Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10312, 22 January 1927, Page 6

Local and General.

With the good roads and splendid weather, the Ormond Tea Gardens are being kept particularly busy. Thev are nieelv situated for a quiet eup'of tea, morning, afternoon or evafing. *

Jfo.mongst the items to be given by Jhe City Band in connection with its fsacred concert at tlie Botanical t*ardens on Sunday evening, will be the contest selection “The Magic J lute, together with a number of well-known and popular pieces.

Charged with a breach of the terms of a maintenance order, John Charles Augustine appeared before Mr. It. G. Savvey, S.M., yesterday. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one month, the warrant to be suspended on payment of arrears, £34.

‘ffl'rade within the Empire’’ entbJfeia.sts who attended the Wairoa s Jbw must have received a shock Jheri thev saw the articles exposed for sale at one of the booths. Prominent was a hand mirror on the back ot which was a photo of the King and Queen of the British Empire. Ihe inscription at the foot of the photos, however, was “Made in Germany.

Following on the decision not to open the Hack's Bay works tins season. nine trial shipments of lambs from that centre were made on the Tiroa during the week. The lambs, which were slaughtered at the Kaiti works, were in perfect order, and the expenses worked out on quite a profitable basis for the shippers. As a result. it is expected that the consignment will he the forerunner of rnany other similar lots.

A meeting of the Mayors of Wellington and nearby boroughs and the chairmen of adjoining local bodies and other institutions concerned in health matters in the Wellington district, is to he held on Thursday at the suggestion of the Department of Health to discuss means whereby the Wellington area may be placed in a state of preparedness should the influenza epidemic reach New Zealand. —P.A.

An exceptionally heavy- guest list has prevailed at the popular Hot Springs Hotel, Morere, during the last few days and even shakedown accommodation has been taxed to its utmost. Air. Chas. A v es and bis Cabaret Orchestra have been specially engaged for this week-end and intending Gisborne visitors are advised to make early ’application for the small amount of accommodation now available.

-At the invitation of several dairy bodies in Alanawatu, Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bav. a conference was held in Wellington vc-sterday of a number of officials of dairy companies. An inspection was made this morning or butter and cheese at tlie Co-operative Producers Co.’s stores, Pipitea Point, where a grading competition for managers and assistants was held. Addresses will he given the conference by Alessrs Grounds, Reakes, and Singleton.—P.A.

The once popular song “Everything is Reaches Down in Georgia’’ is recalled by the aspect of Auckland’s gardens' and orchards. At present the peach trees thrive in Auckland soil, and even in the centre of the city, uncultivated, they bear plenty of fruit in favourable seasons. Lespite the heavy rains oi the spring and the early summer, followed b. v days of warm sunshine, there has not been a very good crop this year, thou'di the fruit is of good quality, in districts which were once purely residential.' but are now given over to commerce, many peach trees still survive, somewhat pathetic mementoes of the early settlers who planted them. —Special.

Complaint regarding the system! of distributing accounts to electric power consumers who have residences and business premises, was made by Air. T. Corson at the Power Board meeting yesterday. He explained that a number of people who used electricity in their homes and business premises had complained of losing their discount because they were confused by the different due dates, and he urged that both accounts should be delivered to the consumer together. —The chairman (Air. P. R. Ball) explained that accounts were delivered giving the consumer ample time to pay before the discount day. However, the Board decided to instruct the secretary to go into the question again to devise some means of overcoming the difficulty.

An inquiry into the financial affairs of E. T. Doddrell (jnr.). photographer. was held yesterday before the Deputy Official Assignee in bankruptcy, Mr. Chas. Blackburn. The following creditors wore present: Messrs. E. T. Doddrell, snr., T. G. Johns, A. Stoneham and W. Coutts. The creditors agreed that bankrupt had had an uphill fight, and had clone everything possible to make the business pay. On the motion of Mr. Johns, seconded by Mr. Stoneliam, it was decided that bankrupt be allowed to keep bis furniture. On the motion of Mr. Coutts. seconded by Mu Johns, it-was also decided that every assistance be given him to facilitate his discharge. It was decided to accept the tender ot £lOl for the stock In trade. Thcmooting was adjourned sine die.

A decision to stop electrial consumers from connecting up any more D.C. motors within the inner area of the borough was reached by the Poverty Bay Power Board at yesterday’s meeting. The consulting engineer outlined the area on a plan on which he showed that there were duly five D.C. motors outside the area, wind he recommended the owners could either replace with A.C. motors or the Board would instal an A.C. motor, and in return take the consumer’s D.C. motor. The Board, he explained, have sufficient wire at .present to superimpose A.C. on D.C. so that owners of motors outside the area would be supplied with A.C. current and those inside tho area with D.C. current. As A.C. motors were installed within the area so they would be' changed over to A.C. current and gradually D.C. motors would be' eliminated.

