LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 153, 14 June 1932, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

The H.B. Hunt will meet at noon tomorrow at Mr. H. Simmonds’s Waitangi plantation.

The Zealandia, from Wellington, arrived in Sydney at 5.30 o’clock, this morning.

The killing of sheep and lambs for the season will cease at the Whakatu freezing works next Friday.

Twenty-eight Wanganui business and professional men were fined in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for having failed to renew wireless licenses, or for not having registered their sets.

The Hastings High School second fifteen left this morning for Waipawa, where they will play the annual Rugby fixture with the Waipawa High School fifteen. Mr H. A. H. Insult accompanied the team as manager and coach.

An enjoyable evening was spent in Hastings last Friday evening, when the Tomoana Fire Brigade entertained the Hastings Fire Brigade, and played for the Keith Cup, a trophy presented for inter-brigade euchre tournaments. The holders, Hastings, won by 28 points to 2(1 after many interesting- games.

Entrance to New Zealand was not permitted to Vladimir Grigorivieh Gavriluk, a Russian, who was a passenger on the Aorangi, which arrived at Auckland on Sunday, and left for Sydney yesterday afternoon. This action was taken by the Customs Department acting on the advice of the police.

Under the auspices of the Havelock North Registered Unemployed Association a grand concert will be held in the Village Hall on Friday, June 17, at 8 p.m. The proceeds will be devoted to necessitous cases. A good programme has been arranged, and the public are assured of a worthy evening’s entertainment.

The question of creating a general hospital at Hastings has resulted in the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board advising the Director-General of Health, Dr. M. H. Watt, that the board’s estimate of the sum involved was £1250 At the same time, attention was drawn to the fact that substantial savings would be effected as a set-off against this extra expenditure, the amount of this saving being estimated at £1077 and that therefore, actual net estimated cost per annum for these general beds would bo only £173.

Dissatisfaction with the. system of giving rations under the new scheme, was expressed by a deputation of relief workers which discussed the situation for two hours with the Minister of Employment, Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, and member of the Unemployment Board yesterday. The men were drawn from various Wellington City works. They contended they were not receiving rations in deserving cases, and that they were worse off unde r the new plan than under the old, when they were assisted by the Hospital Board. In promising to give immediate attention to the points raised, the Minister said the new scheme was taking an extra £500.000 a year to operate, and he said that men in the cities were very much better off than those in the country.

A general meeting ot the Pakowhai Ratepayers’ Association will be held in the Church Hall on Friday evening to elect a committee, etc.

A record number of barristers was present in the Supreme Court at Hamilton on Monday when divorce and bankruptcy petitions were under consideration. At one stage twenty-one barristers were in Court.

tn the Ashburton Police Court, Joseph Gillespie admitted wilfully tiring the smithy owned by W. B. Lundy at Tinwald on February 1 last year. Accused in a statement said that he had quarrelled with Lundy live years ago, and that when he had liquor he always felt a grievance. He was committed for sentence. —Press Assn

The Piroiigia Hotel, nine miles from T'e Awamutu, was completely destroyed by fire late last night A very old building of about 20 rooms, it was erected soon after the Maori War. The outbreak is believed to have occurred in the kitchen. The licensee, Mr Allan Hood, and other occupants, made a hurried escape. Nothing was saved. The building was owned by L. D. Nathan and Co., Auckland. The insurances are unavailable.—Press Assn.

The congregation of the newly-erect-ed church at Maliora have decided upon the name “St. John’s’’ for their line building. This decision was announced by the Rev. D. J. A. Shaw from the pulpit of St. Andrew’s Church on Sunday, when the service at St. Andrew’s was again relayed by land wire to the Mahora Church. This method of conducting two services at the one time is proving quite successful, and is certainly meeting the immediate needs of the suburban residents.

“Trophies are the curse of sport,’’ said Mr. F. Jennings at a farewell dinner to Mr. A. Bullock-Douglas at Wanganui. He considered that sport would be cleaner and brighter if all trophies were buried. He mentioned that the Primary Schools’ Rugby Union, of which he was president, had wrapped up all the trophies won and forwarded them to the Education Board for safekeeping. Mr. Jennings considered that trophies were the ruination of many sports—tho game should be played for tho spirit of it and not for what could be got out of it.

Probably for the first time in New Zealand a gramophone played an important part in a church service on Sunday. This was at St Andrew’s, Hastings, at the morning service, when the Rev. D. J. A. Shaw chose as his text a song sung by a well-known negro vocalist. To amplify his remarks and to give the congregation a true conception of the song the preacher played the record of the piece on the gramophone. Thns novel method of emphasising the context of the sermon proved effective and was fully appreciated by the church members.

For many years past it has been the custom at St. Andrew’s Church, Hastings, to set aside tho collections of one Sunday in the year towards the building fund. Usually a special appeal is made, but this year, due to the economic stress, it was decided not to make a special canvass, but merely to make casual announcements that the collections at both services last Sunday 'would be used for this purpose. The response was surprising and most gratifying, over £220 being collected—a striking indication of the loyalty of the parishioners.

There are many ways of contributing to charitable objects. One way in which a small contribution can be made, and at the same time full value in enjoyment be obtained for the small expenditure, is to purchase a ticket for the charity ball, to be held at the Drill Hall, Napier, on Thursday evening next, June 16. This ball, which, apart from its charitable purpose, is likely to be one of the most enjoyable dances of the season has been organised by the St. Vincent de PauJ Society in order to raise funds to assist the needy and suffering in the disrtict. Miss Betty Cooper’s orchestra of six instruments will supply the music. A free bus will leave Hastings at 7.45 p.m., returning after the ball

Reports from the Tararuas state that some fine heads have been secured in the present deer-stalking season, a feature of which has been the long roaring period, stags being heard until late in May. From the Mangahao Valley one party brought a magnificent 19-pointer, other heads taken being 16, 15, 13 and 12-pointers. In the upper reaches of the Waingawa River, 44 deer were seen in one day and two splendid heads were secured, although the deer were alert and hard to stalk. One head was a fine 20-pointer and the other a 16-pointer. The latter had a spread of 46 inches, which is thought to be a record for any red deer, taken in the Dominion.

