Untitled

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 199, 9 August 1911, Page 8

The Hastings Town Clerk has received the Government tu'-sily of £ll2/10,'-, being an instalment on the general rates collected i. the borough.

The Abattoirs Committee of the Hastings Borough Council met tin local butchers this afternoon i.o ascertain what support would be forthcoming in regard to the | r -

posal lo erect a cooling chain er at the abattoirs. The booking of seats for rhe

“Jack and the Beanstalk” pantomime constitutes a record for Hastings. When the box office opened at Bo’clock this morning, a large crowd had assembled outside, and before 9 o’clock over 400 seats had been reserved. The whole of the dress circle and as far back as seven barriers behind the 1 orchestra stalls had been allotted at noon.

The Hastings Bowling and Croquet Club held a euchre party and dance in St. Matthew’s Hall, last evening. About 80 persons to k part in the euchre, the prize- miners being as follows:- Ladies, Mrs. R. McGaffin 1, Mrs. F. Watson 2. Gentlemen, Mr. G Poppelwell 1. Mr. S. H. Knight 2. A tasteful supper was provided, after which the floor was cleared for dancing. Mrs. W. Gebbie supplied excellent music.

A Gisborne message records the death, which occurred this afternoon, of Mr. A. F. Kennedy, manager for Messrs. Williams & Kettle. Mr. Kennedy was a prominent and popular townsman, and the news of his death was received with general regret.