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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19313, 1 May 1937, Page 4

The task of sowing the area of the Napier embankment aerodrome has been commenced and will be completed shortly. Some of the maize crops on the Gisborne flats this season have ripened several weeks earlier than usual, wntes the Herald’s Waerenga-a-hika representative. Several farmers with small crops already have started picking. A smart new pilot launch for the Whnkatane Harbour Board has been launched at the yards of Messrs. VV. G. Lowe and Sons, Auckland. I Ins craft has been built to replace the launch which was lost at Whakatane some time, ngo. The new launch is 40ft. long and has a beam of 10ft. It has a draught oi sft., and is equipped with a 55 horsepower Diesel engine. New draft regulations governing trawling in Auckland waters are contained in a statement from the Marine Department, Auckland. Trawling by means of a trawl net or Danish seine net is to be prohibited in an area defined bv a line beginning at the northern point of the entrance to Whnngamata Harbour in the west and following the contour of the coast in a southerly direction as far as the northernmost point of Capo Runaway. The prohibition also includes certain harbour areas.

No material progress lias been made recently with the plan for establishing a tuberculosis clinic at Te Puia for the treatment of Maori patients and the education of the native people in control methods. Dr. H. B. Turbott, medical officer in charge of the Hamilton and East Cape districts, interviewed to-day, stated that the granting of funds for the initiation of the scheme was. being awaited, and that he understood this subject was under Ministerial consideration.

Following a discussion regarding the capabilities of exponents of (Rugby on the Coast at the annual meeting of the Tokomaru Bay Rugby Sub-Union, the system of selecting players from that area by the New Zealand Rugby Union was outlined by Mr. A. L. Walker. A circular was sent to the East Coast Rubgy Union asking for nominations of players who were capable of being selected in the All Black team, he said. Mr. P. Ratapu contended that in England they wanted to see the Maoris play in the New Zealand team. The chairman said that there was nothing to stop the meeting forwarding i protest to the sub-union, which in turn would send it to the East Coast itugby Union to apply farther afield. He remarked that it might not do any good, but there was no harm in trying. Arising out of the discussion, it was decided to request the East Coast union to forward a recommendation to the parent body for an annual visit of a selector to the Coast with a view to- seeking out possible All Blacks. It was decided that notification should be sent to all clubs in the sub-union requesting that teams be on the field on time and that they be properly dressed in their right colours.—Special. A decision to donate £3 3s to the King George V memorial fund was reached yesterday afternoon at the annual meeting of the Gisborne Justices of the Peace Association. Mrs. A. E. Beer moved that tho amount should be £2 2s, and found a seconder in Mrs. W. E. Golle. During the discussion Mr. C. Blackburn warned the meeting against any duplication. Mr. G. Smith said he would amend that motion and donate £5 if he thought the association’s funds would permit it. Mr. J. 11. Ormond suggested that a cot should be purchased Tor the local camp, and this raised a doubt as to whether the money was to be donated to the local fund or the general fund. Mrs. Beer said she would rather see a straight-out donation to the general fund. After learning that the funds in hand totalled £l6 she then altered the sum, with the permission of the seconder, to £3 3s. Mr. Smith said he understood that all the money collected in the district would he expended in the district. Mr. Charles Matthews said that it was a national fund, mid there was ah element of doubt as to whether there would be a permanent camp established in Gisborne. There was as yet no definite assurance. Mrs. Beer was of opinion that all children, even those in Gisborne, would benefit.

The mid-week lady members of the Gisborne Park Golf Club played a bogey competition on Thursday afternoon, the best card handed in being: Mrs. E. E. Winter, 4 down. The Gisborne Rotary Club has extended an invitation to Mr. G. H. Jackson, Wellington, to address the Rotarians at the weekly luncheon on Monday. Mr. Jackson is the managingdirector of the Ford Motor Company in New Zealand. A tour of the county by air was made this morning by members of the Cook County Council, which is believed to be the first local body in New Zealand to tour its territory by air. Two of the East Coast Airways’ planes were chartered for the occasion, and the trip lasted for nearly an hour and a half. In an eloquent and convincing manner, Mr. C. Bennett, 8.A., a son of Bishop Bennett, made an earnest appeal at the Hastings Historical Society’s meeting for the preservation, not only of Maori history, but also of the Maori language, and in this connection he urged that the language should be taught in schools and placed at least on the same plane as foreign languages, which were of little practical use in being learnt, or, failing the teaching of the language, the giving of lessons in pronunciation of Maori names.

