LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 100, 14 April 1930, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

A “hard up” ball and mock court will be held in Nukanoa hall, Bridge Pa, on April 16. Prizes will be given for original costumes. Details ol free buses are advertised.

Members of the Hastings Women's Community Club are invited to a reception to Miss Stops to-morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. Miss Stops will have a display of art and .-rail works and will speak of other matters of interest to women.

St. Andrew’s (Waipukurau) Bible Class will be represented by several lads at the Hawke’s Bay Presbyterian Young Men’s Bible Class camp to be held at Waimarama during Easter, commencing on Thursday night and terminating on Tuesday morning. The Rev. J. T. Macky, of Dannevirnke, will bo camp father, and the Revs. A. C. McLean (Waipukurau) 1). J. A. Shaw (Hastings) and R. B. Waugh (Havelock North) other participants.

Under engagement to the New Zealand branch of the British Empire Cancer Campaign, Dr. N. M. Begg has returned to the Dominion after eight years of cancer research work in London. His work will be carried on at the Otago Medical School. The discovery of trie cause of cancer is the aim of the research on which Dr. Begg has been engaged, and which will continue to occupy his attention. Sufferers from the disease will also be given treatment by the latest methods, subject to the quantity of radium available.

Members of the H.B. Radio Society and listeners generally are reminded of the general meeting of the Society which is Io take place in the Hastings Oddfellow’s Hall slipper room tomorrow night. The meeting will commence at 7.J0 p.m. in the hope Hint general business will be concluded by eight o’clock to give way to the card evening which has been arranged, and for which good prizes will be presented. Admission to members will be bee but a collection will be taken up to cover tile cost of supper and room rent. All listeners are invited to attend.

The Arbitration Court at Napier was engaged on Saturday afternoon in hearing a claim by Edward Herbert English (Mr. L. A. Rogers) shepherd ol Wairoa for compensation from George Reynolds (Mr. E .1. \V. Hallett) sheep’farmer, of Gisborne, for the loss of the sight of his left eye, due to an accident allegedly caused through his failing off a horse in the course of his employment.. The evidence disclosed that the plaintiff suffered a previous accident when lie went ovei the bank on a ear at Kuripapnngii. The evidence stressed that this accident was the cause of the loss of sight. After lengthy evidence was heard the Court returned judginepl in favour of the. deleiidunt, uu costs being uskgd lul,

Summer Time began at 2 o’clock on Sunday morning in England, states a London cable.

The Heretaunga Hockey Club will held a meeting this evening at 7 o'clock in Mr. Killitt’sehop.

The Hastings Public Library will be closed from Good Friday tilt Easter Tuesday, both days included

The Hastings branch of the N.Z. Labour Party will meet at 7.30 o’clock to-night.

The cricketers’ ball will take place in the Hastings Assembly Hall on Easter Monday. The visiting Wellington players will be present.

The next meeting of the H. B. Hunt is on Wednesday at Anderson's gate, Paki Paki, for Horonui. at noon.

The annual report of the chairman (Mr. F. B. Logan) of the Hawke’s Bay County Council appears on page 6 of this Issue.

The Hastings Chamber of Commerse will meet to-night at eight o'clock in the Borough Council chambers.

Members of Parliament are now again in receipt of their old honoraria of £450, the final instalment of last year’s additional £lOO bonus having been paid at the beginning of the month.

To-morrow evening the choir of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Hastings, will give Maunder’s Easter cantata “Olivet to Calvary.” The music is particularly beautiful and appealing and peculiarly appropriate for this the Easter season.

The annual Poppy Day was held by the Gisborne R.S.A. on Saturday in unfavourable weather, rain falling at intervals accompanied by a cold wind. The town sales totalled £205, and the country returns to come are expected to bring the total to £340. against £250 last year.

During Easter, members of the Wellington Centre Baptist Young Men’s Bible Classes, expected to number about 100, will hold their annual camp at the Hastings racecourse. The Rev. E. Nicholls,, local minister, will act in the capacity of imp "fathet.”

The third Dominion conference of the Now. Zealand Trained Masseurs’ Association was opened this morning in Dunedin by Sir Charles Statham, who said that there were 465 masseurs on the roll. He was glad to see that reciprocity had been established with Australia, and that it was hoped to have reciprocity with Britain next year. He was pleased to know that the legislation recently passed seemed to be an unqualified success. —Press Assn.

