LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 22, 9 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. W. Lane, of Hastings, has forwarded a donation of £l to the Hospital Board.

The County Engineer has been asked to report upon the necessity for strengthening the Redclyffe bridge.

The latest subscribers to the ••■-ijliscripticn list for the purchase o' il cHawke's Bay A. and P. Soct ;v s new show grounds at Tomoana wr Mr. Arch. McLean £5O and Al’- .H Al. Campbell, M.P.. £25. thus tucking a total of £2306.

At the request of a large number of people the presentation portrait of Captain Bower has been again placed on view in 2.1 r. MeGlashan’s Hastings street window, Napier.

The H a \vk' sßayl'■unt y C o u n e i 1 v. ill shi.rt !y call lenders tor the metalling of Piper's road, Pe tane, and the metalling of 100 chains of the Glengarry-Eckmount road. A first offending drunk, who had

been in the cells for 2-1 hours, was convicted and discharged at the Hastings Police Court this morning •Ir. D. O'Reilly, J.P., was on the Bench..

A general meeting of the Hastings and District Egg Circle will be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall. Market street, Hastings, on Wednesday 10th, at 8 p.m.

Mr. J. Vigor Brown, M.P., will preside to-morrow afternoon at the annual prize giving and Christmas tree in connection with the Hawke’s Bay Children’s Home. All friends are invited to bo present.

There was some doubt yesterday as to whether a quorum would be present at the Hospital Board meeting. Eventually, however, one more than the required number put in an appearance and business proceeded. The compulsory military training scheme, which starts in. Hawke’s Bay this week, will be of a very progressive nature, commencing from the initial stages of squad drill, musketry and physical instruction. The first course will last for three months.

Calcium phosphates as a lick for sheep have given good results in the tableland (N.S.W.) districts. Definite experiments will be carried out this year at the Glen Innes farm. The calcium phosphates are mixed with, sulphate of iron and Liverpool salt in the proportion of 4-1-40 respectively. It is also used in the proportion of 5-1-40.

Woman’s suffrage is said to be included in the jirogramme of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, leader of the Constitutional party in China p now in rebellion against the throne. The revolutionists are eager to introduce many Western methods, and those who have travelled in Australia and other enfranchised countries evidently regard womanhood suffrage as desirable. 1

The erection of the power house fc -■ the Hastings electric light an ! high pressure water t-chernes was ecmmonced yettevdav on the site until recently occupied by the 01-l fire station. The work is being carried by the council by day labour, this course having been decided on as the lowest tender for the contract was considerably above the engineer's estimate.

Speaking yesterday on the recommendation that the services of the Matron to the hospital be recognised .the chairman warmly commended Miss Berry’s administration. He pointed to the fact that the matron had effected material saving in the cost of working. When. Miss Berry came the cost per head on each patient was 7'- per day, and to-day it stood at 5/10.

By advertisement in another column, Hastings business people are requested to meet at Warren's Tea Rooms, at 7.30 sharp on Thursday next. The Hoiidav Association will present their report and a new committee will be elected. Mr. Bailey, Inspector of Factories, will be in attendance, by request, and will answer and explain any questions regarding the Factories Act.

■’There is no township in the North Island that is increasing more rapidly than Te Kuiti. Buildings are springing up in all directions, and the land is being rapidly brought into prefit.” Such is the opinion ex pressed by a visitor to Te Kuiti. A new dairy factory was opened during December, and this will draw the whole of its supplies from home separators, the factory sending out its carts to collect the cream.

The necessity for people exercising care when visiting centres of thermal activity was again exemplified on Monday at Waimangu (says the Rotorua Times), when a young lady visiter was badly scalded. Being a public holiday, there was naturally a large number of people walking round with the guide, and the lady unwittingly stepped off the path on Frying Pan flat, her right i'c-ct going thiough the crust into the steam below.

During the season just closed the meat works of North Queensland treated 110,097 head of cattle and £6,000 sheep. This is claimed to be a record. The Ross River works are to be improved to a capacity of 500 head of cattle per day, which, in a run of eight months, would mean 80,000 head. It is estimated that the value of the meat which passed through Bowen and Townsville works last season would be fully £1.000.000. The prospects for the next season are highly favourable.

