Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9852, 3 November 1924, Page 4

Local and General

A Sydney cable announces the arrival of the Maunganui from \Vcliington.

A Taumarunui wire says that the prisoners, G. Dale and G. W>gg, v. ho escaped from Waimarino prison camp have l)ceu arrested at Mangaweka. —B.A.

At Te Ivaraka the rainfall for the month totalled 4.10 inches on October 4 and 5. The figures for October last year were 3.59 inches on 12 days.

In connection, with tho production of Florodora, tho lion, secretary (Mr W. Samson) requests that all accounts, in duplicate, be rendered to him as soon as possible.

A new picture house, seating over 1700 has been opened at Courtenay Race (states a B. A. message from Wellington.) It is saul to be the largest in Australia or New Zealand. The cosh? including land, was LiUU, °°o. F Th/flower stall at the Rose Show to/e lie lit next Thursday m the Hall, will be well supplied iwtli l/oms or quality, and anyone want/»g flowers will he able to iu.fd tlit > 'tlel.ro at this stall, tor winch the pioeeeds go to the Society s limes.

Patrons at the P.B. Horticultural Soc-.etv’s Rose Show to be hold m the City Hall on Thursday, November 6, are reminded that a nrst-class afternoon- tea will be obtainable m the tea-rooms upstairs, which are being conducted bv Mr O. L. I 1 urguson.

Farmers from a.I parts of the district say that seldom before have the maize and oats been so far forward, or looked so healthy at tins time of tho year. All the crops are well above the ground, and promise to be good ivielders.

mtev tho performs no of Florodora oip Saturday, a start was made with Jbckimr the scenery etc. for Napier, Vhere Tt will be used by the Amateur Operatic Company in that town for their production of Leslie Stuart s well-known musical comedy

' The Agricultural and Pastoral .Association has distributed a large number of circulars among the.farmers in tills district for the purpose of enlisting their support to the proposal to hold wool sales in Gisboine, and from the replies received to these there is every confidence of a large side.

By special request a cabaret will 1)3 held at the Lc Grand Lounge this evening. As usual the music wi.l be supplied bv McMullen's full orchestra and there will he an abundance of 1 balloons, confetti, squeakers, streamers, spotlights, etc-. Intending patrons are urged to hook their tables early and thus avoid disappointment.

Following legal advice the executive of the X.Z. Educational Institute has decided to bring proceedings in the Supreme Court to obtain a ruling on the right of hoards to pursue the prnetiv- of re-advertising teaching appointments. The Institute holds that once applications are sent in the board is bound to make jin appointment from the highest graded applicants on the list.—P.A.

All exhibitors at the Rose Show to he be d on Thursday, November 0m the City Hall, are _ advised to make an early start with their staging as. being a one day show, the hall will have to he cleared at 11 a.m. wiiieh time judging will definitely commence. Should any exhibitors vrhieh to make a start on their staging before S aim. they can arrange same by communicating with the secretary.

The Harbor Master, Captain Carson, is now visiting W e.lmgton for tiie purpose of taking charge of the Board’s new tug Pelican. If the harbormaster is satisfied on inspecting the vessel he will take charge of it and engage a crew to bring the tug to Gisborne about the end of the mouth, simultaneously with the arrival of the new dredge from Australia.

The metalling of the Gtoko Hill is to be commenced to-day by the \Yaikohu County Council’s men. The work will he undertaken on the day labor principle with the council’s motor lorry. A quarry has been opened in the shingle deposits over the Waihuka tunnel, and with favorable weather conditions, it is hoped to complete metalling of tho bad section of the road this season.

The Wellington police have been investigating tho case of a girl, a university student of 22 years of age, who was found one morning roped up in a bed room of the house where she was staying and the room ransacked. A purse alleged to contain £4 was empty. A second similar occurrence happened during the day time when the girl was m the house. 4 he ponce examined finger-prints, and from them and other indications came to thb cone.usion that the girl herself was responsible. The finaie came oil 1* riday when the girl suddenly removed herself and belongings from ihe house and disappeared.—P.A.

Wandering stock on Borough roads at night are becoming a nuisance, and a menace to the motoring public. The danger of this practice was il.ustrated by an accident which betel a motor* cyclist on Saturday n. ght. Thb motor qpuiist, accompanied by two passengers, was proceeding up Gladstone Road and, near Disraeli Street corner noticed a • cow wandering along the roadway only a few yards off. Swerving to avoid the animal, the machine crashed into a motor-car going in the opposite direction. Fortunately neither the motor cyclist nor the passengers were injured, but the machine was badlv smashed.

The Florodora season cone.tided at the Opera House on Saturday evening when, as had been anticipated, tho commodious building was filled to overflowing. Throughout the performance went very smoothly and the large gathering proved m a most appreciative mood. At the conclusion, a scene of rare gaiety was witnessed in connection with the presentations across the footlights to the performers. The stream of floral tributes seemed to be' never ending. Mrs Widish, in particular, was simply loaded up with beautiful bouquets, together with a lovely floral basket. But the donors were really so numerous that all the performers seemed to have been remembered. When all the floral gifts had been handed up there followed a length.w procession of boxes of choclates. Nor by any moans were the male performers overlooked, even although their presents were of a more useful character, comprising, for' the part, items from the kitchen garden. During the season valuable work, unseen by the general public, was being done by the honorary soer.'ic staff, Messrs. MeLernon, ' Forster. Smnile, Hampton, R. Skeet and S. Coleman, and the make-up artists, Messrs A. Seymour and J. Lyle, .Mesdamcs Kennedy and Hamilton Irvine, and Miss Ivy Crawford, and the thanks -of both the Societv and the performers ard accorded these voluntary workers.

With good wenther the Motu settlers hope to start shearing the ,dry sheep this week. This is exceptionally earlv, as the usual time in this district is the beginning of next month, and tin's is said to be the first year that it has been started at the beginning of November.

The vital statistics for the Gisborne district lor the month of October are as follows t the figures lor the corresponding period of fast year bein" given in narentheses: Diio/is, 55 (45); deaths'ls (12) J marriages 12 (16). The figures for the past ten months ending October 31 are as folows: Births, 469 (492); deaths 104 (150); marriages xo2 (121).

i The following prisoners were senfenced at the Supreme Court at \Vel- . lington on Saturday:—i/James liairison, forgery and uttering, nine months’ imprisonment; Henry Harris Tunr.ecliffe, theft, reformative detention for three years; George j Edward Bellinger, breaking and en- , tering, reformative detention for two years; John Joseph Launders, indecent assault, four years’ hard la- i bor; David William Fisher, theft of ■ money. sentenced deferred until Monday; John Williams, theft, breaking and entering, two years in the Borstal institution; Chares Frederick Moody, indecent assault, sentence deferred until Monday; Stewart Raymond McArthur and Charles Hugo Johnson, theft oi postal packets, each two years in the Borstal institution.

a deputation consisting of Messrs A. LaiJgridge and H. J>\ Forster representing the Oiymp.c and Os-., borne Amateur Surf and Swimming fjlubs waited on the Gisborne school committee on Friday evening in Blip- j port of the clubs’ application tor per- , mission to use the school swimming baths under the same conditions as last rear. The importance ot the encouragement of swimming n 0 use of the baths, pending the construction of the proposed new swimming bath for Gisborne was strongly stressed by . the deputation. The , committee pointed out the shortage , of water that occurred annuady, and ; other disadvantages that arose m connection with Die public use of the baths The chairman intimated the committee was net prepared to give a final decision that evening out would adjourn the matter for further consideration next week.