LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 245, 19 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The gate takings at the football match Hastings v. Poverty Bay at Gisborne on Saturday afternoon amounted to £4O.

A plain, and fancy dress dance will bo held in the Mangateretere School on September 27th in aid of the school prize fund. The Theatre Royal, Napier, will, it is understood, be taken over by a syndicate at an early date ana thoroughly renovated and improved.

The Victoria College Council at Wellington last night, on the casting vote of the chairman, decided against electing two professors as members of the Council by the Professorial Board. Dominion Day. which falls on Monday next, will be observed as a holiday in the Hawke’s' Bay school district, and the various committees have been requested to mark the occasion by the children saluting the flag, etc. Captain Smith, Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands, in his annual report, states that the difficulty of obtaining labour for shipping and plantation purposes has been most satisfactorily overcome by the introduction of moving picture shows, no less than four being established on the Island. The natives now amuse themselves by attending every night, and to provide the wherewithal for this luxury they are now more anxious to seek employment than formerly.

The dance of the Marist Brothers Old Boys’ Football Club, which took place in the Foresters’ Hall. Napier, last evening, was a markea success. Forty couples were present and spent a pleasant evening in dance to the music provided by Ninnes’ band. Miss Barry and O’Donoghue played the extras, and the ladies executed in a satisfactorymanner the arrangements in connection with the supper. The duties of secretary and M.C. were effectivelycarried out by Messrs. P. L. McNamara and J. Mullany. The manager's house at the Hon. J. D. Ormond’s Karamu farm, which was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, was insured in the Phcenix Company for £.300. There was also a small insurance on the furniture. The cause of the fire is supposed to be a defective chimney. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald saved verylittle else but the clothes they had on. The thing Mr. Archibald regrets most is the loss of his papers, which include many valuable records. He has the sympathy- of a large circle of friends, .who well know the value of the documents he has lost in the flames.

A very handsome and commodious addition to the residential buildings of Hastings has been completed to the order of Air. Tipping. Heart timber was used throughout. a special feature being made of the 'ceilings, in which some very fine timber and workmanship is to be seen. The interior is beautifully finished. The house contains four bedrooms, sitting and dining rooms, office, bathroom, kitchen, pantry, and scullery, with necessary outbuildings and motor house. It is pleasantly situated on the Pakowhai road. Air. Tipping is naturally very pleased with his new home. Messrs. Grant and Bal! were the architects and Air. H. Meyi-ick was the builder.

An anonymous subscriber (XYZ) lias forwarded us ten shillings towards the fund in aid of the widow and family of the late Mr. E. G. Camm. of Hastings. A verdict for plaintiff of £l2l was given at Gisborne this morning in the case W. B. Hingston, stock inspector v. Dalgety and Co., claiming £ll6 through injuries received by a bullock rushing the plaintiff at the saleyards. During the hearing of the Beck trial at the Supreme Court, Napier, yesterday, His Honor Mr. Justice Edwards made most favourable comment upon the capable and most fair manner in which the police conducted criminal eases in the lower court s.

The Clive Oddfellows’ Ball, to be held in the Clive Hall to-morrow evening, promises to be a most successful function. Ninnes’ band has been engaged for the occasion, and for the convenience of Hastings patrons a ’bus will leave the Albert Stables at 7.15 p.m. for the Hall.

The Kautuki Football Club are holding a euchre party and dance m the Omahu Meeting Hall next Wednesday evening, when valuable trophies will be given to the winners. A free drag leaves the Carlton Club Hotel, Hastings, at 7.30 p.m., returning after the dance.

At the extraordinary meeting of the Hastings Borough Council this evening Cr. George will ask, "When the incinerator provided for m the year’s estimates is likely to be installed at the Quarry road gravel pit, and what is being done with, the butchers’ and other refuse that it is proposed to incinerate.”

The Hastings Borough Council are shortly proceeding with the work in connection with the renewal of the Murdoch road bridge, and the question of the closing of the road pending the erection of a temporary bridge beside the present structure is now under consideration l>y the Hawke’s Bay County Council.

The members of the Loyal Napier Ledge of Oddfellows were the guests of the Hastings Oddfellows at a euchre tournament in the Oddfellows’ Hall last evening. Hastings won the tournament by a fair margin. The visitors were subsequently entertained at supper, and a very pleasant evening was spent in si.ng and story.

Tlie Rev. J. E. Watts-Ditchfield. who is touring New Zealand in the interests of the C.E.M.S., arrives at Hastings by the express on Saturday evening, and will preach a special sermon to men at the 11 o’clock service on Sunday morning. His men’s services, both in his own parish in London, and throughout his Australian and New Zealnnct tour .have been wonderfully successful.

A reminder is given of the social to be held in the Drill Hall, Hastings, to-morrow evening in aid of the funds of the Napier Hospital. The promoters have spared no effort to make the function a success and there is every indication that last year's results will be eclipsed. Juveniles will occupy the floor from 7 till 10 o’clock and adults from 10 till 1 a.in. Prizes will be awarded for the best fancy dresses amongst the children.

The October number of “Life" is a full budget of entertaining and informing reading. Among the several excellent articles there is an appreciation of the late General Booth’s life and work by the editor. “Electing a President” is a very readable pen-picture of America during election time. Dr. Fitchett continues his series of papers on Australian Exploration, and the fiction and other sections of the review are, as usual, of the best.