NEWS OF THE DAY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19821, 24 December 1938, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Newspaper Holidays The Herald will not be published on Monday next, which will be observed as the Christinas Day holiday, or on Monday, January 2. Patutahi Sports Additional nominations for the Patutahi motor-cycle sports on Monday include three Wairoa riders, C. Aspden, D. Storey and L. Robinson. Also, Hyde's You'll Do has been entered for all dog events. Maori Woman Loses Purse and £ll. While visiting Gisborne last evening on a shopping expedition a Maori woman of Tolaga Bay, Miss Jill Clark, had the misfortune to lose her purse containing eight or nine £1 notes and a cheque for £4 10s. Miss Clark gave the purse to a friend to hold and it was dropped in the shopping area. Campers at Hicks Bay Several parties of campers already have pitched their camps in the Hicks 'Bay district and it is expected that many more holiday-makers will be 'visiting the bay during the weekend and later in the holidays. A number of vehicles packed with camping gear were moving up Ihe Coast to-day, several of the parties intent on making the journey to Auckland via the Cape.—Special. Skeletons Unearthed Workmen during excavation at Wanganui' unearthed human bones, oelieved to be those of Maoris, which were apparently of great age. Skeletons of Maoris have often been found in Wanganui in recent years. When n-oad construction work was in progress when Ridgway street extension was put through, two were found there in the sand and three when the road was being put round the top of the hill on Queen's Park. Chartered to Fly to Auckland The Auckland Aero Club's Beechcraft plane arrived at Gisborne this morning and left at 11 a.m. with four passengers for Auckland. The machine was piloted by Mr. Lambert, and will return with its passengers next Tuesday. The plane was specially chartered by the Gigborne agency of the Government Tourist Department on behalf of the four Gisborne residents desiring to make the trip to the northern city. Road Accident Victim In connection with the tragic accident on the Opotiki-East Cape road, in which three men lost their lives on Thursday night, it transpires that the Mr. Charles Nordern who was one of those killed, was widely known in Poverty Bay, under the name of Norton. He was on the slaughtering staff of the Waipaoa freezing works shortly after the Great War, and was a keen enthusiast for sporting activities. A bushman of wide experience and great competence, he spent many years in the bush in this district.

Thunderstorm at Tikitiki A heavy thunderstorm lastine for three hours was experienced at Tikitiki yesterday afternoon, and in two hours almost an inch of rain fell ir> the district. There was a cold southerly wind at Tikitiki to-day and the weather promised to be fine. Despite the heavy rainfall, the rivers had not risen perbeptlbly. The district was only recovering from the damage receiived in last week's storm. The rain had the effect of further delaying the shearing, adding to the difficulties of farmers unable to man their sheds fully on account of the shortage otf shearers. —Special.

New Borough Bus The new bus for the municipal service is expected to arrive in Gisborne to-night. Its arrival is being looked forward to with more than usual 'interest because it is a new type of vehicle, and one of the first of its kind in the Dominion. The chief feature is a marked change in the * design, compared with the vehicles' at present in the municipal fleet. The bonnet has been eliminated, and the engine is placed under the driver's seat. Two doors are supplied, one for the loading of passengers and one for unloading, a feature which should make for a considerable saving o>f time in a service where "only short runs are made. Christmas Services Preparations have been made by ail churches in Gisborne and the district to hold the usual Christmas services, with suitable music, although in some cases special choral numbers are being dispensed with because of the holidays taking a proportion of the members out of town. Christmas services will commence at midnight to-night with high mass in St. Mary's Church, with further mass commencing at 6 a.m. to-morrow. Holy communion services in the Holy Trinity Church will commence at 6 a.m. tomorrow, and a special Christmas service will be held in the evening. Other churches have arranged morning and evening services at the usual times.

Postmen and Santa Claus In the ordinary course, to-day would have been a half-day for po.s'tmen. and other postal officers, but the isitafl takes seriously its role of Santa Claus. An endeavour was being made to deliver every letter and oackage on hand at the Gisborne Po^st'Office, even Ithough it meant on extension Of hours and the sacrifice of the half-day. In the organisation of Christmas mail deliveries, provision had been made for depots in the suburbs, and a'lso for assistance to individxial postmen on itheir rounds, in order to .facilitate the distribution of letters and gift parcels. Little trouble was' experienced with insufficiently addressed mail, a reporter learned, though the usual proportion cf letters addressed merely with a surname and a< street, without initials in the one case or numbers in the other, added to the difficulties. Correspondents desiring prompt receipt of their letters would be well advised to ensure that the addresses are adequately indicated.