Car and Cycle Collide

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 132, 30 May 1932, Page 5

Car and Cycle Collide

On Saturday afternoon two men were injured —one having a fortunate escape from serious, if not fatal injury *—when a car collided with a motoi cycle at the intersection of St. Auburn Street and Nelson Street Hastings. The motor cyclo was ridden by William Wilson and C. Watkins, being struck in the rear and carried for a. distance of .30 feet. Both men were considerably injured. A Generous Citizen. Mr G. Hushcer, of Napier, whose ever-ready generosity is well known throughout this district as well as in other parts of New Zealand, made a gift of £25 to the Hastings Bed Cross on Friday afternoon. It was only on Friday that it was announced that the society was in need of funds for caiiv ig out its relief work among the pool people of the town. Unemployed Benefit In Napier.

The unemployed benefit performance given in the Gaiety Theatre, Napier, last evening, was largely attended. Mr W. E. Barnard, M.P., at the com-

mencement of the programme gave a short address in which he expressed thanks to the theatre proprietors and staff for their co-operation in the effort to raise funds for the unemployed. The proceeds are expected to approach £4O. “Memorial Day’’ in U.S.A. To-day is “Memorial Day ’ in the United States. This anniversary originated in 1868. and it was first called •‘Decoration Day.” The day was primarily in commemoration of soldiers who fought in the American Civil War. but the significance of it has been extended. and it is now an occasion for paying tribute at the graves of all soldiers, and corresponds to Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand. Railway Excursion. The week-end railway excursion from Napier to Wellington proved very popular, there being about 130 passengers, including several from Waipukurau. on the train when it left the local station at 12.54 o’clock on Saturday. The train consisted of seven secondclass carriages, four of which were of the de luxe type used on the main trunk “Limited” The train reached Waipukurau on the return journey at 11.44 o’clock lust night. Red Cross Appreciated.

A gift of £l5 was voted to the Hastings Red Cross relief funds by the Hawke’s Bay branch of the Farmers’ Union at its annual meeting on Saturday morning. The meeting expressed its admiration for the work that the Rod Cross Relief Committee is doing, and in which it is being so effectually assisted by the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union and by the Women’s Institute. Mr J. H. -Toll, supporting a motion that the gift be made, said that the Relief Committee were , doing just as useful work in the country areas as in the town, and the country people

were being assisted to a very large extent.

Car Strikes Electric Pole.

Four Napier residents had a narrow escape from serious injury at 4 o’clock yesterday morning when the car in which they were riding struck an electric light post on the Marine Parade, continued on its way to crash into 3 picket fence and then turn on its side, party facing the direction from which it was coming. The occupants of the car were Mr Sydney Dawson, the proprietor of the Green Cabs taxi service, his wife, Mr John William Burton, of 21 Carlyle Street and Mr O’Rourke, of Port Ahuriri. Mrs Dawson suffered slight concussion and was admitted to the hospital, but her condition is not serious and it is understood that she 5s to leave that institution to-day. The Boy and His Catch. Fishing is nearly always a game of patience; scores of times it is one Of exasperation. There was an incident at a Wanganui wharf recently Which proved that fact. Several patient people were holding lines fully hopeful of herrings being attracted by tempting baits. Nothing happened, however, but a grinning boy came along with a kerosene tin of refuse. This he emptied into the ■water, and with calm precision jagged 60 odd fish. As he landed the 64 th, the last of the lonely line-hold-ers w’as travelling a fast road home. He was muttering under his breath. Observing Dairy Regulations “Regulations are not of much good unless they are rigidly enforced, and Wo are afraid the officers of the division are inclined to adopt a lenient attitude with the persons concerned

in many instances when breaches of tho regulations are detected.” states the annual report of the South Island Dairy Association. The report refers to tho importance of the regulation introduced during the past year, which requires that all cans used for tho conveyance of milk or cream shall be properly washed and scalded with boiling water.