Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10306, 15 January 1927, Page 6

Local and General.

Owino- to the athletic sports to-day the ericlcet fixture between Civil Service and Celtic juniors will be postponed.

In another column the Duco Motor Service announce a new service to Tolaga Bay, a car leaving there daily at 8 a.m. for Gisborne, and leaving town on return at 4 p.m.***

The City Band has definitely settled upon the date of its Coast trip as far as Tokomaru Bay, calling at Tolaga Bay on the return journv. It will Leave Gisborne early on the morning of the 30th.

ith the fine weather experienceu

dying the last few days the OtokoMatawai road has dried up sufficient15’ to allow cars through. In its present condition, however, it only requires a few hours’ rain to make the road impassable again.

Arrears in a maintenance order to the extent of £4O were responsible for Gerald Tate Bartlett being sentenced to three months’ hard labor by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., yesterday, the warrant to be suspended on payment of arrears.

A company is being formed in "Wellington to manufacture silk and other hosiery and similar goods in Wellington. The capital is £25,000. £15,000 of which is subscribed, £SOOO reserved for employees, and £SOOO reserved. The provisional directors are well-known Wellington business men, Mr. Bodges, formerly mill manager for Bonds’ hosiery mills, has been appointed manager.—l’.A.

The City Band has arranged to give a sacred concert in the Botanical Gardens on Sunday night, commencing at 8.15 o’clock. On the programme will be the following items: March, “Never Despair” ; hymn. “Simeon”; march, “Steady On”: valse, “Cornflowers and Poppies”; selection, “Fra Diavolo” ; part,,-song, “Sweet and Low”; cornet solo “Bostonian,” soloist, Mr. H. Murphy; fox troti _ “Skip Along” ; march “Outpost’' ; “God Save the King.”

V ell over 100 members of the Salvation Army assembled in the Citadel on Thursday evening to welcome their new officers, Commandant Wheeler and Adjutant Marshall. Corps Sergt.-Major D. W. Coleman presided. Speeches of welcome were given by the chairman, Bandmaster Stein, I.P.S.M. Jackson, treasurer Sawyer, secretary Brunton, and Ensign Brown. The guests of honor suitably responded. During the evening musical items were given by the band, Mrs. Prentice, Messrs C*. Edwards, C. Jackson, G. Sawyer, and E. Calcott.

Ihe New Zeal.md Meat Producers Board lias again arranged to deliver single carcases of prime New Zealand lamb to any address in the Luiited Kingdom for the forthcoming Easter season, and full particulars will be found in our advertising columns A present of prime New. Zealand lamb to friends at Home at Easter'time is equally appropriate and as much appreciated as during the Christmas season. The lamb-eating season at Home really commences about Easter, which is spring time in Britain. Further, recipients at Home will get new season’s New Zealand lambs, which will at that time be on the Home market.***

A Te A wain utu P.A. message states that on Thursday evening Constable Gibberson arrested two young men in a motor-car believed to* have been stolen from Tinui, Wairarapa. On arrival at the police station one suspect, Gordon Brewer, ran away. After leaving the car on the offside of the rca.d the constable locked up Edgar Peterson and then went in search of Brewer, with Constable Hooker. Heavy rain was falling, and they were unable to find the man, although they searched all night. Yesterday morning a report from Oiiaupo indicated that a car had been removed during the night, it is believed Brewer took it. The police are watching all the roads. Peterson was brought before the Court to-day and remanded to Hamilton on Monday next.

1 The wisdom of the policy of the East Coast Rabbit Board in allowing the rabbit gate across the Moliakn river bridge to remain open during the day was commented upon at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when a charge was being heard against a local motorist for failing to shut the gate at night when Mr. L. T. Burnard, counsel for the Board, stated that the policy of the Board was to allow the gate to remain open during the day but to require it to be closed after all travellers at night, it was apparently considered, said counsel, that the timid nature of the rabbits would not allow them to approach the bridge while all the traffic was about in the* day time. “We know better than that from our experience in Otago, don’t we Mr. Burnard?” remarked Mr. Levvey.—Mr. Burnard smilingly assented.—“ There is ample time for the rabbits to come across 'between some of the cars. However, that is a question for the Board,” continued Mr. Levvey as he entered a conviction against the defendant.

As unwelcome New Year r>respnf& several cases of influenza are renort ed in Wanganui. Fortunately are not severe, and no serious outcome is expected.

A book which was thought by its owner to be worth “about a shilling” was sold at Messrs Sotheby's rooms for £6.800 to Mr. Quaritch it is a copy of the first edition of li un yan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” and wan the property of Mr. R. C. Warner of Lombard-street E.C. ”

Te Wera station should be thrown open for settlement, towards the e-d of February. The block has been cue up into eleven sections ranging ; r , size from 500 to 1400 acres. Plans should be available within the np V + fortnight.

Advice has been received by j n _ specter Eccles that a Whakatane native, Hira Moki, was at that town yesterday committed to the Auckalnd Supreme Court for sentence 0 n charges of breaking and enterin'' with intent to commit a crime and with attempted rape.

Winners of the art unions run in conjunction with City Queenland at the Garrison Hall for the last two nights, have been as follow: First night—Lin Robinson. Second night —Derek Plank. A third art union will be drawn to-night.

Many months of battering by stormy seas has reduced the remains of the wrecked steamer Cyrena at Wanganui to .jumbled heaps of twisted scrap iron. Recent weeks have seen further sections ’.trenched the hulk and pieces are now strfif* far up the sands.

“You have heard the evidence 0 f the last witness,” said counsel, severely. “Am £ to infer that you cast doubt on her veracity":'” “Not at all,” replied the polite young man. “I merely wish to make it clear what a liar I am if she is speaking the truth.”

Screenings at the new theatre of the Publicity Department at Wellington commenced last Monday. The intention is to screen for an hour daily, during the tourist season, views of the different resorts and holiday attractions, with the object or encouraging visitors to extend their stav in the Dominion.

“New Zealand has the highest percapita average of book-readers in the World,” said Mr. H. C. South, president of the New Zealand Retail Booksellers’ Association, at the opening of the sixth annual conference in Auckland. He added that, in the last 15 years, the books imported into the Dominion had increased in value two and a-half times, and the population" increase during the same period bad been only one and a-half times.

The migration of white-bait- has ever been an interesting topic to fishermen. Recently Mr. T. MacNeil, who attended to development works on his coal lease at Ten Mile, discovered whitebait above the falls in the upper, readies or Ten Mile Creek (states the Greymouth ‘‘Evening Star”). They could not get up the falls as the torrent of water was too strong- Mr. MucXei! watched cne day and in the spray line, clear of the current, he noticed myriads of whitebait gradually emerging from the water on to the wet, rocky surface with their tiny fins spread and wriggling themselves forward and up the wet face of about 12 xeet, as steep almost as the wall o: couse.

The acting Prime M.nister, Mr. TT. Downie Stewart, in a statement concerning the latest reparation payment from Germany, said the Dominion would receive approximately £352,000—£39.000 refund of the cost of repatriating German prisoners £313,000 New Zealand's share of tT reparations paid by Germany prior to the introduction of the Dawes plan. The latter sum of £313.000 has no connection with payments under Die Dawes plan, which are now coming to hand quarterly. The total receipts to date under the Dawes plan amoum to £295,442. giving a total or_ approximately £608,000 received irom Germany on account of reparations. Reparation moneys as they are received are, in accordance with the Government's decision, being applied in repayment of the war debt. P.A.