NAPIER NOTES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2458, 11 May 1915, Page 8

NAPIER NOTES

Tho Hawke's Bay County Council to-day declined lo endorse tho Southland County's resolution proposing that motor-cars 'should be taxed ]wr medium of tho tiros, as it was reported that tho Union of Automobiles' Associations had the matter in hand, and had definitely decided that a tax on tires could not bo ail cquitablo one. A Now Zealand flag sold on Saturday night by Mr. A. IS. lieiioff, Napier Patriotic Fund auctioneer, subsequent to tho performance of "Who's the Lady," fetched £128, which goes to tho Equip, ment Fund. n It is understood that Mr. A. E. Jull, of Waipawa, will again bo re-elected chairman at to-morrow's Napier Harbour Board meeting. Oil Friday, May 7, at the "Star room. -Woodward Street, Mr. . Barr lecturcd on ''Society and tho Individual-" The lecturer said social reconstruction will not come with blowing of trumpets or much publicity, it will begin by individual ell'ort. First, tho effort, then the progress. Collectivo individuals make soeioty, and what the individual is first, that society will bo later. If each will only "Follow the Gleam" of tho light within, reaching out to the highest each can sense, good must result, and purity and lovo for each other will bo built into the nation. The home is tho beginning of the social life, and there tho building of tho character begins, and what this building has been shows out wlion a nia.n takes his part in the life of tho nation. We must learn to relato ourselves each to the other, and liko the Master, when we sco wrong-doing, not condomn, lmt strive to help and lite and try to inako thorn realise tn'eir own strength. Mr. Barr spoke on various other points,' both social and political, which are of importance in tho building of society, and from that, tho nations.