NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20068, 14 October 1939, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

'Postages Unaffected by Extra Cost “The postings of mail from Gisborne has not been affected by the increase in rates from Id to 2d,” the chief postmaster, Mr. A. M. Robertson, said yesterday. The position now was that the postage rates were on a level with those in Australia and that the increase was negligible. Many Chaplains Offering The fact that 20 ministers of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand had offered to serve anywhere as chaplains with the forces was disclosed to the Auckland presbytery by the Rev. J. W. McKenzie. He added that eight or 10 others were making inquiries Two Presbyterian chaplains already had been appointed, and it would be three month's before another two would be needed. Pound Notes 14s Each “The first shock I met on my torn was in Australia. When in Sydney I tendered a New Zealand pound note for a shilling’s worth of tobacco, and I was shunted out of the shop,” said Mr. H. M. Campbell, when giving the Hastings Rotary Club a brief survey of his trip to Great Britain. “I tried Melbourne, but with the same result, but I understand you can sell New Zealand pound notes in Sydney for 145.” Market Gardeners Perturbed Market gardeners in the Pukekohe district are gravely perturbed by the efforts which the Government is making to induce urban local bodies to organise the growing of vegetables on unused public reserves and vacant lands, apparently with subsidised labour now used for other purposes. It is probable that a meeting of the Franklin Produce (growers’ Asso- \ ciation will be called in a few days to consider the matter. Young Man Warned “You will be dealt with leniently to-day, but if it happens again in all probability you will go to goal,” said Mr. Myles Doyle, J.P., this morning in the Police Court when a young .nan appeared before him on a charge of drunkenness. The youth pleaded guilty and, as a first offender, was convicted and discharged. Senior-Ser-geant J. F. H. Macnamara, pro:wuuing, said that the young man had jeen arrested at 3.45 p.m. yesterday as a result of complaints received from a citizen in Gladstone road. He was making a nuisance of himself and his youth made the charge more serious. American Viewpoint An expresion of typical American opinion on the European war is contained in a letter received by an Invercargill resident from.* a “’fiend in America. The writer states: “I hope you have returned from your vacation in perfect health, because Mr. Chamberlain says he wants all the good men back on their job. .1 think I said that Chamberlain would need the help Of all the British nation before he was done with Hitler. I regret war has come, but I felt it would come after the settlement made in September of last year. The general public here are all on your side and we are all pleased that your King and Queen got home before war started." Improvements to Highways “There are no large new construction jobs being carried out at present on the State Highways in ILhe Gisborne district, but a variety of work, that would be extensive if totalled up, is being done in the nature of general improvements,” said the district engineer, Mr. O. G. Thornton, yesterday. The new deviations and improvements to the roads would be available to the holiday traffic at Christmas. Plans had been prepared and tenders let for the sealing of the road through the Matawai township to do away with the dust nuisance in the summer. Similar work was to be carried out in the Tikitiki, Ruatoria, and Tokomaru Bay townships on the Coast highway. Campers and Bathers at Waikanae Extensive preparations arc being made now at the Waikanae Beach for the coming summer season and already many people have taken advantage of the facilities. At the end of September last year only two parties of campers had made use of the grounds, but so far this season there have been 20 parties under canvas. One of the visitors stayed in the camp twice Inst year and expressed surprise at tire changes that had been made during the winter, the camp being hardly recognisable and greatly improved. The caretaker, Mr. W Gray, has cleared the sand of driftwood in front of the promenade and said that the mild weather of the past week had induced several residents to take their first swims of the season. The chill was now almost out of the water and a few bathers were swimming each day. An additional long manuka fence had been completed on the beach to protect sunbathers from flying sand and to make conditions for the bathers more pleasant.