NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20083, 1 November 1939, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Light Frost Recorded A frost of 2.3 degrees was recorded in Gisborne this morning.

Street Appeals Permission to hold a street appeal in December was given by the Gisborne Borough Council last night to the Hine Materoa Children's Home committee and also to the Plunket Society for an appeal in August, next year. Armistice Day The usual observance of Armistice Day is to be adopted in Gisborne, according to a decision of the Borough Council last night. In previous years a two minutes’ silence has been observed at II a.m., commencing with the sounding of the fire siren. Soldiers’ Plot A proposal to set aside a plot in the Taruheru Cemetery for men of the New Zealand Special Force was approved by the Gisborne Borough Council at last night’s meeting. The Cook County Council submitted proposals from the Gisborne Returned Soldiers' Association, and while it hoped that the area would not be required it was thought wise to take the necessary steps.

Another Toolcy Street The Auckland City Council, subject to the approval of the Auckland Harbour Board, has decided to re-name Pershing street, in which! is located the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company’s new store, Tooley street. Thus dairy produce shipped from the northern port will in future be consigned from Tooley street, Auckland, to Vooley street, London.

Waikaremoana Prospects On an inspection at the beginning of this month of the streams flowing into Waikaremoana it was very gratifying to see that, with the exception of one small stream visited, the others are all carrying large quantities of fish ranging up to about 4Ub, the average being about 2-}lb, stated Mr. A. Kean, conservator of game and fishing. The fish appeared to be in very good condition.

Channel Crossings A total of 152 residents of the borough received notices recently to make repairs 'to channel -crossings that did not comply with the by-laws, according to a report submitted to last night’s meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council by the borough engineer, Mr. E. R. Thomas. The notices were a result of an inspection made of crossings throughout the borough

Clean-up Week Although at the outset of the annual clean-up week in town it seemed as though the quantity of debris to be taken away would be smaller than in recent years, the borough engineer, Mr. E. R. Thomas, reported to last night’s meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council that considerably more rubbish had to be lifted than for a number of years. P.B. Road Cyclists Two Gisborne racing cyclists, George and Gordon Sutton, have entered for the Palmerston NorthPetone road race to be conducted on Saturday. The former of the brothers has competed on three previous occasions', and the other is making his first appearance in the event. Both have done good work in their training for the race, and much interest will centre upon the handicaps allotted to the Gisborne riders.

Arawas Keen Soldiers “The Arawas are drilling like mad,” wrote the president of the Arawa Maori Returned Soldiers’ League, Captain Chaplain K. T. Harawina, to a friend in Whangarei. “Very soon they will have no soldiers —all n.c.o.’s and officers, and probably some of them may have visions of being officers of some supposed barbaric companies from the waybacks, such as Ngapuhi. Not this time!" The Rev. K. T. Harawina is himself a Ngapuhi.

Supplies of Wire Gisborne mercantile houses to-day received advice from an Australian fencing wire manufacturer that as the Australian Government required the whole of the factory’s fencing and barbed wire output no supplies would be shipped to New Zealand. The supplies of black wire for hay bales is also in very short supply, a serious matter with the hay-making season just approaching. Owing to the New Zealand Government’s heavy requirements, roofing iron, nails and leadheaded nails are practically unprocurable and there are no indications when supplies will be available. Welcome Rain The soaking rains of the past two days were doubly welcome on the Gisborne flat country to farmers and gardeners alike. There has been considerable activity lately in the planting of seed for crops and in filling vegetable gardens to capacity. A good growth during the next few weeks is now assured. During Monday night and yesterday some violent gusts of wind were experienced, these bringing down many branches of trees and doing some slight damage. One milking shed which had been partially demolished by a farmer was brought down further by the wind.

Severe Gale in Wairoa

A terrifiic wind which attained gale strength at frequent intervals swept Wairoa and the surrounding districts late on Monday night and early yesterday morning, causing considerable damage to fruitgrowers and privatelyowned vegetable plots. The violent wind brought down several trees, lifted roofing iron and damaged fences and buildings Fruit was stripped from the trees and the rising wind severely damaged gardens and vegetable plots. Several telephone lines in Clyde road were disconnected when a huge tree crashed and fell across the lines. The main telegraph lines escaped injury, but the severe bumping as a result of the gale made communication difficult.—Special.