LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 256, 17 October 1930, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Under the Native Minister’s native land development scheme many natives obtained employment bushfelling on the Poroporo block. Poverty Bay. All sections have been finished, and about 1000 acres of bush land have been cleared. The schools of the Mahora Presbyterian Sunday School are requested not to meet at Mahora as usual on Sunday next but to attend a special children’s service at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Market street; the children are to meet at the church at 10 a.m. A fourth schedule of relief works is now being prepared by the Hastings Borough Engineer (Mr. C. E. Evans), who reported to the council, at n special meeting hold yesterday afternoon, ■ that there would be approximately £426 left after the completion of the third schedule of work. It is proposed to continue with the programme of footpath formation until all the unemployment relief money is spent. The attention of members of the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers’ Association is drawn to an advertisement appearing in another column to the effect that the Field Day which was to have been held at the orchard of Mr. S. Holmes, Pnkowhai, will now be held nt Mr. H. Forneau’s orchard. This change has been necessary on account of Mr. 8. Holmes having recently met with a painful accident from which, we understand he is making a satisfactory recovery. A special meeting of the Hastings Borough Council was held yesterday afternoon to receive the audited balance-sheet for the year ended March 31 last. Two small matters were referred to by the AuditorGeneral, and these are being attended to by the council. The Mayor (Mr G. F. Roach) congratulated the staff on its satisfactory work. It was indeed a pleasure to know that through the united effort of the members of the staff everything was efficient in the office workings. The council fully appreciated the good work done by the staff. At yesterday’s meeting of the Napier Chamber of Commerce, Mr M. 8. Spence drew attention to the effort th’a was being made to raise value of gold in Now Zealand and so assist the gold-mining industry. The present value of gold was £3 17s 9d an ounce and if tho value was raised to £5 it mean that tho gold industry was being subsidised. In Australia, Mr Spence said, practically all of the industries had been subsidised, with unsatisfactory results as it meant that people had to pay more for their goods Mr K. MeLeay did not consider subsidies wise. Tho chairman finally decied not to tako any action in the matter.

A euchre party will be held by the Heretaunga .Caledonian Sports Club in the Oddfellows’ Hall to-night at 8 o’clock. Owing to repeated requests the Paki Paki bachelors will hold a “500’’ card party and dance to-night at 8 o’clock. A householders’ meeting will be held in the Parkvale School to-night at 8 o’clock to discuss ways and means for raising money to budd dressing sheds. The annual general meeting of the Haumoana Beach Improvement Society will be held in the Haumoana Hall to-night at 8 o’clock. A general meeting of the Hastings Lawn Tennis Club is called for Monday, November 3, to consider a motion to reduce the subscriptions payable by Wednesday players. The meeting will be held in the Jockey Club rooms at 7.45 o’clock. The expected run of whitebait occurred on the West Coast during the week-end, says the Christchurch “Sun’s” Greymouth correspondent, and twq Hokitikn men are reported to have cleared £36 as the result of one day’s fishing. At the examination recently hold under the auspices of the St. John Ambulance Association, the following were successful in gaining the necessary marks required to satisfy Dr. Fitzgerald, the examiner:—M. Morgan. K. Carroll, Keith Exeter, K. McKinnon, H. It. Chapman, L. Whyte, N. Corne, I. M. Smith, H. Cornford, J. Peel, F. Morgan, B. Atkins, J. Salthouse, G. Senior. A conversazione in honour of the visit to Hastings of Their Excellencies, the Governor-General and I«ady Bledisloe will be held in the Assembly Hall, Hastings, on Tuesday next, October 21, and will be followed by a dance. Early application for tickets is necessary to enable seating accommodation for supper to be provided.

Tho first of the new season’s’ strawberries reached the Auckland (city markets on Wednesday and were readily disposed of. A few chips of small, but good quality Captain Cooks brought 3/9 a chin, while Marguerite “side fruit” sold at 6d to 1/- a chip. Last year the first strawberries were available at about the same time. Hie season proper will begin about the middle of next month.

