LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 290, 26 November 1930, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The usual weekly euchre party and ilancc will be held to-night m tho Trades’ Hall, Karamu road, Hastings. The Hastings Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club will hold an eieetrie light sports meeting nt Nelson Park, Hastings, td-niglit, eommcncir.g at 7.45. Mr W. E. Barnard, M.P., states that, in reference to the proposals for additional relief work to be carried out at Westshore Domain at a total estimated cost of £443, of which approximately £363 is for labour, tho Minister of Public Works advises him that tho Government will provide a subsidy of £242 (£2 for £1) on tho labour cost, based on wages at the rate of 14s per day. _ -

The Orford arrived at Fremantle yesterday from London with the small est cargo for Australia carried by an Orient liner since 1913. Every retailer is invited to bo present at the annual meeting of the Hastings Retailers’ Association to be held in the Jockey Club rooms on Friday night at 7.30 o’clock. The annual Congregational meeting of gt. Andrew's Fresbyterian Church will be held in St. Andrew’s Hall, Hastings, this evening, not on Friday evening as was inadvertently stated in Tuesday's paper. In the Police Court at Oamaru today John Joseph Dawson, formerly a freezing works employee and recently unemployed was fined £l3O on a charge of bookmaking.—Press Association. At the Hamilton Supreme Court £5OO damages was granted in an undefended divorce action to Norman Callaghan against Charles William Mitchell, farm labourer ,of Rotorua. —Press Association. A temporary office for the verification of weights and measures is now open in the Post and Telegraph garage, Hastings. All owners of weighing and measuring appliances are required to submit same for verification. The offices of the solicitors in Hawke’s Bay will be closed all day on Monday next, December 1, in observance of St. Andrew’s Day. The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Rotorua is due on Saturday afternoon; the Remuera radios she will arrive at ten a.m. on Sunday. A final reminder is given of the Havelock North Swimming Club’s opening carnival in the local baths this evening A large attendance is expected. Admission to the baths will be free. Attention is drawn to the fact that the N.Z. Society of Accountants is in no way connected with the International Accountants’ Corporation and Book-keepers’ Institute of Australia, whose representative is at present in the Dominion. “I see no reason why the country should look after these men,” said Mr. A. M. Mowlem S.M. at the Hastings Court this morning when dealing with a statutory first offender on a charge of drunkenness. “They get drunk and then expect the police to take care of them, and feed them. Why the country should have to do that for nothing I do not know.” The defendant, instead of being convicted and discharged, as is usual, was fined 5/-, the amount he had in his possession when arrested . The Napier Frivolity Minstrels never take money for themse.ves—always givn to help along some worthy cause. And to-night they are going to perform in the Napier Municipal Theatre for the benefit of the Cancer Research Fund. The Frivs are doing their bit, and the genera! public is asked to help by filling the theatre to-night to capacity. There will be no reserved seats; patrons may be admitted to any part of the theatre for a humble shilling. The doors will bo open at 7.15.

In connection with the formation of a Napier Centre of the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Aero Club a further meeting of those interested was held last night. Intimation was given that 78 acres of Harbour Board land would be available for a land ground and with very little work it should be made most suitable for the purpose. Various committees were appointed to promote activities as soon as possible. With the enthusiasm displayed, it may be expected that in the near future Napier will be participating in aviation.

At a deputation of Matamata farmers which waited on the Minister of Native Affaffirs, Sir A. T. Ngata, the Minister of Justice and Defence and the acting Minister of Customs, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, the Minister of Labour, the Hon. S. G. Smith, and the acting Leader of the Legislative Council, the Hon. R. Masters the difficulties of farmers during the present depression were discussed, the deputation stating that the situation would become 'desperate unless something were done. Sir A. T. Ngata, in reply, said he could appreciate the difficulty of the small farmer, but the depression was beyond the control of the Government. The Catholic “500’’ card tournament and flannel dance held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Hastings, last evening was a great success, and everybody spent a very enjoyable evening. A dainty supper was served after the curds, and dancing was enjoyed until 12.30. Following are the winners of the “500” tourney: Ladies, Miss M. Gardiner 1, Miss O. Williamson 2; mystery. Miss D. Brenton. Gentjemen: Mr. J. Tobin 1, Mr. H. J. Wright 2; mystery. Mr. Gardiner; Monte Carlo dance, Miss Anderson and Mr. Cowan.

The conviction and imprisonment of the Indian herbalist, Salaman, at New Plymouth, is stated have given rise to an interesting question. Some of Salaman’s patients, who have been undergoing special dietary and other treatment, apparently feel that discontmu anco of the treatment may have serious consequences. With Salaman in gaol for twelve months there does not appear to bo any alternative. A committee is said to have been set up to make representations to the Government on the subject, and as the first step a petition from the patients concerned is being prepared for submission and signatures invited. It is an unusual position and has arisen in part from a belief that there is no one in New Zealand but Salaman himself capable of carrying on the particular form of treatment practised.