Speaking at the meeting of the Hospital Board yesterday, the- Chairman pointed out that a wrong impression was gathered from the resignations received from the nurses. The resignations that day were not strictly speaking resignations at all. The nurses came to the board for three years' training under a contract. and The resignations simply meant li e termination of that contract. Some of the nurses passed their examinations satisfactorily and remained at the hospital. others went elsewhere. Mr. John Bee (Wanganui), who came to England nearly two years. r.'.ro. and was instrumental in the flotation of the New Zealand Oilfields. Ltd., reii’.rns tn the Dominion this work (writes a London i-orrcspon ■ :h nt 1; y last mni!) By the Ruapehu : colonia! manairmg director of th? Oversea Traders' Urimi. Ltd., the object of which is the development. ~i- y ; „v Zealand and other iwimim mouPrms and the provision of Bri -j-1-, car.ital for oversea enterprise.--. \< y.r.-i -at Air. Bree D engaged in A r t miat-ion of a large company to tp freezing works in New ZeaI-?]; J ‘'.-if' extensive cola storage ’i) <mirh< t-,. Hh headquarters -will be in Wellington.

?,Ir. J. B. Ebbctt has the contract for effecting repairs to the .Hastings Post Office, not Mr. J. Adamson, as stated in our hist issue.

In connection with the recent irregularities of the Hastings Post Office chimes, Mr. C. S. Dunninghatn, who has charge of the work of regulating the bells, states that in

the majority of cases chimes give a considerable amount, of trouble owing to the wooden beams to which the hammers are attached either shrinking or warping. This is what has happened to the local chimes. However, they hate now been readjusted. and are not likely to give anv further trouble.

On concluding his evidence at the inquest- yesterday, Dr. Henley drew the attention of the Coroner to the need for a blind to cover the skylight of the room in which post-mor-tem examinations are made. He stated that on a hot day. such as yesterday, it was a matter of great discomfort to work for several hours with the hot sun pouring through the sky-light on to the operator. The Coroner promised to send a letter on from Dr. Henley to the Bcrougli Council explaining the position.

The librarian’s room at the Hastings public library was broken into during the absence of the actinglibrarian between 12 and 2 p.m. yesterday. The door at the rear of the library was forced open, but the intruder, it is presumed, finding himself in full view of persons in the public reading room, decamped without effecting his object, as there was nothing missing when the librarian returned. The sum of £5 was left locked up in a drawer, but was not tampered with. The police are investigating.

The half-yearly summoned meeting of Court Heretaunga, A.O.'F., 6553, was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Hastings, last evening, Bro. B. A. Marchant, C.R., presiding over a large attendance of members. A number of visiting brethren were present from Napier. The business transacted was of an important character to the welfare of the Order in Hawke’s Bay. The election of officers for the ensuing term resulted as follows: —C.R., Bro. L. N. Holmes S.C.R.. Bro. A. Corbin ; See., Bro. E. W. Furniss: Treas., Pro. A. H. Lvs : S.W.. Bro. R. P. Shaw; J.W.. Bro. A. Frude; 5.8.. Bro. D. Spence: J. 8., Bro. Davis. The cash receipts totalled £62 10,’-. The Hastings Motor Transport Company, which was floated principally with the object of instituting a motor bus sen ice between Havelock and Frindey, was registered today. It is proposed ro shortly place on the road two up-to-date motor vehicles, which it is believed will successfully cope with the traffic between the points named. It is anticipated that the installation of the service will have a marked effect in the development of the suburban areas around Hastings, and likewise upon the business centre of the town. It is certain that if properly managed the service will be found of great utility to the public and any public or private enterprise which tends to promote the development of the community’s interest - should command a full measure of public support. It is expected that the hopes of the promoters of the company will be more than fulfilled, thus enabling the directors to carry out extensions of the system from time to time as the progress of the town warrants it.