LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 62, 23 February 1911, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Further shipments of Hawke’s Bay cattle for Dunedin will be made by the Mokoia on Monday next, and by the Monowai on Thursday. A record number of entries have been received for the Autumn Show, but the exact numbers will not be completed until this evening. Mr. R. T. Bailey, Mr. Gohn’s successor as Inspector of Factories, will arrive in Napier next Tuesday night.

Mr. David W. Smart inserts a notice of thanks to the police, the fire police, and others who removed his samples from the sample room at the Hastings Hotel yesterday afternoon, and thereby saved them from damage by fire or water. Mr. F. H. Steele of Colombo street, Christchurch, is now on a visit to Hawke's Bay, purchasing fat cattle far his butchering business in Christchurch. Mr. Steel has been using H.B, beef since October last. The Wellington Hospital Board [has accepted the tender of Messrs Watts Bros., at £11,599, for the I erection of a children’s ward. The I Work is to be completed in 40 weeks. Twelve other tenders were received, ranging up to £16,113, The baby show which is to be held to-morrow on the Recreation Ground, Napier, is attracting a great deal of attention. All babies .re .ligible for ia f*" the two classes, and a fifSt aiju second prize will be awarded in each class. The President of the North Canterbury executive of the Farmers’ Union reported at a meeting recently that Mr. D. Jones, the recently appointed organiser of the Farmers’ Political Protection Party would arrive on March Bth. Matters connected with the drawing up of tiie party’s platform would be left over till his arrival. A special word of praise is due ItO Mr, P. Smyrk, who acted as Press Stewed pt the Napier sports jMtadv. Mr. Szf* w on the right spot at the right and handed in the results to the press representatives immediately after the events had taken place, thus doing away with unnecessary delay which might otherwise have occurred. "Doctor,” said a lean and languid patient, “ I cannot get up early in the morning?’ Oh, yes, you can.” replied the doctor, . "if you follow my advice. What is your usual -hour of rising !- ” “Nine, o’clock,” the patient answered. "Well, get up half an hour later every day, * and in a month you will find yourself rising at 1 o’clock ip the morning.” i * .At the Napier Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Mr. W. E. 1 Griffin, J.P., two first offenders for were dealt with. One , who had spent the night in custody | was convicted and discharged, and I the other was convicted and fined 15/- and costs, in default 24 hours’ I* imprisonment. His brother applied for a prohibition order, and. with the defendant's consent, one was made out against him. | Misses Beere and Wellwood will I resume dancing classes in the Oddfellows* Hall, Hastings, on March 20th. In addition to ballroom and fancy dancing;MftweS Beere and Wellwood teach a’ toecial system of graceful exercises. The time | and place of classes will be found in toe advertisement on page 8 of this issue. Private lessons in ballI room or fancy dancing exercises | will be held by arrangement. In- | tending pupils are requested to ■ communicate with” Miss ’Eva Wellwood, " Brooklands,” Hastings. I , ’ I A mass meeting of citizen* was [held in the Invercargill theatre last night to farewell the Prime Minister prior to his leaving for toe Coronation and Imperial Conference. Sir Joseph Ward was presented with an illuminated address and cordial speeches were made by the Mayor, and Mr. J. F. Hannan, M.P. Sir Joseph Ward, in reply, covered much toe same ground as that traversed in his speech at the Bluff on the previous night. The Prime Minister left for DuneI din this morning. ! In inflicting fines, at Lyttelton, 1 on a barmaid, of 10/- in respect to each of three charges of having supplied liquor to youths, Mr. Bishop. S.M.. said that servants in licensed : premises would ha«e . to . exercise more care in supplying persons re- ! garding whose age they had any doubt. It was not ufficient for them to merely ask if a person was over twenty-one, so inviting untruthfulness. Where any doubt existed, servants should refuse to supply liquor. If any licensee were brought before the court for having refused to serve liquor in such cas *» • would uphold ' the hotelkeeper where there was reasonable grounds for his suspicions.

The Education Board met at Napier this afternoon. An entertainment for juveniles was held last evening in the Salvation Army Barracks, Napier. It is intended that meetings of a similar nature will be given monthly. From the hills of Napier dense < clouds of smoke can be seen rising I from some grass or raupo fire near ■ Awatoto. -

Cr. McGrath has given notice to . move at the next meeting of the I j Napier Borough Council that a recreation ground be provided for) the Port. I A man cycling down Emerson, Street, Napier, this morning, fell! off his bicycle, in a fainting fit, just j opposite the Provincial Hotel. He was lifted up and carried into the hotel, where he shortly afterwards revived. Rev. Bates’ forecast for 24 hours from 9 a. m, this day is as follows: — Light and variable but moderate windr, and then moderate to strong northerly winds. Expect unsettled,! cloudy, also warm and hazy weather at times. Glass little movement, but tall bmu. A very serious accident occurred at the Port this morning to Mr. T. Cleary, employed in the wool store by Murray, Roberts and Co. He was engaged shifting wool bales at about 10 a.m. this morning when by some mischance he walked into the open hatch, falling, approximately, 17 to 18 feet on to the bare wooden floor below. As a result of the fall he sustained a fractured skull and two broken Fib". Dr. BeTPeau was at once telephoned for. and on arrival ordered the immediate removal of the injured man to the hospital. Cleary is a man of apparently 40 years, and married. His friends will regret to learn that his condition is considered critical.