LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 11, 28 January 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

East Coast Railway. There is only aboub bait a mile of plate-jaying to be done on the NapierWairoa section of the East Coast railway. Mr A. Dinnie, District Engineer of the Public Works Department, is visiting Wairoa and inspecting the construction works. A Candjd Witness, Mirth not in keeping witli the usual dignitied silence was caused in the Hamilton Magistrate's C-ourt while a witness to an accident was being crossexamined by Sergeant T. Kelly. In answer to the sergeant, witness said : ' 'I was riding on the footpath at the time." "Oh, were you;J" replied the sergeant. "We will have to have a bit more supervision over there." -■ "New Zealand Coes Fascist?" "ltalian radio statiojis are now boosting New Zealand as 'the latest example of the Fascist corporative State5 — Socialism working sucoessfully within the framework of capitalism,55 states a corresponaent in the "News Chronicle,5' London. "New Zealand5s Labour Gov- - ernment may ignore the charge — but the fact remains that it is being repeated to the detriment of the Dominion,55 states the writer. Fielding Excursion. An excursion from Fielding, Palmerston North and intermediate stations will visit Napier on Sunday and return the same night. The excursion train leaves Fielding at 7 o'clock on Sunday morning and Palmerston North at 7.30, arriving at Napier at 11.40 a.m. On the return journey, the train leaves Napier at 5 p.m. and arrives at Palmerston North at 9 p.m. and at Fielding at 9.30 p.m. Third Trial. For the. third time, Isobel Annie Aves, of Hastings, will he tried next week on several charges of the unlawful use of an instrument. On two previous occasions, the first at Napier and the other at Wellington, the jury has disagreed on the verdict, and at Wellington next week the case will be heard in the Supreme Court for the third time. Tlie Crown Prosecutor, 1 Mr. H. B. Lusk and members of tbe Napier and Hastings detective force, will travel to Wellington to conducf the prosecution and give evidence respectively. Town Versus Country. Two or tliree New Zealand cricket selectors are expected to be present at the Town versus Country cricket match to be held at Palmerston North on Fe'bruary 10 and 11, and for which nawke5s Bay nominations hav© been invited by the selector of the Country team, Mr M. A. Ongley. The final selection of the New Zealand team will not be niade until after this match, so that there is a possibility that tbere may be one or more Country players included in the Dominion eleven, in which connection the name of M, A. O'Brien, Hawke5s Bay, is being freely mentioned by many sporting critics. Unwanted Cats The Windsor Park inotor camp bas taken on a new function as far as some Hastings residents are concerned who find themselves possessed of a surplus of cats or kittens. These unwanted animals are being left at the motor colony, and it is apparent for «ome reason or another that the toui'ist is credited with having a soft heart, a surplus of milk, and a list nf friends desirous of owning a cat. Just what proportion of the orphan cats and kittens left at the park eventually become the property of some householder it is impossible to say, but a certain number are adopted and taken to a new home. The Policeman's Lot. A recent cable message in the "Her-ald-Tribune55 referred to the huge milegae walked by a rural English postman, who was retiring after some 57 years of, mait carrying. However, tlie English postman does not have it all his own way, as the "Herald-Tri-bune" learned to-day from a policeman. It the day5s beat a constable is expected to do approximately 20 miles of walking, and, as the term of service is 40 years, ^t is easily computed that. if a constable stays on beat work for /his term in the force, he will walk something like 240,000 miles, or approximately 10 times round the Equator. Big New Railway Bridge. The construction of the new railway bridge over tlie Rakaia, Canterbury, was begun this week. The period fixed in the contract for the completion of the work is two and a half years. The new bridge, which will replace tbe combination rail and road bridge built more than 60 years ago, will be a sbort distance upstream from the existing structure. Of shorter length than the old wooden bridge it is to replace, it will consist 0f 143 40ft spans, but it will be of much stronger construction, comprising reinforced concrete piled pillars, and it is for this portion of tlie work that the tender of the Rope Construction Company, Auckland, was accepted. All work above the massive concrete pillars will be carried out by tlie department itself, the steel plate girders being made in the department 5 s workshops.

Coromandel Jubilee. Hundi'eds of visitors are jn Coromandel for the dinmond jubilee celebrations 1 this week. Tbe town is gaily decorated with buuting and greenery and all accommodation is filled. The Sloop H.M.S Wellington paid a visit to the harbour on Tuesday. Direct Sailing. A direct sailing from Napier to Boston is at present scheduled for the Cornwall, which arrives at Napier from Lyttelton on February 10. The vessel leaves Napier for Boston direct, and Dossibly Halifax, on Saturday, February 13, with wool and meat for discharge. Visitors to Cape. Visitors to the Cape Kidnappers bird janctuary tbis year have so far totalled 720, altho,ugh only 566 names are to be .ound in the visitors' book at Clifton, idids total is smaller than that of last year's to date, by nearly H)00. donations to the lmprovement fund also siiow a decrease by half of last year's cakings for the period under r%iew, OctoOer to January. Judging from the remarks made in tlie visitors5 book at Clifton, it is quite evident that the visitors to the Cape fchoroughly appreciate all the improvements carried out by the Cape Kidnappers Sanctuary Board. The resthouse particularly, with its supply of fresk water, has been highly praised by all visitors to the Cape. People contemplating visiting the Cape on Sunday next are advised to leave Clifton at 10.30 a.m. in order to catch the tide. The beach is in spiendid condition for walking Order For 20 Suits. A men's outfitters in Napier has received an order for 20 tailor-made suits. A number of employees on a major job in the Napier district have received a bonus, and 20 of them, to celebrate decided recently to have a new suit each. Realising that if they had their suits made by one tailor as a bulk job each suit would probably work out clieaper than if each man went to his own partieular tailor, they deputised one of their number to interview various tailors regarding the price of 20 suits made to order. Oue outfitter was in the unfortuqate position yesterday of having to altmft that he could offer no allowance on the making of 20 suits, beCause through keen competition he was forced to cut down the cost of his goods to tbe barest margin of profit. Car and Cycle Collide. Injuries necessitating his removal to hospital were received by Allan Falconer, the 16-year-old son of Mr T. Falconer, of 703 Jervois street Hastings, when a bicycle on which he was riding was struck by a car at the inter section of Jervois street and Karamu road about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The car was driven by Mrs J. Bluck, a visitor to Hastings, and was going towards Napier when the accident occurred. Falconer was thrown from his cycle, and was unconscious when picked up. He was removed to the Hastings Memorial Hospital^ suffering from slight concussion and abrasions, and enquiries this morning revealed tliat lie was progressing as well as could be expected. The cycle was undamaged.