LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 80, 16 March 1933, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

A special meeting of the Hastings Registered Unemployed Workers’ Association will be held at 7.30 this evening in the Trades Hall.

At the Napier Court to-day, before Messrs A. E. Bedford and C. D. Cox, J.P.’s, Hugh Johnston, aged 36, a seaman, who appeared on four charges of theft of various articles, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment. SeniorSergeant Pender stated that drink was Johnston’s trouble.

A lantern lecture on ‘‘Great Cartoon Humour on the Wolrd’s Troubles’ ’will be given to-night by Mr J. A. Brailsford, 8.A., in the Pasa Dena Tea Rooms, Hastings, under the auspices of the W.E.A. The public are cordially invited to the lecture, which is free to all. A retiring collection is made to help defray expenses. The lecture commences at 8 o’clock.

Widespread' interest is being taken in the visit of the All England cricket team, which is due to arrive at Wellington from Sydney on Monday next, and will play the Wellington representative eleven at the Basin Reserve on Tuesday and Wednesday. The visitors will be welcomed by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, and members of Cabinet at Parliament Buildings at 11 a.m. on Monday. Mr Forbes will be th e principal speaker. A civic reception will be. accorded to the team in the Town Hall at 12.15 p.m. the same Hay. “I think it is (lie most important statement that has been macb in the history of New Zealand,’’ said Mr W. Draffln at a meeting of the Wanganui and District Development League, when referring to the statement made by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith at Levin that New Zealand should establish a fleet of 500 aeroplanes. Mr Draffin pointed out that, at present Now Zealand was without a defence, and said that if the Dominion had a fleet of aeroplanes no navy would care to attack it. De understood that 500 aeroplanes would! be no more expensive than a battleship. It was decided that the statement made by Sir Charles should be brought to the notice of the Wanganui Chamber of t.'ommerce aud sister development leagues,

The annual meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Boxing Association will be held this evening at 8 o’clock in the Hustings Chamber of Commerce rooms.

The Southern Cross .arrived at Christchurch at 7.15 from Oamaru and left at 10-35 for Blenheim, after having had an extra petrol tank holding 8-1 gallons fitted at Wigram.—Press Assn.

The New Zealand Shipping- Company advise that their Royal Mail motor vessel Rangitane berthed at Wellington at 9 a.m. to-day. Passengers for Napier proceed by express to-morrow, luggage coining forward per Poolta on Saturday.

All players and Supporters of the Waimaraiua Football Club are requested to attend the annual general meeting of the club, to be held at Mr. Miki Thomas’s house, Beach road, this evening. The question of entering a senior team in the H.B. Rugby Union’s competition will be discussed.

In the Appeal Court action, the T. & G. Society and the Commercial Union Assurance Co. v. Johnson and Johnson, the ease of Mrs. Johnson was resumed this morning by Mr. Heine. He urged that Mrs. Johnson’s silence when she was aware that payment had been made to her husband could not be invoked as estoppel preventing her subsequent claiming from the insurance companies. The Court reserved its decision.—Press Assn.

A heavy reduction in the charges made by private linns for receiving and storing grain ut Lyttelton has taken place this week, and the Lyttelton Harbour Board is also about to consider a reduction in its charges. The price for receiving and delivering stood at 4/- until this week, when private firms reduced it to 3/3 a ton. The rates for storage wore formerly 3d a week for each ton for the first eight weeks, and thereafter 2d a ton. These rates have been reduced to Id a week for each ton irrespective of the number of weeks.—Press Assn.

There was the usual good attendance at the Trades Hall old-time dance and card tourney last evening. Mrs. Hearn’s orchestra was responsible for excellent music for the dancing, and Mr. Pearce made an efficient M.C. The Monte Carlo waltz was won by Miss Beryl Jones and Mr. Boley, with Miss Birnty O’Connor and Mr. Judd second. The card tournament resulted as follows: Ladies, Mrs. Crossman 1, Miss McCormick 2; gentlemen, Mrs. Jones (playing as gentleman) 1, Miss R. Foulds (playing as gentleman) 2.

Alexander Richardson, aged 37, a steward, pleaded guilty at Auckland to a charge of importing on March 15 ten eight-ounce tins of prepared opium. The Collector of Customs said that information was received that opium was being imported in the Marania and that a steward was likely to have it. Two detectives followed the accused and accosted him while he was talking to two Chinese in the street. He admitted that two parcels he carried contained opium and remarked that he was “only the mug.” He was going to get £62 for the opium The accused had nothing to say and was fined £l2o, in default three months’ imprisonment. —Press Assn.

Mr J. 11. Richardson, wages tax inspector, who has been engaged in the Hawke’s Bay district for the past two months, is now directing his attention to Hastings. He is calling upon all employers in town and country. Employers would be well advised to satisfy themselves that their wages books are in order and up-to-date. The officer has power to examine all books and documents relating to the payment of wages and to make such enquiries as he considers necessary to determine that records are complete in every particular. Some misapprehension seems to exist in connection with natives. It should be understood that Maoris are liable to the deduction of wages tax in tho same manner as Europeans.

A suggestion from the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society that, with a view to raising more revenue to compensate acclimatisation societies for losses in the number of licenses and reduced subscriptions, licenses issued in any society’s district should be made operative in that district only instead of tho whole of the Dominion, with the exception of Taupo and Rotorua, was not received with favour at the meeting of the council of the North Canterbury Society. A motion was carried opposing the resolution. One member said that the present system was one of the finest assets the sportsman had.—Press Assn. ,