LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 266, 24 October 1935, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Visitor’s Tribute, “This is the first Hawke’s Bay Show I have been to,’’ said a Palmerston North lady in the course of conversation yesterday. “It is a big show. Of course, we are very proud of our own big shows, but I do envy Hawke’s Bay and its beautiful showground. It is worth coming miles to see. It is mote than a showground—it is a real beauty spot*'’ "Caut. Cook” Pig Au interesting exhibit at the Royal Show, which attracted attention yesterday was a “Captain Cook” pig, which was put in lor exhibition purpose only by Mr L. Glenny, Havelock North. This" pig was captured in the bush when only a few days old, and presents an interesting comparison with the present-day commercial strains of pigs. Leg Gashed by Boar, A pig breeder from Carterton, Air G. W. Busby, was slashed across ono of his knees by a boar at the showgrounds on Tuesday Re was entering one of the pig pens when a white boar rushed at him. Before Mr Busby could defend himself or get out of the pen, the animal had ripped his knee. The wound is fairly deep, and the injured man is receiving careful, medical attention. Showman injured. While performing in a side-show “Wall of Death” at the Royal Show yesterday, a showman named Joe Krzanitch, 29 years of age, suffered a fracture of his collarbone. He was taken to the Napier Public Hospital, and it was reported this morning that his condition is not in any way ’serious. It was thought likely that it would be possible to discharge him to-day. Beans Planted Too Early.

Some amateur gardeners in Hastings have watched and waited in vain for French and butter beans to show above the surface of the soil and have been puzzled as to the cause of their disappointment. The explanation for the failure of the seed to germinate is said to be that it was sown too early. Insects found in the soil are not responsible; they are attracted by the decaying seed. Later sowings may be expected to be quite satisfactory. Fall In Produce. Sacks of flour potatoes and grain, boxes of groceries and sundry odds and qnds strewed the roadway in great profusion in Sb. Aubyn street at its junction with King street yesterday afternoon when a considerable portion of a large load carried by a motor lorry was unshipped as a result of a rather sudden swerve. The lorry was rounding the corner when the driver found it necessary to hasten his turn unduly in order to avoid another vehicle. The spilled goods were salvaged without very great loss. Horses on the Farm, “That’s the first half of the job. Now we want the other half,” said an old farmer as he gazed at the splendid lot of Clydesdales at the Royal Show. “They’re a Bonnie lot of horses, but we want the waggons and drays for them. We have the ploughs, it is true, but you can put a horse into almost any vehicle to do almost any kind of work. With motors you want a tractor to do your ploughing, a lorry to cart the wool, and another kind of lorry for your stock. Lorries are all right for stock transport because of their speed, but give me horses and drays or waggons for all-round usefulness.” Control of Show Traffic. Despite the fact that thousands of cars have been on the road between Hastings and Napier and the showgrounds during the past two days, the police report up to noon to-day was that there had been no car accidents of even a minor kind. The police and the permanent and temporary traffic inspectors have had a trying task, and have carried it out with ths greatest efficiency. The public, particularly with the benevolent show spirit upon them, have been ready to co-operate with the traffic officials, and have been careful to observe the rules and to make the traffic as easy as possible to control. Satisfied Visitor. “It’s a show all right,” said an elderly Poverty Bay settler, “though I have not had time to see half the show yet; in fact, 1 have' hardly had time to walk round the fat lady. I paid my first visit to a Hawke’s Bay Show about 50 vears ago. I eijnie down in a small steamer called the Te Anau. She was a big steamer in those days. Coming down, seeing the show, and returning took a week. To-day I came down by aeroplane in about an hour and a-half and can go back to-morrow after the show, if I wish. What a difference. And what a showground you have here. I have never seen anything like it.” "Not In the Schedule.” Perhaps one of the most interesting things about an agricultural show is the way in which the staff provide for contingencies “not in the schedule.” The recovery of articles, and even children, lost on the showground, is now of quite common occurrence, but what people forgot to bring and find themselves in urgent need of are included in almost bewildering variety in a compact box kept in the secretary’s office on the ground. Should you happen to require a safety pin or ordinary pin, piece of tape, buttons, the use of needle and thread, pencil, pen and ink spare ribbons, pen-tickets, and prize cards, and a hundred and one other articles, this magic box will supply them. Farm Training. I am pleased to see that other schools are following the lead given ten years ago by the Feilding Agricultural High School in farm training,” said Mr. L J. Wild, president of the Royal Agricultural Society and headmaster of the Feilding Agricultural High School to the “Tribune” this morning, his remarks being inspired by observing that the Napier Boys High School now gave agricultural training to pupils. “When we commenced, the idea of schools teaching practical farming and having a school farm was generally scoffed at by all secondary schools. That, however, is now pa«t,” he concluded.