LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 205, 13 August 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The sub-coinmittees appointed by the Waipawa and Hawke’s Bay County Councils will meet shortly to consider the position of the Hamp-den-Maraekakaho road.

Owing to the continued heavy seas the contractors have been unable to eoinmer.ee operations in connection with the refloating of the Trusty, now lying on the Petane beach. On her last trip from Vancouver the Zealandia was in wireless communication with land the whole way across the Pacific, except for one night between Honolulu and Fiji. During Industries Week the Napier Technical College will be open to the public every day between 10 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. ; the pupils will be engaged at work so that those who pay the college a visit will ha able to form an estimate of the actual work carried ou.

A meeting of employers interested in the dirvers’ dispute will be bald in Napier to-morrow afternoon in the office of the Hawke’s Bay Employers’ Association, Browning street.

The Hawke’s Bay Ploughing Association will held their annual ploughing match in Mr. J. Sweeney ■- paddock at Mahora on Wednesday. August 21 st. The programme includes two double furrow and one single furrow events, besides which there will be the usual competitions open to the general public.

A sensation was caused in Lowe.Queen street, Auckland, shortly after 5 o’clock last evening by a horse bolting from Queen street wharf and seriously injuring Mrs. Whitcoinbe, mother of the wife of the Rev. Arthur Cowie, and smashing a plate-glass window valued at about £2O. The horse was being placed in a horse box preparatory to being shipped on board the Maheno.

Yesterday Constable Brenchley, assisted by two others, again dragged the creek at Paki Paki where the infant son of Mr. Louis McGillwray is supposed to have been drowned on Wednesday last, but still no trace of the body could be found. There is a hole of considerable depth in one part of the creek into which the body, it is thought, may have been drawn by the undercurrent, and to-day it was intended to procure a punt from Poukawa for the purpose of examining this spot. In our advertising columns. Mi-s M. MLaughlin. late of Wellington, announces that she is commencing business on Saturday next as milliner and ladies’ wear specialist, in the premises lately occupied by Messrs. Tombs anil Grubb, Heretaunga | street. Hastings. Miss McLaughlin) has secured the services of Miss j Ry an, a milliner who has had a wide! experience in the West End of I.cndon, and as nothing but the most up-j to-date lines will be stocked the newfirm should be favoured with a fair | share of public patronage. I

The Napier Art Society held their monthly meeting in Abbott’s Hall last evening, when there was a fair attendance. Some very good wcrk was shown and although there was nothing of exceptional merit—wnh the exception of two copper panels and a carved box—there was an absolute absence of trash. The meetings are becoming \ cry popular with members, who look forward to th ru with pleasure. In summer, when mt mhers are able to go out sketching, there will be much more work done, and the benefit of Mrs. Handyside’s criticism will have a beneficial effect on the productions. Mr. J. Lomas (Secretary for Labour). Mr. Temple (Government Architect), Mr. Sadd (Crown Lands Commissioner), and Mr. R. T. Bailey (of the Labour Department) met a number of aplpicants for Workers’ Dwellings in the Hastings Borough Council Chambers for the purpose of discussing the plans of the various classes of residences which the Government undertake to erect. There are nine local applicants. The land under offer to the Government is part of the estate 'of the late J. Wall, and another property situate at Mahora. owned by Messrs. Thompson Bros.

The tenth annual meeting of i shareholders in the Hastings Starr- ■ Bowkett Building Society was held J in the Old Library last evening, Mr. | J. Garnett presiding. The report i and balance sheet (already publish- j ed) were adopted, and the three retiring directors, Messrs. J. Garnett, 1 M. J. Johnson, and J. D. Rivers] were re-elected unopposed. Mr. F. ] C. Hartshorn was re-appointed ] shareholders’ auditor. In the Nc. 1' t Issue, group No. 37 was successful ■ for £5OO, and the sale of £5OO in the ] same issue realised £l4 per cent, for! £3OO and £l2 per cent, for £2OO. ■ Group No. 55 was successful in a bal- i lot for £5OO in No. 2 Issue.

A narrow escape from drowning was experienced off AVynyard Pier, Auckland, yesterday by William Crawl, one of five harbour board workmen who were thrown into the harbour by the capsize of a punt. The five men were hauling away at a chain, when it became suddenly slack, with the result that the occupants of the punt lost their balance and were toppled into the water. Four of them managed to swim back to the dredge, but Crawl was noticed to be in distress. A dinghy was put off, and Crawl was rescued in a collapsed condition. He was taken to the district hospital, and and is stated to be progressing favourably.

