total rainfall in Wairoa for Sep tember was only .87in., the heaviest fall being .57in. on September 27. This makes the total for the nine months 41.94 in., so that with a moderate summer rainfall the average should be maintained. A week's rain is really needed, as the country carries a dry crust in most areas. The September rainfall for previous years was : 1932, 7.72 in.; 1933, 3.85 in.; 1934, 9.78 in.; 1935, 3.15 in.; 1936, .87in.—Special.

The Government's proposal to prohibit the importation of butter box timber into New Zealand was discussed at a meeting of dairy company representatives in Whakatane on Friday. On the motion of Mr. A. .1. Sinclair it was resolved that, owing to the increased costs, this meeting is of the opinion that permission should be given for the importation ol butter boxes and crates, provided they are of satisfactory quality.

On a charge of negligently driving a motor truck in Gladstone road on September 18, Noel Eees Jones was fined ik. and costs 18s in the Magistrate's Court to-day by Messrs A. G. Beere and C. Blackburn, J.P.s, Senior-Sergeant J. F. 11. Macnamara stated that the defendant collided at the Peel street intersection at about 9 p.m. with a car driven by Miss Kcany, the car entering Gladstone road from the defendant's right. The defendant pleaded not guilty, but after evidence had been given by the driver of the car and Constable Dougherty, the justices ruled that the driver of the lorry had failed to keep his eyes open, and imposed the fine of £2.

A fine of £2 and costs 18s was imposed on Robert C. Branch by Messrs. A. G. .tere and C- Blackburn, J.P.s, in the Magistrate's Court to-day on a charge of negligent driving. Senior-Sergeant. J. P. 11. Macnamara stated that the defendant gave no signal when turning'to the right in Grey street at 2 p.m. on September 2, and collided with a lady cyclist. Mr. P. W. Nolan, pleading guilty on behalf of the defendant, said that he did signal, but admitted a technical breach. Counsel added that the cyclist at first seemed headed to pass to the rear of the car, and then changed her direction. The ear stopped and the cyclist collided with the car. The justices ruled that, the offence was a technical one.

A model of a ship's funnel correctly stayed, and with a miniature boatswain's chair shackled to one of the stays, was an interesting exhibit at an inquest in Auckland into the death of a Finnish seaman. The model and a slightly larger boatswain's chair wero made by an inspector of cargo gear for the Marino Department, Mr. G. E. Brown, in order to demonstrate to the coroner the manner in which the seaman fell while using the chair, receiving injuries that led to his death. The use of a knot called the "fisherman's bend" was Involved in the securing of the chair, and the tying of this knotwas demonstrated to the coroner, Mr. P. K. Hunt, S.M., by the master of the vessel.

In all the trams' in Hungary posters are displayed with the creed: "I believe in God; I believe in eternal justice; I believo in the resurrection oi' Hungary," according to the Rev. N. L. D. Webster, who lias returned to Christchurch from a tour of Central Europe, lie said that the Hungarians never ceaseto hope for a revision of the territorial divisions made by the Treaty of Trianon. In Vienna the people had lost heart; some wished for union with Germany, but the more conservative opposed this. Conditions hi Central Europe were not good economically, lie said. One thing that disturbed him and his wife was to see how the old custom of making the women work in the fields from morning till night had survived. The women would always pull the carts while the men walked alongside and smoked.

No now notifications of infectious disease were, reported to, the medical officer of health at Gisborne from i\w Past. Capo health district for the past week, but one death occurred from a previously notified case of typhoid ferer.

Among the congratulatory messages received, by the Gisborne Bowling (.'lull (in the opening of the season was one from Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Smith, now of Dunedin. Mr. Smith was a long-stand-ing member of the chili and oil one occasion skipped a winning rink in the Burton Gup 'tournament, A message was also received from Mr. .Hugh Jones, another old member of the club who was unable to attend on- account of ill-health.

A four-roomed dwelling in Dominion road, the home of Mr. E. Foster, was completely destroyed by lire on Saturday night. The outbreak was discovered by :i neighbour, Mrs. P. Mann, and the lire brigade received the call at 9.27 o'clock. There was no one at home at the time and the flames quickly secured a strong hold. When the brigade arrived it was rumoured that a child was still in the building. The brigadesmen immediately searched the building and found the report to be incorrect. Nothing of the contents was saved and in a very short time the place was gutted. The opinion that though there arc nany factors for war on the Continent of uirope. the forces for peace are much neater is held by the Rev. N. L. D. vVebstcr, who was minister at St. AnIrew's Presbyterian Church, Christ - Lurch, from 1921 to 1929, and is now /tailing Christchurch after a tour of ■airland. Scotland, Centra) Europe, and lie United States, before his return to lis charge in Adelaide. In conversation villi Germans of important standing in he community, lie said, he was assured mphafioally that the rearmament in the •on.nJi.ry was all for defence and not for iggression. Tie found the Germans a -inelly people, warm in their affection for the British, with no legacy of war latrecl