LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 192, 4 August 1930, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Railway Department announces that commencing from Monday (today) August 4th., the rate on Class A goods from Wellington to stations Marakeke to Port Ahuriri inclusive, will he reduced to 80/- per ton. This means a saving of 14/9 per ton on goods of Class A to Hastings.

“We don’t want people ta lean cn relief,” said the Mayor, Mr. J. R. Fow, at tho last Hamilton Borough Council meetiug. It had been the council’s practice to close down relief work in October, continued Mr. Few, and it was hoped to do tho 'ante this year. It was not wise to keep men in town when work was offering out-

To-day is the sixteenth anniversary of England’s declaration of war on Germany.

There will be no meeting of the Hawke's Bay Hunt Club on Wednesday next, owing to the Dannevirko I’oint-to-Point.

The party of New Zealand bowlers who attended the Pacific tourney at Suva returned to Auckland by the Tofua to-day.

The Tamatoa Hockey Sub-Assoe;a-tion will hold a reception, grand social and dance in the To Hauke Hall to-night. A free bus will run from Haumoana.

A meeting of women held in Jhe Auckland ’town Hall on Saturday afternoon strongly protested against the exclusion of wage-earning women from the benefits of the Unemployment Bill.—Press Association.

On Thursday next at 3 p.m., Mr. W. E. Bate, L.L.M. will deliver a lecture at the Hastings Women’s Community Club (open afternoon). A musical programme has been arranged by Mrs. Christie.

Two coastal vessels, the Kaitoa and Gabriella, grounded nt the entrance to the port of Wanganui early yesterday morning, and after six hours were refloated off without sustaining damage.

In the Dunedin Police Court to-day Alexander Hamilton Watkinshaw, a bankrupt, for failing to keep propel books, was sentenced to 21 days’ imprisonment. On a charge of false pretences he was admitted to 12 months’ probation.—Press Assn.

New Zealand is Britain '. J largest supplier of mutton and lamb. Her import figures show that since refrigeration was first applied to ocean transport, New Zealand has shipped almost as many mutton and lamb carcases to Britain as has the rest of the world.

A very beautiful and impressive confirmation service was conducted in the St. Luke’s Church, Havelock North, last evening, by the Bishop of Waiapu. In his address to the candidates the Bishop briefly explained tho meaning of confirmation and what each one should hope to gain by the power of the Holy Ghost.

Information was received in Palmerston North on Saturday that the Government had decided to grant a subsidy of £1 for £2, up to £lOO,OOO, to the Manawatu-Oroua River Board, in connection with the scheme to drain the lower Manawatu area and make available about 700,000 acres of firstclass land for more extensive settlement.

Householders are warned not to leave clothes hanging on the line at night. A “Tribune” representative was informed of two thefts of clothing from the back-yards of residences in the vicinity of Parkvale last week. Then again, on Saturday night, a resident in the south ward surprised a stranger in the act of removing some clothing. A chase followed, but the culprit escaped.

The main West Coast road route to Nelson, via the Buller Gorge, which has been blocked, owing to the heavy earthquake of last year, is now almost repaired, except for a distance of one mile (says tho Grey River Argue). Last week a motor cyclist traversed the slip, tho removal of which within a few weeks will afford a clear route. The road in many places remains tough, however, and it will be some time before it is restored to its former smoothness.

“The community has yet to realise the extent to which physical and mental disease is due to social environment,’’ said the Rev. T. A. Halliday, at the annual meeting of the Auckland Social Workers’ Association. The total of 5,800 officiallyrecorded cases of insanity in New Zealand, or one in every 23C persons, is an alarming figure, and should awaken the public to the fact that a grave social problem is hero to be faced.”

Tho Thames Golf Club believes in encouraging youthful players. At a meeting of the committee of tho club a letter was received asking that permission be given to form a boys’ golf club to be affiliated to the present men’s club. It was decided to alien such a club to be formed, to be limited to 20 members of ages from 13 to 17 years. Rules and regulatiuus were drawn up governing the hours in which the course could be used by boys.

It is understood that the operations on tho Arapuni spillway bed between the dam and the weir will bo commenced to-day in anticipation of tho arrival of Professor G. P. Hornwcll, the Swedish expert engaged by the Government to report. Indications show that it is probable that tho ted will bo cleaned to allow a thorough inspection of the whole channel and that further shafts will be sunk in the neighbourhood of the cracks so as to try to discover the causes of tho leakages.

“It is astounding that at a farmers’ meeting I hear the most gloomy views. Somebody always gets up and says tho bottom is going to fall out of everything. Then you wonder why tho banks and lending institutions don’t finance you.” Thus Mr. J. Snell, Deputy Commissioner of the Rural Credits Department to a meeting of Wanganui farmers. His remarks were prompted by a farmer present wanting to know what would happen to the Rural Credit Board if it lent money to five farmers and all five were failures.

Christchurch is almost certain to be the headquarters of—and practically to monopolise—tho spirit bottling industry which will be created in New Zealand by the operation of the new Customs tariff. Roughly three and a-half million bottles of whisky, gin, rum, and brandy are being imported into New Zealand every year. In future it will pay to bottle all this in the Dominion, for otherwise'it will be subject to a penalty duty of approximately 13/- a case of 12 bottles. And most of it, will be bottled in Christchurch, where the artesian water supply is the best in New Zealand for the purpose. Already one Ssottish distilling house is shipping a bottling plant to be set up in Christchurch; also a big cargo of bulk whiskv. — Christchurch "Sun.”

Consequent on the statement in Parliament regarding the illegal use of telephones for the purposes of betting, the Post and Telegraph authorities made a move in Wellington to-day. It is understood that a number of telephone connections about which suspicion exists will be disconnected forthwith.—Press Association.

An agitation has been started in Auckland against the increased duty imposed by the new tariff on timepieces. This is declared to be an obvious anomaly, as an overwhelming percentage of imported timepieces is of foreign origin and watches could not be made in the Dominion. Jewellers declare that the duty will create some undue hardship as 60 to 70 per cent, of their sales consists of watches.—Press Association.

The Board of Directors of tho Heretaunga 00-operative Dairy Co.. Ltd., after lull consideration ot the question of representation on the directorate, consider a ward system essential to ensure a reasonable distribution of representation to all sides of tho district, and therefore recommend the adoption of the ward system of election as intended in the notice of motion appearing on the balancesheet to be brought forward by Mr. J. A. Kerr, and that the district be divided into seven wards on an area basis in preference to a butter-fat basis.