Mr. W. E. Barnard, M.P., will deliver to-morrow evening in the Hastings Assembly Hall an address dealing with Labour’s point of view and its actions in connection with the political situation. Ail those who have not met Mr. Barnard are cordilly invited to attend the meeting. Mr. W. J. Lyon, as a Borough Councillor and Harbour Board member, will deal interestingly with local body affairs.

. Members of the Frimley troop of Boy Scouts and Cubs paraded at the Hastings Baptist Church yesterday morning. Scoutmaster Capt. B. Dunlop and Assistant Scoutmasters Drummond and Dutton were in command. The boys presented a smart appearance. During the service, conducted by Scout Padre Rev. E. Nicholls, a new flag, in colours of green and gold, was fittingly dedicated. An address on "Wanted, a boy” was most appropriate.

In connection with the heightestimating competition conducted by the Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aero Club at its pageant on April 5th, an announcement appears in our advertising columns declaring Mr. F. C. Clark, Eskdale, the winner of the £10 prize, his estimate of 5730 feet being the only correct one. Mr. T. W. Sorrell, of Christchurch, was second at 5725 feet, and Mr. A. Dysart, of Hastings, third at 5737 feet. The heights estimated by competitors ranged from 250 feet to 20,000 feet.

‘ ‘ One of the reasons why the council has such a big credit balance .£2l- -, ”’ said Mr F. B. Logan, chairman,' at to-day’s meeting of the Hawke’s Bay County Coucil, “is because the council’s programme had to be cut down on account of less money being received from the Main Highways Board. The rate was already struck, allowing for- the big programme. As a result members 'f a number of ridings will within' the next fortnight be able to seriously consider a reduction in rates, giving farmers a much needed relief.”

Easter Saturday, the first day of the motor races, promises to be one of many thrills, and will be the broadsiders’ big try-out day for Easter Monday, when the Napier Motor Racing Club hold their annual races at the Park racecourse for the folio ring important events: —Limbrick amateur cup, at present held by W. H. Taylor, Hastings; Alex. Fox 10-lap cup with prize-money of £3O added, held by C. Goodwin, of Auckland; and the Fuszard cup, held by Reg. Ranby, Wellington. Two championship events are also included on Monday’s programme. The lightweight championship is at present held by Tui Morgan, and the middleweight championship by Reg. Ranby. Messrs. C. B. Hansen & Co.’s public address radio equipment has been secured, and will be in use on both days. The first race will commence at 12.30 p.m. each day.

On Saturday the Parents’ League of the Napier Boys’ High School held a fair at the school grounds to raise funds for a library building. The public attended in large numbers and the profits are estimated at about £2OO. The results of the various competitions were as follow:—Electric iron, Miss B. J. Archer; table scarf Mr. C. D. Wilson; brief bag Mi. E A Bourgeois; underclothing. Mrs. Cox: sweets, Mr Hindrup. .drGallagher anil Mr. II R, B. Allen, pntfbox, Mr. Fred Sherning: 'ict'iro

" Boat Harbour,” Mr. M. Clark; hearth rug. Mrs. G. H. Brown ; shopping bag, Mra. Allen; breakfast cloth. Mrs M L. Gleeson; case ot pipes, Mr. R. TV Cassidy; redding Cake, Mrs.J. R. Cornford; dresSeu doll, Mr. VV. Anderson; bedspread. Mrs Barr; picture. “Paradise,” Mrs. VV. L. Dunn; turkeys,Mr. VV’ B. Stewart, Mr. Ellison and Mr J. Clark; ducks, Mr. E. S. Miller. A cabaret held in the evening resulted in a profit of about £lO.

The Compensation Court at Christchurch awarded Thomas Engelbracht, a farmer, of Ooutts Island, £2600 against the Waimakariri River Trust for land taken for diversion purposes. —Press Assn

In the Eketahuna Magistrate’s Court this motning Carian Feilding was charged with hawking fruit in the borough contrary to the by-law. The case collapsed, the Magistrate remarking that the Borough Council had no authority to make such a by law. Costs were given against the council. —Press Assn.

Reserved judgment wa« given today at Eketahuna by Mr. J. Miller, 8.M., In the commission case, the W.F.C.A. v. Shannon. A sale of L.I.P. property was arranged by an agent, and an agreement drawn up and signed in a solicitor’s office, including a clause that both parties would do their best to get the transfer through the Land Board. A member of the family attended the board meeting and opposed the transfer, which was not granted. The Magistrate held that the defendant failed to do his best jind made a wrongly qualified application. The claim for £lO5 and costs was allowed.—Press Assn.