LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 175, 9 July 1932, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

There will be no sitting of the Hastings Magistrate’s Court next Wednesday-

Electric power in th? Central H.B. area will be cut off on Sunday afternoon between 1.15 and 3.30 o’clock to make necessary repairs.

A special meeting of the Kia Toa Bowling Club will be held on Monday evening in the United Friendly Societies’ Hall, Hastings, to consider the proposed building scheme.

A final reminder is given that entries for the ploughing matches at the Patangata and Elsthorpe ploughing matches, sheep do e trials, horse events etc., will close with the honorary secretary, Mr W. A. Tod, Otane, to-night. Saturday, July 9, at 8 p.m.

At 6 o’clock to-night the sluice gates of the Kawarau Dam will be dropped for one week, and mining operations be undertaken between Cromwell and Beaumont. The Minister has consented to close down mainly in the interests of the unemployed, and it is expected that several hundreds will participate. —Press Assn.

The treasurer of the H.B. Children’s Home wishes to acknowledge with thanks the cheque of £B7 18s lid, being the proceeds of the Charity Ball promoted by members of Roachs’ Service Chib. This handsome donation rl be of great assistance in carrying on the work, and the trustees wish to convey their thanks to all persons concerned. Next Tuesday evening at 7.45 p.m. in the Methodist Hall (opposite Municipal Theatre) there will be held an attractive entertainment, particulars of which appear elsewhere in this issue. The programme has been arranged by the Methodist Young People’s Rebuilding Fund Committee, with a view to assisting in their scheme of raising funds for the handsome new church which is to be opened ven shortly in Hastings street. A varied and interesting programme wdl headed by the Hastings Young Folks’ Elocutionary Circle, a talented I.a of youthful performers which re (»•/• has staged very successful cone.-:. Pukahu, Taradale and Clive, n / -i ■' able guidance of Mr K. Th u. r’.: y The balance of the nrograi i 1 ill I contributed by leading rd it mll'-ts ■frnri H-s+i'sc; rn<l

The Havelock North Fire Brigade will hold a ball in the Village Hall on Wednesday, July 20. Les Henry’s orchestra will play.

Members of the Hastings Women’s Choir are asked to note that there will be no practice on Monday. Practice will be held as usual on Monday week, July 18, in St. Andrew’s Hall.

A Napier resident signing himself “A Napier Well-Wisher” has sent 2/6 to the Mayor of Hastings with a message: ‘‘Best wishes for a successful issue in your appeal on behalf of the Auckland Sunshine Association.”

“Highlanders I Shoulder to Shoulder!” The Hastings and District Scots’ Society will hold a special Ingleside on Monday, July 11th, at 8 p.m. in the Favourite Hall, Warren street, the proceeds of which will be allotted to assist those members of the society who are feeling the stress of the economic pressure. It is hoped there will be a full turn out of members.

Cable advice has been received by Mr F. E. Perry, of “Maraenui,” Marlborough, that the s.s. Kaituna, on which his son, Mr F. M. Perry, was second engineer, has been sunk. Mr F. M. Perry is safbe. The Kaituna, which was formerly owned by the Union Steam Ship Co., was sold to the Williamson Co., Hong Kong, about a year ago, and since then has been trading in Eastern waters.

The Brooklyn Schottische, an oldtime favourite, will be introduced at the Dixiana Old-time Dance at the Trades Hall on Monday next. With Les Henry’s orchestra, a good supper, and a specially prepared floor it is only natural that these weekly dances have rapidly increased in popularity. A hearty invitation is extended to all lovers of old-time dancing to come along and enjoy a pleasant evening.

A national scheme of universal superannuation was favoured by the New Zealand Farmers’ Union at its annual conference yesterday. It was stated that such a scheme would mean the ultimate abolition of old age pensions, and that the money now paid from the Consolidated Fund for that purpose would be available to subsidise a national insurance scheme.

Three candidates, two of whom style themselves “Coalition,” have already been nominated for the by-election in the Southern Maori electorate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr Tuiti Makitanara. It is expected also that there will be a fourth candidate standing for Labour. The candidates announced ar© Mr Ned Parata, Official Coalition; Mr Wiremu Mihaka, Coalition ; and Mr E. T. Tirikatene, Independent (Ratana Party).

Maintaining that there was no rule to break regarding the replacement of injured players, the Wanganui Rugby Union last night decided to communicate with the Otago and Canterbury Unions to ask their co-operation in a request for a special meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union Council. The Southland, Taranaki, and Nelson Unions had replied to an earlier request giving their full support to the Wanganui proposal.

