LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 288, 21 November 1928, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The weekly euchre tournament will be held in the Trades’ Hall this evening. Good prizes are given to the best players.

A meeting last evening in Palmerston North decided to form a Mauawatu Aero Club. Forty members were enrolled, over six having actual flying experience.—Press Association.

Mr William Heslop, secretary of the Hastings Branch of the Maori War Veterans’ Association, has been advised that the annual conference of the N.Z. Association will bo held in Hastings on December sth.

The sun’s surface is at present very much disturbed and many spots are visible through a telescope. There are three spotted areas altogether, one being quite near to the centre, and the others well off.

The H.B. Electric Power Board gives notice that the power will be off in the Taradale, Greenmeadows and Wharerangi areas to-morrow and on Friday between 1 o’clock and 4.30 in the afternoon.

Manchester Unity Oddfellows and candidates £or initiation are reminded that the Hastings Lodge will hold its 50th annual meeting to-morrow, Thursday, Nov. 22nd, commencing at 7 p.m. The Juvenile Lodge will meet on Friday next at 7.

The first Wanganui wool sale of the season will be held on Friday next. Owing to the backward season having delayed shearing somewhat, the quantity to be offered at the Wanganui sale will be between 6000 and 7000 bales, as compared with 11, 000 last year.

Some very handsome hand-carved furniture, made from teak taken from the old battle-cruiser New Zealand, has been installed in the memorial hall of the Waitaki Boys’ High School, at Oamaru. This was obtained through the agency of Earl Jellicoe, whose interest in this school has always been maintained since he left New Zealand. — Christchurch “Press.”

The market for city property in Christchurch has shown signs of quickening during the past few weeks aud another sale to be recorded is that of property in Armagh street, with a frontage of 67 feot, at £2OO per foot. Property in Armagh street has shown a big rise in value, for four years ago property was offered at £4O a foot and was difficult to dispose of.

The Methodist Synod opened at Thames yesterday, the Rev W. T. Burley, Thames, presiding. In the ministerial committee, the Rev Brown was unanimously recommended to be received into the full connection of the ministry. Messrs K. Day and S. Hindmarsh were recommended to the conference as candidates and Mr H. Thomas passed as a home missionary probationer.

AU interested in fruit export aro invited- to attend the meeting of the N.Z. Fruitgrowers’ Federation in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Hastings, at 7.30 o’clock to-night. Mr H. E. Stephens, London representative of the Fruit Export Control Board, will report to the meeting upon the work of the Board during the past reason, and the prospects and proposals for the coming one.

The New Zealand architect, Mr Seager, has invented a lighting scheme which removes, as t'.ar as possible, all reflection fjpm glasses in picture frames. This was recently adopted for one room in the Tate Gallery, pronounced to bo the best lighted room in Europe. It also has been installed in the Bpring Gardens Gallery and in a competition for the art gallery and Town Hall at Southampton, the winning design had the lighting based on this principle.

A warrant for the arrest of Hector Robert Malcolm, an Auckland solicitor, was signed yesterday. It is understood that he has left Auckland and that a total of several hundred pounds is involved. In the Supreme Court last week, on the application of a creditor, the Official Assignee was appointed interim receiver in the estate, pending the hearing of a petition to adjudicate Malcolm bankrupt. In the meantime the Official Assignee has seized books and other contents of Malcolm’s office.

During recent seasons there has been a shortage of fruit packers, and commercial orchardists in PovertyBay have suffered some delays in connection with the packing of fruit for export (says the Poverty Bay “Herald.”) It is proposed this year to initiate packing classes for youths and girls, and sd to buiid up a reserve of local skill upou which the fruitgrowers may draw. Packers make good wages, and the work should appeal to many girls and youths as a seasonal occupation.

During the recent election campaign the teachers of many of the Taranaki primary schools held “elections” in the various classrooms with the object of giving the children a practical lesson on civics, and incidentally broadening their general knowledge. At one school the children of a certain class practically “plumped” for continuance and on the teacher asking for some explanation she received the almost unanimous reply that if prohibition were carried they would have no hotties to sell. We may smile at the motive that actuated the youngsters, but, after all. don’t most of the oldsters also cast their votes at election time with their own special interests in first thought?

The Antarctic ship Eleanor Bolling left Dunedin at noon to-day for Wellington. Professor Gould, Captain McKinley. Mr Haines (meteorologist) and Mr Alexander (supply office) remain at Dunedin. —Press Association.

The McComick Cup competition of the Herctaunga Anglers’ Club take place during the week-end and is restricted to financial members of the club. All nominations must be in the hands of the secretary Mr J. N. Walker, ’phone 1612, by 7 p.m. on Friday,' Nov. 23rd. Full particulars, including the draw for places, will be published in Saturdays issue of the “Tribune.”

The bituminising of the stretch of road between the Havelock North Post Office corner, and the bridge over the old Ngaruroro River bed, on the Havelock—Hasting road will be completed, provided . everything goes well, by to-morrow morning, and this new surface will then ho available for traffic at once. High credit is duo to the engineer. Mr Evans, and his staff, for the expediency with which the work has been put through, and also for the consideration they have given to thd needs of the users of the road, there having been provided, while the work was proceeding, a passage way for traffic until the close proximity of the bridge made it impossible to keep the thoroughfare open. Traffic has thus been really inconvenienced practically only for a few hours, which speaks volumes for the roadmakers’ excellent organisation.