LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 452, 29 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Brookfield road bridge r.t Papakuva will be closed to traffic ou and after Vt ednesday next until further notice. At the Y.M.C.A. Strangers tea to-morrow memberit who are leaving t n Monday for Trentham will be i'arewellod. All members of the Association are asked to attend. Class 1 (reading and bringing into ring) at the* Pettine sheep dog trials vas won by Mr. 11. T. Little s "Jack,” with Mr. S. Kennedy’s "Hemp” second. The St. -Mary's Home, Burlington road, Napier, wi 1 be formally opened on Monday afternoon by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. All friends are warmly invited to :itt.end. The mail which left Hawke's Bay on April 7lh for London, via Suez, arrived at its destination on the 21th instant. The mail via Vancouver, which left on April 19th, arrived on the 26th instant. A dance in aid of the Belgian Fund is to lie hold in the Pakowhai schi.olrconi on Friday, Ith June. A strong committee is working to make the function a- thorough success and an enjoyable evening is assured.

The lecture in the Seventh Day Adventists’ Church, Napier, on Sunday evening will be on "The Messianic Prophecy.”

The Mayor of Palmerston North’ made a. suggestion that the PatrioticSociety should recommend the Gov- i ernment to impose 1- increase in! first-class railway fares as a means! <»' increasing rhe war fund. The Society decided to forward the recommendation to the Government. - Press Association. The doing away with the reading of the minutes, which was adopted for the first time at the Hastings Borough Council meeting last evening. saved a considerable amount of time. Hastings is the first borough in New Zealand io adopt this course, and a similar method is about to be adopted by Pcione. Al the Salvation Army Citadel tomorrow morning Ensign E. L. Wain, will give an address on "Righteousness, Profitable,” and in the evening Brother J. A. Moore will he fatewelled to ihe N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Envoy .Jas. Lamberton will deliver a Bible address, and the band will render "Hnv.- Beautiful upon the Mountains.” A liearty invitation is extended to all. Mrs. Caerl.von-Bennett has received a very valuable gift from . Mrs. G. J. Oliver, of Waipawa, in. tho shape of a Queen Victoria. Coronation medal, which had been in her family since 1838. This medal, w/iii-h will he sold at the concert in aid of the wounded soldiers, to be held in the Napier Municipal Theatre on June 3rd, is now on view in Mr. McLernon’s window.

The Prime Minister stated last evening that writs for the Tauinarunui by-election will be issued to-morrow, when the date of the election will be announced. Air. Massey, replying to a question, said he had made no arrangement to take part in the by-election campaigns. He attends a function in Aucldand on Monday, and opens the Waikato show on Tuesday—Press Association.

The pulpit at the Baptist Church to-morrow will be occupied in. the' morning by Air. Gordon. Turner who will sneak on "The revelation of God by His Spirit,” and in the evening Pastor-H. E. Edridge will take as his subject: "The Prodigal Son and his Brother.” During the service Airs. G. Turner will render a solo. At -Pukahu at 2.30 Pastor Edfidge will conduct the usual monthly service. The ladies of Taradale have formed themselves into a monster sewing bee for the purpose of making garments for the wounded 011 our hospital ship. To help with the purchase of materials for this object a grand social and dance will be held in the . Taradale Town Hall next Wednesday. The. ladies will provide the supper and during the evening a large Union Jack presented by Mr. P. P. Neagle will be sold. We would call the attention of those who enjoy a good laugh and at the same time aiding a good cause to Air. Thos. Cottle’s advertisement in cur amusement columns. He purpose's on Wednesday evening next to give at Ihe Havelock Parish Hall smne choice selections from those well km.wn humourists, Mark Twain, Will Carleton and Banjo Paterson. The proceeds <nu to be devoted to the Serbian Fund, which < ertainiy needs all the, help we can give it. *

To-morrow's services at the Methodist Church. Hastings, will be conducted by the Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt, In the forenoon his subject will be "The Transfigured Cross.” In the evening he will give a talk to the young on "Life’s Morning ami its possibilities.” This is the first of a series of three Sunday night addresses. the others being on “Life’s Afternoon and its Perils,” and "Life’s Evening and its Promise,” messages meant respectively for the middle-aged And the old. The Hastings secretary of the Liverpool Equipment Committee (Miss Hart") lias received quite a number of letters from the men in camp at Trent ham thanking the committee for the parcels sent them. One of the writers states: —"The sox, etc., are much better than those supplied from the Government stores, and all the boys who receive them say we are vary lucky to have them sent to us. Aly’ best thanks to all those who assisted in making up my parcel, and also to yourself for kind wishes.”

A programme of unusual merit has been arranged for the concert organised by Mrs. Lound in aid of the Servian fund to he hold in the Napier Municipal Theatre on tin* King's Birthday (June 3rd). An art union is beirfg run in connection with the tickets of admission in which every member of the audience will have a chance. During the evening a Union -lack and the French flag will be sold in aid of the fund for comforts for "our boys” atthe front.

The Napier Chamber of Commerce have received a letter from Auckland Importers Protective Association forv.ariiing the rules and constitution of the Association, and asking that a similar Association tie formed in Napier, with tho ultimate object of work in conjunction with the interest of importers throughout New Zealand. The. letter goes on to stale that the Association has been rendered necessary in the interests of Auckland importers, owing to the difficulty in obtaining satisfaction front shipping companies, when claims for damages are necessary where the goods are concerned.

In a letter received by Air. and Mrs. Tatton, of Otaki, item their son, L. E. Tatton, who is serving with the N.Z. Expeditionary forces at the Dardanelles, Private Tattjon, in describing a trip made by „sixtv good conduct boys to a place called Lttxar, in Egypt, prior to their departure for the Dardanelles, mentions the names of two Hastings boys who wefe with the party, viz., Herbert Monteith and Gordon Roach. Private . Tatton concludes an interesting letter in these terms: "We will have a bit of hard fighting, 1 know, but I do not mind that for 1 shall be glad to help the Empire, and uphold the nation that has, and always will, ‘lead the world.” Now that I have seen so much of the outer world, I feel more proud of the Empire, and to think I am a Britisher, so none of us can do enough, even if wo do sacrifice outlives, for thousands of far better and more valuable men than us have given up theirs.

The next inward mail, via Vancouver is due at Hastings on Monday, Mav 31st by t'he express.

At a meeting of the Napier Technical College Board of Afanagers held yesterday it, was decided to accept Air. S. E. Hammond’s tender of £660 for the erection of a gymnasium at ihe college.

The Napier Harbour Board's small loi omol ;ve, generally known as the "Coffee Pot,” was successfully taken across the Westshore liridge this morning, alid *lll promptly be re-assembled. /The railway Tine is rapidly progressing under ihe supervision of Air. 'f'aylor. Tho management of the; King’s Theatre, Hastings, have decided to run a big patriotic, night on the 3rd of June, when several of the best local talent, will contribute musical items. A monster programme will lie submitted, full part ioitlars <>f which will appear on Akmday.

The success of the last social held under the auspices of the Hawke's Bay Liberal League has encouraged that hoily to hold another on similar lines on Friday next. The irtea is to provide healthy recreation in these limes of intense nerve strain at, a cost within the reach of all. A Taradale branch of the National Reserve was formed lasi, evening, the following officers being elected: -Chairman. Air. .1. Hill; secretary, Air. J. Williamson; committee, Messrs N. Stewart, Knrnpo Tareha, I). Al.orissey and H. Stewart. A large number of momb’ers has already been enrolled. > ■ ♦