NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20012, 10 August 1939, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Term Holidays Approach Hawke's Bay schools will break up for the term holidays on Friday of next week. Primary schools' will resume on September 4 and secondary schools on September 12. Intruders Disturbed An attempt was made early Tuesday morning to force an entry to the premises of tflie Hawke's Bay Farmers' Co-operative Association in Waipukur.au. One of the staff called at the premises at 2 a.m. on his way "home from a dance, and it is possible that it was then that intruders left hurriedly.

Realistic Teaching The provision of facilities for practical training, and for teaching on realistic, as contrasted with abstract lines, is the subject of a reference in the annual report of the senior inspector of native schools, Mr. D. G. Ball. The emphasis placed on realistic teaching was conceded to be desirable, 'he indicated, and a real effort had been made to meet the most urgent needs of the Maori children attending native schools. The provision of such facilities as permanent water-supplies. baths, woodwork and cookery rooms, laundries and equipment of a (similar nature had proceeded steadily, and already experience in the schools so supplied had shown the desirability of persevering along these lines. "At the present time there are certain needs whieh are not being fully met, more so in the post-primary denominational schools, which are over-developed on the academic side," Mr. Ball adds. Exl-Soldiers' Interests Owing to the illness of two members and the absence from the district oi two others, the attendance at the monthly meeting of the executive of the Gisborne Returned Soldiers' Association last evening was smaller than usual, and the order paper was reduced to modest proportions iby the deletion of important items whicl* were deferred for discussion at a full meeting. The committee recorded its deep regret at the death of Mr. Frank Gaddum, which occurred recently in the United Kingdom, xhe services of Mr. Gaddum to departing and returning bodies of troops ,and hitdevotion to the interests of ex-service-men as a whole, being recalled with keen appreciation. It was decider' to co-operate with the Legion of Frontiersmen and the Pehiri Rifle Club in establishing a suitable memorial competition in rifle-shooting, as r tribute to Mr. Gaddum's long and valuable association with this district. Secretarial Change A meeting of the executive of the Hisborne Returned Soldiers' Association, held last night, provided the occasion for a formal handing over of the secretarial duties by Mr. W. Oakden to Mr. Allan Miller. The former secretary has been appointed welfaf officer to the Cook Hospital Board after several years wi'h the association, during which time he has increased greatly the scope of the organisation's services to individual Disrgerr and their dependents. In view of hi' past services, and of his grasp of the work of the association. Mr. Oakden "">r invited to act for the remainder of the year in an advisory capacity, •■;";ntr as an ex-officio member of the f-nmittce. The president, Colonel R. F. Gambrill, extended a welcome to the new secretary, Mr. Allan Miller, referring to his past acquaintance with'the association's policy and activities, while president and committee member of the Tolaga Bay subassociation.

Wairoa Youiifj Fanners' Club The Dominion secretary , of the Young Farmers' Club movement, Mr. S. Freeman, will visit Wairoa on Monday, August 14, to address members of the Wairoa club. During his address Mr. Freeman will show several talkie films of agricultural and general interest.—Special.

Sea Birds Killed The bodies of large numbers of a small dove-coloured petrel, known as the whale bird, litter the west coast beaches near Auckland as a result of the westerly gales. These birds were blown from a great distance out at sea to the coast. In such circumstances the whale bird usually quickly succumbs to exhaustion or dies from a battering in. the surf. Warning Issued A warning to the defendant to remain in the home and keep away from the town was given by Mr. W. M. Jenkins, J.P.. in the Police Court this morning when convicting and discharging a statutory first Offender on a charge of drunkenness. The defendant was a man aged 79, an inmate' of the Cook Memorial Home.

Views of Wairoa for Centennial A request for the council to supply photographs of scenic views in the district for exhibition Tin the Hawke's Bay court at the Centennial Exhibition was receu'ed from the Hawke's Bay Provincial Council at'the monthly meeting of the Wairoa- CountyCouncil yesterday. It was decided that the chairman, Mr. A. T. Carroll, and the secretary, Mr. B. G. Signall, should go into the question with a view to selecting suitable photographs.—Special. Need for Teachers One of .the pressing needs of the Sudan to-day is for teachers, said Dr. N. M. Cameron, ai missionary on furlough from the Sudan, who is visiting Hamilton. He said that both the religious and secular education of Sudanese was entrusted, in a good measure, by the Government to the missionary teacher. Missionaries were sent to London to undergo a short course of training and were made the principals of tradning schools for native teachers. Hawke's Bay Grass Seed A return of £IOO,OOO has been received by Hawke's Bay farmers for certified ryegrass and clover seed harvested during last season. The quantities of clover harvested showed a marked increase when compared with the previous year. Though the dry conditions during the summer compelled the opening up to stock of some of the acreage which had been shut up for seed purposes, and gales earlier in the season further reduced the crop, the yield from most properties was satisfactory.

Native School Calf Clubs "This year 17 native schools in the East Coast and Wairoa districts participated in calf-rearing and allied projects. This was an increase over last year," states the report of the senior inspector of native schools, Mr. D. G. Ball, .covering the work, of the past year. "Pupil management of the clubs is being increasingly fostered, and this is bearing fruit in greater interest in the work, which showed an -improved standard over last year. One of the chief difficulties is transport of calves to the schools, but this may be partly oven come as parental interest in the work increases. Two pleasing extensions of the work were the yearling and pig classes, the latter a project of a strong pig club movement."

Kxlcnding Rolorua Marac Rotorua Borough Council employees are engaged in piping off the steam from vents on .the site of the proposed extension to the marae in Jront of the Wahaio meeting-house. The vents have been cased over with concrete, and large pipes lead away to the edge of the extensions. There was a serious subsidence at the edge 3-f the present marae on Monday afternoon, a hole sft. deep and 7ft. across suddenly appearing. It was [eared that the subsidence might spread to the sewerage system, which passes close by, but when tested, the ground proved (to be firm in this vicinity. So far as the extension is concerned, when this is completed, he low-lying ground in front of the nceting-house will have -been brought ■j,p to the level of the present marae, providing a iarge space for special tribal and other functions.

iVaikaremoana Road Advice that the board had decided that the question of the classification of the length of the FrasertownLake House landing (Waikaremoana) highway should stand over until the whole length of road between Wairoa and Rotorua was declared part jf the highway system, and also advising that the board had agreed that some preferential treatment mould be given to the council on account of the additional traffic on the highway caused by the development work at present being undertaken at Waikaremoana, was received from the Main Highways Board at he monthly meeting of the Wairoa County Council yesterday. The council decided to approach the representative 'of the District Highways Council, Mr. A. Dinnie, with a dew to arranging the amount of the grant the department was willing to give.—Spe'cial.