LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 109, 22 April 1911, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Tangaro leaves for Wairoa at j 8 o’clock on Monday morning. • This week’s New Zealand Gazette ; contains regulations regarding i shooting deer and native game. ® Section 12, block I. of Tangoio > settlement has been gazetted as • forfeited. ; Publication of correspondence on ; Napier Borough finance, and from > “Much Alive” is unavoidably held ’ over until Monday. ‘ An open air concert will be given :by the Hastings. Band in the Roj tunda. Queen’s Square, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. Mr. Thomas Clark announces his candidature as representative on J the Harbour Board for the Hawke’s r Bay’ and Wairoa division.

A Dunedin telegram states that a welcome and steady rain has set in. All outdoor sports to-day are abandoned.

Mr. W. Kinross White has an address inserted in another column to the electors of the Napier Harbour Board.

Mr. Alex. Helm has presented a silver challenge cup to the H.B. Hockey Association for competition in the ladies’ division.

Messrs. J. and T. Cooper, Havelock North, announce that they are prepared to deliver milk in Havelock and neighbourhood. Al! those desirous of obtaining application forms for workers’ dwellings are notified they can be had on application at the Labour Department Office, N.-pier.

Mr. W. T. Limbrick’s address to the electors in the Municipal Election appears in another column. Mr. Limbrick’s residence of 36 years in this district should be of sufficient guarantee of his knowledge of Napier’s requirements. Harbour Board electors holding qualifications to vote in both town and country are entitled to exercise both privileges: that is they can vote for their town candidate and also for their country candidate. The clerk of the County Council. Mr. A. H. Ferguson, has completed the electoral roll for the year ending March 31st. 1911. This roll will be used at the County Council elections in November next, and in the course of a few days it will be open for inspection by ratepayers.

The regular monthly meeting of the Education Board will be held in the Board Office. Napier, at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday next, the 27th inst. The Technical Committee will meet at 10.15 a.m., and the Board will meet in committee at 11.30 a.m. to consider appointments and Inspectors’ reports.

Motor cars for sale at J.J. Niven anti Co.’s, Limited, Napier. See advertisement. Distressing Blemishes.—“V. olet Snow” Cream is the only positive remedy for superfluous hair, and is used by thousands of women throughout the Dominion. Price 4/6 from your chemist, or post free from Hemsley Burnet, Royal Ex . change Buildings, Christchurch '(Send postalnotes in payment.)

i Mr. Plowman has generously consented to withdraw his nomination for a seat on the Harbour Board, in the interests of the Harbour; League. On account of the inclement weather that we are now having, the Te Pohue Sports Club have postponed indefinitely the sports which were to have been held to-day. On Monday evening the Napier branch of the General Labourers’ Union will hold a meeting for the purpose of hearing addresses by candidates for seats on the Borough Council. doth the Tuki Tuki and Ngaruroro rivers are in flood owing to the heavy rain up country. Farmers and urazers around Meanee and Taradale are shifting their stock to the hills out of the aanger zone. It is expected that the contract undertaken by Mr. R. McGaffin, of Hastings, for the construction of the deviated road at the Washout, Tangoio. will be completed by r February next.

At 11 a.m. to-morrow, in the Napier Cathedral, the Bishop of Waiapu will hold an Ordination Service, when three deacons will be ordained. The Vicar of St. Matthew’s Church. Hastings, will be the preacher. In connection with the enginedrivers’ dispute, Mr. S. E. Wright, secretary of the H.B. Employers’ Association, has received word from the Conciliation Commissioner that a sitting of the Conciliation Council will be held in Napier on Monday, May Ist, with local assessors.

A public meeting of the citizens' of Hastings is being called by his' Worship the Mayor, to be held in! the Princess Theatre, Hastings, I to arrange for a fitting reception to the Irish delegates, arriving here, about 6th May( and to further the! objects of their Home Rule mission, j Particulars will be advertised later. t

The Dannevirke Borough Council last night accepted the tender of J. H. Fairhurst for the erection of municipal town hall. The council also resolved to combine municipal' offices with the building and to go to ratepayers with a proposal for a further loan of £‘2ovo.

The street sweepers purchased some time ago by the Borough Council arrived in Napier on Thursday. They' are built on the same plan as the ordinary’ carpet sweeper, and should prove extremely valuable in keeping the streets in good condition.

Special singing will be rendered by the children’s choir at the Sunday school anniversary services to be held at Westshore Methodist Church to-morrow. In the morning the services will be conducted by the Mission Board, and in the afternoon and evening by the Rev. H. L. Blamires.

Hugh Patience, arrested at Dannevirke, was brought before Mr. S. McLernon, J.P.. at the Napier Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with having failed to provide adequate maintenance for his wife who is at present living in Napier. The case was remanded until the morning, for the Stipendiary Magistrate to deal with.

One hundred and forty-eight pounds makes a liberal total for the 49 prizes offered this year by the proprietors of Tonking’s Linseed Emulsion, particulars of which will be found in another column. The competitions are attractive and do not appear to be unduly difficult. Some of our readers should be among the prize-winners. Then there is the public prize. We hope to see. some worthy object in this district win the £lOO.

Intending exhibitors at the Napier Amateur Horticultural Show, to be held on May 3rd, are reminded that entries close on the 29th instant. A special feature of the show will probably be the fruit section. In addition to the usual prizes offered, a substantial prize is to be given for the best collection of apples, while a similar prize and a silver medal are offered for the best collection of vegetables. Growers of chrysanthemums will be well catered for and have a chance of gaining the society’s gold medal.

“ The Danza d’Amor,” one of the special items announced for the dancing carnival commencing on Wednesday, April 26th, at the

Theatre Royal, Napier, is causing much discussion. Professor Cardston (the Australasian dance expert), who has had the 200 performers under his direction for the post six weeks, will give us no information about this dance. He tells us it is one of the most fascinating items it has ever been his Jot to produce. The box plan opens at Howe Bros., Napier, on Monday next, April 24th, where stalls and circle .seats may be reserved. ■'