NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19994, 20 July 1939, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Collided in Cutting A motor car driven by Mr. Eric Nicholas, of Te Puna, Tauranga. and >. motor cycle ridden by Mr. Peter Apaapa, Wniroa, collided in the luclca cutting. The cyclist struck the .vinclscreen of the car with great force nd landed on. the hood, suffering fractures of both forearms, numerous scalp wounds and cuts on the face. Dipping of Headlights The amendment to the traffic regulations compelling motorists to dip the headlights of their cars when there is any possibility of 'the lights interfering with the vision, of other users of the road came into force today. Lights will have to ibe dipped for cyclists and horse-drawn vehicles as well as for motor-vehicles. “A Good Friend of Soccer.” At a meeting of the executive of the Poverty Bay Football Association. held on Monday evening, Mr. W. Ratcliffe, chairman of the committee, moved a vote of condolence with the relatives of the late Mrs. M. .1. tKyne, who was described as a good friend to the code of soccer football. The meeting passed the motion with the customary honours.

Loan For Wairoa’s Town Bridge A letter was received from the ncting-Minister of Finance, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, at the monthly meeting of the Wniroa County Council yesterday, advising that the Government had decided to allow the loan of £2165 raised under the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake Act, 1931, for the restoration of the Wairoa town bridge to he repaid over a period of 25 years free of interest. —Special. Spending Too Much Money The opinion that, in view of the stale of the country’s finances, too much money was being spent on centennial memorials in New Zealand was voiced by Mr. K. A. Henderson, Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce representative, at a meeting of the zone centennial committee in Auckland. The zone embraces the Palmerston North, Foxton and Shannon areas. Railcar Kills Cow The south-bound Wairoa-N-apier railcar on Tuesday collided with a yearling heifer which leaped over a fence on to the track near Waikouau, and the beast was killed almost instantly, The line between Napier and Wairoa abounds with goats, which frequently delay rail traffic for brief periods, hut the sound of the horn is usually sufficient to clear them from ihe track. The cow, however, had different ideas —and paid the penalty. The schedule of 'the car was interrupted for a few moments only, and the time was made up on the later stages of the journey.

Money in Flowers For those who are able to produce spring flowers a little earlier than others, there is a rich reward in the public markets. At one sale in Wellington there was not a great quantity of blooms offering, but the prices were surprising. Ten bunches of poppy buds (very few burst) realised 16s. Moderate-sized lots of small yellow and white jonquils brought from 6s to Bs. One special lot of yellow daffodils. from Auckland, the first of the season, realised 19s for a dozen small bundles. Another lot of poppies mostly in the bud, brought as high as 8s 9d a bunch.