LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 201, 10 August 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hastings Borough Council will meet this evening. The registrations at the Napier Soldiers’ Club now total 774. The County Council, Hospital Board and High School Board meet on Monday. The mail for Gisborne leaves by the s.s. Ripple Thursday (to-day), the Hastings portion closing at 5.20 p.m. Late fee, mail van 5.50 p.m. A meeting of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce will be held on Tuesday, August 15th, at 3 p.m. The Council will meet the same day at 2.30 p.m. The Postmaster at Hastings advises that the R.M.S. Moana is not now expected before Saturday next with the inward Frisco mail. It may possibly be Sunday before she arrives. At the Addington “Grand National” market yesterday a line of 30 fat wethers sent down by Mr. L. Higgins of Moteo, realised £3 each. The undermentioned were the top prices made at the. sale, viz., bullocks £65, wethers £l4/15/-, pigs £2O. The Rev. Vai Trigge concluded his mission in Hastings last night when he told the story of his life to . an audience that crowded the capacious Methodist Church. The recital was a happy blend of wit, wisdom, pathos and humour and held the close attention of the hearers for almost two hours. The following teachers have re signed from the service of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board: — Miss C. Caughlcy. head teacher. Opana ; Mr. H. Woodham, head teacher, Haturoa ; Miss Mahala Hayes, sole teacher. Ashley Clinton ; Miss E. Burnside, sole teacher, Nuhaka; Miss E. Anderson, sole teacher, Wanstead. Mr. Ebbett- has given notice to move at the next meeting of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce : — “That the resolution passed on July 12th. 1915, on the motion of Mr. Clarkson, that a suh-colpmittee be appointed to revise the rules of the Chamber and in particular to alter the rules so as to enable the whole of the members to take part in the monthly proceedings of the Chamber be rescinded.” Charles Murtaeh, a ganger on the railway line, was run over at Huntly station on Monday night by the 6.30 p.m. train from Taupiri. The van ran right over the calf of the man’s right leg, cutting it off. It is not known if the bone is broken or not. The sufferer was attended by Dr. J. R. McDiarmid, senr., and sent to the Hamilton' Hospital. Murtaeh is a married man, and brother of Mr. Murtaeh, contractor for the concrete building being erected for Messrs. Creen and Colebrook in Huntly.

Women are now to be found in almost every bank in London. The Bank of England was employing a certain number of women even before the war, and it has now a staff of 250 lady clerks, while in lesser numbers women are to be found at such notable batiks as the National Bank of India, the National Bank of South Africa, the Bank of Scotland, the London City and Midland, and the London County and Westminster. They appear to be making a remarkable success of their work. An improved feeling is noticeable throughout the Dominion amongst commercial houses, in so far as orders are restricted evidently in anticipation of lower prices and freight ruling in the near future. This is the opinion of a commercial gentleman, who has just returned from a business trip right through the South. He states that whereas this time last year, buying was free now firms are only ordering for immediate requirements, being convinced that lower rates will rule ere long.

At the Hastings Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. S. E. McCarthy, S.M., A. Leipst, well-sinker, sued J. G. Cairns, contractor, for £2 10/-, balance of an account due for sinking a well for a syndicate at Clive GrangeMr. Scannell appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Hallett for defendant. Four members of the syndicate had paid their share, but Mr. Blake had refused to pay nis, as the well was on defendant's property and he de.rived no benefit. Defendant said, Mr. Blake could have connected with the well as others had done,' and that he had told plaintiff to get the balance from Mr. Blake. His Worship said Mr. Blake had agreed to pay his share of the cost of the well on the implied condition that it was to be for the common benefit, and, in bis opinion, the well was not a common benefit. He gave judgment for the amount claimed with costs £2 16/-.

| ft is a simple well-made little air ' valve that is installed in the intake pipe just above the carburettor. By automatically admitting air it thoroughly vapourises the gasoline, giving a very powerful mixture that increases the motor power and cuts down the quantity of gasoline necessary for a given mileage. The perfect mixture gives a brisk, sprightly motor with a vigorous response. It is adjustable, can be fitted to any car, and is called the “ Wonder ” Vaporiser, costs only 15, -, and is sold by the Motor Accessory Co., Ltd., Emerson st., Napier.*

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Jumping with joy. Storekeepers say that Thrifty Wives are jumping with joy over their success with “No Rubbind Laundry Help” for washing clothes clean without rubbing or injury.*

