LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 51, 16 March 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Band for Dannevirke Camp. The first Hawke'b Bay Regimental Citizens' Band has gone to attend the military camp at Dannevirke. Twentytwo members of the band traveiled, and the band gave a concert* on the Donnevjrke racecourse on Sunday afternoon. Exoeptional Tomato Crops. A bountiful crop of tomatoes, unusual in size and quality, has been seoured by Mrs. "W. Ross, of Hillcrest, Hamilton. Five average specimens picked from, the 50 plants on Friday aggregated 6^1b. in weight and a large clothes basket has» already been half filled with tomatoes of similar dimensioas. Mrs. Ross con^iders that the outsize crop has been due to a phenomenally good growing season, although the lack of auahine has neeessitated the fruit being picked before it has fully ripened. Politics and Cricket. A knowledge of cricketing parlance was displayed by the Minister of Labour, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, in addressing an informal gathejring of the Auckland Harbour Board. "I have been travelling through the country with the Prime Minister," Mr. Armstrong said, "and I think I can claim to have been a pretty good wicketkeeper. Not that I have been given a very difficult task, Mr. Savage has a pretty wide bat and it is very little that gets past him. ' ' Workers' Deputation. Workers from the Ahuriri Lagoon reclamation gangs waited on the engineer for the Public Works Department, Mr A. Dinnie, at Napier yesterday, a8king for higher wages and bettei advance pays. The men returned to work following the deputation, but it understood that, as they were unsatisfied with the result, the question was referred to the president and secretary of the New Zealand Workers' Union, Messrs. Wiison and WiUis, with ihe result that the requests are to be placed at an early date before the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple. Facing the Camera. During his visit to Auckland, the Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, on every public appearance has had to faee batteries of cameras. llashlight photographs were taken at a farewell extended to him by the Auckland Harbour Board on Friday afternoon, and he had a word for the photographers. "1 hope I never have to face guns as often as I have had to face cameras during the past week or two, ' ' Mr. Savage said. "If I do I should make a pretty good soldier, but I hope it will not come to that." New Waterfall, The discovery of a new waterfall — said in most respects to be even better than the Southland Falls — on the Chaslands road was discussed at the last meeting of the Southland Progress League. It was stated that Mr. Ivor Wiison, a member" of the Automobile Assoeiation (Southland), had made a track, and signposted it, into the falls, which were about a mile and a-half from the road. Overseas visitors who had been taken to the falls had given them high praise, it was stated, and members urged that the discovery of such a scenie attraction was a further reason for improving the road. Military Camps. Following an extensive course of training, the First Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps, concluded a seven days' camp at Rotorua on Saturday. After preliminary training in various branehes of medical corps woik, tactical exercises in the field to demoDStrate and practise the « evacuation of wounded soldiers were held. Five officeis and 46 men of the First Field Compaity, New Zealand Engineers, are also concluding a camp at Rotorua. A comprehensive course has included the building of bridges, observation towers and tank obstacles and trainiug in the use of gas masks. The men are reported to have carried out their wbrk in an enthusiastic and efficient nianner and have benefited considerably by the instruction. e Electricity for Dargaville. Bedecked by thousands of coloured ligkts and scores of other brilliant electrie illumihations, Dargaville on Friday night joyously celebrated the official switching on of electric power in the town and the surrounding district. Although the district has been served with light and power by 20 miles of transmission lines from Arapuni since last December, no official ceremony in celebration of the great occasion for the district had been carried out until Friday. Included in the celebrations was a dinner given by the North Auckland Electric Power Board, at which the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, was the guest of honour. The official switching on ceremony by Mr. Semple was held in the Empire Theatre, and there was an electrical industries baU in the Theatre Royal.

St. Patrick's Day. Banks aud legal offices tha'oughout Hawke's Bay will be closed all day to-morrow, in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Repairs to Maln Hignway, The majn Hawera^-Wanganui highway has been closed for repairs immediately south of Hawera. N orth traffic makes a detour afr Mokoia and south traffic at Hawera, through Ohangai. Anatomy Modois for Lectures. The use of anatomy models for nurses' lectures is suggested by the Nurses' and Midwives' Registration Board in a letter received by the Hawke'g Bay Hospital Board, in which a suggested programme of lectures for members of the Napier Publio Hospital nursing staff is enclosed. The matter has been referred to the medical superintendent, Dr J. J. Foley, for consideration and a subsequent report. Hastings Malernity Annexa. Congratulations upon th© high standard of training and the conditions generally obtaining at the maternity annexe of thefe Memorial Hospital, Hastings, have been extended to the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board by the Nurses' and Midwives' Registration Board. A letter from the secretary of the latter board was "received" at yesterday' s meeting of th© Hawke's Bay Hospital Board.