LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 59, 25 March 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

' ■■ jii m Easter Holidays. Tke HeralhTribune Will NOT be published to-morrow (Good F«iday) or 011 Easter Monday, but will be published as usual oH Sattirday iiext. iriflux df visitors. Hotel aocomodation in Napier is fully booked up for Easter, as is also priv"ate hotel and boarding-hotise acoomiiiodation, while bookwgs for aocommodation in inotorists' camps is also very heavy, thus indicating a very large in6ux of visitors to Napier for Easter* Another Malapropism, Af, a receht gathering of farmers, sayg the Waikato Txmes, a speaker ftotii atioiher distriet gave a loiig ahd dotailed address oit th© cotnpensated pxice scheffle, after which the chairinan ^ose and stated: "I think, ladieS ahd gentleinch, we shoixld expfess our appreciation to Mr - — — for his very eltxsive address." Higher Costs; Lower Posts. "Ijb is nonsehse to say farifi CoStB aro hofc rising ; twelve months ago a farmer I khoW botight 100 fence po^ts fdr £12 10/- delivefed on his farihj last fiionth he was quoted £U 16/- for 100 and had to pay his owh cartage which has itself ihcreased, ahd Cven the posts theniSelves wefe six inches ehorter/' Said Mr J. H. Penniket, of Hamilton, ajhxd laughter, while addreSsinig a iheeting Of fafmers at Te Rere. Horso Dr6ps Dead. During the Gleax Mtirray B. and Caxxxferidge polo match at Claudelands, Waikato, a horse became paralysed in the hihd legs while at full gallop and dropped dead in the middle of the field. The rider, Mr Edward Allen, of Glen Murray, was thrdwn but was not injured. The pony was 12 years old and Was valued at £30. A motor car was brought oh to the grotxnd and the dead hiOunt was dragged off before play was Contintied Industrial Arbitration Regulations. A clairn that New Zealand' s ihdustfial afbitration regtilatiohg wefe the best ih the world Was made by the Minister fdr Labpur (the Hoh. H. T. Ai-xhstrong), speakihg at a farewell social to Jhim in Cliristchlxrch. Tracihg the history of the gradual improvemeht ih the working eonditions for eitiploye6s from the time of the Seddon Government came into power, Mr Armstrong Said that there was a time when an employee had to get the permission of hia "boss" to go to the Arbitration Uoixrt. Now h© could go when he liked. Easter Travelling. No special exeursions from Napier and Hastings will be organised by the UailWay Department for Easter, although two special trains for the benefit of people who wish to make the most of their Easter holidays will arrive ix» Napier 011 Good Friday morning. The trains will bring to Napier passengers from all paits of the island, linking up with the various routes at Palmerston North. A special train for the convenience of those leavitig Napier for Easter leaves on Thursday night at 9.50. Travellers in all three trains will return by the ordinary express services.

Avlation Future, The fact that the Hastings aerodrome had a big fnture in front of it in aviation development wa9 mentioned by F light-Lieuten ant E. A. Gibsdn, aerodrome and aviation engineer to the New Zealand Government, in the course of hig evidence in a civil case in the Hastings Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon. Fliglit-Lieutenant Gibson said he anticipated that the Hastings aerodrome would be of particular value in the training of pilots for defence purposes. With the development of commercial aviation fche aerodrome would become increasingly important. In his evidenc© the witness said that, in his opinjon, it would be necessary in the future for additional ground to be secured to extend the aerodrome to aocommodate the bigger and modern aircraft Another Flsh Story. Most people know the story of the "big fish that got away", and, though this is the theme of the story to be told by a Havelock fisherman who went to Haumoana for fish, there is a novel variation. A family divided the fishing activities for the day, the majority preferring to spend their time trolling on a launch. One of the younger members decided to fish for kahawai at the river-mouth. Several hours on the water by th® launch party failed to produce any fish, but the boy on the beach reported to his father that "a big fish had taken his line, retterboard and all". His father chaffed hie son about the "old, old,' story", and home they went. However, when the launch party arrived back they related how, while out in the bay, they espied a piece of wood moving about the water in an unusual manner. Closer examination revealed that it was the retterbokrd in question. Hauled aboard the launch the line attached to the boax'd produced a 51b specimen of kahuwai — and that's the story of a fish that "uearly got away."