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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19267, 8 March 1937, Page 4

lor the week ended at noon to-day three cases of notifiable disease, one of typhoid fever, one ol puerperal fever, and one of tuberculosis, were reported in the East Coast health district. One death was reported from tuberculosis.

A number of responses to invitations sent out by the Mayor, Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., in connection with the scheme for milk rations in schools in diealc widespread interest in the subject. Several other districts in the North Island already have taken the initial steps of forming committees and arranging for their milk supplies, and it is hoped that as a result: of the meeting convened by the Mayor for this evening, it will be possible to organise at once the distribution ol milk in the schools of Poverty Bnv.

'flic Minister of Public Works, the Hon. 11. Semple, has advised the member for the Bay of Plenty, Air. A. G. Hultquist, that his department has been nlde lo make a further grant of £(>00, at the rate of £2 for £l, for the metalling of the Bushy Knoll road, in the Cook Countyl The Council has advised the Minister that it has the money to take up the grant for the Bushy Knoll road, in respect of which representations were made to the Minister by Air. Hultquist recently on bohalf of Alessrs. G. L. 11. Spence, of Ruaknka station, and P. W. Mossman, Tiniroto,

The fortnightly meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council, to be held tomorrow evening, will lack the attendance of the Mayor, the Deputy-Mayor, and town clerk. - Mr. 1). W. Coleman, M.P., will leave during the. afternoon for Wairoa, To escort the Minister of Lands, the Hon. F. Langstone, through the electorate, while the Deputy-Mayor and town clerk, Messrs, H. Holmes and W. M. Jenkins, respectovely, will be in attendance at the annual conference of the Municipal Association. A broken leg was suffered by Mr. Phillip dames Benson, aged .'l7, a farm manager at Ormond, when the motorcycle lie was riding was involved in a collision on the Ngakaroa road yesterday afternoon with a motor car driven by 'Mr. .John Sherrill', Wainui road. Mr. Thomas Frederick Bowes, aged -18, a blacksmith of Ormond, was pillion-riding with Mr. Benson and received cuts about the logs. Both the injured men were admitted to the Cook ' Hospital. They had a fair night and their condition this morning was satisfactory.

Coastwise shipping trading to Gisborne, specially from Auckland, is at present handling an exceptional amount of cargo. No less than five ships will discharge at Gisborne before the end of this week. The Richardson Shipping Company, which ordinarily carries on a service from Auckland to Coast bays, Gisborne and Napier with one ship, the m.v. Pukoko, has had to put on two other ships, the m.v. Paluira and the s.s. Totara, to cope with the many consignments. Further shipments also will he landed here, under the Gisborne Sheepfarmers' Frozen Meat and Mercantile Company’s agency, by tbe m.v. Margaret W. and' tbe s.s. Tiroa. In addition, a great deal of cargo is arriving from southern ports. In the course of making adjustments to headlights of A.A, members’ cars, the resident patrol has noted that in a number of cases bulb replacements have been made without regard to the type of lamp used in a particular make of car. In the majority of American standard makes, headlights are fitted by tbe manufacturers with bulbs containing filaments in the shape of a “V,” the point of which is projected forward, while in most British makes of cars the headlight bulbs have a straight filament. Replacement- of either type with the other lias led to a diminution of efficiency in the lighting of many cars inspected by the patrol, the peculiar characteristics of the respective types of lamp evidently having escaped the notice of some mechanics in the district.