LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 13, 30 January 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

~ - Raiiway ExcursioUs. Good ljooklnga liave been received by the Raiiway Department for an exoursion from Feildiiig-Ralilierston North to Hastings and Napier this weeis und. The traiu Will arrive at Napim* at 11.40 a.m. to-moffow, ahd will leave oh the i'etufa jottmey at 5 p.m. the same day. Dhrihg the balance oi the holiday season the Raiiway Department has arrhhged for eignt eXolllSions to Napier from Wellington \y&irarapa, Feilding, Palmerston Notth, Waixgaxiui ahd Auckland. £42 a Bale. What is probably a record for the whole of New Zealand, says the Wanganui "Herald" was established at the receht Wanganui Wool sale,*when hogget Wool from the weii-luloWn Lincoln flock of Messrs . R. Bfetr.er and yons, Waverley, realised the very satisfactory price of over £42 a bale. The tocal of Waugianui's wool cheque for the flrst Sdle this yeal- is eipecfced to be in the region of three-quarters nf a uiillior pounds. "Coo-ee" Marchers. The famous "Coo-ee" leoi uitlng hlafCh in New SdUth Walfes iil 191n, organised with the object oi' inspiting yohilg AustraliUiis to jdin the coiotirs, is recalled by the visit to New Zealand of the Hon. J . R. Lee, niemuer of the Legislative Assembly of Kew bouth Waies for Drummoyne, who arrived at Wellington in the Awatea ffoih Sydney yesterday. Mt Lee Was at the hfead of the marchers, who coVered 900 miles and eiihsted 2000 men for the Australian Itntierial -FoictS. Edward VIII. Coronation SouvenifSi i,:The British pflblio has gbt th© Edward VIII. souvemf complex, and we have had no difficulty in seilmg all otit bdtput df cordnatibn souvenifs. Some of the big Lohdon aepaitmelital stores have done a roariug trade m coronation souvenirs stamped with the name or photograph of the ex-kmg.;' This is a pdrtiOh of a lfettcr fectiVed by hn Ahckland iinpof'tei' from an English hlanufaeturer. The importer liad cabled asking if he could cancoi Edward VIII. souvenirs, whieh ho had ordeiedj the letter in reply said there ivas iic difSctilty aho ut sticih eaciJelJatiiui, there beihg a gdbd marlieb in Engtand for the goods. New Zealand Pr£s&. "I hiight be ihcliiied 0 bd & little biased, but after seeing the newspapers in Aitstraiia, 1 would like to curnpliineht the Pr&as ih New Zealaud," declated Mr H. iVl. Chfistie, M.P., who returaed ffom Sydney yesterday by the Awatea. Mr Ohristie's iflain iiijpfession was that the Newspapefs in Australia Wero stfivihg after ihe seiisatidhal faeWS all the tiilie ahd gave dlil.y meagre displays of cabled news. The standard, ha ebhsidea-ed, was itiuch below that ifi the Udihiuidiis Mr (jhfistie WaS Struck also tyith the atihdsphere df Aiherican hustle ahd bustie that pefvaded the city streets. ' 'Ainetican tuethods afp ifi vogue everywhere," he fefiiafked. A groups of 40 New Zealand fatinefg and their wivea has been ofgaiueed by Messrs Thdthas Ldok ahd 8on to fediif ihe Oflited Jkifigdoifi afid the Coutihefit this year. The fiiett.uefs of ihe party are to leave Kew Zealand by sevetal rotites- all of thern bfeifig tifiled to f eaefa Lofidofi ou May 28. That theafis that the tourists will miss the .Gordfiatiim festivities, whieh is prei.iseiy what they have piafmed to tio. Ihe Itinerary ifieludes a week's stay in the island of dersey, hdfue of the faihdus dattle breed df that fiame, after whieh they will jvisit Frafice (indiudifig a few days in Paris), Ewitaeriaud, Ger'ffiafiy, Hdllafid, Relgiuitg aiiil Denriiark, the greater part oi' the tiifie beihg Spent ifi fai'filiilg distriots. SHoMlfig LiceriSos. Addressifig a iheetifig df sportshien at GoroifiattUel on Mdttday, the Minister of liiterfiai Aft'airs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, said that he favoured an inciease ifi the cost df shdotifig Ueenses sd that uidre birds eould oe r eared and liberated. This would ensure better sport. Too often he had taken his giuu out and had walked for hours without Sfeeifig aiiythifig to shoot. ihe meeting passed a resolution thauking the Minister for his efforts to further the interests of acclitnatisation soeieties and gufi elubs. Pasienger Qtftriookeii, The guard gave the sighal, the engifte blew its Whistle, attd the passengers and people ou the platforw waved goodbye as the Napier expfess .ptilled out of Hastings this morning for Wellingtdfi.( However, within a few yards the iraia oame to a stopf and heads caihe out of the windows to see what was the reasoa. Had an iffiportant passenger missed the iraia, or had a breakdowa oeeurred? Siniles wreathed th© f'aees 2 onlookers whea they saw the eause of the disturbaace-^a dog, whieh had appareatly beea overlooked, aad had to he Ioaded into Jhe guard 's vaa ia a hurryl.

