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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19334, 26 May 1937, Page 4

A frost of 2.1 degrees was registered in Gisborne this morning. .

In last evening's report of t e iatt. pavers' meeting at Makaraka, Ml. M. X. SStford, cha,rman of the Cook liosp to Board was reported as having stated that the board had 356 employees. Mi. lYailord explains that the employees patients at the hospital and inmates oi the Memorial Home numbered altogether 366 The board had actually 166 employees, while the number of patients at the hospital and inmates at the Mem orial Home was approximately IW. "When the King George V memorial fund appeal was launched and an objective ol ±)10,Q00 was -slated, some doubts were expressed whether the figure was not far too high," said Mr. R. H. Nimmo, presiding at a meeting of the Wellington committee. "However, it was not too high, and I have no hesitation in saying that that objective will be reached within a fortnight, but may 1 emphasise the particular cttectiveness of the direct appeal. I have never been connected with any movement or appeal which has been so well received as this appeal. .My own experience is that on not one occasion has there been a refusal when a direct appeal lias been made."

A deputation from the Gisborne branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association, led by Col. 11, V. Gambrill, s welcomed by the chairman, Or. Charles Matthews, at to-day's meeting of the Cook County Council. Other members of the deputation were Dr. 11. (louldmg Rice, and Messrs. A. S. Muiv, G. Bradley Smith, George Crawshaw, and I*. \\. Biishne.il. The memorial presented to the council was explained by Col. Gambrill as being a message from the. association expressing appresiation to the inhabitants of the County of Cook for all assistance and help given to returned men during the life of the association —2l years, lie then read the memorial and, in reply Or. Matthews thanked the Gisborne branch of the association for the kind thought and congratulated the association on its 21 years of service. Members of the association were now getting older and their age now possibly bringing out other ailments not apparent when they returned from the war. Col. Gambrill, before withdrawing, said •that the expressions of thanks are from the association of New Zealand and included members throughout the Dominion,

"The passing of Mr, George Brown Oman, who, for many years represented this county on the Cook Hospital Hoard is noted and record of appreciation of his services is on the minutes of the council," slated the report of the chairman, Mr. Charles .Matthews, to the meeting of the Cook County Council, to-day.

[''or a short lime at Auckland on Monday evening the Governor-General. Viscount Gnlwny, adopted a very unusual role, thai,'of a pool player.' The incident occurred during a brief visit to the Auckland Young Men's Christian Association by His Kxcellency. When he was inspecting the billiard-room, lie was handed a cue and straightway proceeded to break up the balls on a newlyset pool table. His action was greeted with loud applause from the players in the room, wdio then gave an exhibition of the game. The Herald's Tikiwhata correspondent. reports that Mr. John Ramsey, a Public Works Department's employee, who was admitted to the Cook Hospital on Monday suffering from a broken leg, was working on a rocky face at the time of the accident. A boulder, which he was attempting to dislodge, came away suddenly and pinned him to the ground. It was with difficulty that he was extricated and it was found that he had suffered ;i compound fracture. Mr. Ramsay is a patient in the Cook Hospital, where his condition this morning was reported K, |>e comfortable.

Four offices in Civic Chambers, Elliott street. Auckland, were entered on Saturday night, and an attempt was made to enter a fifth in the same building. Although the intruder apparently made an intensive search of the premises. no money was taken. Entry to the building was made through breaking a win dow at the back. Class panels in the doors of offices belonging to .1. It. Hodge, Limited. Reginald Kain, Limited, lloldsworth Display Company, and Banno Brothers were broken and the catcli of the locks lifted from the inside. The door of Fashions, Limited, bore sums of an effort to break in.

"I jvish to express my hearty appro cialiou of the manner in which council lors have assisted me in carrying out the work of the council," stated the chairman, Cr. Charles Matthews, in his annual report to the Cook County Council to-day. "1 extend rny sincere thanks to tin- .staff—clerical, engineering, and the outside workmen—and to the contractors for the manner in" which every iluty entrusted to theai has been carried out. A very strenuous year has been completed and the satisfactory nature of that work would not have been obtained but for the co-operation of all concerned. Here, too. I would remember Mi'. C. 0. Thornton, the district engineer, who, as in the past, in his official capacity litis rendered considerable assistance to the county. To the press also, 1 express my thanks for the manner in which the duties of their position are carried out." As a result of the recent spell ol southerly weather, the (Jhristehureh Museum has a< quired some specimens ol penguins. Four were washed ashore oa the beaches south of Ranks Peninsula,

and were recovered bv the curator of the museum, Mr. R. A. Falla, and Mr. Kd gar Stead. Permission having been obtained from the Department of Inter nal Affairs to retain them, they will bo used for museum purposes, but as skeletons only. Mr. Falla said that one was a white-flippered specimen, one of a unique specimen rosident about Bauk.i Peninsula. This species was not found anywhere else in the world. The second specimen was one closely related to the blue penguin. This variety was also found in the North Island. The third was a large, yellow-eyed penguin, which Mr. Falla said was fully 300 miles out of its home waters. The fourth was a bigcrested penguin, a native of the subAntarctic islands. This type often came to the New Zealand coast for the winter.