Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 229, 12 September 1923, Page 4

Local and General.

The Mahora ladies’ social committee will hold a euchre party and dance in the Hastings Oddfellow’s Hall on Friday evening next, at 8 o’clock.

The 'following teachers were in the employ of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board at the end of 1922:—Head teachers 71, sole teachers 110, assistants 232, organising teacher 1, pupil teachers 48, probationers 48; total. 510. The number at the end of 1921 was 477. Of the 510 total 150 were males and 3GO females.

A branch store of the Farmers’ Trading Company at Katikati was burglariously entered on Sunday night. Mr. Naylor, th© manager, on opening th© shop on Monday morning, found tho safe had been bibwn open, and th© eon tents, which were approximately £lOO. missing. 'Ph© police are investigating.

A tobacco expert and snuff specialist mad© th© rather surprising statement, at a tobacco exhibition held in London lately, that the snuff taking habit is becoming more and more prevalent among women. H© declared, in fact, that at least 70 per cent, of modern snuff-takers are women.

Th© total motor in Wellington numer 8200 and appliea tions ar© steadily increasing. In addition to local registrations there are a large number of motor vehicles in the city daily which have been registered outside the city, and th© aggregate number that use th© streets may safety be put down at 10,000.

During the discussion on the proposed .soldiers’ memorial at a meeting of the Manawatu U.S.A. executive, the local Boer War memorial was described as one with no other names thereon but those of the councillors who were then in power.

Mechanical accuracy in arithmetic and th© question of greater attention to history and geography ar© two important matters which are to be discussed at an educational conference which Hon. O. J. Parr. Minister of Education, has summoned to bo held in Wellington at th© end of September.

The South Island annual reunion and dance will bo held in the Hastings Olympia Cabaret to-night and those assembled are urged not to forget their special partners for the “ Southland er Waltz,” and a Quid Hooch for the Highland Schottische. Miss Spinks will give an exhibition of Highland dancing durng the evening.

A postal official named James Garrick McLellan, aged 41, was arrested in Christchurch yesterday on a charge of stealing a postal packet, the-pro-perty of the Postmaster-General. McLellan appeared at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., and on the application of the police a remand was granted. Bail was fixed at £lOO and two sureties of £5O each

Probat© has now been confirmed in London of the deed of settlement, oi th© lat© Mr. William Duthie, of Collynie and Tih(ycairn, Tarveg. Aberdeen. and of bank House, Tarves, farmer and bank agent, owner of one of the most famous herds of Short horns in th© country, who died on February 16, aged 82, leaving in addition to real estate, personal ©state in Great Britain valued at £264,193. of which his holdings of war loans etc. amount to £89,483.

New Zealand is well-known as a coalproducing country, and it is some time since, following the industrial disturbances of 1919, the Government adopted its policy of importing coal from other countries, says the Grey “Star.” A more ironic instance of the old saying “bringing coals to Newcastle” was provided on th© Greymouth wharf when trucks containing 600 tons of Newcastle coal were lined up. The explanation is that the Railway Department is not quit© satisfied with the West Coast coal for some runs

At the present time there appears to be a number of spurious coins in circulation at Invercargill, and the unwary hav© frequently found to their cost that an apparent half-crown is not always what is is represented to be. Several instances ar© mentioned whereby siiverpapered pennies have been given as change in place of a half-crown. Even shopkeepers have been deluded by this rather clever imitation, which appears to be the work of someone skilled in this deception. “The District High School at Hastings,” says the annual report of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, “was disestablished on September 30, 1921, and Hastings Technical High School established as from October 1, 1921. The school had a fairly successful year in 1922, and the large increase in attendance for the current year shows that the school was needed. At present it is conducted in the old District School building and in temporary portable buildings. The absence of new and properly equipped buildings is very much felt, and the Board trusts that the erection of the new school, for which a splendid site is available, will not long be delayed.”

Th© exposur© of school teachers to the contraction of epidemic illness led to th© Auckland Education Board being approached with a view to obtaining th© full payment of salary for teachers while on leave of absence through epidemic diseases and ailments. Th© proposal (states the “Herald”) was advanced by th© Auckland branch of th© Educational! Institute, which urged the Board to request the Department to amend th© regulations so that absence on account of such illnesses should be mad© a matter entirely apart from absence due to ordinary illness. It was agreed to support the branch in th© matter, and inak© representations to th© Department.

Judgment was reserved by Mr Justice Chapman at the Napier Supreme Court yesterday in ft case in which Frederick John Tonkin and Helena Tonkin (Mr E. J. W. Hallett) sought a writ of mandamus commanding that Robert William Dyer, Stipendiary Magistrate, hear and determine an action between the plaintiffs and Thomas Hannah’ (Mr J. Mackersey). The plaintiffs held that tho Magistrate’s Court had power to deal with the case, and had improperly refused and allowed defendant Hannah £6 9s costs. They prayed that Thomas Hannah be ordered to pay costs of tho present case, and that the costs allowed by the Magistrate against the plaintiffs by the defendant Robert William Dyer in striking out the case be refunded.

A tangi was recently conducted at Te Karaka in connection with the death of Pera Haronga. a well known native of th© district, who died suddenly recently, at th© age of about 60 years. The death of Pera recalls an incident in the life of old Wi Haronga, ms father, who died about twenty vears ago, Wi Haronga was afraid of the whites in the troublous Hauhau days, and after Bishop Williams left .Wae-renga-a-hika for Napier, the natives evinced a desir© to burn his house and furniture. Wi Haronga remonstrated with them, and eventually declared that if they burned th© bishop’s furniture they would burn him (Wi Haronga) with it. as he was going to sit on top of the stored furniture. His influence prevailed, and the bishop’s house and effects were in that way saved from destruction at the hands of the Hauhaus. . , “NAZOL” fixes ’em. It vanquishes solds find soothes throat and lungs. From any chemist or store, 1/6.

An express train was derailed at Omsk. Russia,, and 82 people were killed and injured

The annual meeting of the Hastings Trotting Club will be held in Mr T. Cunningham’s office, Queens street, tomorrow, at 10 a.m.

Surely every citizen has the welfare of Hastings at heart, and all are asked to help with ideas on Friday night. Don’t miss the meeting at 7.30 at the Council Chambers.

Remits for th© annual conference of Cbambers of Commerce to b© held in Auckland are due on October 12. The Hastings Chamber of Commerce, at its monthly meeting on Monday evening next will therefore consider any matters which members desire should b© submitted to the conference.