LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 28, 16 January 1911, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Makatuku, Hawke’s Bay, is forging ahead. At the last sale there, three firms sold, for the first time, in that centre. About 6000 sheep and 300 head of cattle were offered. a record for the district. A meeting of the Hastings branch of the Hawke’s Bay Harbour Ratepayers’ Protection Association is called for this evening at the Council Chambers, to consider matters in connection with the approaching Harbour Board elections. A large attendance is requested. Two or three of the regular campers at the Clive Grange beach have started a fund to improve sanitary conditions at this favourite camping ground. This matter is one which should receive the support of all who enjoy the privi- : leges of the beach. Donations to the fund may be left at the Grange store.

Are you a century maker- Our local cricketers are well aware of the in’.norta-’.ce of the above question, and if (hey will refer to the well-known and always up-to-date Athletic Outfitters of Napier— Messrs. J. R. Ross and Co.'s advertisement in to-day’s issue they will at once act upon its advice and make strong bids to become century makers by purchasing one of Ross’s specially selected bats. These bats were selected in London by the famous Surrey Eleven batsman. J. B. Hobbs, who is a century maker many times over. Orders by post are promptly and carefully executed by Messrs. Ross and Co.’s special mail order department.

Business at the Hostings Courthouse occupied the Court from 9 a.ni. till 6 p.m. on Friday, and from •> a.m. til! L3»> on Saturday, when the Civil case Scott v. Cooper was .••included. There .*as then mor<‘ business to be transacted, but th< Magistrate. Mr. S. E. McCarthy.

adjourning the Court, said that he considered it was only fair to the Court official* anal himself that the;, should take a holiday on Saturday afternoons. Personally he had irixen up a good many after noons to cone with the work, but he had derided not to do so in the future. Counsel present agreed with His Worship’s remarks.

A poor little collie pup was run over by an express in Emepson street, Napier, on Saturday afternoon, and had a front leg broken at the shoulder. No one seemed to own the unlucky little animal.

The Hawke’s Bay County Council has received information from the Treasury that the amount of £450 (£2 for £1) is now available for expenditure on the Mangatahi Bridge. Aorangi road. We understand the work has been put in. hand.

Apropos 0? Out articles upon the* electoral roll for the forthcoming Harbour Board election, the Chairman of the County Council has been in communication with Mr. A. E. Jull on the matter, and we understand Mr. Jull proposes to visit Wellington this week and will interview the Minister on the sub ject.

Messrs Wellwood and WellwoOd report having sold, to Mr. Daniel O’Reilly, the property in Heretaunga Street adjoining the Grand Hotel, occupied by Messrs Wilson, auctioneers. T. Morgan, wine and spirit merchant, Stevenson and Evans, dentists, together with the block of land at the back with a 12ft right-of-way to Karamu Road, for the sum of £5OOO.

Returns of Customs collected in Napier for last week total £1720 10s 3d, the surtax to £37 14s Id, beer duty to £66 4s 9d, and other receipts to £275 5s 9d, making a total of £2099 14s lOd. The figures for the previous week were as follows:—Customs duties £2405 15s 3d. surtax £5O 17s id, beer duty £134 8s 7d, other receipts £47 Os 7d ; total £2638 Is 9d.

The Hawke’s Bay County Council has received a circular from Dr. Valentine, Inspector-General of Hospitals, pointing out that the control of the infectious diseases is now handed over to the various Hospital Boards, but expressing the hope that the Council will continue to pay attention to such matters until arrangements for fully placing control in the hands of the Napier Hospital Board have been completed.

The Christchurch Meat Company has now completed the large additions to its Burnside worxs, enJ with these additions the company should be able to successfully cope with all freezing stock offering in Otago for some time to come (says Wednesday’s “Otago DailyTimes”). The additions are of brick, substantially built and well arranged to suit the requirements of the trade.

A very enjoyable concert was given by the Napier City Band in i the Marine Parade Rotunda on I Sunday evening, and the public at-1 tended in large numbers. The pro-’ gramme was as follows : —March, “Constellation” ; Intermezzo, “Ye Merry Monarch” ; Overture, “Latona” (sacred); duet (euphonium and trombone) “The Moon hath raised her Lamp.” bandmaster ! Searle and bandsman Patten; I March. “Fighting Mac” ; “God I Save the King.” A collection was j taken up for the widow and child- | ren of the late Mr. W. C. Kaye, the I sum realised being £lO.

