Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 235, 18 September 1922, Page 4

Local and General.

A meeting of commissioners of Boy Scout Associations of the North Island, held at Palmerston North, decided to hoTcl a scout rally ’at Palmerston from December 27th to January sth. No scout will be allowed to attend unless he was eleven years old on September Ist-—(Press Association..) A stall run by the St. John Ambulance and Citizens’ Committee in Napier on Saturday realised £27 10s. A cheque from Mr. Cecil Bee for £lO 10s was included. The stall was in charge of Mrs Jago, who was assisted by Mesdames Fulton and Freedman and Misses Kennedy, McVay, Davies, Cunningham, Ormond, Weber and Jago. A turkey was won by W. Fenton and a case of wine by Mrs Kirk. The passengers from the Remuera, which collided in the English Channel with the Marengo, arc coming out to New Zealand by various routes, and the first of them have already arrived. Others will be landed at intervals during the next four or five weeks. Particulars of their distribution among various steamers to arrive is said to be available at the head office of the New Zealand Shipping Company. “It is unfortunate, n said the Official Assignee at a meeting of creditors of a tradesman who had gone bankrupt through a combination of misfortune with a lack of business experience, “that the idea should be so prevalent that there is a moral taint about the Bankruptcy, .Court. The fundamental idea of the Court is chiefly to afford relief to those who have been unfortunate, and to enable them to get a fresh start, and it is a pity that there is such a wide belief that there is something criminal about bankruptcy.”