LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 138, 31 May 1929, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The “Hawke’s Bay Tribune” will be published as usual on Monday (King’s Birthday). Mr J. H. Gooch, York street, Hastings, has forwarded £1 Is to the Mayor (Mr G. F. Roach) as a donation towards the unemployed fund. The offices of public accountants in Hastings and Napier will be closed on Monday, June 3 (King's Birthday). Tho offices and stores of tho woolbrokers and merchants of Napier and Port Ahuriri will be closed all day on the King's Birthday, June 3. Hockey Club members are asked to note that the June 3 tournament is eleven a-side, not seven, as was stated in last night’s hockey notes. A special train will leave Hastings for south on Tuesday morning next to transport some 70 trotting horses which aro visiting Hastings for the races to-morrow, and on Monday. At a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club committee yesterday, it was decided to hold tho Hunt ball on August 23rd. tho evening before tho Hunt races. According to a Gazetted proclamation, the second session of the 23rd Parliament will open on June 27 next (not June 28, as previously stated. This is the traditional date, being the last Thursday in June. Members of the Hawke's Bay A. and P. Society are notified that nominations, in writing, for the offices of president, vice-president, bon. treasurer, and 36 members of the committee, must be received on or before Friday, June 7.

The secretary of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce, Mr F. Perrin, will receive up to 5 p.m. on June 3 nominations (in writing, and endorsed by candidates), for the offices of president, vice-president and three members for the council for the ensuing year. The Hawke’s Bay Trotting Club’s handicaps for Monday, 'June 3, will be posted at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s rooms, Market street, Hastings (opposite the Library), at 8 p.m. on Saturday, and acceptances will close at the same place at 8 p.m. on Saturday. In the results of the electrical wiremen's examination, held in March last, the following Napier participants were successful Passed in written part, E. T. Baldwin, W, A. Hastings, A. Treneman; passed in practical part, E. A. W. Jonassen, W. McLean, A. Treneman, L. A. Williams. Applications for drivers’ licenses closed at the Hastings Borough Council offices to-day, when only 950 licenses had been issued out of a list of 2700. To-morrow, anyone driving without a license will be liable to prosecution, and the inspector will be keeping a sharp look out to see that the regulations have been complied with. The employee partnership scheme of the “Waikato Times,’’ has been in operation for three years, the employ ees, as labour shareholders, electing three directors and sharing the profits. At the annual meeting last night, a successful business year was reported, and a divided of 7 per cent was declared for both capital and labour holders.—Press Association.

Speaking in reminiscent mood at Okato, regarding the vicissitudes passed, Mr T. P. Hughson referred to the days when farmers received only 4d per pound for their butter. Indeed, he could remember one occasion when they sent butter away and then had to send along a hallpenny per pound to pay tho balance of the expenses incurred on it. Settlers in those days needed the hearts of lions to enable 'them to pull through. White bread is better than whole wheaten meal bread for producing heat and energy in the human body, according to Mr H. E. West, chemist in qharge of the Wheat Research Institute's laboratory in Christchurch. Mr West states that wholemeal bread is less digestible and contains less solid matter than white bread. Well conducted experiments showed that it was cheaper, and better from the dietetic point of view, to feed to farm animals the bran and pollard absent from white bread and to recover those by-products in the improved form of meat, eggs and milk. There are various ways of raising money—provided that one can show some measure of security—and au excellent way is per medium of the rural intermediate credit system which has come into being since the passing of the Rural Intermediate Credit Act of 1927. In the Northern Wairoa district the credit system has been taken up enthusiastically with a success that should be an object lesson to other parts of the Dominion. Of late there has been a good deal of criticism in regard to the operation of the system, but judging from the experience of Northern Wairoa settlers it lias proved a splendid means of providing finance on very easy terms.

The Farmers' Union social and card party, held at Hastings last night, was largely attended, and a most enjoyable re-union resulted. The guests were entertained at supper, the tables being laden with the most attractive delicacies. The iadles’ committee of the Union supervised the attendance, so that everyone's requirements were seen to. The following were successful at the card tables:—Ladies; Miss Henderson I, Mrs R. Wilson 2. Gentlemen; Mr S. Birch 1, Mr N. Muir 2. Mr It. Henderson directed the card tables. The party broke up about 11 o'clock, after having spent a very pleasant evening. An invention of considerable interest and, perhaps, of considerable importance has recently been made by Mr Dilks of Palmerston North (states the “Dominion.”) Mr Dilks has invented a device with which he hopes to produce power by harnessing the sun's rays. With the machine as it now stands, he can boil a pint of water in four .minutes. He has brought his invention before the Institute of Inventors (New Zealand), which has investigated and decided that it carries out everything Mr Dilks claims for it. A board has been set vp by the institute to continue research further and the interest of eminent scientists both in Now Zealand an I Great Britain is lining obtain cd.

Negotiations have been started for a visit by the South African tennis players to New Zealand. With the exception of a small sum to come in, the final figures for Poppy Day in the Otago district show the excellent total of £2224 14s, which is claimed to be a record for New Zealand. The Feilding Collie Club’s dog trials were continued yesterday. The class for head, drive and yard resulted: H. Buckley’s Fav 1, W. Thom’s Speed 2, C. McEreane’s Speed 3, F. England's Speeu 4. A. Burgess’s Hemp 5. , Members of the Hawke’s Bay General Labourers’ Union are reminded that a meeting will be held in tho Trades Hall on June 1. The unemployment question is to be dealt with and suggestions are asked for a public meeting next Tuesday.

A debate which should interest the Hastings citizens, “That closer settlement in neighbouring areas is the only system whereby Hastings can secure its maximum development,” will take place in the Trades Hall at 8 o’clock to-night. Everybody will be welcome Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., reheard to-day at Christchurch, the case of Harry Wiliam Smith, a motorist, sentenced yesterday to fourteen days’ imprisonment for being intoxicated while in charge of a car. He amended tho sentence, and imposed a fine of £25 and cancelled his license for a year in view of the circumstance* outlined by counsel.—Press Assn. To-day was hospital day in Napier, and from an early hour a large band of nurses were out on the street with collection boxes, when they met with a ready response from the business community. A house-to-house collection was also made. The collection is being made on behalf of the Napier Hospital for funds to construct a sub-way from Jellieoe Ward to the main building. It is to be hoped that when all the collection boxes arc totalled up the amount will prove to be a generous one. It was stated at yesterday’s monthly meeting of the Wellington War Relief Association that the funds were now down to £23,000. The annual expenditure was £5OOO, and there war only enough money to last four years. Asked the proportion of eases from outside Wellington, the secretary said it was three to one. They had also to deal with a good many cases for the British Seamen’s Fund. None of the associations did so much work as Wellington for other societies, this being due to Wellington’s central position. —Press Assn.