Local and General

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 201, 9 August 1927, Page 4

Local and General

The Marama, from Wellington, arrived in Sydney at 6.45 o’clock this morning.

The following cases were dealt with at the Napier Magistrate’s Court this morning when Mr. A. M. Mowlem gave judgment by default:— B. Haynes v. J. Dunn £3 1/8, costs £2 2/-; Taradale Town Board v. B. Leadbetter £l2 7/3, costs £2 17/-; Robjohns Hindniarsh and Co., Ltd- v. George Fitzjohn £lO 11/3, costs £2 14/-; Dolan and Rogers v. Ernest Odium £5 108, costs £1 10/6; T. Parker and Co. v. K. C. Eastwood £3 17/6, costs £1 3/6.

The business of the sittings of the Hastings Magistrate’s Court tomorrow will include the following police charges:—One cycling without a light, two having cars without lights, two maintenance cases and two charges of false pretences, which latter are expected to occupy a considerable time. The civil list consists of 33 cases, including five judgment summonses and three defended actions.

A petition signed by a large number of persons was recently sent in to the chief Postmaster, Napier, from Havelock North, asking that a stamp-vending machine be placed in a conspicuous position, such as in the lobby or private box-room, of the Havelock Post Office, for the convenience of the public after hours; also that Havelock North be supplied with a public telephone box. A reply has been received that the Department has carefully considered the question, but regrets that this' facility is not yet wanted in Havelock North. The matter of the slot telephone has been referred to the Telegraph Engineer for action.

The Government hold-up of Australian potatoes at Auckland ceased yesterday, the Department of Agi: culture issuing the necessary authority for the potatoes to be landed.

The New Zealand Shipping Company has received advice that the Kemuera, en route from Auckland to Southampton, arrived at Panama on 4th inst., and that the Ruahine, en route from Southampton to Auckland radios that in consequence of bad weather, she cannot arrive before Thursday next.

There was a large attendance at the I.M.C.a. young men s rally, on Sunday alternoom rhe speaker, the Rev. r. A. Bennett, gave a most interesting and instructive talk on ancient Maori religious beliefs and rites. The meeting was followed by tea and concluded witn a very enjoyable musical hour.

An optimistic note was sounded by the chairman of the Kata Dairy Company (-Ur. K. G. Dalzietiy at the annual meeting of that company o.i Saturday, when he referred to the prospects of prices tor the coming season. Butter, he said, was now at ±t>B/- a hundreuweight, and oilers ,il 1/5 a pound was abroad lor the coming months.

"The members of the legal prolession are always the best ot tneiids. When we light, it is at other people, s expense,j” said Mr. E. McGregor at the annual meeting of the members of the Alorrinsville Chamber ot Commerce. “There's nothing like being candid,” said one of the members in a tone which led his hearers to think that at some time he may have sup plied the “sinews of war.”

The Shaw. Savill and Albion Co., Wellington, received a cable message yesterday from their Montevideo agents, stating that at 8 p.m. on Saturday, their twin-screw cargo steamer Mamari was 160 miles from the locality where she struck the iceberg The vessel was then heading for Bahia Blanca, which is 780 miles from the locality where the mishap occurred.

A fire, which destroyed the factory manager’s residence at Ruawhata, is believed to have originated from defective overhead wiring in the front part of the house. Dora Smith, daughtei of the manager, displayed great piesence of mind when the outbreak occurred. The electric light failed, but she got the children out and saved whatever she could. When assistance arrived the place was in Hames.

Sir B. Puller states that a contract has been signed with J. T. Julian and Sou for 4170,000 for the construction of a new theatre at Auckland, near the theatre which was recently burnt down. It is hoped to be able to open the new theatre, to he called the Opera House, by next Easter. It will seat 2000 people and will employ the latest ideas in theatre construction. The architect, Mr Henry White, has just returned from America and the dnta he has collected will make the Operh House the most modern theatre in Australia and New Zealand.

“When going out with my lantern, 1 saw the white albino kiwi after a .apse of. five years,” states Mr. Nelson, the caretaker of the Little Barrier Island, in his annual report, which is embodied m the Tourist Department’s report. He says that ho found a young brown kiwi one day on the beach, took it home, and tried to feed it. It died next day. A few days afterwards he saw two fine North Island kiwis feeding in the garden.

The cause of the. “blow out” in the kitchen range of Mr A. Axelsen, of Preston road tsays the Greymoutb “Star”) was the presence of several pieces of stone in the coal, the breaking of which under the influence of the coal fire had the effect of an explosion. The incident serves to emphasise the fact that greater care should be taken at the mines, in order to prevent, so far as possible, the inclusion of stone in the coa) sent out. It may also be pointed out that consumers pay a high price for coal, and should not be supplied with stone, which all makes weight, apart from the danger of such explosions.