LOCAL.& GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 90, 31 March 1932, Page 6

LOCAL.& GENERAL

The annual meeting of the Whakatu Football Club will bo held in Messrs. Stickland and Bryant’s, Queen street, Hastings, on Saturday at 7.45 p.m.

It is expected that the team to represent New Zealand in the KirkWindeyer Cup match at Sydney this season will be finalised next week.

The Rev. B. R. Brierley, of St. Andrew’s Church, Port Ahuriri, wishes to thank an unknown donor for a gift of £5 towards the Church funds.

The members of the Hastings Rugby Referees’ Association are reminded that the annual general meeting will be held in the Drill Hall on Monday next at 8 o’clock.

The official opening of the Hastings Golf Club will take place on Saturday next, April 2, at 1.30 p.m., when a mixed foursome will be played. Intending members, visitors and members of other clubs are cordially invited to attend.

Seats may be reserved at Messrs Howe Bros, for the grand prize-win-ers’ demonstration at the Napier 'Drill Hall to-night at 7.30 o’clock sharp. All the first prize winners will appear. Reserves are 3/-. As the seating accommodation is limited, early application should be made.

The Railway Department’s advertisement drawing attention to the altered running of the 7.40 p.m. AucklandWellington down ordinary express appears in this issue. Particular attention is directed to the fact that this train will leave Auckland at 3.0 p.m Monday to Saturday inclusive (not Sunday).

A huge female brown trout turning the scales at 251 b., was taken by Mr. Hugh Barlow during the Easter holidays from a pool in the Tongariro river. The fish, which was in perfect condition, has a length of 32in. and a girth of 22in. It is the largest known since 1910, when one of 261 b. was taken at Taupo.

The racecourse preparations for the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s meeting on Saturday are nearing completion, the weather conditions having materially assisted towards making the course nearly as perfect as possible. Racehorse owners and race-goers will appreciate alike the condition of the convincing ground.

The reduction of charges to visitors at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s meetings to 1/6 is a popular one, and judging by the large number in the people’s enclosure at previous meetings, it appears the reduction is appreciated. Saturday will probably witness as large a gathering as usual, as the events give promise of as keen racing as enthusiasts could wish to see.

It is not often that radio stations thousands of miles apart are broadcasting the same item, yet such was the case when orchestral selections from the opera "Maritana” (Wallace) relayed from 4YA Dunedin coincided with an organ rendition of 1 lie same work, which formed a porlion of a National Broadcasting Hi,ini’s programme relayed from ■ KJ J, Los Angeles, California.

The Hastings Women’s League will hold their usual “500” tournament in the Trades Hall tomorrow at 2 p.iu., for men and women.

The Kia Toa Bowling Club will hold a “500” tournament in W. Burfield’s shop (near Seoullar’s), Heretaunga street W., Hastings, to-morrow evening, commencing at 8 o’clock.

Exports of apples and pears from the Dominion this season will total more than 1,557,000 cases, constituting a fresh record far exceeding the shipments of any former season.

The annual general meeting of the H.B. Boxing Association will be held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Hastings, this evening at 8 o’clock. A good attendance is asked for as there is much important business to be discussed.

The four victims of the Government Life Insurance demolition accident on Tuesday last week, Mr. James Summers, Mr. Leonard Walter Lang, Mr. Alexander Donald and Mr. Lewis Ham, who are still in Wellington Hospital, are progressing favourably. It is not expected that Mr.'Summers will leave the institution for another month at least.

To-night in the Rialto Tea Rooms the Hastings W.E.A. Drama Group will give readings of two of John Galsworthy’s one-act plays—“ The First and the Last” and “The Little Man.” The public, especially those interested in literature, are cordially invited to attend and take part in this and other W.E.A. activities which are free. A retiring collection is taken to clear expenses.

