LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 32, 22 February 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Waipawa Sohool Exourslon. Tke next school excuraion, for thb pupils of the school s in the Waipawa distriet, will be to Napier, aiid will be on Friday next. The Rangitata. The New Zealand Shipping Co. adviees that its ln.v. Rangitata, which left London on February 4, sailed from Kingston on tho afternoon cf February 18. Orchestral Society. ■ Orchestral members, intending mem« bers and all lovers of musie are rettiinded of the Hastings Orchestral Society' s annual meeting, which takes place this evetting at 7.45 p.m. in the Rorough Gouncil Chambers. A NoteWorthy Rfioord. A noteworthy record was put up by Miss Jean Lee, of Napier, at the Taradale RetUrned Soldiers' Associatiojj sports meeting on Saturday, when ehe won, for the ninth year in succession, the silver cup for most points in the dancing classes. Miss Lee was the winner of the cup the first year it was competed for and has won it every year sinde without a break. This is the mere meritorious since tke tttmiber of cotopetitors each year becomes largor. Wooi-buyifs Arrivfl. HaWke's Bay wool to be oii'ered at« the third Napier wool-sale of tke 193? season is beingi inspected to-day by buyers representing all consuming countries. They arrived in Napier on Saturday evening for the purpose ot valuing the wool bfefdfe bidding for it on Wednesday. In various parts of the proviiice fafUiere are disctlssing the possibilities of the sale. All seem optimistie that the ptices fulittg at the past two saies will be maintained. ?do Many Vlcs-Presidents. Objeotion to the chib having a largo aumber of vice-presidente was voiced by Mr K. Ruddenklau at the annual general meeting df the Te Fohde Sheep Dog Tfial Club ton Saturday night. "Having all these vice-presi-dents is a faree ; it just means yon are asking them for money," he said, When referring to last year's list of 16. On his sUggestion the club decided to eiect only three vice-presidents for the ensuing year. Members agfeed that the office of vlce-presldency shotfld be given to a person as an honour and not aB an indication that the donation of a guinea or two would be aeceptable. Railway Exourstons. Two very well patronised excursion traiiiB arrivfed at Napier yesterday, from Wellington and Cross Ci'eek respectively. The Wetlingfcon train broUght 420 passengerg to Napier and the Wairarapa train 610 passengers, The day was an ideal one for such a visit and the excursionists were sdon dispersed in all directions. Quite a number of them took advantage of the Railway Department's special buses for sight-seeing trips round the town and into the coUntry, vvhile others filled in the day pleasantly visiting the Parade, Westshore, the be&Ufcy spots on the hills. and admiring the fine buildings in the town. Took Five Catches. Brilliant fielding by L. Kauter foi Napier Technical O.B. against Hastings provided interesting cricket ior spectators at Nelson Pafk, Napier, on Saturday. Kauter took five catches, three of them in slips and displayed a keennefes in the field that was an eXample to many other senior crioketers. Tke most spectacular of all was tkat wkick'dismissed H. Lambert. The Hastings piayer drove the ball over the head of tke kowler, Johnson, and Kauter, who was fielding close in, rau at full speed bekind tke bowler to take a very fine catch while still travelling. feaster Holidays. Napier retail establishments have now been brought into line with larger establishments, in the matter of holidaj'S at Easter. Shops in Napier will this year be closed from Easter Satdays inclusive), reopening on Tuesday. u'ruday to the foilowing Monday (both Last year a variation in the observing of Easter Saturday as a holiday was experienced in Napier, and as a reault a number of shops were closed, the remainder being optin for the day. It has been pointed out that Napier retailers are now governed by the Wellington Retailers' Award and that v'' shopS,. With the eXceptibn of conlectionery and fruit shops, must observe a close holiday. "Something Over £1000." A report from the Very Rev. Dean J. B. Brocklehurst, Dean of Waiapu, on his recent visit to England to raise funds for the new Napier Cathedral, was presented to the standing eommittee of the Diocese of Waiapu at a meeting in Napier on Friday evening. The foilowing statement was authorised by the Bishop, the Rt. Ret. .Herbert Williama: "The result Was not considered to warrant any action being taken in the near future." It was revealed foilowing Dean Brocklehurst'e return to Napier that the amount he had collected, with exchange, was "something over £1000."

Red Cross Rooms. Mr H. B. Knight, chemist, lias offered. a room in Russell street for the Hastings Red Cross Association, rent free for one year. This offer has beeu gladly acoepted, and the Hastings Red Cross will be moving in this week. Enrolment of Pupiis. The enrolment of new pupils xs now being undertaken by the headmasters of th© various schools in Hastings, and parents should note that five-year-old children are now admitted to school. Enrolment is possible all this week Uurittg the normal school hours. The headmasters will be present all the time, instead of merely for a few hours each day, as is usually the case during the week before school reopens. consignment of Sheep. An unusual consignment at present in Napier on the Union Steamship Co's coaster Wainui is oUe of 26 Border Leicester rams en route from Timaru to Gisborne. These sheep are not USually found in this distriet, and the iai'ge number of them eXcited some attention from visitors to Glasgow Wharf, Napier. The sheep, which are housed in a covered pen on the main deck, have behaved Very well during the voyage and are ih prhne coiiditioh. Teaching Staffa Return. Punctually at nine o'clock this morning the teaching stafis of the primary schools in Hastings, in keeping with the remainder of the profession throughout the Dominion, assembled in anticipation of the reopening of the schools. PUpils do not attekd School until next Monday mornihg, and in the meantime the teachers are making the arrangements for a prompt stal't to ke made with tke syllabus. Tke headmasters report that there was a full attendattce of the teachers, and at all schools there afe a number of new faces, the personnel of the stafis having UJldergone the usual ckanges at this tiine of the year. Three BandS, The opportunity of hearing three differeut bands was provided the citizens of Hastings during the week-end. On Saturday evetting the Hawke's Bay Highland Pipe Band played at various intersections along Heretaunga street. making a collectiott in aid of the band's uniform fnnd. Last evening tke Hastings Citkens' Band returned from tke ckampionships at Nelson and marched through the tbwn from tke clock toWer to the bandroom playing tke contest marck piece. Later in th© evening tke Napier Citizens' Band (1st. Hawke's Bay Regiittent) paid a visit to the town, giving a most enjoyable recital at Queen's Square. There was a big attendance at the Square, for it was the fiist occasion for some time on wbicli a Napier band had Visited Hastings