LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 189, 26 July 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Education Board will meet u Thursday next, 31st. inst.

The road deviation on Tongoio Hill has now been completed. The Government grant was about £3W>.

The weekly report received from Mangaone Oilfields yesterday stated that the bore had reached a depth of 2400 feet and was still in a papa formation.

The winter metaliiim by the H. 3. County Council has now been ptac tieally all completed except that a few teams are working on the road from DiEon« to Politic.

The tempm ary bridge over Dan ver’s Creek is now under construet.:<m and it is expected that the eon tractor for the concrete bridge will be able.t>> commence work in a few davs.

The ‘ Standard’s” Shannon correspondent reports that an unfortunate accident befel Mr. Frank King during a hockey match at Moutoa last, week. He was severely hit in the face with a hockey stick. So severe was the knock that both his nose and cheek bones were broken.

The Napier Technical School cadets paraded at the Garrison Hall last eveninc. when Lieut. Col. Hislop presented 51 members with badges for conduct, attendance amt efficiem y. Lieut. Col. Hislop complimented the lads on the decided improvement in their steadiness and general efficiency.

The Hastings Holiday Association, a body that has existed with veryconsiderable usefulness for a mini her of years, advertises its public meeting in the Council Chambers fc.r Monday next, ar 8 p.m. A new committee is to be elected, and the matter of closing on Easter Saturdays and other business will be brought forward.

Ilie services at the Salvation Army. Hastings, to-morrow, conducted by Adjutant "Wellington, are to be of a special character. At 3 p.m. a swearing-in of young people will take place. In the evening the Adjutant will conduct a memorial service to the memory of the. late Commissioner Rail!on, the Army’s first Commissioner. A good attendance is expected.

The Hastings Band will hold a Grand Military Ball in the Drill Hall on Wednesday’ evening next. The band is an institution which should meet with solid support from the public, and for this reason and also because no pains are being spared to make the function as enjoyable as possible, it is to be hoped that there will be a large attendance. Card rooms will be furnished for non-dancers.

Mr. J. M’. McDougall occupied the chair at a meeting of shareholders in the Napier Starr-Bowkett Building, Society’ held last evening. The sale of £-500 in No. 1 issue realised £l2 per cent., and in a ballot for £5OO in No. 2 issue, the successful shareholder was Group 114, holding two shares, entitling the drawer to £2OO. In the sale of £5OO in No .3 issue £lOO realised £46 and £-100 brought £36 per hundred.

Messrs Dalgety and Cc... Limited, in conjunction with the Hawke s Bay Farmers Association, will offer by public auction on Friday Align-t Ist. at Messrs Manson anti ('</< yards. Outran) Street. Napier, the whole of that firm's stock and plant, including 150.•><>(> feet of timber, builders' ironmongery, limber waggons. traction engine. draught horses. anti general sawmtllitig plant. Three building allotments ar Waipawa will he offered under th l ' ha miner at the same time.

Chi being liberated from durance vile at Napier yesterday’, after serving a term of three months. Patrick Kelly proceeded to celebrate his emancipation unwisely but too well. Having reached that blissful condition desctibid m a popular song as "fou tli’ noo.” he set out for Hastings. where in due course he. stumbled inlo the embrace of the long arm. and this morning he appeared before Mr. S. E. McCarthy, S.M.. hr whom he was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon and prohibited for a period ot twelve months.

The Hastings Y..’d.( .A. Bnrliiinent nn t last evening. ,w)i( n Ihe Bible in Scheids Bill wa- discu-sed in committee. but the time occupied in getting the main clauses passed necessitated the adjournment of the inia-ure t<. a future sitting. A div s ion was called for on an amendmer.t brought in by the Opposition as *<> explanatory notes in the proposed text book, and the voting resulted in the amendment being lost by two votes. The Premier announced that private members' bills would be discussed at next sitting, at which the members of the junior literary’ and debating si.i .u-t» ait- to be present-as visitors.

Groat intere-i is benig fimoil in tlu grand United Band Concert which is to take place to-morrow afternoon at Queen Square. The Napier City Bands’ selections will bt' "Tanniiausei,” ’ Tl<i-.annn.” The Village Blacksmith ' (solo for euphonium). and hymn tune "Sandon.” The Hastings Band’s numbers are selection ' Ciispino ' (Ricci); "Maidstone” (arr. by Hume), and overture "The Village Bride” (Rimmer). In addition to the above several popular inarches will lie played by the massed bands. The visiting bandsmen are to be invited to tea by the local band at Admore's Tea-rooms after the cone<*rt.

