LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 220, 4 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Napier Borough Council wii! meet on Wednesday next.

A new revised telephone list is to hand from the Napier bureau. This will prove of great service to subscribers.

The Napier Customs revenue for the week ended Saturday was as follows :—Customs duties, £.3250/11/9; beer duty, £l9/2/1 ; other receipts £lO/17/-; total £3230/11/1.

The carting of spoil from the Napier theatre site is now ccmpU'-d and the ground ready for Messrs Bull Bros, to get ahead with their contract.

The dilapidated condition cf the verandah of the Supreme Court, Napier, has at last attracted the attention of the Department and some repairs arc to be effected.

Now that Pandora Point has been properly cleared away the Napier Borough Council will repair the read way. The steam scarifier and roller started work this morning.

Work was commenced to-day by the Napier Borough workmen to fill in Hastings street beyond the railway cressing. The roadway is to be filled up the fall chain wide preparatory to metalling.

While a party of children were crossing Hasings street, Napier, near Rickett’s corner on Saturday morning, two bicycles collided and there was a general “mix-up.” Fortunat ' ; ,v beyond the children being frighten'- I no harm was done.

One of the wells in ATcLcan Park, Napier, has been put down a distance of 36 feet, but operations have been temporarily suspended owing to the monkey being employed in pile driving at the ejector tank in Alunroe street.

The export of gold for the c’ght months cf the present year totalled 3C'87340z, valued at £1,227,426, being a decrease of 15,8320 z, valued at £'17,799, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The total quantity cf silver exported during the past eight months was 552,5610 z, valued at £88,514, which is 313,8480 z, valued at £31,383, less than for the corresponding period of last year.

The Hawke's Bav Agricultural and Pastoral Society’ have received a telegram from the Hon. T. Alackenz’c, Alinister of Agriculture, stating that the Seeds Sale Control Bill will be considered by the Agricultural Committee of the House of Representatives at 11 o’clock on AVednesday morning, when there will be an opportunity for anyone interested to offer evidence in regard to the bill.

A veteran who sighed “for the good old times” was declaring that in his young days the bravery of raw recruits was a thing to be seen to be believed. The old soldier did I not feel quite sure whether the same remark applied to-day. There used |to be circulated, though he admitted with a good-humoured smile, a I story about a recruit of the “good (old times” which might stand as an (exception. This young man after he had become, initiated in his military duties, fought heroically ; but in his first engagement he was very nerI vous. A chum of his was in the line '.ahead of him. and when the bullets began to ily the chum began to dodge. Thereupon the recruit riiouted excitedly, ‘‘Hey. Jim, don't duck. I'm behind ye."

The steamer Makura, which left Auckland cn Saturday, is taking several pens of New Zealand fowls, which are to compete in the egglaying test at Vancouver. Air. W. A. Nixon, of Canterbury, ivardcd twe pens of pullets, and Mr. Hopkins, of Otaki, is also sending one pen. The competitions commence on October Ist.

It is reported that an important discovery of coal has been made in the Hora Hora district (Auckland province) on the banks of the river of that name. Several scams have been located, and the coal is of excellent quality. The find is partly on Donaldson Bros.’ property, and partly on Crown lands.

At the sitting of the Native Land Court held before Judge Gilfedder at Wellington on Friday morning, Ahitana Nopera ,of Hastings, was, on the application of Morehu Raina, ordered to furnish to the Registrar of the Native Land Court at Wellington on or before the 30th inst. an account of his administration as a trustee in the estate of Morehu Raina, a minor, and also to lodge with the Registrar of the Native Land Court on the same date any trust moneys which he may hold in the estate. The application was made by Mr. J. J. McGrath.

The Hon. R. McKenzie, Minister for Railways, has forwarded the following letter to the Mayor of Waipawa (Mr. W. I. Limbrick): —“With reference to your representations in support of the requests made by the deputation that waited upon you recently urging that improved station accommodation should be provided at Waipawa, I have the honour to inform you that all available funds have already been allocated for more urgent and important works, and I regret that I cannot at present see my way to authorise any , expenditure in the direction desired. The matter will, however, receive further consideration when a more suitable opportunity occurs.”

