LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 276, 10 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

T'nere was a ‘ clean sheet at the Napier Magistrate’* Court this morning. Mr. W. Mcßae Peacock inserts .a notice of thank' o, the rati pay<‘is of the Pnketapu Riding who voted for him at the Cminty election. The third and la«t section of the Napier Fire Brigade station was, removed from Ht-rschell street to A int in- st tert ihi* morning. Mr. 1.. Azzopardi states ihat Ihe ra'ul ill in Napier for the 24 hours ended at I) o'clock this morning was inches.

The uiimbe'- of bathers al the Napier Municipal Baths has shown a notable increase during the last few

Tlie next meetings of the Land Board have been postponed until the 12th and 13th of December owing to the election.

The Cambridge Press is bringing out shortly an authoritative survey of "The Dominion of New Zealand.” bv Sir Robert St cut.

The animal meeting of the Pioneer (Hastings) Swimming Chib which was to have been held last evening lapsed for want of a quorum.

A Press telegram from Pahiatua states that the Ballance Dairy Co. has sold its output of butter for the next three months at I 1 A per lb f.o.b. XX'dlington.

A number of burglaries have occurred in Christchurch. During the last few nights sev ral houses in the St. Albans district w'-re e.ntered, also a house in Ctt'hel street XVest.

Mr. XXTiittington (chairman). Mr. G. I-'. Roach ami Major Cravvshavv (secretary), of the Education Board, visited Twyford this afternoon to meet the .settlers regarding a request for a new school.

At last, iiiglit’s meeting of the Public Works Committee of the, Hastings Borough Council, it was decided to call tenders for the removal of the old fire station from its present site to the rear of the section. Tim building will probably be used as an office for (ite Borough Inspector. The new fire station will be -ufliciently completed to house the fire plant vtiten the old building is removed.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Chaplan, headmaster of the Mahora School, took about twenty of upper standard boys to Mr. Robertson’s orchard for an afternoon’s instruction in agriculture and fruit-gorwing. Mr. F. E. Nott ago. Government Orchard Inspector, was present, and instructed the boys regarding the mixing of sprays for the various pests and diseases, and also in the summer pruning of fruit trees. A very profitable and enjoyable afternoon was spent by the boys.

The Pcr-.tm-mter-Gencral (Sir Jos•ph Ward) st.ii'-d at XVinton cm Tuesday night that he proposed to have i stablishcd shortly a now :-ysem for the payment cf money •?- dors by the post office, by which '.hat department, would send out money to the houses of working mc;i or others by letter carriers, t’nder this proposal, fcr exam,)’", t man m the country wishing to •end money to his wife would lie able, by giving directions to the Post Office, to have the money delivered to her direct. This system ’tad great pcssibiltics, and would ncet a real want.

The Mayor of Hastings stated at ast night’s meeting of the Borough Council that the original water scheme allowed for only 10 miles of etmulation and now over ‘23 miles had been provided for. It was anti•inated that on the completion of the ■'3 miles there would still be a small balance from the loan moitcv. and his would be devoted to further exensions. It will be remembered h;it th'- original scheme included he generating of power for electric light fron’i tlie Tuki Tuki river, out hat proposal had to lie abandoned, ind it has been found that under the nresent scheme a much larger area •an lie reticulated for the same iinount of money.

Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Poppclwcll, of Hastings, received over 100 telecrams from various parts of the Doninion sympathising with them in heir recent bereavement. About 50 beautiful wreaths were laid on the pave y esterday, and included, beiides those mentioned in last evenng’s issue, floral tributes from the •omhined Hockey Clubs, the Nev <e;iiand Shippit’t'.- ( ompaiiy s Napier >ffiee staff, the Park Tennis Club, Hinemoa Ladies’ Hockey C lub, St, Matthew’s Hockey (‘hib. the siaff at Messrs. Williams and (Teagh's Hastings office and the late Mr. Poppcl,veil’s schoolmates. The Sacred Heart Church altar boys, of whom leeeased was a member, acted as nail-bearers at the funeral yester■lav.

Silting in civil jurisdiction at the Hastings Court this morning, Messrs XL XV. P. Lascelles and D. Whyte, I’s. P.. gave judginenl tor the plainifl’s in the following undefended •v il eases: D. Francis O Reilly v. Moko Kingi, £7 15-. costs 25 6-. lames Findlay v. .Moko Kingi. L‘2 -> -. costs 15 -; Harry J. Thompson v. Moko Kingi. ClB 4-. costs 43 G; Boyd and (Ties! ermaii v. Jacob Moore, £3 26. costs E> 6 : C. J. Knock v. Thomas Gordon. 7 - costs : Francis Fitzpatrick v. J- XX ooster. *26 7*l. costs 23i : : Patterson ami Mossman v. Peta Molii. £3 •! -. costs ’o -: Gallagher. Carr and C'o. v. Peh" Pineaha, £3 11 5. costs £1 5-; Lundon and Stewart v. XVilliam Woods. 1 costs 5-. A prohibition order was issued against a female resident.

It is extremely amusing to find the

“Herald” drawing pointed attention to the “Tribune.” which it accuses of having used some of its social reports. We plead guilty in this instance and in extenuation state that we have been led down the slippery piratical path by following the footsteps of our ancient contemporary. Sufficient times enough to constitute •< a common practice, the “Herald to verify news appearing in the evening in ottr columns, have asked us I >he source of information and the Lew., items have duly appeared in ;lhe “Herald" a* if they were their !< wn the fidlowing morning. The um-t wtsiiiil observer cculd easdy II a'. e imiicvo licit piracy lias been ifreciy indulged in. the morning paper ha* tug published in the same words i and often repeating the same mistakes. many nev.* items that have appeared in the evening papers. ■ However. if the “Herald" objects to ia fair cXclitinge. we shall have no ! pr,,H a >o i-i. G-r s>> long as the,’, pay * proper ‘respect to th- rub- in regard 'to their ov.n actions.