NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20129, 26 December 1939, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Accountancy Exams.

In Saturday’s list of successful Gisborne candidates in the accountancy examinations, the name M. L. Logan should have read M. L. Hogan. The student gained passes in bookkeeping and accountancy II and mercantile law stage 11.

Hawke’s Bay Peaches

The first picking of the main peach crop for the season was started last week, when a consignment of Briggs red peaches was gathered at an orchard in the Greenmeadows district. The fruit appeared to be maturing well.

Welcome Rain at Tikitiki There was a welcome shower of rain yesterday in the Tikitiki and Awatere Valley districts, but it was not long before the clouds cleared away and beautiful weather was experienced again. The rain fell for about an hour and freshened the parched land. This morning the weather was fine. —Special

Wool Stolen from Shed Wool valued at about £SO was illegally removed from Zurcher Brothers’ farm, on the BunnythorpeKairanga road, during the night of December 14. The residence is about two miles from the woolshed. Everything was all right in the woolshed when it was closed at 0 p.m., and the loss was not discovered until 8 o’clock (lie following morning.

Holiday Weather

Holiday-makers in the Gisborne district experienced favourable conditions for their week-end excursions. In Gisborne the weather was fine throughout the Christmas week-end. but from the waterfront yesterday rain clouds couid be seen over some of the outlying hill country. A thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain, was experienced at Ngatapa, and some showers were reported from Waimata.

Spark From Wash-house Fire

While a ham was being boiled in the copper for Christmas on Saturday evening a spark from the fire set alight to the wash-house at the residence of Mr. D. Chambers, near the Albert street intersection of Gladstone road. The wash-house, which was gutted, was separated from the house by only 4ft. A call was sent to the fire brigade, which was soon on the scene. One lead of hose was run out and the flames were given no chance to gain a strong hold' on any portion of the house, although minor outbreaks had to be attended to at intervals while the fire was being fought in the other building.

Rationing In Wanganui Corrugated iron and sewing cottons are being rationed in Wanganui at present. Matches are being retailed in limited quantities, and paper, prunes and string are in short supply. For some weeks persons wishing to buy corrugated iron have had to fill in forms. With limited supplies arriving and delays in shipping, restricted use is being made of corrugated iron, and supplies are being conserved for roofing purposes. No corrugated Iron may De used for fences, main walls or hoardings. Supplies at present are mainly from Australia, but some English supplies on order are expected to arrive within the next three months. There is very little piping available in Wanganui, but flat sheets of iron or steel are still procurable.