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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 94, 3 April 1911, Page 8

Mr. Eustace Lane, a candidate > for the Hastings seat on the Na-’ pier Harbour Board, inserts an ad- : dress to the. electors in another! column. We have to acknowledge the re-, ceipt of a neatly prepared booklet! from Messrs. Blomfield and Co., | Chemists, Hastings, setting forth I sotne of their special lines. i Mr. A. Snowball, Secretary of' the Masterton Y.M.C.A., •will de-1 liver a lecture this evening in thej Methodist Church. Hastings, en-f titled “The Church and the Work-' ing Man.” Mr. Snowball was secretary of the largest Central Mission meeting in the world, and his lecture to-night will give an insight into the social and brotherhood work of Central Missions in Eng-; land. j The arrangements for the social! and dance to be held in the Hastings Drill Hall on Wednesday even-1 ing in aid. of the Town Band In-j strument Fund are well forward, | and the function promises to rei very successful. Tombs’ Orchestral will provide the muiic for rnej dances. j Mr. W. Lane has asked us to 1 state that he has no intention of i retiring from the contest for the! Hastings Mayoralty, and in fur ‘ therance of his candidature will address the electors in the near' future.

A young native lad whose marriage to a Maori maiden had been arranged in the traditional Maori style by the parents of the respective parties, did not approve his chosen partner, and, it is alleged, in a fit of despondency, attempted to upset the plans by taking a dose of poison. The bride elect is also stated to be very unfavourable towards the union desired by the parents.