A copy of the will, dated September 14, 1929, of Mrs. Caroline Sarah Greenslade, late of Dunedin, New Zealand, widow, who died on November 8 last, has been lodged in the Victorian Probate Office for sealing. Testatrix left property in New Zealand valued at about £lOO,OOO and personal estate in Victoria valued at £5503, to her children, with bequests to other relatives and friends, and gifts to churches and institutions in New Zealand.

Owing, no doubt, to the Unemployment Ball on Monday, the Trades Hall euchre party and old time dance was not so largely attended as usual. However, those who did attend had a thoroughly good time. The music was supplied by Mrs Hearne. The Monte Carlo waltz was won by Mrs Butter and Mr Toomath The card winners were: — Ladles: Mrs McKeegan 1, Mrs Osborne 2. Gents: Mr. Bogers 1, Mr. Robinson 2.

Two Japanese training ships, Imate and Asama, under the command of Vice-Admiral Shinjiro Imamura, will definitely visit Wellington at the end of May. The Imate is a coast defence ship of 9180 tons, and the Isama a coast defence ship of 9240 tons. The personnel of tho squadron numbers 1545. The ships will arrive in Wellington harbour on tho morning of May 31, and will depart for Suva at 10 a.m. on June 3.

The report of the New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society to be submitted at the annual meeting in the middle of April shows a general jevenue of £837, of which more than half was from subscriptions. In addition, the society’s profit from the “Lucky Bird” art union, drawn last September, was over £13,500. This sum is earmarked as a trust endowment fund, and the income will be used solely for educational purposes or for a research scholarship. A vanity bag found yesterday in the backyard of Mr M. Spriggs’ shop, in Shakespeare road, Napier, is the onlj trace so far discovered of Miss Olga Corkran, the 17-year-old girl who disappeared from her home at No. 122 Shakespeare road, Napier, on Friday evening last, and who has not been heard of since. The Napier police have been making urgent enquiries during the past few days, the vanity bag so far being the only clue found. They have not yet given up the search, two constables being employed to-day mak ing further enquiries

The white butterfly, which has caused a considerable amount of destruction in the Hawke’s Bay district, is now prevalent in Palmerston North. The pest has made its presence felt in flower and vegetable gardens. A considerable number of the parasites which were introduced by the Plant Research Station, Palmerston North, to control the pest, have been liberated in the Hawke’s Bay district. The parasites were introduced in the puparium stage and developed into maturity at the Plant Research Station.

A novelty at the Amuri A. and P. Show was a “hermit” sheep, donated by Mr. Alex Anderson, of Terako, for a weight-guessing competition (says tho Christchurch “Times”). The sheep was full-mouthed and had never been shorn. Being a “hermit,” it would not drive and had to be carried on a stretcher into the owner's station. The shteep was in fine condition and was shorn on the show grounds. The total weight of fleece was 24Mb. and the staple was 24in. in length. Tho total live weight of tho animal was 1661 b. Tho exhibit created considerable interest.

Special reference is made in the annual report of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Wellington, in connection with the disastrous Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Although it is stated some difficulty was experienced in collecting figures, particularly in regard to the work done in the actual earthquake zone, some interesting details are given of the hours of duty and tho number of eases attended to. According to the summary appearing in the report 402 men and 383 women put in 5983 and 5070 hours of work respectively. Tho total number of cases attended to is shown as 1713.

For variety, colour and harmony the entertainment by the prize winners of the Napier Competitions at the Drill Hall, Coote road, Napier, to-night at 7-30 sharp should be hard to excel. The dancing items with gorgeous frocking were highly praised by the judge, while the singing sections were very closelycontested by capable performers. The violin playing has been of a very high order, which remark also applies to tho piano sections. Numerous songs and recitals will bo given in costume, and Highland and national dancing will also be included. At last four hours of high class entertainment will be presented, which should appeal to all lovers of music, dancing and elocution. The performance will be repeated at tho Hastings Municipal Theatre tomorrow (Friday) commencing nt 8 o'clock sharp.