Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11126, 8 February 1930, Page 4

Local and General

The Australian Workers’ Union Convention at Sydney, by 12 votes to 11. rejected a motion in favor of the abolition of State Parliaments.— I’.A. copyright.

The steamer Lucislon, which twice had blown on a reel' at Ocean Island, readied port in tow of the tug Coringa, states a Brisbane cablegram . P. A. eopyrigbt.

Scrub fires at \\ illougliby (New South Wales) damaged ( hallis Bros.' tannery to the extent oi £8()0(J. unci seriously threatened two other si inn lar plants and several houses.—P.A. copyright.

The Royal Show tbi K year will be held at Tomoaua by the Hawkcs Bay A. and P. Society, whose secretary is being sent to Sydney with die object of introducing the latest methods in control of such lunctions. - Press Assn.

At Greymoutli yesterday, John Clarence C'asseHey. 20. charged that on December 23 last at Stillwater, being a Government employee, be stole £ls 9.s fkl, the property of the Pos'tinaStor-Geiieral. uae remanded till ‘ Monday.—P.A.

At the Taihapc Court yesterday. Alfred Mair. a hoardiughousekeepor, was fined £3O by tlie Magistrate, Mr. Watson, for ijeokmaking on a small scale. Accused was caught in the act in the street by a policeman. -—Press Assn.

Four hundred eases ol bananas, brought from Xoriolk Island by the Government ship Maui I'omare on AVed nesday. remain in tlie wharf slieds at Auckland, the consignees refusing to take delivery. Ihe ship s agents maintain that the control of the cargo lia s passed to the consignee.'. In the meantime the bananas ■;vil[ soon he a nuisance.— P.A.

After writing off a- sum oi Ul3.3rti lor depreciation, the (>(sth annual p> i oii t and loss account ol the Christchurch Gas Company shows a balance of £31,-135 available, for distribution. 1 lie directors recommend payment- of a- dividend of -1 per cent, which, with the interim dividend of I per cent, already paid, will absorb £2(5.919 Ids fkl. a,ml to carry the balance of £8,515 lUs 2d forward.

During ilit* last two day* at Paliiat\in. Mr. J. Miller. S.M.. has been sitting as a commission to determine a difference! between the Pahiatua and Akitio County Councils with regard lo the Alakuri-Pongaroa road maintenance. Considerable evidence regarding the traffic was given by both bodies, and the commissioner inspected the locality of tho dispute. The Paid at ua Borough is ;dso represented at the inquiry. The commissioner reserved Ins decision. — P-A.

Tho Napier A. and I’. Society decided yesterday to request the Government- to prohibit tiie importation of cattle, sheep and swine Iron) the United States. The question arose out of a discussion on ioot-and-moutli disease, speakers averring that; importations from Channel Islands wore forbidden, but cattle from those places reached New Zealand through America, thus compelling farmers here to pay an extra profit.—P.A.

Three young men, \\ . R ■ Henderson, W. Aikmau, and F. A. Halliilan were charged at the I Tailuipe Court yesterday with the tlicit- of oil from a garage at Ltiku. and the theft of benzine from a tank lorry standing outside. Henderson and Haliidnv. who liad bad records, were sentenced to two years’ reformative detention in a Borstal Institution. Aikmau was ordered lo come up for sentence within I*2 months, and to pay damages totalling .Co.—P.A.

On Thursday night, the first of_ the Marlborough Aero Club's A pilots were permitted to take up passengers, having completed the necessary 4U hours’ solo living uml having gone through an advanced course of training, including forced landings. The pilots concerned were Miss Pauline Bennett and Mr. F J{. Dix. As there was a good deal of friendly rivalry as to which should take up the first passenger they were lined up in their respective -machines and both took off together. Miss Bennett's passenger was her father, Dr. .J. F. Bennett, and Air. Dix‘s was his mother. All's. H. It. Dix.—P.A-

There i-S still hot summer weather t(* come. February and .March earn ho sweltoringly oppressive, then summer clothe? are ,;i great boon. Matiiowson's Ltd. are still reducing tlfctr stocks of Fashiona-blc Summer AVear at 'their Sale, and Special Bargains this week are the printed crepe do, chi ho and foulard frocks iii black and white and colors-; priced 25/-. Most seasonable wear are the Maecesfioltl Silk Frocks, a few of which are left and are now marked 69/-. — MatheWson’s Ltd:, Where Quality Costs N r o More.*.*

A euro for a penny. Yes, 100 |eaj cent, of cures guaranteed. FliE# affects sheep i January and Februaryj MuJffiorie dose of Carbon TetrachlfaW Hi form is sufficient-ffigni; cujlp. IpF measuring guessing Jlr’nva-stlS Jirthis method. The sheep show imjitrevemont at once, they fatten quhjkiy and are worth shillings moiwer head. Fluke capsules not aim- cure'fluke but eradicate wo rimy-and intestinal parasites. Price 8s u& pbr hundred. Special quotations for, quantity.—A-,, W JMaiixi.'. .4'aout;'Clfemist," Roy 210,CI! Rf,

The Auckland Aero Club, ,v,ti, | members, lias decided to P u j, c another Moth ’plane, making hve. Press Assn.