■ “Personally,” says Ariel in the Dunedin “Star,” “I am in favour of waste Maori lands passing into the hands of white men as quickly as possible. The fine Mokau district has lain idle from the Creation till now. It is a wilderness interposed between settlement in Auckland and setlement in Taranaki. Speedily it will link the two provinces, instead of dividing them. One or two hundred prosperous farmers, representing a thousand people, will occupy the block. Hitherto it has produced eels and kakas. I rejoice in the change. I applaud those who bring it about, and don’t grudge them a profit.”

The secretary of the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural Society has written, to the Hon. George Fowlds, asking that sheep dips, drenches, insecticides, fruit tree washes, and foot-rot preparations should be excluded from the Sale of Poisons Bill, and that the exemption in clause 20 of arsenic in quantities of not less than lewt. should be altered to arsenic in quantities of not less than 71b in original packages, soldered down or with tight-fitting lids properly labelled ‘poison.” This letter was forwarded on the recommendation of a sub-committee set up by the society to consider the Sale of Poisons Bill.

Speaking at a letter-carriers’ social at Wellington on Saturday night, Sir Joseph Ward said the high-power wireless station to be erected in Wellington would be the most powerful in the eworld. It had been intended that the power should be two kilowatts, but that had been extended to five. The station would be powerful enough to get into touch with Western Australia at night time, while in the daytime communication could be carried on with ships within a few hundred miles of Sydney. It was contemplated, too, that the system should be extended to the Chatham Islands and Raratonga, the latter place being connected with Tonga. He hoped before long that a system of wireless stations across the ocean between the Alothcrland and the oversea dominions would be perfected.

The vulgar belief that a man can sell his wife seems to die hard in England. A great many women believe it, and think that the transfer is perfectly legal. A woman goes to the “pub” to persuade her husband to come home, and his friends back her entreaties. This riles the husband, who says : “Does tha’ want ’er ? Tha’ can ’ave ’cr for a bob.” The coin is forthcoming, and the purchaser takes his property home. By and by the seller repents,, but the buyer and the bought do not. The law is invoked, but cannot help him. itc is simply in the position of having consented to his wife’s going with another man ; and she is in the position of having acted on that con-

sent. Only that and nothing mere. There ought, probably, to be a penalty attached to such sales, not only to check the immorality, but to educate the masses out of their absurd delusion.

“I am afraid of one thing in the trend of events in New Zealand.” said the Rev. R. E. Davies at the annual meeting of the Council cf Churches at Dunedin last Wednesday. “As Christian men and women, 1 tlrnk that we are looking too much to legislation. I believe that legislation has its proper place and o.s functions in the community, and can do something towards redeeming the community : but I do mainta.n that the function cf the Christian Ch.uch is a more difficult one than the influencing of legislation. God can by the direct thrust of Omnipotence rescue a nmi and make him a gentie man. But He does not do it. Tnut man's wll power has got to be brought into harmcnv with the will r-4 Gcd. end not all the legislation in the world can do it . You can help a nmn by legislation .*>uf you must cen'frniicr that there is always such a thing as the dignity of manhood.

He felt more and more that the churches should get cn to the broad highways r| f truth, and try to infuse into the community a strong spiritual impulse.

The Licensing Committees of the province sit as follows: —Napier. Wednesday 6th : Waipawa, (at Dannevirke), 6th ; Hastings. Friday Bth.

The annual meeting of the Grcennica’lows Bowling Club will be held in the club’s pavilion this evening at eight o’clock.

The monthly meeting of the Eastings branch of the Farmers’ I nion called for Saturday night last lapsed for want of a quorum.

The monthly meeting of the managers of the Technical College will be held in Napier on Friday, Sept. Sth. at 4p.m.

The work of enlarging the cubicles at the Napier Municipal Baths is now almost completed. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of bathers lately. The Hastings Town Clerk (Mr. W. H. Cook) states that the work of laying the sewer will probably be resumed at Hastings on or about Wednesday next.

