LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 37, 26 January 1911, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Consulting Engineer for the Napier Tramway scheme. Mr. F. Black, arrived in town last night.

The manager of the Napier branch of the Union Bank of Aus tralia. Mr. D. Stewart, has been called to Wellington for six months to take charge of that centre.

j At the Napier Municipal Baths j la.it evening G. Seymour attempted : o break the record for 440 yard.-, j He succeeded in x’.vinmiimr the dis ' lance in the very good time of 6min Osee.

j The Government last s« s. ion [ ir.i.itf d a sub-idy of ir) for the ' i.re of libraries, ami the Napier ■ Borough Conned is sending in an • application a share of the monev.

In our issue to-day, Kiikvaidir and Stains, Ltd., make an an nouncement of interest to all “ bargain hunters.’’ The genuineness of this firm’s salts is unquestionable. and thex a. t ivipate a bigvolume of business.

A large number of communicants assembled at the Cathedral yesterday morning for Holy Communion. At Evensong, at 8 p.m., there was also a big congregation. The subject of the Bishop's address was. “The Life and Conversion of St. Paul.” ’

There were two starters in the championship test race at the Municipal Baths last night. Felix Seymour (Kia Ora Club) was the winner, his time for the -110 x aids being 6.25.

A contemporarv point- out that there are seven fruit inspectors in New Zealand at the present hue. whose salaries aggregate .t'1205: thirteen orchard instructors with salaries amounting to £’223«> ; and eleven dairy instructors whose salaries total £‘3190.

Early on Monday afternoon. Mr. ! Arthur Uaieott. officer in elarjm <’f i the Christchurch Branch of the ' Department of Agriculture. comImitted suicide, by taking prussic acid. A popular man both within the office ami in his private life, fthe news of his death came as a ■ great shock tv his friends.

Sir William Hall-Jones has shipped by the steamer Rtiahine 1,000,000 salmon ova for New Zea-

land. Half of the shipment came from Great Britain, and the remainder from Germany, the latter being taken owing .to floods in Great Britain interrupting the catch.

I Owing to insufficient entries, the Port Ahuriri Sw’mming Club has I postponed its sports indefinitely The reason of the small entry is not due to lack of inteiest, but due |to an objection shared by many 1 swimmers, that the Iron Pot is an | unsuitable place for a swimming I meeting. I An address bv Mr. R. Hollis. | ML. A.. of Nrw South Wales, will ‘ be delivered to-morrow evening, in ■ the Railway Library, Napier, for j members of the Railway Departj ment. on matters connected with I’oeomotives in Australasia. Mr. i Hollis is accompanied by Mr. G. ' Brown, president of the Engineers’ •Firemen’s, ami Cleaners' Associ- ! ation. ! A returned New Zealander, just J back from a trip Home, mentions ) that in passing through Melbourne I he saw the German Hag flying on four vessels, two steamers and two sailers, which had just arrived full I of cargo from Germany. He is con- * fident that the Germany are niakj ing big efforts to capture the trade ; of the world, and to build the biggest steamers in the Atlantic service. His opinion is that if Britain ■ does not put a protective tariff on ; importations she will yet lose a : great deal of the world's trade. !

The annual meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the London Missionary Society was held in the Congregational Church Hall yesterday. The report was read and adopted. Officers were re elected ■»s follows:- President. Mrs. 11. V -Naught an : virc-p-rsidents. Mesiames F.nnr and Findlay : ster •.ary and treasurir. Miss TayUr (Luck Road'. The Rev. R. Me Naughtan gave an address, in the* .oure’ of which he referred t<> tb<urgent need for united aggressive effort on the part of the various branches of the < hristian Church • n view of the u!’pr« c< dehted opportunity in heathen lands at the j resent time.

T’ <■ a.nmx er-ar.x of the pom Bob' i?' liarm- i- u'-nitg to be <•<; d l>y the Rav-ke‘.-> liny Iligu L-.’-d <•>■•:.-ty next I'lidny night. Inquiry nt tl o Ho-pita! ll.ireb> lied the informat: >r: .fiat Mr. Ma.-,v.t il. the victim of the 10-i A-i! in Hyderabad rorrl. Napier. L «lo»r.u as well as can L. ' Xpr-Ci Cl!. An old t: ■/<.• appeared before M< S. McLernon. J.F.. at the Napier .Magistrate’s Court this morning, on a charge of drunkenness. He was convicted and fined 10 -. in de fault 18 hours’ imprisonment. The visit of Mr. Black to Napier is not the result of anything of importance in connection with the tramway scheme, hut we understand he will look into the enlargement of his surveys in one or two points to meet the wishes of the Department.