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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 235, 18 September 1922, Page 5

Lady Jellicoe will be the guest of tho Governor and Dame Margaret Davidson, states the Sydney “Sun,” for the spring racing festivities, and then will go on to Melbourne. At St. Matthew*s Church, Hastings, on Saturday morning, Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst performed the ceremony of marriage between Mr. William Nelson, Waikoko, Tomoana, and Miss Kate Orford, of Wellington. One of Gisborne’s early settlers, Mrs. Annie Stuckey, passed away last week at the Cook Hospital, at the age of 83. Mrs. Stuckey, went to Gisoorne with her husband, the late Mr. Win. Stuckey, in 1873. In answering, on Friday last, a question as to whether he intended bringing down a particular piece of legislation this session, the Prime Minister said that only five weeks or so of the session were left, though it might stretch to six. There were 51 on the Napier-Hastings unemployed list this morning. Of these 13 are labourers. Eleven men were placed on public worfs last week and one m private employment. Six men will be sent to Crownthorpe this week. There were 16 new applications for enrolment last week. The Hawke’s Bay Christian Students’ Auxiliary has collected and packed another case of clothing for the relief of Central Europe and Russia. The case is being forwarded to Wellington by the Tutiki on Thursday, where arrangements have been mad£ to ship it to its destination. The case is Tieing carted by Messrs F G. Smith and shipped by Messrs Richardson Company free of cost. During his recent visit to Dunedin, the Mayor (Mr. W. Hart), interviewed Mr Harman Reeves regarding the raising of the £25,000 loan with a currency of 20 years-at 5| per cent, in order to pay off portion of the bormigh’s antecedent liability, and as a Result of their conversation the terms then arranged were accepted by the Borough Council last Thursday evening. A Maori woman has been arrested in Hastings this afternoon, and she will appear in the court to-morrow on a charge of theft. •