LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 200, 7 August 1928, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Australian mails, ex Ulimaroa via Auckland are due at Hastings at 1 p.m. to-morrow.

The Hastings Citizens’ Band will hold a ‘'soo’’ party and dance in their room this evening. The third series for the points prize will be continued.

To-night the Hastings Orphans will pay an official visit to the Napier Savages. Cars will leave the Has tings Post Office at 7 o’clock.

The New Zealand Shipping Compan hays received radio advice from the Hemuera that she is arriving at Wellington at 6 a.m. on August 13.

The Hastings Croquet Club will hold a “500" evening to-morrow, followed by a dance. Everything is being done to make the effort a great success.

The Marama, from Wellington reached Sydney at 6 o’clock this morning. The Maheno, from Auckland, berthed at 8.30.

The Hawke’s Bay Bivers Board to-day decided to hold a special meeting within a fortnight to deal with the report of the investigating committee on the rivers control question. The parking space for motor cars in Napier has been very limited, and lust night the Borough Council decided to instruct the engineer and the inspector to make a comprehensive report on parking places generally.

The Otago team for the crosscountry championship at Wanganui, consisting of J. W. Tapp, J. G, Barnes, J. W. Mori J. H. G. Farqunharson and C. W. Fyre, leaves Dunedin to-morrow.—Press Assn.

The second annual ball of the Hastings Catholic Tenpis Club will take place at the Assembly Hall tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, commencing at 8.15 o’clock. The music will be supplied by the Moteo Orchestra (18 instruments), and a special bus will leave the H.B. Motor Company, Napier, at 7.30 p.m.

Taranaki Oilfields report:—Gisborne No. 1 well: Extra strong section of 6} inches diameter casing majo and sent to the well, Now starting to run this easing. Gisborne No, 2 well: Drilled to 1355 feet in same formation; 10 Inches diameter casing to 1321 feet.— Press Assn.

Auckland manufacturers resolved to question Parliamentary candidates whether they would support (1) legislation giving adequate tariff p’rotec. tion to local industries in unequal competition with industries abroad; (2) establishment of a permanent tariff board to make recommendations for tariff revision,—Press Assn.

A plebiscite relative to the adoption of a local system of daylight saving for employees was taken at the Oamaru Woollen Mills yesterday, resulting in a majority of 70 (117 —47) ip favour. A scheme of daylight saving will be brought into operation at the mills on October 1, continuing to the end of March. The hours of work will be from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For some .considerable time there has been a steady decline in the revenue collected by the Napier Municipal trams, and last night the Council considered a proposal to institute penny sections, but after some discussion it was decided against councillors being of the opinion that from the financial aspect a change from the present scale of charges was not warranted.

The list of cases to be heard by Mr. H. M. Mowlem S.M., at the sitting of the Hastings Magistrate’s Court to-morrow includes three of alleged false pretences, four of being on licensed premises after hours, one of keeping a common gaming house, seven judgment summonses, three defended civil actions and 58 undefended civil cases. Qu Thursday, a Police Court will be held and the Justices will deal with one case of alleged breaking, entering and theft, seven of selling fruit without a license, four of riding lightless bicycles. one of cycling on the pathway, two of failure to keep to the left and two of dangerous driving. The programme for the concert to be hpld in the Mounicipal Theatre, Hastings, on Tuesday next, will be published in to-morrow’s edition of the “Tribune.” From the advance copy already in our possession it would appear that the Women’s Community Club, who are producing the concert, havn left no stone unturned to secure an excellent evening’s entrtainmnt. Mrs. Robertson (contralto) whom her many admjrers will be glad to take the opportunity of welcoming back, will make her first appearance since her return from England. Another very popular item will be that tp be rendered by Mr. Bewley, a baritone singer well known and greatly appreciated by the musical community of Hastings.

The first steps in an organised effort to obtain a local measure of daylight saving, in place of the bill defeated in the House, were taken at a meeting of sports followers at Ley’s Institute, Auckland, last night. Representatives of ten organisations attended. It was decided to invite the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce and other bodies to join in petitioning the Government to take a referendum on daylight saving at the general election, failing which, it was Suggested employers and employees in the main centres of the .Dominion should come to a mutual arrangement with transport services and retail houses to observe daylight saving hours next summer.

A largely attended meeting of ratepayers of Taumarunui borough last night discussed the position in regard to the Wanganui River steamer service, which Hatrick and Co. propose to close down at the end of the year. The unanimous opinion was expressed that the river, as one of the finest scenic attractions in the Dominion should be kept open to the service of tourists and the many settlers on the riper bank. The meeting appointed a deputation to wait on the Minister of Public Works and the Minister of Lands with the object of getting the Government to metul a road from Taumarunui to the houseboat. If this is done the trip from Taumarunui to Wanganui may be completed in one day instead of three as at present.—(Press Association )