LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 84, 21 March 1911, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL

To-day is the autumnal equinox.! We are now on the track for the! shortest day. ' ! A complete change of pictures' will be shown to-morrow night at the King’s Theatre, Hastings. At the Napier Magistrate’s Court this morning. Annie Hobbins, alias Gray, alias Tait, alias Charlton.l who was charged with being drunk, was remanded a week for medical treatment at the Napier Hospital. John Stevens, aged 58, who admitted to a fourth lapse in six months from the paths of sobriety, was senenced to a month’s imprisonment by Mr. David Whyte, J.P.. at the Hastings Police Court this morning. The Hastings Fire Brigade and Fire Police were inspected by Fire Inspector Hugo last evening. The Brigade had a muster of 21 members and 18 fire police answered the roll call. After reviewing the police at ambulance work, the Inspector gave the Brigade instructions for a wet practice at the corner of Karamu road and Heretaunga street.

The quarterly summoned meeting of Conrt Heretaunga. A.0.F.. was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Hast- ;

Tigs, last evening, C’.B. Bro. L. N. -Holmes presiding over a large at- , tendance of members. The dele-

gates to the annual district meeting held at Norsewood presented their report, and were accorded a vote of thanks. Over £6O was received in contributions during the evening.

When the steamer Fanny came into the Inner Harbour on Sunday; evening, she brought with her the! members of Barton’s Circus from; their tour at Gisborne. The lights were all up on the boat, and the 1 Band playing. The music from over the calm, star-lit sea was very delightful to listen to. and the boat moving slowly up the harbour in the midst of its beautiful surroundings made an exquisitely pretty scene from the Napier hills.

The Royal Life-saving Society will carry out a programme of ladies’ and schoolboys’ competitions in the Napier Municipal Baths this evening. A large number of original and exeiting novelties, such as reel rescue, etc., have been planned, and those who attend can make sure of a good evening s amusement. The proceeds obtain-: ed are to be devoted towards the, . furtherance of this well-deserving p society. Mr. Brown will also distribute medals to the successful can-1 didates in the recent ladies’ life- : saving examination. 1 "Had an outbreak of fire occurred i in Heretaunga street. Hastings, last evening, it is difficult to say to what exent the business portion of the borough would have suffered, judging by the fact that when the Hastings Fire Brigade repaired tn the manholes at the intersections of Karamu road and Heretaunga street, and Warren street and Here taiinga street, last evening, to hold a wet practice, they had to wait from 25 to 30 minutes before water was available. Some time ago the Borough Council passed a resolution compelling householders to divert all surplus water tn waterchannels instead of allowing it to go down the sewer, and the shortage last evening is attributed in some degree to this reason. At the manhole near the Carlton Club Hotel the delav was no Ifss. despite the fact that dir ..ater from the ; District School Baths flows in that direction. The installation of the hieh pressure water supply scheme will no doubt be a great blessinsr when it arrives, but meantime the danger is very serious. The new scheme will be welcomed by none > more than the firemen, for, as one of the brigade members put it, “it’s ; bad enough to have to use sewer water for fire purposes, but when 1 it comes to practising with it, it’s! time to kick.” j

The English and Australian mails will arrive in Napier and Hastings by the express train this evening.

A drag left Hannah’s corner, Napier, at noon to-day, taking ai large number of the members of the Napier Ladies’ Golf Club to the! links at Waiohiki. ! A well-known stock auctioneer I the other day informed a Hawera 1 “Star” reporter that about 1000. sheep from the Napier district had recently been brought into South | Taranaki. i At the Napier Borough Council j Chamber next Monday evening, at ■ 8 o’clock, the annual general meeting of the Napier branch of the. Navy League will be held. All; members and intending members i are invited to attend. ! At 11 o’clock to-morrow morning, in the Napier Borough Council ‘ Chambers, a meeting of the gener-! al committee in connection with the; organising of Hospital Saturday! will be held. All interested re invited to attend. i We learn on enquiry at the Na-| pier Hospital this morning, that) Mr. William Castles, who was: found outside his residence at Na-! pier, in an unconscious state a day! or two ago, has not yet regained < consciousness. The secretary of the Napier City) Band, Mr. Patten, has written of-, fering the services of both the Hast-: ings and the Napier City Band on; Hospital Saturday. Both bands; will parade through the streets, i and the proceeds obtained will be I given to the Napier Hospital. ' The “Stratford Post” says that: “The Bank of Australasia recently; ; acquired a suitable building site at Whangamomona and evidently being satisfied with the business outlook has decided to erect substantial bank premises. Tenders are now being invited for the work of ; erection.” Fancy a bank which ! has not a branch at Hastings erect- ; ing substantial bank premises at Whangamomona. By the way: ; “Duke” Hunter, erstwhile at Napier branch of the Bank of Aus- ; tralasia, is looking after the Bank’s business at the place with the halfline name. I A Christchurch resident who has ! just returned from a visit to Nelson ! report seeing the unusual sight of > about 250 blackfish, a species of 1 whale, on the mud flats inside Fare- • well Spit. The fish ranged in ! length from 28 feet to 6 feet, and from 19 feet in girth downwards. ! Many of them were quite young i ones, and the supposition is that | the parents took their young up at i high tide for feeding prposes. with the result that they were all left high and dry when the tide ebbed. ! A number of the fish got off with the following high tide, but the ma- . jority of them were unable to get away and eventually succumbed after living for several hours. A peculiar feature of the remarkable occurrence was thav one white fish was stranded and the contrast be- ; tween it and the black denizens of the deep was very marked. Under the heading “Noble Example of New Zealand,” the London “Standard” says:—“The offer of the Dominion of New Zealand to co-operate in the proposed scheme for the decoration of the Coronation route in a dignified and : Imperial manner has given to the , movement a practical basis -which materially advances its prospects. The recognition by the Dominio of i the Imperial nature of the scheme. ! and of the fact that the oversea i dominions should have their share ; in the public decoration of the Co- ' ronation route is. however, more important still. Not only will the arch offered by New Zealand be ar imposing emblem of its loyalty to the Crown, but it will also serve to bring to the notice of the people at ! Home the great resources and opportunities of this oversea State.” Up to the present time about 1 twelve Associations for the purchase and settlement of land have been formed under the Land Settlement Finance Act of last session, • and nearly as many more have made • applications under the Act. In practically every case the land ac- • quirrd is being utilise*! for dairying purposes, and is for the most part in the Auckland district, although ■ settlement on these lines has gone on in Manawatu. Hawke’s Bay, and South Canterbury. The average ; holding of the better class of land is from 100 to 130 acres per member, but, where land of less value has been taken up. the full limit of 200 acres has in most cases been acquired. The present indications are that, as the provision of the Act , become more widely known and appreciated, intending settlers are ; more and more disposed to take j advantage of it, ana it is anticipat- • ed that in a little while it will have ian appreciable effect on the land I settlement of the Dominion.

At the Napier Municipal Baths this evening a ladies’ race is to be swum, and also a ladies’ life-saving race.

The Hawke’s Bay Life-saving Society’s carnival at the Municipal Baths to-night should attract a large crowd, for a varied and amusing entertainment is promised. Rev. Bates’ report for the 2-! hours from 9 a.m. this day is as follows :—Moderate to strong northerly winds, freshening; weather warm, with haziness increasing. and there are indications for change following ; glass fall.