Local and General

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 11, 24 December 1925, Page 4

Local and General

Leaving Gisborne on January S. a party of 24 Scouts from tho St. Oswald’s and Mangapapa troops will travel to Dunedin to participate in the jamboree to take place at the Exhibition. They return to Gisborne about January 28. The hoys will be in the charge of Scoutmaster T. D. Baker. Detective Fitzgibbon arrested a man named Edward Alfred Goodwin, at Patoka yesterday, on a rrave charge of an offence against a girl of between 12 and 14 years, committed at Manga. teretore on October 21. Accused appeared before Air. F. C. Wilkinson. J.P., at Hastings this morning ami mi the application of Detective Fitzgibbon ho was remanded to appear on January 2. bail being allowed accused in £lOO and two sureties of £5O each

The Christchurch City Council is steadfastly continuino- its housing policy. A special mectino- on Tuesday passed a special order to raise a loan of £15,000 from the State Fire Department lor housing purposes.

The Christchurch City Council has decided to apply for a revaluation of the city to io made in time to take effect as from April 1. 1928. The committee reported that the last revaluation took place in 1921.

The Railway Department has decided to run a night train to Dunedin on December 31. This train.will leave Christchurch at 10.25 p.in., and arrive Dunedin at G. 53 a.m. tho following morning. A night train will also leave Dunedin at 9.45 p.m. on December 31. and arrive Christchurch at 7.22 a.m. tho following morning.

The holiday rush of visitors to the Dunedin Exhibition has given the railway authorities the biggest problem they have had to handle for years /states a Christchurch telegram). It is estimated that 3000 went south io Dunedin to-dav. Dio ferry boats frr.m Wellington yesterday brought 1500 people.

We wish to acknowledge and reciprocate the greetings of Messrs. Gordon and Gotcli, Ltd., tho Chas. Haines Advertising Agency Co., the general manager and staff of the Farmers’ Cooperative Organisation Society. Ltd.. British Imperial Oil Co. Ltd, and Mr F Symes Budd, district agent for the A.M.P. Society.

“There has been an cnidomic of thefts of spare wheels off motors,” said Chief Detective T. Gibson on Tuesday Christchurch. “Many cases of stolen wheels have been reported, and it will he necessary for motorists to make the spare wheels secure to their cars.” Car-stealing which was prevalent some time ago. has now died away, and for the itast few weeks no cases have been reported.

Sharks have been seen recently in Lyttelton Harbour. An 8-font “grey nurse” was caught off Riva Island on Sunday. Yesterday two big sharks were soon near the bathing platform at Gladstone pier, causing hoys to leave the water hurriedly. Reports are continually coming to hand at Hastings that sharks arc being seen close inshore near Clifton, and bathers would do well to keep a sharp look out.

What with trains rnnniiior late and thousands of people travelling, it is no wonder that railway officials at Auckland have worn a worried look during the past two days (says tho “Star”). To add to their burdens, many special trains are being run to cope with the extraordinary holiday traffic. Although all express trains leaving Auckland have been full, those arriving have brought just as many passengers to the city.

In the course of his address at tho so vent v-fi fill annual at Christ’s College, Christchurch, the headmaster, tho Rev. E. C. Crosse, said that Christ’s College had boon founded on the good old English model of what a college should be. and the reason why those English colleges retained their hold on the country’* affections, ho continued, was that, despite the criticism that might ho justly levelled against them, they still surplied m undimmishinor numbers mon wiio wore prepared io place service -a their country first.

Yesterday the Napier Rotarm-ns gave the unprivileged children oi Napier their second Christmas outing, when about 100 youngsters wore taken for a car ride and lavishly entertained. The children assembled at the Y.M.C.A., where each was given a bag of sweets and a flag. They were then driven in a fleet of 30 cars round Mangateretere, Havelock North. Ha.-'-ings. Stortford Lodge. Waiohiki and Taradale. In the Y.M.C.A. rooms in Napier Father Christmas awaited them and each child was given a present. After an excellent tea games an I music concluded a happy day s outing.

The Tui Glen motor camp has bee ' opened at Henderson, Auckland, bv the Auckland Automobile Association. The new camping ground will accommodate over 100 cars and is equipped with almost every facility motorists can desire for camping. There is a plentiful supply of both spring and tank water, fireplaces for tho cooking of meals, and tables and seats. Benzine and provisions are obtainable on the ground. Tho natural surroundings are attractive, three sides of the place being enclosed bv trees and flowering shrubs, while the Henderson river forms a natural boundary for the fourth, and provides opportunities for boating, swimming or fishing, besides affording a means of access by water from Auckland.

Air. C. J. Moreton. of Dunedin, i* reported to have perfected a sheet made from New Zealand tussocks. Straw boards of tussock are superimposed so as to make a board a quarter of an inch in thickness. I ins bo considers will be the solution ior i n difficulty cl obtaining butter boxes in the future. The straw board is tlum times as strong as the white pine noa used, and if has no smell or taint If is suggested that iho box made Irom the tussocks should helmed wit.i white waterproof paper, and the butter could then bo tipped out of the box when required. Still another secret process developed bv Mr Moreton is the iioj - ment of labries with a solution winch makes them fireproof. Fabric thus treated may bo charred by a flame but it will not burn or smoulder. U 1 these three ingenious devices the public are likely to hear a good deal nt th< course of the next few years.

The Cabinet has decided that wheat control will cease after the 1925-Jb

season according to iniorniation received’bv Mr. John Brown president of tho Mid-Canterbury executive of the Farmers’ Union from the Hon. tt. Nosworthy. In prior correspondence, m which the Minister said there was little likelihood of the Cabinet approving of control after 1925-26. Mr. Npsworthy asked Mr. Brown to advise him whether or not control in the season 1925-26 was desired by the growers. Continuing, the Minister said: “I.case understand that Cabinet has no desire or intention to evade this question, nor to dishonour any commitments which have been made, but before proceeding definitely with control in the forthcoming year the Government desires to bo assured it fully understands the attitude of the growers. Without in anv way wishing to influence the reply the growers mat make I have to point out that with the short harvest in the nonunion, large quantities of wheat, or flour, bran and pollard must be imported in 1926. . The Minister presumed that the matter would have to be laid belore a thorouguly representative meeting oi growers.