SAMOAN UNREST

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11125, 7 February 1930, Page 5

SAMOAN UNREST

CALL FOR MILITARY POLICE. A PROMPT RESPONSE. (Press Association-" AVELLINGTON, Feb. 6. The call for volunteers lor the special military police force ior Samoa brought prompt response m Wellington to-day. 1 ‘AV<: can fill ■any demand the Defence Department is likely to make, and the response is eager and adequate, said the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. B. ' Alc-llvency “Wc have arranged a quota foi; the four citioH, and I have been deluged Tilth telegrams from all over the country. We are only the .recruiting agents lor the Defence Debut there is no limit to the forco we oan furnish if necessary. Some of the applicants write in most” enthusiastic terms and indicate • their keenness to ‘face the hail of bullets’ as they put it. DUNEDIN, Feb. 6 . About 20 applications for post-, tions as the Samoan military police called at ,*the central station 'at Dunedin jto-day. most .of them being ■ men -of a good ; type.

Under the will of the late Mrs. H. H. Bcethum, ot Mastertuii, tho amount' of £SOO is bequeathed for a church to be erected in the llrancepeth district at some future date. The money,', for the time being, will be held by the testators trustees. There is another bequest of £3OO to St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, tor building or improvement.—P.A.

A Washington cable message says that Mr. Hoover announced that, “at -iny urgent request,” JMajor-Gkm-eral Crosby, of: .the United States Army; beginning on March 2-1, will assume command of the Police and Allied Services in the district of Columbia a.s a “guarantee to official and unofficial resident* and to the nation at large that the -capital of th<> nation will be free of organised crime.’‘—P.A. copyright.

In the Dunedin Supreme Court yesterday, Daniel Boyce was found guilty of committing an indecent act intending to insult or offend a. woman. and was remanded till Monday for sentence. Daniel Craig -Miller Andrews pleaded guilty to causing bodily harm to a. man in circumstances that, if death had ensued, ho would have been guilty of manslaughter. He was remanded till Monday for sentence.—P.A.

“I implore New Zealand to preserve its beauty .spots from the blemishes of advertising hoardings,” said the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (Viscount- Craigavon) at the State luncheon accorded him in Wellington yesterday. “If you do that,” he said, “your descendants will say ‘Thank God our pioneers had the vision to preserve our beauty spots from the baud of man.’ (Applause.) Visitors to New Zealand must bo attracted by the way in which tho scenery has been preserved up t‘> tho present time.”—P.A.

A Christchurch P.A. message states that Ernest Robert Vino, aged 21, of Lyttelton, was killed on Waltham road last night when he was struck by an incoming .Lyttelton train. Vine was riding a -motorcycle. Tho warning bells were -ringing and the crossing-keeper was in tho roadway waving his lamp as a danger signal. The rider made a dash to cross in front ot an approaching electric locomotive. hut was struck and run over by the engine and carriages. The body was mutilated to such an extent that recognition was .impossible and the man was identified by the driver’s license in his pocket.—P.A.

So impressed is Viscount Craigavon with the prison camp system in New Zealand that he will take back with him to Ulster all the rules and regulations available concerning the methods adopted in the Dominion. In mentioning this fact at the State luncheon at Wellington yesterday, Viscount Craigavon stated that for some time his Minister of Home Affairs had been agitated ovd the prison system in Northern Ireland. “1 have had an opportunity of seeing how you treat your prisoners,” added Viscount Craigavon, “aud, with the .information .1 have obtained, wo will have to see whether we cannot model our system in Ulster on the lines of that in operation here.”—P.A.

While travelling on a velocipede on a railway track between Puke rang) and Flat Stream, Alexander Gray, railway surfaceman, was struck bv a night goods train to Cromwell about 10.55 oclock on Sunday night. When picked up lie was (found to be seriously injured and was placed in a van and conveyed to Middlemarch Hospital, whore lie died. Deceased, who was 45 years of ago, resided at Flat Stream. He left liome on the velocipede on Sunday morning for Middlemarch and returned to Pukerangi. in the afternoon. Ho stayed there some time and apparently was on liis way liome when, the train struck him. The inquest was opened at Middlennii-eh on Monday and evidence of identification was taken.— P.A.

.On Wednesday night the light-house-keeper at East Cape reported that mountainous seas were running while a moderate gale raged. Arriving at the Cape at midnight, the Alargaret W, en route to Gisborne from Auckland, found the passage too rough to attempt and put hack to shelter, rounding the Cape at 7 a.m. yesterday, when the conditions had improved considerably. On account of rough conditions at ioitouiaru 1 lay and lolaga. Bay the vessel came direct. Part of her cargo consisted of live racehorses which were to have been here to take part in yesterday's race • meeting. _ r l lie gale has caused considerable disorganisation in East Coast shipping, the Waiinea, which arrived here last night, having also been delayed some hours, as were the Awahou and Parera. the latter vessel coining from the South. The liner Rinuitaka was held up at Tokomarn Bay all day yesterday., unable to commence loading.

Some practical in regard to bridge construction in New Zealand were made by Viscount Craigavou at the State luncheon in hi.s honor at Wellington yesterday. He said that, some years ago, it was discovered in the Old Country that bridges were beginning to “go,‘‘ ana this, scientific investigation showed, was due to the advent of heavy mo-tor-lorries and - the constant irritation of the surfaces. In New Zealand lie had noticed that many of the bridges were hoarded across instead of the timber being placed laterally. That meant" that many of the bridges would he shaken down. Viscount Craigavou suggested that the authorities concerned should he advised to place the boards in a lateral position, and thus add many vears of life to the bridges. Milos of roads, he said, had been constructed in New Zealand, and this development was a credit to the country. Motor service ear drivers showed the greatest intelligence and, no matter what question was put to them, they had a ready answer. \ iseount Craigavon said lie wished to express his thanks for the courtesy and attention shown him and Viscountess Craigavou by service car drivers during their tour of the country.—■ F.A.

A.liss Aruba Clifford, the'first woman dyer to obtain her pilot’s certificate" iu New Zealand, had a narrow lescape from serious injury yesterday afternoon, state,, a Christchurch telegram, when the aeroplane she was' flying crashed wlieiv landing at the AVigram aerodrome. She escaped with a few minor scratches and bruises. Tile aeroplane, however. was considerably damaged. Aliss Clifford had been flying a good deal during the afternoon, trying a new Simmonds-Spartan. machine, which had just been assembled. At 3.30, when flying an Aero Club Mot-h. she was making a practice landing when a sudden gust of wind swung the aeroplane round untiMt headed for a gorse fence. Mias Clifford attempted to restart her engine to clear the fence, hut the time, and space were not sufficient, and -the machine struck the fence and was turned over.' The damage■ to the ’plane consisted of smashed wings, a smashed propeller, broken fusilage. and undercarriage twisted and broken. The engine was dislodged but wa« not greatly damaged. Miss Clifford made another flight later in the afternoon. —P.A.

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