LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 161, 27 June 1930, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Concern at the proposal to provide that private hospitals should become training schools for nurses led to a petition by the Hawke’s Bay branch of tho New Zealand Trained Nurses’ Associatiou to Parliament yesterday. The petition was presented by Mr W. E. Barnard. It was requested that the views of representatives of tho nurses he heard before such a proposal was given effect to. —Special Parliamentary Reporter.

‘‘ln the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, New Zealand has another Main Body whenever it wishes to call upon one,” said Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Gambrill, 0.C., of tho Hawke’s Bay Regiment, at tho annual reunion of the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association. Ho considered that presentday volunteers would prove even superior to the Main Body in the Great War, as they were actuated by the splendid traditions of the .famous lighting force.

A splendid programme has been arranged for tho Hastings Orphans’ Club’s fourth korero of the season, which will bo held in the Assembly Hall to-night, proceedings commencing sharp at 8 o’clock. Among the several entirely new items that will be given are two sketches by the Sketch Club, which will be making its first appearance at this korero, and in addition to this tho mouth organ band, which has been greatly augmented since its initial appearance, will also be on tho programme, and will give novelty turns.

Prospects of an extension of settlement in the Wairarapa are opened up by a visit now being made to the district by the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington district and other members of the Wellington Land Board. It is thought that some areas of hill country in the Wairarapa may be suitable for settlement under certain conditions, provided loading problems can be satisfactorily solved. The present business of the advisory committee is to make a preliminary inspection of such areas and report to tho Development Board.

In tho House of Representatives yesterday Mr W. E. P.arnard (Naper) gave notice to ask the Minister in Charge of the State Fire Department whether he will take into immediate consideration the question of tho acquisition of the Napier Post Office site, which is shortly to be vacated, and the erection thereon of a public building sufficiently large to house the various departments now scattered throughout tho town. It was pointed out the Government offices wore ntw ncconiniodfitcil in privately-owned buildings.—Special Parliamentary Reporter.

To-night a ‘ ‘ 500 ” card party and dance will be held in the Paid Paki School, commencing at 8 o’clock.

The Hastings Citizen*’ Band will hold an old-time dance in the Bandroom, Warren street, Hasting*, tonight.

The following is the Heretaunga hockey team to meet Taradale at Taradale at 8 p.m. to-morrow:Fronch, Carrington (2), Dyer, Green, Phillips, Anderson, Brown (2), Davis, Merritt, Fulton.

Of all the patients who were taken injured to the Wellington Hospital last year, and whose condition required them to spend some time within it* walls. 78 per cent, owed their injuries to motor vehicles.

Tho warehouse premises of Newton King, Ltd., and the Sash and Door Company’s office l , New Plymouth, were broken into last night, a few stamps, cigarettes and biscuits being taken.—Press Association.

Two excellent school football games were played yesterday, the teams being Parkvale and Convent. The result of the “A’s” match was Parkvale 3. Convent nil. The deciding try was scored by Kearney. In the “B’s” Convent won by 22 to nil Mr. Ruscoe refereed.

Another burglary occurred at Wanganui last evening, the Crown Depot premises being entered by a back window and £ll worth of cigarettes stolen. When inside the burglar was confronted with a considerable amount of crockery ware, and this he pushed over and damaged to a considerable extent. —Press Association.

A serious fir© in an old wooden building, formerly th© Scotia Hotel, Dunedin, gave the brigade a strenuous half hour’s work last evening. The six occupants of the building had to be removed by the brigade through a back window. A fire on the same premises 35 years ngo resulted in a woman being burned to death.—Press Association.

"I think it can be safely said that waste anywhere in this country will ultimately enter into farmers’ costs.” said Mr W. D. Hutt when addressing delegates to the Royal Agricutural Socity’s Conference. ‘‘Like tho Irish man who said whenever he saw a head he hit, it, the farmer should say whenever he sees waste of any kind he will hit it.”

All men employed on the Papakura relief works whose credit with storekeepers was stopped this week are back at work, according to a statement made by the District Public Works Engineer The men feared that the stopping of credit was nn indirect dismissal. The District Engineer said that th© whole matter had been referred to Wellington.Press Association.

The loss of a finger and damage to his right hand was suffered by Henry Penman, of Hastings, and on his behalf Mr H. M. Campbell presented a petition to Parliament yesterday asking for reasonable recompense because of the fact that it was thought that fireworks were passed bv the Government inspector as harmless.—(Special Parliamentary Reporter.)

A gueet in a private hotel at Hawera is stated to have been relieved of £35 when his trousers were removed from under the mattress of his bed. The loss was discovered in the early hours of the morning. It was then discovered that two casuals who had booked in at the hotel togothet had disappeared. The case is the fifth in two days of reported depredations of thieves.

Workmen blasting a boulder when forming a new road to Tarawera Lake shore, discovered in a small cave the skeleton of a woman and a child. The boulder at some period had been dislodged from the cliff above imprisoning the victims. It is thought possibly to be an echo of the Tarawera eruption in 1886. though the bones suggest an earlier period. —(Press Association.)

For some years past the National Riffe Association has received a Government grant of £lOOO, but it is expected that this sum will be very con siderably reduced, if not withdrawn altogether, for the current financial year. Tho grant is charged against the Defence vote, and, with the econo mies that are to be made in that department, it seems hardly likely that the association's grant will escape the pruning knife.

The Council of the Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Association has decided that the players to represent New Zealand at the Empire Gaines in Hamilton City Ontario Canada, shall play in the following positions-—Singles: W. Fielding (Hataitai): Pairs: P. McWhannell and Fielding (Hataitai); Rinks Frost (Carlton). Leach (Stratford), McWhannell (Hataitai), Fielding (Hataitai).

William Georg© McLean, a postman with ten years’ service, and a married man with two children, pleaded guilty to-day at Wellington tp the theft of letters containing money, postal notes and a cheque, between February 10 and June 20 of this year. It was stated that the postal notes and cheque were destroyed by the accused. There were seven charges. Air Page, S.M., remanded the case until Tuesday, in order that he could consider it.—Press Association.

To-morrow the final opportunity will be afforded the residents oi Hastings and district to sign the pettion for the preservation of the Puketitiri Bush. Already considerably over 1,000 signatures have been obtained. As the petition has to be sent to the Minister next week the committee will make its final drive for signatures in tho streets of Hastings to-morrow. Those who have not already signed are respectfully requested to do so to-morrow.

Wits have extricated many a man from a tight position before to-day A good illustration of ready resource was afforded at the Wellington Town Hall on Monday evening in the pro fessional wrestling match between George Walker champion of the British Empire, and Fred Ebert, champion of ' Austria. Walker got a splits hold on to the Austrian, and the latter was for a moment in extremis. Then, like a flash, an inspiration came to him. Ebert caused hjs opponent to release his vice-like grip by the simple process of tickling his ribs. Walker is a husky wrestler who can stand any amount of rough work in ihe ring, but he was reduced to impotence by this expedient.