LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 29, 21 January 1929, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Hastings Chamber of Commerce meets to-night at 8 o'clock. An additional charge of 10 per cent will bo added , to all rates remaining unpaid after February 14th, 1929. This levy applies to rates owing to the Hawke's Bay Rivers Board, Taradale Town Board, and Havelock N. Town Board. The Hastings Citizens’ Band played a programme of selections at Victoria Square last night, in the presence of a good attendance of the public, who enjoyed the concert very much. The collection amounted to £5 18s 9d. An Auckland medical man warns bathers against excessive sun bathing. He says that two classes of people should bo specially careful: Young children and adults not in the best of health. Many people who speak of suffering -from “a touch of the sun” are blaming the sun directly, whereas the truth is that their over-exposure to it has rendered them liable to some other trouble.

The will of Mr Edward Hurley, of Gore, provides the following legacies: Roman Catholic Church, Stratford, London, £1000; Catholio Church, Gore, £500; Old Peoples’ Home, Waverly, £400; South Dunedin Orphanage (Sisters of Mercy), £500; Geore Convent, £250; Dominican Convent, Invercargill, £250. The will of the late Mon signor O’Donnel, of Invecargill, provides £5OO for the building fund of the Dominican Convent, Invercargill, the hulk of the residuary estate to Im used for the benefit of the parish of Geore. The net value Of the estate is about £2OOO

The Havelock North Fire Brigade desires to acknowledge receipt of the following donations: F. L. Bono £l, Foster Brook £1 Is, J. M. Chambers £2, Mrs J. H. Williams £5.

It was stated by Archdeacon Williams, who, with Sir A. T. Ngata, is examiner in Maori for the B.A. ’degree, that of the seven candidates who took Maori five passed and two failed. Maori is a new subject for the degree. Archdeacon Williams considers there should be a lectureship in Macri in one of the university colleger, preferably at Auckland.

The Auckland squadron of the Legion of Frontiersmen is to bo revived. This decision was made at a well attended meeting last week, when a total of fifty members was announced and seven newcomers were sworn in. Captain R. Gordon was elected leader of the squadron, and it was decided to take part in the next Anzac Day parade.

The announcement that triplets were born this week at Tokomaru, seven miles from Palmerston North, revives the question of maternity bonuses. It is not generally known that tho New Zealand Government provides every mother of triplets with a Karitane nurse. The services of the nurse are free of charge, for tho fiist twelve months, and the nurse has a full-time job with tho triplets.

The wife of Tamasese, the Samoan deported to New Zealand to serve a sentence for non-payment of taxes, arrived at Auckland from Samoa to-day by the Tofva, She says that she knows what Tamasese has suffered for his people and she has com« to New Zealand to stand by him and see what she can do to assist him. She is a handsome Samoan and speaks English fluently —(Press Associatifin.)

The attention of the public desirous of attending the Wairoa races and carnival this week is drawn to tho fact that tho Tangaroa is timed to sail from Port Ahuriri for Wairoa at 9 p.m. to-day (Monday), and 11 p.m. on Wednesday. By making use of this steamer passengers may have tho whole of Tuesday and Thursday in Wairoa, and return to Napier by 7 a.m. on Wednesday and 9 a.m. on Friday.

It was a kindly spirit which prompted a minister in one of the Hastings churches yesterday morning to announce that in view of tho heat he did not think it would be deemed irreverent if the men of the congregation removed their coats, if they eared to do so. One or two gratefully availed themselves of the offer, but to the majority the idea was too surprising to be accepted, so the sensible few sat in easy coolness, and white shirtsleeves while the majority wished they had the courage to do likewise.

There was a large crowd at the weekly euchre card party and dance held by the Heretaunga Sports Club in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Hustings, on Saturday evening. Several very fine games were played in tho card tourney which resulted in wins for Mrs Maney and Mr W. Taylor. Mrs Robertson and Mr R. Chilton filled second place. In the dance room Walden’s Orchestra supplied the music for over eighty couples. Mr C. Robertson was in charge of the cards, and Mr F. Brinson w-as M.C.

Tho Heretaunga Anglers’ Club flyfishing competition for tho Pickett Cup, was held last week-end on the three rivers—Tuki Tuki, Ngaruroro and Tutaekuri. Some sixteen fishermen took part. Though the conditions were good in the early morning, as the day advanced an easterly wind sprang up, W’hich made fishing much more difficult. At tho close, the weigh-in disclosed Mr H. M. Michil, of Twyford as tho winner, with Mr T. F. Pickett second. Mr Pickett also secured the trophy for landing the heaviest fish.

The electors’ rolls (main list) of tho Hastings and Napier Districts are now being prepared, and will close on Thursday, 31st January, 1929. All persons of the full age of 21 years, who have resided twelve months in New Zealand and three months in Hastings (or Napier) are eligible for enrolment. It is essential that all residents possessing the necessary ijjalification should soo that their names are on tho roll, at tho Hastings Borough office for Hastings burgesses, and the Napier Borough Council for Napier electors.

Despite the assurance given by their skipper that a ease in which they had been summoned would not be heard in their absence, the crew of the Putiki refused to take the vessel to Gisborne on Saturday afternoon. A certain member of the crew had received summonses in connection with a. recent fracas to appear at the Napier Magistrate’s Court today. As the police, however, were not able to proceed with the case today and would have asked for an adjournment for a week, the owners the vessel were anxious to dispatch her to Gisborne. The assurance, however, of an adjournment . was discredited and consequently the vessel remained in port.

The list of cases set down fqr healing by Mr A. M. Mowlem, 8.M., at the Hastings Court on Wednesday is as follows: Two charges of being found on licensed premises, two of aid ing pud abetting in the commission of an offence (selling liquor during unauthorised hours), one of selling liquoi during unauthorised hours, one of opening premises for sale of liquor after hours, one of supplying liquor to natives, one of carrying on a business as bookmaker, one of publishing a double chart, one of alleged theft, one of alleged false pretences and six maintenance cases. The civil list comprises 114 cases, including 13 judgment summonses and four defended actions.

During a visit to Wellington last week tho secretary of the H.B. Radio Society interviewed Mr A. R. Harris, director of the N.Z. Radio Broadcasting Company in reference to conditions of reception in Hastings of the Wellington station 2YA. As a result of the interview there is every likehood of Mr Ball, the company’s chief announcer making an early visit to Hastings for the purpose of meeting listeners and members of tho Radio Society and getting first hand experience of local conditions. If it is found that reception of 2YA is as poor as is suggested in many quarters it is quite on the cards that the Broadcastings Company will consider some scheme regarding a local relay station.