LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 139, 29 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Timaiii Magistrate s Court yesterday, a grazing runlAilder at Mount Nessing recovered JMtl and £7 costs From a neighlHmr fir lambs worried by a dog- I Nine apjilu at ions weri‘ rreidved h\ the Hastings Borough Coum d toi the position of assistant boi'Xiigh on gincer. Mr. C. H. Wntsmi <>f Auck land was nirpoiiiteil nt a i-nhirv <>t £lS<> per annum. The Tillla.ru Plunket Soviet\ s annual report stales that the nurse attended timing the year il‘> . use.. made 3013 \ isits to houses wanl 626 calls at tire office, and (u.id 51 visits to seven country cent res. Till' opening iillll't’li id the I n.leil Temperance Social Guild takes jAace tonight at 7.30 in Si Andrew's Hall Hastings. An attractive programme for younn' and old has been arranged. A collection will be t'lken m>. Messrs Lniulon Stewart and Limited, report h'rving disposed of Mr. Chas. Tyler's Kiri Kiri (Mat 1 piro) property of iTuti acres to Smith Bros., of Waitoh ir t Valiev ; also of Mr. G. Wi llman's L.I.P. fatni of 4tst acres at Mungntijhi io Mr. John Graham.

The ceremony of unveiling the Scott, memorial cairn tablet at Port ( halnicts will be performed by the Prime Minister on Saturday afternoon. It will, says the Dunedin “Star,” be of an impressive nature, befitting the memory of the brave men who sleep down south in the silent snowy wikis At a meeting of the Heretaunga Squadron of the Legion of Frontiers men held in t he Pacific Hotel, Hastings. last evening, six new members were enrolled, bringing the total strength up to 31. The tender of Messrs Millar and Giorgi was accept cd for the supply of uniforms. A dismounted parade will be held on Friday June Sth. At last night's meeting of the Hastings Borough Council, on the motion of the Mayor, it was decided that the scheme of pi egression for carrying out road construction as prepared by the Engineer be adopt cd ami that the cost of the work be placed against the £10001) advancer' by the Bank of New South Wales lending the raising of (he borough o.an on the British market. A naive statement, winch appears to throw some light on the working of the immigration laws, was contained in the depositions produced at the Dunedin Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday of tin immigrant who was brought out from England by a. friend. ‘ Assisted immigrants must have £lO on them when they arrive in New Zealand,” the deposition read. “She (the friend) lent tnq that £lO so that 1 should have it when 1 landed. 1 gave her the £lO the 1110 inent I arrived in New Zealand.” A large plaieglasH window in Lud brook’s drapery store at \\ onthnggi. Victoria, was smashed in a remarkable manner. In the window in an iron' cage vi is 1, half-grown f ix, which, as an advertising medium, attracted considerable attention. A greyhound, in passing the window, noticed the fox. and without the .slightest hesitation made 1; leap for it. The result was that the glass window was smashed, and the footpath .trevvn with broken glass. The dog. realising his mistake, at once im.de off, little, if any, the worse for his leap through the window. Speaking nt the annual meeting ot the Wellington Chamber of ( ommerce on Wednesday Mr. Shirt clift'e touched on imports’and exports . He said that, in a country situated as New Zealand w-as at pre, sent, they had to have a subßtantinli surplus of exports over imports, ini order to pay the country’s interest. Trade in Wellington was good at the present time, but it was threatened to some .extent by other ports —by Nelson, Picton, and Wanganui, which were forging ahead. It behoved Wellington people to do all they could to increase the produc* tiveness of their own province, by opening up the back country. An accident attended with serious consequences to Mrs. F. W. Tadman, of Ruapekapeka, occurred us she was being driven home from Kawakawa by her son 011 Monday afternoon, telegraphs the Auckland “Star's” correspondent. The brake failed at Dawson’s Hill, gJlu the horses, silting off nt a gallop, ran off at a sharp cotuor and plunged headlong into a gorge about 300 fl. deep. The son called to his mother to jump, doing so himself at the same time, but Mrs. Tadmanls dress became caught and she was dragged some distance down the gorge before the dress tore loose and released her. An hour and a-half passed before help arrived, and the injured lady was then conveyed to the Kawnkawii Hospital, where it* was found she lind siistaineila compound fracture of the leg injuries. The horses were found the following morning at the bottom of th<‘ gorge practically uninjured. Sir Joseph Ward, who made a flight in the New Zealand aeroplane Britannia with the missing aviator, gave n reporter some imiiiessions of Hamers personality. He said he deeply regretted to hoar the news, but hoped Hamel would be rescued, though it seemed highly improbable. He knew Hamel well. He was a fine, manly chap, highly educated, and in apnearanee looked one of lhe last men in the world to i'c.sse*s such courage .daring and eoolncas. He was one nf the most self-nossesaed men possible on his aeroplane, but off it was a gay, lighthearted, jovial mam On the oeeasiqi) when lie (Sit Joseph Ward) went uy'in the Britannia, H imel showedwflendid nerve. He told Sir Joseph Ward that twice in turning he was m the most acute angle he had eyifr been before. ■■Personally.’' continued Sir Joseph Ward. “1 had not flown before, so had no means of comparison, but Hamel three weeks after told me of this adding : “All flights are uncertain ; an aeronaut lakes his life in ibis hands."

By some mistake incidental to reporting by telegraph. the Wairoa county flood damage was set down at £90.000 instead ot £20.000. in all papers hut the " Guardian and the “ New Zealand Herald. ine lesser figure is likely to be exceeded when the Government tosses are taken into account.

