LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 136, 25 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlie Goio.nnicnt has appointed the following Civil Service Comnussion:—Messrs. W. D. Hunt (Invercargill), James .Macintosh (Wellington), Peter Barr (Dunedin), and Commission’s report is to bo in by 25th Juno.

Mr. T. Cotter, the new landlord cf the Giard Hotel, Hostings, intends to shorth- put in hand extensive improvement!'. Among othei things the house will be fitted with clecrric light and three electric lifts, ready to'connect up as soon as the borough supply is available.

Tlie- Harbour Board will meet ou Tuesday next at 10.30 a.m. Mr. Langridge, will incae: "That m the opinion of this board the time has arrived when this board should take in+o consideration the advisability of doing its own lightering, and that a committee be set up to obtain all information ie same.”

At the last meeting of the Napier Council, protective works were authorised to be carried out at the Municipal Baths and the work is new in full swing. On the southern side great inroads have been made by the sea and the work being carried cut will effectively protect the shingle from any larthcr ravages. Adam’s pica: “The woman tempted me.” was raised at the Auckland Magistrate’s Court by a husband, who war- charged by his wife with having brehrn n promise given on oath to Mr. C. C. Kettle not to drink for 12 months, i-ud: "She brought C:;;c a bottle cf liqucw, and I had CGi'.ie.” to which the woman replied: ■'AA’iierc woi'ild I get a bottle of beer/' and lb-? Magistrate added: "The wcuiaa tempted mo. and I did Il is now 12 days smeo the salvage steamer \A niren was he’d up pending the settlement of a claim for £-118 for i-coairs. Dining the past few du vs the whole of her stores, building material, furniture cf the island huts, and a large quantltv cf coni have been removed frmn che vessel. Inquiry yesterday shewed that no settlement had been arrived at. and meanwhile the departure cf the expedition for the Auckland Islands is hide fill it cly pi .'-.t »■ >n- G.

Two slot telephones are to be installed in the Borough of Napier, one in the town and the other at Port Ahuriri.

Over £400(1 has now been «übrc’<bed for the Picture. Purchase Fund for the National Art Gallery in M ellingtcn.

The staff of the Post ami Tele- ( graph Department in the Wellington. | Blenheim, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth and Wanganui postal districts have subscribed an amount of £36, and a picture from the Baillie collection is to be purchased and presented to the National Gallery as a gift from the Post and Telegraph officers.

Applications for sale or selection will be received at the District Lands' Office, Napier, and the Court House, i Ormondville, up to 1 p.m. on M cd- j nesday, 19th June, for 1« rural sections in the Te VVlntitara block, situated close to Norscwood ; areas ranging from 64 to ]OO acres. The ba’lct will be held at the Court House, Or-' mondville, on 21st June. Persons in-j tcrested are referred to the advertisement appearing in this issue.

The honorary territorial niovemciit is being taken up vigorously in Pahintua. At the instance of the Mavcr, Mr. AV. W. McCrtidle. a wellattended public meeting was hcln ;hcre last night and a bianch o. Honorary Territorials was formed, a strong committee being set up. Captain J. Osborne Lilly, premotor of the local movement, addressed the meeting and received an enthusiastic hearing.

The Minister of the Hon. I. A. Hanan, has approv cd of the foilowping promotions and transfers in the police force ; —lnspector Mitchell (Dunedin) to be inspector at Auckland in place of Inspector Cullen, now Commissioner ofi Police ; Lnspec-,-or Dwyer (Napier) to go to Dunedin ; Inspector O’Donovan (Invercargill) to go to Napier; Inspector Norwood (Greymouth) to go to Invercargill ; Sub-Inspector Phair (Timaru) to go to Greymouth. Advices have been received by the distributors for the coal companies that for the present persons having contracts for regular supplies must have the - '? demands fulfilled before other orders are executed.says a Palmerston Press wire. The instructions apply to the Gas Company. This action is taken, it is said, owing to die possibility cf a coal shortage (on account of the shortage of miners on the West Coast) and a sympathetic strike with the Waihi strikers.

