LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 147, 6 June 1936, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Dividend of 15 per cent. The accounts of Wilsons (N.Z.) Portland Cement, Limited, for the year ended March 31, show a net pro.it £'59BG higher at £53,229, which is the best result since 1932. The year’s dividend is increased from 13J per cent, to 15 I>er cent., and the directors recommend payment of a jubilee bonus of 5s a share, equal to 50 per cent. Largo Families There were some large families in Taranaki in the early nays, bpeaiiiiq at Omaia. Mr Dunean McAllum, whoso association with tho district goes back to 1880, said he could remember when a family of sixteen children Jived opposite the hail; next door there Mas a family of 18, and a little further on another family of 21. Probably some descendants of those families "ere present in the hall that night. “No Spiritual Slimming.” Iu addressing the Dominion Conference of the Church of England Men’s Society at Cambridge, the Bishop of Waiapu, tho Right Rev. 11. Williams, referred to man’s tripartite constitution—physical, intellectual and spiriLIUU. 14.6 UOlbSlCLvxta tliuh a ~U not a man unless ho developed on all those lines. While physical slimming was desirable in some cases, there should be no slimming on the spiritual side. Fire in Shopping Bag. What is probably one of the most remarkable tires on record occured at New Plymouth this week. A woman shopper was troubled on her way home from town Uy a pers.stem smcl 1 o. burning, but despite her careful examination of all houses by the wayside she could not determine where it originated. When she camo to unpack her purchases from a stout leather shopping bag in which they had been placed tho explanation was painfully obvious. homo careless citizen had flicked a cigarette butt into tho bag and most ol her parcels had literally “gone up in smoke.” Car Uncovered on Beaoh. A 1921 model moLor-cur, which was lost on Muriwai Beach 15 years ago when it was covered by the tide and was not seen again, has been uncovered by recent heavy seas The remains of tho chassis are protuding from tlie sand near low-water mark, about 20 miles from the parking space at the southern end of me macn. Uiny t. bare chassis remains. The owners of tlie car were Lord am! Lady 1 ortescue, English visitors. They bought the car in Auckland and were eoiumencnig t. motor tour of the Dominion when the machine became stuck on the beach amj had to be abandoned. Visiting Farmers. Fanners arc invited by Mr, C. 11. Edgecombe, president of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, Hawke’s Bay province, to assist in tho entertainment of from 500 to GOO delegates attending tlie National Dairy Association conierence in Hastings by providing cars and drivers for a motor tour on Friday afternoon the 19th. inst. Cars will leave the vicinity of the Hastings railway station al 2 p.m., and the visitors will bo conveyed to Napier and will be tho guests of the Napier Borough Council to afternoon tea. As it is necessary to know the number of cars available at an early date, farmers willing to assist are requested to hand in their names promptly. Doctor’s Old Horse. Hack buries i..u .. rd 1 " lie -'tn' fur love or money at New Plymouth to-day, although some motorists, when tho water gets into tho carburettor, may mourn the good old days of sadcle and gig. They are gone, however, and ono is rarely reminded of them except by such a curious coincidence as betel a New Plymouth doctor this week. After examining a patient he drifted into conversation and was soon deep m discussion of horses. The patient, a man from the country, told him about a a splendid old veteran of 32 years. From the description the doctor recognised the horse as a blue roan he had formerly owneu, and ho and his old groom went out io renew u.ouai,, lance. They found the old animal, despite a caved-in back, as spry as ever. But 10 or 20 years is an eternity in tho memory of a horse and tho old groom was disappointed not to be .recognised. Rivers Inquiry. Submissions and requests made to the Government Committee ol Inquiry into Hawke’s Bay Rivers Boaid rating, ward boundaries and ward representation will bo considered by the committee in Napier until about Wednesday next, and a full report on all matters will be submitted to tho Minister of internal Allans lor his consideration, iho submissions made by the Rivers Board, together with cutieism Irorn settlors and local bodies, occupied three days, during which tlie Government Committee s shorthand typiste took lull notes. She is engaged to-day iu typing out tho notes ot evidence, to be placed before the committee ipr piivate consideration. No decision will bo published until alter the report has been placed before the Minister of Internal Affairs. The committee comprised the Acting-Assistant Engineer-in-Chici ol tlie Public Works Department, .Mr. A. J Bakci ; the Valuer General, Mr. W. Stewart; and an official of the Department of Internal Affairs, Mr. A. G. Harper.