Local and General

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 214, 9 December 1925, Page 4

Local and General

A special meeting of the Hawke's Bay Rivers Board will he held in the f Napier Borough Council Chambers next Monday at 10.30 a.m., when Mr. Hay. consulting engineer to the Board, wih discuss with the members his proposals concerning the Ngaruroro river. An Auckland telegram states that a grey nurse shark. 8 feet 3 inches long, 1 was caught from a launch near the Devonport wharf. The shark was one of five seen in the locality. Ail were exceedingly veuturesomv in going close inshore. A six-foot shark which was hooked previously broke the tackle. I Evidentlv there is a large school or sharks in the harbour. | It is very generally accepted .that i tiie progress ol a district can be better i gauged from the growth of the school than its boundary, but the rule does not apply in ILaveiock North. large number of houses have been built in recent years, but the roll at ; the public school is lower than it was five years ago, while the number in tho infant room is over 20 per cent lower than tho correspondmer number of last year. These facts, are causing some concern among the members of the stall’, and a general “move-on” is j quite on tiie earns. I Tn an interview upon his arrival from I Dunedin, the Hon. AV. Reiabcr Reeves i urged that New Zealand should keep u) the standard of immigrants at all costs. Ho would not say English people were averse to coming to tho I’o-minions. The trouble was that 7-» per cent of the* population was urban, or suburban and not able io find a place in New Zealand. There was not n great, surplus of agricultural labourers England. Wo should not j grudge expenditure on the selection c. suitable immigrants. Although to-day was not a> warm a.--yesterday, there is no doubt that the 'hot weather is establishing itsell lor the season and already the bitumen surfacing on the principal streets N molting under the intensity of the sun's rays to such an extent that it becomes sticky and tho pause of much inconvenience, not only to pedestrians, hut to shop proprietors and? to b.ouseholdors. whose premises are soiled by the tar brought in on the boot-soks of customers and cabers. On especially warm days, the position might lie met by the Council's outside staff sprinkling sand or fine gravel over the afflicted parts.

At St. Matthew’s Church, Hastings, last night. His Lordship Bishop Sedgwick administered the rite of Confirmation to a large number of candidates of both sexes. Tho service was attended by a largo congregation.

A Christchurch telegram states that the Waiinakariri River Trust decided tins morning to submit to the ratepayers a comprehensive scheme at- a cost of £lBO,OOO, for control of the Waimakariri, in order to give total immunity from flood. The scheme includes the diversion of the river at Coutts Island. On inquiry this afternoon concerning the visit of the Canadian. Challenger, a reporter ascertained that there was not arj available berth for the vessel at the Breakwater, and that there was also a great shortage of labour, every available man being employed. There was no alternative but for the vessel to work out in the roadstead. Sir George Hunter, ALP., has received the following letter from the head of the Post and Telegraph Department:— “With reference to your interview with me regarding the proposed llatuma rural delivery, I have to say that the Chief Postmaster, Napier, is calling for tenders for the performance of a daily service between Waipukurau, Hatuina, and Wanstead and, as an alternative, is calling for tenders for the performance of the two existing services. After the tenders have been received, I shall be able to advise you wh.it arrangement is possible.