LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 126, 13 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Land and Income Tax Department gives notice that returns of income must be furnished not later than Ist June. . Scarlet fever has broken out in Clive. One patient was removed to the Napier Hospital this morning. The Rev. James Paterson of Wellington wall occupy the pulpit in St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church tomorrow, as the Rev. J. A. Asher, in company with several other clergymen, is visiting Poverty Bay on Presbytery business. It is expected that by the end of next week a full company of cadets will be formed witn the pupils of the Napier Technical College. The boys are taking an enthusiastic part in the movement and are looking eagerly forward to the commencement of actual work.

A meeting of the Public Work* | Committee of the Napier Borough J Council will be held on Monday | next, at 8 p.m. The Council meets ! on Thursday 18th. | The Mayor of Christchurch is in ■ communication with Mr. R. 11. I Rhodes, who is in England, in re-; gard to the sale of a part of the; Elmwood estate for a public park. | Lundon, Stewart and Co., Ltd. ■ draw attention to the clearing sale of live and dead stock they are holding on account of Mr. R. Wilk- ■ inson, at Clive, on Alonday next, at; 12.30 p.m.. See advertisement. i j In every age and in every coun- 1 try since parliamentary govern- i ment began, the attempt has been made to regulate prices and to fix: interest and wages, but in no case does history record the success of the attempt. — “New Zealand; Times.” A strenuous life is that of a Min-, ister’s private secretary. The Hon. ■ R. McKenzie’s two secretaries ! have both been knocked up lately, and a third, who was recently ; pressed ito service, also shows i signs of cracking up . ■

In the matter of rat killing, the Union Company’s steamer Rosa-: inond at Wellington on Tuesday ■ was thoroughly fumigated, with the result that hundreds of rats paid the death penalty. In No. 1 hold ; alone about 200 of the rodents died from the effects of the fumes. ; i The ‘Honourable Roddy’ nugget, ■ purchased by the New Zealand Government as a Coronation gift i to King George, is being put into a fitting setting for presentation pur-: poses by Messrs juittlejohn and Son, of Wellington.

A sum of £60,000 has been subscribed in New York to a fund with which it is hoped that the waste of infant life will be ended by providing pure milk and proper care for the ch ildren of the poor during the hot weather. The first milk distributing station will be opened next week.

“I think the Legislature is quire right and acted in proper manner when it saw that dentists were* properly qualified,” said Mr. H. W. Bishop, S.M., at Christchurch, on Tuesday. “If there l i,s anything important at all, it is that a man messing about with the mouth should be properly qualified.”

The' lady was in her country home and there is a telephone laid on to her beautiful house. She was at it, and turned to her husband, who was sitting close by, with the? machine still at her ear. “The Thompsons want us to dine with them to-night. Is it good enough ?” And before he? could speak the answer came over the wire into her ear, “Yes. quite good enough. Come along!”

Special services will be held in celebration of the sixteenth anniversary of the Congregational Church to-morrow morning, after- ‘ noon and evening. The afternoon service xvill be a young people’s rally- The Rev. E. A. Bridges, from Auckland, will be the preacher for the day. Special music will be rend-; eied by the choir, the soloists being Mrs. Imdlay, Miss Zarrale, and, -i r. Earnest H. Heather, recently ■ tenor soloist at Dr. Campbell Mor- ’ gan s CL arch, London. On Wednesday, the anniversary will be fur-; ther continued when the annual tea ' and public meeting will be held.

The Napier and Hastings! branches of the Amalgamated: Society of Carpenters and Joiners’ Union of Workers have filed de- ! m^ d L Wit r T respect to a disputewßh the Hawke’s Bay Builders and Contractors’ Union of Em-, ployers and others, and the Con-, curation Commissioner (Mr. P. ’ Hally) has decided to hear the dis- - pute on the 18th May at Napier. : The employees ask for a 44-hour week and wages at’the rate of 1/6 i per hour. It i s asked that payynent be made weekly and not later than fifteen minutes after leaving otf work. |

. Mr James Allen, M.P., address-! mg a large meeting at Taumarunuil on Wednesday, drew attention to| a 6 ®^f ernent made by the Hon. J.* A. Millar, at Dunedin, that there was a surplus of £950,000, of which th o0 p o kr h w been transfe rred to the Public Works Fund. Mr. Allen said that the surplus, if legitimate, was unwise. It would be better to leave the people with the money in their pockets. The Ministry had I increased taxation, and the money had not been spent on the objects' X 5 7 aS raisecL Less than! £t>o,ooo had been used in this wav, ■ and the balance had gone to swell the apparent surplus. Mr. Massey j had tried to reduce the ahiount I raised by Customs duties. The new' eath Duties Act had imposed tax-. ation on paltry sums of £5O, if giv- ! en to other than relatives. A man had left £75 to three friends, and the Government had collared ten per cent, of this. It was a paltry method of raisiqg revenue.

| The lonic brought 316 passengers J for Australia, 358 proceeding to i New Zealand.—Press Association. ; The Kumeroa correspondent of a ■ Dannevirke papei* says he has been ■ told of a man at Pahiatua who i cleared £6OO from three acres of ; strawberries. ! Mr. Lafayette, the victim of the ! Edinburgh Theatre lire, was un- ■ det engagement to appear in the King’s Theatre, Melbourne, during the forthcoming Christmas season. Those persons desiring to give ' evidence at the County Council | meeting in regard to the effect of : heavy traffic on the Puketitiri road : and on Ranger McKay’s enquiries, are notified that the meeting has been postponed from to-day until Monday. . Tenders are invited by the Hawke’s Bay County Council, and ' will be received up to 10 o’clock on i Friday morning, May 26th, for the j following contracts Metalling at : Ada street, Hastings suburbs, tarring bridges at Kereru, cleaning ■ drain at Gi'eenmeadoxvs, forming ; road at Clive Grange. I In the Supreme Court at Wel- ; lington to-day another phase of the , now well-known case Rose v. T. K. : Macdonald will be dealt with by the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Chapman. A writ of attachment has been issued against the defendant, and he will be called upon to ; show cause why he should not be ' committed.

