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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 22 September 1922, Page 4

Although the past year has been one of depression in the shipping trade, the number of ships laid up in Britain has been reduced approximately by one-half. The annual general meeting of the Hastings Lawn Tennis Club takes place at the Jockey Club’s rooms tonight at eight o’clock. A full attendance is requested as important business is to be brought forward. A prize of one guinea for best slogan in connection with Hastings Carnival week has been kindly donated by Mr. F. C. Wilkinson, and an advertisement appears in this issue calling for suggestions. The sentence to be short and to include the word “Hastings.” All replies to be in the secretary’s hands by 5 p.m. Monday next. P.O. box 159, or Chamber of Commerce rooms, Queen street. Since the increase of the tariff last year on the Milford track to 22s 6d a day, the Otago Expansion League has protested consistently to the Department that the extra charge would materially affect the number of tourists visiting the Sound. Renewed representations have been made this year on the same subject, and the secretary of the League has just received information that the track will be opened from November Ist and that the tariff will be 18s a day. For some time past the mouth of the Tuki Tuki river has been shifting further and further along the beach towards Napier, from Haumoana, with the result that the waters empty themselves into the sea about a quarter of a mile from the river’s legitimate outlet. For the past week the Rivers Board has had teams at work scooping a mouth in the direct course of tlie river close to Haumoana, and when this work is completed there will be less risk of flood and the conditions generally will be greatly improved. Reference was made at the V) anganui Acclimatisation Society meeting recently to the early appearance this year of the shining cuckoo (reports the Wanganui “Herald”). The president of the society stated that he had kept a record for the past twenty years of his bird’s arrival in New Zealand, and it generally arrived n the Wanganui district about the middle of October. The shining cuckoo was known tu the Natives as the Pipiwarauroa. it was a native ot Northern Australia and New Guinea, and was known as the harbinger oi sprin K in New Zealand. It generally laid its egg in the nest of the grey warbler and when the egg was hatched the young cuckoo Rrerrat a great rate, and it taxed the efforts of diminutive foster parents (the warblers) to the utmost to keep it provided with food. It has an inordinate appetite. and its plaintive cry seems only to stimulate the foster parents activity. Charmingly artistic models and reafly-to-wears, just to hand per s.s. Athenic. Also inspect our range of attractive frocks in fancied fabrics. Spring goods reasonably priced, every hat and garment reflecting the irresistible spirit of Hie season. Mathewson’s. Ltd., Heretaunga street. Hastings.*