LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 13, 28 December 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A cable from Tangiers sD'!"s that the stcamr r Drib: G lor'.iking in two.

There was a clean sheet at the Napier Magistrate's Court this morning.

Last evening <: committee meeting of the N’:ipii r Swimming Club was held -md it was decided that the 150yds aggregate tri phy race should take place on Saturday next at 5.30 p.m.

A commii! (<■ meeting of ihc H:twk< B-iy Agriciilt ural ami Pns-t'-.al Secuty wd! be Imid <m lizlu. slii prox.. at II mm. The bnsine-

will include the appniut ment of Aultnmi Show judges ami sit’.v'ir'is and I lie report fin-warded by the Neu Zealand Coiifi rence as to whether a Royal Sr cicty should be eslablishr r| v ill be mmsideri r!.

A full meeting of the East ('oast Railway Route ('ommitt e," wa.s held ’a Mr. H. A. Mo'ssmtin’s office. Hastings, this morning. Matters regarding the personnel of the deputai io wait upon he Hon. IL McKenzii and ti'e date upon wliicli the membr rs of the deputation will proceed !o Wellington were arranged. 1; i* probable that, the members of i.be Pukctapu deputation will amalgamate with the Hastings members.

The Balmoral station, in the Ainii’i District. < 'anterbury. was : old by auction By Messrs Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., on the 2i)lli instant. There was a large tittendance of buyers, and bidding was brisk, especially for grazing blocks, ami with, the except ion of two small lots, th? whole property changed hands in less than an hour. The area sold was ahotii -la.tMO acres, divided into 1A blocks, and realised El-12.000.

Considerable alterations are being made to the shop recently occupied l;v th" Arts ami Crafts in the FerroConcrete Buildiiigs. in Heretaunga street. Hastings. The front portion is being partitioned oft' leaving a passage to the back room which ts |O be opened short ly by .Mr. Lampe. Into <;f Wanganui, as a photograph studio. A large brick studio is being (reeled at the rear of the present premises. r lhe front shop is being o;xn<‘d as a liuit depot.

Th'- members of the Nap.er Swimming Club last night presented Mr. Frank Moeller (who his been the chib s pre-idetit tor the past 15 years) with two handsomely-framed (n--birgemcnts of the rhampmnship relay team. The prtsi utatmn was made by Mr. Bert Wood, the club captain, who spoke of the splendid way in which Mr. Moeller had fiipported the cause of sport and the great interest he Icat tak< it in swimming. M". M-mllcr. in rcftirning thanks, wished the club every success during the coming year.

Mr. F. Kennedy presided over a meeting of the m wly-formed Napier Defence Rifle Club held in the Garrison Hal! last evening. Mr. J. Snodgra-- was unanimously eheted pre-: dent of the club, amt ?ilr. F. James 11( put y-jiresiiicnt. The i|iicstii:n cl miring the u-e i t a suitable range k-ft in the hands of.the committee. The de sirability' of a Rifle .Association being formed lit-re. and a mm-*, ing bemg held in Napier was discussed, but no action taken. The eha i'-man stated that the membersh'il, already stood at 31. and the tiatia - of s< ver tl intending membets vv< re handed in. It was decided to forward a list of members to the liefence Depart me'u at an early ihite. a-ktiiK for tii< ir .'.pproval. 'Jim mei'hig. wiueii '.tss >my i-iithi’-u--tic ami well attended, concluded v. ith a vote of thanks to the chair.

Tim mail ’ ia Suez which left Na pier on the 15111 November arrived in London on the 21st inst. The outlet of the Napier Muniep.il Halbs was cleared th is morning an 1 deanine operations went on ;• iistial. The secretary of the Hawke s Bay Hospital am! Cb.aritable Aid Boaru acknowledges with thanks a donation of ;I‘s from Gurdet Singh towards the funds of the hospital. The friends ot the late Mr Henry Nairn will be sorry to learn that Mrs Nairn has lost all her person ll f ffeei s. including family relics, hrm-.gii the destruction by fire of her son-in-law's house at Cambridge. A number of members of the Napier Stilling Club are at present camping at Maroctara and other bays of the inner harbour. Most of the ye.mg men .'ire having a thoroughly enjoyable time.

Good progress is being made by die contractor with the two brick shops, being erected for Mr. C. Apperk.v in Heretaunga street. Hastings. near Ballinger Bros., It is expected timt they will be completed about the middle of next month.

Whilst working on the new building of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company at Hastings this morning one of the workmen had the misfortune to run a nail into his foot'. After being attende i o by a chemist he was able to return to work.

The Town Clerk lias received a ’otter from Mr. J. Circuit! asking the Hastings Borough Council to proceed with the formation of the cad and laying of the drains on Mr. 1. N .Williams’ property adjoining Uornwtll Park. The cost cf the ork is to be borne by ilie owner.

The December issue of "Progress” affords proof of the progressive policy of this interesting journal. Fwclvc extra pages have been added in order to comprehensively treat the subject of the proposed new Par Jiamcntary Buildings competition. There are 25 pages of designs and illustrations of this subject which compel admiration for their beauty of architecture and should afford valuable arid instructive study to all who are interested cither in archi-tc-.tiiri- o,' law making. Tn addition to the Parliamentary designs, there are photographs of the interior of the Auckland Town Hall, and some very line photographs pf ceiling decorations in private homes. In the' engineering section there is a descript ion and illustrations of the new T< 1 t reversable steam turbine.which is making such a stir in engineering circles at Home and in America. The British “New Pick” car is described together with various other matter of interest to motorists. Astronomy and yaching are also treated.

Mr. Hug Boscawen. writ ir.g 'from Auckland on December 1. states that he has just returned from the. iVarawara Range, north of Auckr.ml. a part of the country that lias bet n iindisturb(d by either European or Maori. He is surprised at In absc-nec of native bird life ..Imre and at the silence of the forest.-. Pheasants ami blackbirds ar." present in large numbers or. the ■i'.yr lints, but he saw '.cry tew naive birds, in the Wrests lie did not -c <■ one tr.i. There are no steals •md weasels in the district, and is mzzled t> neeount for the absence f the birds. Dealing with other

-iilijects lie says:—“On the flats .iljout Hokiang.t a wasp has cstab-i.-hed itself, and Mr. J. Webster s a-chard at Oponoui is full of these insects. They have a very nasty sting, and manage to get in three 1 iTi.r stings; bciore they arc kill-

'd. In colour they are brow, with a mgo of red. They iix oon fruit. Mr. Boscawen thinks that, they have romc f.'-ctn South America in timber ships.