LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 76, 16 April 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Prrce of scciitiff. A cheque for £357 was received by the Hastings Borough Council from the Hawke' s Bay Electric Powe£ Board, this being the purchase money for the section in Eastbourne street that has been acquired by the board in the extension of this business in Hastings.Control of Fishing Industry , Begulations uhder the Industrial EfficienCy Act are published in the Ga2ette issued yesterday, whereby the taking 6f fish for purposes of sale and the export of fish are nOw brought witbhi the licensiilgi provisions 6f the Act. B'-C!ass Radfo Stations. With the aim, apparently, of' securing cbmplete control of broadca^ting, the GoVernment' has inade an offer of purchase- to each of the owners of the f6ur Dunedin B-class stations, 42/B, 4ZM, 4ZO aiid 4ZL. Civic square Plan A further' step in the dCvelOpment of tho Civic Square was taken by the Hastings Borough Council last eveUingc when the tender of the Hawke' & Bay Demolition. Co. was accepted for the removal of the buildings on. the section re / rtly taken over by the borough from the A. A. George Bstate. New Napier Courthouse. The provision Of a new Courthouse in Napier was disenssCd at- the annual meCtuig oi the Hawke' s Bay Distriet Law Society, when it was decided to 'reeOmmend' the council Of the society to urge the Napier Borough CounCi'l to come to a decision on the question as to - where the- new Courthouse should be erected, if the Governmeflt sh'OuId decide to rebuild Objectiori to Ffats. The spread of flats into some of the garden subufbs of Christchurch was strongly Oppo&ed at the meeting of the Christchurch City Council by Mr M. E. LyOns.. His prote&t secured the support of two Other councillors, and although there was no decision on the principle involved, th© discussion led to a proposal to erect flats in Knowles street-, St.. Albans, being referred back io a committee on a teehnieality.- Mf Lyons argued that the environment Of the Oity made flat-building in the subnrbs undesiiable and unnecessary. Radio Calls By Contract. TO meet the needs of large firiils requiring frequent fhdiO CoiCimUriication overseas,- the Post Offide brought into" opefation last jahuary a system , Of eohtract radio1 calls between NeW Zealand and Australia, a fedliOed rate bejng chafged fOr' the regular Service. This cOnvenient system has how been exteUded to Great Brltain, and the coiitraet pfovides for tbfee or mere calls ; per week, covering an aggregate of fifteen minntes weekly fOr a perlod of one mO'iith. The contract rate is 24/per minute, instead of the norma! eharge of 34/-, aiid the calls' raay be extended at ihe iower rate. Indiari Hcckey Tour? That Dyan Chand, a star player of the Indian hockey team which toured New Zealand last year, was reported in English newspapers as attempting to, arrange anothet tour of New Zealand by an Indian hockey team, was mentioned by Mr W; H. Wilson at last night's meeting of the Manawatu Hockey Association. In an interview while »t the Oljmpio (Games, Dyan Chand spcke of New Zealand hockey and its f.rogress in terms of high praiSe. Unolficially, said Mr Wilson, New j26Uland was rated third in the Wofld as a

nocKey conn'try « v^Hould Dya.ii ChHiici' succeed ih bringiiig oiit a team s'elected and captained by himsalf, the sport xxj this DoffiiuiOn Would ieceive another great inspirationk Sotl Survey PrOgfess. Steady progress is being made with the recordiiig of the observations made by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Researchj in the course of the soil surWey of Hatvke's B'ay.- The secretary of the department, Dr. E. Marsden, in a communication received yestei'day, states : "We are getting towards the writing-up of some of the work u4 the Hawke' s Bay dlstrict. We publlshed a bulletin oU the climate last week, and We ouglit to have ready in about three weeks time a bulletin on water supplies. Aboiit a moiith later we should have something, writteu up on soils. Also, I am endeaVoUring to write up the story of bentonito. We also suspect an iiitefesting mineral deficieney in connection with citrus." Vatidalism in Parks. "There is vandalism and thbft going on in all our parks," eaid the Mayor, Mr G. A. Maddison, at the meeting of the Hastings Borough Council last evening. Considerable damage was done at Windsor Park where the very filie work of the stone-workers there was being defaced, Mr Madditfon said. If the people concerned were ever caugiht, the Council Was determined to press for a heavy penalty and make an example of the oifender, 6r offendera. "A good deal of the damage is done by larrikins," he sqid, "but uot all of the Uiik chief alld theft is committed by them, as evidenced by the kiliing and skinniug of a sheep at Windsor Park recently."

