LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 106, 21 May 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Rotorua Ratiios Sailing. The New Zealand Sbipping Co., Ltd. advises that its R.M.s. Rotorua, en route from Lcmdon to New Zealand, sailed from Caxacas Bay, on the morning of May 18. Gifts Acknoweldged. The honorary secretary of the Napier Tailwaggers' Club acknowledges with grateful thanks the following donations: Mrs Henderson £1, Mrs Boniface 5/-. Sale of Site. Consideration to the suggestion that the Department of Justice should dispose of the site at the corner of Hastings and Queen streets is being given by tbe Minister of Justice, accorchng to advice received by the Hastings Borough Council in reply to its representations in this respect. The Gowthron institute. "The fight of the farmer is being fought there, and the institution has long proved to be a real friend of the farmer," said the Hon. W. E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs, at Napier yesterday when paying tribute ^to the splendid work being carried out at the Cawthron Institute, Hrghwaya Control. The great relief to county councils as the result of the action of the Government in taking over control of 41)00 miles of highway was pointed out to the Hon. W. E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs, by Mr O. C, Smith at Napier yesterday. The change in control, he said, had resultedi in road-users contributing a greater proportion towards tl\o cost of- constrilction and maintenance. County Council OfTioes. The new board-room of the Hawke's Bay County Council, situated in the recently-completed building in Brcwning street, Napier, was in use for the first time yesterday morning when members of the council met the Minister of Internal Affairs in conference. The improvements to the County Offices will be greatly appreeiated by botk stafi and pnblic. Cyclist Injured. Shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a dehvery boy Charles Webb, emploed by Mr Leon Fail, was struck, while cycling, by a motor-car dnven by Mr William Scott, of Queen street, at the intersection of Heretaunga and Allerton streets. The boy was thrown clear of th© car and suffered only shock and minor injuries. The bicycle, however, was driven over by the car and severely damaged. The boy was later taken to his home. Farmers' conference. An important inter-provincial conference of farmers is to be held next Wednesday and Thursday in Dannevirke under the auspices of the New Zealand Farmers' Union. Pelegates will be present from Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, Wairarapa, Wellington Central and Makara-Hutt provincial districts. Much important business is t0 be dealt with, and the ActingPrime Minister, the Hon. P. Fraser, will give an address. Kindly Thought. "The action provided the means for members to meet together and ronew former friendships, and in more tnan one case there was a reunion of exservicemen who had not seen each other since their ret'urn from the war," wrote the Hastings R.S.A. in conveying to the Hastings Borough Council last night its thanks for the kindly thought that promptedi the provision of afternoon tea lor returned soldiers on Anzac Day. Coronation Pagean:. "I have been given to understaud that it was oue of the best amateur entertainments ever to have been staged at our Municipal Theatre," said the "Mayor, Mr G. A. Maddison, at fhe meeting of the Hastings Borough Council last night when acknowledging tlie fine work of th© Hastings Townswomen's Guild in staging the Coronation Pageant. He mentioned that in response to the big number of requests for a repeat performance it had been decided to stage the pageant again, the proceeds from the performance to he devoted to tlie King George Y Memorial Fund for the establishment of national health camps for children. Evidence Criticised. Exception to an answer made by Dr. J. Allan Berry, a medical witness for the plaintiff, in an action for damages heard in the Supreme Court at Napier this morning was taken by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers. The answer, his Honour maintained, had not been a frank one and had left a wrong impression. Mr. H. B. Lusk, who was appearing for the defendant, also made a remark disapproving of the doetor's answer. In addressing the jury later, his Honour referred to the matter again when he said: "I think I said to Dr. Berry what I felt and what I meant. The other two doctors gave their evidence, I felt, with absolute fairness and with no attempt to straiu matters in favour of the parties which called them. That is how doctors should give their evidence. But it seemed to one that Dr. Berry did not give his answer in the same way."

Opposed to Amalgamation. Definite opposition to the proposals for the amalgamation of local bodies in South Taranaki was expressed by the Hawera County Council at its meeting on Tuesday. Tbe council also opposed the suggested change in the system of issuing motor drivers' licences and decided to make a protest to the Minister of Transport. Telephone Booth for Port. Adivce to tho effect that a telephone booth ia to b© erected at the corner of Shakespeare anfi. Battery roadft has been received from the Post and Telegraph Department by the Port Ahuriri Progressive Association. The association recently mad© repre s entations to the department, and the ©rection of the booth will be received with satintaction by the residents of that area. Fairy Springs Damaged. As the result of the storm over the weok-tnd, a fall of earth occurred at the famous fairy eprings, Rotorua. A slip occurred of the fern-olad bank and much of the pool was filled in. Many of the ti out escaped, and it is hoped within a few days to have the pool clear ot debris and restored to normal, but there will be an unsightly scar in the hillside until it is covered with vegetation. Peanut in Lung? Surgeona at the Auckland Hospital will probably be called upon to pei> form another operation similar to that recently carried out on a child who had a needle embedded in hig lung. A girl, Gloria White, tho infant daughter of Mr Allan White, a farmer of Hairini, has been admitted to the institution with what is believed to be a peanufc in her ltig. The child's condition is not regaid«d as serious. Cift for Lord Bledisloa. To show his appreciation of Lord Bledisloe's action in giving a cnp for the best two caseg of export apples from New Zealand each season, the winner of the cup this year, Mr S« G. Brister, Rangiora, has forwarded the two cases of apples with which he won the cup this year, direct to Lord Bledisloe. The cup is competed for annually in the different centres, and this was the first time it had been offered for conipetition in Canterbxuy. Cost of Regent Leglslatlon. "We are going to get back. oot of increased prosperity, much of th© additional cost incurred by the recent Iegislation of the Government," said Mr H. E. Denton, a member of the Christchurch Tramway Board, at a meeting of the board last week. "In fact, we are going to balance onr budget on the increased prosperity of the ' times." Earlier in the meeting there had been other references to Government Iegislation when Mr J. S. Barr asserted that he was not going to throw the biame for th© board having to levy a rate on to the costs incurred in new laws. The chairman (Mr G. Manning) interjected that there had been no such sOggestion, but Mr Barr retorted that the effects of the Government's Iegislation had been "harped on" at many meetings of the board. A Mlnisterfal Sport&man. A tribute to the sporting ability of the Minister of Finance, the Hon. W. Nash, was paid by the acting-Prime •Minister, the Hon. P. Fraser, when speaking at the banquet aceorded to Petone 's Dominion champions. He said that Mr. Nash was a good cricketer, both as a bowler and batsman, and while in New Plymouth he was a capable member of the bowling club. Mr. Nash also played an excellent game of billiards. The Hon. Mark Fagan was a close competitor, said Mr. Fraser, and he could make a break of up to 75, but Mr. Nash was the best billiards player he had met during his 18 years in Parliament. It was really wonderful how such a busy man had managed to aahieve his skill in billiards.