The foundation work cf the new Hukarere School is almost completed and the ceremony of laying the foundation stone will be performed by Lord and Lady Islington some time Chis month. • 4

The terms submitted by the strikers on the Hastings pipe laying works having been agreed to by the Hastings Borough Council representatives the men resumed work this morning.

The Celtic Football Club will hold their second annual dance in the Oddfellow’s Hall, Hastings, on Wednesday evening next. The arrangements are well forward and a pleasant function is promised.

The was a very large attendance of the public on the Hastings racecourse yesterday afternoon to listen to a sacred concert by the Town Band. The music was greatly enjoyed. A collection in aid of the instrument fund realised £2/10/2. The following are the returns for the Napier Hospital up to Saturday, 2nd September : —ln at last date., 50 males and 31 females; discharged, 9 males, 3 females; admitted during week, 8 males and 4 females. In at date, 61 males, 30 females.

Cr. Rathie has given notice to move at the next meeting cf the Hawke’s Bay County Council that the Farndon Park Domain Board receive a grant of £3O from the general account of the County Council in accordance with section 49 of the Public Reserves and Domain’s Act, 1908.

Punctuality is certainly not a strong characteristic with some of the Hastings J.’sP., The Court officials, three policemen and representatives of the press were detained for oi er thirty minutes this morning owing to the non-arrival of one of the great unpaid. Eventually a substitute was brought into requisition.

At the Hastings Police Court this morning, before Mr. D. O’Reilly, J.P., two f r " ei ’ t were fined lb/- wnli 3/- costs, imotb.er of the s Iloilo incarcerated in the local cells since Saturday nigtir was convicted and discharged on me condition that hv. left the town. rat rick O Connor charged (1) rri l 1 d (2) with a bread } 1 I o dcr was remanued co appear Delore the S.M. on Iridav next. Speaking on itic question of cool storage at th o tl ij ec n i the Hawke’s lit X sociation on Saiurdav last, the chairman (Air F. Cook) stated that the scheme mentioned bv him .onio time ago had not oeen sufficiently supported by tl f e 11 regretted to 1 r tl the proposal had to oe left in abeyance for the time being. Air. Eustace Lane has given notice to move at the next meeting of the Napier Harbour Board:—“That seeing there is one matter concerning which we are all agreed and representative of public opinion, viz., the trapping of silt brought down by the Tutaekuri river, this Board ask Air. George Nelson to devise some immediate cheap and effective device which will result in a deposit over the basin of the lagoon of the silt which is now being discharged into the Inner Harbour.” Great preparations are being made in Napier for the, Dreadnought Fair to be held under the auspices Napier Sakation Army this week . On Wednesday evening (the ohtpening night) the Garrison Band will march from the Post Office to (In 1 barracks, where a programme for children’s items will be gone through. The City Band will play a programme, of music on the second night of the Fair, and the Hastings Salvation Army Band on the third night. air. E. V. Hudson, conductor of the Sacred Heart Choir, Hastings,

has received the following congratulatory letter from Very Rev. Father Keogh :—“You will kindly accept for yourself and convey to the choir my sincere congratulations on their decisive and flattering victory at the recent Musical Competitions —tictorv which is much enhanced by the heavy odds the.v had to contend with, their small numbers and short i choral existence. You can assure them that joined to mine they enjoy the grateful appreciation of the whole congregation." At the Napier Magistrate s Court this morning Air. AlcCarthy, S.AL, pointed out that a policeman has no right to stoy anyone who is riding a bicycle without lights. The utmost he can do is to request the by-law breaker to stop. It he attempts to forcibly stop the offender he may be brought before the Court land be charged with assault. A ease occurred in London recently where a constable stopped a voting lady who was riding a bicycle without light, and the officer was fined £5 for assault. Books! Books! Books!—Now is tl.e to pni-clure. Walk round IGtll’' Book St"-.', the store that plf'a-es you. Seo their huge y’n one ran afford to pa" us. We are still the premier booksellers of Hastings. Civility, attention, lowest puces, J-.gigcsr selection, at Hull and bous...