NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20044, 16 September 1939, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Thaw Damage The Rotorua-Waikaremoana highway is again in good condition, although the snowstorms of a month ago had an adverse effect on the running surface for some time. When the. snow had melted, the road was left very soft, and was in places cut up seriously by the traffic on the route, but fairly good weather since (hen has helped to restore the surface to its original condition. Supplying of Liquor A charge of supplying liquor to Maori for consumption off 'licensed premises was preferred against a Maori, Putu Poutu, when he appeared before Mr. J H. Luxford, S.M., in he Police Court in Ruatoria on Thursday. Arising out of the same offence, Wivvi Teneti was charged with aiding and abetting in the supplying of liquor. Both defendants were convicted and fined 10s and costs.— Special. Smart Police Work Smart work by the police resulted in the appearance of John Hilton Reuben before Mr. J. IT. Luxford, S.M., in the Police Court in Ruatoria on Thursday, charged with the theft of £9 3s 6d in cash and a Post Office Savings Bank book. The accused, who pleaded guilty to the charge, was stated to have stolen mostly sixpences and threepenny pieces from a dwelling at Makarika and to have changed tile money for cash of a larger denomination. The changing of the money was traced back to the accused. Reuben was convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the Ruatoria gaol.—Special.

Fighting in Public Place For fighting in a public place, two men. Tutu Brown and Andrew McGregor were each convicted and fined 5s and costs when they appeared before Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., in Ruatoria on Thursday. For using obscene language in the main street in Ruatoria, Matuakore Apuai was convicted and fined 5s and costs. Sydney White was charged with having been found on licensed premises while prohibited and also with procuring liquor while prohibited. On the first charge the defendant was convicted and discharged and on the second was convicted and lined 10s and costs. — Special. Twenty-sixth Conviction

“This rnan comes into town and gets on a drinking bout and does not stop until all his money is gone,” said Senior-Sergeant J. F. 11. Macnamara in the Police Court to-day when prosecuting Patrick Cahill, aged sb, on a charge of being found drunk in a public place, having been once previously convicted for the same offence within fix months. The seniorsergeant told the presiding justice, Mr. Miles Doyle, J.P., that the accused had a list of 25 previous convictions and was last convicted on September 8. Cahill was convicted ana fined £l, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment.

“What America. Thinks!” "I am not inclined to be too cock-sure about what America thinks,” said Dr. Eugene Schmitt, a dental lecturer, of New York, who is visiting Christchurch, when he was asked what lie considered was the genera! American attitude to European affairs. He said that he had seen statements made by Americans arriving in New Zealand, giving their opinions of what America would do in the event of a war, but they were not to be relied upon. He said that it was not to be considered too significant that the American neutrality law was being reconsidered, as it would normally come up for reconsideration at this time of the year in any case. Result of Snowstorm Although the great snowstorm of six weeks ago is now only a distant memory to most people in Dunedin, its effects are still engaging the minds of many workmen, chiefly plumbers. The volume of roof, spouting, and verandah repairs in hand and on order is much above the usual, and it is stated that it will probably be about two months before the position is normal again. One plumber said that he had been steadily engaged since the snowfall and still, had in hand fully two months’ work. An immediate effect of the fall had been to cause a shortage in Dunedin of supplies of glass because of the numerous damaged skylights. In several cases the orders placed by storage concerns with large glass roof areas were considerable. This shortage has been overcome.

Whitebait in Wairoa River Whitebait is beginning to make its appearance again in the Wairoa River, and there have been one or two good hauls during the past few days. The main run. has not yet started, however. —Special,

Training V.A.D.’s Assistance 'in training voluntary aid detachments in Napier to act in cases of emergency is to be accorded by the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board. The detachments will be under the guidance of sisters at the hospital and a governing committee headed by the chairman, Mr. C. Lassen, is to be set up. The aids will receive instruction at the hospital.

Popular Waikaremoana. An increase in the number of visitors on the 1937-38 season is reported by the manager of Lake House, vVaikaremoana, in the annual report of the Department of Tourist and Publicity. Despite additional bedrooms, the shortage of accommodation at rush periods has been acute. The camping ground has been exceptionally well patronised, and all huts are already let for the coming Christmas. Return of Boxing Team

Members of the Gisborne team who competed at the New Zealand amaieur boxing championships in Invercargill this week left on their return to Gisborne on Friday morning and are expected back here to-night. The party comprises Messrs. D. I-leeney, winner of the welterweight title, T. Baty, G. 11. Sceats, hon. secretary of the Gisborne Boxing Association, and Jack Heeney, who accompanied the team as trainer.

What Is A One-Man Farm? Some discussion as to what constituted a one-man farm took place at a meeting of the Poverty Bay provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday afternoon. Mr. T. W. Sewell suggested that in cutting up land for settlement the areas' should not be too small, and a farm of 40 to 45 acres would be too small. Mr. 1-1. B. Bull remarked that if the farmer attended to the property efficiently, he would not be able to do ail the work required on a 40-acre farm.

Imperial Veterans' Restrictions on the supply of petrol will interfere with the attendance of visitors to the annual reunion of ex-servicemen of the Imperial Army to be held next Saturday. Visitors were to have been present from Auckland and Palmerston North, but they have had to cancel their trip because they are unable to secure sufficient petrol. Next Saturday’s reunion will be the second held by the Imperial men of Gisborne, and, judging by the success of the initial function last year, when there was an attendance of about CO, next Saturday’s effort is being eagerly looked forward to.

School Consolidation Plans for the consolidation of the Matakaoa and Tokata schools provide for the remodelling of the buildings into a handsome single structure, and tenders for this work already have been called. Both are singleffassroom schools and the Matakaoa building is to be shifted G 1 miles to Tokata. which is located on the main Hast Coast highway between Te Yraroa and Hicks Bay. A teachers' room and a store room will be formed between the classrooms and a GOf’.. corridor will extend the full length of the building, on the southern side. Features of the front, or northern side of the school, will be the large area of window space and a wide concrete terrace.