Our Petanc correspondent writes: What might have terminated in a fatal accident occurred last night on; the Pe-tane road, when Mr. Geyt was | knocked down and run over by a | motor car proceeding to the concert, i He was walking in the centre of the 1 road and failed to hear the ho ti, ; which was sounded two or three i times. He was taken to bis home by the driver of the motor, but he did ■ not require surgical ass istance, ns j the injury to his leg was very slight. | Mr. Geyt has to “thank his lucky I stars” that he was not killed.

At a meeting of the Cathedral Club in Napier last evening the following officers were elected for the coming vear:—President. Canon Mayne (reelected) ; i ice-presidents, Dr. HenIcy and Mr. J. Sandtmnnn ; committee. Messrs J. Snodgrass, R. Jones, H. Lovedaj, L. Harston, Napier and M. R. Grant: honorary secretary and treasurer, Mr. G. M. Silver (re-elect-ed); auditor, Mr. T. B. Bear. It was decided to submit the rules for consideration to a further meeting to be held on Friday. June 7th. The following contributed musical items : Messrs Horace AA’cbcr, T. B. Bear. G. Remington. E. Luks and G. M. Silver.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Napier branch of the Navy League intimation was made that commencing on December 3rd the Canterbury branches intend bolding an exhibition in Christchurch for the purpose cf stimulating interest in the work of the League. Mr. R .D. McLean, who presided, expressed the hope that the exhibition would fully justify its promotion by the rc-awakened interest of the Dominion in naval matters. 11c also, regretted the lack of interest in Hawke s Boy in this regard, and hoped that in the near future the work of the League would be participated in by all these having the welfare, of the Empire at heart.

Those who take an interest in hockey will be well provided for during the next two weeks m far as interesting matches an* concerned. On Wednesday next a rcpiesenlal ive match between AA’ellingion and Hawke's Huy will be played on the Napier Recreation Ground. As the Hawke’s Bay Association intends a team to Wellington at a later date to try and wrest from that association the .New Zealand championship honours, this match may be taken as a fair criterion as to their chances. On 3rd June (King's Birthday) the Aunuai T< iiririmen’ of the Hauke’ l ' Bay A l '.oeinli<>n wid be het] on Cornwall Pak, Hastings. There are forty teams entered—this represent. 7; over four hundred players. As in previous years interest among players is running high and keen contests are anticipated.

Mr. Laing-Mcason. of AA'ciiington. has been instructed to prepare plans and specifics lions cf a memorial to be erected in liciiour of Captain C< c-k, on Motuara Island, in Queen Charlotte Sound, where the great explorer first hoisted the tbii'.L Jack and took pcssci sicn of New Zealand in Britain’s name. The nirmcrial w-ll take the fci'in cf a hclkw pyam’d in ferro-ccncrcte, 70ft in height, rhe erection will measure square at the base and 12ft at. th? top, and will be sc constructed ns to allow access to th? top, from whence a ver;,- fine xiew cf Queen Charlotte Sound will be obtained. The merm; rial at Ship Ce.xc will be smaller, and will b?ar tablets, on which will be inscribed the dates of Captain Cock’s visits. Another £lOOO is required tc carry ouc these works, but the appeal to the public has not been encouraging. The Government has promised a Cl for £1 subsidy, up to £-100, bm that .-iiiicu.'it has net yet liei-n r< neb•'■ 1.

The Ha«tings Town Band Society invites I'nplieations for the position of conductor.

The annual re-union of Messrs. J. J. Niven and Co.’s employees will lie held this ei ening in the Foresters' Hall, Napier.

Mr. A. 11. McLean and Mr. T. H. Stewart have presented £.3 and £2 2- respectively to the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society fund for the new show gjound.

Three first offenders for urunkenncss wire brought bi lore Mr. 8. E. McCarthy, S.M., in Napier this morning. Each man was fined 20 - and costs 2/-, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment.

