LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 193, 30 July 1932, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Electric power in the Central Hawke’s Bay area will be cut off between 1.15 and 3.30 p.m. on Sunday.

Old-time dancers are invited to visit the Hastings Trades Hall to-night and join in the old-time favourites, waltz Imperial and waltz Vienna.

A lecture on “Co-operation” will be given on Sunday at 3 p.m., at the Trades Hall, Hastings, under the auspices of the Hastings Women’s League. All are welcome.

Readers are reminded of the public lecture to be given to-morrow evening in the Friendly Society Hall, Warren street, south, upon the subject of “Belief in God.”

Nominations are invited for three seats on the directorate of tire Heretaunga Co-operative Dairy Coy. They must be in the hands of the secretary by Monday, August 1.

■When a witness in the Supreme Court at Timaru on Wednesday stepped into the box and gave his name, the Crown Prosecutor said, “You are a shop manager.” “No,” said witness emphatically. “No?” returned counsel in surprise. “What are you, then?” “I am a ski expert.” “A what?” asked his Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers. “Ski expert.” “S, k, i, your Honour,” said counsel gently.

As a mark of respect to the memory of the late Mr I’. Pharazyn, a past member of the Hastings Golf Club, and a son of the club’s president, there were no competitions played on the club’s links to-day.

Messrs Nimon and Sons have appealed against tho decision of the No. 4 Transport Licensing Authority in granting the Cosy Service a license on the Hastings-Havelock new route. The sitting of the Appeal Board will be held on August 4.

Fat sheep advanced appreciably at the Fcilding stock sale yesterday, while there was a keen demand for breeding ewes, prices lor which were up probably 3/- to 4/- a head on rates offered a month ago

With an improved demand, the Wellington Stock Exchange was more active yesterday. Sixteen sales were recorded, including ten lots of Government 4} to 5) per cent, stocks and bonds. Prices generally were firm, several sales of shares showing slight advances.

The Dixiana Club will hold a dance to-night at the Favourite Hall. With Les Henry’s orchestra, good floor, dainty supper, efficient management, and the usual novelties, an enjoyable evening is assured. Jazz in any form is prohibited. A hearty invitation is extended to visitors.

“What a good job it is that a pig does not live as long as we do,” said Mr C. M. Hume, Dominion Supervisor of Herd-Testing, addressing a meeting at Eketahuna. “If he did ,and under the conditions in which he is generally kept, what a rotten life he would have.”

It is not often that well-established macrocarpa trees are affected by frost or cold winds in Taranaki, but the unusual heavy frosts and cold, biting winds which have prevailed, on and off, during the past three weeks have had their effect in the Hawera district on this hardy shelter tree (states the “News.”) Many of them appear as if they had been scorched by fire.

The Huddart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa, which was withdrawn from the intercolonial passenger service early last April, and laid up at Sydney for an extensive overhaul and refit, is to be placed in the Sydney-Hobart trade toward the end of October. Tho Zcalandia, which replaced the Vlimaroa in the intercolonial service, will continue on her present run.

A claim that he was the originator of the present system of highways finance was made by the Acting-Minister of Public Works, Hon. C. E. Macmillan, in replying to a deputation in Wellington yesterday. He said that from his first speech in Parliament in 1923 he had advocated the introduction of the petrol tax being applied to highways purposes. He thought the motorists had received value for the money spent out of the perol fund for road construction and other purposes.

The latest figures give the population of Australia on 31st March as 6,539,270. consisting of 3,330,003 males and 3,209,267 females. This represented an increase of 13,350 in three months. The natural increase for the year ended 31st March was 58.305, compared with an average natural increase of 75,685 since the census of 1921. The Australian death-rate has fallen during the last eleven years, but birth-rates have been steadily falling at a rather more rapid pace, so that the net result has beef, a falling rate of natural increase.

An interesting commentary on the present wave of economy is afforded by the experience of the caretaker of a Christchurch school which is attended by a large number of children. When there was no talk of depression he used to collect on the average a barrel and a half of scraps of food in the playground after the school closed each day, and he was able to feed quite a number of fowls in this way. Now he collects barely half a barrel of scraps in a week and consequently has reduced the number of his fowls.

An announcement that wool flock was proving a very satisfactory material for insulating electric hot water heaters was made at a meeting of the Franklin Power Board. The engineer (Mr L. G. Sharp) stated that in tests he had carried out, water that was boiling when the current w;as switched off became cooler at the rate of 3J to 4 degrees an hour in a heater insulated with pumice. Where wool flock was used the loss of heat was reduced to 2 and 3 degrees an hour. Wool flock comprises short ends and pieces of wool that are resorted for spinning.

The opinion that New Zealand’s trade with China could be considerably increased, especially in view of the fact that the Dominion was able to supply commodities which were sought on the Chinese market, was expressed by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Hon, R. Masters, in the course of an interview yesterday. In furtherance of his support for the exploitation byNew Zealand of Eastern markets, the Minister said there was no doubt that the Dominion could supply both primary produce and manufactured articles to China.

For the last four years the military ball (held under the auspices of A Coy. Ist Battalion of the Hawke's BayRegiment) has been considered one of the outstanding dances of the year. This year the committee is leaving no stone unturned to make the ball, which will be held in the Drill Hall on Thursday, August 4, even better than previously. The committee is fortunate in being able to secure the services of Johnny Red and his dance band, while tho supper extras are being played by the Gloom Chasers Dance Baud. Tho supper arrangements are in the capable hands of Mrs Wrightson. A claret cup, second to none, is being provided. Invitations may be had on application nt Heiford Bros., Dickens street, Napier

The universal depression has smitten the eminent as well as their lesser brothers. There have been many charming instances of self-denial, and lately a lady mentioned a case in which every New Zealander would be interested. That gallant and beloved former Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson. like many landholders in Scotland, felt the pinch of falling rents and falling prices and had to economise. Sir Charles contracted bronchitis. and, it is said, “saved up” a sum of money to enable him to recuperate in the South of France with Lady Fergusson. Just before their contemplated departure on this health jaunt the terrible earthquakes in Hawke’s Bdy occurred. Sir Charles cancelled his trip and forwarded the amount he hud earmarked for it to the eathquake funds.