HAWKE'S BAY ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 573, 30 July 1909, Page 4

HAWKE'S BAY ITEMS

''; ;-■'• ■ :'..'. ■'■ ; , V" ■;;;:■. ■.■■■■:'■ ; I :'. ;-,. .,;: (By Tcleeraph.-Special Correspondent.) i :':' 'V;:;: V ■ , ■•■'■ ; - Napier, July 29. •, ;.. The JKtaWicnt made by, tho". Hon.; D. Buddo regarding' tho discharging of men engaged in. road-making on. Wainara iJlock has. arous?,d .'oahsiderablo, adverse v comment here. During; the Tpast week or, two 70''men have' ■ been ■ discharged, and ..the settlors ■' are left without• any.;access; to their holdings' unless t/hey.'trespaHi on.the property .of other,poor pip."': .■The..rent ,pf. tihe : settlers . in January/ and'they have. to ' : under conditions. of .-'considerable <■ .hardship,7 apart ifrom;the additional obstacle put in.tficir waj* from lack.of roads.\ Mr. Buddo states that it. .might '.■ IraX''c6nsidcrtsd i '. by. the ; responsible officers:, that there; wero. sufficient..roads,in the .estate to go,on with for the present. -Intennewed'ori' the.'point by V "Daily, .Telegraph!'; reporter thjs: morning,) Mr. N. M'Millan, district: roads engineer, stated that in 'tlio'.face of. what had Jbecn-said■ by-;the. 'Minister lie.could not express'' an 'opinion. Tho -settlers themselves state; that they have. been-left prMtidally'roadless. ;i;,:,;;; ;'; / ; u ;."WTiat' is a .'volunteer ?; Replying to; his own. question at the smoke concert. of ,the Napier' Guards last evening, Mr. R. D. D. ;i M'Lcan , s&id , ;thit'.a;yplnnteer; ; waß:a,'pitrio'k';t<);bcgin i i With,;-but. he 'was,'also ( a .statesman;.--' That, might seem .'an extraordinary 'thing .'to.' say.' Itrriigh't be argued that the only placed where they!found,'statesmen .'was in the Parliament of.,tho'country;.but let them, make'no: mistake: ..abqvt/that./;.Ho (the speaker)ihadbeen, tb'-.rai'lia'ment, and from what he .saw there;, it by. no means necessarily ■ followed;'that because/, a! man went to Parliament. h£/was• a; statesman.; 'A statesman 'was a. mail who: exercised' common sense; and foresight, and'vdluiitee'rs 'wore, men who had thaiobmraon; ■ sense-and foresight to recogniso.'. that' spmp, day ■"or! /other■'.' their .country might Ibe ,in-. vaded, and thcy;:wero patriotic,, enough' to,' themselves for , that eventuality. This-was a. fact that some' distinguished men .who were called;statesmen had failed,.to. re-, coghise.f' i;i; '.'■.,' '" •■""'■'.. '''/'-/'/Jy:/:'-/■;>.' ;, ':';'■ ■'' .■■■;,"-,:;- .Hastings, July 29. ',At.the Police Court, to-day a!, bookmaker narhed Geo. Ford was charged with, being,anidle, and-disorderly person, and having'insuf.of siippc-rt.,'; Inspector. Dwyer stated that .accused was. arrested" and; had £6odd, in,- his possession. Counsel ./for ac-', cused: said ;Ford was ;followinp; a lawful occupation;-: and as he had,£6 odd,when arrested lio'oouid.not bo said to 1 have no lawfiilraeans of support: The Bench took tliis' view, and. dismissed the charge. ,<.. ■ ■.'■-';'.'>',;■•,;.: -/./ ■ ' /At the District High School yesterday/Mr: T;;'.J; ; ,Stephens,"'-.who .has;/been appointed headmasteiv'of .the Weber School,"was presented - by, : tho .pupils, with", a. handsome' dress-.: ing-ca.se," and by. tho tcaphers with a,; pair of 'pictures;'; } In ike- afternoon, at' Mr. E.'-J,'- - ' W. Hal-lot's, office) ■he was presented by-/Mr.. Daivson,. captain, of tho. Hastings A-,hockey team,'with an enlarged photo, of the .team. Mr.-Stephens left to-day for Weber..:.;: !Mri Dillon, M.P., has received word from tho iMinister for Railways that . the;-:' train fares between : Hastings and Napier : .cannot be reduced. ; ;'" ;' 'Y ■.■"■'■'']'<'■ . 'Tlie'. gross ..takings at last night'sk-boxing tournament amounted 1 to '-:£l6i'.!- • ■-.'".,/ '•■'' A 'meeting of tho.Hawke's':Bay ;'Hockey Executive .was held last night, Mt./'/'E. • J.' ■ : \y. Hallet in the' chair.: The Wairarapa,Association, asked if. tho- Haivke's Bay Association .would-play a. representative'.ma'toli at Napier on August:. 14. This was agreed to, and £3 was' guaranteed towards .tho ■ gate. Mr. G. R. King wrofo from England ac coptiiig tho. position of president /of;': the association, i,. "•:■'■•. -''.'.' : ■:,••■■'':.