LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 48, 12 March 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

I . ■ -■ . r.1 1 Clive Grange Schooi, The Clive Grange School children will hold their anpual picniq in Napier tomorrow, Saturday. Maii From Napier. Two bags of mail wjll leave from Napier on the Port Fremantle to-night for England, As the vessel goes via Cape Horn, she js pot the fastest despatchi for ma!!, and consequently the amount of mail is small. Hawera Pipers to Piay at Rotorua. The Hawera Highland Pipe Band has been engaged by the Rotorua Borough (Jouncil to play at Rotorua at the Easter week^end. The Rotorua Borough Couneil wi3 rneet an expenditure or approximately £500 Adjustment Commission. The Hawke's Bay Adjustment Commission will sit at Hastings on Saturday, April 10. It is understood that, although a large number of applications wei~e filed, the CQmmissiqnef will not be asked to exerclse its powers in many cases, as in many instances satisfacr tory agreement has been reached out of court. Scalded By Water. An unusual accident occurred in the refreshment rooms at the Waipukurau Railway Station yesterday afternoon, when Miss G. Coughlan, one of the attendants, was scalded on the legs as fche result of the slipping of an urn of boiling water. A doctor was summoned and Miss Coughlan was taken to hospital in the doctor' s car with her legs swathed in tea-toweis. Her condition this morning had improved. Representative Tennis Fixture. The Hawke' b Bay representative ten, nis team is to play a fixture against Wanganui to-morrow at Wanganui. The players leave this evening with Mr L. W. Frude, of Napier, as manager. Mips M- Evans • (Nelson Park) is npt now available, and fier place will be taken by M?s Lamb (Hastings)- Thq team wfii retqrn to Hawke's Bay on Sunday, the projected matcb against Taranaki having beeai cancelled. Warship to Vislt Napier, The Hawke's Bay branch of the Navy League has received advice to the effect that arrangements have been made by Rear-Admiral the Hon. E. R. Drummond, Commqdore of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, for H.M.S. Leith to visit Napier from May 8 tq May 13, - during which time Napier will be celebrating tbe Coronation. The vessel will berth at Glasgow wharf, so that the public will have every opportunity of inspecting her.

Under 28 Awards, "I have beep tpld. by a shipping company representative that a? goop a? one of its ships gqes on to thq patent slip for oyerhaul" it fiecomes jnvolved under 28 industrial awards," said Mr M. J. Reardon, Conciliation Coijiniissioner, at a hearing of the Dominion wicker-workers' dispute in Christchurch. The commissioner told the Conciliation Couneil of the difficulties of one eompany in keeping track of changes upder the various awards and coxnplying with them. Mjnor Aooldent. A minor accident, fortunately unattended by' injnry, occurred in Heretaunga street about 8.30 this morning near the Catholie church, wheax a schoolgirl cyclist collided with a motortruck, driven by Mr G. C. Marghall, of Havelock North- Mr Marshall was overtaking the girl, who was riding with three companions, when the girl swerved to avoid a milk-cart and came into th© path of the truck. The bicycle was damaged, but the girl, whose name iq not known, was uninjured, and contipued on h®r way to school. Frost This Morning. Three degreeg o.f frost were recorded iq Hastings this morning, and consequent damage occurred to vegetable gardens where the plants were not protected. The mountajns had a covering of snow on their higher slopeg, and the air wps consequently freeh, not only ip. Hastings fiuf aho in Waipukurau and Dannevirke. Following the cqld snap, the day was bright and clear throughout the provipce, the nip in the air disappearing during the morning. Stopped by Forca. Before Lord Nufiield left Dunedin for Invercargill fie received a telephone call from Colonel Stewart, of Milton, and a request that he should stop for a short time at a picnic being held there by the oldest settlers of Otago. Lord Nufiield had to reply that although he would be very glad to stop, lack of time would not enable him to. The sequel took place when the party reached Milton. It was rarning, but there was a ehain of old settlers stretehed across the road and the car was not allowed through. "It was a very touching incident," Lord Nuffield said at the reception in Invercargill after Mr. C. J. B. Norwood, of Wellington, had spoken of it. The party spent 25 minutes with the picnickers and was entertained at afternoon tea, Lord Nuffield meeting most of the old settlers before the cars mpved off again to the accompaniment of eheering.

i Maraenui Green Fees, Green fees totalling £154 15/- were collected by the Maraenui Golf Club during the past year. This sum represents .a substantial increase on the fees coliected during the previous year. A fortnigkt ago, £10 2/6 was collectcci in green fees during seven days. Big G?me Fishing. "Whatever Zane Grey may say to the eoutrary, I still believe that New Zealand can beat the world for biggame fishing," said Dr G. B. Pieroe, of New York, who arrived at Auckland by the Niagara to spend his fifth season fishing at tli© Bay of Islands. Dr Pierce said he did not think Australia could provide fishing superior to that obtainable in New Zealand as Zane Grey had claimed. Dropped From Sky. Wliile standing at the new Taungatara dairy factory two Tuanaki residents were somewhat startled to hear something hit the ground behind them with a heavy "flop." Looking round they were surprised to see an eel about 15 jnches long wriggling on the ground. A glauce upwards solved the inystery, for a large shag, which had evidently dropped its prospective meal after lifting it from the adjaeent river, .was flying away. Busy Timber Miiis. The timber industry jp workipg at full pressure in the King Country, says the Waikato Times. A new large caterpillar tractor has been installed in the Pukemako bush at Mangapeehi for the purpose of breaking out the logs at the bush where the same eompany bas four otheir large kaulers at work. This eompany has now a total of 174 men daily employed. In order to meet the demands o.f seasoned timber three large drying kilns have been erected capable of turning out 20,000 to 30,000 feet of seasoned timber per week. Many New Factories. "Architeeturally, the depression seems to be a thing of the past in most countries," said Professor Knight, of the School of Architecture at Auchland University Oollege, who returned to Auckland after spending a year abroad travelTmg on a Carnegie fellowship and visiting seven countries and 40 universities. Professor Knight said that building activity in England was amazing. It wps prqbably attributable to the protection policy of the Government as a result of which many factories were being built abont London. They were very fine works of architecture ancl were laid out on garden qity lines.