LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 45, 6 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Nora Niven left Napier this morning on a fishing cruise.

There were five candidates who came up for examination before Mr. Duncan, Inspector of Machinery, yesterday. Four were for 3rd class engine-drivers’ diplomas, and one for oil engine river engineer’s diploma.

Regarding the fruit prospects in Canterbury this season. Mr. "W. J. Courtier, the expert of the Agricultural Department, states that the apple crop is a promising one. There is rather a short crop of pears, and the crop of plums is not so good as in ordinary seasons. At a meeting of the Hawke’s BayTrades and Labour Council on Saturday night a resolution was adopted expressing sympathy with the Wellington trainwaymen in their dispute with the City Council, and a hope that an early settlement would be reached.

A man named Yates, charged with forging a cheque for £ll in the name of J. Daly, of Nuhaka, and uttering it to James Connelly, of Napier, arrived in custody by 7 the mail train last night. He was charged with the alleged offences at Te Aroha the other day, and remanded to appear at Napier on Friday next. When a sheep will be sent to the new freezing works at Makarewa, says the “Southland Times,” nothing of that sheep will be wasted. The carcase wjfil be frozen, the hide will be tanned, the wool will be dried and packed, the offal will be placed in the digester, and the tallow extracted, and what remains will be crushed and made; up into manure. From the trotters neatsfoot oil will be extracted, and from the blood the highest class of manure will be manufactured. A more complete utilisation of what used to be called ‘‘waste product” can hardly be imagined.

The trowel to be presented to the Mayoress at the ceremony- of laying the foundation stone of the new Methodist Church at Hastings, is now on view in Mr. B. M. Kessell’s window in Hcretaunga street, Hastings. The trowel was manufactured and designed by Mr. Kessell, and is of pure silver, measuring ten inches by two and a half inches, neatlybordered, and bears the following inscription : Presented to Mrs. J. Garnett on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the Methodist ChnrM Hasti" <T s. Fo b '"’- ary 7th, 1912.” The handle is made from polished walnut. Councillor Bee has given notice to move at the next meeting of the Napier Borough Council, “That the time has arrived when it is deemed expedient and in the interests of the Borough that the rate demand should be made out once a year, and be pavable on August Ist of each vc.ar, instead of collecting the rata balf-vearlv as at present, and Inal the 10 per cent, penalty on overdue rates be enforced as soon .as incurred : (2) That the old standing instruction issued to the rate recetvor that no rates be sued for until eighteen months owing unless under exceptional circumstances be now cancelled.

The “Otago Daily Times’* says that one ot the indications that the removal of the Government from office is contemplated by Ministers themselves, is contained in the information that Mr. T. AV. Hislop has been appointed Under-Secretary of Internal Affairs. The right of a monbuna government to fill vacancies even of such an miportrant (.haiictti 1 not ti b< <. 11c itioned, but the .appointment ot Mr. Hislop will probaldv and not unjustly, excite a gooc <k il >t it entment on the part of fivd eivanl who from the:r expei icnct 1 the D( pirtment of Internal Xff fin had it isons to expect that the death of tl c Undersecretary wouiti pi ovule m avenue of promotion foi them A pecuh it it ident h ipj ened at the corner of Karainn roael and St. Aubyn streets. Hastings, this morning, to a horse’ owneel by Mr. J. (.’. Nelson, butcher. Riqicd to another horse, it was being driven from its paddock to Mr. Nelson's business premises in Karamu Road. Rounding the corner mentioned above, the horses made for different sides of a telegraph ]>oh> and a lamp post, anel when the halter gave way under the heavy strain upon it, both equines were thrown heavily on to the road. One escaped injury, but the other was unable to stand up, having ricked its back. After being attended to by Mr. A. M. Brodie it was removed to a paddock and in all probability it will have to be destroyed. It is valued at about £3O. At the meeting of the Wanganui Harbour Board on Friday evening, the pilot reported that the bar still maintained a depth of 20ft, with a great improvement in the approach to and berthage -at the Castlecliff wharf. The engineer tabled a plan showing recent soundings outwards from the moles. The depths varied from 21ft opposite the end of the moles to 21ft on the bar 600 feet out, then gradually deepening to 27 feet 1600 ft out from lhe moles. It is proposed to carry future mole extensions well beyond the latter distance. The Board had a lengthy discussion on a motion to engage the services of another engineer, with the object of discovering whether Mr. Holmes or Air. Reynolds is right in his estimate of the cost of finure work, Mr. Holmes' figures having greatly exceeded Mr. Reynolds'. The majority of the members pinned their faith to Mr. Reynold*. and the motion was lost by six votes to four.

