LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 33, 23 February 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Aisisting the Band. The sum of £25 is to be given to the Napier Citizens' Band by the Napier Borough Council to assist in the purchase of light summer uniform coats to be worn during band contbsts. Tangoio Soenlo Reserve. A donation of £20 is to be made by the Napier Borough Council to the Commissioner of Crown. Lands towards fencingi and other improvements at the Tangoio scenic reserve near the waterfall. The estimated cost of the work to be done is £220. cars Collide. There was a slight collision in Waipukurau on Saturday night between a car driven by Mr Percy Hopkine, of Hastings, and another driven by Miss Butler, Mt. Herbert, Waipukurau. No material damage resulted, and neither of the drivers suffered injury. Coronation Celebration. A special public meeting in Napier to-morrow will consider the question of the fitting celebration of the coronation of King Geol'ge VI. Jt is likely that a committee will be set up to make final arrangementa for the decoration of the town and possibly for some public funotions in commemoration of the event Exoursions Cancellod. Because of the case of infantile qiaralysis which has occurred in Napier, the oombined school^ committees of bouthern Hawke' s Bay have cancelled the school excursion to Napier which was to have been held to-morrow. The excursion from other schools in Southern Hawke' s Bay which wag arranged to arrive in Napier on Friday next has also been cancelled. The Latest in Shoe Laces, Xeen rivalry on the part of two members of the Napier "jbwelve o'clock" batiiers in th«" speed with which they can undresB and put on their togs resulted to-day in one of them making an interesting discovery. He observecl that in the mad rush to be first undressed his rival slipped off his ehoes without unlacing them. He seized one of the shoes and examined it, to find that the laces were made of elastic. War Relief. A meeting o.f the Hastings committee of the Hawxe' s Bay War Relief Association was held yesterday. Present: Messrs W. Hart (in the chair) L. J. Mackersey and F. Perrin. Leave of absenoe was granted to Messrs F. J. Hull and A. J. M. Manson. Thirty-eighit returned soldiers' cases were considered, and assistance was granted in various ways, including grants amounting to £45 5/6. State Housing. Mr J. A, Lee, M.P., member in charge of the State housing scheme, is expected to arrive in Napier on Friday next to investigate the housing position jn Napier. The Marewa- block will be inspected by Mr Lee, who desires to see for himself the possibilities which the area offers. A civic welcome is to be tendersd to Mr Lee in the Napier Borough Council Chambers on Friday afternoon at two o'clock. Rotary Plcmc. The Napier Rotary Olub held the first picnic on its own account at Ohurukura on Sunday, when the members of the club, with their families were the guests of Rotarians R. Holt (Napier) and John Holt (Hastings). Ideal weather prevailed for the occaaion, the party of 60 being camped on the river about a mile from the Ohurukura mill. The member s of the party spent an enjoyable day in sports events, swimming and tramping through the picturesque native bush. Radlo at Hospital. Comment on the faofc that the radlo apparatus at the Napier Publio Hospital had been allowed to fall into disrepair was made at the meeting of the Napier Rotary Club yesterday by Rotarian M. R. Grant, who said that when he visited a friend in the hospital in a private room he found that the fixtures for the earphones were there, but no earphones. He suggested that the radio committee which had helped to have the installation placed in the hospital, should be revived to ask the .Napier Hospital Board to keep the set in repair. Rotary's Birthday. Thirty-two years ago to-day, Mr Paul Harris, of Chicago, formed the first branch of the Rotary Club. Now the Rotary movement is world-wide and numbers 4060 clubs and" 172,000 members. At its weekly luncheon yesterday the Napier Rotary Club celebrated the anniversary. Originally thre© short talks on various phases of the movement had been prepared by members, but owing to the length of the preliminary part of the programme two of these had to be postponed. Rotarian A. A. Hastings, gave an interesting address on "World Friendghip and Understanding," in which he stressed that, as a truiy international force, Rotary should exert itself to do away- with the barriers and prejudices against understanding between nations.

Alr-Maii at London. Air-mail dispatched from Wellington on February 2 arrived at London on February 18. — P.A. Placement Offices. The official opening of the new offices of the State placement scheme in Hastings will take place to-morrow morning II o'clock. Arrangementa have been made for the Mayor, Mr G. A. Maddison, to give a short address and also for Mr John Lewjs, Chief Placement officer of the Department of Labour, of Wellington, to give an address on the scope, aims and ideals of the placement service. Dog's Umisual Death. A Taranaki farmer waB amazed on his return to his cowshed five minutes after he had brought his cows in to find the dog he had used, which had appeared healthy and energetic, lying dead in. its kennel. Perturbed by its sudden death, he made an investigation which led to the discovery that the dog had sw allowed a cloth used for washing the separator. Tliis seems to lend coiour to an Euglish visitor's accusation that New Zealand farmers' dogs are shockmgly underfed, Glft of Plants. A gift of 5G0 sqarlet Sparaxia plants is acknowledged by the Mayor of . Hastings, Mr G. A. Maddison, from Mrs Toko Franklin, of Havelock North. "It is very nice indeed to find people like Mrs Franklin taking such a keen interest in our borough reserves," sajd Mr Maddison this morning. "Tho council would be only too pleased to receive such gifts, and they will be put to good use."