LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 52, 17 March 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

.« ■ ' i'» Remuera's Progress. The New Zealand Shipping Co. advises that the Remuera, which left ■ Wellington on February 18, arrived at Caracas Bay during the afternoon of Sunday last. Eleotiio Power Boards' Assoolaticxit. The Hawke's Bay Electrie Power Board decided yesterday afternoon to become a member of the newly-forme.d New Zealand Electric P-ower Boards' and Supply Authoritj.es' Industrial Union of Employers. Easter Creetings. A speeial Easter letter-telegram service between New Zealand and Great Britain will be introduced for the period March 22nd, to 29th. inclusive. Messages must be of greetings or social nature. The rate will be 5/6 2-3d. for 10 words and 6 2-3d. for each a.dditional word. Inter-School Crioket. Oricket elevens representing the Napier and Gisborne High Schools will rneet at the Napier grounds on Friday and Saturday in the annual competition for the Gisborne Gup. . The visitors, who will be biReted in the boxnes of members of the Napier team and pupils at the echool, arrive.in Napier by service car on Thursday evening and leave for their homes on Sunday morning. Biish preservation. A Dominion conference of local bodies interested in bush preservation will be held in Wellington on April S} when the Governor-General will preside. The Napier Thirty Thousand Club has received an invitatdon to attend, and will shortly choose a delegate. Mr WHarvey, who has previously represented the club in such discussions may not be able to attend, but it is certain that the club will be represented. Cherry Avenue in Napier. Napier may shortly acquire a cherry blossom avenue, aimilar to one in the city of Washington, U-S.A., planted 50 years ago and an object of much admiration. When the Mayor of Napier, Mr O. O. Morse, was talking to the manager of the visiting Japanes© athletic team, Mr E. Kurasawo, th© other day, he mentioned that Napier would deeply appreciate a gift of cherry trees from Japan, and Mr Kurasawo expressed a desire to do all he could in the matter. He undertook to place Mr Morse's suggestion before the Japanese Consul at Sydney at the earliest possible moment. Free Place Exfension. For the benefit of those parents who are unable to pay fees for the secondary education of their children, the Minister for Education has approved conceSsions. The junlor free* place shall be extended for a further year in ih8 caae of those pupils who failed to seeure a senior free place at the end of 1936, and an extension of the senior free place beyond the end of the year in which the holder attains the age of 19 years has also been granted. In the cases of both extensions the parent must prove to the satisfaction of the Director of Education that he or she is unable to pay the necessary fees. Sensational Performances, Altbough many people believed that Ian Driscoll would lower the longstanding two-miles walk record when really tested, there wero few at McLean Park, Napier, last nig|ht, who imagined that the reoord would be beaten by practically I5secs.} as was the case. Driscoll conceded 690 yards start, and finished nearly 200 yards ahead of his nearest opponent. It was a great performanee and shows that to-day Driscoll is in a class by himself as a walker. He has won the championships of New Zealand and Australia, and it is to be hoped that he will be able to uphold the prestige of New Zealand at the Empire Games. The Japanese runner Murakoso also put up a eterling performanee by lowering Randolph Rose's two-miles record of 9min. 20 l-5secs., though it was only by two-fifths of a second. Murakoso has an eflfortless style, covering the ground at a fast but steady pace, seemingly tireless. His style is strongly reminis- • cent of Alfred Shrubb, who held all the world' s distance running records for a uumber of years.