Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 85, 20 March 1922, Page 4

Local and General.

The annual meeting of the Hastings Rugby Referees’ Association will be held in the National Service Club tonight, at 7.30 o’clock. The annual general meeting of the Hastings Rugby Sub-union will be held in the National Service Club to-mor-row night, at 8 o’clock.

Sittings of the Ikaroa Laud Court at Hastings have been fixed for April 27, August 15, October 17, 1922, and ebruary 6, 1923. The board meetings will take place on May 1, August 17, 19'^3^ er 1922, and February 8,

On a claim by an Auckland farmer against a land agency firm for £169, share in the commission on a sale, the magistrate, Mr J. W. Poynton, gave a quantum meruit judgment for £3O as a fair return for assistance rendered in bringing about the deal. The Postal authorities have been advised that the Manuka left Sydney at 5 p.m. on March 16th for Wellington. She carries 649 bags of mails, including 19 from the East and 11 from Africa.

The Postal authorities have received advice from San Francisco that the s.s. Ventra, which left San Francisco on March 14th for Sydney, has on board for New Zealand 109 ’bags of mail.

New Zealand’s death-rate for the year 1921 was low enough to constitute a record. It was 8.73 per 1000 of the mean population, the next lowest being 8.87 in 1912. The number of deaths registered in the year was 10.684, while the number of births was 28,569.

In reply to the request of the secretary of the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Society that the schools should be granted holidays on the show days this week, the Hawke’s Bay Education Board has replied stating that the matter is in the hands of the various committees, who have power to grant one holiday. Provided the weather is favourable the adjourned trip of the Napier Harbour Board to Wairoa and Waikokopu will take place this week-end. The party which will include representatives of various local bodies, will leave Napier at midnight on Friday by the Tangaroa, arriving at Waikokopu early on Saturday morning. Two cars were stolen in Napier on Saturday and both were recovered yesterday Dr. Edgar’s car was taken from outside the H.B. Club early in the evening and was found at Pakowhai with an empty petrol tank yesterday morning. The Hon. W. J. Geddis’ car was removed from outside the theatre and was found near Motio Pa yesterday with a small amount of petrol remaining.

An Auckland landlord claimed possession of a house on the ground that the tenant was subletting portion ot the dwelling at an unreasonable rent. The magistrate not only held this contention to bo unproved, but, on a counterclaim, gave judgment for refund of rent paid in excess of the standard weekly rate by another magistrate, and this although tho rat© actually paid was by agreement between landlord and tenant.

In a Supreme Court action heard by Mr. Justice Stringer at Hamilton last week one farmer, Mr. Leish, sued another Cowan, for some £273 commission claimed on an exchange of lands resulting from the introduction of the exchangee by Mr. Leish. The defence was a denial that plaintiff had ever been given any authority to sell or that a commission had been promised in the event of him bringing about a sale. A nonsuit point was also raised by defendant that plaintiff, by his dealings, brought himself within the scope of the Land Agents Act, as he held no license to sell land on commission. This point was, however, dismissed. After hearing evidence His Honour gave judgment for plaintiff for. £5O and cosi&i

The Remuera arrived at Auckland from Southampton at 2.20 a.m. today, and the Makura reached the same port from Sydney at 6.15 a.m.

Advice has been received that the ballot of boxing associations resulted in the championships for the North Island being allotted to Palmerston North. As the New Zealand championships will be held in June, the North Island fights must be got off before that time.

Henry George Bendall, married, aged 48, was found in a bedroom in Auckland at noon on Saturday with a severe wound in the throat and died before a doctor arrived. The deceased was a mattress maker. He had been depressed lately. H© leaves a widow and one child.

Next Wednesday evening, at the Hastings Drill Hall, the Irish community will hold a grand ball in honour of the National Festival. The committee in charge are using every endeavour to make the gathering an outstanding success in every department. The best music is being engaged, the floor will receive special attention, and the catering will be on a most hospitable scale, so that patrons may rest assured of a splendid evening’s enjoyment.

An epidemic of thefts of cash boxes prevails in Auckland. Recently a solicitor’s offices in one of the largest Queen street buildings was visited while two of the staff of Mr J. F. Hosking, barrister and solicitor, were at work in. two separate rooms. The intruder entered the main office, opened a small door in the counter and removed a cash-box containing about £36. It is stated that the offices of two other solicitors were entered and thefts committed on the same day.

Wireless telephone voices from Melbourne were picked up quite clearly at New Brighton late Friday night on the small wireless receiving station of Mr A. H. Ragg, a Post Office official. Mr Ragg was listening for Sydney when he heard the voice coming in. It required the most delicate timing to retain the message, although the voice was clear and much stronger than similar messages from Dr. Jock, of the Dunedin University. Mr Ragg says he can pick up Bordeaux every morning, and as for the Philippine messages, they are so loud that the receiver has to be held clear of the head.

The annual reunion dinner of the officers of the Wellington Regiment N.Z.E.F., is to be held at Palmerston North on Saturday, April 22. It has been found impossible to arrange for the general reunion of all ranks for Anzac Day owing to the memorials ordered from England, which it is intended* to erect m All Saints Church not having come to hand. It is anticipated that all will be in readiness for the general reunion to be held later on Armistice Day this year. The N.Z. Machine Gun Corps intend holding their first general reunion at Palmerston North at the same time, Armistice Day, November 11.

, A boy of eight years, named Roy Hogue, was admitted to the New Plymouth Public Hospital on Tuesday evening suffering from severe injuries as the result of being run over by a motor car. Hogue was in company with two other children at the intersection of Devon and Cover streets, and as the car approached from the direction of tho town the boys scattered. Hogue ran in the opposite direction to his playmates and then turned back, with the result that he was struck by the mudguard of the car. A front wheel passed over his head and the rear wheel over his abdomen. After receiving at, tention by Dr. Brewster the boy was taken to the hospital.