South African war veterans are reminded of the meeting and social evening which takes place to-night at 8 o’clock in the United Hall, Lyndon road east, Hastings. There will be no charge for admission but a collection will be taken up towards expenses. All Imperial and Legion South African men are especially invited and assured of a pleasant time. The annual conference takes place in Christchurch early in August and the meeting will have to decide if a representative shall be sent from Hastings.

A meeting will be held in the Hastings Assembly Hall on Tuesday evening at 7.30 o’clock to put before the public the unemployed men’s viewpoint in the unemployed situation. The speakers will include one from the Labour Representation Committee, two from the local Unemployment Committee and three from the Registered Unemployed Workers’ Association. It is hoped that the general public will show their interest by attending. Women are extended a special invitation to be present.

At the Hastings Court-house this morning the Clerk of the Court (Mr W. M. Will) read the written judgment of Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., in the case Wilfred McKee v. the Eagle Star and British Dominions Insurance Co., Ltd., heard at Hastings some weeks ago. Plaintiff claimed £75 for insurance on a car destroyed by fire, the defence contended that the car was deliberately destroyed. His Worship, whilst admitting that the circumstances were suspicious in certain respects, gave judgment for plaintiff for the full amount claimed, with costs amounting to £l4 17/-. Security for appeal was fixed at £lO 10/-

“Licensees must not get the idea that because their customers happen to be talking business they can stay in the bar after hours,” remarked Mr E. Page, S.M., in the Police Court at Wellington yesterday during the hearing of a licensing case. The magistrate said he thought licensees would be well advised to adhere strictly to the rule that the bars must be cleared at six o’clock. If boarders or others had business to discuss they could go to other rooms set aside for the purpose. If people were found in a bar after six o’clock the licensee need not be surprised if an inference unfavourable to him was drawn by the courts.

A new agreement, to come into operation on July 16, has been signed by the Traffic Employees' Association, an organisation comprising new tramway employees and others, as the result of negotiations with the Christchurch Tramway Board. It is believed that the majority of the traffic staff is affected by the new conditions, the terms of which are unknown. The board is still conducting negotiations with the Tramway Employees’ Union. Would it be an advantage to the world to abolish all human kingdoms and unite the nations under one King riding mankind from one centre in a universal Empire? This question will be answered during the public address to be given in the Friendly Society Hall, Warren street South, Hastings, to-morrow evening. Colours have been allocated to the various aero clubs by the council of the .\ew Zealand Aero Club as follow: — Western Federated, royal blue and ■olden yellow; Wairarnpa, silver and ■reeii; Wellington, black and gold; darlborough, royal blue and silver; antoibury, red and black; Otago, ■lit blue find silver. In the case of nekland and Hawke’s Bay, both of liii-li desired light bine, dark blue, and il, the registration was left in abeyure Southland have not yet applied r registration. The official pageant r I lie North Island for next summer . given to Auckland, and the South : .| pageant to Christchurch. It was ' ; > dM •: !"d that 5 per cent. of the not I s , lull h ■’■ • 11!< Igolo I be funds .. ■ ■ . : ■ I ’ > i'’-I'. 1 '.

Arrested in Wanganui on a provisional warrant from Victoria, Frederick William Wood, accountant, a former employee of Swinburne Technical College, was charged with the embezzlement of £5OO, the property of the College Trustees. He was remanded to appear at Wellington on July 13 to await the arrival of the original warrant.—Press Assn.

John Overton Smith, aged 38, a radio salesman, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by Mr. T. B. McNeil, S.M., at Wellington to-day, for failing to account for £l5 to H. Nimmo & Sons, Ltd. In all, the accused admitted eleven charges, the total amount involved being £37 10/-. On these other charges he was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within six months if called upon.—Press Assn.

“In the milling and manufacturing of pinus insignis, the miller is continuously reminded of the abnormal amount of resin and turpentine contained in the New Zealand-grown trees,’’ states a writer in the Timber Growers’ Quarterly Review. “The extremely vigorous nature of the tree-growth causes a tremendous flow of sap, heavily charged with many substances of commercial value, and if sufficiently largo areas of pinus insignis plantations were available, I am convinced that a worthwhile gain could be obtained by' combining milling operations with some process for extracting the by-products. Investigations of a valuable nature in this direction are being conducted by the New Zealand State Forestry Department, and it looks as though the many practical commercial uses of this tree will be again added to before long.’’