LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 103, 18 May 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Shipping Radios. The New Zealand Shipping Co. advises that its s.s. Remuera radios her expected arrival as 9 a.m. on May 23. Radios from both. the s.s. Ruahine and the m.v. Rangitane, state that weather is good and that all are well. Large Callery. Both yesterday and to-day a large crowd watched proceedings at ihe Supreme Court, Napier, from the public gallery, an interest in the work of the Court which is not usually taken. The attendance was quite a representative one, and included some women. Lighthouse Reserve. The Bluff Bill Bowling Club applied to the Napier Harbour Board yesterday for permission to acquire a lease of an area of the Lighthouse Reserve cvwned by the board. It. was deci'ded to the usual way subjeet to the board's submit the area to public tender in interests being completely protected. New Harbour Board Offices. The Napier Harbour Board's staff will shortly be transferred to new offices at the Breakwater. This change will no doubt be appreciated by those doing business with the board, as the various departments of the staff will be in close touch, and business can be transacted with less delay and inconvenience than at present. Generous Donations. Ai a meeting of the Hastings branch of the Hawke's Bay War Relief Association last evening it was decided to the Woodford House pup.. tnat a letter of appreciation shouid bo sent to the Woodford House pupils for their generous Anzac donations, totaliiug £21 6/5, for the benefit soldiers in distress. Bands Not Popuiar. "There doesn't seem to be much demand for street performances by bands," said ihe conductor of the Waipukurau Band, Mr E, Malkin, to Waipukurau Borough Councillors la&t evening when asking that the council take over the band as a municipa! pne. "If we play outside ihe picture theatre we are 'shooed' away; if we move on to near a r.adio broadcast we are sent on because they don't like us playing too nearj and if. we move. farther on still, we probably find ourselves mear the Salvation Army, who don't like us too near either." Mushrooms in Central Hawke's Bay Mushrooms axe extremely popuiar in Central Hawke's Bay at present, and the rain and sunshine of the past Week have proyided ideal weather conditions toi their growth. Most breakfast tabies have tbeir plate of fried or boiled mushrooms tfiese days, while many people of Waipukurau, Waipawa and other parts oi' the distriet. have been singing boxfuls to friends in Hastings, iNapier and Palmerston North. It is no - uncommon sight in Central Hawke's ; Bay these days to see parties of mushi room-pickera roaming over the fields i during the early nwrnings. New Rallway Station. The deeision of the Hastings Bor- ! ough Oounoil that a public meeting shouid he called to consider t.he ques- : tion of ihe con&trliotion of a new rafl- : way station at Hastings was conveyed to the Hastings Chamber of Commerce : last night. The letter stated that the ' rep.resentationg of the Cbamber had been noted and discussed and that it had been agreed that the Mayor, Mr G. A. Maddison, ehould call a repre- ; sentative meeting of all concerned. Arrangements towards this end were already in hand, and the Chamber would be advised of developments as. they occurred. , ' Memorial Fund. "Unfortunately our funds are not in a state that would make it possible : for us as a body to contribute to the Memprial Fund, but I am sure that as individual members we wall suppoit ; the ohject," said the president, Mr H. ! W. O. Baird, at a meeting of the Has- , tings Chamber of Commerce last night i when a circular letter was received : from the president of the Assoeiated , ; Chambers of Commerce urging upon the Chamber to suppoit the King George Memorial Fund. Members present fully agreed that. the cause was a laudable and worthy one, and it was decided that members of the Chamber : shouid be urged to give it their earnest. consideration and fullest support. 1 More Gannets This Year. It was the ranger's opinion that last year the number of gannets mestiag at the Cape Kidnappers Sanctuary was ; greater than in previous years, reported the chairman to the annual meet- • iug of fhe Sanctuary Board. The ranger, he added, had no oomplaints to make of the beliaviour of visitors, who had caused no distufbance among the birds. In the ranger's report it was stated that the number of visitors last season had been '3069, a decrease of ; about 1000 on the numher for the previous season. The cause of this decrease was stated to have been the sbutting-up of the Clifton parking-area by the owner, Mr F. L. Gordon. Many • visitors, on seeing the gate closed and • a warning notice erected, had turned back thinking that the sanctuary also was closed to visitors. This closlng-up-of Clifton had also reduced the takings from the collection-hoxes, A resohi•tion was passed that Mr Stanley, the honorary ranger, shouid he thanked for his active interest in the sanctuary and ' for his energy, which had undoubtedly been a large f actor in the successful campaign for fences and necessary ma-: terial.

Mean Theft, A mean theft was pexpetrated last nigjht. when a bicycle was stolen from a cubicle at the north end of the Hastings Railway Station. This morning the machine was found near Cornwali Park minus the front wheel. Admissions to Bar. Admissions to the bar at. Napier were made by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in ihe Supreme Court at Napier this morning, when Mr R. Oi Connell was admitted as a barrister and solicitor on the application of the Crown Prosecutor, Mr H. B. Lusk, and Mr D. D. Twigg as a solicitor on the application of Mr A. B. CampbellNapier Theatra. The public meeting called by various drama and sporting organisations in Napier in regard to a municipal thea^ tre will probably take place on Friday. evening. At the meeting the Mayor. Mr C. O. Morse, and the council will be asked to formulate a definite plan for the construtcion in fhe near future of a theatre suitable to their needa. Motorist Mouth-Organist. A youth of 18 who drove a car across a Wellington intersection on a Friday night with one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding a mouthorgan in position had the misfortune. to be noticed by a traffie olfficer. The result was a fine of 10/- and costs in the Magistrate's Court. "If you were a boy of six I could understand, it," said Mr E. Mosley S.M. War Relief. • A meeting of the Hastings commattee of the Hawke's Bay War Relief Association was held yesterday. Present: Messrs W. Hart. (in the chair), F. ij. Hull, L. J. Mackersey, A. J. M. Manson and F. Perrin. Forty-nine retu^ned soldiers' cases were considered, axi & assistance wasi granted in various ways, including grants amounting to £6^ 14/6. Ferret Attacks Sheep. A Hawke's Bay county ranger informed a Herald-Tribune reporter that he recently shot a ferret that was on the back.of a sheep which. had become bogged in the swamp gfound at Opapa.. The ferret was about 16 inches in length, and its claws were strongly gripping the back of the sheep. It Is generaliy thought that f errets will not attack sheep, but tbe incident quoted showjs th.at on pc^sions they will de • so., Long Arm of Law. That the arm of tho law encircles the world and that its grasp enfolds' matters small as well as great was illustrated by a cablegram which the In- ; vercargiU traffie inspector recently re- : eeived from Soutjh Africa. A motorist, formerly in lnverargill, Jhad evidently offended against the traffie regulatjons . in Johannesburg, and the autho-rities there cabled to the Invercargill inspepter asked bim to certify if the man in question had actually possessed a driv- ; er's licence in Invercargill. J. i . •