The opening ceremony of the new rooms of the Hastings Y.M.C.A. will take place next Thursday, 30th inst. Mr. H. M. Campbell, M.P.. will perform the official opening ceremony. New Zealand telegrams, inchiditor reports cf the Farmers’ Union vincial Conferences, will be found ou page 3of this issue. Reports of enteicninments appear on the same page, and on page 2 a budget of commercial news.

The Minister cf Education has appreved of the Education Boards regulations for compulsory attendance at continuance classes in the Wanganui Education District. Experiments will first be tried in Wnngnnui and suburbs, where the conditions arc exceptionally favourable. The first heavy front of the winter *r,s experienced in Napier and Hastings last night. Early risers found the frost thick and- white on the flats. A resident of Taradalc informs us that ' the frost was very heavy in that district, but no harm has been done as all crops likely to be affected have been gathered.

A special general meeting of members of the Napier Chamber of Commcice will be held in the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Society’s room, Napier, on Tuesday afternoon next. The business to be <fyealt with is tlio reported proposal to divert NapierWellington passenger traffic through the Wairarapa.

The secretary cf the Napier Chamber of Commerce has received intimation from Mr. AV. D. S. MacDonald. Minister of Public AVorks, that he finds it impossible to visit the town before the opening of Parliament." The Hon. A. M. Myers, Minister for Railways, writes stating that ho will visit Napier for the session opens.

The H.B. A. and P. Society has just added the following three now volumes lo their lending library:— “The Structure of Wool Fibre,” by F. H. Bowmon; “The Complete Farmer, by Primrose McConnell, B.Ss. ; and “The Feeding of Crops and Stock,” b> A. D. Hall. The volume entitled “The Structure of Wool Fibre” is specially recommended by Mr. Lee, who recently delivered n scries of lectures to the officials of the Agricultural Department throughout the Dominion, as the best work of its kind for general use.

The Tiiharu Harbour Board yesterday received a letter from Captain Mogg. cf the s.s. Karamea, stating that the board will be held liable for the cost of repairs due to his steamer bumping n wharf pile when bring berthed by one of the board’s pilots. The board, after an inquiry by the committee, decided to decline liability. The board fixed the harbour rate th? same as last year. 5-16ths of a penny on the capital values. As the use or the fog signal fired nt five minute intervals is expensive. £l5 for two days, the board will ask the Marine Department to allow ten minute intervals.

The Mayor of Hastings (Mr. James Garnett) has received the following letter from the Hon A. M. Myers. Minister for Railwaysl beg to acknowledge receipt of yours of the 17th inst informing me that a deputation of citizens desires to wa : t on me on the occasion of my next visit to Hastings in regard to increased accommodation at the railway station and goods shed. In reply. 1 have to inform you that I shall be very pleased to receive the deputation referred to. It is,not possible at the moment to state definitely when a shall be in Hastings, but a shall send you timely notice when iny dates are fixed.”

Everything is now in readiness for the Teachers’ Cam]) of Instruction which is to be held on the Hastings racecourse, the Hastings District High School cadets, under Captain Cullen, having pitched the tents on Thursday last. The visiting techcrs are due to arrive this evening, but the actual training will not commence till Monday morning. One. hundred and ten teachers will bo under canvas with Lieut-. Colonel Hislop in command and Captain Stevens supervising. Sergeant-Major Just will carry out the work of instruction, which will be on the same lines as f lic Territorial camps, except of a mere elementary nature.

The typewriter in use at the Hastings Court ho use still continues to be a sourer of annoyance to the magistrate. lawyers and others whose dnt’c:; require their presence at siftings <-i (he court ami other inquiries. During the taking <;f evidence at yesterdayinquest on the late Mr. E. Turpin, the instrument made itself lucre objectionable than ever, the coastant tapping <J the keys being net only extremely irritating, but the cause of unnecessary delay, counsel representing the various mtf rested parties hiving to be continually asking the witnesses to repeat their answers in exumination. A request for “.‘•ik Heer” was made to the Justice Department some time ago, but deel'iivd. The matter is one which the Hawke’s Bay Law Hovicfy might take up.