LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 35, 25 February 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Sir Harry Lauder. Sir Harry Lauder, the famous Scottish humauriat and singer, will arrive at Wellington from Sydney by the Awatea next Tuesday. He will be welcomed by repreaentatives of looal Scottish organisationa and pip© bands. Truok Slips Rails. A truck slipped the rails on one of the sidings at the Hastings Railway Station yards yeaterday afternoon. The big locomotive was in. use at the time but no damage was done, either to the truck or the pennanent way. Art- Union Wirnier. The name of the winner of the £50 prize in the art union in connection with the Miss Hawke' s Bay and East Coast bathing-Bell© competition has been forwarded to the Napier Thirty Thousand Club. He is Mr T. S. Wauchopj of Gisborne, Plunkst Wssk at Waipukurau. Plunket Week is being observed in Waipukurau this week, and a round of functions is taking place. This afternoon a musieal gathering was held at the residence of Mrs J. L. Brathwai$e, and to-morrow there will be a bridge party at the Kozy Tearooms, and on Saturday. » g arden party will take place in the Vicarage grounds. Oangerous Corners. Attention to the dangeroua corners on the roadway through Te Mata Park to the Peak w.as drawn by Mr A. I. Rainbow at "the meeting of the Te Mata Park Trust Board. He suggested that something should be do>ne by the board in the way of erecting rails as safety measures at certaih of the corners. The matter was referred to the works committee for a report. Seminary Reopens. Scholastic work at the Catholic Seminary, Mount St. Mary's Greenmeadows, was resumed yesterday. During the vacation most of the students enjoyed their holiday at the Waimarama beach, where they spent a most healthful and very pleasant time. In addition to those returning to their studies, a number of new students have joined the personnel. Damage at Te Mata Damage to th© entrance of that portion of Te Mata. Park occupied by the rest-house was done early in the new year, the mischief apparently being the work of vandals, for an attt«npt was made to remove the gate. At the meeting of the Te Mata Park Trust Board on Tuesday the matter was reported and briefly discussed, it being suggested that a cattle-stop should be constructed to replace the gate. The matter was held over until the next meeting of the board. Napier compstitions. Entries for the Easter festival of the Napier Competitions Society close today, and although it will be some time before it is possible to make a comparison with the entries last year it is indicated that they will probably be better. Some idea of the large area from which entries are drawn is gained from a perusal of the list of towns forwarding entries by this morning's mail. They were: — Wellington, Hastings, Napier, Petone, Auckland, Masterton, Lower Hutt, Waipawa, and Gisborne. High School Enrolments. The enrolment of new pupils at the Hastings High School was begun yesterday afterqoon, when 57 boys and girls were admitted. The enrolment will be continued this afternoon, Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, and there is every indication that the numbers will equal those reached last year. Country pupils are now able to obtain assistance towards the cost of daily travelling to school, or, if boarding in town, an allowance of five shillings a week towards the oos]b of board. Civil Jury casss Finished. Two civil claims to be heard before Mr Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court at Napier this week have been settled out of Court, with the result tliat jurors summoned to be preseut during the remainder of this week have been discharged. The caseg settled ax;e the following. — Charlotte Luxon (Mr C. W. Nash) v. Steve Kuzmifh (Mr. H. B. Lusk), clajm for £750 general damages and £22 16/3 special uamages for injuries arising out of a motor accident; Robert Roberts (Mr C. W, Nash) v.' Joseph F. Custance (Mt H. B. Lusk), claim for £600 general and £160 3/6 spcial damages, also for injuries arising out of a motor accident. Nearly Lost Them. "I'll take these trousers on appro." said the Maori customer to an assistant in a Hastings shop last week. A few days later the Maori returned the trousers, stating that . they were not suitable, and the goods were put back into stock. That, however, was only part of the story. Next day an agitated Maori came hurrying into the shop, and asked breathlessly if the trousers had been sold. Wonderingly the assistant pearched and eventually found the identical pair, and handed them over to the customer. Rapidly the Maori ran his hands through the pockets; then, with a pronounced sigh of relief, drew from the hip pocket a roll of £5 notes and smilingly mad© lm way out of the shop.

Another Alteration. D. A. Rees (Tech. O.B.) has notified the selector that he is unable to play in the Hawke Cup cricket fixture with Manawatu iift the coming week-ond, and his position in th© Hawke' s Bay sid© has accordingly been fiUed by R. ;G. Burns (Tech. G.B.). A Long Traln, Two of the big locomotives were required for this morning'a south-bound mail train to Wieliington, the train oeing an unusually long one. Two camages were reserved for .the woolbuyers and their associates and another was reserved for the Hawke' s Bay cricket team which is meefing Manawatu at Palmerston North tomorrow in the leawke Cup game, Scout Magazine. The latest issue op The Totem, the magazine of the Second Hastings troop of Boy tecouts, printed uy themselves, is just "off the press." In its pages the year's activities of the troop are well recorded. In 1933 the troop purchased some type and, with a homemade machlne, began a monthly magazine. After a few issues it was found that the publication topk too long to produce and interfered with other cicout \York. It was therefore allowed to lapse, but the Scoutmg spirit of perseverance has now; resulted in the re-appearance of the venture as an annual paper. Consignment of Seeds. A consignment of seeds of the rather uncommon Australian tree the kurrajong has been received by the Te Mata Park Trust Board from Senator Rae, of Sydney, and the seeds have been handed ovsr to the Hastings borough superintendent of reserves, Mr J. G. O, Mackenzie, for planting. The gift is th© outcome of a visit made by Senator Rae some months ago to Te Mata Park and the Peak. On that occasion he expressed his appreciation of the work that W.as being done to make the reserve an. attractive asset to the province. He expressed the opinion that possibly the kurrajong could be safely planted in the reserve, for it was a tree that preferred high altitudes. Members of the board wero deeply appreciative of the gift and Senator Rae'a keen interest in the efforts of the board, and a letter is to be sent thanking hara for his interest and help.