HAWKE'S BAY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 128, 24 February 1919, Page 6

HAWKE'S BAY NOTES

Shortly after midnight on Friday the Napier Port Fire Brigade was called out to an outbreak of live in a wool store, the property of Messrs. Kobjolms, Hindmarsh aud Co., and occupied by tho Now Zealnnd Shipping Company. Some 1016 bales of wool were stored in the building. Tho fire, broke out at the inside wall near the door, and had a fair hold when discovered by a young man named Lucas, a member of the iiro brigade, who happened to be passing along the street. He promptly gave the alarm, and the brigade was quickly on the scone, and although hampered by a very weak pressure of water soon had the tiro under control. : Thc damage to the building was comparatively slight. Three or lour'bales of wool were* more or less burned, and a good many bales were saturated with water. TheV.igin of the fire is unknown. In the Hastings Methodist Young Men's Hall n framed photographic memorial of the thirty-four members who have served in' the war has been unveiled by Mrs. Doubleday, wife of tho Bible Class leader, in the presence of a gathering of members, relatives, and returned soldiers. Of the thirty-four Bible Class men who had gone, no fewer than ten had paid (he supreme sacrifice. Almost all had been wounded. A number of such had returned. In addition to tho thirty-four Bible Class men no fewer than sixty-five other young men from the congregation had joined the coloura, Tho church's honour

roll embraced the names of ninety-nine of their young men who were attending their services at the time of enlistment. Of these eighteen in all had laid down their lives. , At the Hastings Courthouse on Friday, before Mr. B. W. Dyer, S.M., a claim for JCIOO damages by Horace Inn Simpson, as attorney for his stepson, Kami Karailiana, against Eichurd and Rangi Manama, both of Clivc, was heard.' The plaintiff alleged that Iho defendants turned •10 head of cattle into his paddock, which - was laid down for grass seed. The defence was that Manaina thought he was doing plaintiff a good turn by not impounding the cattle. The claim for damages was ridiculous. Mr. Duun elected to take nonsuit, which was given with costs J.'6 Is. 3d. to each defendant. The Waipukurau School Committee held a special meeting to consider the Minister of Education's proposal for a technical high-school. The proposal was received with enthusiasm, and the chairman was authorised to take steps to proeuro six acres or more. Several sites are under consideration, and an early offer to the Department will be made.