LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 211, 19 August 1933, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Hastings New Relief Workers’ Association remind patrons that they will hold another of their popular dance and crib tournaments in the Favourite Hall on Monday night, when the crib aggregate will commence. Many lovers of old-time dancing gathered at the Favourite Hall on Friday evening to join in the numerous dances held under the auspices of the Hastings Registered Unemployment Committee. A euchre tournament was also held, which proved a great success. Mi's Spiers played excellent music for the dancing, and Mr H. Beakc supplied the extras. Monte Carlo winners were Mr and Mrs Kinniard, with Mrs Cheers and Mr Stewart second. The winners of the Spot waltz were Miss E. Kitt and Mr S. Long. Card room honours went to: Ladies, Mrs Nesbitt 1. Mrs Bcswick 2; gentlemen: Mr Spear 1, Mr Golds 2. Consolation prizes wont to Mrs Offen and Mr putler.

The possibilities of completing the East Coast Railway is to be further investigated at a meeting of the newlyformed committee, which is to be held next Monday morning at Wairoa.

Amateur boxers are reminded that entries for the Hawke’s Bay Boxing Association’s championship, to take place at Hastings on August 24 close with the secretary (Mr J. Sticklaud) next Tuesday.

An advertisement under “Public Notices” draws attention to the restarting in Hastings and surrounding districts of a popular delivery service of Moresud’s household products, which, in the past, was greatly- appreciated by local housewives.

The annual general meeting of shareholders in the Heretaunga Co-op. Dairy Co. will be held in St. Andrew’s Hall, Market street, Hastings, on Saturday, August 2, at 12.30. Next Tuesday at 1.30 a meeting of suppliers in the Waipukurau district will be held in the Waipukurau Masonic Hall.

A request for a Government subsidy of £5OO, £ for £, for increasing the capacity of the water-races for irrigation was placed before the Hon. E. A. Ransom by the Ashburton County Council. The'Minister recognised the value of irrigation in Mid-Canterbury, and promised to confer with the Rt. Hon. J. 0. Coates as to finance.—Press Association.

The newly-formed body, “The Vil lago Strollers,” will be seen in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Hastings, on Friday and Saturday next at 8 p.m. in a most laughable three-act comedy. Local funds will be assisted by these per formances, and all who can really en joy a good laugh will make a point of being present. Very popular prices should ensure full attendances. The plan is at Fails.

There is every prospect of an early start being made with the Waikato Land Settlement Scheme launched byMr D. V. Bryant and involving the expenditure of £20,000 in settling families and single men on the land, states the Waikato “Times.” Negotiations are in train for the purchase of a large block of land in tht vicinity of Hamilton. If the deal is completed the area will shortly be subdivided in accordance with the provisions of the scheme.

A distinct earth rumble, followed by a sudden jolt, disturbed the rest of some sleepers in Wellington at 4.1 o’clock yesterday morning. The shock, which was a small one, was followed by a few tremors. The seismological records at the Dominion Observatory, Kelburn, indicate that the point oi origin was about twenty miles distant from Wellington, the earthquake having the characteristics of the comparatively frequent ones which originate in Cook Strait.

In the question of acceptance or rejection of an offer, Mr Justice Blair, when hearing the Lysnar v. National Bank case at Gisborne, used the following illustration: "You contract to sell me a horse for £lO. I agree to accept that, provided that you give me a cigarette paper as well. That’s rejecting the offer.” Another illustration of this type, bearing on a submission by Mr Lysnar, was this: “A man contracts to sell you a horse. You agree to buy the horse, provided it’s a donkey. That is rejection.”

Support for the suggestion made by Mr W. A. O’Callaghan, president of the North Island Motor Union, that heavier penalties should be imposed upon persons unlawfully converting motor-cars to their own use, was given at the conference of the union yesterday when the vice-president, Dr. E. Porritt, suggested that a severe birching should be included in the penalty. “In many cases youths are responsible for the trouble, and I consider severe birchings for offenders would go a long way toward stamping out the nuisance,” he said.

Old-time dancing is undoubtedly becoming more popular each season among dancers, and this fact is clearly evidenced by the number of old-time dances which are being held in Hastings each week. The Citizens’ Band invite you to their old-time dance on Tuesday evening next, in the band room, where you will be guaranteed a good time. The music will be supplied by Mr Les Henry’s orchestra of three instruments, and with two novelty dances on the programme a happy time is in store for all who attend. The price of admission is 1/- for ladies, and 1/6 for gentlemen.

Although astronomers throughout the Dominion have been busy searching for the new star that has been discovered in tht' constellation Ophiuchus, it has so far not been located. From the search that was carried out at the Wellington observatory it is fairly certain that the object is fainter than sixth magnitude, or, in other words, beyond the limit of visibility to the naked eye. It is believed that the maximum outburst of the star has passed and it is now fading, but seeing that the star’s discovery has not been confirmed it is possible that the object has been mistaken for one that is already known to exist.

“The seed crop of New Zealand represents a concerted product equal to butter, cheese, iamb, or wool, and. when we consider the time necessary to take the crop, infinitely more valuable than these products,” said Mr E. Bruce Levy, of the Plant Research Station, when addressing the conference of the New Zealand Grassland Association at Christchurch. “Big money has been spasmodically made in the in the past from seeds even under the haphazard methods of seed production that have ruled. I think it is safe to say that during the last three years the growing of certified seeds has paid better than wheat, wool, lamb, and butter-fat.”

“D’ye Ken John Peel with his Coat so Gay” is a most popular part song written for mixed voices. The writer of the song portrays the famous John Peel as out with his hounds and his horn in the morning. The sound of his horn brought people from their beds and the cry of his hounds, which he oft-times led, but Peel’s view “haloo” would awaken the dead or a fox from his lair in the morning. To appreciate this fine poem, hear it interpreted in crashing, dashing melody, in the spirit of a care-free rider, by the Hastings Baptist Choir on Tuesday, September sth in Hie Assembly Hall. Mr. J. Bewley and his choir of 50 voices have had this part song in rehearsal for some time, and it is only one of numerous numbers that will be presented at the grand choral recital in the Assembly Hall on Tuesday, September sth. The admission is only 1/-, and as half the nett proceeds are to go to the Mayor’s Relief Fund, the hall should bo filled to overflowing for .'■his musical treat.