LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 205, 17 August 1929, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

A hockey dance will be held in the Trades’ Hull this evening.

The monthly meeting of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce will be held on Monday evening.

The Makura, from Wellington, arrived in Sydney at 6.30 o’clock this morning.

Electric power in the Hawke’s Bay area will be cut off between 2 and 3 o’clock to-morrow afternoon.

Next Wednesday in the Napier Foresters’ Hall the Post and Telegraph ball will be held. This annual affair promises to be a great success.

Applicatoin are invited for the posi tion of assistant engineer to the H.B. County Council. The closing date is 10 o’clock on Saturday, August 31.

The Hastings Trades’ Hall euchre committee will commence the points prizes next Wednesday. A big crowd is expected.

The “Tribune” Sports Edition will be on sale at the usual time this evening. Besides the reports of local football, etc., there will be special accounts of the H.8.-Auckland, and Wai-rarapa-Manawhepu games, and other outside results.

About 40 members of the Hastings Orphans Club will take part in the presentation of the Chinese Mystery Musical Comedy "759” which is to be staged in the Municipal Theatre on September 23rd. and 24th. Rehearsals will commence next Monday.

Wellington’s contribution to the earthquake relief fund now totals approximately £23,646. The Central Fund totals £109,821. Further donations yesterday to the Mayor of Invercargill’s fund brought the total up to £2610 13s lid.

After protracted negotiations, the Gisborne Harbour Board has sold the dredge Maui to the Government for approximately £16,000. The vessel is to continue work on the Westport harbour bar, w-here the Government is spending about £60,000 in improving harbour facilities.

The earthquake relief committee which met in Wellington on Wednesday decided that applications for relief shall close on August 31 and distribution of the large fund would then begin as fast as claims could be investigated and approved.

The annual general meeting of the Hastings Horticultural Society will be held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Queen street, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The business will include the annual report and accounts, election of officers, spring show and general.

The Napier High School Old Boys’ annual re-union and dinner will be held to-night at 7 oclock in the school dining hall. Following the dinner a short toast list will be honoured, while an at tractive musical programme has been arranged.

The Hastings Central School's plain and fancy dress ball will be held in the Assembly Hall on Wednesday next. The children will hold the floor till 10 o’clock, when the adults’ dancing will begin. Mitchell’s orchestra will supply the music.

At the request of the Carillon Society (Wellington), the Hon. T. M. Wilford has agreed to supply a complete copy of the official roll of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, to bo deposited in the campanile which will be erected. There are 97,335 names on it. One copy has already been placed in the Ashburton War Memorial.

A request was made by the Royal Lite Saving Society yesterday to the Minister of Internal Affairs tor an increase in the Government subsidy from £lou to £5OO a year. The deputation consisted of members of Parliament. The Hon. I’. A. do la Penelle was sympathetic, and said he would bring the application before Cabinet.

Something quite unique in the form, of entertainment is being arranged Dy the Hastings Women’s Community Club, to take place on Friday, September 6, in aid of the Earthquake Belief Fund. The first part of the evening until 10 p.m. will be occupied with an outstanding amateur performance in the Municipal Theatre. This will be composed of several short amusing sketches and the very pick of concert numbers. At the conclusion of the concert those who wish will be able to' attend the Cabaret in the Assembly Hall, where supper will also be obtainable. The half crown tickets, which will bo for sale on Wednesday next, will be available for either the theatre or the cabaret folloving.

The Hastings High School pupils held their annual social in the Hastings Assembly Hall on Thursday even ing, when about 300 pupils were in attendance, as well as some fifty of the parents, who were seated in the gallery as onlookers. The hall was prettily decorated, the school banners, bearing the school badge, being a prominent feature in the adornments, whilst the school motto, “Akiua,” illuminated in a transparency, occupied a prominent position in the chamber. The programme consisted of games, musical items of dances, an exhibition of country dances by some of the girls being particularly delightful. Many of the pupils come in fancy costumes, and all spent a glorious evening from 7.30 to 10.30. when the happy party dispersed homewards.

There was another large gathering at the fortnightly “500” card tourney and dance held by the Hastings Buffaloes last evening in the O<J<l- - Hall. The results of the evenings play were as follows:— Ladies’ section: Mrs. Hanis, 15 points, first ; Mesdames Heywood and Burge and Misses Laredo and McBride. 14 points, second. Gentlemen's section: Messrs. G. Seal! and I. Hannah IS points each, first. Consolation prizes were won by Mrs. Adams and Mr. L. Taylor. Over 70 couples enjoyed the excellent dance music supplied by Mr. and Mrs. V. Horne and Bro. W. Bennison, with

extras by Mc-danies Spiers and McMahan and Miss McKcgan. The "spot waltz” was won by Miss McHugh and Mr McLean Bros. F Berry and (1. Williams were in charge of the cards, and Bro. J. Brunton and T. Jenkins were M’s.C.

Mails which left Wellington on July 16 via San Francisco, arrived at London on August 15. After drinking with another matt in Panama Hotel, Wellington, Walter Leonard Clark, 33, on going outside, asked him for the loan of a shilling. The man produced his purse, whereupon Clark grabbed it and made off, but was subsequently arrested. He was fined this morning in the sum of £5, with alternative of one month's imprisonment. He had been before the Court two months ago for a somewhat similar offence. —(Press Association.)

About noon yesterday word was received at Wellington by the Shaw BaviH Shipping Company from Captain J. Kenworthy that the Kia Ora was putting back to Wellington to remedy a certain defeet discovered since the ship went to set. The Kai Ora left Wellington on Thursday for London via Cape Horn, laden with frozen meat and dairy produce. The defect is not of a serious nature, but return is deemed advisable in view ef th) long voyage ahead.

Sir Robert Stout is strongly opposed to the suggested abolition of appeals to the Privy Council, as mentioned in a recent cable message. Sir Robert stated there was no doubt that South era Irish people did not wish to have any appeals to a court that was not their own. In his opinion, the whole root of the matter was the attempt by some of ths Irish people to create divisions in the Empire and not to help tn unity. He did not think any of the dominions would agree to the suggestion.

The Hon. E. A. Ransom and a large party of Government officials and engineers, members of Parliament and public body representatives are touring the Waikato rivet to-day. The river is gradually silting up, and it is hoped the Government will give material assistance towards dredging. The present shallowness causes winter flooding, affecting 100,000 acres of swamp land which, if brought under cultivation, is estimated would curry 1000 families. It is believed the -pening of the river channel will di....i this land.—(Press Association.)

Early yesterday afternoon a collision occurred between a Government ’bus and a heavy motor lorry at the junction of Edward street and the Marine Parade, Napier, the occupants of both vehicles escaping without serious injury. The ’bus was coming in from Hastings, and at the intersection collided with the lorry that was about to turn into tho Parade and proceed toward Hastings. Both vehicles were promptly brought to a standstill. The 'bus had the bumper and lamps damaged, while the lorry had the front right wheel broken. One passenger in the 'bus sustained a few slight bruises.