LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 83, 24 April 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

iVlilitary Oamp, Members of the Hawke's Bay squadron of th© Wellington and East Coast Mounted Rifles enter the annual camp next Tuesday. This year the camp is being held at Dannevirke. SnowCapped Ranges. The Kaweka range and some of the lesser hills between the range and Napier were covered with snow this morning, and presented an attractiva sight with the sun shining upon the snow- and throwing into bold relief the indentations formed by the emall gullies hetween the higher parts of the range. Correction. In the report of the Waipawa Hospifcal Board published in Thursday a Herald-Trioune and headed "Commitfcee Preferred to Open Board Procedure," the words "The report of ihe mspecting auditor" should have read "The report of the inspecting accountant", the iuspecting aocountant being on the staff of the Health Department, while the ' inspecting auditor is not. Local Body Amalgamation. The need for the most careful consideration in the matter of local body amalgamation,' which was considered in certain cases to be advisable, was stressed at a meeting of the Napier Uhamber of Commerce. It was iiecessary to ensure that economy of admiuistration expenses did not result in lost efficiency, particular mention -being made of fire boards, which had been found to run their own affairs better than had been done under the jurisdiction of borough councils. Anzao Day Holiday. 8ome confusion apparently exists regarding Anzac Day as a holiday, and it should he noted that, with the exception of the butchers, all retail premises will b© open on Monday next. In the Statute Book Anzac Day is looked upon as a Sunday and not as a statutory holiday in the' sense of other recognised holadays. Consequently, when Anzac Day falls on a Sunday, unless speeial i^ovision is made otherwise in any award, it does not constitute a holiday on the following day. Paralysis Forecast. An unusual and accurate forecast ot th© incidence of the infantile paralysis epidemic in Taranaki by Dr F. W. W. Dawson, medical officer of health, New Plymouth, was commented upon by Mr J. A. Valentine, chairman, at a Tarar naki Education Board meeting. In discussion with the board in December Dr Dawson had produced a graph showing that the peak of incidence of the disease would be in the first fortnight in April. With the onset of the cold weather it was then expected that the incidence would decrease. Coronation Deoor&tions. Napier is now .dressing itself in a seemly manner for the Coronation celebrations on May 12. A lead has bean given by the Masonic Hotel, whose balcony looking out over the Marine Parade gardens is now gay and attractive with emblematic shields and purple drapings. The superintendent of borough reserves, Mr O. Corner, is also engaged in the preparatory work required for the town's floral displays, while retailers are beginning to decorate their shop fronts. Puketitiri Early Days.

In connection witb the account ot the early pioneer days of Puketitiri published recently in the HeraldTribune yesterday, it was stated that bbe old track used by the Maoris going to Taupo passed through the dense bush from Hukanui to Hawkston . This was not correct. Mr Henry Davis, who with Mr D. Carswell, told the story of the early settlement of the country, says that the track passed through Patoka and Waipuna and over the Puketitiri flats and. through the bush where the present day road is. Mr Davis knew this country over 70 years ago. Interest in Cuaranteed Prices. Canadian interest in the New Zealand Government' s seheme of guaran--teed prices for dairy produce is referred to in a letter received by the secretary of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, Mr A. P. O'Shea, from. the seoretary of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The letter states that in view of the fact that the wheatgrowers of Westem Canada had been advocating the setting of guaranteed prioes for wheat and that the. 20,000 patrons of Ontario last year asked for a guaranteed price on cheese, the experiment New Zealand is trying in the matter of guaranteed prices was being watched by the Canadian producers with extreme interest. Shortage of Nurses. "Colonial-trained nurses have no difficulty in obtaining posts overseas," said Dr J. Campbell McKenzie, Medical Buperintendent of the South Canter,bury Hospital, when referring to a report from the Acting-Medical Superintendent (Dr M. S. Wells at a meeting of the board, which said that only one reply had been received to an advertisement calling for applicatigns for a maternity nurse for the Temuka and Fairlie Hospitals. Dr McKenzie said that he had learned that 160 trained nurses had recently left the Dominion on tours abroad, the shortage to some extent being dne to ihe Coronation.