Repairs skilfully and quickly mad* to all kinds of Lenses ana Frames. H M. Bennett, F. 1.0., F.8.M.0.. London Consulting Optician, Napier, and a* Hastings Tuesdays.*

The school children in the Hawke's Bay district have subscribed £B4B 0/4 towards the Belgian Relief Fund. The list closes on the 21st instant. A new school has been opened In a rented building at Putanno, and others will be opened next week at Waikohu and Kowhai road. Messrs. Thus. Horton Ltd.’s third annual social and smoke concert of the staff will be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Hastings, on Friday, August 11 th. In our report of the concert given on Tuesday evening Mr. Lee has been inadvcrtetly published as having contributed a song. The item should have been credited to Mr. D. Jones. So far the Waipukurau School has collected the largest sum (£69 7/6) in answer to the Minister’s appeal for the Belgian Belief Fund, Makotuku School coming second with £52 6/5, and Weber School £47 15/5) third. The Hawke's’ Bay Education Board has accepted the following tenders :—T. Styles, levelling floor at Hastings, £22; A. M. Andrews, lease of reserve at Ngamoko, £22 10/-. To-morrow the senior pupils at the Napier South School will plant a number of trees in the playground. The Drum and Fife Band will be in attendance, and the ceremony will be as patriotic as it is possible to make it. The total proceeds realised by the concert given in St.* Andrews Hall, Hastings, oh Tuesday evenifigin aid of the Presbyterian chaplain fund amount to about £l6, made tap aa follows-Sale of sweets £2, flower* £1 10/-. supper £2, tickets, etc., £lO 10,-. The Collector of Customs has been advised that all persons over fifteen years of age, including women, travelling by s.s, Victoria from Auckland on 28th t inst, or by s.s. Moeraki from Wellington on th! 31st inst, will lequire to obtain permits to leave the Dominion. Wheeled traffic still has great diffi. culty in working its way through the Wairoa-Napier road, with tne result that the mail which left Wairoa early on Tuesday and was due here last night, will not arrive until late this evening. All parishioners of St. Matthew’s Church, Hastings, are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting which is being held m St. Matthew's Hall tq-morrow (Friday)) at 8 o’clock, when the annual balance sheet will be presented ami officers elected for the. next v eai Aftei the meeting a social will be held.

Mis W Fuglish has received » cheque for £1 1 - fiom .Mr G. PDounelly, being a donation towards the farewell to bo given to volunteers leaving from Meanee, The voliint eeis aie Eric Ericksen and Wilfred Harris. Thus. Neal, Albert Codd and Noiman Macdonald, who are on then final leave, will also be farewelled. Theie will be are at doings at the Clii e Public Hall to-morrow, Friday when Clive will hold a Red Cross day. The hall will opea at 2 p.m. sharp and there will be jumble stalls fruit and produce of oil kinds, ’ art furmtuie pot plants, fowls, geese, poultry, lamb, mutton and hams galore Numerous guessing competitions will be held and there will be a musical programme during the evening Mr A E Renouf will auction the balance of the goods XI e see from the papers just to hand from Australia that the Indian motor cvle has beat all its previous world’s road records and those held by other makes This clearly .demonstrates the wonderful reliability and stajing power of the Indian. Also we near that the Hendee Manufacturing Company has supplied between 4500 and 5000 Indian moloi cjcles to the various Allied Governments, which number is four times greater than the number of any other one make of American motor cjcles supplies to the Allies. Recently the New Zeal an <1 Government informed the Governor of Oceania through the British Consul at Tahiti that no charge would be made for the accommodation of French soldieis passing thrbugn Wellington en route for the war. A letter has been received by the Government from M. Julien, the French Governor, expressing the warm thanks of the French Colonists for the kindness thus extended and' the “esteem and sincere admiration which I and all good Frenhmen fee! this moment for our dear and valiant Allies, the English ” —Press Amch eiation.

A witness nas subjected to a severe cross-examination at the hands of Mr Scannell at the Hastings Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon When asked by counsel if it was not true that he always endeavoured to avoid paying his debts’witness replied he always paid what he thought was a fair tiling Mr Scannell 'Do you deny that you once wrote to Mr — offering to square a libel action if he paid you a certain sum I” Witness “I do not remember having done so ” Mr Scannell: “Will you persist in saying so if I read the letter?” Witness. “I have no recollection.” Counsel then commenced reading the letter in question, whereupon witness interjected: “I think it very mean of you to draff my wife’s name into this case. After further questioning, counsel desisted from reading the letter and the witness left the box.