LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 282, 12 November 1936, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Plunket Shop Prizes. Prize winners at the recent Plunket shop were as follows; —Nightgown, Miss Nancy van Asch; doll’s cot, Miss Shirley Beale; box of chocolates, Miss Wellwood; Mrs. Goldfinch’s cake, the Brown Qwl: Miss Keith's cake, Mrs. t>. Sullivan. AiT'unexpeoted Father. A young sparrow that fell from its nest was rescued by, a kind-hearted resident has beep adopted by a foster father. The baby sparrow, which could not feed itself, was placed in a canary’s cage, and although a male bird occupied the cage he straightway set to work to “mother” the stranger. He has been busy all the week preparing seed for it and has succeeded so well as a parent that the sparrow now feeds itself and appears to be at home in the cage. Lovelook’s Visit. Owing to a reception which will be accorded J. E. Lovelock in Wellington by the British Medical Association, his visit to Hawks’s Bay will be delayed for one day. It is now expected that he will arrive at Napier on Thursday, November 26, and appear at the Napier Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club’s meeting on that date. It is not at present known if he will give an exhibition run at Napier or not.

Fast Air Travel. A trip to Wellington was carried out by Mr S. G. White, a pilot member of the Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aero Club, in a club . Moth plane yesterday morning. Leaving Hastings solo at 6.35 a.m., Mr White arrived at Wellington after a fast flight of 1 hour 50 minutes. On th© return trip Mr White left Wellington with a passenger for Hastings at 9.10 a.m. and arrived at 10.55 a.m. Coastal Woo! Shipping. With the approach of the wool sales, several of the smaller vessels owned by the Richardson Co. are experiencing a busy time shipping wool from coastal ports to Napier and Wellington. Starting about the middle of November, the vessels bring wool to the stores for the sales until the end of January or the beginning of February. Wool is loaded for Napier at Tolaga Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Hicks Bay, Waikokopu, Wairo, Gisborne and Akitio, and for Wellington at southern coastal ports. Relic of the Past.

Now and again the men behind the counters of shops have some quaint coins handed them in mistake for the genuine article. A bronze trade token dated 1866 was passed over a New Plymouth counter the other day as a penny. It bore the inscription; “Brown and Duthie, wholesale and retail ironmongers, Brougham Street” —a firm well-known in the days when tokens were in general use. The coin had an impression of Mount Egmont looking more like Paritutu,, a fault common to many old pictures of the mountain. Twenty-fifth. Birthday.

A quarter, of a, century ago, under the presidency of Mr P. S. McLean, the Hawke’s Bay Automobile Association was formed, with 85 members. The organisation did such excellent work in this province that it did not want for support, and to-day, after 25 years of progress, the association has in sight the time when its membership will reach the 4000 mark. A few years ago, in common with kindred associations of New Zealand, the title of the organisation was changed, since when it has been known as the Automobile Association (Hawke’s Bay), Inc.

Primary School Theatre. “We believe Ellerslie is the only primary school in the country to possess- a ‘theatre’ like this.” remarked the chairman of the Ellerslie School Committee, Mr. A. H. Mclntyre, at a gathering in the school. He was referring to two disused classrooms which had been built in the grounds some years ago. Through the labours. of the headmaster, Mr. J. G. Gasparich, and assistants, added Mr Mclntyre, the interior of the building, which is of timber and corrugated iron, had been reconstructed and renovated. . It was to be used for visual educational instruction now possible through the acquirement of a film projector and equipment. Prices for Used Stamps.

The executive committee of th® Christchurch Returned. Soldiers’ Association received a letter from a member in England, Mr. R. Loversedge, who suggested that the association should ask business firms to save used postage stamps for it, as -there was a market for them in England, and the. association could augment its finances in this way. Mr. Loversedge, who offered to sort and sell the stamps, gave some retail prices that used New Zealand stamps were fetching in London. A sixpenny “Victory” was worth 2/-; a Jubilee half-penny a penny, and a penny two-pence. A green Anzac stamp was worth twopence, and a red one fourpence. The letter was referred to the employment committee for consideration. . Deserted Car on Tramline.

A Wellington tram driver was disconcerted, to say, the least, when he saw in front of him a car stationary on the tramlines. He was more than astonished when he saw, as the tram drew nearer and the car did not move in response to his warning bell, that is was unoccupied. Not knowing what else to do, he got out with a view to seeing if by some means or other the car could be moved, and to discover the reason for its being left in such a position. At.this stage in the pro ceedings a woman rushed from the pavement an 3 explained that she had stalled her car on tlhe tramlines, and after several unsuccessful attempts to restart it she had fled to the security of the footpath on the approach of the tram I The car was eventually pushed out of the way.