LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 96, 10 May 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

First Race at Noon. The Hawke's Bay Jockey Club has altered the t| e of starting for the races on Weaxx^sday from 12.30 p.m. to noon, owing to the" darkness- when the last race was run on Saturday. Poww Reticulation. A recommendation that a fund should be built up by power boards to expedite the reticulation of sparse-ly-populated country areas at present unserved by electricity, is contained ixx a remit approved by the Hastings Branch of the Farmers' Union. The remit is to be forwarded to the provincial executive. Baiiway Bus Servlce. The passenger revenue for the Na-piei-Hastings raxlway bus service for fche year ended iviarofx 31, 1937, was £20,224, and tbe expenditure, £16,819. The passengers carried numbered 533, 314. For the previous year the iigures were: Revenue, £17,986; expenditure, £16,567 ; passngers carried, 512,292. New Station Wanted. Support for the recent resolution of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce seeking to have the Hastings raiiway station replaced by a xnodern buildixxg with necessarv facilities for handiing stock and goods is given in a remit passed by the Hastings branch of the Larmers' Union at Saturday's meeting. fhe remit is to be forwarded to the provincial conferehce for consideration. Galcite Exhibition. An exhibition of the various natural and prepared forms of calcite is on ioan to the llawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery from the Caxxterbury Museum- A system of exchange oi exhibits has be"en arrangdtl with museums throug/hout the Dominion by the Carnegie inst'itute, America, which donated special cases for tlie arranging of the exhibits. Unusual Accident. Queer antics on the part of a sliced golf bali caused an unusual accident at the Waiohxkx hniis tiuixng the weeKend. A player sliced his bail.on to the road, wliere it bounced from a moving car through .the open winder of another car and struck the driver on the forehead, dazing him. He pulled his vehicle to a stop, however, and atter refreshnxent at the clubhouse continued his journey, leaving a bewildered player wondering exactly how it ixappened. i "Coronation Bug." "Let's get what may be called the 'Coronation Bug'," said the Mayor, Mr G. A. Maddison, in officially opening the Coronation celebrations ili Hastings yesterday aiftex-noon at the coinbined church service in the Muxxicipai Theatre. "Let us all put on an air of patriotism, an air oi sentiment and loyalty to the Crown. Go and buy a iiag, a number oi tiags, Union Jacks, decorate your motor car; perambulator, bicycle, carry it into your homes and decorate your houses. Let us all enter iuto the celebrations in the true spirit and make the most of this wonderful occasion." Coronation Day Hoiiday. Although a eompulsory hoiiday has not been declared tor Coronation Day, xt is anticipated that it will be treated as a hoiiday wherever practicable. Members of the Hawke's Bay Employers' Federation are generally following the decision of the advisory board of the New Zealand Employers' Federation to observe Wednesday as a hoiiday on full pay. It is desirable to point out, however, that if for any particular reason, an employer is unable to accede to this recommendation there is no obligation on employers to pay extra wages, the day under such circumstances to be treated as an ordinary working day. ^ 0!d-timers Present. There were quite a number of oidbime racing men present on the course at Hastings on Saturday to witness the fiftieth race for the Hawke's Bay Cup. . Two of the oldest were Messrs M. Goodger (one time trainer of Liberator), R. Gooseman (Hawke's Bay's oldest i trainer), Edmund Gilpin, who was training, Shaon the Rogue 50 years ago, Fraixk peacock, who was a prominent amaceur rider in those days, and G. Carrington, who was' in J. Munn's stable, and had two rides at the meeting 50 years ago. A number of others who had been present at early meetings of the club, including Mr Henry Davis, who attended ' the first race meeting in Hawke's Bay 79 years ago, were also present. Footbal! Accidents. There were several minor rasualties in the football games on Nelson Park, Napier, on Saturday and the services of the members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade were in great request. Junior ITugby accounted for four accidents and Soccer two of a minor na-fcui-e. H. Cawston, a member of the M.B.O.B. junior Rugby team, was admitted to hospital sufiering irom a severe cat across the forehead and McDonald, a member of Technical Old Boys juniors, retired from the 'field suffering from a fractured collar-bone. Among those who received minor injuries were: D. Stevens (Technical O.B.), P. Venables (Technical O.B.), Wilson (Soccer), Gosling (Soccer 'i • Blake (Leith), B. A. Younglxueband (Technical O.B.).