. 1 Ahead of Fashion. | At the last Rangiriri regatta a re- i iDorter observed a iiuvei and attraetiVe ^ trifnmlng on a panama hat worn by a ' Maori matron ; this was an ordltiaiy j mhn's silk necktie oi - bladk liriglitly i patterned in red and grey, and it waD tied loosely with the ends haiiging 1 Iree. Now cabled news comes from I i'aiis via New York that the very j latest trimmmg thei'e for ladies' hats | is a man's necktie, placed with the T.arrow part to the front and tfie ends tied at ihe back of the hat. I j New Cars in Waikato. Of the 650 niotof c&rs parked in the main streets of Morrinsville, wheh the ttoclt saies were ih pi'ogress, quite 50 per vent. were 1936 ifiOdels, and only about 5 per cent. were tourers. Mauy of the cars brodgiht Visitors from surrouading districts of South Auckland to do business at the market. The proportiOn of fiew cars notided ifi Waikato towns is rfepeatedly being com mented ott by people frohi the soufch as further evidenee of the appareiit pi'osperity of ihe people of ihe Waikato. FalSt Alarm. 4. hre call to Bhamrock street. Napier. at 5 o'clock last evening provod to be a faise alarm. The Napier Gentral Fire Drigade turned out in response to a telephone call. Ifiquiries made aubsequently reVealed that the cali had been made from the pubiie telephone booth in Clive Square, less than 50 yards from the fire station. Just Missed. 8 'This fiiftxi, Your Worship, is a statutory first oftender who missed being a secofid offender by two days," said Senior-Sergeant W. Pender in the Napier Magistrate's Cpfii't this morinfig when a inan appeafed on a chat.^b of dfhttkenness. "He Was arrestct'. last eveimig and bailed out at 6.30 this uiorxniig fdr the suxtt of Mr A. K. J. diord, J.P., who was «Jfi the Benta. fined defendafit the "tii. vur « fhis bdli. Hastings Tfaifib. Motor-traffic in the streets of Hastings has been exceptionaliy heavy during the past two days, with farmers from all over the province visit-,-ngi the tbwn for the HaWke's Day Ram Fair at Tomoana. A further influx or cars was in town to-day, ahd the traffic authorities haVe been kept tn their toes. Several ininor coilisions have occurred during the past iWo days, as several berit mudgiiaids ■ ua bumper bars indlcate. The Future of Nkplfif. Mr J. Siddeils, of Wanganui, who has just returned from a holiday spent. in Napier, is of the opinion that the bapital of Hawke's Day has a splendid future, says the Wanganui "Chronicie;" He refers to the large areas bf land forced up by the earthquaks &nd the satisfactory work being done in de-w:itcung those areas and thue getting litl of the salt.- The residen--tial pcj r.H'Hs of the town, particuiarly Out in the c'areCtion of Taiadaie, hSve greatly improved, and Mr Siddeils was amazed a,t the amount of building Whieh had been done in the comparatiVely short spac© of one year. "There are hundreds of new cottages," _ he Said, "atid there are few towns in New Zealand looking better than Napier is looking to-day." He mentioned the Marine Parade, nd reference to Napier being cdfiiplete without that. He said th^at th© business people wero Steadily improving the gjala lighting of the fcrees as funds accrued. Napier's new fountain was better than that in Christchurch, Mr Siddeils concluded.