LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 210, 19 August 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Woodford House students “broke up” yesterday afternoon for their winter vacation and this morning departed for their respective homes.

The “gate” at to-morrow’s Rugby football matches at Nelson Park. Hastings, will be devoted to the injured players, so it may be confidently predicted that the attendance on the grounds will be exceptionally largo.

The Hastings District Nursing Association desires it to be known that it is in want of contributions of food and that it particularly needs men s clothing and boots. It is felt that it is only necessary to make the requirements known to thhe public tn order to get a generous response.

The Right Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Railways advises that it has been decided to grant tickets at holiday excursion fares to scholars or students who are in regular daily attendance at universities, colleges technical colleges, State or private schools, who desire to travel during the recognised school vacations.

The work of the Hawke’s Bay Childrens’ Home, Napier, has once more been recognised by a charitable bequest. The Public Trustee, as executor of the will of the late Alice Mary Fitzpatrick, has been directed to pay the balance of her estate, after payment of debts and testamentary expenses, to the Hawke’s Bay Children’s Homes. The gift should amount to approximately £220.

Yesterday afternoon the pupils of loua College held a sale of work in aid of Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, the European Student Relief Fund the Tenana Bible and Medical Mission, and the School Magazine Fund. The girls had been busy in their spare time making all sorts of useful and ornamental articles for sale and these found a ready market. The result of tlje sale is that about £67 was raised for the above objects, a result which is highly gratifying to teachers and pupils alike.

The cases of the men dismissed from Arapuni were considered at a meeting of the Auckland branch of the Alliance of Labour last night It is und'ertstood that a resolution was passed with regard to their allegation of victimisation, but no official statement was made. However, the president of the Alliance in an indenendent statement, expresses the nersonal opinion that the men were victimised. and says the matter was not finally concluded last night.—Press Association

Dairvmen throughout the Waikato are looking forward with cheerful confidence to the 1927-28 season, feeling that the period of depression which commenced at Christmas 1921 is at last at an end. and that a new era of nrosperitv for the primarv nroducer is opening (states an exchange). The optimism that prevails is based on numerous factors, although to what'extent each contributes to the satisfactory position is hard to gauge. An agricultural expert expressed the opinion that the new season would be “a regular mortgage lifter.’’

Apropos of what was said in the House on Wednesday regarding the New Zealand police, this is what an American thinks of the English policeman: “Nothing 1 have met in the islands has caused me to have greater pride in my Anglo-Saxon heritage than the fine English policeman. Every one I have met to date is worthy of the highest tribute. In every case I have found them most courteous and helpful. Although we have many fine policemen in the States, ns a general thing they do not come up to the fine manhood of* the British guardian of the peace. Hats off to the English policemen’”

The output at the Dobson mine (says the Grey “Star”) has now reached three hundred tons per day which is equal to the rate of production before the explosion last December. It is hoped to increase the tally to four or five hundred tons daily. Enough coal has already been proved to keep the mine going for half a century, and the field has not yet been fully explored. The lesson of the disaster has evidently not been taken to heart by some of the miners. Three men, two of whom were in the company’s employ prior to the disaster will be charged at an early date with having matches and a cigarette in 'their pussossioa while in the mine.