The Hastings Orphans’ Club’s season will be drawn to a close this evening when the final korero will be held in the Assembly Hall, commencing at 8 o’clock sharp. A particularly large attendance is requested, not only on account of this being more or less as a wind up to the season, but mainly because the guest of the evening will be Mr. E. E. Jones, president, and Colonel Loach, the honorary secretary, of the Association of Kindred Clubs An excellent programme has been drawn up and a most successful and entertaining evening is assured. In to-day’s issue the Railway Department advertise the issue of holiday and special excursion fares at reduced rates and day excursion fares together with train arrangements to Tomoana in connection with the Royal Show to be held on October 21 22 hnd 23. Local trains to nnd from Tomoana will also stop nt Te Awa for passengers if required. A liberal train service is provided on Peoples' Day (October 23) and in this respect a fast passenger train will run from and to Palmerston N. at convenient times. Passengers from Palmerston North who desire it will be able to spend an hour or so in Hastings before going to the Showgrounds. The special leaves Tomoann at 4.43 p.m., nnd Hastings at 4.55 p.m. The following resolution, passed by the Papakura chamber of commerce, was yesterday submitted to the Napier chamber of commerce and referred to a sub-committee to report upon to a subsequent meeting of the chamber(l) that, the time has arrived for a drastic alteration in the constitution of a Main Highways Board in order to give effect to the well established principle that there should be no taxation without adequate representation; (2) that the Highways Board consist of one representative (one for each island) appointed by the motor associations, two representatives of the counties association, one representative appointed by municipalities and one representative appointed by commercial owners; (3) that the Government be urged to give effect to the above resolutions. The usual weekly euchre party and dance was held in the Trades Hall, Hastings, on Wednesday night, being very largely attended. The dancing was kept going till 12.30 a.m., Mr. Bennett being at the piano, whilst Mr, L. Henry played extras. The supper' arrangements were earned out by the ladies’ committee. The Trades Hall committee thanks the public for their patronage. The euchre next Wednesday night will start at 7.45 sharp, as it is intended to have some special dancing from 10 p.m. till 1 a.m. The following were the prize winners of the euchre (.tournament: Ladies, Mrs. Carr 1. Mrs. Prouso 2. Mrs. Hill 3. Mrs. Jenson consolation; gentlemen, Messrs. W. Taylor and A. Johnson (tie) 1, W. Overend 3, Miss Dartnell consolation. The Monte Carlo dance was won by Mrs. McMahon and Mr. Cardie. Visitors for the Royal Show are already, many of them, making a move Hawke’s Bay-wards. The South Island will be well represented, while people from almost every part of the North Island will be present. It is to be hoped that Hawke’s Bay’s weather will be on its. good behaviour and do its best to give tho visitors a royal welcome. It would seem that fine weather is the only thing now required to ensure tLe Royal Show being a pronounced success. It "ill undoubtedly be the best show ever lield in the province, and is likely to set a new record in the point of attendance. and some difficulty may be experienced in finding accommodation for all the motor cars which are likely to be on the ground. However, tho committee in charge of the arrangements have given special consideration to the provision of parking facilities, and it is believed these will be adequate for the occasion. The Tomoana Showgrounds are so ideally situated for the purpose of having picnic luncheons on the ground, that these have been exceedingly popular in the past, nnd the provision for the supply of hot water for picnic parties is always largely availed of and very much appreciated. Tho show will be open at 9 a.m. on each of the three days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next, October 21, 22 and 23.

The wrestling bout staged in Invercargill last evening between Tom Ray (United States) and Fred Ebert (Austria) resulted iu a draw, one fall each. The Anglican Synod at Dunedin rejected by an overwhelming majority the resolution recommending a medical examination of both contracting parties before marriage.—Press Association. Under the Slaughtering and Inspection Amendment Bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives last evening, no fees are payable to abattoir authorities in respect of meat from stock slaughtered in meat export slaughter houses and sold for bacon, hams, tinning or export. There was a decrease of 24 compared with the previous week in the number of unemployed registered in New Zealand for the week ended last Monday, according to a statement made by the Minister of Labour Hon. S. G. Smith, yesterday. The week’s total was 6028. It required over 4,000,000 pairs of boots and shoes to cater for the population of New Zealand last year. This fact is revealed in the monthly abstract of statistics, which makes special reference to the growth of tho boot and shoo industry in New Zealand. A six-roomed house in tho suburb of Allenton, Ashburton, owned by Messrs Alien Brothers, was destroyed by firo curly this morning. Two couples, relatives of the owners, and two children, with a visitor, occupied the house at the time. Practically ad the contents were lost. The amount of tho insurance is at present unavailable.—Press Association.

