NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20103, 24 November 1939, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Fined for Drunkenness A labourer, David Colvin, aged 64 years, was convicted and fined 10s when he appeared this morning before Mr. A. Coleman, S.M., in the Police Court on a charge of drunkenness, his second offence in the past six months. Senior-Sergeant J. F. H. Macnamara said that Colvin had been locked up overnight.

Electricity Revenue The returns from sales of electricity for the seven months of the financial year completed on October 34 were reported on by the managing-secre-tary, Mr. R. P. Baigent, at to-day's meeting of the Poverty Bay ElectricPower Board as under, the figures for the corresponding period of last year being given also for the purposes of comparison: Lighting, £16,472 (£115.942); cooking and heating, £14,968 (£42,702); water-heating, £4777 (£3764); power, £4345 (£4472); total, £40,562 (£36,880). Tribute to Wives Most policemen owed a great deal to help they received from their wives, said Mr. D. J. Cummings, Commissioner of Police, at a farewell to police officers in New Plymouth. In the country, where constables were often away from their stations for considerable periods, their wives found they had a great deal of work to do attending to inquiries. “In fact,” continued Mr. Cummings, “some of the wives became nearly as good policemen as their husbands, and I want publicly to thank them for the way they are helping with the work of the department.”

Maintaining Flying Field Although the Air Department is now jn control of the New Plymouth airport, responsibility fqr the upkeep of the flying field has not yet been settled. The New Plymouth Airport Board has suggested to the department that the board continue maintaining the flying field, the department reimbursing it. A letter to that effect has been referred to the Public Works Department. The board wrote that the actual cost to the board would be cheaper than it would be for the department. The board desired to retain the service of the caretaker, who was an excellent man and they also had all the plant required, for which reasons it was desired to continue the present arrangement.