LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 9, 26 January 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Electric Fountain Adjusted. Adjustments to the Tom Parker Fountain in Napier so that the central jet was curtailed in height have been carried out, thus removing much of the spray wihch falls outside the bowl of the fountain. The central jet plays now only a few feet above the other jets, and the effect of tlie alteration of the design of the rising water has in no way been lost through the adjustment. Australian Trip Cancelled. Owing to the fear of spreadiug the infantile1 paralysis epidemic to Australia, a visit of sons of New Zealand Rotafians to Australia with ?v*r J. H. McKenzie, and at the invitation of the rotary clubs there, has been cancelled. ' Three Napier boys, sons of Rotarians H. R. Dockery, W. Harvey and E, Swailes, were to have made the trip, which it is now hoped to hold next year. ^ Warshtps' Movements. The new flagship oi' the New Zealand division of the Royal Navy, H.M.S. Achilles, left Auckland for Wellington on Saturday morning. In oompliante witb a recommendation by the Health Department the Achilles will not visit Bluff for the centenary celebrations in Mareh, as previously arranged. The Imperial sloop, Wellington3 also left Auckland on- Saturday morning for Coromandel. H.M.S. Dunedin- came out of Calliope Dock yesterday and is to sail for England on February 16, Movements of Steamers. The New Zealand Shipping Uo. advises that the Rangitihi, en route from London to Auckland, saiied from Kingston on Thursday, wiiile the Rotorua, en" route from London to Wellington, left'Caracas Jt}ay on Wednes- : day last. The Ruahine, en route from New Zealand to London, sailecl from Coion on Wednesday and the Rangitane^ which left Wellington on January 1-i, radios that weather conditions have been moderate and all on board are well. * Detectives Leave Waihou Valley. With the return to Whangarei of Detective P. J. Nalder from Waihou Valley 3 where investigations have been proceeding ever since the murder on June 9 of Mr. Ernest Severin Nelson, the farmer who was found shot in the back on a lonely drive to his house, all the outside poilce and detectives have now returned- to their stations. This, however. does not indicate that the search for the murderer has been abandoned, as the police officials stationed in that locality will continue the investigations. Glothing For Spain, The Hawke's Bay Red Cross Committee thanks the following for par* eels of garments in response to the Spanish appeal: . Mesdames Roland Gift'ord, A. Bowman, F. Bowman, Len Wood T. H. Lowry, and H. MeDougalj Misses W. Miller, J. Bowman and , Moorecroft. Thanks aie also extended to Mesdames Allen, R. Nprman and W. Oollings for cutting out. A third case of 25 outfits will be dispatched this week. The first six cases from the Dominion went by the Port Alma recently. New Diving Boards Wanted. A request is to be made by the Hawke's Bay Centre to the Napier Borough Council te take some action tpwards improving Nor renewing the three diving boards at the Napier Public Baths. Mr E. D, Bexry, who declared that the present boards were dangerous becanse they wero too springy, presented the centre with plans of a standard type of diving boai'd very much in evidenee in Ameriea. The Borough Council is to be asked to take action before the Hawke's Bay provincial ehampionships are held at Napier on February 15 and 16. No Aerodrome for Stewart islano. Whatever steps are taken to begin an air service from the mainland to Stewart Island, there will be no licensed landingj ground at Horseshoe Bay. The Controller of Civil Aviation (WingCommander T. M. Wilkeg) made this clear in a letter advising the Southland Progress League of the eomplete rejection, in the interests of public safety} of the proposal to allow Horseshoe Bay to be a terminal landing ground for the service. As other aerodrome sites on the island a^peared to be unapproachable by road, the obvious eolution to the problem seemed to be an amphibian service, the letter added. Charges for Adjusting Scales. "As the former inspector of weigjhts and measures, there have been timeB when I have been ashamed to colleet the money," said Mr J. Jackson, of Gisborne, when eomplaining of the charges for adjusting scales, at the oonference of the New Zealand Master Grocers' Federation, The president, Mr j. Heaton Barker, said rejjresentafcions had been made to the au'thorities for a reduction in the charges on other occasions, but the reply had always been that expenses had to be met and the charges did no mor© than meet them. The conferenCe agpreed that representations should be renewed