Derisity of Motbr fraffio. The annual report of the Trausport Department shows that the gi'eatest density of niotot traffic, not taking into account city ureas, occurs on the main highways in the N apier-HastiUgs distriet folloWed by the Auckland distriet, then the Wellington distriet. The Chfistohurcuh distriet is the most used by motor traffic in the South Island. Paintlng Street Poles. The painting of telegraph and power poles in the main street, witR the idfea of improving the appebrance of th'fe street, is being contemplated by the Hastings Borougji CoUncil.- Last night it was decided to paint the poles in one bloCk in Heretaunga stre'et, as an experiment, to asc^rtaiii What the e£fect would be. OI6cfc Towef Visibility. A proposal to impfove the visibility of tbe clock tower was placed befoYe the Hastings Borough Council- last evening. The suggested cost wa& £286, spread over five years, and a cDncession provided in such a way that the iUstallation would become the proper* ; ty of the council after the expiration ; cf the fi've-year agreement. The liiatter was deferfed for consideration with the cstimafes. Motor Registrations. The motor registration figures for the Dominion,- up to March 81,- shcrw that there are 14,770 registered m'otofcafs and trncks rff- the- HaWke's Bay proYinciai distriet. Of this number 10,203 are privately-owned motor-cars, 1924 heavy and 1649 lighf tnichs, 147 passenger trueks, 65 omnibuses, 124 taxis, 57 service cars, 192 dealers' cars, 231 local body vehicles, 160 Govefnrnent vehicles and 1974 motor-cyclet. There are also 571 trailers- registered. Work on Prfmar'y Schoofe. Tendbrs for the work to be cafried out at three primary schools in its distriet wefe accepted by the HaWke's Bay Education Board at this ffiorniflgf's meeting. The work and tbe sucbessftll tenderers afe as follow Additiofis to the Mahia native school (£880), Mf1 C.~ H. Duddiiig ; tbe erection «f a neW school at Tukemokihi- (£440), Mf W. Hedley ; the erection 6f a ileW sheltef Shed at Ormondville (£51), Mf A. T. Spaokinan Novsl "Windshield" WipBr. A novel "windshield" wipef was seen on an oil tanker which visited Lyttelton recently. On one of the windows of the bridge » circular pieCe of glass, mounted' on a shaft, was inset. When rain, sleet, or snow is fallirig, or spray iS driving across the front of the bridge the pieee of glass is rekolved fapidly by meabs of a SiUall eleC'tfie motor. The speed throws off all moisture, the glass being kept mUcb cleanef than it would be by the use of a conventional wiper snch as is tlsed iii motor-cars. Wairoa 's Local Botlies. „ "Wairoa is idealiy sUited ror local body amalgamation," said the Ministe# of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E.Parry, who left Napier this morning fof Wairoa to give an address on the

subject. "That is a community where the merglng of interests under one controlling body should bave a most beneficial and successful fesblt." Talking about his Work ifi connection With local body amalgamation, the Minister femarked that his visits roUnd the Dominion lficlflded Only those plaCeg whefe he was ifivited. "I nevef go to a place Where I doil't thiflk l'm wanted. I'ni not always popukr, you kUOw; but nevertheless my t&sk is a most iffipof' tant oDtr."