Local and General

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 141, 29 May 1920, Page 4

Local and General

The Hawke’s Bay Tribune will not be published on Thursday, June 3rd.. (King’s birthday).

A further draft of over 200 immigrants arrived by the Paparoa in Auckland yesterday. There was a heavy iall oi supw yesterday on the ranges north of Napier. The weather was bitterly cold, anu the roads in a slushy conottion. Mrs. W. A. Whitlock, A.L.C.M., teacher of Elocution and Dramatic Art, in Napier and Hastings, advertises the commencement of her second term for 1920.

. This morning was raw and very cold in the early hours and the Havelock Hills were white capped at the peaks. The atmosphere was snow laden, and it was reported that a light fall lay on the ground at Maraekakaho.

The steamer Chipadoa, with a cargo of case oils, was berthed at the breakwater, Napier, this morning. The vessel is 410 feet in length and is commanded by Captain Worth, who has had 65 years seafaring experience. Attention is called to the railway arrangements for the holiday on June 3rd., the King’s birthday. Holiday excursion tickets are being issued available to Saturday June sth. An extra Auckland expiess is put on from June Ist. to Bth. inclusive. The Hawke's Bay A. and P.i Society are asking for nominations for offices of president, two vice-presidents, treasurer and thirty-six members of committee. All such nominations mustbe sent in on or before Friday, June 11th.

The members of the Hastings Choral Societv, which has been dormant since the outbreak of the war, and which has just been revived, have appointed Mr. P. W. Tombs as conductor, and Mr. F. C, Wilkinson as hon. secretary. The firs! practice will be held in Don’s buildings, Hastings, on Monday week.

Beautiful and fascitmtnig'Clara Kimball young has a difficult role to interpret "in the new Select drama “The Road Through the Dark,” which makes its initial appearance at Everybody's Theatre, Hastings, this eveningClara Kimball Young has been described as tiie Bernhardt of the screen, for she is mistress of all the arts that make a successful emotional actress. The new American Pathe Film dram., “Put Up Your Hands.” is not, as the. title would suggest a piece of thrilling gun-play. The moral of the story really is that weak women should learn the noble art so that m cases of emergency they can “nut.’em up-’’ Margarita Fisher is “ie star. the supports are the best and with the acconi£niment of Everybody’s Orchestra, Qvery muiuts should be of tJi© brig-i--test.

The League football match Hawke’s Bay v. Wellington commenced in Napier at 3.15 p.m. to-day. W. Emmett, who had' been at Sunnyside Mental Hospital for about 11 years, fell from a dray in the institution grounds yesterday and was killed.

The Board of Trade is communicating with the heads of the cement manufacturing companies throughout New Zealand with a view to arranging for the more equitable distribution of cement throughout the Dominion. Tho Wellington Price Investigating Tribunal has visited Masterton and inquired regarding about 24 complaints of high prices. The tribunal has arranged to visit the Hawke’s Bay district next week, and will sit in Hastings and Napier.

The Swiftsure, a new motor launch, arrived at Kaikoura last week from Picton to engage in whaling operations. The launch is constructed on the “V bottom” principle, and' has engines of 45 horse-power, which develop a speed of 18 knots. In view of the visit of the Minister of Public Works on Saturday next, the East Coast Railway and Development League is holding a conference of delegates in Napier on Saturday afternoon to discuss matters to be brought before the Minister. At a “welcome home” to Roseneath (Wellington) returned soldiers, Dr. A. K. Newman, M.P., mentioned that only 16 soldiers had returned to New Zealand blinded. He had expected a far larger number, but this was the official figure.

Waipukurau county ratepayers are reminded of the poll to be taken on Tuesday next. June Ist., in the County Office, Waipukurau, to enable the Waipukurau Council to borrow the sum of £3,000 for the purpose of the purchase of road-making plant, etc. The Te Aroha Borough Council is nearly on its “uppers” financially. The clerk reported that the overdraft stood at £6999, and the limit was £7OOO. A sovereign is not much to come and go on. Clerk Wild said that he was frightened to draw cheques “for fear erf Manager Kenrick jumping on his chestl” The position is serious. The rates for Uiis year are not payable until next January.

In the past few days definite inquiries, says a recent Melbourne Argus, have been received at Newcastle (N.S. W.) as to the price at which a cargo of Australian coal could be landed, in France. It is considered that business will probably be done, as the excessively high price now ruling in France may make it possible to sell Newcastle coal profitaby there, in spite of the freights.

An incident which Illustrates the need for care when posting letters occurred' in New Plymouth recently. A letter was pushed into a street pillarbox, but was not heard to fall to the bottom. On the person putting a hand into the opening to push the letter down it was found that half-a-dozen letters could be taken out of the box. They had become lodged on a sliding lid just inside the opening. Defence Headquarters hold several sports medals which were won in England and France by members of the N.Z.E.F., and which have not yet been claimed by the owners. Those who haze not received their medals should communicate with “A” branch, Headquarters, New Zealand Military Forces, supplying particulars of their names and regimental numbers, so that their claims to the medals may be established.

