Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VII, Issue 110, 4 May 1917, Page 4

Local and General.

The Napier Harbour Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday next. A case of diphtheria from Hastings was yesterday admitted to the Napier Hospital. Hastings vital .statisics for last month were: Births 23 (males 8), marriages 5, deaths 4. Yesterday a motor car driven by Mrs. Wills, of Westshore, collided with a tram. The car was slightly injured, but no one was hurt. For last month 13 motor ears, four motor cycles and one lorry were registered at the Hastings Borough Office. At the Port yesterday afternoon, a driver named Joseph Rogers, aged 66, suddenly dropped dead, death being due to heart disease. Deceased leaves a widow and family. The Napier Orchestral Society has congratulated Mr. Roy Spackman, on the enthusiastic manner in which he carried out the work of conductor during the past year. The question whether the Hawke’s Bay Spring Show shall or shall not be held this year, is to bo definitely decided at a meeting of the A. and P. Society’ to be held on Friday’ <ext. The Marine Department has decided to endeavour to acclimatise Stewart Island oysters at the mouth of the Awatere river, south of Blenheim, with a view of establishing oyster beds. If this bed is a success others will be planted.—Press Association. The New Zealand Railway Department inserts an advertisement in this evening's issue notifying that the restriction regarding the conveyance of certain goods will he lifted on Monday next. A special re quest, is also made which intending consignors will cto well to read.

The piano used at the send-off social in the Assembly’ Hall, Hastings, on "Wednesday evening, was a fine Brinsmead. chosen out of the six instruments which were placed in tha building and submitted to various tests as to tone quality and sustaining power. The piano was supplied by Don’s Music Store. The Department of Agriculture are prepared to help farmers in the matter of growing wheat by’ guaranteeing payment for seed and manure. They’ also desire to assist growers of 500 acres of wheat in the purchasing of an agricultural tractor. The terms and conditions are set out in an advertisement in to-day’s issue.

The Minister of Internal Affairs has forwarded a letter to municipal bodies saying that if the municipal authorities are not prepared to exercise their powers against the exhibition of objectionable posters the Government may consider it necessary to find some other means of coping with what is an undoubted evil calculated to undermine the morals of juveniles. The Women’s National Reserve of Hastings is taking the Market street shop on Saturday the sth inst. for the benefit of the Hastings Red Cross Society as will be seen by advertisement. After this the Reserve will not use the shop before September as it is felt that the winter months make it hard for the ever generous providers of produce to find sufficient stuff to stock it weekly.

Regarding the retail price of butter in New Zealand, the Hon. W. D. S. MacDonald points out that it is a breach of the Order-in-Council for a grocer during May to charge more than 1/7 and it will be a breach to charge more than 1/8 during June, July and August. The public should get the butter rates and if the public would report breaches to the Board of Trade action would be taken to compel compliance with the Order.

lour car is incomplete without a DeHex attachment. One touch of the Denes button on the steering column ana your headlight rays are deflected on to the ground; another touch and they spring back to horizontal. Think of the safety which the Deflex advice assures; opposite car drivers are not dazzled by your lights’ rays, and a possible “smash” will be averted. Simple and inexpensive, the Deflex deserves your interest. .Don’t fail to get details. The Motor Accessory Co., Ltd., Ilerotaunga street, Hastings; also at Napier.

Why should a man who is careful to wear and use only Empire products consistently cram his pipe full of American tobacco? Keep New Zealand money in New Zealand by smoking Gold Pouch Aromatic—our * very o wn tobacco, grown in Hawke’s Bay district. Gold Pouch Aromatic is a different tobacco, in that it contains but IJ% of nicotine—the lowest of any tobacco — and this difference is reflected in a mildness, smoothness and distinctive flavour, peculiar alone to Gold Pouch Aromatic—’tis healthier, too. Consider also its economy—a full 2.)0z bag for one shilling. As a patriotic New Zealander, and as a discriminating smoker, you should try Gold Pouch Aromatic. N.Z. grown Three Diamonds is the cigarette-rollers’ smoke, quite a new type, manufactured from thoroughly matured leaf of a rich brown colour, which does not leave the sharp ami bitter after-taste so common to the imported yellow tobaccos.*

