LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 64, 2 March 1929, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The usual Heretaunga Club euchre party and dance will be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall this evening.

A list of nearly 60 divorce petitions occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Kennedy at the Supreme Court at Auckland on Thursday.

The annual general meeting of the Hastings United Football dub will be held in Mr J. Johnston’s shop on Wednesday. March 6. Soccer followers are invited to attend.

A' new Association Football Club is proposed for Hastings, and a meeting with that end in view will be held in Mr J. Johnston’s sho-p on Tuesday evening next. Soccer followers are asked to attend and help the formation of the Thistle Club.

A strong resolution, asking the Government to take action against cash order trading, was passed unanimously by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last night. The Chamber was of opinion that the commissions paid by retailers under this system must be added to the price of the goods, and purchasers getting credit in this manner would be encouraged to become extravagant rather than thrifty.—(Press Association.)

Mr Cecil B. Spinnev L.R.A.M., will submit his first organ recital for the season in St. Matthew’s < (mi next Wednesday evening, when he will be assisted in his programme bv Mrs Spinney. The numbers will be:—Prelude in C Sharp Minor (Vodorinski), “At Sunrise” (Meale). Prelude (in form of a Chacone (Stanford), solo. “Consider and Hear Me” (Wooler). Mrs Spinney; Good Friday Music (Parsifal) (Wagner), hymn, “Praise the Lord.” Fantasia and Fugue on B.A.C.H. (Liszt), solo, “The Resurrection” (Curran), Mrs Spinney; Andante in (1 (Batiste), “Pomp and Circumstance” (Elgar).

At the Supreme Court, Napier, yesterday, His Honour Mr Justice Ostler was occupied in hearing a claim by J. 11. Walker (Mr Holderness) from E. M Walker and the Public Trustee (Mr J. Mason) for £lO9 13s 4d. -and a declaration that certain property was held as trust for plaintiff. After hearing the evidence. His Honour ordered that the Public Trustee should pay to the plaintiff the sum of £7O, together with interest .at Savings Bank rate from the date of deposit to the date of payment. A declaration was also made ordering the Public Trustee to transfer to the plaintiff a house property in Hastings which is in his wife’s name.

On one of their shopping expeditions in London Mr. W. J. Jordan, M.P., and Mrs Jordan had an amusing experience in one of the big butchery establishments. The sign, "Home and Colonial Meats,” was displayea in a prominent place, and. like a true ' Maorilander, Mrs Jordan asked for some New Zealand lamb. The young assistant was wrapping the purchase when Mr. Jordan asked if supplies of New Zealand lamb were difficult to get. “Oh, no, sir. not at all,” was the reassuring reply. “There is no difficulty, because New Zealand is the only place in the world where the sheep lamb twice a year.” And that without a smile on his open English face!

In connection with an aerodrome for Napier. Mr W. E. Barnard, M.P., has been advised by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. T. M. Wilford, that he will visit Napier after Easter to inspect the site. The Director of Air Services was of the opinion that the ground would make an excellent aerodrome, provided it could be protected against floods, and that the surface was level. Major Wilkes had pointed out that if the necessary pro. tection from floods was not afforded the aerodrome would become dangerous in wet seasons. The site had not been turned down by the Department but certain improvements were necessary before it could be approved. The matter now rested with the Napier Aero Club as to whether it put the ground in order or not.

“The Magistrate told us that ho was not going to close the boilingdown works for the sake of a few fish, said Mr J. Anderson, Hawke’s Bay delegate to the hatcheries’ conference at Wellington, when referring to a judgment given by the Bench in an action brought by his society again a factory owner for pollution of a creek. Mr Anderson told how ho took a bucket of fry up to where the offal from the works entered the water and submerged them in the liquid. Two survived for 40 seconds and one lived 90 seconds. Mr A. )•’. Hefford (Chief Inspector of Fisheries)) said that an appeal against the Magistrate’s decision would prob ably have succeeded. Pollution was contrary to the law and a serious offence.

The matron of St. Hilda’s Children’s Home, Otane, acknowledges with many thanks the following gifts Fruit; Mr Alick Williams, Mr Allen Williams, Miss Howard, Major Warren, Mrs G. Clark, Mr Jack Foggy. Mrs W. T. Williams, Takapau Harvest Festival, Mrs G. R. Beamish, Mr James Tod, Mrs W. Couper. Vegetables: Mr James Tod. Mrs W. T. Williams, Major Warren. Mrs Allen Williams, Rev. B. Hall, Takapau Harvest Festival, Mr Jack Foggy. Frock; Miss E. Williams. Cakes: Mr F. D. Waller. Mr arle. Egs: Takapau Harvest Festival. Honey: A Friend. Grampohone records; Mr Earle. Clothing; Takapau. Toys: Felicity. Dolls’ clothes; Some Girl Guides. Meat; Major Warren. Trip to the aeroplane: Napier Thirty Thousand Club. Lockers and toy boxes for little ones; Christchurch.