■ A stoker who arrived at Lyttelton just in time to see H.M.S. Renown steam out of the moles has been in gaol. He just missed the last train on the Friday night. The Mayor of Christchurch cabled to Commander Rogers: “Stoker missed ship inadvertently, much distressed in gaol. Please authorise his release on parole. Myself respohsible.” The Mayor received a message from the Renown at Melbourne last night authorising him to get the stoker out of gaol, and that has been done.

Word has been received in Westport from Mr. Burnett, M.P., for Temuka, that rf South Island Parliamentary party will visit Westport immediately prior to the opening of Parliament. The purpose of the visit is to find out why there is such a scarcity of coal on the market, when coal abounds on the West Coast. It is intended to strenuously urge completion of Buller Gorge railway as a means of opening out a field that should bo easily worked. A visit is also expected from the Prune Minister before Parliament opens.

The secretary of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board (Mr. W. L. Dunn) returned to Napier last evening from a trip round the Hawke's Bay schools in the vicinity of the main between Napier and .Woodville. the trip occupied two days. One of the schools visited was Otane and the secretary was here waited on by a deputation in connection with the 1 atangata children. The proposal made was that the Board should assist the children to get to school by making arrangements imconnection with a conveyance. The secretary made a proposal to the deputation and it is expected that from this suitable arrangements will be made.

Mr H B. Tenent, who has been appointed agent in Hawke’s Bay for the “Case” kerosene tractors, announces that a demonstration of ploughing will be given in about a fortnight s time, on a propetry in the vicinity of Hastings, which will be advertised later. The kerosene tractor is new to this district and its operations are of the utmost interest to farmers. It is claimed that the machine can plough two 14in* furrows, seven inches deep at the rate of an acre per hour and at an approximate cost of 4/- per acre. the tractor is specially adapted to undulating and hilly country and all farmers are requested to be present at the demonstration to see for themselves what the tractor can do. information may be had from Mr. xs. r. Wettenhail, ’phone 236, Hastings.

The Plunket Society are giving publicity to the fact that only certificated hospital nurses, or registered maternity nurses, with two years experience, are allowed to enter for training as Plunket nurses. The former take a special course of three months’ training at the Karitane-Harris Hospital in Dunedin, and the latter six months. They have to pass exacting written and verbal examinations* In view of’ the fact that the New Zealand standard of training for midwives is the highest established, the Plunket nurses must be regarded as women of high efficiency. The Karitane nurses are untrained girls, who undergo a year’s training at.Karitane, in order to qualify as trained baby nurses for private homes. A few of these were permitted to act as Plunket nurses during the war, but that commission has now been cancelled.

A resident who had had his boots half-soled brought them into this office this morning and submitted them for inspection, after two days’ wear following upon the repairs. One sole appeared to be perfectly sound, but the other was dry rotted and cracked throughout to such an extent that chips could be picked out with the finger nail and the whole surface could be removed in this manner. The owner of the boots held that the leather used in mending the boot was bad and the collapse ot the sole, after two days’ use, was due to this fact. The boots were submitted to an expert for an opinion and l’« said that both boots were repaired with the same sort of leather and that the condition of the collapsed sole was due to the new leather being steamed after it had been worn in wet places, either by being put too near a fire, or else being placed, sole upwards, under a hot sun. The expert added that the repairs were not a “good job” and the leather iu any case was not of the highest.

The Wairuna, from San Francisco, will reach Napier at midnight on Monday.* She has a mail on> board. Napier is the fisrt port of call. On Thursday night snow fell heavily on the higher levels in Canterbury. At Cheviot the fall was six inches. The Peninsula hills are capped with snow. Users of electricity in Hastings are notified that to-morrow (Sunday) the power will be cut off from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on account of alteration to plant. A Maori boy, Graham Taylor, aged 12 years, was accidentally killed at Taupapa, near Okaroire. on Monday, by a fall from a horse. One of his feet was caught in. a stirrup, and the horse, on rising, dragged him for about ten chains along the road.

Amongst other bodies, the Napier 30,000 Club has written to the Premier protesting against the Howard Agricultural College being established away from Hawke’s Bay. The Premier has replied that he will confer with the Minister of Education and reply again. The British Admiralty, in order to safeguard the Renown’s fuel supply, despatched two oil tankers—the British Light and the War Krishna—loaded with oil to the various ports the Renown was scheduled to touch. These tankers have preceded the Renown, establishing depots, and enabling her to draw her supplies without difficulty." The applications for wine licenses by H. W. Pullen and' Antonio J. Vidal, which will be considered by the Hawke’s Bay Licensing Committee at their sittings in the Hastings Court House next Friday, should prove very interesting, as memorials have been presented, protesting against the granting of both applications. An advertisement from the column of the “Thunderer”:—Baronet, 26, unmarried, big game shot, sportsman entirely without funds, wants employment or advice; will do anything, go anywhere, preferably America or Eastj can ride or drive anything from Army mule to elephant, scooter to Rolls-Royce; literary and artistic tastes; tactful and entertaining.—Reply Box W.405, Tho Times. The petition- from the residents of the two blocks adjoining the Stortford Lodge Hastings bound*aiy, praying for readmittance to the borough, has been signed by many more than the necessary number of petitidners and the document will be forwarded' to the Minister of Internal Affairk early next weeE; In the ordinary course, the petition will be advertised and those opposed to the proposal invited to notify the Department.

