LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 28, 17 February 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

High School Enrolments. "New enrolments are coming in steadily, and it looks as though we should be well up to last year's numbers in tbe boarding establishment," stated the headmaster of the Napier Boys' High School, Mr W. T. Foster, in his monthly repoi*t adopted yesterday by the Napier Secondary Education Board. The Number is Legion. Over 650 remedies tor ailments in animals — sheep, cattle, dogs, cats> and pigs — are registered in the current issue of the Gazette. The remedies inelude tonics, powders, ointments, balms, lotions, tabletB, pastes, licks, cordials, drenches, cleansers, shampoo, embroCations, pills, draughts, disinfectants, salves, washes, and "cures." Home-Nursing Leotures. The series of home-nursing lectui'es under the auspices of the St. John Ambulance Association (Napier iriubOentre) for the present season began last evening when a home-liursing class for ' women Was started. The association haB .secured the services of Mrs P. P. Mayo as lecturei^ and the lectures should be interesting as well as instructive. Masterton «tMbile6 Show. In the ring competitions at tbe Masterton Jubilee Show, Mr A. W. Parsons' (Waipukurau) Spearopa was first in the walkihg competition and the same owner's Foam was second ija tne maiden jumping competition. Miss Davine Bousfield's (Waipukurau) Skipper \vas third iii the walking competition, and the same owner's Painted Doll was third in the ppny jumping competition (ponies 13.2 to 14.2 hands) . First Competition Entry. The honour of recordiiig the first entry for the Easter Festival of the Napier Oompetitions Society this year goes to a young Woman from Petone, who has entered for nine sections. lnquiries regal'ding the festival are stiii being receiyeid from all parts of the North Ieland, and the society is hopeful of producingj a Week's entertainment whicb will be better both in quality and in the number of entries than the successful festival of last year. Australiari "Loofi Ness." Australia appafently has a rival to the Loch Ness Monster, or so it would Beem froin the remarks of one of the party of Australian farmers who visited Napier and Hastings yesterday. Mr W. Lowe, of New Southi Wales, said a fisherman that he had rriet at Lake Gowal had just seen the mysterious "bunyip". This is supposed tb be an atboriginal atuanal Of prehistoric attcestry. It has a most peciiliar shape, and makes tremendoUs splashing in the water, and an extraordittary noise. in RecesS. The Gisborne Oompetitions Society has gone into tecess fqr this year, and no festival will be held. Laek of finance and little public enthusiasm have necessitated the step. The suggestion Was made at the annual meeting that part of the success of the Napier festival wps due to its being held at Easter and that Gisborne should follow this examjpj.#, but the proposal was not gone on with. It was explained that the society' s finances were not suffieient to engage the Opera House, and it was i'elt that the City Hall did not > have proper facilities. Rugby Leaguo Decline, Reporta from London indicate that the Rugby League game there has not prospered as well as the syndicate promoting it had hoped. At the outset money poured into the organisation bnt the game has not gained popularity with the public of Great Britain. George Nepia, the ex-AU Black, who went home some time ago to play for StreathamMitcham, has now left that club and joined another. The comment of sporting writers abroad seems to indicate that the game will never gain .anywhere near the same degs'ee of popuiarity as the Soccer and Rugby Union codes. Hastings Compiimented. A fine compliment to Hastings was paid by a recent visitor from Upper Hutt when, in tbe cqurse of ordering from a local seeds merchant specimens of certain plaiitB she saw at Cornwall Park, she wrote as follows: — "Last week I was in your town and Was very pleased with the wonderful beauty of the place, and Visiting Cornwall Park I was thrilled witb the glorious lovelinesa of it all. Words fail to express tbe appreciatiott I felt for so'much beauty that I etood amidst. You are a lucky people to hav© so much beauty around you. Your bedding begonia and the cannas wott my heart." Away in Three Reigns, A position that is perhaps unique for Napier is tbat Mr C. H. Wilkie, who left early in 1935 on a tour of Great Britain and Europe, has been on a holiday that has seen tbree kings on the throne. When Mr Wilkie arrived in England the late King George V. was still alive. Shortly after that he died, and the visiting Now Zealander stood in Ti'afalgar Square and listened to tbe pi'oclamation of King Edward VIII. Following the abdication, he once more: stood in the square and heard the present King, George YI. proelaimed.

Civil Cases First. A change in the order of hearing oi cases was instituted in the Hastings Magistrate's Court this morning when civil cases were heard before the criminal cases. This alteration was mad© at the request of the legal firms in Hastings, as it reducea considerably the tim© occupied in the Court. Australian Farmers Depart. The party of Australian farmers at present engaged on a., tour of New Zealand left Napier for Masterton this morning. The party, which is travelling on two of the new • Government buses, liad previously toured the west coast of the North Island, visiting Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Rotorua, Taupo, Napier and Hastings and will continue the tour in the South Island after observing farming methods in the Wairarapa district. 300 Men Wanted. What is believed to be the biggest order for labour ever made to the State Placement Service was given by Mr J. Fletcher, of the Fletcher Construction Co., to the placement officer for Hutt Valley. Mr-. Fletcher' s order was for 260 carpenters and 40 joiners, vvho will be employed in the Hutt Valley. The men are required in about a week, and, although it is believed this number naay not be available, placement officers throughout New Zealand will be gotified and all available men on the books will be given the opportunity of employment. Escape from Bombing. A ship that narrowly escaped being damaged by aerial bombg while in a Spanish port has arrived in Lyttelton. She is the Polzella, a British tramp steamer, whioh, after taking on board a few refugees, hastily departed. from Spain. In July she was at Huevla, a I'iver port in Spain, There was much fighting in the town, and on.the day she arrived the waterfront was captilred by the rebel forces. In Vain the Polzella waited for her cargo to be dis-cliai-ged and to pick up another cargo. On the ninth day a rebel warship, lying at moorings near the Polsella, was bombed by a loyalist aeroplane, which, however, did not scol'e a direct hit with any of its six'bombs. After his indecision for a few days about leaving, this narrow escape deeided Captaln BrockWell to take his vessel to sea, and with 25 refugees, consisting of Spanish, British Swedish, and German nationals the Polzella hastily saiied for Morocco, where she loaded for Japan. Names for Rail-Car. A Maori resident, in view of the. early completion of the Wairoa — ^Napier railway, and the probability that railcars may be put on the line for passenger traffic, has submitted to the Minister of Railways some names that niay be suitable. Among these he has given in order of preference, "Taika," (Tiger) the name of the first horse ridden into Waitoa from Nuhaka about 1826 by Te Wdra Taraia, a war-lord of Kahungunu Huku, a famous anqestor of the Mohaka people, ,and Kopu, the loyalist Wairoa war-cMef, Th© Minister has replied stating that the suggestions have been noted for consideration at ■ tlie appropriate time.