LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 230, 15 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night’s meeting of the Hastings Borough Council, tnc Engineer (Mr, Cook) was Instructed to employ a competent man to give the Straker waggon another trial.

The Napier Choral Society will hold a practice in St. Augustine’s Schoolroom on Monday evening next at 8 o’clock. Every member is requested to attend.

A meeting of the Wellington Amalgamated Society of Cooks, Waiters and Hotel Employees (Hastings and Napier Branch) will be held in the Grand Hotel, Hastings, on Monday 18th, at 8 p.m.

The end of the present session of Parliament is in view. Sir James Carroll informed a reporter at Te Kuiti on Saturday that the session would probably end early next month.

It is stated the Finance Committee have recommended the Hastings Borough Council to accept the offer of 61 acres of land at the southern end of Willow Park road as a grazing paddock for the corporation horses.

As the result of the heavy storm which was experienced in Napier a few months ago the footpath round the Breakwater road was partially washed away. No attempt has yet been made by the council to have the path repaired.

The St. Augustine’s Girls’ Friendly Society desires to acknowledge the services of Miss Snodgrass at their “At Home on Wednesday evening. Miss Snodgrass, besides playing accompaniments, rendered other valuable assistance.

We give a reminder of the social to be held this evening in Abbott’s Hall, Napier, under the auspices of the Hawke’s Bay Society of Yorkshiremen. A hearty invitation is extended to all members and friends.

At 11 a.m. on Wednesday next the Abattoir Committee of the Napier Borough Council will meet a committee from the County Council for the purpose of discussing the proposed enlargement of the abattoir district. Mr. Reakes, cf the Agricultural Department, has been asked to attend a meeting on that date.

The Napier Choral Club, under the able conductorship of Mr. Harston. has clone much good work in the past, and in December next they intend producing “The Messiah,’ and to make ite a yearly institut-on as is done in other centres. This fine work was entered upon in previous vears back only in a spasmodic manner. Now, with the assistance of the best voices m the various church choirs in Napier a really fine oerformanee on a icry large scale will be given. Mr. Hanston will also r< ccivc the aid of the best orchestra that can be got together, and we understand that several _ Hastings musicians will render assistance. Dr. Bradshaw, of Christchurch, who judged at the musical competitions held recently in Napier by the Napier Competitions forwarded to the sccreta-v. Mr. R. C. Wright, the following comments : “I have much pleasure in stating bow gratified I was with the general standard of the work of the competitions at Napier Festival. Having acted as adjudicator at some baitdozen similar competitions in different parts of New Zealand, it was particularly pleasing for me to find at Napier a standard which, speaking* generally. could be compared favourably with the work of other centres. In fact, I have no hesitation in saying that the vocal work, I both solo and concerted., was of an I exceptionally high quality. It was | very ince to have a string quartet. ; the' first example of concerted I string work I have met with at cominetitions in New Zealand, and a dei pariment of chamber mus'e the [practice of which should be encour- ’ aged. I need hardly say that I am i thoroguhlv in favour of competitive ; festivals. 'l feel sure that if they are | only used in the right way. anil not I abused—if they arc treat. <1 as a i means to an end, and not looked ! upon as the end itself-they will ! have a most beneficial .and farI reaching effect on the growth ol I music in this country.

The Napier South Town Board meets to-night. There was a clean sheet at the Napier Magistrate’s Court this morning.

An additional list of about 250 barmaids has been gazetted and forwarded to the Labour Department. Word has been received that the chimes presented by Mr. J. N. Williams for the Hastings Poht Office clock have arrived in Wellington anti will be in the course of erection within the next three or four weeks. The friends of Mr. Frank Bennett, who had his hand cut off by the circular saw at Holt’s Napier mill yesterday, and who was removed to the Napier Hospital, will be glad to hear that he is progressing favourably.

The price of timber was a subject of consideration at the Palmerstor Supreme Court last week. A witness said the value of o.b. rimu at the mill would be about 10.- per loOft. The question was the price ruling 16 vears ago. and his Honour re maiked th it hi "is it one time chairman of a. timber company, who considered theinselies handsomely paid if thev received 1/6 a hundred for their rimu.

A large rail car baling accommodation for two classes of pai'scngci.and luggage, has just been complet cd b> tin 1 exlai <1 Mo'ois (1 inulid) of Levland, Lancashire, for the South African Government rail" ays, by whose inspecting enginee rit has been passed as satiF-taetorv. It is fitted u/>tl> a sjx-cvelindcr ciiemc of 1 6< |> p., using petrol of par.ilhn, and the transmission is on the Thomas peti ol tie etl ii ‘-\Sliui It ml pibk of speeds up to 30 miles an hour.

I < tiulay afliiPi >n the Namci L wn Clerk, engineer and three councillors motored out to Marne--1 kaho station for the purpose of purchasing a draught horse and picking out two horses generously gili’ii'flu ine Ibigndf be Mi h D. D. McLean. The selection we understand was successfully made am! tin paity hid mosl enjfvibk trip, but rage is loid” in. the hearts cf the councillors who bad no oppoilunitv of j m’ing the pienu - N.B IL Wo ship the Mavoi i not to blame for this extravagance.

William and Maud Rogers, suspected of robbing a jewellery store in Auckland, were expected to airive' under police escort in the Aorangi yesterday, but they did not return. On June 3rd, Detective Scott went to San Francisco to bring them back and after some delay secured an.order for their extradition. Since then Rogers seems to have taken advantage of the American criminal laws to prolong formalities. No communication regarding the case was received by the Commissioner of Police yesterday, and San Francisco newspapers make no reference to the proceedings.