_ An explanation of* the mystery, mentioned the other day of the castor-oil beans in South Australian chaff Which recently proved fatal to a large number of draught horses hi Sydney is now forthcoming. It is conjectured that the boat on which the consignment was brought to Sydney has been at some time engaged on an Indian run, when a freight of castor oil beans would be quite a common occurrence. It is not improbable that several of the bags of the chaff shipment were damaged and spilt, and that the beans in the hold were swept up with the loose chaff and rebagged. At the conclusion of the opening business of the Auckland Farmers’ Union conference permission was granted, at the suggestion of the president, Mr. Curnow, representative of . the National Tobacco Company, Limited, to address tile conference on “Tobaccogrowing and its importance to the Auckland province.” Mr. Curnow briefly pointed out that tobacco-growing was an exceedingly profitable form of agriculture, and voiced his belief that there was. nothing to prevent New Zealand not only supplying her own but also becoming one of the tobqaßF manufacturing and exporting countries of the world.

We hear much of coal-burning steamers being converted to the use of oil fuel, but seldom hear of an instance of this process being reverted. One, however, is supplied from- Sydney, where, as a result of the shortage of oil fuel in Australia and the impossibility of securing supplies, the owners of the United States and Australasian Line steamer Lorain, now in Sydney, have been compelled to refit the vessel to enable her to use coal. The Lorain has a tonnage of 6849 tons, and the delay caused through the refitting and the expense entailed by shipping stokers, "in addition to the loss of steaming, wdll involve a large outlay by her owners.

A couple of days ago we published figures shewing the serious fall in gold production in Australia.' South African ad rices shew that a similar condition threatens there. According to them it is obvious that any decline in the pre nium of gold, while prices of commodities do not similarly decline, must seriously affect the yield of the world’s largest field. In the last five months of 1919 the premium added £3,000,000 to the receipts of the Transvaal mines. The price at the end of March had declined to five guineas an ounce. It was stated that m the event of a relapse to £5 an ounce the mines of the Transvaal would be working at a loss, and a drop of another 10/- would cause the number of mines working at a loss to increase to 26, and the number of Europeans affected would be

“Tho Misleading Widow” to be screened at the Hastings Municipal Theatre this evening, is none other than the adorable Bille Burke. , tShe is a. charming responsible young widow, and many tongues are set wagging when it is announced that she is to entertain two gentlemen in her home. The picture is crammed full of a *’?' ward situations, and the way Buhe Burke wends her way out of them is amazing. “Sacred Silence” features William Russell in a magnificent production that is interesting and has a human appeal that touches tlie heart. A Sunshine comedy “The Roaming Bathtub” is a screamer as all Sunshines are and with the last but one episode of “The Silent Mystery” serial and the usual grand supports, a packed house is assured for tins evening.

Mr A. C. Fawjett, Hastings Health Inspector, speaking regarding by-law No. 9, which has just come into force, says that the by-law, with reference to 'the housing question, makes it imperative that all vacant houses must be examined by the Inspector before being re-occupied and the onus of notifying the re-occupation of any house rests on the owner, agent or tenant. After inspection, a certificate regarding fh® sanitary condition will be_issue<L The tenement houses, which means houses not licensed' as boarding houses and in which rooms are let to any persons, other than members of a family, these premises must be registered, to prevent overcrowding. The onus of registering is on the occupier of the house and th® registration is 5/- per annum. The Health Inspector states that he intends keeping a strict watch for offenders.

The Hastings Trainers’ Association, whose annual ball was regarded as one of the big social events of the season in pre-war days, are reviving their popular gathering this year when, <n conjunction with the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club, they announce that they will hold a grand ball in the Assembly Hall, Hastings, on Friday, June 2oth., the evening of the day of the H.B. Steeplechase meeting. The management is using every endeavour to make this re union as happy as those of previous years and, in achieving this, they will succeed in doing what has been said tn be impossible—that is to please everybody. The net proceeds ot the ball are to be devoted to the’ Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Fund, which should have the effect of urging a sale of tickets, not only amongst tips dacing public but amongst those whose inclinations don’t lead them in the airection of the bsill room but who nevertheless recognise their duty to help in the work of raising a worthy monument to the memory of our glorious de.jd.