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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3794, 3 April 1913, Page 5

Saturday was the first anniyersary of the death of Captain R. F. Scott, who perished in the Antarctic .with four companions while returning from the successful Expedition to the South Pole.

A P.A. wire from ’Dunedin states that at a meeting of the. City Council it was decided to ask the ratepayers to sanction the raising of a loan of £175,000 for street and other ivn-. pro Yemenis. The tender of Fletcher Bros, for £9145 was accepted., for the erection of public swimming baths in Moray Place.

During the month of Alarch the Napier Borough Council issued building permits for erections estimated to cost £1195. There were six permits;and the largest single amount involved was £445. For the quarter just ended Gisborne granted permits for £36,168 4s worth of work, so that Poverty Bay’s metropolis is evidently a, little ahead of her southern sister in the matter of building activity.

The Auckland Harbor Board* (says a P.A. wire) has communicated with Hon. H.-D. Bell and asked him to arrange for the battleship New Zealand to take the berth at the north end of the new wharf, where the P. and O. steamers moor. The Minister has promised to put the matter before Captain Halsey. There is berthing room at the wharf 1200 feet long, with 35 feet of water at the lowest tides, with a depth reaching 40 feet. The New Zealand is 590 foot long and draws 30 feet.

The Wanganui freezing works are now operating at full pressure. Six strikers have been taken on. Several others applied, but the company made a selection. The strikers were greeted with cheers on returning to work, but one was objected to as he was said to have used the objectionable term "scab.” He was easily replaced, and all are working amicably now. More • work is being turned out now than before the strike . and some of the learners are proving j quite as expert as the old slaughtermen. —P.A. The second annual smoko of the Drivers’ Union was held last night in AVootton’s Rooms. Mr G. T. Bartlett presided over the happy congregation. The toast list was a lengthy one, the principal ones being the ■ U.L.IV, proposed by Air D. AA'. Coleman and responded to by Mr Bartlett; "Organised’Labor” was proposed by Air L. Bland and responded to by the secretary of the East Coast Trades Council; and "The Drivers’ Federation” by Air Gill Inglis. Songs were given by Alessrs A. Barclay, R. AVilkinson, J. Pritchard, F. Rennett' and E. Austin. Recitations were given by Alessrs H. Stit-chbury, R. Smith, E. Austin, AV. Donkin and Gill Inglis. The gathering dispersed at 11.30, after the chairman thanked all those who contributed to the evening’s enjoyment.

I consider satisfactory service to a few better than unsatisfactory service to the many.—A. AA T . J. Mann, Che-mist-Optician.*