LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 54, 14 February 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

St. Valentine’s Day. Members of the Napier Chamber of Commerce are specially requested to attend the meeting, called for 3 p.m. on Thursday, when a discussion will take place on harbour matters generally.

Cabinet yesterday decided that New Zealand should be represented at the Glasgow Exhibition this year. Expenditure on roads and railways was authorised as follows :—Roads £9OOO, railways £lB,500. '

Yesterday’s meeting of the Charitable Aid Board approved the recommendation that the yearly salaries of the nurses be revised as follows:—First year sister, £6O, second year sister £65,' third year sister £72, home sister £7B. The Hawke’s Bay County Council, having control of the foreshore at Clive Grange, intends putting a stop to people erecting buildings on the beach above high-water mark, and steps will be taken to have those already erected removed.

The Napier Hospital returns for the week ended February 11th, are as follows: —In at last date, 36 males and 31 females; admitted during the week, 12 males and 2 females; discharged, 7 males and 4 females; died, 1; remaining at date, 40 males, 29 females. Business has been very brisk at the Hastings Borough Council Office during the past week, and the rush continues to-day, owing to the anxiety of ratepayers to pay their rates. To-morrow will be the last day for paying rates without the imposition of a 10 per cent, penalty.

Among the star attractions at an Agricultural" and Pastoral Show from a public point of view, the competitions rank an easy first. It is with the idea, therefore, of further popularising this important part of the show that the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society has included in the programme of its forthcoming autumn show a list of competitions which will compare favourably with that of any one-day fixture in New Zealand. Special prizes are offered for each competition, and with such liberal prize money large entries should be received for each event, and the promise of an excellent day’s sport should go a long way towards making the show what it seems destined to become, viz., the. carnival fixture for this time of the year. Entries for the competitions close on 22nd February.

Rev. Bates* forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day is as follows: — Moderate to strong south-easterly minds, veering; expect unsettled •nd cloudy weather at times; glass little movement. The native who was certified as yesterday was subsequently brought before Mr. S. E. McCarthy, S.M., at Hastings, and committed to Porirua Asylum. The man left in custody of Constable Brenchley this morning. The Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society has doubled the prize money in each of the fat stock classes at their forthcoming autumn show, and this should induce owners of fat stock to patronise the classes more than they have done in the past. Entries close on February 22nd. At the meeting of the Hawke’s Bay County Council held yesterday, the following motion, moved by the Chairman, was carried: ■“That an additional charge of 10 per cent, be added to all Hawke’s Bay County rates unpaid after February 14th, 1911, and that the clerk’s action in giving the necessary notices be approved.” At the Hastings Police Court this morning, before Mr. W. Heslop, J.P., a first offending inebriate who failed to answer when his name was called, was ordered to forfeit the amount of his bail, £l. Another offender made his first appearance in the dock, and was fined 10/- with %]- costs, or in default 24 hours. The workmen engaged on the laying of the underground telephone cables in Napier have covered in the Shakespeare road section, and are now starting work on the main streets of the town. We understand that a big gang of men will be employed to rush the work through, so that the least possible inconvenience will be caused in the busy thoroughfares. At yesterday's meeting of the Hawings Bay- County Council, Cr. 8. Bennett withdrew his notice of motion in connection with the charging of a timber tax on the Pnketitiri road, and moved: “That a committee consisting of the Chairman, and Crs. T. Clark, W. G. Stead, and the mover go into the question and report at the next meeting of the Council as to the best way of arranging the timber tax on the Puketitiri road.” The motion was earned.

Poultry breeders are reminded that the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society's autumn show will be held this year on Sth March, which is about a month eailier. Probable exhibitors of this elaas of stock win welcome the change, as the chickens are more likely to be seen in their undeveloped and chicken stage than would be the case in April, when

some of the earlier chicks will have

quite lost the chicken appearance. Entries dose on 22nd February. The Hastings Fire Police met last evening. Captain Hawkes presiding. The principal business was consideration of the agenda paper for discussion at the forthcoming conference, at Hokitika, and the Corp’s delegates were instructed how to vote. It was decided to hold a meeting of the Art Union Committee on Friday evening to adjust accounts. Constable P. Maggin, junior, resigned his

position as a member of the corps owing to his leaving the district. Lieut. Lindergreen gave notice to move that Rule 14 be amended to read as follows:—"That any officer absenting himself from three successive monthly meetings or fire calls, except as a result of certified sickness, shall be struck off the roIL” The merits of the control of railways by the State, as opposed to control by commissioners, were discussed at the meeting of railwaymen addressed by Mr. R. Hollins, M.L.A., New South Wales, the other evening. Mr. Hollis said that New South Wales got its commissioners from England, and had to pay them salaries of £3OOO per annum. There was a shortage -A! good men in England, and as a first-class man there could com- ’ ma nd from £5OOO to £9OOO, the Commonwealth did not attract the* best men. A further disadvantage was that the commissioners had to! work the railways to get the last! penny of profit out of them, and each succeeding commissioner made j it his endeavour to surpass the; achievements of his predecessors.' The result was that the wages of ( employees were kept down, and the users of the railway had to pay' high charges in order to produce these profits. The idea of the, commissioner, of course, was to he! able to show possible future em | plovers in England the success be* had made of the Australian railways.. The national character and | use of the railways for the benefit and convenience of the public | seemed to be lost sight of. 1

A meeting of the Central Bi ver Board Commissioners was held yesterday morning, at which Messrs. H. W. Brabant (chairman), R. D. D. McLean, and H. G. Lloyd were present. It was decided to ask the Chairmen of the several River Boards in the district to arrange a meeting with them, and to call upon ratepayers to give evidence. A simple typographical error, the omission of the letter “r,” in “A Napier Man’s” letter yesterday, hid the writer’s meaning and completely altered the sense of the sentence : “The Master taught the revolution of the Character and not (tiie revolution) of the Government.” For “revolution” we printed “evolution.” The Synod of the Anglican diocese of Auckland meets next Tuesday for the purpose of electing a Bishop as successor to Bishop Neligan It will be remembered that when the Synod met last December, the position was offered to the Rev. J. V. Maud, of Bristol, England, but Mr. Maud was unable to accept. It is now in the hands of the Synod to make another selection. At yesterday’s meeting of the Hawke’s Bay County Council the chairman announced that the six months’ trial of the Road Overseer appointed had expired and he suggested that the re-appointment of the men be confirmed by the Council. This course was agreed to and some discussion arose as to the ad- , visability of having the men attend each meeting. It was considered by several Councillors a good thing to get the men in, and others felt it was unnecessary expense. Eventually it was compromised by arranging that Halpin alone should i attend for the present. The chairman in his report to ! the Hawke’s Bay County Council [yesterday mentioned the typhoid : cases at the Petane Pa. Cr. Don- ! nelly expressed the opinion that it I would be a good thing if the Na- [ tive Department were recommend- | ed to appoint more native nurses, i The Chairman remarked that the organisation of a central Health , Board was now in hand, and it was ! a matter for that body’s consideration. Mr. Shrimpton held that it was very desirable that all such matters should be left entirely to the Health Department. It was not wise to bring in the Native Department.