J “There has never been such a f quantity of splendid fruit of all ! varieties on the market at this time of the year.” remarked an Auck t land auctioneer to a reporter on I Friday. From all directions come | reports of good crops, adds the ’ “Herald.’ ’and the hawkers in the ! streets are able to dispose of the fruit at cheap prices. Barrows | laden with a variety of tempting fruit were stationed at many points in Queen street on Friday, and ex I ceptionally low prices prevailed. I Peaches were sold at forty-eight I for a shilling, a better quality of peach somewhat dearer. Bananas of poor quality sold as low as a penny per pound, with good fruit correspondingly cheap, while tomatoes. plums, and apples were j also cheap.

I It is recognised on all hands that | shunters on the railway run con j siderable danger in performing their duties. Anything that will minimise that danger must be wel corned not only by the employees, hut by the department, and at the inquest at Mosgiel on Friday, a valuable suggestion in that direc(tion was put forward. It was.showr • that deceased caught his foot in the j points and was unable to extricate ; himself before some railway trucks i were unon him. inflicting injurie® i from which he died within half an 1 hour. If the deceased had been i wearing elastic-side boots instead f of laee-un boots he might have been I eldr to release bis foot. It was j evident, one witness remarked. 1 fie had made an effort to extricate his font and had failed. The coroner (Mr. C. C. Graham) said he would bring under the notice oi the Railway Department the advisability of providing elastic Iside J boots for shunters.

The Rev. Bates’ forecast for the 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:— Moderate to strong westerly winds. Indications for fair weather, but still unsettled in the south. Glass rise slowlv.

The Polo Match, at the Napier Aquatic Sports to-night, between the Kia Ora and the Napier A team will be extremely exciting in every way, and in itself will be w-ell worth the entrance money. The other items on the programme are well chosen with a view to interest the public in the noble art of swim-

A number of tennis players leav? Napier to-day for Dannevirke for the tournament. The Dannevirke Club is to be congratulated upon excellent entries, some of the best players in the Dominion having entered. Among the men there are Parker, Fisher. Cox, Brown, and others, while ladies are represented by such cracks as Misses Nunnelly. Travers. and Wellwood. The championship events are remarkably strong, and this ever popular club should put up a record this year.

Mr. Vallance (says the “Carter ton News"), has purchased from Mr. H. Goodman, of Hastings, the highly-bred horse Acrostic, and has passed her on to Mr. J. J. Gravestock to train. If the daughter . ‘ Multiform—Solution’s dam is not a success on the turf, she will 1 ;■ rmt to the .st:< I. If this is done. <l.p will prove t .n acquisition o the Wairarapa.

Mistakes will occur. A party of tennis players left Hastings for Greenmeadows on Saturday afternoon in a borrowed gig. On arriving at their destination they- tied the horse up without taking off the harness, and then commenced the games. When they were ready to come back one of the players went to get the horse, which had one distinguishing mark on it. The horse he got certainly had a similar mark as the one which they left Hastings with, but on returning it to the ow-ner of the gig he was surprised to learn that they had taken the wrong horse. One of the party, was seen this morning wending his way to Taradale in search of the' lost horse. I

A witness who was being crossexamined by Mr. Johnston in a taxi-cab case at the Christchurdh Magistrate’s Court on Fridaymorning. was asked by counsel if he had had anything to drink today. He replied with cheerful alacrity : “I’ve had none, but I will have one when I leave here.” A witness in another case said he sometimes rode his bicycle at three or four miles an hour, and at other times at nine or ten miles. He admitted frankly that the time he rode at three or four miles an hour was when he was going to work, and rode faster going home.

A Maori boy named Monday Kani. aged 16 years, whose parents reside at Paki Paki. died from poisoning at Masterton last week. The lad was shepherding near Castle Point, and while out mustering. drank some water from a creek, into which quantity of ; sheep dip had been discharged I higher un to be carried out to sea. i The boy’s remains w-ere brought to ■ Paki Paki. where a tangi was held Jon Friday and Saturday last. The interment took place yesterday in the presence of some 600 people, including a large number of pakehas. The burial service was conducted |in English by Very Rev. Father Keogh, of Hastings, and in Maori by Father de Lach, of Otaki. After the funeral obsequies, the Natives entertained the visitors on an ex- ! tensive scale in accordance with I the usual custom.