Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 242, 26 September 1922, Page 4

Local and General.

The R.G.S. dance will be field at Whakatu Hall on Thursday. 28th September. If sufficient inducement offers a ’bus will leave Albert Stables at 7.30 p.m. Aard cars leave the Aard garage at 7.20 p.m. A Wairarapa farmer who had to take £1 a head for his weaners last year, has just sold this season’s contingent for £2 7s 6d. < good evidence of the improvement even in the beef outlook. “Some publicans have the-erroneous idea that as soon as a man’s name is on the lodger’s Boole they ar© entitled to serve him with drink,” said Mr. 8. L. P. Free. S.M., at Carterton. “That is not so. He must be living or staying at the place.” Intending exhibitors in the horse section at the H.B. Spring Show, who are in doubt as to the correct height of horse or pony, are reminded that Mr. R. Gooseman will bo in attendance at the measuring stand on the showground to-morrow (Wednesday) from 9 a.m. to 1 n.m. for the purpose of measuring horses and ponies intended for competition in the show. At a meeting of the Canterbury Trades and Labour Council the following resolution was carried: “That thia council is in entire agreement with the attitude taken up bv the,Labour representatives in Parliament regarding the stage-managed war scare brought about by capitalists and politicians for the purpose of making heroes of themselves.” Some of the buildings of the borough ahhatoirs are now being pulled down and are to be submitted to sale by public auction by Messrs Gil! Bros on the promises, Boundary road. Hastings. on Friday. There are five to six hundred lots of timber, drays and other chattels, the full details of which will be advertised in these columns to-morrow night. The annual general meeting of the Havelock North Tennis Club was Heid last evening. The following officers were elected; Mr. D. Nairn, president; vice-presidents. Dr. Reeves. Canon Mac Lean. P. F. Hunter, J. Phillips, and H. R. Elder; secretary, Miss F McPhee; treasurer, Mr. R. Liley; committee: Misses Black and Petersen. Messrs J. Joll. L. Liley, H. Miller. S. Liley and J. Niinon. Tt was decided to hold the opening day on October 7th. weather permitting. The need Tor'fhe speeding up of the Mam Trunk express, both in the North Island and the South, was emphasised in the House of Representatives last week by Mr. A. Harris (Waitemata). The object of a ’Main Trunk line, he maintained, was to take passengers as quickly as possible trom one terminal point to the other. He. therefore suggested that the department should rim two or three times a week a limited express, which would cut inajiy of the present stops.

