LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 160, 22 June 1932, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Severe colds and sore throats are very prevalent in the Auckland district at present and many business offices are working with depleted staffs.

The statutory annual meeting of subscribers to the Hawke’s Bay Children’s Home will be held in the office, Church Lane, Napier, on Wednesday, Juno 29, at 3 p.m.

A reminder is given of the Kia Toa ‘■soo” evening on Friday, June 24, in the Friendly Societies’ Hall, Hastings. The usual mid-week euchre party and dance will be held in the Hastings Trades Hall this evening.

An urgent telegram was sent to the Government by the Dairy Association conference asking that primary producers be directly represented on the Ottawa delegation; if not by Mr Coates, then by Sir James Parr.—Press Association.

The N.Z. Shipping Co. advise having received a radio message from their motor vessel Rangitane, which left Wellington for London on the 14th Instant, to the effect fine weather had been experienced and all on board are well.

In this issue the Railway Department invites tenders for the lease of portion of Railway Reserve at the corner of Railway and Lyndon roads, Hastings. The land may be used for a petrol station or other approved business purposes.

The extent to which stringent reductions have been effected in the current year’s expenditure on reading works is i effected in the allocations made by the Main Highways Board for the Wellington Province. Pieliminary allocations for the province have been set down for 1932-33 at £93,000 as compared with £L3,000 for the previous year, a decrease of £BO,OOO.

At the monthly meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Power Board yesterday, the secretary (Mr. H, H. Wylie) reported that during the month funds were transferred to Melbourne for payment of interest due on September 1 next. An amount of £5700 was provided in Melbourne for the payment of £5205 in Wellington, the gain to the board being £4BB 10s.

The results of competitions in aid of the Sacred Heart Choir funds are — Lady’s bed jacket (No. 120), Mr J D Ward, Glenross Station, Hastingsthree bags of coal (No. 156), Miss Margaret Joseph, “Rio Grande,” Hastings; 701bs. sugar (No. 277), Mrs V. Barry, Clive street. Hastings; lOOlbs ” our /No 375). Mrs J. Heffernan, Havelock North; fruit cake (No. 367) Baby ’ Newrick, Havelock North Hotel; pic melon weight-guessing (correct weight 251bs. 20z.), K. T. Kirk, 2olbs. 4 07..; pie melon (No. 456) O McNamara.

The staff of Roachs’ have spared no effort to make the biggest possible success of the Charity Ball in the Hastings Assembly Hall to-morrow evening, and the amount of work they have put into it is deserving of the utmost credit. Many people are adopting the sensible idea of making up parties and if rumour is to be believed these par ties are coming along with the fixed determination of doing their bit to get the whole thing going with a swing from start to finish. As the price of the tickets has been fixed at so low a figure everyone and anyone could surely al)ord it if they tried, especially ns the proceeds are going towards the funds of the Hawke’s Bay Children’s Homes.

The “Otago Witness,’’ established in 1851, ceases publication on Juno 30.

A party of 20 American students, members of the Young America League, arrived at Auckland by the Oceanic Company’s new liner Monterey on Monday morning. The young men, whose average ago is 20 years, are en route to Australia to make a four months’ goodwill tour of that country.

.Nominations are invited tor two seats on the committee of management of the Heretaunga Group Herd-Testing Association. Nominations must be in the hands of the secretary, Mr H. I? Von Dadelszen, Hastings, not late’ - than Wednesday, June 29, 1932

The second of the series of four card matches between the fire brigades of Hastings and Port Ahuriri was played last evening, the Port brigadesmeu entertaining their Hastings comrades. The euchre games were excellent and finished up with each side scoring 24 points. To date Hastings are leading by eight points in the competition.

The following message was sent by General Higgins, of the Salvation Army, on the eve of his sailing from Perth for England at the conclusion of his Australian campaign:—“Mrs Higgins and myself will never forget the happy days we spent with you and the officers and comrades of New Zealand. God bless vou all.”

A decision to raise between £12,000 and £15,000 —sufficient to cover the cost of repairing the moles at the entrance to the Wanganui Harbour—was made at a meeting of the Wanganui Harbour Board yesterday. Debentures at 5| per cent., maturing in ten years, will be offered. The rate of interest will not be subject to statutory reductions.

Manchester Unity Oddfellows and candidates for initiation are reminded that the Hastings Lodge will meet at the United Hall, Lyndon road, on Thursday, 23rd June, at 7.30 p.m. The officers and members of the Loyal Napier Lodge will pay an official visit to this meeting and will afterwards be entertained by the social committee.

Two members of the Masterton Golf Club, Messrs G. Petersen and W. Ball, and the professional, Mr E. W. Perry, played a moonlight round at the Solway a ball at the ninth and Perry one at course the other night. Petersen lost the first, but Ball played with the same one throughout. The round occupied three hours twenty minutes, and the scores, including penalties, were as follows:—Petersen 85, Ball 87, Perry 79.

Much has been heard recently about the relative merits of men and women as shorthand-typists. In view of the accentuation of the unemployment problem, it has been urged in some quarters that men should have preference when vacancies for such positions are being filled. It is perhaps symptomatic of the times that a large mercantile firm in Auckland, in advertising for a competent shorthand-typist, stipulates that “males only need apply.”

A dramatic and musical entertainment will be given in the Havelock North Village Hall this evening, the proceeds to go towards the boy employment scheme. Among the items are the short play, “Trial by Jury,” songs b v Miss 1 oungson, and Messrs Absolom and Cooksey; recitation by Colonel Mellor-, dancing by the Misses Grantham and Patston; a playette by the Hastings District Guiders, items by Miss Loe, and a sketch by Mr Maxwell. It is anticipated there will be a large attendance.

The following paragraph, which appeared in the “Otago Dailv Times,” was sent by that paper’s Balclutha correspondent That it is an ill-wind that blows nobody good was never better exemplified than in the sudden prosperity that has come to Kaitangata owing to the strike in Southland mines Kaitangata miners are now working three shifts, night and day, and the output has increased enormously. In addition, a new agreement that w’ill have a duration of 12 months has just been concluded between the company and the men.

In reply to a request from the Napier Harbour Board for the charter of the Waiganui dredge Kaione, to work in the Napier inner harbour, the Wanganui Harbour Board has decided to ask the Napier body to pay the expenses of Lloyd’s surveyor to Napier to determine the attitude of the insurance company toward such action. It was also decided to ask the Napier board if it was agreeable to Captain Naylor, Wanganui harbourmaster, and Mr. Gardener, secretary to the Wanganui hoard, accompanying the surveyor. During a discussion on the subject at yesterday’s meeting of the board Mr. A. S. Burgess said that he. was agreeable to the drelge being used in the inner harbour only if the insurance companies were agreeable, and if the Napier board indemnified the Wanganui board against any possible mishap to the dredge.