A sale of work in aid of church funds will take place in the Hastings Baptist schoolroom on Wednesday, December 3rd. Members of the Sewing Guild have been busy for months preparing for the effort. Articles of a useful character will be found on the plain work stall, while the fancy stall will provide goods suitable for Christmas gifts. Prizes arc to be awarded for tho best fruit and sponge cake which must be at the schoolroom by 2 p.m. on the day of the sale. The produce stall will have supplies of. lamb and dressed poultry. Other stalls will include flowers, seedlings, etc; lollies and ice cream; jumble, articles for which will be gratefully received. Afternoon tea will be provided. Concert items will take place in tho evening. Contributions to any of tbo stalls, will be called for bv ringing ’phone 1317.

The electric supply in Havelock North will be cut off between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to-morrow (Thursday).

Applications close with the Hastings Borough Council at noon tomorrow for the position of shorthand typiste (Pitman’s’ preferred), either male or female. Applications must be in applicant’s own hand-writing. Two sums of £3OO have been bequeathed under the will of the late Mrs Annie Curl, of Christchurch, one for the sisters attending the lepers at Makogai and the other to provide comforts for the leper patients. The executive of the Hastings District Scots’ Society should feel very gratified at the splendid turnout of members—between 80 and 90—on Monday evening, for the discussion of such a dry subject as the confirmation of roles.

The following have been nominated as members of the Raupare Drainage Board of Trustees:—Messrs. A. J. Masters. L. Garratt, H. M. Tweedie, H. Wilson, and D. C. Yule. As there are five vacancies to be filled, the

above are duly elected. The twenty-first show of the Stratford A. and P. Association was opened to-day with record entries, in wet weather. A successful Empire and New Zealand Industries Week is being ran in conjunction with the show.—Press Assn.

In April last a motor-cyclist, John Hamlyn White, lost control of his machine when turning a corner in Hamilton and crashed into a party of workmen at lunch on the footpath. One man, Samuel William Tallis, had a leg and a bone in his wrist broken. Yesterday he received £BO2 damages on a claim for £1640, the case being settled out of Court.

Tenders involving £20,000 were accepted by the Auckland Transport Board yesterday. The largest was for the supply of rails and fish-plates, and the successful tender was John Burns and Company, Limited, and the amount £11,955 14s 6d, In all cases the materials except hardgood sleepers, which will come from Australia, are being supplied from England.

“That on October 8 he negligently drove a motor cycle on Colombo street, thereby causing the death of Marion Gladys Kitchener,” was the charge preferred against a young man, James Inkster, a plasterer, today at Christchurch. Inkster pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Th? girl was pillion riding behind Inkster on the motor cycle when he collided with a motor car.—Press Assn.

Mr. McNamara, secretary of the G.P.0., said to-day that it was that radio telephone service with England would be available within a week or so. Satisfactory tests had already been carried out and as soon as the staff had mastered the intricacies of the system the service would be made available. There were no calls booked to Australia up to noon to-day, but it is expected that there will be a greater demand on the service as its value is recognised. —(Press Association.)

Remarking that he had never yet imposed anything but the maximum penalty of £lO on drivers flouting the decision of the Court by driving after their licenses had been cancelled, Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., fined Frederick Robert Waller, of Palmerston North, £lO and costs in the Rangiora Court to-day. The defendant was also fined £lO and costs (£1 2/-) on a charge of failing to report an accident, when he knocked over a youthful cyclist.— (Press Association.) Hugh Jones, aged 49, the seaman who escaped from the Roto Roa inebriates’ island, in a dinghy with improvised oars, was to-day at Auckland charged with assaulting the manager of the home, converting a dinghy to his own use and escaping. He was sentenced, in all, to five months’ imprisonment and ordered to nay £7 for the dinghy. It was stated in evidence that Jones had asked last Saturday if he could be sent to gaol. When sentenced to-day he thanked the Magistrate.—Press Assn. A munificent gift, intended as a permanent witness to the ideal of Christian reunion, has been made to St. Matthew’s Church, Auckland, by the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, and Lady Bledisloe. The gift consists of a silver chalice and paten, both of a size befitting a large church. The chalice bears the following inscription: “To the glory of God and in humble appreciation of the movement in Auckland toward the reunion of the Christian churchas. Whitsunide, 1930.’’ Upon the other side are the engraved names of the donors: “Charles and Eileen Bledisloe.’’