Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 269, 30 October 1916, Page 4

Local and General.

Aliss Nicholls desires to thankfully acknowledge from Misses McHardy (2), of Havelock North, a donation of £5 for Dr. Barnardo’s Home. An old Fielding resident, Mr. J. B Roots, passed away in Palmerston North on Monday., He arrived in the Dominion with his parents seventy-five years ago. The Hastings Town Band turned out on Saturday evening and played a number of excellent selections in Heretaunga street, much to the enjoyment of a large number of people. The big picture film “Cabiria,” having been wrongly despatched to Wellington, the screen has been postponed until to-morrow and Wednesday nights.

The ’War Pensions Board last week dealt with 172 claims from soldiers and dependants. The total number of pensions and allowances granted gw are 4,353, an annual value of £1 j 5,689. —Press Association.

Mr. David Byford has presented the Spit Volunteer Fire Brigade with an illuminated Roll of Honour. The first man on the list is that of Private George Johnson, of Port Ahuriri.

I As a result of the benefit picture entertainment given by the nianagement of the King’s Theatre, in aid of the Hastings District High School Drum and Fife Band uniform fund, the sum of £7 has been handed over to Mr. A. A. George, conductor of the band. 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.*

The Women’s National Reserve Shop, Shakespeare road, Napier, will be open on Saturday next when it will be in charge of Mesdames Sweetapple and Jowett. Prizes of 7/6 each will be offered for fruit, meat and mince pies. Donations will be thankfully received. The public are again reminded of the Red Gross afternoon to be held in St. Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, tomorrow. Comforts are urgently needed for. the sick and wounded soldiers in Mesopotamia, and it is hoped the response will be a generous one.

The ladies accounted for fully onetenth of the money raised by the Napier Gymkhana. Among the most enthusiastic workers were the ladies who sold sweets and flowers, their efforts resulting in the sum of approximately £5O. Mrs. F. Banks and her special* band of workers engaged in the sale of badges, added a similar sum to the funds.

The Napier Soldiers’ Club officials gratefully acknowledge receipt of the following donations towards the furnishing account, from Chinese residents at Taradale :—W. Fong Keong, £2 2/-; Yee Wing Jing £l 1/-; Wing Lee, £1; Sun Yen Kee £1 1/-; Fong Wee, 10/-; Sun Tong Lee 10/-; W. Yee Lee, £1 1/-. Total, £7 5/-.

The following are the winning numbers in connectio with the scoring board results at the Napier Gvmkhana: — Board 7040, 163; board 7038, 189; board 7041, 19; board 7047, 255; board 7048, 64; board 7036, 97; board 7046, 110; board 7053, 19; board 7043, 218; board 7053, 162. The prize in each case is one fat sheep. Mr. AV. H. Taylor, manager of the Aratiki experimental farm, near Hastings, paid a short visit to the Central Otago district last week (reports the. Dunedin Times). He was very favourably impressed with the appearance of a number of orchards in the vicinity of Clyde, and expressed the opinion that especially as regard the culture of stone fruit, most of the local orchadists could show the way to the northern growers. Shirkers were set a worthy example by one man who enlisted in Christchurch on Wednesday for active service (says the Press). He is a returned soldier who has “done his bit,” and has three children, but he could not rest content when he read daily the heavy shortages at present existing in the 22nd. reinforcements, and knowing thet his comrades at the front require the assistance of every man possible to assist them, he has again enlisted.

AVord has been received by his parents that Mr. Allan Berry, of Napier, has passed his final examination at Guy’s Hospital, London. Mr. Berry about four years ago was a junior reporter on the “Hawke's Pay Tribune.” After studying mc-di-cine privately he worked his way home as a stoker on the s.s Hurunui and entered Guy’s Hospital as a student. He enlisted for active service, but men were badly needed to replace those brave doctors who had died at the front and consequently the Government compelled all medical students to continue their studies until fully qualified.

It has been reported that the festivities in Napier on Friday and Saturday, in aid of the Christmas Gifts Fund, were organised and managed by the Commercial Travellers’ Association. This is not so, and a leading traveller desires us to point out that the whole affair was arranged by a committee of Napier citizens, in which Messrs C. H. Gould, R. M. Chadwick and W. Hislop were prominent. “The affair was,” he said, “promoted and managed by Napier business men, who asked us to assist. We were only too willing, and hope our efforts were successful; but we do not desire kudos for what we have not dore.”

The importance of keeping up payments on life insurance policies, especially by men proceeding on active service, is proved by an incident which occurred quite recently. The manager of one of rhe insurance companies doing business in Dunedin, discovered that a man who had enlisted had allowed his policy to lapse, communicated with his son, who sent a telegram to his father, who was then in AA’ellington, advising him to take steps to have the policy revived. This was done just before the soldier left New Zealand, and shortly after he retired France he was killed. As a result of the timely steps taken to keep the policy in existence, the widow of the soldier is entitled to payment of £2OO. An object that appeals to all whose boys have passed through Trentham Camp, or who expect to go there, is the Methodist Institute, which caters for the comfort and convenience of men of all classes and creeds. To raise funds to increase its attractiveness a sale is being conducted by the Hastings Alethodist young ladies next AVednesday afternoon and evening in the Methodist Schoolroom. His AVorship the Mayor will open the Sale of Work and a large attendance is anticipated.