LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 94, 3 April 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There was a clean sheet at the Napier Magistrate’s Court to-day.

The mail via Suez which left Napier on February 23rd arrived at London on March 29th.

Air. R. T. Bailey, Inspector of Factories, left by the express train this morning for Dannevirke, where he will conduct a case for a breach of the awards. He will probably return to Napier to-morrow night. Alajor Cochrane, general staff officer, YY’ellington district, inspected a number of applicants last week for positions as sergeant-instructors in the Territorials. It is undertood t those selected will undergo twe months’ training in the neighbourhood of Trentham during June and July. At the same camp all the present permanent staff will be tinier canvas for July.

The monthly meeting of the Hastings Fire Brigade was held in the Hastings Hotel last evening, superintendent Bransch presiding over a large attendance. The secretary. Mr. L .Anderson, delievc-rcd a len gthly report of the proceedings at the recent conference at Rotorua ,o a was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. A large amount of routine business was transacted.

The meeting to be held in St. Andrew’s Hall to-night in connection with the Y.M.C. Y. is a verv important one. Probably no man in Australasia is better equipped with facts and qualified by experience to give on this subject than is M. E. R. Peacock, who will be the principal speaker of the evening. He has spent years in travelling’ around ifir* world gathering his information first hand. Mr. King will also address the meeting. Mr. E. T. James, the chairman of directors, will preside. All those inerested in tlm movement are urged to attend.

This morning’s mail train was laden with passengers en route for various parts of the Dominion to spend the Easter Holidays

A man came into Hastings yesterday with a cheque for £34. When arrested for drunhc nne«s late in the evening his funds- had decreased to £ll.

The remains of Sidney William Hunt, son of Air. and Mrs. J. S. Hunt, of Sylvan road, who was accidentally poisoned on Monday last, were interred in the Hastings cemetery this morning. Mr. G. B. Mackay, the popular host of the Grand Hotel, Hastings, has disposed of his interest in that house to Mr. T. Cotter, of the Masonic Hotel, Dannevirke, who enters into possession on April I Sth.

The Hastings sewage scheme is proceeding steadily and it is anticipated that most of the deep sewering will be completed before the winter sets in. When this >s completed the streets where s: allow trenches are required will be dealt with. During the month of |farch, one mile 53 chains of pipes were laid, made up of 144 four inch, 1953 six inch, and 957 nine inch pipes.

This evening Professor Bruff wil’ hypnotise Nurse Haines, of Napier who. as slated in the advestisement, has been selected by the Na - er doctors. He guarantees to hypnotise her or forfeit £2O to the Napier Hospital. The professor claims that one of his principal feature is his won derful power in magnetic lieal’ng. During his stay in Napier he w’!l he pleased to treat anyone suffe -'ng with rheumatics or stiff joints.

During thte year ended March 31st 1912, the Hastings Borough Council issued 193 building permits ci' the total value of £76,465. The biv'dings included 71 dwellings, the Wesleyan Church, “Tribune” Office, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile bail : ngs, /baling rink, new fire station, 'hree motor garages in brick, and several minor buildings. From the foregoing it will be seen that ‘hern has been unusual activity in the build ing trade during the period mentioned.

A man aged 27 years, hailing from the Wanganui district, was arrested by Constable Dwyer at Longlands this morning on a charge of lunacy. Accused was subsequently examined by Drs. Nairn and Macdonell and on their certificates committed to the Porirua Asylum, of which insri’ution he was an inmate aboui ’irn years ago. The unfortunate man was wandering in the vicinity of Longlands laie last night, and by his w'louting and various other noises .lisr/iirijed the slumber!; of the resident; in the neighbourhood. He refused to go to bed, saying that lie had to keep on walking for his sins.

Mr. H. D. Stevenson presided over the adjourned general meeting of the St. Paul’s Recreation Club held lust evening. The following officers were elected for tho ensuing season: -Patron, Mr. R. D. D. McLean :

honorary president. Rev. J. A. Asher ; president! Mr. H. D. Stevenson : vice-presidents, Messrs D. S. Laing, T. Ringland, J. Cottrell, W. McCulloch, J. Hislop, J. R. Crera”. F. Fenton, J. YVebster. J. G. Herdman, W. A. Amner, J. Bickerstaff and J. G. Dunn ; instructors, Messrs, Fenton, and C. Bickerstaff. Messrs Fenton. Stevenson and Dunn were appointed a committee to confer with the Pirates .Football Club with a view to arranging suitable time? for practice. Twenty-five new members were elected.

A respectabl • dressed young man. 19 years of age, was placed tho dock at the Hastings Polic-’ C’ourl this morning to answer a charge of drunkenness. Accused, whom Detective Butler described as a first offender within the meaning o f the Act. pleaded guilty and nppi’ed for a prohibition order against n-mseff. The presiding justice, Mr C. Hughes, pointed out to him that he was under age and should not be served with liquor, and consequently a pro hibition order was unnecessary A” cused replied that he had obtained the liquor in bottles at Napier hotels. Detective Butler remarked ‘hat the hotelkeepers concerned wore ■ ’ ding the law. —A fine of 10/- with 2/- costs was inflicted with an altermu.ve of 24 hours’ imprisonment. Another first offender within the meam.'g of the Act was fined 18/'- with 2- costa for a similar offence.

In reply to a communication from the Hastings Town Clerk (Air. \Y . H. Cook) as to the interpretation of clause 6 of the YVellington General Labourers’ Country Award, ihe Inspector of Awards (Mr. R. T. Bailey) has given 'his opinion that overtime commences after 8i hours have been worked on five days of the week, and 5A hours on Saturday, and these canid be fixed by the employer to suit his business. The timbermen referred to apparently meant timber men for tunnel work. YVhilst admitting that a timber man need not necessarily be a carpenter, on the other hand, if such a man was called upon to do ordinary work performed by a carpenter, then of necessity he would be subject to the conditions governing that trade. However, if the timber was all prepared, and it was only a matter of placing it to keep excavations up, this, in his, opinion, could not be deemed carpenter’s work. In view of the Inspector’s opinion it has been decided to work two shifts on the erection of the sewage collecting tank at the corner of Ellison and Riverslea roads.