Preparations are in band among the Waiomatatini people for the transfer of the celebrated Porourangi meeting-house, one of the most interesting of the ancient buildings on the East Coast, from its present location to a new one, the transference having been rendered necessary by * the repeated flooding of the present site by the waters of a nearby stream. Concrete foundations are being laid l'or the building, and keen interest is being shown by the. Ngatiporou tribesmen in the operation of removing the structure, the principal timbers oi which are understood to date back to a time prior to the European settlement ot the country.—Special.

The dairy herd at the Cook Hospita. farm is to i>e reinforced by a.substantia, purchase of milking Shorthorn cattle from well-known Waikato studs, the purchase comprising a handsome young bull and 11 heifers. The bull was bred by Mr. Dndsficld, a prominent Hamilton breeder, and the heifers are from the pedigree herd of Mr. Kirkham, equally well recognised as an authority upon the milking Shorthorn. Selection of the bull and heifers was made by Mr. S. T. Gray, chairman of the hospital farm committee, and Mr. A. Fraser, farm manager to the board. who arranged for their transport to Gisborne to-day.

When the time comes for the establishment of a permanent health camp in the East Coast district, the claims of Opoutnrna Reach will ho put forward by the Wairoa Borough Council, and possibly by other local bodies in the Wairoa district. Referring to the matter at the meeting of the Wairoa Borough Council on Thursday evening, Mr. H. L. Harker, Mayor of Wairoa, declared that the Opoutama Beach would provide an ideal site, superior to those offered by any of the Gisborne beaches, and more accessible to children from Hawke’s Bay and Wairoa than any other. It was decided, on the motion of the Mayor, to write to district members of Parliament on the question of the site, and to register Opoutaina’s claims for consideration. —Special. The number of men of all ranks in camp on the Dannevirke racecourse totals 176 and includes the officers and N'.C.O.s of the W.E'.C.M.R. The officers and N.C.O.s, under Captain J. Walsh, took part in the Anzac Day parade and placed a wreath on the memorial on behalf of the regiment. Manoeuvres will be carried out this evening, when an outpost position will life, taken up. On Monday tbe regiment will move out after dusk and occupy a position at To Rehunga to make ready for a dawn attack. In the early hours of Wednesday morning they will carry out a wide flanking movement to the east of the Manawatu River. The object of the manoeuvres will be to stop an imaginary enemy from over-running Hawke’s Bay and force them back through the Manawatu Gorge and then hold the gorge against further attacks from the south. The personnel of the camp of interest to Gisborne shows Lieut.-Col. H. B. Maunsell. E.D., in command, with Major G. H. Wilson directly under him. Lieut. R. H. Perritt is adjutant and other officers are:—Veterinary Officer, Major P. Uaugh, N.Z.V.C.; Second-Lieut. Craig; Bandmaster, Lieut. A. Wood.

The Gisborne Celtic Ilughy Football Club is to lose the services ot a valuable member, C. McKinley, who has played in the senior ranks lor several seasons, and has brought much credit to the club through his repeated appearances in the Poverty Bay representative team, and by his selection as a Maori All Black. Mr. McKinley has held a mortgage on the centre three-quarters position in the district team for the past three or four years, and has never failed to acquit himself well in representative matches, while his services also have been in demand for Tairawhiti Maori district teams, as well as for last year’s Maori side which played the Australians at Palmerston North. He made his last appearance for the Celtic club seniors to-day, prior to his departure for Auckland, where he is to play with the North Shore team in the Auckland city competitions. Still young enough to have years of football ahead of him, he has experience beyond the average of district footballers, and should bo a decided acquisition to the northern club. His departure will strike a blow, moreover, at the Poverty Bay representative team’s strength, for it had been anticipated that, together with A. McAneney and R, Grant, he would have formed a strong three-quarters line for the district team in this year’s outstanding engagements.