Local and Genera

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 178, 13 July 1927, Page 4

Local and Genera

The question of quarrying stone for harbour works was under review at yesterday’s meeting of the Napier Harbour Board when the Hawke/s Bay Hospital Board advised that stone must be takeh from the eastern face of Parke Island.

At the ex-service men s reunion held in Hastings last night, the chairman (Colonel Holderness) reminded the assemblage of the reunion of ex-service men, to be held in Taradale onAJuly 27. Eighteen byservicemen from Taradale were present, and he hoped as many as possible ex-service men would return the compliment by attending Taradale re-union.

By the will of the late Mrs Minnie Moses, of Auckland, who died in Melbourne on Muy 22 as a result of a motor accident, Auckland charities will benefit to the extent of £lOOO. The sum of £2OO each has been bequeathed to the Auckland Ladies’ Benevolent Society, the Rev. Jasper Calder’s City Mission fund, the Salvation Army, the Auckland Jewish Benevolent Society and Sister Esther’s benevolent fund. Mrs Moses, who died at the age of 74, was a well known resident of Auckland. It was while visiting her son in Melbourne that the accident occurred in which she was killed.

Th 0 Christchurch Presbytery yesterday carried the following resolution relating to the Gaming Bill:— “That in the judgment of this Pres bytery the proposal in the Gaming Amendment Bill introduced into Parliament by Sir George Hunter will greatly facilitate and increase the opportunity for gambling which already prevails to what must be regarded as au alarming extent in the community. We therefore express our emphatic protest against the bill.” Another resolution carried was to the effect that the ministers of churches of the Presbytery take an early opportunity of bringing the evils of gambling before their people, and especially their young people.

An increase of 10s a ton in the price of flour, making the price £lB a ton in 2001 b bags, with corresponding increases in smaller sizes up to £2l 7s 6d in 6ilb bags, was announced by th o Auckland flour millers yesterday.

Consideration of the appointment of a resident engineer to the Napier Harbour Board was given by that body yesterday, when it was decided to hold the matter over until the commission had reported its findings.

The Mayor (Mr J. Vigor Brown) and Crs. P. Higgins and J. C. Bryant were last night appointed a committee of the Napier Borough Council to meet a committee of Napier retailers to consider the question of the community lighting of shops. The Napier Borough Council last night agreed to the request of the Napier Fire Board that any tram should stop when the fire engine was proceeding to a fire and it was necessary to pass the tram en route.

No pictures will be shown al lu Municipal Theatre until the Saturday matinee. On Wednesday an Thursday the theatre is engaged bv J. C. Williamson, and on Friday re pairs to the projecting machine w; be done.

Within the next two years most of the leases of the Criterion Hotel block, one of the Napier Borough Council’s valuable reserves, expires and the Council last night instructed the Reserves Committee io go into the whole question of dealing with the block when the leases terminated.

At last night’s re-union of exservicemen in Hastings, the Rev Mortimer-Jones, in replying to the toast, ‘ ‘ The N arses and Padres, ’ ’ said that the war nurses should have an association of their own, because they were n( R getting their due.

A grand concert will be given in the Hastings Municipal Theatre on Tuesday, July 19, in aid of the Mayor's Unemployment Relief Fund. An excellent programme is being arranged and should attract a large attendance. Seats may be booked at Fail’s on Thursday.

A meeting of unemployed in Wellington yesterday resolved to wait upon the Prime Minister and Minister ol Finance and to march through the streets to Parliament Buildings with the idea of impressing on the Government that the unemployed wanted wages at full trade union rates or full maintenance.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Napier Harbour Board the Hawke’s Bay Lawn Tennis Club applied fo* an allocaton of approximately Ji acres of land in the 28-acre block alongside Taradale road for the purpose of laying down lawn tennis courts. The matter was referred to the Works Committee for further information.

Following the report ot a sub-com-mittee on the question of the insurance of school children, the Napier High School Board of Governors last night decided to obtain quotations from insurance companies on basis of the committee’s recommendation, and to solicit the co-operation of other High Schools on the movement.

Reporting his observations, the keeper of the Brothers Lighthouse informs the Minister of Internal Affairs that he is convinced that the tuattara lizards there are increasing. One evening recently with the aid of an electric torch he counted no less than 15, the majority being small, half-grown ones.—(Press Association )

The War Funds Amendment Li brought down by Governor-General message in the House of Represent, fives yesterday, empowers the Mims ter of Finance to pav to the Nation War Fund Council unexpended balances of war funds rjnaining in L public account and no longer anplicable to or required for the Pinposes for which they were raised.Special correspondent.

The hi si mglit of the Hastings Central Schdol ball takes place this evening, in the Assembly Hall, when the floor will be taken by the children. Fancy dress will be the order of the evening and everything points to a most successful entertainment-To-morrow night a plain and fancy dress ball for “grown-ups” will be held at the same place.

Throughout the Auckland provim anxiety is felt by farmers in consequence of the epidemic which broke out recently amongst dogs, which some respects resembles distempei However, young dogs are not alone affected. The symptoms seem to the same as a severe cold, which weakens the animal and causes a loss of appetite. In one farming distric. between thirty and forty dogs diewithin a few days of each other.

A request was made by a deputation from the Manawatu-Oroua River Board to the Hon. R. F. Bollard that the Government should grant power to carry out improvements to stop banks and grant a subsidy pound for pound up to £lOO. The Minister said that there was no question but that something would have to be aone. He would ask officers of his department to go into the matter with the Public Works Department.—f Press Association.)

The quarterly meeting of the trustees of the Hawke’s Bay Children’s Home was held in the office, Tennyson street, on Monday. Advice was received that the late Mr F. C. Bee had left a legacy of £5O to the home. The secretary informed the trustees that the result of the annual appeal was £2BO which amount was considerably below the amount collected in previous years. It was felt that June was not a good time of the year to hold the appeal, as people were, as a general rule more short of money during the winter than other times. It was decided that in future the appeal should be made in February so that the next annual appeal will be hold earlier in the year than has been the custom during the past. Votes of thanks were passed to the Napier Choral Society and to the Napier Thirty Thousand Club for their services in connection with entertainments given for the purpose of augmenting the funds of the home.