LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 94, 7 May 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

A Small Firi. A small fire at Mrs Murfitt's stables in King Street, Hastmgs, late yeeterday aiternoon Caused slight' damage, but was quickly extinguished without the attention of the fire brigade. The outbreak wae confined to several bales of straw. : Mr Barnard Honoured. i A eomplimentary luficheott was tendered yesterdaj at the Hot Spring^ iiotel> Te1 Aroha, to fhe Hon. W- E. Barhard, Speaker of the Hodse oi Oe- ; preseutatives, by the Te Aroha Borough Council, of Which he Was formeriy a uiember. "Cracklai; Hardy." . "You'v# got ihe Wiud up# und I yotFfe trying to eraek hardy in the hope that the people will not get to knoyp' the trtith, but 1% going to give it tO thomy,f sttid Mf W. A* Bodkiu, M.H., in ansWer to interjeetions by J.abour supporters at a New Ply-noutb meeting. the Coster spirit f'Just the spifit of thc coster on bank holiday#" was the way Mr w. A. Bodkin, M.P., in his address at New Plymouth described the prodigality of the Govefnment in its djsUibu*;-,u oi mouey in the eudeavour to buy populkrity. . Palling Birth-Rate. The 8erious pOSition revealed by the decline iii' the schooi roiIs> Which was attributed to the failing birlh-rato, was empkasised at the aiinuai nleeting Of thd Southland Education Board. Mem- - bers suggested vhrious other causes, but it was goii'efaily agreed that the birth- , rate was ' largely responsible for the fklling roUs. Accident victim. Mr EspaiuOndaS Laredo, Who Was sefiously injured in a collision between a car in which he was a passengei, and a- horse-float in Karamu road on WedhCsday ilight, Was reportcd to-day to be progresing fairly well. Mr Laiedtf'a mjaries are a dislocated hip and lacdrations of the knee. He is still an inmate of the Hastings Soldicrs' MemoriaJf Hospital. One ot World's Misfortunes.

"One of the greatest daugers confronting the world to-day is that the rnass oi the people, who are not traiued te tiiink, can very easiiy be stampeded in times of crisis," said br. T. L- hoo, the well-known Chinese Christian ieadef, at a students' iortim at tffe Auckiahd Liniversity College. He said that this misiortune was refiected in recen uappenings in many Kuroptau cou». fcries. Bowlers, Offlcial and UnofBclah - TWO teaiiiS Of bowleis from Great Britain — -oue olhcial aud one uiioihciai —Will visit NdW Zealaud JueAi season. It Was reporied to a meeting of the UhrisfchuTch Bowling Centre that oiil party was eponsofed by a travel epmpany, and WOuid make a loiir described as unoilioiai. The Xuterna tumai Bowling Board, Which was seudmg the ohicial Britisli team, had prutesied against the visit of the other party, but ihe New Zeaiand Association had decidett to welcome both aets oi players. Chinese Attitude to Parenta. The strict rtilauonshxp between fa ther and sou still observed in Chma was roferred to by Dr. T. Z. Koo when addressiug students at Auckland UniVersity College. "If l Wnte m lettei to ffiy father," he said, "I begin: 4 The great stern one in the family. ' " A mother was addressed as " the great merfcifttl one in the hOmO. ' ' It was this that gaVe the Christian conception of love in the Fatherhood of God a pe* culiar force in Ghina. Curious Names Collecting curioUs names ia a popdiar pastime with some people. Here ako four which a correspondent says she came acfoss while traveEing in Ireland. The drst two Were names abdve a bUtchOr'S shop in a northern town:— Builock and Lamb, aud the second and third Were the names pf two doctors in a westerxi town — Dr. Death and Dr. Coffifi. New Zealand is no doubt not without its amusing signs. Some time ago a boot repairer in Wellington intimated ih bold letters on his window that he was a ' ' Handsewn Bootbakef . ' DeflUitlon Of ' 'Parking. ' ' The deletion of the Word "pai-klng" from any new by laws being drefted in. regard to traffi.0 control was suggested to the Bapacoeloe Town Board by its traflic inspector. He said this word tended tO conrasxon as motorists were permitted to leave cars at the roadside for an unlimited time provided there was someone in any vehicle. Ihe inspector suggested that the words "permit to remain stationary," or some similar term, be substituted for "parking." Frosts in Hawke's Bay,

"Nelson orchardists will have little reason to complam of the local market this year, for few of them have fruit left on their hands," says the Nelson Evening Mail." "The misfortune of the Hawke's Bay orchardists, whose crops were almost' wiped out by frost and hail, meant good fortune for the Nelson fruit grower. It has been estimat* ed that the loss of the northern crops ha3 diverted at least 100,000 eases of Nelson apples and pqarfi from export to.the Dominion market. Large quantities of fruit have been sent to Auckland from this district, and the Wellington cool stores are full, largely of Nelson fruit."

- Sohooidays in Cltina* The long hours which Chinese children were expected to study at pruuary schools in his youth was mentioned oy tlie prouunent Chinese preacher, Dr. T. Z. Koo, in an addjtess at Auckland. He said he went to echool at about seven o'clock in the mormug, and did uot leave until it was too uara to see, the only uiterVal beuig a breau for oue meal. This training was purely oi the mind, with no physicai sspect. Aotivity in Rstirement. The neoessity ior a person who is retiruig irom active work to take up a hobby was emphasised by severai speauers at a gathering in Wellington to bid farewell to the reiifing Government . printer, Mr G. H. Lone> . Each Of the speakere suggested diiferent alternatives. Mr J. Burns, lormer Governmeht Stamps printer, said that one oi the most engrossing activities in one's retirewent was an interest in lOcal body attairs. Mr Marcus iliaiiv a former Goverument' printer, said that the krst thillg he wouid reconimend ior a ntafl When he retired was that he should- travel. Most people were frightened oh by the apparent expense but the real trouble when one wa& workihg; Was" flot the cost, but the time. Mr VV. A . G- Skinner, also a iormer GOvernment Printer, said that the four ' years oi his retireiuent had been the bappiest of his iile. He had not been i^le, however, and he wanted to impress upon all those present that they must do something, develop an interest in aiiything at all when the^ i etif ed ; otherwise they Wouid "rust out/*