NAPIER NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1905, 13 November 1913, Page 10

NAPIER NOTES.

Tlore are four candidates for owe vacancy gu .t.Lj)' Napier Borough Council- iiamely, Messrs. J'. Aslicroft. A. M'Cartby, G. M'Keteie, and F. W. Triggs, . The Napier Municipal Theatre was opened on November 12, 1912, and tlio ■receipts io ,d:it«' amount, to £14.59 17s. lOd. Tlw sum estimated as ,tho required yearly expensed is £1500. Tlio Napier Woollen Mills have made the important, discovery that, in c:ertaiii makes cif .generators, black mairo timber can be used as an excellcijt Substitute for lignite coal.' For a whole day last week the entire plant of tlio woollen mills (100 11. h.-p.) was run on mairo timber alcnc. It. is, found, however, that tlio best results are. obtained with half wood, half coal stoking. The ability to run tlio works on a 50 per cent, coal consumption is & great, matter at present. Tlio folio iving officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Kin Swimming Club:—Patron, Mr. W. Q, Geddis; president, Mr, A. Sellar; vicepresidents, Messrs. W. Corbettj jt. 0. Wright. R. Fra'tor, H. W. Thompson, C. Riddel'. J. R. Wilson, .& W. p, Evans, and J. Y. Simpson ; Captain, Mr, A. Robertson: vi/wapt-ain., Mr. W. Tync lion. secretary XtvtHreasm'ftr, Mr. H. Jonescommittee, Messrs. H. Swain, O. Johnston. H: • Fowler, O. lliddell, C. Gropp, P.. Howell, P. S. Sp.iller, G. Robertson, A. Robertson, K Silvorwood, V. -Ranks., and W. Richards son; handienpper, Mr. W. Johnston; delegate to Hawke's 15a:v Geutre, Messrs. P* H. Jones nna A< son; timolceeport., Messrs., G, Langley and W. Corbett; auditor, Mr. W. Waipukur.au School Committee are taking steps to Lave a liigli school establishc-d there. , •> Everything is quiet- at tlio waterfront, and vessels are beins worked as usual