We stock and recommend SHELL BENZINE. Amoured cars and “tanks” of the Allies are run on this spirit be cause it can thoroughly be depended upon. Pure and uniform in quality, SHELL assures the maximum mileage and power per gallon. Our price is 20/8 nett per case. Motor Accessorj Co., Ltd., Napier and Hastings.*

The work of re-decking the Whakatu bridge is proceeding satisfactorily.

The newly erected bridge at Marshall’s crossing, was opened for traffic yesterday.

At the next County Council meeting the chairman will bring down the estimates for the ensiling year.

One volunteer, Mr N. R. Jameson, \ of Hastings, was registered nt Napier yesterday.

The Rugby season opens in Napier to-morrow with a seven-aside tournament to be held on McLean Park at 2 p.m.

A meeting of the Send-off Committee will be held in the Old Library, Hastings, on Monday nexw at. 2.30 p.m.

The Chernivasky trio attracted an exceedingly’ large audience at the Napier Municipal Theatre last evening, and were accorded a very enthusiastic reception.

At the Napier Magistrates Court this morning before Mr A. L. Beattie J.P. a first offending inebriate was convicted and discharged. Being a ship’s fireman he was ordered to get back to his ship immediately. The Mayor of Napier (Mr. H. Hill) informed a “Tribune” reporter this morning that at. next Friday’s meeting of the Borough Council he will submit a statement showing the financial position of the borough.

The Maoris are busy’ in their two shops in Hastings endeavouring to raise £20,000 for the welfare of tho returned Native soldiers. The shops will be in full swing to-morrow as well, and bid fair to do good business. To-night they are holding « dance in the Assembly Rooms, Hastings. and have provided a splendid supper for their patrons in their usual generous style.

What is the object <>i the Young Helpers' League 'I To provide for tlic mainlainance of a cot for the sick and crippled children in the Barnardo Home. The cost for supporting a healthy child at the Homo is £l6, but owing to war conditions this cost has risen to at least £lB. The Napier branch of the League will hold a sale of goods at Higgin’a shop at Napier on Friday, May 11th for the purpose of raising funds to help with the maintenance of a cot. The earnest, support of all is requested, and if forthcoming there is an assurance of a great success.

The directors of the Waihi Gold Mining Company have declared a dividend of one shilling per share, payable on June 1. This will absorb £24,795 7/-, and brings up the tot'd disbursed to shareholders to £4,929,431 0/8. The cable received by flic local attorneys roads as follows: ""Gross profits £174,000; dividends paid in 1916 and provision for income, tax absorbed £127,000 ; depreciation, £20,000 ; Horahora power plant, £4,000; war funds, £1,000; leaving £35,000 to be carried forward A dividend, the 96th, of I,'- per share has been declared payable on June 1. The annual meeting of the company will he held on Mav 14.

Mrs, Goring, tho organiser of tho Red Cross Shop from its first inception in tlic spring of 1915 to the present time, has resigned her position and handed the work over to tho members of the Hastings Red Cross Society. Before she slips back into oblivion she- wishes to thank the people of Hastings and its neighbourhood for the splendid help they have unfailingly given and to beg them to carry on the good work. Especially does she say this to those public bodies and private friends who have promised her to supervise the shop on Saturday of May 12 and each alternate Saturday from then to the end of October. Mrs. Goring has handed this list of names to thb secretary of the Hastings Red Cross Society and wishes her and the members every possible success in their new undertaking. Anyone wishing to see the results from the shop from November 13, 1915 to November 18, 1916. inclusive, will find it in an article Mrs. Goring wrote, by the secretary’s request, for her to send to “The Red Cross Record” of February, 1917.