NAPIER NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1901, 8 November 1913, Page 3

NAPIER NOTES.

The Swan memorial ftind now stands at £158 3s. 6d. The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Napier division, of St. John's Ambulance Association:—Superintendent, Mr. D. iL. Smart; treasurer. Mr. C. Beamish; secretary, Mr. H. J. Barman: committee, Messrj. Simmonds, Elms, M'Byrde. The late secretary, Mr. C. Beamish, was jjresented with a fountain pea and an umbrella as ft mark of appreciation for his past services. Mr. A. L. D. Fraser, at the Native Land Court, Hastings, yesterday morning, applied for letters of administration in the case of a Maori tvho died unmarried leaving an estate consisting of a £250 insurance policy. Sis only relations were his father and mother and a brother. The New Zealand Administrative Act applies similarly to Natives and Europeans, and on looking up tho statute, Mr. Eraser found that every feature of such applications was provided for except the one before the Court. He then searched :he Knglish statutes operative in New Zealand, and ultimately found the authority in a>i ?1d distribution Act of Charles 11, which gave administration to the next of kin, which in this case is the father and mother.

Tho takings for the Napier Operative Society's Ihroo performances of tie "Toreador" amounted to £314, Tho production was easily their test effort. The ratepayers of Napier South, though rated on the unimproved values for oidinary rates, will have to P l '? River Board rates on the. capital value. Such in effect was an opinion received from Mr. C. P. Skerrfttt at last night's meeting of tho Napier South Town Board. In consequence it was decided to make representations to the- Government calling attention to the anomalies resulting from the _clasl«ng of the Rating Act and the liiver Boards Act. At a specail meeting last night tho Napier Bowling Club decided to purchase two sections in Nelson Crescent, Napier Soiith, at a cost of over £1000, to which tho club intends to transfer, jn offer was received for tho club's present site enabling them fa) retain it till April, 191/5, when it. ia cxpccted the jiew grounds will bo ready, A com* mitteo was authorised tti accept tho offer.