LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 268, 28 October 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A specification has been prepared for the materials for another section of the Napier South sewerage scheme.

At the Hastings Presbyterian anniversary social on Monday evening a big progressive proposal has to be put before the congregation. The following have promised to donate £5O each towards, the new maternity ward at Napier:— Mr. Frank Wiliams, Mr. Guthrie Smith and Mr. J. P. Smith. The annual concert in aid of the Taradale School picnic and prize fund will be held in the Taradale Town Hall on Friday, November 10th.

“1 shall regard the duty to the coming child as the. most supreme duty of statesmanship.”—This said Hon. G. AV. Russell when receiving a depuration at Napier last evening. Owing to the increased cost of coal and oil the cost of generatingelectric current- at the Napier power house has considerably increased during the past six months. During the three w 7 eeks ended 2lst inst., five building permits, authorising the erection of structures to the value of £3.385, were issued by the Napier Borough Council.

When referring to the diminishing birth rate, at Napier, last evening, the Minister of Public Health said: “The people are not recognising their responsibility to God and to the race.”

It is reported that one of the. recruits who left Hastings for camp at the beginning of this week, deserted at M T oodville. The military authorities are now searching for the man.

At a meeting of delegates held at Napier on Thursday, at which representatives were present from various centres, it was decided to form a Federated Association of Working Men’s and Kindred Clubs. The opening of the Clive and Grange saleyards will take place on Monday, Oct. 30th at 12.30 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend and the presence of ladies is particularly requested. Luncheon wiU be provided. Reporting to the Napier Borough Council last evening, the tramways manager (Mr. J. W. Callaghan) did not comment on the recent- explosion at the power house, as an inquiry is to be held by the executive.

Over £3OO was realised at Napier last evening by the commercial travellers, who are working so hard to ensure the success of the. “Christmas Gift” gymkhana. It is anticipated that over £lOOO will be. realisel altogether. The Hastings Town Band will play at the railway crossing, Heretaunga street, this evening between seven and eight o’clock. During the playing opportunity will be taken to sell tickets in the monster art union for the Wounded Soldiers’ Fund.

A reminder is given of the auction sale of Mr. T. Talbot’s’ Ngatarawa farming property, in three blocks, which takes place at the Olympia rink on Monday afternoon. A number of enquiries have been received by the auctioneers, and a good attendance is anticipated.

Pastor H. E. Edridge will occupy the pulpit at the Baptist Church tomorrow. The morning subject will be “What Constitutes a Good Man ?” and in the evening “The Immediacy of Religion.” Also at Pukahii the usual monthly service at 2.30.

Mr. Abbott, sales manager for the N.Z. Fertilizer Co., informs us that great interest is being shown in the flotation of the new company, and man} 7 of the leading H.B. farmers are taking a large number of shares. Only a certain number ol shares are being allotted to each district, and Hawke’s Bay’s share is being rapidly taken up. The tramway traffic for the last four weeks shows an increase of £34 11/2, as compared with the corresponding period of 1915. The twenty eight weeks from April Ist to Octobei 7 13th, compared with the corresponding period of last year, show the following differences :—Revenue increase £226 0/2; working expenses, decrease £69 5/9; net revenue, increase £295 5/11. The revenue from the electrical department for last month amounted to £956 0/11 as against £799 5/5 for the corresponding month of last year.

Car Owners! For how much longer are you going to let coin of the realm slip through your fingers? In other words, when are you going to join the growing band of satisfied users of the Compensating Vapour Plug, and let this little device save money for you? We don’t ask you to purchase until you get results. You pay a deposit, and should you not be satisfied that you are getting better results, your deposit will be refunded. Could a fairer offer be made? Call to-day and secure yours at the Motor Accessory Co., Ltd., Heretaunga street, Hastings.*

Try “ The Thinkers’ Favourite ” Note Book, superior quality, price one penny.—Foster Brook, Bookseller and Stationer, Hastings.*

The farewell to the Twenty-third Reinforcements, the next draft to leave Hastings, will be held in the Drill Hall on Friday, November 10th. 1 big tangi is being held to day at Ke hup tiki Vest Clive on the hodv of the 1 ite Ranki Htupartia. Iho nmuis will hi mtened tomorrow.