Train arrangement in connection wrtli the races at Makaraka on Lit and 15th February are advertised this issue.

Almost every available man wa» engaged on toe waterlront .. day, when the Ngatoro and ■- coastal vessels, tlie Margaret '' > Waimea. Parma. Pakura and 3 ■«; lion, were in port. Actually, ever, there was no snoilage ol bor.

Tiie box ]ilaiis for the MorgaiiTrowern contest, under the auspic's of Ibe Gisborne Bexmg Association, open at .Miller’s Corner at 8.30 on Monday morning. Already there has been quite a keen demand lor seats from outside the district. imery■.thiim points to a bumper house witness tlie return bout between these two well-known professionals. as well a.s a strong amateur programme. Bright and cheerful homes make olnsMd'ul 'inmates, while d ulliihcab walmSmake for gloom and tm^Tnusrn. Tli(>rp lV no excuse dull faded waThswlmn. aWKncent’s Remnant Sale, vflKtiilOTiiiehasc a pretty remnant of i°r W M T? l ,' cient for admail or V-. for a plentv of bargains to soW I'rmrffall marked in plain figured .'fn early choice i.s advised. I **."' About 90 territorial of Headquarters W ing Coy. (Gisborne), > Hawke s Bay Regiment, together with Major A.S. Muir. Lieutenant T. Barnard, and Sergt.-Major Stielibury left ”> flic Pakura last night to altemi the training camp, which opened at \vaipukurau on Wednesday. Some interest attendod the departure of the territorials, a large crowd gathering at the wharf, and many spectators aggregating on Haiti .bridge. The camp breaks up on Friday next, the Gisborne contingent returning thatevening.

Information was received in "Wellington yesterday that the auxilarv cutter Maroro. " which disappeared from Auckland some months ago, and which was located at American Samoa nearly in January. iia< been wrecked. The news came to the Marine Department- from Apia, which received the information from Pago Pago. Xu details wore given, and it is presumed that tile Maroro came to grief somewhere in Eastern Samoa. All on board, two men. a woman and four children, were reported safe. Tliev are being taken to Apia, and if: is understood that arrangements are being made to have them returned to Xew Zealand. —Press Assn.

An auctioneer who gets into touch with those whom lie intends to per. suade to buy his wares is certain to be more successful than olio who takes no trouble to put bis audiem-e in a good humour. At the yearling sales at Trentham. the auctioneer, after reading tlie conditions, le. marked: “Now. gentlemen. 1 am not going to give you the usual auctioneer's talk. I got g very good lesson out- oi the race-book yesterday. There was a horse named Auctioneer, which 1. was guilty of putting £1 on. 1 think it- was well named. Ii was by Gasbag.' The hearty laughter which followed the remark showed that- the audience fully appreciated the point.

“It i.-i necessary that the Court should inflict some punishment to act as a deterrent to others who contemplate having a free trip from Australia to Xew Zealand." remarked .Mr. T. B. Me .Veil. S.M., in the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday, when sentencing Francis Patrick Cherry, laborer, aged 20, and William David Quarrington. carpenter, aged 23. on charges of stowing away on the Westmoreland from Brisbane to Wellington. _ Accused. said Senior-Sergeant Ward, had gone to Queensland from England under the immigrant scheme. They had both worked in Queensland for a time, bur latterly had been out of work, ami had decided to try New Zealand. Stating that the shipping companies had had a good deal of trouble of late with stowaways, the Magistrate lined each accused L‘2. and ordered them to repay the shipping company the cost of their keep. Default wu s fixed at fourteen days' imprisonment in each case.—P.A.

•‘T iiavo no doubt in my mind -1 should enter a conviction in this case,’’ said Mr. T. B. Ale Neil. S.M.. at the Wellington Alagistrate's Court yesterday, after hearing evidence in a case in which Wall Hing w.is charged with cruelly illtreating a horse by permit ting it to he worked while in an unfit condition. Inspector Henry said he saw defendant’s horse pulling a cart-load of vegetables in 'Rex Street. Alirimar. The horse was very lame in the near foreleg, and there was no shoo on the foot. The heel of the foot was badly cracked. and the frog was .showing signs of thrush, and smelt very had. The evidence was corroborated by a witness who was with Inspector Henry at the time. For the defendant, the defence was a general denial that the condition of the horse was as alleged by witnesses for the Society. Defendant »as fined £‘o and ordered to pay costs.—P.A.