Commissioner Richards, of the Salvation Army, will arrive by the 1.20 p.m. train from Dannevirke on Thursday next. He will be accorded a civic reception at the Borough Council Chambers at 3 p.m. His Worship the Mayor (Mr. James Garnett) will preside. The Commissioner will he supported by Colonel Fisher, Chief Secretary, Brigadier Bray, Social Secretary. Major Carmichael, Divisional Commander, also Captain Suter, private secretary to the Commissioner. The Army Brass Band will parade at His Worship the Mayor’s residence at 2.30 p.m. to march to the Council Chambers. There will also be a welcome tea meeting in the S.A. Hall, commencing at 5.30 p.m.. to be followed by a gigantic public reception at 8 o'clock.

The monthly meeting of the Hastings Fire Police was held last evening'. Captain Hawkes presiding. A letter was received from Mrs. < :ill.erd, of Napier, acknowledging a vote of condolence with her in the loss of her husband. It was decided to subscribe £‘s towards the purchase of a billiard table for the fire station meeting room, and that each new member be obliged to contribute 5 - towards the upkeep of the table. The secretary (Mr. J. M. Bamforth) was voted a bonus of £3 3 - for his past services, and regret was expressed that the corps' funds would not permit of a larger sum. At a subsequent meting of the officers, the conditions for the Miller medal competition were drawn up as follows : —Mount a ladder, tie a chair knot, lower a dummy, ami top.- oft > yard >„ square. I

A meeting of journalists was held this week at Wellington to formulate proposals to be laid before news paper proprietors concerning rates of pay, overtime, and other matters. It is announced that other meetings will be held and steps taken to obtainn the opinion of country journalists.

The first fall of snow ever known in Gisborne caused not a little excitement yesterday morning, though the flakes lasted but a few seconds, disappearing almost as quickly as they fell. The weather is bitterly cold, and reports from the interior state that snow has fallen on the ranges. The outlook for young lambs is serious.

As showing the progress which the Gisborne-Auckland railway is making it may be stated that a goods service between Okoko and Rakauroa has been commenced. It is hoped to have the line sufficiently advanced to allow of passenger conveyance under the Public Works Department being commenced in about two months’ time.

The following resolution was to have ‘been moved at a special meeting of the Hawke's Bay County Councii to have taken place yesterday :—“That this council raise a loan of £4431,9.4 from the Government Insurance Department, Wellington, to repay the loan oaring to the Hastings Borough Council of £4481,9/4.” It was. however, resolved to hold tiie meeting on a future date to be subsequently determined-

Re port of yesterday’s meeting of the H.B. Hospital Board will be found on page two of this issue. On the same page appear reports of the proceedings at the Napier and Hasting Magistrate's Courts. Correspondence on various subjects will be found on page three, together with the account of yesterday’s deputation of Clive settiers to the Hawke’s Bay Rivers Board regarding the recent blocking up of the mouth of the Ngaruroro river.

In delivering his verdict respecting I the death of Conductor Ambrose McKay, who died from injuries received through falling from combination ear No. 42 in Manners street, Welling•jton. Dr. McArthur said that the duties of conductors necessarily entailed a certain amount ot danger, j but he was of opinion that some of< the risks might be minimised, and he' rccoinm* sided serious consideration of the matter to the tramwav; authorities and the Public Works. Department. i The Women’s Guild of St. Augustin Church, Napier, held a social last I evening in aid of the church exten-1 sion fund. There was a good attendance and the evening passed pleasantly with competitions, games, j etc. Selections were given by the Na-j pier Mandoline and Banjo Band, j under Mr. Collins, and Miss Starmand and Master Robson also contributed to the programme. Messrs. J Roe, Thayer, Erskine and Freedman i were successful in the competitions. The success attending the social was | largely due to Mrs. Collins, presi-! dent of the guild, who was in charge of the arrangements. The organised workers of Napier are about to engage in a vigorous campaign in order in order to secure representation of organised labour on all public bodies. With a view to this object the Napier Trades and Labour Council have requested the affiliated unions to nominate members chosen by the respective unions to contest the forthcoming election of members of the Napier South] Town Board. Live committees have J

been formed, and at a meeting of the Napier branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners held last night two popular members J of that society were nominated as ; candidates to be submitted for a* final vote at an aggregate meeting of ‘ the affiliated unions. '