LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 74, 9 March 1933, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Mr. K. Cave (Wanganui) and Mr. C Webb (Wellington) have been appoint ed as umpires for the match, M.C.C. v Wellington.

The annual meeting of tho Hawke's Hay Boxing Association will be held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Hastings, on Thursday, March 16, at 8 p.m. Nominations for offices close with the secretary, Mr J. Stickland, on Tuesday, March 14.

Thirteen eels were caught on Saturday by Messrs. H. and T. Eickit, of Taupo, at the Aratiatia rapids. The presence of eels in the Waikato river above Arapuni has never been reported previously, and it has generally been accepted that the alkaline property of tho pumice district prevented their establishment.

Members of the Loyal Hastings Lodge, M.U.0.F., and attached members are invited to attend the official re-opening of the Oddfellows’ Hall, Market street, Hastings, on Fridayevening, 10th instant, at 8 o'clock. Bro. 11. S. M. Quigley, Grand Master of the New Zealand branch, the district officers, and representatives of kindred societies, will be in attendance.

Before Mr Justice Blair in the Supreme Court at Napier to-day, Mr H. B. Lusk moved for a decree absolute in behalf of Florence Anne Wellby against the respondent Daniel John Wellby. His Honour granted the decree and custody, together with permanent maintenance in terms of tho consent filed.

Agreeing that the 1933 New Zealand golf championship should be held on their links, the Titirangi Golf Club suggested to the council of the New Zealand Golf Association that it should bo held between October 6 and October 14. These, it was stated, would be the most suitable dates from the point of view of course conditions. Tho council agreed to these dates, subject to the programme fitting in with the time allowed.

At the Hastings Magistrate’s Court, before Mr. A. M. Mowlein, Ifi.M., yesterday afternoon. E. W. Ware (Mr. T. Donovan) claimed £26 8/6 from V. L. Laird, F. L. Laird and L. C. Baker (Mr. L. A. Rogers) being the amount allegedly due for the sale of a saw bench. The defence was a denial that the transaction was a sale, and contended that the bench was hired to tho defendants. After hearing lengthy evidence His Worship gave judgment for plaintiff for £lO, with £2 6/- costs. A correspondent, signing himself ‘‘Twenty Years a Retailer,” objects to tho practice of outside business concerns coming into the town and holding auction sales. He asks whether it is permissible for these outsi-ie firms ‘‘to come in just as they like for a day or so without question ” or whether permission from the Borough Council is necessary. The matter was referred to the Mayor of Hastings (Mr G. F. Roach), who pointed out that an auctioneer by virtue of his license had the right to sell goods at auction anywhere in New Zealand. If, however, ho sold privately, then lie became liable for the payment of an itinerant trader’s fee, which invariably was demanded of him under such circumstances

The Gold Star taxi will now run on a sispenny basis. Special quotations may be obtained for trips outside town by ringing ’phone 2017 Hastings.

Holding that the article was defamatory and a libel on a man in plaintiff’s position as general president of the Federated Seamen’s Union, Mr. T. B. McNeii, S.M., in a reserved judgment, awarded Walsh £5O damages against Charles Barker, proprietor of the ‘‘Red-Worker.” The claim was for £3Uo.—Press Assn.

The Hastings Registered Unemployed Association remind their patrons that another of their popular dances will be held in the trades Hall on Friday, March 10. The dance will be both old-time and modern, and a light supper will be provided at an extra charge of 3d. The winners of the competitions were M. Fletcher, 406 French street, and Mr. Jock Sullivan.

The erection of two new bridges on main roads in the Gisborne district has been approved by the Main Highways Board, and construction will start almost immediately. The first will bo a new structure to replace the Maraetaha Bridge on the road from Gisborne to Wairoa, near Muriwai, and the other will replace tho bridge destroyed by floods at Kaiteratahi, over a year ago.

Mention was made in a recent issue of the ‘‘Tribune” of a sunflower 16 inches across, grow’n at Havelock North, as being something in the nature of a record. This morning a reporter was shown by Messrs. Simmonds and Co. a sunflower, grown by Miss Marjorie Ebbett, of Southland road, Hastings, and this specimen measured a fraction over 17 inches in diameter.

In the P.L.A. Monthly for January there appears an explanation of the phrase to “hear the pin drop.” At one time auctions were held at Lloyd’s Coffee House and “instead of a hammer, a pin was thrust into a lighted candle, about one inch from the top; and the last bid made before the pin fell out of the melting tallow was accepted. When this critical stage in the ‘candle auctions’—as , they were tben called —was reached, a deathlike calm came over the assembly, to enable those present ‘to hear the pin drop.’ ”

The usual Wednesday night euchre tourney and old-time dance was held in |t.he Trades Hall, Hastings, last evening, and attracted the usual large attendsi a of dancers. Mrs Hearne’s orchestra again demonstrated their musical ability, while Mr Pearce made a capable M.C. The Monte Carlo waltz was won by Mr and Mrs H. Morris, with Mrs Rogers and partner second. In the card-room Mrs Williamson won the ladies’ prize with Mrs Robinson second, while th e gentlemen’s prizes were won by Mr Gillings first and Mr Robinson second.

The world’s record for seven shots at each of the 300, 500, and 600 yards ranges was equalled during the weekend by Rifleman G. E. Putt, of the New Plymouth Defence Rifle Club, in a practice shoot. He scored the possible of 35 on each range, making the possible total of 105. The shooting was done with a heavy Lithgow barrel procured from Sydney by the secretary (Mr. E. Armitage) less than a fortnight ago. The ammunition used was C.A.C., 1931 manufacture. It is unfortunate (says the ‘‘Taranaki Daily News”) that circumstances will prevent Rifleman Putt from competing in the National Rifle Association championships at Trentham this week.

The Oddfellows’ Hall, which will be ceremonially reopened at a special gathering of the Hastings Oddfellows’ Lodge to-morrow evening, has been greatly improved and enlarged since it was vacated by the Post and Telegraph Department. The front of the hall has been carried out to the level of the footpath, and the length of the main part of the building has been extended by thirty feet. A stage measuring eighteen feet by twelve feet has been provided, and the whole of tho interior of the building has been renovated and handsomely redecorated. One of the most important improvements is the laying down of a new floor in heart matai timber.

Kindling wood at Id per bundle is being sold from door to door by unemployed Gisborne boys, who are meeting with a ready response from householders. The scheme has been sponsored by the Rev. K. I. Parsons. The wool is provided by Mr Parsons, and the boys are allowed to chop it in his yard. The scheme is for the chopping to be done one day and the selling the next, the boys to keep the money they receive. Already five boys are doing this work, which is considered a valuable outlet for their activities and also an opportunity for them to earn something in what might otherwise be wasted time. Two boys the other day cut 51 bundles each, and the response was quite good when they offered them at Id a bundle.