HASTINGS NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 601, 1 September 1909, Page 11

HASTINGS NOTES.

, (Dy Tclcsrapb.-Spocliil'.Ciirfc.'jpo'nilcnt • ~,.■. ' ..-.,' Hastings,, Augu'st.3l.'' ' Tlie' monthly mcotin'g^pf'jUio,committee:.of,, tho Hastings branch" of the Society, for'-', the 'Promotion.' of- .tho, Health ~of.-,Womenkand Children was held yesterday': ;.A, letter .'was ■road from Dr.- Valintinc, Chief. Health-'Offi-cer,-promising a sharc.v of. ; tho £500 allotted by-the Government for '.helping- tho i; EOciety. Mr.' '"\V.' Graham' was 'accorded 1 : a "" hearty voto. of'thanks for his generous offer' to convoy tho Plunket nurse to and from cases iu wet-weather.--■ : - -.-■ . -'•''■ A trial of the now chemical--fire engine purchased-by tho fire, brigade was held last night.' Packing cases,and rubbish wero sot on fire, and in one and a half minutes.after tho engine.got to work the flames were extinguished.-.; .The brigado;:is.; very satisfied, with the now engine. •■ '. . / ' ' Tho-lnrst of a. series: of 'open-air concerts '. Was'givo'i by tho Hastings Band last" night ; iii lieretaunga .Street.'- A : collection ~was, taken up in aid of tho town clock fund. ■■' • A meeting of the Hawko's Bay Boxing Association ..-'was held last; night,' Mr. '. B.* F;'. Hassard' in - tho chair, Tho : chairman and v Messrs..... Donovan, Mnckcrscy, and . Jaeger, were, appointed a committee tq draw places for competitors at' tho forthcoming contest: . Mr. Whatman notified that ho 'was' unabio to act as reforeo owing to business. -.The secretary announced that between 30 and'4o competitors were expected at tho 'championship'.meeting next week. .-Entries' ' clo'so td-morrow night. - • • St. Matthew's Industrial Exhibition opened ■ yesterday afternoon, when the . children's' competitions'wero commenced. , Good entries '■ were received throughout, no fewer than GG being • received for Standards 1, 2, 3, and 4.' Standard 3 competition is: the only . ono completed .so far, Miss Poly'.M'Kay'being awarded first prize. Iu tho evening the musical competitions wero started, and resulted r.s follow: —Round in four parts,children undor 12: Pak.ipaki School A (boys), 1; Pakipaki School -B (girls), -2; Hastings School .0. (girls), 3. Girls' solo, under 18: Miss,Clarico Hullctt, 1; Sophio Mortensen 2: N.-Israel, y.Luet, soprano and contralto:. Mis 3 Chong and Mrs. Price,- 1; Miss Boyd and Mrs. Kyan, 2. T'ohor solo':. W. C.-Spar-ling (Hastingsj, 1. -Altd solo: Miss Gray, 1; Mrs. Price, 2; Miss N. -Victors;-3. BaGS or baritone solo i-S. Primo (Napier), 1; C. Prime:'.-(Napier),'' 2; A. AV. "Hamilton (Hastings), 3. The competitions will' bo continued to-day and until Friday. ■ To-morrow night a poster carnival is to. bo held, when all tho-principal' firms in town aro to bo represented. ■ ..-■ ■ Tho Albion and Oriental Club 3 entertained r the remaining! hockey visitors at'a dance last night, \ylien' ovor seventy- couples- attended, and -a -very-. enjoyable. ..timo.. was spent, proceedings.terminating, about midnight. Tho remainder of tho visiting teams left this morning by express for their homes, ,nnd wore' accorded- a hearty send-oft' ■bj hockey enthusiasts.' -~ .