LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 19, 6 January 1930, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Christchurch wool sale opens this evening. A total of 24,000 bales will bo offered. We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a 1930 calendar from Mr. J. G. Martin, motor trimmer, of Karamu road, Hastings. Over 4,000,000 feet of timber Was shipped from Grcymouth during the four weeks ended on December 7 last. The payment of £103,004 to dairy farmers connected with the 21 dairy companies with headquarters in New Plymouth was made just before Christ mas. This shows an increase of about £3OOO compared with tho November payout in 1928, despite the fact that tho return per pound of butter-fat was lower this year. Under the will of tho late Mrs Sarah Vere Jones, of 118 Lyall Parade, Wellington, the following public bequests have been made:—£so to the Catholic Education Fund of Wellington; £5O to the Home for Incurables, Bucklo street; £5O to tho Homo of Compassion Island Bay. The Public Trustee is the executor of the will. The weather in the Rotorua and Waikato districts over Christmas and New Year has been very disappointing for holiday makers, there having been practically only ono fine day in ton. As a consequence all unsealed roads in these districts are now badly corrugated by the constant strain of motor cars. John Charles Paget, of Invercargill, for being intoxicated while in charge of a car which collided with an electric light pole, had his license cancelled and was disqualified from holding a license for five years. The accused agreed to the issue of a prohibition order, and the liquor found in the car was confiscated.—Press Assn. The nautical inquiry regarding the wreck of the Manuka commences tomorrow before Mr Bundle. S.M., with Captains Worrall and Stringer as assessors. The Crown Solicitor (Mr. Adams) represents the Marine Department, Mr. Haggitt tho Union Company, and Mr. Hanlon the captain of the Manuka. An unoccupied, five-roomed house in Vautier street, Napier, tho property of Mr E. Beresford, was partially destroyed by fire during the early hours of yesterday morning. A neighbour, awakened by the crackling of timber, communicated with the Fire Brigade, which arrived promptly and extinguished the flames before a great deal of damage was done. Mr Beresford only a day or two before had removed his furniture from the dwelling and on Saturday morning left for Wellington. Last Thursday a grass fire, started by a carelessly thrown lighted match nr a live cigarette caused a certain degree of excitement at Haumoana. and the residents were put to some trouble to extinguish the advancing flames. A similar outbreak took place a day or two afterwards, against the advance of which the inhabitants had to combine again. The grass in the district is at present very dry. and the people of Fauinoana desire that attention be directed to the damage of flinging away matches oi cigarettes, which are alight, and to the necessity of urging children not to play with fire.

On a 50-mlle road in India a motorist is given a timed strip, and is forbidden to complete the journey in less than four hoursLate entries are acceptable for the Elsthorpe sports meeting. The secretary’s ’phone number is 1023 D, Hastings. Poplar logs are to be used for sawing and chopping events, Mr. Scarrott, of Bay View, having captured a penguin on the coast, has presented the bird to the Hastings Borough Council as an addition to the bird life in the Cornwall Park zoological collection. The Clive and District Ratepayers’ Committee announces in an advertisement the places and times of meeting in connection with the Rivers Board election. The holiday relief express trains ceased running on Saturday, and the lengthy mail train leaving Hastings this morning was well filled by visitors leaving for their respective homes. As a result of conferences between the Film Society and leading exhibitors, a new scheme of special weekly performances for young folk in Auckland has been framed to suit the changed conditions brought about by the advent of talking pictures. The three-mile swimming race for the Annette Kellerman Cup will bo swum in Lake Brunner on January 26, at the conclusion of the New Zealand amateur swimming championships. It is estimated that there will be about 300 swimmers taking part in the championships. Intending exhibitors are given a reminder that entries for all sections of the Waipukurau Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s twentieth annual show, to be held on Wednesday, January 212, 1930, will close with the secretary, Mr. G. Reg. Cook, Box 69, Waipukurau, on Wednesday, January 8, 1930, at 8 p.m. The Hastings Citizens’ Band gave an open-air concert in Victoria Park, Hastings, last evening. Despite the distinct chill that set in after sunset, there was a fairly large attendance of the public, who enjoyed the excellent programme presented. The audience contributed £4 5/7 through the collection boxes. As the season advances the fishing in the Rotorua district is improving and on Lake Rotorua there have been some very satisfactory catches. The fish are in good condition and are fighting well. One angler secured a fish weighing 14flb. This is the heaviest reported this season. All the lakes round Rotorua are giving good sport and the absence of the “slab is commented on.

Strange friendships have been known to exist among animals, but an unusual spectacle was witnessed on a farm at Newbury, near Palmerston North, the other day. Passersby on the main road saw a sheep standing on the back of a horse which was at rest in a paddock. The horse made no effort to dislodge the curious specimen of the woolly breed, which seemed to be quite at home. Av hen the travellers passed out of sight the sheep was still maintaining its strange resting place. Tn the Dunedin Police Court Emmett James Hussey, William Garforth and William John Newman were charged with stealing an oak keg and eighteen gallons of beer, the property of the Canterbury Steamship Company. The beer was consigned from New Zealand Breweries for shipment, and was stolen from the wharf. Newman was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, Garforth to one month, and Hussey to six weeks . —Press Assn, The beach at Waimarama is proving a very popular resort this season, as is evidenced by the large number of pleasure-seekers who flock there each week-end. Old residents pronounce the beach in better condition this season than it has been for a number of years. Great improvements have also been made to the roads and many of the sharp and dangerous corners have been cut away giving motorists a clearer view. The conditions at Waimarama yesterday were not as pleasant as they might have been owing to the strong wind and overcast sky; nevertheless a fair number of picnickers were there. The heavy rain which fell over the whole district between Tarawera and the Waikato on Friday night and Saturday will cost the reading authorities a considerable sum to restore the highways to their usual good condition. The road across the Taupo plains on Saturday afternoon was a series of pumicy sloughs, many of which compelled motorists to “change down” to get through them. in some places where, usually, the going is of the best there were strong streams of water flowing across the road. Very little rain has fallen this side of Tarawera, and the road over the two big hills is in excellent summer condition. It happened at a recent flower show in South Taranaki, and can bo vouched for by a reputable citizen of Tokaora. A young lady was proud of the wonderful white radishes she had grown in her garden, and was persuad ed by a friend to enter some in the produce section of the show. She naturally selected the biggest and best, and took them to the hall, placing them "with radishes which, to her eyes, were much inferior. She felt sure that she must gain first prize. She did but not in the radish class. A steward noticed her exhibit, and placed it with the turnips! The judge apparently considered her radishes an extra good type of turnip, and had no difficulty in awarding her first prize in that class. Fire broke out in Manuaute street, Taumarunui, at 3.15 o’clock this morning in a building owned by A. G. Riches and occupied by Everybody's Motors and J. Pattison, saddler. The structure was practically gutted and almost all the stock carried by both firms destroyed. The alarm was given by three engineers working at the King’s picture theatre, which adjoins the damaged building. The brigade did good work in saving the theatre, wl was several times on fire. Only one wa. 1 ’ was slightly burnt. Films worth ■-1500 stored in the theatre were removed. Another outbreak occurred at- 6.45 o’clock but was quickly extinguished. The insurances are: On the building £3OO. in the South British; on Pattison’s stock £400; the amount on Everybody’s stock is not available.—Press Assn.