Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 70, 6 March 1923, Page 6

Local and General.

The Dominion Meteorologist reports: > —The indications are for easterly wind, moderate to strong, and backing east to north, freshening There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather with increasing haze and cloudiness; barometer falling. Australian mails ex-Niagara are due by the mail train this evening. A Sydney cable reports the (death of Mr. William Holmes, a mltivt of DevoiiDort and well-known in Sydney aquatic circles.

A largo consignment of breeding ewes was slupiK'd to Lyttelton by Mr. J. A. Miller, of Hastings, on the Ngaherc, which left Napier to-day.

At the Hastings Courthouse this morning, before Mr. Tipping, J.P., Gaving George Brown was fined 10s or 48 hours’ imprisonment for drunkenness and a first offence of a similar class was convicted and discharged. Intending competitors ate reminded that entries for the Easter musical and elocutionary competitions close next Saturday. Copies of the syllabus and entry forms may be obtained from the Mardi Gras rooms. Napier. lhe Hawke’s Bay Rivers Board today decided to ask Mr. James Rochfort. who designed important work, if he could supuply, for record purposes, a copy of th© plan showing the levels of the plains taken by him about 1875.

The annual general meeting of the Havelock North Football Club will be held in the Town Board office on Thursday evening next at 7.30, the business being to receive the annual report and balance-sheet. All members are requested to attend.

A special meeting of the Napier Harbour Board is being held in Napier this afternoon to meet Mr George Nelson and hear his views on reclamation matters, to consider the question of engaging Mr Nelson as enginecr-iu-chargc of lhe Board’s reclamation works, and if such a course is decided upon, fully to discuss tho terms and conditions of such appointment. The following remits are to be sent to tho annual conference of the New Zealand Labour Party in Christchurch at Easter by the Napier branch: (a) That thd conference consider tho advisability of appointing a- woman organiser for the purnose of organising the women of the Dominion ; (b) that standardised books be used in all State schools, and the National Peace Council proposes that half of the members of the boards of education and of controlling boards shall be representative of those engaged in the work of education.

At to-morrow’s sitting of the Hastings Magistrate’s Court the police list will include an alleged trespass on the racecourse, three assaults (which will probably be further adjourned), four drill cases, one of interfering with electric light lines, one of selling opposum skins, one prohibition order and three maintenance cases. The civil list is made up of 35 cases, including four defended actions and four judg« ment summonses.

The Sistine Choir soloists are said to be doing well out of the present low exchange value of the lije. Their salaries are paid in British pounds, and the pound is worth something in Italy these days. According to the same report (says the ’ Wellington “Post”) the singers, who are nearly all family men. have been remitting their surplus earnings promptly to Italy, lest the lire should show a disposition to go up in value.

Mr. Gilbert McKay, M.P., who inspected the Police Station at Hastings yesterday, has despatched a telegram to the Minister of Justice, calling his attention to the inadequate accommodation at the station for the carrying out of the duties of the sergeant and constables. He also drew attention to the poor condition of the habitation set aside for an unmarried constable which was quite unsuitable, as well as to the fact that a padded cell was necessaiy for the protection of prisoners who might injure themselves ii their violence.

Joseph Davis, who had several aliases tagged on to his name, pleaded guilty to being found drunk and being an idle and disorderly person, in that he had insufficient visible lawful means of support at the Napier Magistrate’s Court this morning before Mr. R. W. Dyer. S.M. The police stated that accused had been convicted and discharged yesterday on a charge of drunkenness, and that he had been begging for money on the Parade. He had a bad record, but they did not know where to find his convictions as he had so many aliases. Defendant was fined 10s. in default 48 hours on the first charge, and sentenced to a month’s imprisonment with hard labour on the second.

lhe Napier Central School Committee met last evening. Mr. J. C. Thompson presiding. The headmaster reported that the average attendance since last meeeting had been 610 and the highest 6-1. Miss Atkin had left the school to take up a new position at Clive. The headmaster was requested to arrange for a parents’ day about the middle of April. A sub-committee to draft the annual report for presentation to the householders’ meeting was appointed. It was decided to write to the Education Board urging the need lor completing the playgrounds, and to the Borough Council regarding the heating of the school during the winter.

Princess Mary’s relations and connections by marriage are multiplying. /{ T r o -i?A orce stew art, of Binnawce (N.S.W.), an old Western identity, remembers that when forty years ago he was manager of the Pine Bridge, he had as a contractor for tank-making a man named Montague Lascelles Cook, wbo said that he was a nephew of the then Viscount Lascelles, the father of Lora Lascelles, who married Princess Alary. He came to Australia for private reasons. After unsuccessfully prospecting for gold at Gulgong, he bought a selection nearby, at Slapdash Creek. Eventually he married, and had a large family. Mr, Montague Lascelles Cook died some years ago, but some of his family ar e still in the Gulgong district.

Western Sttmou recently passed through a period of trade depression. According to advices received by mail (says a Wellington telegram) these tropic islands are now showing signs of steady improvement. The Administration, in conjunction with the Samoan Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce, has decided to hold a Samoan agricultural show and fair this season with a. view to the restoration and fostering of industries, which will be for the benefit principally of the Samoan people themselves. The idea has been enthusiastically taken up by all sections in the mandated territory. It has been decided to hold this exhibition on the historical Mulinuu Point, near Apia, on Saturday and Monday, June 2 and 4.

Now that the Taradale Carnival is over and has proved such an undoubted success, the committee desires to thank all patrons, donors, supporters and workers for the wholehearted way ip which they assisted every movement and phase of the work in connection with the function. Patrons came from far and near to attend each session—from Napier. Hastings, Mceanee. Clive. Pakowhai, Puketapu, Rissington and even as far out a s Patoka. Indeed, the whole countryside has been aroused to a very high pitch of enthusiasm and the best evidence that all have been working with the great object of having the memorial unveiled free of debt, is the excellent spirit and tone that pervaded all the meetings at Taradale Park and more especially on the night of the coronation of the queen, when over 1500 people were present. Their object is attained and the next move is for the clock. ’