Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 217, 15 August 1918, Page 4

Local and General.

The Minister of Defence has received advice that the 39th Mounteds have reached a port of call. — Press Association.

The proposal to form a Fire Board was carried yesterday by a four to one majority m Wanganui. One case of diphtheria from the Napier Borough was admitted/ to t.ie Napier Hospital to-day.

Base Records advises that Returning Draft. 172 will arrive? at its destination six clays later than previously advised to the i.cxt-of-kin.

Arising out of the Director’s report on proposed temporary accommodation for Manual Training classes, it was decided at yesterday s 11.8. Edu - cation Board meeting to endeavour t.o make arrangements for securing the old Empire Theatre for this purpose.

Questioned as to whether there was any sign <.f immediate operations in connection with the Napier Main School site, the chairman at yesterday’s H.B. Education Board meeting, said he was assured there would be no further opposition. It was decided to again write the .Department pointing out the urgency of the matter. The Masked Ball held in th.' Assembly Hall, Hastings, last night, in aid of the Maori Returned Soldiers Fund was a splendid success. Some of t-’.ie dresses were most

original and attractive while the Poi dance competition excited considerable interest. Excellent music was supplied by Marbrook’s Orchestra and the M.A.U. band and orchestra delighted the gathering by their tuneful selections. The hall was prettily decorated for the oe casion, and with the myriads of electric bulbs, evergreens, and the fancy costumes of 1-he dancers, the whole scene was both striking and radiant. The Hastings Horticultural Society held a meeting last evening. Mr. McNeil presiding.’ The date of the bulb and spring Slower show was fixed for the 13th September in the Assembly Hal!, opening at 2 and closing at 10 p.m. Several minor alterations were made to the schedule. A special prize is to be arranged for the* Mayor's Cup, and Messrs J..an-d and Hei*ghway’s trophy was allotted for the most points in the novice class. Accounts to the amount of £l3 were passed for payment. Mr. J. G. Ellis was appointed judge for all except the decoration classes, which will be judged by the public vote. Mr. E. Pratt was appointed to take charge of the entertainment in the evening and a strong committee was setjip to arrange for afternoon tea. hull particulars will be advertised in tins yaper later.

The Military Affairs Committee, at Wellington has received from the Manawatu Racing Club a donation of £5OO for the erection of a Church Army hut. The men comprising the Gisborne draft; of the 45th Reinforcements, arrived in Napier by the Arahura yesterday and proceeded to camp by the mail trainMembers of the Napier Boys’ High School football team, left- by mad train this morning en route to Auckland where they engage in a number of matches. They were accompanied !.»y Masters W. Jacobsen and R. de V. Worker. The future of democracy depends almost entirely on the extent to which the people can grasp and put into practice the fundamental law of individual responsibility. All those nterested in democratic principles are invited to attend the meeting of the Empire Service League to-night, at 7.30 at the Hastings Council Chambers. Miss Teresa McEnroe, of Wellington, will appear three times on the programme at the Orchestral .Society’s concert to be given in tht Hastings Municipal Theatre tomorrow night in aid of the Christmas Parcels Fund. Miss McEnroe’s numbers will be “Nymphs and Fawns,” “Songs my Master Taught Me,” and “There are Fairies in Our Garden.” There was a good attendance at the Napier Railway Station this morning, to farewell Napier members of the 45th Reinforcements. The City Band was in attendance, also Defence Staff Officers and members of the National Reserve. Mr. J. V. Brown called for cheers for the men, md as the train steamed out, the numerous whistles sounded their usual farewell cheers. The annual social to raise funds for the Hastings District High School promises to be as big a success as on former occasions. The children are practising assiduously to make the chief item of the evening, the March in Fancy Costume, a display worth‘seeing. If the enthu siasm of the children is any criterion another huge attendance is.in store for next Wednesday’s function. The children of the TaradaleGreenmeadows Schools have forwarded through the headmaster, Mr. J. Williams >n, a sum of £7, to the Mayoress of Wellington in aid of the Christmas Pudding Fund. Last, year £6 10/- was raised by these schools for this object and many pupils received interesting acknowledgements from the front—some, from France and some fr mi Palestine.

The Red Cross shop at Hastings on Saturday will be in charge of Miss Elsie Williams and Mrs. S. J. Herrick, assisted by Mrs. Touhy. Miss Dora Horton, Miss K. Russell and Mr. A. K. Cotterill. There will be lamb mutton, turkeys, ducks, eggs, cream, butter, cakes, flowers, poor man oranges and onions. Contributions of any kind will be gratefully received either on Friday afternoon or Saturday.