The Auckland •Star” says that the pooling of the three ciQ seat.-> which is suggested as possible under legislation contemplated b\ the <*overnment would not make any difference from the licensing point ot view, for already they are as one licensing district. A well-known prohibition advocate, speaking to a ’“Star” representative on Wednesday morning, said that such an a.teration would not affect the licensing poll, unless Grey Lynn and Earnell were brought m also—an amendment lie would very miu -> like to see lire light about. The members of the Hastings Operatic Society held a very success; ful rehearsal ot ”A Country Gir last evening, most of the chorus work being sung from memory. Exeelieni progress has been marie under the baton of Mr. S. H. Knight, and the haunting melodies ami rnilick chorues with which the opei.i abounds are being sung with tine feet The society has recently neen Strengthened by the addition ot several members who haw already made their mark m amateur theatricals. and the cast of eharacteis which is to lie announced at next week’s practice, should be av <. strong one.

A meeting of considerable ’nt*- 1 ' est to teachers will take place at the Normal School. Christchurcn. on Saturday. All the Canterbury members of Parliament have been muted bv the Education institute to attend, and matteis of impmtanee to the teaching profession will be discussed, it is an open secret th..t the present year will in a.l p.obabilitv bring manv changes m educational matters, and teachers generallv have reasonable groi.ncts 101 hoping that long-desired refoms mav result. Messrs, taughle.v. « t.and Evans have been appointed bx the Canterbury Institute to speak on behalf of the teachers Alteachers in the service ot ihe -ty.ui Sterbury Board of Education have been invited to oe present.

An engineering work of considerable magnitude is being completed in the United States. this is the Hell Gate bridge, winch is beinthrown across the East r'ver between Lons and A ard islands. I > provide the Nev. York. New Haven, and Hartfoid railways with a connection with the Pennsyhama lailwav in New York City. 1 ture will have a span ot 101.lt bt - tween towers. In the centre there will be a clearance of idatt. above high water, the depth of the crown being 40ft. The arch rises m a graceful curve. Some 91W tons ot steel will be utilised in it 3 construction. When completed the bridge will be the longest ~mg!e-span stee structure in the world and wi.l carry four lines of railway track. A cablegram from Mr. Niels Niel sen, at San Francisco, has been received bv the Premier of New south Wales stating that there has been ample space for Australian ship nients of frozen meat since the Union Company's • freighters” have been running. Mr. Quinn, in Octo her last, when he was acting as the Government representative at San Francisco, cabled, suiting that there was likely to be a shortage, and V ictoria and Queensland were com municated with to try and overcome the difficulty. In view of the I mon Company being able to provide adequate snare, the Premier has corm municated with the Governments or Queensland and \ ivtoria. stating that he does not intend to take an;, further action at present in the direction of subsidising steamers trading between Sydney and North Ameima.

A correspondent, writing to the “Lyttelton Tinies” from V ancon vcf says it would be very unwise for any persons to leave New Zealand tor that city at any time this year in the expectation cf obtaining employment there. According to authentic reports published in t.’.e Vancouver ” Sun.” fully threefourths of the building labourers, and 50 per cent of the sheet meral workers, in that city -were cm oi work last month. From the same authoritv we quote the following : ‘‘ Ihe situation with the carpenters has not been worse io>r years. There are easilv 500 men walking the streets, looking for employment. from several departments among the street railwaymen are to the effect that more men are idle than ever. ” The reports from ether industries are almost equally unfavourable.

During the past year or two the number of freezing works ni New Zealand haa shown a marked increase, particularly so as regards the North Inland, and the southern companies have made improved provision for copsng with the increasing output. A “ Lyttelton J lines reporter was informed on Tuesday that before many months have passed operations will be in full swing for the establishment of large and up-to-date works in the South Canterbury district. It is understood that the promoters are a well-known colonial and English firm already doing a large export trade, ami fo.i some time experts have been Busy obtaining local <>l importance to the company, lhe site of the works is stated t.a be between Timai-u and Oamaru. but it is more than likely that the latter port will receive the benefit of the industry.

The coroner's ; icier contained in a letter complaining of the absence of proper facilities for conducting post mortem examinations at the borough morgue came before last night’s meeting of the Hastings Bor ough Council. Cr. McKibbm explain ed that when the matter was previously brought under notice, at the request of the council he visited the morgue with the Borough Engineer and pointed out the improvements necessarv. It was arranged that the electril giht was to be installed and hot water connected, and he under stood this had been carried out. The other facilires asked for. viz a connection fiom the sink to the sew er. had nrobablv been overlooked owing to the change in the position of borough engineer, and as iar as the request for a larger table vas concerned, he c' ! d not think that a vital question although the present table was somewhat narrow Ur. McKibbin added that he thought there was a gentler way of calling attention to the matter than bv a coroner's rider. The Mavor said provision would have to be made another morgue hi the near future. r ’Tile letter will be dealt witn at the faext meeting of the Council.

About 500 yards of electric cable was destroyed by the recent tire at Port Ahnriri.

The new valuation roll of the Petane Riding shows that portions of several properties have been for the East Coast railwav - line. An Auckland Press message states that the child Dorothy Aukett, who was injured by the railway accident at Otahuhu, which caused the death oL her grandmother, died in the hospital to-day. A meeting to arrange for the formation of a first aid class in connection with the St. John Ambulance Brigade, will be held at headquarters, Carlyle street, Napier, on Monday evening next. Home savings banks, issued by the Savings Bank Department, are be coming increasingly popular. No fewer than 22n0 have been issued • if! the Napier distirct, and the system is regarded as most successful.