LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 186, 25 July 1911, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL

(in account of Lea'')' storms, telegraphic communication bv tl <* land lines in the South Island was ititci-ri:pt*-d last evening . Invitations are being issued for the Hastings Post and Telegraph <lance. to be held at the Drill Hall «>n Wednesday, IGth August. It is announced that a New Zealand and Rustralian fruit show has been projected .to be held in London in 1913. The New Zealand Counties Association conference will commence 1 in Wellington on 22nd August. The ; executive meeting will he hold on 1 the 19th August. The chairman of the Hawke’s Bay County Council. accompanied b.\ tlie overseer, made an inspection of the Waimarama district to-day. and viewed the various works being carried out. At the New Plymouth show last week Mr. Egan, of Hastings, was most successful in the pigeon section. taking five firsts and one third with six birds. He also won three specials, one being for most • points in working nomers. At the conclusion of the argument in the case of Read Brothers V. Cowie, the Court unanimously dismissed the appeal, holding that Cowie’s trade mark was not cab ulated to confuse or deceive the public. Entries close to-morrow night for ; the Napier competitions. The secretary will be in attendance from 7.30 until 9 o'clock this evening, and also to-morrow night, at Messrs. Reardon and Wright’s, to . receive entries. California has a unique new la- ; hour law. which provides that if the head of the family refuses to support his dependents he may be arrested, put to works on the highways, fed. clothed, and boused and a dollar per day paid to his ■ family. Last evening the Hun. W. Pitt arrived in Napier for the purpose of consulting with the Napier Bor- ’ ough Council in connection w’th the proposed municipal theatre. The council will meet on Monday next for the pnrpo-e of opening the tenders.

The advisory board of the NewZealand Employers’ Federation met at Wellington yesterday, when it was decided to recommend the affiliated associations to agree to the annual meeting of the federation being held this year on September 13th or 2<>th. instead of at the end of October <>r the beginning of November as usual. v A boy named Charles Clark, narrowly escaped being electrocuted on the Northland road, Wellington. early yesterday morning, through his legs becoming entangled in a wire which had been blown away from a telephone pole across electric tram-wires. A passer by kicked the live wire away and carried the boy to a house where he was revived. Clark’s clothes were burned through ami his flesh was scorched . He is suffering from the shock. ;

A party of residents named P. j O'Dea. R. Browne. E. P. Cox. and | B. Jo\ce. left Haw era on Saturday; for the Dawson’s Falls House. I with the intention of making the i ascent of Mount Esrmont. A start •• xv,-i$ marie from the Mountain . House at ’'.3o a.m. in pouring j rain, hut when the part;, had gone . through the clouds at an elevation of .VOOft. they found the summit J bathed in sunshine. The crater j was readied at 2 p.m. This is be- . lie veil to be the first occasion j Egrnont has been c’iinbrtl in win- j ter. | A pimt-i-iir «*t remony took place J at tiie Albert Hotel. Hastings, la t i niaht. when a number of friends ; u iti t r< 1 to hid farewell to Mr. ?i. ! E. Elwood. has for the past I four years been - connected with) tear lou'C. and who Jias tor. ptr*- , <'hast*d tiie Plumpton Park Hotel, at M- an- o. Mi. F. Sutherland. on I o'-haif of a number of friends, pr< - ; seated Mr. Elwood with a travel-; ling nig ami umbrella as a token ! of the esteem in which he is Lehi. ! The r.<•;>.it responded in an appropriate manner. The meeting terminated with hearty cheers for the guest and the singing of “For He's a Jolly Good Fellow.”

Over three inches of rain have fallen in Sydney since Saturday. During the process of removing Pandora Point, a slip has occurred which will block Hyderabad road for the next two or three days. A concert in aid of the Presbyterian Building Fund will be held in St. Matthew's Hall, Hastings, on Wednesday, July 26th. at 8 p.m. A meeting of all shootists interested in the formation of an inanimate pigeon club is called for Friday evening. July 28th. at the Masonic Hotel. Napier. Owing to an outbreak of measles, the Mahora School's .social, which was to have been held on August 9th. has been postponed to some future date. The Napier Borough Council will hold a special meeting on Monday next at 10 a.m. to deal with tenders for the erection of the theatre. At the Gisborne Police Court today. James Patterson, a drover, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen a heifer, valued at £l5. The medical practitioners at Gisborne have notified that owing to the bad condition of roads, attendance on messages received after 10 I a.m., except in cases of emergency I will be charged at double rates. The Drapers’ Hockey CluL dance will be held in the Foresters Hall. Napier, to-morrow evening. A large number of invitation tie kets have been issued, and a largr gathering is looked forward to. Messrs. C. B. Hoadley and Coy’s Hastings land sale, which was ad vertised to be held to-morrow. July 2th, has been postponed t( ! August 2nd. on account of the Hunt Club Races. Heavy seas have blocked up the mouth of the Esk river, with the result that all the river water i; going down the small creek whirl runs through Pctane township. Il consequence <>f this, all the low lying portions of the settlement are flooded. The settlers are tak ing steps to get engineering advice as to what is best to be done. I Court Robin Hood of the Anri t eni Order of horesters playe.'l •' i return eiwhre tournament for ; I' lodge shield with Court Sir Charlei Napier, at Port Ahuriri last ven ing. the game ending in a driv. each side scoring 21 points. / I cribbage tournament will he com niem-ed in the Foresters’ Hall I Napier, next Monday night. I I An accident, which luckily wm not attended with any serious re suits .occurred at Fernhill on Sat urda.v afternoon. Two men wer< driving a young horse towards I Hastings when the trace broke. Tlie horse got clear of tlie gig be fore it had time to do any damage, but one of the occupants war thrown heavily to the ground ano was rendered unconscious for ’ a little while. I The secretary of the Horetaunga Dairy Company lias written to the Hawke's Bay A. and P. Society, saying that the company will again give £5 towards the prizes for the butter-fat competition at the com ing Spring Show, and that the di rectors personally will renew then offer of £7, making tlie total prize money in this class £l2. There were 15 entries in this class last year, and the renewal of this liberal offer on tlie part of the directors of tlie Heretaunga Dairy Company might to evoke good competition this year. ir_ w -i i

Mr. Massey’s vigilance and pertinacity—his fighting qualities—received due recognition at the hands of his follower at the Dunedin meeting on Friday night. Mr. G. M. Thomson, M.P., quoted a story of Dr. Ingram. Bishop of London, in this connection. Tlie bishop played a great deal of tennis. “He foes not seem to be a groat player. ” remarked an onlooker.

“No. he is not a very great player." said a bystander, “but he is a very- disappointing man to play against, possibly because he is always there.” The audience saw the parallel, and applauded. TL Him. T. Mackenzie. Minister f>r Industries and Commerce, has received advice that, through the failure of the New Zealand shippers of Imtter to comply with the requirements of the Canadian Customs Department, importers iti Canada have been put to considerable expense. It is announced that Canadian Customs officers, owing to the failure of exporters in this respect, have been compelled to exact “ general instead of " preference ” tariff on many importations. Coynes of “specimen form of invoice approved l>v Canadian Customs for goods sold by exporter prior to shipment ” may be seen on application to the Director of Commerce and Tourists, at the Public Trust Buildings, Wellington.