HAWKE'S BAY ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 136, 4 March 1919, Page 10

HAWKE'S BAY ITEMS

A rather unfortunate accident happen cd to a young girl named Edna "White, of Avenue Bond, .Napier. She was returnin:t on' n bicycle from the Technical College picnic, and on reaching Havelock Nor,th the bicycle skidded ami threw the girl. She was picked up in an unconscious state, oiul on the arrival of Dr. Nairn, who was immediately called, it was found that she had sustained a broken collarbone. The girl was taken io iter home, where she was at latest advico progressing very favourably. At the last meeting of the Hawkea Bay Hirers Board it was decided to take .'action against a certain settler for allowing his cattle to stray and causo damage to the protection works of tkp Aboard.. The matter has now been ecttled by the settler paying damages and 'giving the board .n written undertaking that the offence will not be repeated by him. , ■ , . t. At the last meeting of the Napier Borough Council the following resolutions were adopted :-(a) Not to run traincars on Good Friday; (b) to keep the municipal baths open until 11 a.m.; (c) to make a grant of i 25 to the Napier Swimming Club; (d) to proceed with the work of extending the electric lighting system in Napier South as soon.as poasib.o; (e) to prohibit bathers from using cocoanut oil when bathing in the swimming pool at the municipal baths; (f) to employ only one fireman at picture theatres. A public meeting of residents of the boroughs of Waipukurau and Waipawa and surrounding districts was held in | the Town Hall, Waipakurnu, on l'riday afternoon for the following purposes :-(l) To receive nominations of gentlemen to constitute a repatriation committee; (2) to consider the question of pence celebrations; (3) to consider the question of the erection of n memorial for fallen soldiers. There was a very large attendance of the public, over which the Mayor of AVaipukurau (Mr J. Winlove) presided,, supported by Mr. George Hunter, M.P., Mr. H. I. Limbrick (Mayor of Waipawa), Mr. Paul Hunter, Mr. A. C. Russell, and other well-known citizens. After reading a telegram and a letter from the Hon. Av. H. Kerrics relative to the formation oi local repatriation committees, the chairman said he had been in communication with the Mayor of AAlaipawn on tlio matter, and that gentleman had intimated that the general feeling in AVaipawa was that the best interests of the returned men would be served by a local committee being formed there. The Mayor of Waipawa said that if the Repatriation Board decided that it was desirable one committee should be formed for the two districts, they in "Waipawa were quite agreeable Io work with AVaipukurau. On the other hand, they ivero of opinion that the work would be dono more thoroughly by a committee in each town, and the speaker therefore proposed :—"That it will bo in the best interests of the returned soldiers if a separate committee is formed for Waipawa." Mr. George Hunter, M.l\, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. It was then decided that a repatriation committee be formed for AVnipuknrau, to consist of seven members. Messrs. ,T. Winlove and Paul Hunter were nominated to represent Ihe employers, Mr. Ponpleivell the workers, Mr. AY.*Chambers the patriotic societies, and Mr. A. C. Russell (chairman of the AVaipukurau County Council) was also nominated. It was deckled that the Returned Soldiers' Association be asked to nominate two persons to represent it on the committee. Mr. Cecil AVilsou

was appointed honorary secretory. A striking, exampje of the fertility of the soil in Napier South for potato (.'rowing is given by tin exhibit of the Up-to-Dnte variety. The sample weigh* 2llb. (all large, well-formed tubers), and is the product of one root. • This represents 52 tons to the ucre, and is by no means an isolated instance # of prolific production in this locality.