Under the Stone Quarries Act of ' last yeai- a numbei of inspectors of quarries have been appointed. Among them are: J. P. Allison, road overseer, Hastings, for the Counties of Woodville, W'eber, Dannevirke. Patangata, Waipukurau, Waipawa, Hawke’s Bay and ‘ East Taupo ; William Boyden, road overseer, Pahiatua, for "the Counties for Pahiatua and Akitio ; James McLeod, overseer, Ruakituri. for Wairoa County ; and A. W. Horne, road overseer, Gisborne, for Cook and Waiapu Counties. A number of Holstein cattle are being brought to New Zealand from New r South IV ales. In the month of March six Holstein cows, sixteen heifers, three calves, and one bull were quarantined on Somes Island, Wellington, in accordance with the regulations. The “Wairarapa News” understands that Mr. W. 1. Lovelock, of Palmerston, the wellknown breeder of champion HoL ; steins, is shortly paying a visit to : America, where the breed has been ' developed to the highest perfection under stringent test conditions, and will bring back several animals from the most famous herds. At the Home Rule meeting at ■ Palmerston on Wednesday. Mr. ! Hazleton stated, in recounting gen- ; eral election details in Ireland, that when he stood for South Dunedin ho had to pay .to the High Sheriff £350 towards the official expenses before he could be nominated, and his opponent had to pay another £350. Mr. McNab alluded to the matter later, stating that when in Scotland he had gone w’ith one of his friends to nominate, and the candidate had to hand over £450 in 1 good Bank of England notes before he could be nominated. That sum was followed by £9OO in good gold to complete the official expenses of the election, and none of it was returned, either. (Laughter.)—“Manawatu Standard.”

Complying with the expressed wish of Lieut. Robertson, organising officer of cadet corps, when in Hastings recently, the officers of the C.E.M.S., St. Matthew’s, Hast! ings branch, are forming under the Defence Act 1910, a senior cadet corps in connection with the Parish. As all youths between the ages of 14 and 18 years, must be enrolled, the action of the C.E.M.S. will afford an opportunity to youths of the Church of England living in Hastings, to become members of a corps within their own church’s sphere of influence. Youths who are not of C. of E. parentage are also invited to send in their names and assist in making the corps a strong one. Particulars are given m the advertisement appearing on Page 8.

Mr. VI. H. Herres, M.P., delivered a political address at Hokitika last evening, when he was accorded a good reception. The Mayor presided. Mr. Herries outlined the policy of the Opposition and criticised the administraton of the present Government, ncluding the financial operations ot Sir Joseph Ward. Referring to the Native land question he said his party were in favour of the individualisation of the title of each Native. The need for reform in the Upper House was mentioned by Mr. Herries, the members to be elected by the people instead of the Prime Minister appointing them. The necessity of a Local Government Bill, mining and other matters were also referred to by Mr. Herries, whd, at the conclusion of his address, was accorded a vote of thanks.

Mr. G. F. Roach advertises that ! he intends holding a monster stocktaking sale of crockery commencing next Thursday. i |( The Harbour Board meets on 1 Tuesday. May 16th. at 2.30 p.m. The meeting promises to be full of discussion, as notices of motion by Mr. Lane and Mr. Carnell are on the agenda paper. The text of these motions has already appeared. . ’ Sitting in Chambers at Welling- , ton, his Honour the Chief Justice granted probate in the estates of Robert Northe, Hans Peder Stokke t and John Christy, and letters of 1 administration with the will an- i nexed in the estate of Thomas Durney. Yesterday, private cable advice < was received of the death of Mr. < Desire Verschaffeldt, who was well- i known in Napier, having been a j resident there for over 30 years. Mr. Verschaffelt was on his way to visit his relations in France, whom ’ he had not seen for a long time. . Death, it is stated, was the result ' of an accident. He leaves a widow ’ and two sons. On Thursday night the Meanee School Committee met. Present Messrs. D. Ericksen (chairman), T. ; i Dawe, W. English, P. Parsons and ; ' N. Wakely. The master reported , ‘ that the roll number was 56 and the average attendance 51.5. The bal- ! ance-sheet showed a credit balance ;, of £2/17, 5. It was decided to ask . the ladies of the district to make arrangements for holding a social ■ and dance to procure funds for the purchase of a piano. At the Napier Magistrate's ; Court, before Messrs. S. McLernon and John Burden, J’s.P., John Stevenson was charged with being an idle and disorderly person having no visible means of support. Sergeant Cummings stated that the accused was found on the racecourse, Taradale. yesterday, when ■ he w’as soaked through and much knocked about. He was 60 years . of age and was suffering from rheu- ! matism. Their Worships stated ; that they’ were reluctant to commit , the man to gaol, but would remand : him for a week until work could be ! found for him.