The annual meeting of the Napier Amateur Horticultural Society was held vesterday afternoon. Canon Take presiding. Officers for the ensuing vear were elected as follows : — Ihesident. .Mr. R. D. D. McLean: vice-presidents, Canon Tuke. Messrs. J. Vigor Brown. M.P.. J. N. Williams. >S. McLernon, E. W. Knowles ami E. H. Williams : committee. Mtwdtiniis Hector Smith. Tosswill. Ashcroft, J. P. Thomson, Morgan ami A. Brown, Kciincdi. Aies-r.-. Waters. H. J. Smith. C. D. Wi]s,.,ii. F. W. Triggs. W. Fra-cr. ('. Douglas. L. Let i«-n and J. 11. Ohl ham : secretary. .Mr. J. H. G. Murdoch : treasurer, Mr. F. H. Simpson. It was decided to hold a .‘-how f<a- loses on No'ember 6th and cue for sweet peas and carnations during the second week‘in December, in place of a summer show and an autumn show as formerly.

The United Temperance Social Guild held tliei 1 ’ usual monthly eon cert last night in St. Andrew’s Hall, Hastings. There was a large attend anee. and Mr. R. E. Barley took the chair in the absence <>f Rev. P. Rani say. Tim items were as follows:— Pianoforte solo. Miss Gretta Campbell : recitation, Marion McQuiro : song (by request). Airs. MaeduffBoyd (encored); mandoline duet, Messrs. Petherick and T. Heighway; song. Miss Turtle (encored); recitation. Agnes Kelly; song. Mr. Morton ; temperance address. Air. King (of Y..M.C.A.); song (comic). Air. AV. G. Carr (double encore); violin solo. Edward Alarbruok ; reci tation, Herbert Thoni.sc.n : song, Air. Turtle ;physical culture display by pupils of Mr. Haines, of Y.AI.C.A. ; song. Air. AfcQuire (encore); recitn tion, Bessie Alitchell. The accom paniinents were plated h\ Al’s 6 Ross.

The hearing of the case m winch James L. Cathro was charged with failing to provide adequate maintenance for the support of his wife, was concluded in the Alagistrate’s Court. Hastings, yesteiday afternoon. After hearing the evidence of the complainant and Mr. J. A Fraser, the Magistrate made the following order :—(1) That complainant be no longer bound to cohabit with her husband ; (2) that the complainant have legal guaidianship of the children until they attain the age of 16 years ; (3) that the defendant pay .£] 15 - per week for the support of complainant and the children and enter into a bond of .£2OO with two sureties of JCIOO each or one of £•’00 to obey the order; (I) that ait wages payable to defendant by ihe Professor Braemar theatrical company stand charged with the payment of the weekly sum : and (5) that defendant pay court costs amounting to £2 2'-. Air. E. H. Williams apappi ared on behalf of the coniplainand Air. H. Holderness represented the defendant.

Notwithstanding the prompt arrival of the Fire Brigade and fire police at the fire which occurred in Avenue road, Hastings, yesterday afternoon, the interior of the building was completely gutted. The fire had apparently* started in the kitchen and had been burning for some time before it was detected. The alarm was given by Mr. S. Brooker, an employee of the Hastings Borough Council, who was working in Queen’s Square, and communicated by telephone with the fire station. There was no one at home when the fire occurred. The house, which was owned by Mr. John Cowan, junr.. and valued at £600.. was insured in the Commercial Union Insurance Company's office for £l5O. and the tenant. Mr. Herbert Pullen, had his furniture covered in the Norwich Union office by a policy of £lO6. Very little was saved, and Mr- Pullen is a heavy loser. Mrs. Pullen left the house ~l 2. I.’> and there was then a tire in the grate. It is siitimsed that a spark ignited some cutties which weie hanging on a clothes horse tn front of the tire.

On Tuesday next in the Salvation Army Hall. Hasting'. Brigadier Carmichael will lecture on "The Life and Work of General Booth.” The lantern slides of which there are 120 are life model size and are just out from London. They aie being shown in Hasting' for the first time. Friends old and new aie heartilv invited.

The experimental use »,f dynamite decided on by the Harbour Board for the pmpc.se of loosening the boulders in the bank at the mouth of the channel at, Port Ahuriri. and so facilitating dredging operations, has been delayed owing to the "J.D.0.” being at present on tlie slip. The dredge comes off the slip on Mon dany. and the experiment, will then be made.

A Maori gathering on a large scale took place last Monday at Pouinifunin. Otaramarae Bay, Lake Rotoni. The oe, asion was ilie open ing of the carved house, Houmaitiiwhiti. intended a' a tribal meeting house for the Ngati Tikiao tribe. The building i' adorned with ancient carvings of great interest, taken from an old house which formerly stood at Maketu. The formal opentook place at I p.m. A large number of Maoris assembled and great pr< paralions wore made in the way of protiding food for the guest-.. Among other “iipplic'. a thousand loaxi s of biend were 'i-nt from Rotorua.