The House of Representatives today passed without discussion tho Hawke’s Bav County Empowering Bill, Mr H. M. Campbell (Ref., Hawke’s) Bay) explaining that the object of the measure was to enable the County Council to aeqairb the remaining portion of the building that they uow occupy.—Special Parliamentary reporter. Under tho will of the late Mr Matthews Morrison, of Palmerston North, formerly of Hawke’s Bay, the following bequests are made; —New Zealand Cancer Research 'Association. £3000; Institute of Blind, Auckland, £2000: Presbyterian Church, I’ulmcrstonN., £600; Dr. Bernardo’s Homos, £500; Salvation Army, New Zealand, £250. —Press Association. Returns for the Dunedin city trading departments for the half-year ended September 30 show a decrease of £21,000 compared with the first half of 1929. Tho figures for the first half of last .year were £48,000 compared with £27,000 this year. A decrease of £21,034 iu the takings of the electric department was almost solely responsible for the shrinkage, the effects of the power shortage being disastrous. The Otago branch of the New Zealand Radio Listeners’ League was constituted at a meeting last night with a local membership of 1000. Resolutions were proposed expressing the view that tho nationalisation of radio transmission was not advisable, that increased power in “A” stations was unwarranted, and that four new 500-watt stations would suffice. However, discussion on these resolutions was postponed to a further meeting.—Press Association. “Tho talk of secession in South Africa is only resorted to by a feu people seeking for notoriety. South Africa, as a whole, realises the necessity for strong Imrierial ties, and intends to do everything to strengthen those at present existing.’’ This statement was made by Mr J. J. MeMenamin, M.P. for Boksburg, who arrived nt Auckland by the Ulimaron on a holiday visit Mr McMenamin was born in Thames ,and after working for some years in Wellington, left for South Africa, where he has been living ever since. The attention of the Napier Chamber of Commerce was drawn yesterday by tho Jewellers’ Association to the action of a number of cigarette manufacturers in offering on a coupon system prizes such ns watches and other jewellery. The association pointed out that its trade was seriously effected by the practice. Mr N. Kettle said that the prizes were only given by way of discount and, further, the eirgnrettc manufacturers had first to bay the art! les from tho jewellers. Mr T. M. Geddes agreed, and did not see that the chamber could not slop them. As the matter is to be discussed soon nt tho nnnual conference of the Associated r’hambers it was left in the hands of the p**sident, Mr M. F. Constable, to deal with then.

The Hawke’s Bay Education Board to-day amended its by-laws by deleting Dominion Day from the list of statutory holidays. South African Treasury received a windfall of £400,000 in duties from the estate of the late Sir Joseph Robinson, which was proved at £2,690,000. The butchers' shops of Hastings and Havelock North will close at noon on Wednesday, October 22, and all day Thursday (People's Day of the Royal Show). A conference of Education Boards is to be held before the opening of the next session of Parliament to consider the report recently made by the Education Recess Committee. Dairy farmers are notified that there will be no collection of calves north of Waipawa next week. _ A collection will be made the following week, and if sufficient calves are offering, fortnightly thereafter. The H.B. and East Coast Aero Club's Spartan machine ZK.ABC. has been reconditioned since its return from Gisborne, and was given a test out on Thursday, when the test proved O.K. Three machines will now be available over this week-end, and club members as well as visitors from other clubs and the visiting public, will be well catered for, providing the weather conditions are suitable. Flight-Lieut. Gould, flying the H.B. and East Coast Club’s machine ZK.ABB, left for Wellington with a passenger on Thursday. He took off from the aerodrome at Hastings at 1. p.m. and arrived at Rongotai aerodrome, Wellington, at 3.30 pm. Good weather conditions prevailed throughout the journey and good time was made. The return trip was to be made to-day. Three medical men, Drs. Borrie, Riley and Thomson, and Charles Melvin Fockeu. lecturer at the Dunedin medical school, were each fined £2 12/- in the Police Court and ordered to pay damages of £lO for wilfully damaging a Government advertising sign in Kauarau Gorge, which had been hewn down by them as a protest against desecration of the beautiful countryside. The Magistrate (Mr. Bindle) remarked that the defendants must have been intoxicated with seal.— (Press Association.) All those who are Interested in present day youth movements should attend Mr Ramsay Howie's address at St. Andrew’s Hall, Hastings, at 8 o’clock tonight. Mr Howie is tho travelling secretary of the New Zealand Student Christian movement and is in dose touch both in the second ery schools and universities with work that brings students face to fuse with the highc-t ideals of service. This student movement is a world movement and has it appeal not ony for its national aspect, but also for its international Importance, r'led out of order.