NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20127, 22 December 1939, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

The Gisborne Herald will not be published on Monday, Christmas Day, nor on Monday, January 1.

Schoolmaster’s House Ransacked The schoolmaster’s residence in Rangitukia was entered 'and ransacked sometime between Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon, but in the absence of the occupants, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Murphy, on holiday it was not known what might have been stolen from the house. One of the rear windows of the building was broken, and inquiries are being made by Constable N. H. Tuck, Tikitiki.

Yawl Caplin Departs After staying in port for a day and a half waiting for a favourable wind to continue her voyage from Auckland to Nelson, the 35ft. auxiliary yawl Caplin left the Gisborne harbour shortly after noon yesterday. The craft set sail outside the harbour entrance and make good progress on her southerly course. Barely a month ago the Caplin arrived at Auckland after a leisurely cruise from England, via Panama.

Creche Picnic Seventeen children from the Heni Materoa Home were given a special treat on Wednesday, when they were taken by members of the Gisborne Rotary Club for a picnic at the Waihirere Domain. The children spent d most enjoyable day playing games, swimming and tramping through the bush. Prizes were donated for the children’s races and a highlight of the day was the serving of a large pail of ice cream. Protection of Wairoa Game Birds ~The need for more definite action being taken in the Wairoa district to protect game birds is exercising the minds of sportsmen in the district, and with a view to having something done it has been decided by the Wairoa Rod and Gun Club to discuss the question with the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, at the first available opportunity. Another suggestion of the club is that pheasants be liberated on various farm properties in the district and that there be a close season for these birds. — Special.

Sixty-sixth Appearance in Court / Making his sixty-sixth appearance in court on charges that were mostly connected with drunkenness, a 62-year-old labourer, Alfred Charles Young, appeared before Messrs. F. J. H. Ellisdon and M. Doyle, J.Ps., in the Police Court this morning and was convicted and fined 10s, He pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found drunk yesterday afternoon, having been once previously convicted of a similar offence within the past six months. Constable G. Waple, who prosecuted on behalf of the police, referred to Young’s previous list and said it appeared that there was no hope of Young reforming.

A Bishop in Distress iNot for the first time in his active career, the Bishop of Aotearoa, the Rt. Rev. F. A. Bennett, suffered shock and some abrasions in a motor accident some days ago. He was driving along a road out of Dargaville when his car left the road and went over a steep bank, at the foot of which ran a river. Fortunately the car was held up by some thick blackberry growth. The bishop was rendered unconscious by the fall, but as he fell forward on to the wheel his arm rested on the horn button. The continuous noise of the horn attracted a passing motorist, who, after investigating the position, summoned help for the distressed bishop. In a previous motor accident the bishop suffered a broken rib.