Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 77, 15 March 1923, Page 6

Local and General.

•The Revd..D. C. Bates. Dominion Meteorologist, telegraphs as follows for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:

The indications are for westerly strong winds to gale and backing by west to south. Expect changeable and showery weather, and it will probably become colder shortly. BarojiietJr unsteady, but rising soon.

Harry Barnett, hotelkeeper, of Napier, has hied a petition in bankruptcy. The name of the Post and Telegraph Office at Matatcra is to be changed to Piripiri from April 1. Tiic \\ hakatu Hall Committee is holding a euchre party and dance in the \\ liakatu Hall on Friday evening. A reminder is given of the Whizz Bang concert and dance to be held at the Havelock Public Hall to-night. Dagg’s ’bus will leave the Albert Hotel corner at 7.30.

A reminder is given to members of the Reform League and supporters of the Reform Party that they are requested to attend a meeting to be held in the Hawke’s Bay. Jockey Club’s rooms to-night at 7.45 o’clock.

The members of the Hastings Fire Board will remain in office until the the appointment of their successors is gazetted, probably about the middle of May. A Sydney cable announces the death of Air. A. Scott, shipping manager foi Bert and Company. He was formerly chief clerk of the Federal Steam Navigation Company at Wellington.

Hie cup presented to the Heretaunga Swimming Club for the highest aggregate in the club events by Messrs. Stickland and Bryant, is now on view in the window of Air. S. J. McKee’s jewellery establishment, Heretaunga street, Hastings.

During the next‘fortnight, Aliss Miller;, who has kindly undertaken to collect on behalf of the annual appeal for the Hawke’s Bay Children’s Home, will visit residents of the Napier and Hastings districts. A generous response is anticipated.

The Hastings Orchestral Society has resumed practice and there was a good attendance at a rehearsal for the forthcoming concert held last evening. The programme to be submitted will be selected from the music recently presented to the society by the members and friends, and the numbers will include a stirring overture from “Der Freichutz” (Von Weber), “Hungarian Rhapsody” (Abbe Lizst), the popular “Nell Gwynne Dances,V and “Hiawatha” (Coleridge Taylor).

Reporting to to-day’s meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board regarding the establishment of a dental clinic in Napier ,the secretary (Mr. AV. L. Dunn) stated that the arrangement made with Colonel T. A. Hunter, Director of the School Dental Division, was that the room for the clinic should be available by the end of February. The room was available on that date, but there had been delay, in obtaining some of the dental equipment from Home, and the establishment of the clinic had l*on delayed for a few weeks.

A very pretty wedding took place in the Napier Presbyterian Church, when the Rev. J.- A. Asher united Mr. Ernest Nicol, son of Mr. AV. Nicol, of Manakau (late of Napier) and Airs. Eileen Marshall, daughter of Mr. W. Marshall, of Whangarei. The bride who was given away by Air. Tom Gibson, was daintily attired in a frock of white crepe de chine. She was attended by Aliss Gwen Marshall, who wore a frock of blue crepe de v chine, and Miss Zeta Crabtree, who wore crepe de chine. Air ,H. Nicol acted as best man. The happy couple left for the south, accompanied by. the best wishes of their many friends, the bride travelling in a smart fawn costume with hat to match.

Au old age pensioner, named William Peacock, aged 74, who lived by himself in a whare in Gollinge road, off Karamu road Hastings, died suddenly this morning. It appears that deceased, who was an inmate of the Napier Hospital some months ago, was lately complaining of not feeling' well. This morning, about 7.30, he was seen sitting on his door step and later a neighbour named Arthur Robins noticed that he bad fallen over and went to assist him. He placed deceased on a bed and rang 'ip for Dr. Nairn, who arrived at 9 a.m., when he pronounced life extinct. <\ teum of £l3 19s Id was found in his whare. An inquest will be held to-irior-

The love New Zealand has for its instrumental bands, and the very liberal (support that is accorded, them by the public, has evidently greatly impressed Air. Partington, conductor of the Redfern (Sydney) Band. Speaking at a social given in that band’s honour by the Ist Canterbury Mounted Rifles’ Band in Ashburton, Air. Partington said it was an eye-opener to him that bands were taken so much notice of in this country and treated so well. Public financial support, or support from local bodies, in Australia was very meagre in comparison. The Redfern Aluuicipal Council had donated the “magnificent” sum of £l2 10/- towards the band’s trip to New Zealand. But not for nothing! AVlien the band returns it has to give concerts for three months to make up for it, said Air. Partington, amidst laughter. A sketch by the late Sapper MooreJones of “Aldrphy, the Gallipoli Donkey,” together with an oil painting by the same artist, depicting a scene on Gallipoli, has been presented to the town of Hamilton by Air. Nathan, of Auckland. Messrs. Gaze and Co. have given enlarged portraits of Major Von Tempsky and Bishop Selwyn. There is also a prospect of a good Maori collection being presented to the town, while Air .8. Hawker, who recently found a quaint Alaori digging implement at Waikato Heads, is also handing this over to the Library Committee. A framed enlargement of Commander C. F. Hamilton, of H.AI.S. Esk,>who fell while leading his men at the Gate Pa, and after whom the town of Hamilton was named, has come from the commander’s son in England, who intends visiting New Zealand this year.

The evidence of six witnesses was taken at any inquiry at Dunedin into the death of Kenneth AVhite, a watersider, who was killed by a sling of cargo on the Kaikoura on Alarch 2. The evidence showed that the ball of the Harbour Board crane caused an unexpected swing of the sling in the hold, after it had been landed and was ready, for hoisting. Deceased was struck on the head and died in the hospital. The crane was working cargo on the offside of the vessel, while the ship’s winches were working the near side in the same Jiold, and the Government Inspector of Ships said he would have stopped the work had he known this was going on. The coroner (Mr. H. AV. Bundle) said that where two gangs were working every care should be taken to ensure the safety of the men. and it seemed that where a crane was working the offside and the ship’s gear the inside there was apt to be danger. He found that deceased died from shock, following injuries received by being crushed by slings, while working on the port side of the Kaikoura on March 2.