Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 243, 27 September 1922, Page 6

Local and General.

Rev. D. C. Bates, Dominion Meteorologist, telegraphs as follows for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—The indications are for south-easterly moderate to strong winds, and hacking by east to north. Expect dull weather with much mist and fog in parts. Barometer little movement but falling again after about ten hours. A London cable announces the death of Earl Spencer, P.C., M.A., K.G., at the age of 65. The Maori entertainment at Paki Paki has been postponed until Friday week. October 6, on account of the freezing works’ annual dance. Henry Bodley, contractor, of Napier, filed a petition in bankruptcy to-day. A similar petition has also been filed by Robert Blair Sim, sheepfarmer, of Muhaka. Mr. H. Gilmore Smith, clerk of the Hastings Magistrate’s Court, is at present at Wairoa on electoral business. He is expected back next Friday. A general meeting of the Fruitworkers’ Cricket Club will be held in the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers’ shed, Hastings, this evening, commencing at 7.30 o’clock. Members of the Hastings Orphans’ Club are again reminded that the next Korero, which will take place on Friday, 29th inst., will be a Hard-up Night. A Sydney cable states that the N.S.W. Assembly adjourned in respect to Sir Charles Gregory Wade, exPremier, who will be accorded a State funeral to-day.—(A. and N.Z.) The attention of cricket players and their friends is directed to the announcement of the St. Matthew’s Cricket Club social and dance, to be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Hastings, on Friday evening. Euchre will commence at 7.45. Nominations are invited by the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union for a seven- • a-side tournament in A grade and E ’ grade, entries for which close with the secretary, Mr. J. M. Brown, at 7 p.m. [ on Friday, 29th inst. See advertising columns for further particulars. A preliminary meeting of a number of Mr. J. Mason’s’ supporters for the coming election was held in Scinde i Hall, Napier, last evening. The plan 1 of campaign was discussed, and it was decided to call a meeting of those favourable to Mr. Mason’s candidature to be held in Scinde Hall on Tuesday evening next, when Mr. Mason will i give a short policy speech. The can--1 didature of Mr. Mason as a Reform r supporter has been most favourably received, and it is confidently expected at Tuesday’s meeting that strong comi mittees will be set up to see the election through. Before Mr. R. W. Dyer S.M. yester- ( day. Alex. Loudon, land and commission agent, proceeded against P. P. Neagle. farmer, claiming £54 10s, ' being the balance of commission alleged to be due to plaintiff for procuring a loan of £6OOO for the defent dant. Air. H. B. Lusk represented the plaintiff and Al. It. Grant the defendant. Air. Lusk explained that the plaintiff had suggested that the .sum could be paid off by rebate commissions if the defendant gave to Loudon his business transactions. Only £510s had been credited and that was oxer two ago. The delence claimed that the agreement was still in force, although nothing had been put into writing. The debt would be worked off in time. After hearing legal argu ment His Worship nonsuited the_plaiu tiff with £2 14s costs. The Napier Harbour Board, at a special meeting yesterday, decided to make a small addition to the board’s present offices at Port Ahuriri so as to meet the requirements of the engineer. and also to have the offices renovated and the outside painted. Mr. A. E. Jull, chairman, of the board, in submitting the above as a recommendation of a sub-committee, stated that the board’s present office accommodation was inadequate and the committee had had under discussion the question of fixing a site for new and up-to-date offices. The additions, he said, might meet immediate requirements, but he thought the board should come to some determination as to where new offices should be erected and then preparations made for them. A further decision of the board was to instruct the engineer to call tenders for a new piledriving attachment for the Browning crane. Judgment was entered by default for the plaintiffs in the following un fended civil cases in the Napier Magistrate’s Court yesterday Napier Motor and Engineering Co, v. Lake Taupo Shipping Co., £5 Is. costs £1 10s 6d, W. J. McGrath v. J. O. Grubb. £3 9s lid, costs £2 2s 6d: State Advances v. r E. Wallace. £9 3s 3d, costs £1 Ils Id; Sisters of St Joseph’s v. P. Wilton, £27 16s 9d, costs £3 10s; D.O.A. v. J. Snoswell. £1 3s 9d, costs 8s 6d; C. J. MacCormac v. J. M. Keane, £1 2s, costs 12s; Napier Borough Council v. A. Bell. £9 6s sd, costs £1 Ils 6d ; R. R. Cook v. E. J. Dooley, £6 0s 9d, costs £1 lis: same v. F. Burton, £3 13s, costs £1 4s 6d; same v. G. Chapman, £2B 1 7s. costs £3 2s. Judgment Summon- 1 ses:—Alohi Te Atahikoa was ordered J to pay the H.B. County Council £l9B 8s 7d in one month, in default three months’ imprisonment.