LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 136, 25 May 1911, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A social and dance in aid of the: Meanee District School will be held on June Ist. ! The Education Board meets this afternoon. A report of the proceedings will appear in to-morrow’s. V. .-issue. In accordance with a resolution passed at the last meeting of the ! Hastings Borough Council, this evening’s meeting of the Public; Works Committee and all future! meetings will be open to the press and public. The visit of Mr. Hazleton the Irish envoy to Taradale, resulted in the secretary for that distri.-c being able to forward the sum .. f £7B to the treasurer of the Home Rule fund, after deducting all expenses. Yesterday afternoon in the Magistrate’s Court, Napier, in the case of Sowesby v. Minister of Works, claim for damage done to land through flooding. His Worship, Mr. S. E. McCarthy, S.M., reviewed the , evidence at some length. The hearing was adjourned until 31st May. i We acknowledge with thanks to, the Registrar of Friendly Societies, Wellington, a copy of the Friendly; Societies Act 1909, with regula- j tions and an introduction and complete index. Copies may be pur- ■ chased for ]/- from the Government Printer, Wellington. Tenders are invited by the Napier Borough Council for the supply of cast iron pipes, cement, earthenware pipes, etc. Specifications and forms of tender can be obtained from the borough engineer, Napier, on receipt of wire or letter. Tenders are to be submitted on or before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7th. As a memento of the Irish Home Rule delegate’s visit to Taradale. Mr. T. H. Moynihan, on behalf of the Maoris of the district, presented Mr. Hazleton with a beautifniy ! worked Maori kit. Mr. Hazleton, in returning thanks to the natives for their handsome present took occasion to thank Mr. Moynihan for his generous hospitality during fcis stay in Taradale. Last evening, the Napier Ladies' Hockey Club held their first social and dance in the Foresters’ Flail,; Napier. They are to be congratu : lated for organising a very pleasant, and successful dance. Mr. I R. Shirley acted as M.C., and M ss V. Benson supplied the music. The supper provided by the ladies was excellent, while the dec r at. ms were strikingly pretty and effect-; ive, one novel departure being a miniature hockey field with players t in position, all costumed in the club colours, navy blue and navy and white caps. The whole ot th<club members seemed to share in the management, which accounted for the thoroughness with whxh the details attended t<_. A collision between a motor car and an express occurred on the 23rd inst., at about 5.35 p.m., on the Napier-Taradale road, near Greenmeadows. It appears that a man named Thomas H. Dawe, a farmer, w r as driving an express along the road at a walking pace, and when near Greenmeadows, he saw a light on a timber waggon on the side of the road, and apparently several other lights approaching. He pulled as near as possible to the timber waggon, but a motor car, driven by Dr. W. W. Moore, of Napier, in passing, struck his wheel, with the result that he wasy thrown out on his head upon the road. The horse broke from the harness and bolted towards Taradale. where it was later secured by Constable O’Halloran. Dawe sustained no serious injury and was attended to. on the spot, by the doctor. The front wheel of the car. which came in contact with the express, was torn o>f. but the only damage done to the express was the breaking of the cross-bar. The collision was entirely an accident.

A number of the Napier Borough workmen are at present engaged in removing the debris which was washed down Onepoto Gully by the recent storm. The Hawke’s Bay County Council has received notice that all the Tutaekuri river crossings on the way to Ngaroto are washed away. The council will send men out to lev, 1 the crossings. A mistake occurred in our condensed report of the Hon. J. D. Ormond’s address to the members of the Central River Board yesterday. Part of the honourable gentleman's remarkh were by some mischance attriblted to Mr. McLean. The work of completing the new engineering building connected with the Napier Technical College is being pushed on at a rapid rate. The roof is now on, and it is expected that the rooms will be ready for use some time next month. Cr. McGrath will move at (he next meeting of the Napier Borough Council: “That the engineer be instructed to prepare plans for the construction of a storm-water drain so as to take the surfact water from Munro, Dickens and Thackeray streets and ail streets leading into them.” The committee of the Holiday Association met in Mr. Mossman’s office to-day and decided that all retail premises observe the King’s Birthday holiday on Monday, sth June, and remain open on Saturday 3rd. The wholesale houses are also closing on Monday. Factories are bound by the Factory Act and must observe Saturdav.

For one night only, Monday, May 29th, “A Night in Yokohama” will be given a Hastings audience. The fascinating “swing ; song,” which was recalled time and again when it w r as produced before a Napier audience, will be one of the star items. A special train will leave Napier for Hastings, returning after the performance. , At the informal meeting of the Central River Board held in the i County Council Chambers yesterday, Mr. Donnelly suggested that, ■as there were certain members whose time meant money, they : should receive some remuneration j for their services. He instanced Mr. Jeffares, who was a busy man, : and “ his friend on the left,” Mr. : Purvis, as deserving of some re- : muneration. Both the gentlemen referred to by Mr. Donnelly refused to consider such a thing, and the matter then dropped. St. Andrew’s Literary and Debating Society (Hastings), held its first debate for the session last night. The subject was: “Should Cinematograph Exhibitions be Municipalised.” Messrs. J. E. Jones and Haining took the affirmative, with Messrs. E. E. James and Armstrong the negative. It resulted in a very good discussion of the subject, both sides had numeri ous telling points to urge, but the mind of the society was favourable to the affirmative.