A Wellington P.A. message states that according to a report in the Dairy Produce Exporter of the meeting of the Dairy Board on Wednesday, Mr. Grounds said Mr. S. Paterson, Government nominee on the agency in London, had declared himself definitely opposed to the Board’s policy. He was satisfied no one directly interested in the merchandising of dairy produce should have a seat on that agency. On the conclusion of Mr. Grounds’ report, which was highly averse to Mr. Paterson and complimentary to Mr. Wright, a resolution was unanimously carried that the acting Premier bo written to pointing out that Mr. Paterson was. not supporting the policy of the Board and was making the position in London very difficult,, and tin. Board considers Mr. Paterson should he retired from the agency. Mi. Goodfellow said the-worst feature was that Mr. Paterson drew a salary ot £IOOO a year from the producers. He was entitled to his own view, but, while drawing that Balary he should either obey the Board's policy as laid down or retire. Mr. Corrigan said he considered Mi. Coates had a do finite grievance against Mr. Paterson from whom, as the Government representative, he had the right to expect full, accurate, unbiassed, information. Apparently this has not been given and the Premier was misled.

For using a motor-car with a wrong number plate attached, F. J. Tunzelmaif was yesterday, before Air. E. C. Levvey, S.M., fined 10s and costs. Arrears of a maintenance order to the extent of £9 12s was responsible for George Campbell being sentenced to one month’s imprisonment at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, the warrant to be suspended on payment of arrears. Acceptances for the annual meeting of tlie Poverty Bay Trotting Club, to be held on the Park racecourse next Saturday, close at >5 p.m. on Monday with the secretary, Air H. E. Dodd'. Ratepayers of the Gisborne borough should notice that a penalty oi 10 per cent, will be added to all rates remaining unpaid after Alonday, January 31, and that after that date summonses will be issued for the recovery of such rates together with the additional 10 per cent. The tender of Air. A. Kirk at £2156 for additions to the powerhouse was accepted by the Poverty Bay Power Board yesterday, and Alessrs. Webb Bros., to whom the contract was previously awarded, were permitted to withdraw their tender owing to mistakes in computation. The Power Board’s new offices, which have been started in Peel St/, are expected to be finished in al.m. four months’ time, according to a report by the chairman of the Benin (Mr F. R. Ball) to members yesterday. The Board also confirmed the acceptance of the tender of Webb Bros, at £5975 for the erection of ;J»e building.

The first open-air broadcast concert ~ said to have been held in the Dominion. was given by tlie Hastings Radio Society in Victoria Square on Thursday evening in the presence oi about 1000 people. The conditions were good. Vocal, instrumental and elocutionary items and addresses were received from Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch. —P.A. A two-seater Chevrolet is to be purchased for the use of the To Karaka district Native nurse by the CookHospital Board. The decision is the result of efforts by the residents of Te Karaka, who have subscribed liberally towards the purchase of a car for the nurse, of which £4O y/as collected by the Natives when a canvas was made of the shearing sheds recently. The Hospital Board will find a third of the cost of the car. The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the due date of payment of the Income-tax is on Tuesday, the ?th day of February, 1927. Additional tax will accrue if the rax is rot paid on or before Ist March. 1927. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about 31st January. 1927. Demands must be presented with all payments, and if a demand has not been received the Commissioner should be communicated with. The erection of practically all of the 6000 volt electric lines in the Borough will be completed by the end of this month, stated Air. H. F. Toogood. consulting engineer, in a report to the Poverty Bay Power Board yesterday. Air Toogood further espial*. A that -Air Henry. Public Y orks Department, inspecting engineer, was in the district inspecting the line erection work that wa> proceeding ana he (Air Toogood) anticipated that the departmental officer would report to the effect that Gladstone roaa lines which was the oldest ridnculated street in the borough, would have to be re-erected as the line- were accessible to unauthorised per-.ms. This would entail poles or increased height, many of which now run through the roofs of verandahs, ihe new line of pole; would be on the kerbside and he suggested. _tha‘ in A moving the poles the Board should bear the cost of repairs to the verandahs as it would serve to prevent ill-feeling.—The Board decided to adopt the engineers reconineruntions. Among tlie subjects discussed at the first International Conference on Sexual Research were the recent experiments in rejuvenation. Summing up the results of the discussion on this subject the chairman, the wellknown specialist Professor AlolL saia it had been unanimously agreed that “all attempts to combat old age up to the present have yielded very copious material for scientific consideration, but in no case have yielded definite general conclusions mat the problem of rejuvenation has been satisfactorily solved.”