LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 107, 22 May 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Hastings Bankruptcy. A Hastings saddler, William xMathews, was adjudged bankrupt in the Supreme Court at Napier yesterday. Donations Acknowledged. The clerk of the Havelock North Town Boai'd, Mr W. H. Anderson, ackuowledges with thanks the following donations to the King George V. Memorial Fund. — Mrs W. N. Barron £3, J. K. Bogde 10/-. New School Sita. Authority for the obtaining of a new site for the Pukehou School was grantew by the Hawke' s Bay Education Board in Napier yesterday. A school site at the Public Works Department camp at Bartlett's is to he aquired by tlie board under the provisions of the Public Works Act. Teaoher Trainees, Further admissions to training college have been found necessary by the Education Department, and the Hawke' s Bay Education Board was advised yesterday that the following candidates from the district had been seleo ted and were asked to report at the Auckland Training College as soon as possible: — Maurice P. Ooady, Ewen L. Merry, Jobn W. Taylor. "Biggest Blessing." "One of the biggest blessings that the Transport Department has inflicted upon us is the limitation of the speed ..of the carrying vehicles," said Mr H. Gilliard, president of the Central Hawke' s Bay Master Carriers' Association, at the conferenoe carriers and users in Hastings last evening, when tho 25 m.p.h. restriotion was under discussion. Ministerial Vlsits. Two ministerial visits are shortly to be paid Hawke' s Bay in addition to that at the present being made by the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry. Duringi the weekend, the Minister of Justice, the Hon. H. G. R. Mlason, will pay a visit to Hastings and Napier and will be entertained by the Hawke's Bay District Law Society, wbile a visit is also expected shortly from the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple.

Easternmost House. Portions . of the most eastern residence in the British Empire will be ttoated ashore from a steamer before being assembled at tlie East Cape. The building is to be the teacher's residence for the school at East Cape, a movable residence, for which a grant has been approved by the Education Department. When the subject was broached at the meeting in Napier yesterday, Mr O. R. Sainsbury, Wairoa, ooinmented that it was the first house in the Eimpire upon which the sun rose. Apple- Paoking Classes. Fruitgrowers and orchard workers generally will be glad to learn that, with a view to alleviating the labour problem which is sure to rise in the event of a full crop of fruit maturing this coming season, Mr Adamson, Government Orchard' Instructor, will very shortly be conducting apple-packing classes for aU who desire to learn this branch of orchard work. Competent packerg are always in demand at picking time, and good wages are assured them. The suggestion is commended to young people, both boys and girls.

Teacher, Not Custodian. f "A headmaster is neither a custodian nor a policeman, and I do not think it necessary that he should reside near the school," said the ehairman of the Hawke's Bay Education Board, Mr G. A. Maddison, at yesterday's meeting in Napier in reference to a request from the Port Ahuriri School Commit,tee for the erection of a new residence next to the school for the headmaster. "I think it is better that a headmaster should get away from the environment of the school for a time." It was decided to point out that the application could not be recommended to the department. Road Standard Cood. Following an inspectaon of a large part of the Hawke's Bay county, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, is of the opinion that roads in the district are very good. The Waikohu-Darky Spur road, which bad been described to the Minister as one of the worst thoroughfarea in the country, he found to be comparatively good from the point of view of construction and condition, considering the countx*y traversed. With a little' attention to meet the future requirements of increased traffic, be thougbt, it could be negotiated without" difficulty. Money Disappeared. All the money she had with her, including the old-age pension which she had just drawn, was lost by a woman visiting the Plunket jumble sale in Hastings this morning. A large throng was in the shop at the time, and the women placed her bag down while looking over some of the articles. When she opened her purse, which was inside her bag, she foupd that someone had removed the few pounds that she had placed there earlier. Another wonian later raised an alarm wben she could not find her purse, but it wbb discovered among) a pile of articles on th© counter with tlie money untouehcd.

Big Passenger List. The south-bound mail train from Hastings this morning was a. particularly beavy one and carried about 200 passengers. There was a correspondlngly large number of people on the platform farewelling friends and relatives. Stolen Car Reoovered. A motor car owned by MSea Peddia, Hastings, and which was etolen from Napier about ffve weeks ago, has been recovered by the Auckland police. The car was taken from Station street, Napier, on April 13, and extensive inquiries in the district failed to discover any trace of it. The vebicle was undamaged when recovered. No More Slumps. "Believe it or not, gentlemen, but there are not going to be any more slumps," said Mr P. Skoglund, Transport Licensing Authority, amid laughter at the meeting of those interested in the transport industry in Hastings last evening. Some epeakers had expressed fears that by the fixing of charges no scope wouid be allowed with the changing of conditions, and it was with a view to smoothing over this objection that the authority infused a little optimism into the proceedingp. Cycllst In Hospital. The cyolist, Charles Webb, who was injured in an accident in Hastings on Thursday afternoon and later taken to his home was admitted to the Hastings Soldiers' Memorial Hospital laat night._ He is auffering from concussion, but his progress is regarded as satisfactory. Webb, who resides in Beech road, Hastings, 5is employed as a delivery boy. He was struck while cycling by a motor car, driven by Mr William goott, of Queen street, Hastings, at the intersection of Heretaunga street and AUerton road at about 5.30 p.m. on Thursday. The lad was thrown cleap of the car, but the bicycle passed beneath the wheels and was extensively damaged.