Six men were sent by the Labour Department this morning to the Ohura road works near Ongarue.

Assisted by Dlr*. J. A. Rosewame. Mr. Horace G. Weber will give in the Cathedral this evening another of his popular organ recitals.

The meeting of the New Zealand Labour Party will be held in Abbott's Hall. Hastings street, Napier, to-morrow evening, and not in the Trades Hall. Arcade, as advertised vest erday.

Splendid progress is being made with the Coronation Hall at Port Ahuriii, the walls of which are now between 15 and 20 feet high. It is evidently going to be a very substantial structure.

At a meeting of the Christchurch City Council last night serious complaints were made regarding diseased meat being sent out from the municipal abattoirs, and the council decided to hold a special inquiry into the truth of the allegations.

The owners of the property adjoining Messrs. Phillips, Wright and Co.’s premises in Hcretaunga street. Hastings, and the vacant section opposite the residence of Dr. Macch.mell in the same street, are having plans prepared for commodious shops to be erected thereon. The foundation stone of the new Methodist Church at Hastings will be laid by- His Worship the Mayor, at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Addresses will be delivered by the President of the Conference, Rev. C. E. Beescroft, and others, and a collection will be taken up in aid of the building fund.

The Inspector of Factories (Mr. R. T. Bailey) states that under the provisions of the Wellington Bakers’ Country Award itffias been decided to substitute “Caledonian Day” in lieu of the Prince of Wales’ Birthday, and the provisions of the award must be construed as affecting Caledonian Day.

At his social at Dunedin on Friday night Mr. J. T. Arnold said that he believed that the Liberal Party would rise from its ashes stronger, and purer,“and better than ever it had been before. Industrially, he thought that at the present time, and perhaps for some months to come, New Zealand was upon the edge of a volcano, and it would require the best and brainiest and most tactful men to represent both labour bodies and employers.

The “cocktail” of the States is a stranger here, even to the barmaids. “Asper” watched a man make one last week. He took a wineglass and rinsed it with two sorts of bitters. He half-filled it with gin, he added two sorts of vermouth and a trifle of curacoa. Then lie put in a dash of benedictine, and a squeeze of lemon. The barmaid stared roundeyed at the array of bottles. He repeated the performance, and . said that he would have another. “Not of those,” said the barmaid. ‘'You’ll have a soda straight, and go home Plans have been prepared for a proposed Native Parliament House at Ngaruawahia. If erected, the structure will be 116 ft long by 80ft wide. The Council Chamber will be placed in the centre and will be 50ft long by 33ft, and finished in a dignified style, embracing all the best traditions of Maori art in carving. and in such a manner as to be representative of the different tribes. The Maori style of decorative art iias been incorporated in the general design. The building will be of wood resting on brick foundations. The estimated cost of £5OOO.

At the last .meeting of the committee of the Napier Clinm,ier cf Commerce it was de •ided to ask the Wellington ,’hambrr what steps they would suggest for the formation of a Dominion Association of Chambers. The following reply has been received by he secretary Mr C. Douglas:—“The committee of ivy chamber has this matter in hand. The rides have been modified to include, as far as possible, the views of the various chambers. mill we hope ihat the associaion will be an accomplished fact before the end of the month.”