LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 90, 3 May 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Sawmill Burned. The sawmill owned and operated at Mercer by the JEtoose Shipping Company was extensively damaged by a hre last week, the buiiding being demolished and the machiaery badly affeoted, It employed 60 hands and had been worjj" ing at full capacity to fill large orders for timber. Registratlon of Bioycles. "The Minister of Transport intends to bring a proposal for the compulsory registration of bioycles before the Cabinet, and the matter will be considered by Parliament. This is all that can be said at present," said Mr G. Laurenson, Commissioner of Transport, xn reply to an inquiry put to him by the Taranaki Daily News, Divoroe Cases. For. the quarterly sessions of the Supreme Court at Auckland 121 divorce petitions are set down for hearing, aU but a few being undefended. This is a recoi'd jn the history of fhe court, At the Supreme (Dourt a qian (65) who was sued for main? tenance by his third wife, stqted that he had divorced his two previous wiyes, bcth of whom were still living. Ngaruroro River Scheme. Tenders are to be invited for fhe handling of 500,000 cubic yards of ma* terial in connection with the Ngaruroro river scheme. This decision Was made to-day by the Hawke's Bay Rivers Board, which had received instructions from the" Public Works Department that tenders had to be invited for the work on the open market. The specifications had been prepared and approved in readiness for the calling of tenders. Splitting the Voting Power. In claiming that the anti-Labour vote was split at the last election, the Leader of the Opposition. (the Hon. Adam Hamilton) said in an addregs at Winton that the member for Invercargill (Mr W. M. C. Denham) had won his seat with twice as many votes cast against him as for him. "We don't want that to happen again," Mr Hamilton added. "If we learned anything from the Labour Party it is how to organize. And we must organize for the next election. The voter m,ust be in one of two camps — for or against the Labour movement." _

Preferred a Bfoycle, There was a rather amusing sequel to the detailed preparations made by the Hamilton Chess Club for the entertainment of the distinguished Hungarian player, Henr Lajo.s Steiner. When declining the offer of the club to drive him round various points of vantage in the district, he made the naive request that he be permitted to ride a bicyeia round the town. He had. only mastered the art of cycling during his visit to Christchurch and with all the enthusiasm of the uovice he set out, in eompany with a youthful member of the club, on a tour of Hamilton. Coblets for Coronation Bait. For the purpose of drinking the Eing's health at the Coronation bali, in Dunedin, several gold-cassd goble.fc will be in use at the official table. The goblets were imported by a Dunedin hrm at . considerable cost some years ago from Great Britain, but it is only on special ogcasions that they are released from the firm's strong-room. During this period they have been used at some very exclusive functions. Ou the occasion of the visit to Dunedin in 1926 of the present ELing, then the Duke of York, the goblets were in use on the" tables of the Fernhill Club, where the Duke was staying. Enormous "Bills". The accouuts of the Christchurch Hospital for foodstuffs, furniture, fuel, and otber household necesgities might be described as a housewife's nightmare. In the annual statement of expenditure presented to the North Canterbury Hospital Board the cost of meat during the year appeared as £1918 16/7 ; fish and poultr.y £1249 8/10; butter £1124 7/11; milk £1741 2/2; groceries £2709 13/9; fruit and vegetables £1753 18/9. Figures for bread and eggs were little below these amounts. Fuel cost £7805 19/5, and lighting £826. On the furnishing side, renewals of "bedding and drapery" cost the board £1982 7/-, and renewals of furniture £765 6/3. Safe Found in River. After lying nearly a month in about 10 feet of water in the Oakura River the -safe removed from the Taranaki Club, New Plymouth, has been recpvered by the New Plymouth police. The safe, seen iu the river by Maori children several days ago, was referred to by them as a "tin box in the river." On inspecting the locality the father of one of the children ' realised the import of the discovery and advised the police. Tlie theft of the safe is believed to have taken place about 12.40 on the morning of March 31.* When found, the back of the safe had been unscrewed, the inner skin broken open and'the fire-progfing material removed. cagh bpxes, a number pf bpofes and Cpntents of any vajue and all the loose money were missipg buta four pmall papers and a watch remained. Although the contents show the effect of their long immersion it is still possible to read the reeords on the recovererj books and papers ^

Mr Cullen's Activities. An inquiry into matters concerning the eoldiers' settlement at Tutira is to be made by Mr E, L, Culleu, M.P,, who left Hastings early this afternoon for that district. Later he will continue on. to Waikaremoana where he will mako further investigations into the housing problem of the natives of that district, in antipipation of the Government extending its housing scheme to that area. F lower Show Awards. In the list of special awards made at the Clive and Haumoana Chrysaiithemum Club's show published on Saturday, Mr Innes Campbell was credited with winning the Jull Cup for most points in the amateur section, whereas the actual winner was Mr H. G. Batt. The H. M. Campbell Cup for the best bloom in the shop, however, was won by Mr Iunek Campbell. coronation Decorations. Further details of - the decoration oi Napier on the occasion of the Coionation celebrations have been outiined by the Napier Borough Engipeer, Mr w. D. Oorbett. The Marine Parade coionnade will have in illuminated letr ters the words "God Save the King," and the columns will be adorned with coloured shields and ilags. The sound shell is to be draped witli bunting and colqured lights ; the council chambers will be similarly adorned ; the cenotaph in Memorial Square and the water tower op Bluff Hid will be floodlit ; while at Port Ahuriri the Norfolk Pines will be decorated with coloured lights.