An examination of the Havelock North Town Board’s proposed bylaws show that they have been carefully thought out. At each point where ears have to reduce speed, as, for example at the intersection of Quart and Tc Mata, roads, for the protection of the school children, the safety of the public has been considered. It is to be hoped that motorists will realise this and willingly assist in carrying the new regulations out.

A very interesting young American lady, Miss Cowan, a diseijile of the American Educational entertainment termed “Chutauqun,” yesterday, paid a surprise visit to the Mayor (Mr. H. lliil). and a lengthy discussion on the rational and educational entertainment ensued. A further public meeting to discuss ways and means for the first attempt in Na-pier is to be held, at which all interested in education will be present. The Hastings draft of tho 45th Reinforcements on taking tlieir departure for camp this morning, were accorded an enthusiastic send-off. A large number of people assembled at the railway station, and heartily cheeri d the mon as tlie train pulled out of the station. The Town Band meanwhile played pariotic airs, whilst whistles to-oted. His Worship rhe Mayor (Mr. 11. lan Simson) and members of the Send-off Committee were present. Sergt.-Major Neilson left in charge of the draft. The Dominion Woolgrow ers’ Advisory Board has considered tho suggestion made by Mr. E. Newman M.P., to donate half the surplus profits from the New Zealand wool clip to tlie dependents of the Navy and mercantile, marine. The following resolution was carried “Taa! tins committee has no power to den I with the proposal made by Mr. Newman. That, while ii considers the object that Mr. Newman has Hi view is one deserving to give nil the surplus wool profits to the ■Soldiers’ Fund would not act fairly to individual wool growers.”

The annual meeting of the New Zealand Short horn Cattle Breeders' Association was held at Christ' church yesterday. The report show, cd there were 307 hulls and 787 cows in the herd book. lucre had been 121 transfers. Tin* iinaneia) statement disclosed a credit balance of £si | lor th,, year; £lOO had been invested in War Loan certificates. Mr. R. E. Alexander (Lincoln) was elected president, Mr. ,W. P. Archibald (Hawke’s liny) vice president • Mr. A. D. Slcfl aster (North Island) ami Mr. W. B. Cun niiig'ham (South Island) re-elected members of the council.

Speaking last night at the prohibition meeting, the Rev. M. A. Rughv I Bratt, said that never before had such 1 a large and resolute body of public sentiment hacked prohibition movement as to-day. The , business men of the country, recognising that the N.Z. Alliance had pioneer*, d this work and had made good their position. had virtually given the Alliance a mandate to use its organisat,• m tor a fight to win, and had guaranteed to foot the bill. Individual gimrr.nti'es as liip.ii as £ lO.iMio had been received. He could not disclose the plans of 'campaign. but he fell confident that as they unfolded it would be seen the liquor business m this country was doomed to early extinction. An advertisement appears in another colmim amiouneing that an address on education reforms will be given in Nt. Andrew s Hall. Hastings on Tuesday evening next. The sneaker will he Mr. E. I . .lust, one of the most capable officials ■ tin?'New Zealand Educationai Institute ef teachers, who is at the, pre sent time the travelling oiganisci of that body, and is engaged m toiir- ■ ing 4be itornintoii to arouse the general pM'he te a scuse of their responsibility In the matter of education. The chair will be taken at s p.m. be llis Worship t lie Mayor (Mr. 11. lan Simson) arid a genera: inv.t-ation is i'-?-n;e?t tMI having a t heart uie v. are ?•! the raiug

Particulars of the recently-gft2ette<i petrol regulations are given in an nnvertisement appearing in this ie»uejy which is inserted by C. H. Cranb’f, and Co., Ltd., agents for the “Gold Crown.” gasoline. The Maori Red Cross Shop (Oinulm Brandi) will be open in Station street, Hastings, on Saturday next, when n splendid assortment of produce of all kinds will be donated to the Maori Soldiers’ fund. Telegraphing’ under date 12th. August, the New Zealand Official War (’orrespondent states that there has been a slight increase in enemy art i I levy aetivity on tin- New Zealand, sector on the Western Front. Tho stone pump that the Harbour Board has been using in connection with the Westshore Bridge caused » fair amount of damage to the piles but the Board’s engineer now adv ises that all necessary repairs have- been effected.