LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 149, 13 June 1930, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The H.B. Hunt Club will meet tomorrow at the Pukehamoamoa School, Okawa, at 12 noon, not at the Okawa cattle stop, as previously intimated.

An official indication of the increasing popularity shown in the motorists’ camp at Beatson’s Park, Hastings, was given in the monthly report of the Borough Engineer (Mr C. E. Evans), who said that 493 cars were parked there in the 1929-30 season, as compared with 367 in 1928-29. and 226 in 1927-28.

The Parkvale School “shop” will be held to-morrow (Saturday) in premises under the Club Tea Rooms, near the Railway crossing. Stalls will have attractive displays ol cakes, produce, jumble, etc., at reasonable prices, and in addition there will be bran tubs and competitions.

The League of Nations Union Dominion conference at Timaru last night carried a remit favouring the abolition of compulsory military training in New Zealand, one delegate_ stating that the military system of New Zealand was futile experience and unnecessary. The conference also decided that the N.Z. Government would be justified in reconsidering past decisions in reference to the Singapore base.

In spite of unfavourable weather conditions, the “500” tourney and dance given by the Karamu-Kahura-naki Lodoe in the Hastings bandroom on Tuesday evening was well attended. The winners of the card games were: Ladies, Mesdames Nesbit and Marshall tied for first prize; gentlemen’s prize, Mrs Horsefield and Mrs Carr tied for first. The Monte Carlo, a very popular item, was won by Mrs McMahon and Mr. A. Norton.

The Council of Education at Wellington yesterday approved Sir Thomas Sidey's suggestion that the main summer school holidays should be held in February and recommended for consideration to the governing bodies of the universities, secondary schools, technical' schools, primary schools and to the teachers’ associations, and that they be asked to communicate their views to the Council of Education, so that the matter may be considered at the next meeting.

The Wanganui City Council has decided to make economies in the engineer’s administrative staff in keeping with reductions in labour on outdoor works, but instead of straightout dismissals the men will be offered work in a department other than that in the office. It was stated at the meeting last night that the greatest number of men the council had ever employed was in 1927, yet the cost of administration was no lower now.

The Napier Technical College Board yesterday decided to again take up the question with the Department of providing pupils from Hastings with free passes on the railway.

In the Magistrate's Court in Timaru yesterday, Keith Frank Turner, slaughterman, was committed for tiirnl on a charge of causing actual bodily harm to Lenoard Kawstorn McDuff, at Washdkye, on April 19.

Readers will be interested in the Railway Department’s advertisement appearing in this issue relative to the issue of holiday excursion tickets to Palmerston North in connection with the National Dairy Show.

Members of the Canterbury team which defeated the British Rugby team last Saturday are to receive from the Canterbury Rugby Union suitably-engraved medals as mementoes of the occasion.

At to-day’s meeting of the Hastings Rotary Club a resolution was passed commending the work of the Y.M.C.A. and a decision was made to give it the moral support of the Rotary Club.

In his address on his Australian impressions at the Hastings Rotary Club meeting to-day, Rotarian A. Giorgi stated that at Adelaide racecourse there was a 10/- and 5/- tote for men and a special 2/6 tote for ladies. The latter was very popular.

A former Justice of the Peace and the coroner of Pataruru, James Walter Barr Brown, aged 51 years, pleaded guilty at the Hamilton Supreme Court to-day to two charges of grave assault. Sentence wks postponed.—(Press Association.)

Members of R.A.0.8. are reminded that the inauguration of the Hawke’s Bay Provincial Grand Lodge will take place at Victoria Hall, Napier, to-morrow evening. A special ’bus will leave the Hastings Post Office at 7 p.m., via Havelock, and all Buffaloes axe invited.

The North Island sparrow championship, held at the Hawke’s Bay Central Gun Club. Hastings, was won by R. Buick, of Masterton, with 17 birds. He receives tne gold medal and nrst prize money. I’he runnersup were F. G. Glenny, W. Nichol, D. McLaughlin, J. Whittle and J. Mills, each with 16 birds. They will divide second and third money.

Desiring, according to his own story, to take a girl home to Petone, Frank Guskert, a 19-year-oid youth, was found in a yard in Dixon street, Wellington, trying to start up a motor-car that did not belong to him. The time was midnight and the youth said that there was no other way of getting the gitr nome. He was charged with attempted unlawful conversion and admitted for probation for two years. The youth said that he resided with his mother and was out of work. At the Magistrate’s suggestion the charge of vagrancy was withdrawn as he did not think it was that class of case that the act was meant to cover.— (Press Association.)

The Wellington branch of the New Zealand Friesian Association has arranged, by permission of the Massey Agricultural College authorities, to hold a “Friesian Field Day” nt the college on the afternoon of Friday, June 20. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Friesian Association is being held in Palmerston North on June 19 and members from all parts of New Zealand will be attending both the meeting and the field day. The large pedigree herd of Friesians at Massey College will Ire inspected, and judging demonstrations will be given by some of the official judges of the association. Advantage will he taken of this gathering to discuss the whole question of judging dairy cattle, with a view to educating and instructing vounger members who desire to qualify as official judges. All persons interested in dairv farming are invited to attend. The party will assemble at the college dairv factory at 2 p.m.