LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 206, 25 August 1932, Page 4

LOCA L AND GENERAL

A Builder’s Bankruptcy. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed at Napier by George Herbert Wilson, a builder, late of Hastings, and now of Australia. Gamecock Fighting. Twelve men were charged in the Pukekohe Police Court with assisting in gamecock fighting. Each was fined £5 and costs 10s. —Press Association. R.S.A. Re-Union In Porangahau. The Porangahau district members of the Returned Soldiers’ Association have arranged to hold a reunion in the Masonic Hall, Porangahau, on Wednesday night, when it is expected that there will bo a large and "representative gathering of returned soldiers from various parts of Central and Southern Hawke’s Bay. Operatic Society. The Waipukurau Operatic Society is to hold its annual general meeting tomorrow (Friday) night in the Masonic Hall, at 8 o’clock, when the report and balance sheet will be submitted; officers elected; and the following notice of motion, for which Mr B. Atkins is responusible, considered: “That the Society’s next production be a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. ’ ’ Members and intending members are cordially invited to attend. Fine Alarm. The burning of a small shed on the outskirts of Waipawa was responsible for the calling out of the Fire Brigade. Members turned out promptly but engine choked and it had to be pushed for some distance before it started. Then on the return journey it was found that the benzine had run out and the firemen had to get off and push the engine home. W.E.A. Lecture at Otane. The local group of the Canterbury Box Scheme studying art, literature and music, met at the residence of Mr R. H. Tod on Tuesday night. There was quite a good attendance. The Rev. R. T. Hall road the lecture, “An Evening with Literature,’’ which was rllustratod with gramophone records by. well known elocutionists. The thoroughly enjoyed every record. We are showing a most exclusive and beautiful selection of new spring fashion goods, in our showroom, 34 Memorial Square, Napier. The new goods include a wonderful range of imported model gowns for street and function wear. Two and three piece suits in silk and new light weight wools. Coats of distinctive patterned light weight wool, smartly tailored. Millinery of charm and distinction. And a special display of celebrated Macclesfield washing frocks and suits. At MATHEWSONS Ltd., 34 Memorial Square, Napier. x

Committee has achieved the £lOO mark in subscriptions for the of distress among unemployed families of this community. All the men registered as unemployed are required to stand down every fourth week and the allocation has been so arranged that each week between 50 and 6 0 men stand down. The men have no income of any description to supplement their meagre earnings on relief work, and it is to tide their families over this difficult period that the committee has undertaken the distribution of grocery rations, together with such other commodities as may be donated from time to thM 1 . “The generous response so far to the appeal for assistance is indicative of genuine public sympathy and the committee feels confident of its ability to carry on the weekly distribution of rations along the liberal lines of last week,” stated the secretary. Thanks to the work of the local Relief Committee and the Toe H movement, considerable assistance has been rendered in Waipukurau.