LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 227, 8 September 1936, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Wellington Competitions. At the Wellington Competitions Miss Eigar Christie was successful in being very highly commended in the ladies’ operatic section. There were 37 entr.es. Miss Christie sang “Porgi Amor,” from Mozart’s “Le Nozzedi Figaro.”

Borough Council. Owing to the absence of the Town Clerk, Mr. Noel C. Harding, last week on holidays the committee meetings -of the Hastings Borough Council were postponed for a week and consequently the monthly, meeting of the council itself will not be held next Thursday, the usual meeting night, but a week later.

Signed By the King, One of the proudest possessions of the officers ot H.M.S. Achilles, the new cruiser for the New Zealand station, is a signed photograph of the King. This photograph, it is thought, must be one of the first, if not the first, to be signed by King Edward VIII., as King and not as Prince of Wales, to arrive in New Zealand

Drama Festival Final. The New Zealand final of the British Drama League’s festival at Dunedin was won by the Wellington RepertoryTheatre. It was the unanimous opinion of the judges that the Wellington Society’s.presentation of ‘‘Fire Below” was the best of three performances of very- definite merit. The range covered by the play was the important factor in the success of the Wellington players

Officers’ ‘‘Jolly Boat.” Although none of the officers who arrived at Auckland in the new cruiser Achilles brought or intend to bring any speed-boats or aeroplanes with them, a group of them brought two “jolly boats.” These boats, equipped with motors, were brought out on tht boat deck. One of them, of a type which has not been seen on a warship before, is yet of a service model. It is roomy, comfortable gnd fast, with the steering wheel placed at. one side near the bows

Victoria Square. The task ol removing the hedge round Victoria Square is now in hand and a gang of men under the direction of the Superintendent of Reserves, Mr. J. G. C. Mackenzie, is at present chopping away the hawthorn that surrounds this reserve. It has been felt for some years that this area has not been as fully appreciated as it might have been, and as the hedge was an unsightly one unless continuously kept in check, it has been decided to clean it out and generally improve the appearance of the square. Rail-Car Service. An important occasion in railway development was the inauguration of the rail-car service between Wellington, Wairarapa, and Palmerston North yesterday, and, as was confidently anticipated by the department, everything went off according to schedule. The public demand for seats was very keen. In fact, between Wellington and Carterton, seats had to be placed down the aisle of the car to accommodate traffic a fact which indicated that more than the three cal's at present in commission will be necessary to maintain an adequate and a satisfactory service. Penguin in Rabbit’s Burrow. An unusual companionship between a r|bbit and a penguin was established on the east coast near Pataua, states the “New Zealand Herald.” A resident of Whangarei was ferreting for rabbits and about three-quarters of a mile from the beach the ferret drove a rabbit from its burrow. The ferret immediately returned to the hole and the owner of the ferret wap attracted by an unusual commotion. He excavated the burrow and found a fully-fledged penguin. He took the bird to the beach, and when released it swam away. Rugby Constitution. A formal resolution giving the necessary authority to wind-up the affairs of the sub-union if such a course is considered advisable, was adopted at the management committee of the Hastings Rugby Football Sub-Union last evening. The actual motion tabled called for a bare majority vote on the question of the winding-up, but this was amended to a three-fifths majority. Minor matters in connection with the proposed rules governing the suggested amalgamation were also discussed and referred to the Hawke’s Bay Union for approval. Sunlight In Schools. Appreciation of the modern design of schools which permitted the maximum of sunlight to penetrate the classrooms was expressed by Mr. A. S. Richards, M.P. for Roskill, at the opening of the new Panmure School. “Many years ago it was almost a crime for a child to look out of the school windows, which were invariably tucked high in the walls,” said Mr. Richards. “The inquisitive mind of the natural child was confined to the room which was denied the sunlight and sunshine.essential to life.” Mr. Richards congratulated the board’s architect on the splendid design and the incorporation of windows for the full length of the walls.