NEWS OF THE DAY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19881, 7 March 1939, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Sale of Polo Pony A member of the Morrinsvillc Polo Club, Mr. F. Klaus, has sold his wellknown black mare Blackbird to Colonel Lucas, a buyer of polo ponies from India. The pony will be shipped to India shortly. Fortunate Escape The steel roof of the cab on a motorlorry saved two men from serious injury when the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged over, a 12ft. embankment near Dargaville, capsized and came to rest with its wheels in the air. Fruitless Search Prolonged search by the police has thrown no light on an Incident near the traffic bridge at Hamilton at 8.45 a.m. on Sunday when a splashing noise, as if someone had fallen into the Waikato River from the bridge, was heard, those who heard the noise stated that they saw someone in the water, but the person disappeared.

Decree Absolute Granted A motion for a decree absolute was granted Mrs. Vida Amor yesterday afternoon, in the Supreme Court by Mr. Justice Northcroft. Acting under instructions from Mr. H. D. Chrisp, Mr. D. E. Chrisp moved the motihn on 'behalf of Mrs. Amor, there being no appearance of the husband, William Amor. Costs were not asked for.

Freezing Works Busy The Kaiti freezing works are experie'ncing a busy period, and something of the margin lost by the late start is being made up. At present 50IKI sheep and iambs a day are being slaughtered, and the total killings for the season to date have been brought up to 250,000, this figure being a slight reduction on that at the corresponding period last year. The reduction in numbers is mainly in regard to iambs, there being am increase in the sheep handled. No difficulty has been experienced yet in securing sufficient shipping space, and although, the freezing chambers are carrying a fairly large amount of meat they are not congested, Ccmiminleatcd With Prisoner For communicating with a prisoner in the Ruatoria lock-up without permission, a labourer, Johnny Raroa Rer>"'t”k!r anpeared recently before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M.. in the Ruatoria Police Court and was fined £1 aucl carts £2 0s 9d. Constable N. H. Tuck -•lift lie p-’d a nrisoncr in custody on a charge of theft and on the morning of the offence left the cell door open to allow the prisoner to have some fresh air, sunlight and exercise. Later in Die morning lie heard voices and found the accused inside the cell with, I lie nrisoncr. The prisoner denied that tie had called to the accused and forced him to enter the cell, and the accused admitted that no one had given him permission to visit the prisoner.

Aeroplane From Hamilton A brief visit was paid to Gisborne yesterday by tho Waikato Aero Club's Gipsy Moth, 55K-ACC, from Hamilton. Piloted by MY. Tomkins, the machine brought a passenger to Gisborne and after refuelling departed at pm for Hamilton.

Driest Month on Record

February proved tlu> driest month the Cape Runaway district lias experienced since rainfall records were first kept at Rukuhanga station, in 1930. The total for the month was ,42in. for three days with rain, as against 12.17 in. for 14 wet days in February, 1938, So far this year the station has registered 4.(ioin. of rain, whereas last year 14.31 in. was gauged.

Bishop Visits Railway Camps In the Bartletts Y.M.C.A. Hall, on Sunday morning holy communion was conducted by the Rev. W. Mataira. l’he Bishop of Waiapu. the Rt. Rev. G. V. Gerard, preached the sermon. During the week the bishop, in company with Captain Carcw, visited the people of all the camps on tins section. of the East. Coast main trunk railway. Last Thursday evening His Lordship gave a lecture to an interested gathering in the Y.M.C.A. Hail, illustrating his lecture with lantern slides.— Special. All) Taught to Swim During the recent Irani do-swim week campaign in Gisborne 300 ehild--en and adults were taught to swim. Advice has been received by the secretary of Hie Gisborne committee. Mr. J. Slipper, that a film has been made available to the committee by the National Committee of Swimming and Life-Saving. It was a film. 40 minutes In length, that would be of interest to school teachers and the honorary instructors taking part in the week.

Rifle Shooting Honours

Gisborne marksmen were again in the prize list at the national rifle shooting meeting at Trentham yesterday. In the Trentham Aggregate, comprising scores in all the short-range belt matches, F. J. Jeune, Gisborne, secured eighteenth place with an aggregate of 282. The winner, B. Masefield, Nelson-Marlborough Regiment of Mounted Rifles, a youth of 18 years, had an aggregate of 288. In the Wellington match, 10 rounds at 500 and 60yds., T. Herivel, Gisborne, with a total of 93, was in the £1 prize list, and two other Gisborne men, Jeune and N. W. Taylor, secured 10s apiece with the same total. Jeune tied for first in the Otago match, 10 rounds at 300yds., with the possible of 50, and Taylor was in the minor prizemoney with 47,

Board Members Visit Tuai In order to familiarise members with the works now proceeding in the neighbourhood of the Tuai power station, a Poverty Bay Electric-Power Board ,party yesterday visited Tuai and made an inspection of the area embraced in the new scheme for power development, through a station at Tapper's Flat. The party consisted ■if Messrs. T. Corson, ,T. H. Hall, C. E. Mills, C. W. Izod, 11. 11. De Costa, S. 11. Phillips, F. Matthewson, engineer to the board, and. I. M. Page, engineering assistant. Public Works Department officers at Tuai had had notice of the visit, and the party was guided over the'works by Mr. T. E. Kelly, assistant electrical engineer at Tuai, who furnished much interesting information in response to the visitors’ inquiries. Mr. C. E. K. Alecock, resident engineer at Tuai, who is in charge of the new developments, also gave much assistance to members of the party.