Described as “The Cow King” and milking more cows than any other man in the world, Air J. J. Patterson was induced by fellow old settlers to get up at the jubilee dinner at New Plymouth on Thursday and make a speech, ft was the first speech, he said, he had ever made in his long life. It proved interesting and informative. In his early manhood “J.J,.” as he was familiarly known, enjoyed the reputation of being the strongest man on the Plains, and with a repiarkable capacity for work. On one occasion, history relates, he supported the end of a bridge over a creek on his back to enable a horse and dray to cross; also, that on many an occasion he worked from 48 to 72 hours on end without a break for sleep. Despite his seventy-three years he appeared to be one of the fittest of the pioneers at the jubilee celebrations Mr Patterson was born and spent his boyhood in New Plymouth. His father was captured and tomahawked by Natives at Westown during hostilities

Although there were 900,000 more lambs and the same number more sheep killed for export during the last year than during tho previous year, only one freezing works in New Zealand’ had been in difficulties for shipment, said Mr. T. Duncan during an address on the work of the Meat Board to Westmere farmers. Mr. Dum-au said that, the largo kill had surprised everybody and, although some had considere 1 that so much meat would congest tho market, the board hail as one of its duties to see that this year’s kill lid not interfere with tho marketing of next year’s supplies. In five years New Zealand had doubled her output of lamb, and although this lowered prices somewhat New Zealan 1 could not afford to limit export for fear that some other country might step in and steal the trade. Some £lB,OOO had been spent in advertising this export of meat, and hundreds of letters were being received by every mail from butchers asking for information.

The New Zealand team for the 1932 Olympiad at Los Angeles assembled in Wellington yesterday, and members had a busy day preparing for their departure by the Monowai, which was to sail at 3 o’clock this afternoon.

The closing of the Wellington Zoo as an economy measure is advocated by Councillor R. Semple, who at a special meeting of the City Council yesterday gave notice of motion to that effect. The Mayor said the expenditure on the zoo last year was £3300, and the revenue was £l7OO, so that the zoo had cost £l6OO last year.

During a stunting exhibition at the Milson aerodrome on Sunday afternoon, the Manawatu Aero Club’s instructor, Major Cowper, dropped a rooster by p&iachute. This bird is kept at tho aerodrome and has been dropped from aeroplanes by parachute on several occasions and is seemingly none the worse for its adventures.

The throwing of rice at weddings is a custom that has not been followed for many years, so that when a newlymarried couple stepped off the Aorangi on the liner’s arrival at Auckland from Vancouver on Sunday a shower of rice thrown over them by a group of enthusiastic friends on the wharf occasioned lively comment among the bystanders The throwing of rice has become unpopular, confetti being used-

“Argentine breeders think nothing of buying bulls from England which cost them £5OOO or £6OOO each,” said Captain J. M. Cameron, of the steamer Mahana, in conversation at Wanganui, when referring to the New Zealand beef trade. He said he considered that if New Zealand wished to improve its quality of beef it would have to import a good strain of beef cattle from Britain and work up a herd from the imported stock.

Yesterday the Anglican Church in New Zealand completed 75 years’ existence as an autonomous body. On June 13, 1857, there was signed in the little wooden chapel of St. Stephen, Taurarua, the constitution of “the Church of the Privince of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.’’ The chapel still stands in its little churchyard overlooking Judge’s Bay, where rest many men and women who did noble service to the Church in earlier days.

The Hastings Citizens' Band was in full force on Sunday afternoon, when a splendid open-air recital of marches, hymns and selections was give,, 'n Victoria Square. Though the weather was fine, the atmosphere was keen, nt 1 no doubt this accounted for the small attendance of the public. However, tlose present were treated to a delight 'ul programme, and every item was fully appreciated. A collection realised slightly over £2, and this sum has been handed over to the Good Cheer Food Depot.

At the annual meeting of the Manawatu Oroua Power Board the question of electing a deputy-chairman was raised, and after a lengthy discussion it was decided to obtain a legal opinion on the matter. The opinion was received at yesterday’s meeting of the board, and was to the effect that the board could not appoint a deputychairman. However, if the chairman was absent from any meeting, the board could appoint a chairman for that meeting.

Not so much a blow at Labour as at Langism, was the terse comment of Mr. R. N. Carrington, who is proceeding to the Ottawa Conference as the official representative of tho Australian United Press, Limited, when speaking of the New South Wales State elections on his arrival at Wellington from Sydney by the Monowai yesterday. For that reason, he said, the result was to be welcomed all tho more. The Lang policy of default, repudiation, and political dishonesty had been put to the people, who had rung true metal when it came to a question of public morality and the preservation of the honour of a British community.

Problems to bo considered at the forthcoming Ottawa Conference were discussed by Mr. R. N. Cn’Tington, who will represent the Australian United Press, Ltd., there, on his arrival at Wellington by the Monowai from Sydney yesterday. Mr. Carrington said that it was plain even at this stage that representatives of the Dominions would ask Great Britain for preferential treatment for their primary products. Great Britain would then have to consider seriously her own position ns a manufacturing country in respect to her non British customers, who might suffer for any preference granted tho Dominions.