LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 152, 13 June 1932, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

A sum of £5OO has been given by an anonymous donor to the Auckland division of the British Empire Cancer Campaign Society.

The Mahora Swimming Club’s annual dance and presentation of prizes will be held in the Hastings Trades Hall on Thursday next.

On a farm near Blenheim 60 early lambs have already made their appearance. An abundance of grass and the favourable weather are combining to keep them in excellent condition.

Although only a moderate swell was running at the Breakwater last night, the Kaione broke away from her moorings through one of the cables parting. The dredge was again tied up some time afterwards.

A shipment of oranges .from the Cook Islands, the first direct consignment this year, is duo at Auckland next Saturday, in the Union Company’s Waikawa, which called at Mangaia and Aitutnki. to load fruit, while e» route from Los Angeles to Auckland.

The Trades Hall “500” tournament and old-time dance was again well attended on Saturday. The card winners were: —Ladies’ Miss McCormick and Mrs. Cameron (tie) 1; gentlemen, Mr. Johnson 1, Mr. Ryan 2. The winners of the Monte Carlo waltz were Miss Sutcliffe and Mr. Gleeson.

A suggestion that if nurses in private practise reduced their charges there would be less unemploymct among members of the profession was made by Mr. Wm. Wallace, of Auckland, when speaking at the Hospital Boards' conference on Saturday. Mr. Wallace said that many people were reluctant to engage nurses simply because they could not afford to pay four guineas a week. If the nurses were prepared • -<-pt from say 30/- to £2 a week, v. i Im loss unemployment "" ’ ■ . similar views . psukers.

The Greenmeadows Progressive Society will hold an old-time dance in the Greenmeadows Hall to-morrow evening. A bus will run from Westerman’s corner at 7.30 if sufficient inducement offers.

Residents of the Havelock North town district whose properties are infested with noxious weeds, and who wish to have them removed under the Unemployment Board’s No. 5 scheme, are invited to communicate with the Town Clerk.

As an instance of the mildness of the season in North Otago, it is possible to pick flowers at present that represent th'e four seasons of the year. A number of spring flowers arc already <• in evidence. Especially is this the case with auriculas and polyanthus, which are blooming profusely. One fruitgrower has gooseberries as large as peanuts.

Seven bequests totalling £l3OO have been made to Wellington religious and social organisations under the will of the late Mrs. Anne Anderson, who died in Wellington on May 11 at the age of 94. In addition to the specific bequests, provision is made in the will for the Anglican Boys’ Home, Lower Hutt, and St. Mary’s Anglican Home, Karori, to divide the residue of the estate equally after certain other legacies uro covered.

The jazz and the tango may have their appeal, but who does not enjoy the old-time waltz, lancers and mazurka ’ These popular dauees will be the features of the old-time dance to be held in the Havelock Town Board hall next Thursday evening by the Havelock Bowling and Croquet Club. A room will be set apart for those wishing to play cards. There will be first-class music for the dancing, and everyone is assured of spending an enjoyable evening.

A reminder is given to old-time dancers of the dance to be held by the Dixiana Club in the Hastings Trades Hall this evening. The last session of the open waltzing competition is on the programme, and with Mr. Les Henry’s orchestra and a good floor an enjoyable evening is assured. The usual novelties, etc., will be offered and the fast increasing number of patrons is a good advertisement for the club. A hearty invitation is extended to lovers of old-time dancing to go along and spend a pleasant evening.

For the first time within the recollection of auctioneers and land agents, a licensed hotel in Auckland has been offered for sale at public auction. The hotel is the Windsor Castle, in Parnell road. The auction took place on Friday afternoon, and the hotel was bought in by Mr. M. L. Gleeson, a mortgagee, for £12,350. The Windsor Castle is a two-storey building of brick on freehold property. It was sold about eight years ago for £20,000, and, subsequently-, changed hands for £26,000,

Another heavy frost was experienced in .Hastings this morning, and the instruments at Cornwall Park showed a temperature of 14 degrees below freez-ing-point on the grass. The record so far this year is 15 degrees belotf. The frost again made a beautiful sight, and was probably whiter and thicker than the heavier frost of last month. Apparently in some parts of the borough last month’s low temperature was exceeded, for one resident reports that whereas the water is an outside waterpipe was not frozen in the 15 degrees frost, it was frozen hard this morning.