V loiion <ablf st>tis th it Mr. Aiassev ana Sir Joseph Marti are pressing for a reduction of freight on wool. hemp, meat and mineral pioilun i itn n >od piosptrts of success.

In Po-tm -tei idvists th it Wedn< ‘■d iv nt xt \<ii nb< t 1-t w ill be the Is ’ d< pitch of 1 xpiditionary pint 1 picket- ind mw sp ipti i for Trance, etc., to reach the front before Christmas.

At the Gospel Hall. Raramu road, listings. Mi Frink Huntti, who was unavoidably 7 detained from conducting the service last Sunday, will take for his subject to-morrow, “The Charge of Treason and the Terms of Peace.”

In the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Jose Gundesen, clerk in the Public Trust Office, pleaded guilty to four charges of forging receipts, and was committed for sentence. Accused had been five years in the Public Trust Office and was getting a salary of £llO per annum.— Press Association.

The Napier Motor Gymkhana, together with a number of supplementary attractions was held today. 'the function was a complete success, Naper being quite a buzz of excitement, and many hundreds going to McLean Park to see the sports in the afternoon. Owing to the pressure of space the full report of the proceedings is inevitably held over till Monday. The enjoyable concert given in the Taradale Town Hall by the “Mitey Minstrels” w 7 ill be the means of providing a total of £l2 towards securing Christmas gifts for the “Tarradale Terriers” at the front. The promoters wish to thank the 11.8. Motor Co. for the free conveyance of the minstrels from Napier, also Mrs. O. Anderson, w’ho kindly provided the music for the dance.

Mr. F. S. Mcßae, of Whakaronga (near Palmerston North) has broken the existing yearly butter-fat record with his Jersey 7 cow Mere (sire Starlight 11. dam Tiki), which yielded 12.164 lbs milk containing 6631bs 10.240zs of fat in 365 days. The previous record was held by the American Jersey cow, Lucky Farce, which produced 14,2601bs ot milk, containing 6351bs 11.80ozs of fat in the same period.—Press Association.

A Wellington Press Association message . states that , the Rhodes scholarship selection committee meets on the Ist of December. Two scholars are to be appointed, one is to take the place of Lieut. Athol Hudson, killed in France. Victoria College nominates H. A. Mackenzie, son of Professor Mackenzie, and A. D. Meldrum, son of Lieut.Col. Meldrum. Mackenzie is going into camp. Meldrum is now at the front,

Of Special interest is the announcement that to-morrow 7 morning at the Hastings Methodist Church, the Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt vyill discuss the question, “Is Gambling Essentially Immoral/” Mrs. Gpss will render the solo, “O, Rest in the Lord.” The evening service will be conducted by Mr. King, and an anthem will be given by the choir. To-morrow evening the Rev. Rugby 7 Pratt, will preach at Mangateretere. One of the most popular and useful institutions at Trentham Camp is the Methodist Institute in charge of Chaplain Captain Seamer. For social and recreational purposes, and for correspondence, the facilities it provides are much availed of by men of every class and creed. To provide funds to add to the attractiveness and comfort of the Institute the Hastings Methodist Young Women’s’ Bible Class has arranged a sale of work and produce, efe, to be held in the schoolroom, on Wednesday next. The enterprise deserves general support. On Thursday 7 evening next the members of the YIM.C.A. Ladies’ Physical Culture Club will give a display 7 and concert in St. Matthew’s Hail, Hastings. A splendid programme of vocal, musical, and elocutionary numbers has been arranged, and the Morris and country dances in costume and Swedish drill are sure to ' prove attractive items. The admission is only one shilling. The proceeds are in aid of Y.M.C.A. war funds, an object which is sure to make a strong appeal.