Air. 11. Fiides, Wellington, is the authority for Hie information that a. biography of Alajor-General Bobley .is •almost complete, and when published it should he iouml to be intensely interesting, covering, as it will, his military career, his interest in and association with both friendly and rebel Maori, hm Work as an artist, his collection of dried Maori heads, and Maori artifacts, and tis the author of ‘Aloko’ or Alaurs tattooing, “Pounamu,’’ Notes on New Zealand Greenstone, and the “History of the Argyll and Sutherland Regiment.'’ Major-Gen-eral Robley saw service in the Fast and in South Africa. As a lieutenant- he served under Colonel 11. H. Greer, in the 08 th Regiment. Durham Light. Infantry, .in the Maori War of 186L<>(>, participating in Gate Pa. and To Ranga in 1864, and he exchanged into the above-named Highland Regiment, in 1870. Summertime, with its bathing and its picnics, is always a period of delight with young aiid did, hut tile fleeting impressions of the glorious days lii/iho open air can never he vividly jfbpcalled Jbccept with the aid of a ejySfera.. Jpimeras are now so cheap Jjfiat At JgUlittlo, wonder they are aupii>sM-?m J|'o i|s a 1 and. they ai-e so siuAldryKajW’ pMld soon becomes an D./aioSm.&fi, of .Bra-m well’s’. Pharmacy, lias just, landed another ednsjpimeht of all tho latest) makes, and inspection.As invited*, i'ae purchaser a <i%ne|ai' ii &'h|l|lMi ivJll-known: establii'sHSlllSaW 1 rdo Ti-itioii by. Air. RjUpwlf. so that success is assured ffniiit the start. Developing and printing need cause & lineasii ness, as Air. .Bram Well lijT rtow installed the latest plant fcS tills work and the prices so reenable that it does not evoh, i&v ip* waste time on the work#sfTM| plant is so efficient aiKl;/sr| |i'ntoe that films left at thte Phifi&ly at ten o’eloekpTn the mormpg»are printed and churned by five o’clock in and best, of all, satisfaetjwTis. guaranteed. Alail .particular, notice, and and re-

Sur,t !o^ ? ,,L \( , ’This week he was visit-•g-A,-., i> av If,tv uf Istomin; iviUi I' « S,,Xt,cV 1.0 knocked Ills wlTnd tl.o ..oodlo « lurlooo and *>, removed.— fepccwl.

The fact that hemlock wa-. very had through the Manawatu duslTieu was mentioned at a recent-meeting. of the Manawatu Rabbit l*mrci. states the “Manawatu Herald. I lie inspector reported t-ht it was spread/rapidly. Mr Boswel said n was particularly bad along drams and in swamp lands m his locality, and one member instanced a case v.here ~ farmer had turned it large numbei of cattle into a paddock contaimng },cm lock, after coming off a wan. , , famished condition By morning half of them were dead t-krougn eating the weed. Hemlock is vary much on the increase in the Lo.ough ol Tox ton.

Shaking at the half-yearly meeturn- of Goldsbrough, Mon and Co.. Mr J. M. Xoall pointed out that tiefall in wool values will represent a decrease of £20,900,(300 m tlie wool cheque. 'This was due to the inferior quality of the clip as a whole, owing to the bad season, and to the weakened .purchasing, power ol the woo! having countries. AJ, the principal ‘wool consuming countne, had participated in the Great Maraud were burdened with a heavy loan of debt. The heavy taxation neee,. snj-v to meet interest and redemption of loans iiad seriously afi'-et.-n the purchasing power of the fK-ople the volume of business Jjad shrunkand the demand for wocK and otlmr raw materials declined. As a qinrquenee a fall in the value of wool was- inevitable .and there seems to be no likelihood of any substsntn increase in the price of wool iso

long as these conditions eontinu*

At a recent meeting of the couibined district dairy factories (writes the Winton correspondent of the “Southland News”), it- was decided, as the prices offered lor the balance of the season s cheese were not quit** high enough, that the disposal be left in the lianas of the secretary. Mr. J. -A. Broom. The latter was not long in effecting a sale, a-' after negotiating with .. ere raj f.-rm-he succeeded in placing .lie cheesy' with M edded and Co. at the pn.e oi ,S!d. This represents a. huge purchase. and it is thought .<> be something in the nature of a record, as the combined output- of the factories concerned (namely, Awarau. Browns. Boggy Burn. LociiieL Hedgethorpe, N'orthope and Hokunui). from January to the end oi the season is estimated to comprise (590 tons. The price is .considered satisfactory, and Air. Broom has been heartily congratulated on the success attending Ins efforts.