Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 277, 3 November 1924, Page 4

Local and General.

This morning the pilot at Wairoa reported;—Wind, light w*ist; sea, moderate; bar, good. The Havelock North Fire Brigade desires, to thank lona College for an additional donation of £1 Is., making a total of £3 3s, Some Now South Wales Boy Scouts returned by the Remuera (says a Wellington telegram) and among the passengers are. eight Scouts brought out by the Salvation Army. The New Zealand flagship Dunedin arrived Lyttelton this morning from Hobart direct, after a calm trip. She will proceed to Wellington on November 11th.—(Press Association). 1 Following on the result of the recent ballot taken among Government railway servants throughout the Dominion, the Department has decided to institute the 44-hour week as from to-day. Yesterday being “All Souls’ Day,” Father McDonald conducted a special requiem service at the Hastings cemetery .in the afternoon, when there was a large attendance of the Catholic community. , The< Local Bills Committee of the House of Representatives recommend that the Bill constituting the Dannevfrek Hospital Pistript be allowed to proceed, with the amendment that the dijstrict be confined to the counties of Dannevirko. Woodville and Weber. Advice has been received- by the local office r of. the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Remeura irom Southampton arrived at Wellington at 11 a.m. yesterday. Passengers are coming forward by to-night’s mail train and the baggage is being forwarded by the Awahou on Tuesday. Investigation into the loss of sheep and lambs iff. the; Ohakune district, which was put d/own to stbats or weasels, shows that it was the worn of dogs, (says a Wellington telegram). This conclusion has been come to by the officers pf the Agricultural Department; and the owners concur, ~ The Hawke’s Bay Rabbit Board elections are proceeding to-day. the .Pro* testant Hall, Heretaunga Street, being the only Hastings polling station, -with Mr A. Rosenberg in charge. Up to 1 p.m. some twenty votes were recorded for the candidates, totalling nine, seeking election, for five seats. The polling booth closes at 6 p.m. There was a collision between a tram and a motor ’bus in Auckland on Saturday. The ’bus was carried by the traip 54 feet until the ’bus hit a centre, pole. The ’bus capsized, its .16 occupiints escaping wjth a few cuts and bruises. The, ’bus was a closed conveyance with glass side spleens. Most of the, latter were broken. . A hole was made in the roof to make an exit for some of the passengers. Another small party of assisted immigrant s arrived by the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rcmuera on, Saturday. The newcomers are booked to the following ports, the figures for men being given first, then those for women and children: — Auckland, 22., 19, 10—total, 51; Napier, 2,3, ()—5; Wellington, 13, 11, 13—37: Picton, 1,, I—3; Nelson. 0/1, i0 —1: Westport, 4,4, 3 —11; Greymouth, L 0, 0—1; Lyttelton. 10, 18, 17—45: Timaru, 0,1, 0—1; Dunedin, 13, 4, 4—21; Bluff. 0,2, o—2. Totals are: Men 66, women 64, children 48, making 178 all told. Early thi a year it was expected tha«4 the Wembley Exhibition would seri- : ously affect the .tourist traffic to New ; Zealand, but inquiries made at the Tourist Department show that so far from th© season being: quiet it will be a busy one. Bookings have been heavy, and in some, cases, such as visits to Waikaremoana, the accommodation i? already fully booked. Australians are . coming across in large numbers, and many have booked hp trips to Milford Sounds, and Mt. Cook, which promise to be very popular. ‘ In February a party of 50 Americans will visit the Dominion on a sight-seeing tour, but will travel only the North Island. “Tbe matter of prohibiting the publication of the names of first offenders is entirely at the discretion of the Magistrate, but at the same time 1 am free to admit that in my judgment, where the person charged is a first offender and a boy or girl still in his or her teens, it is inexpedient for many reasons to publish the name,”-said the Minister of, Justice (Hon. C. J. Parr), replying to a question asked by the member for Christchurch East (Mr H. T. Armstrong). Mr' Armstrong had drawn the Minister’s attention to two Christchurch cases which had come before different Magistrates, on© of whom had suppressed the. name and the other had allowed the name of the offender to be published.

At 5 o’lock on Friday evening a collision between a motor lorry belonging to Mr. J. G. Blair, carrier, Waipukurau, and a iqotor van, the property of the Union Brewery Co., Waipawa. occurred at the Peel street intersection of Northumberlfind street 1 , Waipukurau. As a result the brewery van was badly damaged and the driver) Mr. W. Collett, had the misfortune to break a collarbone. macy, with the result that numbers of swimmers visited the baths and disported themselves in the water. The Maddison Memorial Baths, at the, Hastings Central School, were dated to open on Saturday, but the bad weather prevented the ceremony., so the baths became opened for the season automatically. Yesterday the weather cleared, and the sun assumed supreA deliberate attempt to burn the new Anglican. Sunday School, building was frustrated lust night (says a Netf.Ply* mouth telegram). At about 7 o’clock a girl living nearby saw a blaze and found a sack of shavings burning against the back door of the school. She extinguished the fire and gave information, but no clue has yet been discovered, The building has on|y just been completed and is to lie opened this week. '■.■ ■ 7 . : Shortly after 8 o’clock last night the old Ohurakura homestead, on Messrs li. Holt and Sons’ block, was totally destroyed by fire. The house consisted of nine rooms and was occupied by Mrs J. W* Rossiter. The origin of the - fire, is not known. It was reported that the mill was in grave danger, but this statement was later found to. bo incorrect as the mill is quite half a mile from the homestead. The house and, outbuildings were covered in the National Insurance Company for £l?50.