GENERAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 297, 20 November 1912, Page 4

GENERAL AND GENERAL.

Tire class s at the Hastings Dis riD't High School wee dismissed at 2.3» this afternoon to allow tin cb i Id ren to be presem at thr Shakcspcrittn Bageant. The clmiiman of the County Council ami the engineer inspected the land at Sherendcn yesterday with a view to making certain road deviations. At the Napier Masgisiraie's Con. - ) tins iir. ruing. In ‘<.rc dlr. S. B. Sir Curtliy. S.M.. Hurry A< tie - ’v M.c Intosli Muris.i.n, was charged with supplying a certain noxious drug to a young woman with intent to pro cure a miscarriage. Accused was remanded till the 25ih iust.. bail being idle wed himself in £lOO and two sureties of £3O meh. Bail was forthcoming. Mr. W. H. Skinner, Cmnmisionei t Crown Lands at Blenheim, the other day was informed by a fisherman named Nelson, who lives at the head of Pelorus Sound that he quite recently saw Pdcrous Jack apparentlx in good health and spirits. .Xtlsc'i knows the vet avian well and is certain of his facts. Press Associat ion. The death has occurred at the Tahoraite pah. near Dannevirke. of a Macri woman. 120 years old. Her name was Atcnata Wharekiri. In troublous times her husband Hohepa Pacwai, a friendly chief, with the deceased did much to quell the warlike spirit of the tribe. Most of the Tahoraite block was owned by deceased and her descendants. A tangi will bp held. —Press Associa- ( ticn. | Mr. S. I'i. McCarthy, S.M.. dellievered his reserved judgment nt | the Napier M ngisl t it c's C< urt y> I ; i rday aft crimmi m t be e isr I ('at borine Jam - Cr< < k. i. Queeir-I uu | Insurance Company. Limited, bi inc pi claim f<-r £75 on a pi livy < f fin I insurance effected by the plaintiff < a ! her household g’ i ds, which wer; I dost roved by fire on July Gib. iul2. i Mr. Dolan appeared for the plaintiff land Mr. Gleeson for the defoiidi ul I ci.nip-mi. Judgment w;i; r< cordon | for the defendants with costs £3 15 -. I In the ev< tit <f an appeal security j was given for £l5. i As showing the damage caused by j misrepresenting the harbour question. at the Thirty Thousand Chib I meeting at Napier on Monday night, I Mr. Beagley was about, to voice his ! protest against certain members of . he Napier Harbour Board (believing ! in the statements appearing against i such members as published in a locai i paper) when Mr. Arthur McCarthy ' rose and protested against the matter being discussed, especially ns the challenge offered by Mr. Niven had not been dealt with. On Mr. McCarthy urging the chairman to consider that it was a question affecting the honour of an honourable mam the chairman ruled Mr. Beagley out of order. The explanation, unanimously accepted by the Harbour Board meeting yesterday on the matter. confirmed the action of the .•'hairman at the meeting on Monday

There will be a meeting of the lawke's Bay County Council or Wednesday next. There are three Hastings patient; n the Napier Hospital suffering rom typhoid fever. In addition to the ordinary pro .r.-i'.ume at tile King's Theatre to light a film of lb.'' last Melbourm 'up will be shown. This picturi •hows the huge e.-owd that attendee he race, the start, the finish, am everal interesting hits." Mr. A. 11. Holmes, clerk of the A'eliiugton Magistrate’s Court, paid i visit of inspection to the Hasting? .'ourtliotise yesterday in furtherance >f a uniform system which is being idopted throughout the Dominion n the keeping of Court books. Mr. Holmes visited Napier to-day. Mi-. Gregory, captain of the Aus ralian eleven. interviewed at Auckland, -aid the Australians m loubt missed Tnimper in the tesi Hatches owing io his usefulness or. .vet wickets. Mr. Emery expressed .he opinion that the present lean vas equal to any Australian clever luring the pad fifteen years, but tot equal to the teams which previously represented the Common.vealth.— Press Association. The total value of the exports.hat have gone through the Napier .’ustoms office for the quarter ending September 30th. 1912, is £132.2(11. against 61,005 last year. In wool fo; jhe past quarter £15.551 lies been exported, made up as follows: — Greasy £17,563, scoured £12,169, slipe £155,819, against the ,£26.873 of last year, which was made up with greasy £9232, scoured £81)585. slip-? £9483. Fraozen mutton has shown a marked increase this quarter as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, for the figures, ire £4(5.379 for 1912 against £ 17,383 •or 1911. In land) the exports are nearly double tins year, for £7918 has been exported against £3985 last year. Beef £10.551 against £l-135, pelts .£8545 against £4375. sheep skins £1693 against £506. while hides, £-113, show a decrease against £1165 last year, cheese £336 against £l2O and flax £BlB. tow £1(4: against nil of last year.