The total value of building permits issued in Hastings during February was £11,077. Included in this total is £6,424 for eight new dwellings.

. Under the will of the lato Mr. R. B. Ward, the sum of ’£2oo is bequeathed to the Canterbury Cricket Association’s foundation fund. The late Mr. Ward was a vice-president of the association and took an active part in cricket administration over a long period.

The late Mr. Geo. Parr, a prominent Hamilton resident and a member of the Auckland Harbour Board, who died last Monday, bequeathed to the borough his home, ana three acres on the rivet bank, as a convalescent home for child patients from the Waikato Hospital. The property is valued at £3,000.—Press Assn.

Leonard W. Corlett was sentenced m the Masterton Magistrate’s Court to seven days’ imprisonment for having assaulted Constable Le Comte while in execution of his duty. A charge of the theft of a motor car was dismissed. On a charge of passing a valueless cheque the accused was remanded to Wellington.—Press Assn.

A new nine-roomed house at Mount Wellington, Auckland, was destroyed by fire at midday yesterday. The owner, Mr. C. V. Clare, was having a meal when two explosions were heard in the locality of the electric switch in a cupboard. The furniture valued at about £lOO. was saved. The house was insured for £2OOO and its contents for £llOO. —Press Assn.

An announcement that the Government had decided on an alteration in the conditions of the tenders for the supply of tobacco in connection with mental hospitals was made by the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, in Napier last night. The significance of this announcement is that the Napier tobacco company will now be able to compete for those contracts, the conditions in the pasj debarring them.

Practices for the Hastings Women’s Choir commence again next Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. in the Club tea-rooms’ lounge, when a full attendance of members is requested. The music required for the coming season has now arrived. It is to be hoped there will be a good attendance at the practices as a concert is to be given at an early date.

At the annual swimming sports of the boys of the Hastings High School .held yesterday afternoon, the Principal, Mr. W. A. G. Penlington, M.A., announced that an old bqy of the school, and his mother, who wished to remain anonymous, had presented a silver cup to be competed for by the boys in the House competition.

The Taradale and District Returned Soldiers’ Association at its meeting on Thursday night, made a donation of £25 to the Taradale Town Board to be used for the purpose of making a children’s playground on Taradale Park. The association also donated £lO 10/- towards Dr. J. Allan Berry’s appeal for funds for radio equipment for the Napier Hospital.

Intending exhibitors in the horse competitions at the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s autumn show, which is to be held at Tomoana on March 20 next, are again reminded that entries close on March 6, and schedule of classes may be obtained from the secretary, Mr. A. M, Retemeyer, Tennyson street, Napier. Classes include leaping match for ladies, hunters’ competition, trotting exhibition and bending competition for children.

“In the departmnet of mycology,” states the report of the Cawthron Institute, “methods of controlling ‘brown rot’ have been evolved which will enable fruitgrowers to prfcckically eliminate their losses from this source. Varieties of hope, tomatoes, and various cereals appearing to be immune to specific diseases have been either introduced from anroad or selected from local gardens and kept under observation. Several of these varieties have been found to be highly, resistant to disease and may therefore prove of great economic value.”

A gift of £lOO was handed over to the Trinity Theological College authorities at Auckland on Thursday afternoon by the Rev. J. F. Goldie, of the Solomon Islands mission, who is president of the Methodist Conference. Mr. Goldie said the money had been subscribed by the natives in the foreign mission field, and they had asked him to give it as their contribution towards the building of the new college. Twenty-seven years ago, he said, the islanders were uncivilised,, they had never seen money, and knew nothing of its uses. Only, within recent years had trading by ordinary methods become possible.

The attention of His Honour Mr. Justice Ostler was occupied this morning at the Supreme Court, Napier, in the hearing of three compensation cases against the Napier Borough Council for rand acquired for the purpose of Thackeray street extension. Claims were made against the council by Mary Allison for £420, by James S. Jensen for £564 8/9, and by Albert Baxter for £231 15/-. Associated with His Honour as assessors were Messrs A. G. McGlashan and G. Rochfort. Mr. M. R. Grant appeared for all the claimants, and Mr. H B. Lusk for the Napier Borough Council. Lengthy evidence was called testifying that the making of the road had greatly depreciated the values of the property, with consequent reduced rental returns.