LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 44, 8 March 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Increased Farm Costs. When members of the Hastings (H'avi&e 's Bay) branch of the Farmers' Union were discussing increases in farm costs with a view to drawing up a list of products and serviees affiected, one member suggested that it would be much easier and quicker to list those items which had not shown an inerease. "Your list would be nil," commented another member, amid laughter. Novel Excuse. In declining nomination to a position on the committee of the Hastings (Hawke's Bay) branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, a member advanced a novel reason at the meeting of the union on Saturday. "I've only got an old car," he stated, "and I'm afraid it will be getting its runningshoes at the end of the month, so I mightn't be able to attend!" Puketitiri Sports. Taking advantage of tb© beautifully fine day, large numbers of Hastings people journeyed to Puketittri on Saturday to attend the annual picnic sports, where they bad a most enjoyabl© outing which concluded with a jolly time at the dance in th© evening. Among the visitors to the popular bush centre wer© the members of tbe Hastings Citizeus' Band. Port of Napier. Two overseas vessels are at present loading in the roadstead at Napier. They are the Waipawa and th© Port Fr© mantle, both loading meat, wool, and general cargo foi; British ports. On Saturday tbe Sydney Star, which had been in the Roadstead for several days, completed loading and left, .whil© later this montb, the Port Gisborne and the Armadale will load at Napier. Maori Un known Warrior. A proposal that the remains of an unknown. Maori soldier should be brought home from Flanders to his native land has been submitted to the Cabinet by th© Auckland Maori Returned Soldiers' Club, acting jn cooperation with representatives oj; the Arawa and other leading tribes. The suggestiop. is tlnat the warrior should be brought hom© by tbe Maori members of the contingemt which is about to represent New Zealand at the Coronation. Link With H.M.S. Orpheus. One of those Who were present at the launching of H.M.S. Orpheus, whieh was lost on tbe Manakau Bar in 1863, was Sir Frederic Lang, whose death ocArred at HillsboTougli recently. Sir Frederic's father, Mr Oliver Lang, of Blackheath, was a naval architect, and supervised the building of the vessel on ihe River Medway, a tributary of the Thames. His son, who was a small ooy at the time, little suspected that for th© last 32 years of a long hfe his home would be not many miles from the spot where the Orpheus met her fato. Sir Frederic wa© not in New Zealand when the disaster occurred, but arrived nine years later. Sohool for Bay View, Mrs A. I. Harvey, of Bay View, has mad© a very fin© gift to the Government for eduqational purposes. Mrs Harvey has donated a site of approximately two acres, situated on th© main highway, for a school site for Bay View. Th© position is most suitable and being central is oonvenient to all pupils, who would be attending. The gift, it is hoped by Bay View residsnts, will stimulate tbe departm§nt into action in the direction oi granting a separate school for Bay View. This school has been considered for a long time to be very much needed, the growth of close settlement in this part of the district having been very marked for some years. . Musical Treat. A musical programme of a particularly pleasing character and delightfully rendered was given in the Sound Shell, Marine Parade, Napier, last evening, by th© Maori Choirs of Kohupatiki and Waipatu. The sacred concert jncluded pakeha and Maori hymns, and th© sweet tonOd voices blended in a manner which mad© them stand out as being among the best concerted singing heard for some time. These choirs have ibeen practising for some time for a visit to Kaikohe, in the North Auckland district, where there is to be a larg© gathering of Maori church people towards tbe end of this week. Yesterday's concert established the choirs as being a thoroughly welltrained and harmonious combination. Presentation to Mr H, S. Moss. Mr H. S. Moss, who is retiring from th© position of secretary of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club at the end of the club's present finanoial year, after having been in office for 21 years, was th© recipient of a .presentation froxn the club's staff, and the trainers of th© district who desired to show their appreciation of Mr Mqss's courtesy and kihdness during his long period as secretary. The presentation took the farm of a very fine fishing rod, angling being Mr Moss's favourit© pastime. The presentation was accompanied by mSay good wishes, well expressed, that Mr Moss might enjoy his favourite pursuit to the full in the rest he had so well earnedy

| A Correction. In the report of a Court cas© in last Wednesday's Herald-Tribune, the name of one of th© accused charged with disorderly behaviour was given as William Maka. This should have been William ivlaha. Th© accused is in nb way connected with any of the family of MrB Ani Maaka and the late Mr Aritku Maaka, of Hastings and late sf Takapau. Roads in New Zeniafid, The remarkahle improvement that has been made in roads in (New Zealand, particularly jn the North Island, sinc© 1920, was the subject of comment by Major J. W. Blunt, of Capetown, who has completed a four month's tour of the Dominion after being away for 16 years. He said the main roads were particularly good for motoring, and he had found them generally both comfortable and safe. Catnp at Dannevirke, The advance guard for th© annual oamp of th© first Battalion of the Hawke's Bay Regiment, to be held this year on the racecourse at Dannevirke, moved in to-day to make preparations for the laying-out ©f the camp site and for the rations for the 200 or 250 men who will soon be under canvas there. Officers and N.C.O's. join the advance party for a re.fresher course on Wednesday", tbe main body of troops march in on Saturday, and camp is broken on Saturday week. In charge of the camp will be Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. N. Mason, M.C., ELD. Swift Travel. The return journey which Lord Balfour of Burleigh proposes to make from New Zealand to England should establish something of a record for a private passenger if it ia carried through according to schedule. He plans to leav© Wellington by the Awatea on March 9 and to complete the journey by air from Sydney in a total of 15 days. If he can make tbe necessary reservation with Imperial Airways he will leave Brisbane on "March 13, or four days earlier than he had intended, and arrive at London on March 25.