LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 282, 17 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The i.riiinnry monthly meeting cf the Hastings D.H.S. Committee will Lie held in the school on Alonday next, Seth inst., nt 7.30 p.m.

A large number ( f y oung baraccuta were wnslud up on the Napier beach y ( stei-day. The wh :le bay 'appears to Lie well stocked with fish.

A special gcm-r-il meeting of mcmb( rs of the IL !’>. Agricultural and I'nstoi al Society will be held in Napier on the Ist prox. m order to consider the committee's rccommeiidaticii to purchase a new show ground at Tomoana.

Tlie Alcssrs. Wirth Bro.-’, will shortly be visit mg N.-tpicr and Hastings with (he whole cf their circus mid mciingeri''. This season’s stupendous organisation is the biggest, tb.-i: c-cr travelled Australasia, and comp-.-s-ss many rare wild animals never before seem here.

A special general meeting of the I l .'*. Agricultural and I’i’.storai Society will be held in the Society's moms. Termyson .street, Napier, on Friday, Ist December, at 10.39 a.in., for the purpose of considering the commi; tee's recommendations to purchase a new show ground at Tomoann.

At tlio Wanganui Show yesterday. Mrs. Janies Gleeson, of Napier, was awarded three first, two seconds and three thirds for her greyhounds, which were also placed first in the classes for brace and team. Mr. C. L. Thomas, also of Napier, secured nio seconds with his wire-haired terriers. Mr. J. W. Harding, of Mount Vernon, secured the championship in the entire class with Baron Diamler. Mrs. J. I). Ormond's "Rubina" was reserve champion in the class for draught mares. At last night's meeting of the Hastings Borough Council Cr. Donovan .-ai'l that it had been stated and pub-: li'l >■ i in the Pre<s some time ago tb it l lII* I xpenses of the ex-Mavor (Mr. -I. A. to Wellington on l>u =-mess durmg h.s term i/f r.tfice had i birn between £7 and *f. As al inaitt r of fact this sum represented j tn-, trips, and in fa'.riiC'-s :■> Mr. .Milii r Im t'Hitigiit that t::i- fact ■ Ic-’i' I In- made j>iil>i 11•- He asked i | ml ! hr Vif-I’el- for the amuiHlt | drawn be placed In tore the next I meeting of the council. 1

Tho Napier supplementary roll v ill probably contain from 200 to Wop names.

The water literally teamed with large kawhai at the Breakwater this afternoon considerable numbers of fish were caught.

Mr. S. E. McCarthy. S.M., intimated at the Hastings Court this morning that he would give judgment in the New Zealand Leatherubher Company's cases on next court day. The chairman of the Hawke’s Bay Count v Council. Mr. Mason Chambers. visited Kereru to-day, where he inspected some new roads that settlers wish to be taken over by the council.

Thirty five applications have been received for the position of tramways traffic manager at Wellington. The applications have been referred to the Tramways Committee. The City Council has also received a letter signed by nearly every em-ploy-re expressing contentment with th present management. On account of a defect in fhc pumps there have been no hot salt water baths at the Municipal baths for the last few days. Repairs are now being made and the baths will probably be in use again to-morrow. Under the new regulations the custodian cleans and fills the bath, but last night he was unable to get the engine to start, and it was found necessary: to delay the filling until this morning.

"I know His Honour Mr. Justice Sim. personally, and I believe there is not a better Judge to be found anywhere. He has a judicial facultyvery highly developed. He is a man of sound common sense and of high integrity. But it was not fair to appoint him President of the Arbitration. Court, and expect him to unravel problems that have taken the best brains of ages to try and unravel. To expect Mr. Justice Sim to go on that bench and make laws as lie goes ah !g is toe much to expect of any man." (.Applause.)—Mr. Johnson at Mosgicl.

An item of 4 9 for repairs to Straker waggon appeared amongst the accounts to be passed for payment at last night’s meeting of the Hastings Borough Council, and CT. McCormick wanted to know what the repairs consisted of. The Engineer (Mr. Cook) replied that Air. P. Aniner had taken the waggon to Napier to give it .a trial and repairs had to be effected to the boiler. He thought the waggon had received Its death blow as far as its utility was concerned. Cr. Hart suggested that the engineer should take a single ticket to Napier and bring the waggon back before it incurred further expense.

Questions bulked largely in Air. G. Laurenson’s election address at Lyttelton last Tuesday, and one of them evoked shouts of laughter. It was a query as to whether the member was in favour of penalising boys and girls abroad unattended after 8 p.m. Air. Lnurenson remarked that it was not long since some missionary laws had been repealed in the Islands. One was that no young man should walk out with a young woman after dark unless lie had a lighted torch in liis r'ght hand. He was of opinion that if the law were in force in Lyttelton the Sumner road on a fine night would resemble a torchlight procession. This proposal he thought was worthy of consideration.

Yesterday afternoon Air. R. D. D. AlcLean presided over a meeting of the Navy League held in the Napier Borough Council Chambers. Remits from the conference were considered, including the publication cf a New Zealand Navy- League Supplement, to contain New Zealand local naval news, a recommendation to the Education Department to incorporate in each number of the School Journal further information in regard to British naval history, and the putting of questions to Parliamentary candidates respecting the naval defence of the Empire. All the recommendations considered wi-rc approved of, and necessary action in each instance will be carried out. The Napier branch is offering three prizes, open fo primary schools in the Hawke's Bay educational district, the junior subject being "The Story of the Armada.” an dthe secondary one ‘'How Can the Empire Best Alaintain Its Sunrcmacv at Sea !"