Hastings police require an owner for a military officer’s coat. A Manawatu resident (states an exchange) has sold £450 worth of cabbages off 3] acres as the result of six months’ occupation of the ground. { * When you get three or four con stables in front of you you’re sure to get a little bit flummixed,” said a witness m the Magistrate’s Court at Masterton the other day. A portion of Australian mails, ex Manuka, are due this afternoon, and the balance of mail this evening. English mails, ex Wairuna, at Auckland, will arrive by mail train this evening, also Australian mails, ex Makura, at Auckland. The Wellington City Council is now calling applications for 120 debentures of £lOO each at 5A per cent for the loan of £12,000 for unemployed relief. Th? loan c tc.iiv ra >vd by special ord* r under the authity of the Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Act, 1922, the security being a special rate ojj the unimproved value of all rateable property in the city. At a meeting of the Wairarapa branch of the New Zealand Teachers’ Institute on Friday the following resolution was carried: “That the Masterton branch of the lnstitute has every confidence in Miss Park’s loyalty and good repute as a'citizen and asks the New Zealand executive of the Teachers’ Institute to accent tho implied challenge conveyed in tne Hon. C. J. Parr’s abatement, ‘That it might not be in the interests of Miss Park if all the facts were told.’ ” °I would suggest,” said the Minister of Education, when laying the foundation stone of tho Masterton Technical High School on Saturday, “that not only should you teach the theoretical side of agriculture, but that you should have here or near-by your farm school of the future. Theory is all right, but practice is better; there fore, when my ship comes home, and tho Treasury is full, I want farm schools attached to every high school, because on farming depends the future prosperity of this country.” / “Will you give me time to pay, old 'sport,” said a young man, weeping 'bitterly before Mr A. M. Mowlem, 8.M., at Stratford (states the “Post”), after His Worship had imposed a fine of £2 and costa for an offence on a railway carriage platform. The magi>at<-: You must understand that this is a court of law, and there are no “old sports” here. Accused: “I beg your pardon, sir.” The magistrate allowed fourteen days in which to find the money. The accused: “Thank you old sport.” He then left the court, accompanied by more tears. In the course of the Jlobale on the Education vote lasf week, Mr. R. A. Wright (Wellington "Suburbs) asked the Minister for Education whether he could see bis way in the building of new schools, particularly schools tor young children, to have the windows placed as low down as possible, so that might be able tp see into tKe outside world. The experiment had been tried in one school in Wellington, and had proved a great success. He knew the architects were against it, but the teachers with practical experience, were enthusiastic, and he therefore urged the Minister to overrule the architects in the future. He did not blame the architects, for people were all conservative on some point or o'ther. The matron of St. Hilda’s Children’s Home, Otane, acknowledges with many thanks the following gifts:—Oranges, Mr Speedy; apples, Miss Clark, Mrs John Beil; potatoes, Mr Gordon WilliaiiLs; meat, Mr George Williams, Major Warren, Mrs James Tod, Mr Thorban, Mr Logan; eggs, Mrs George Williams, Mr Wedd, Mrs Couper, Rev H. Blathwayt, Mrs Warren; plants, Rev. 11. Blathwayt; donation of ss, Mrs Little; cakes, Waipawa party, Kumeroa Library dance, Mrs Warren, Mrs T. D. Waller, Mrs Pepper, Mrs Patrick; butter, Mrs Henry Tiffin; Presbyterian gift produce stall; jam, Mrs D. Maclean; clothing, Cathedral Dorcas Society; biscuits and cordial, Mr W.. Malcnoir; milk, Mrs James Tod. The British Medical Association now has 23,925 members. In a discussion at the session of the association on" the question of organisation, especially in regard to overseas branches proposals were adopted giving effect to Australia’s wishes to make their branches incorporated branches, writes “The Post’s” London correspondent. Dr. Wilkinson (Victoria) said they felt in Australia that this was going to be a matter of great importance to them. It would enable them to work out their medical affairs in manners that seemed best to them, but without any break or wrench from the parent association, jind that to them had been the most \vital factor of all. A sequel to the recent benzine store fire in the Palmerston estate came on at the Magistrate’s Court, Hamilton (reports the “Waikato Times”), when Victor Pizzine, Hamilton East, was charged with smoking within thirty feet of a benzine depot. It appears that defendant, who was employed by Mr Frank Fardell, proprietor of the shed, had just left the shed, and had struck a wax match on the outer wall of the building, intending to light a cigarette. The fumes of the oil seemingly leaked through the wall, and combustion occurred. The magistrate pointed out that defendant was liable to a penalty of £lOO, but as the case was the first of its kind in the Dominion it would be sufficient were he lined £1 and costs. “Confine your attention to eucalyptus for the reserves, as this species appears to do admirably in the district, and will give you a handsome return in a comparatively short period,” is the advice given to the Awatere County Council by Air W. G. Morrison, Government forest ranger, who has learned that the council has undertaken an extensive tree-planting campaign. Mr Morrision (states an exchange) recommends the use of the eucalyptus obli<|ua, siberiana (mountain ash), muclleri (mountain gum) varieties for planting in the Awatere district. He describes them as useful timber producers; hardy, ami flourish in any soil or situation. When growing from seed the soil should be ploughed ns for ordinary cropping and 12oz. of seed to the acre sown in late September or early October. The large number of people who had the pleasure of being present at the last annual social held by the employees of Borthwick, Ltd., Paki Paki, will herald with satisfaction the' fact that the committee (Messrs R. Martin, D. Patton, F. Lyle, A. Jones and J. Chapman, secretary), intend eclipsing their successful efforts on that occasion with this year’s function which is advertiseti to be held on hriduj, Sept. 29th. With this view in mind, the commit tec* are now busily engaged in preparing n perfect floor the whole length of the cooling floor for dancing purposes, and also arranging the decorations on a magnificent scale. The music will be supplied by the R.G.S. Orchestra, and the supper arrangements have been placed in capable ham|s. ’Busses will leave Havelock North nt 7.15 and Hastings Post Office at 7.30, the lares being fixed as follows: Lndies free, gentlemen Is.