LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 112, 28 May 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Givio Square Site. Good progress is being made with the dismantling of "the old buildings on thq gife adjojning the Hastinijs Woihen'g ftest to make way for the proposed OVvic Square. The greater part of the wooden building on the site has now been removed, and qnce the ground has been oleared the oouncil will bp Qble to make § start with its ambitious prpjeet. " Night Coods Train. "That, in view of the frequent late arrival of the night gaods train at Napier and Wellington, the Itailway Departpiept he ashed fo review the running of the service and endeavour to make such arrangements as may be necessary to ensure the regular timefabla being adhered to," was a resolution passed by the Napier Chamber oi dommerce last evening. Motor Registration. Tlie hours at the Hastings Post' Qhiqe duying which motofecar and lorry registrations can be made have now been extended and to-morrow this departpent will be opep between 9 a.m. and 4 p.in., and on Mpnday the office will be open continuously between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. PigB in Central TaranakL Althougb the increasing number of wild pigs dn the Whangamomona county, particularly on the Whangamomona rqad, is becqming trpublesome to settlers the animals are providing fine bunting for pig sbootin'g party from {Stratford, A Stratford party woi'king the Whangamomona road district killed nine pigs an one day at the weekpnd, Naval Eadio Announcer. The commentator on the Fleet illuminations at the Spithead Review, Commander T, WoodrQii'e, wbpse broadcast was abruptly out pff, was formerly well known in New Zealand. He was appointed to the New Zealand Division ■ of the Royal Navy in 1925, joining H.M.S. Dunedin as a lieutenant. He later served in H.M.S. Philomel at Devonport, and returned to England in H.M.S. Dunedin, in 1927. He was a keen cricketor apd duripg his stay in -Auckland played with the North Shore Cricket Club. "An Ixcellent Service." "The opportuniiies that ar© offered by a visit tq 'Great Britain and the Continent for studying world affairs at first-hand are often greatly exaggerated," commented Mr James Begg in an address to the Victoria League in Dunedin. "The! news service to New Zealand is sq good tbat people in tbe Dominion .are actually better informed tbat those at Home. In many cases, it js easier to form opipipns h§re, wbere tliq facts can be reviewed from longrapge and with an excellent foundation of information." Partiaiiy White Biaokbird, , For some montha past a blackbird whicb is more than half pare white has been an interesting and congtant yisr-> tor to a Monnt Eden garden. The bird is shy wben people are about, althougb very much at beme ampng its. own kind, but it has a very distisetive barsb noto of itg own whiqh announces its presenee and enables a good view t0 be sbtained of it with the exereise ef a little eaution. Th*e purity of its white colouring makes it very ,, conspicuous. Population and capltaU Irksome immigration laws combined withi a falling population were having a serious ebect on the progress of New Zealand, sajd Mr W. H. Hemingway in an address to tbe New Zealand Acconntants' and Auditors' Ae^ociation. Mr Hemingway said the Government should encourage the immigration of men with capital to open new industries and to absorb labour. Many held, however, that the time was eoming when the only employer would be the State, a condition which would not, he considered, attract people to tbe P.ominion. Forsaken Mountain. The annual report of the Ruahine Tramping Club recalls that, jvhile tramping in the Ruahine Ranges, several private parties had been confused by an unnamed mountain 5420 feet high on the Pouranaki- Te Hekenga Rjdge. "This peak seemecl to have been overiooked when the authorities were namjng mountains jii tbat district," states tbe report, "and we, therefore, approacbed the Lands and Sttrvey Department and were suceessful 4n having our suggested name of Maungamahue aceepted. The English interpretation of this word is 'Forsaken Mountain'." Coronation Day Twins. The birth of. twins on Coronation Day at Te Puia Spring)s Maternity Home is a source of pri.de to the Waiapu Hospital Board. At its last meeting the board discussed a proposal to commemorate the event. The twins are Mr. and Mrs. Neshausen's first children, ' They are to be called George and Elizabeth, after tbeir Majesties the Kiing and Queen. Silver CoTonation medals for tbe children were suggested at tbe meeting of the board. '"Well, I don't know," s'aid Mr. A. B, Wil-, liams. "I tbink the parents should1 get the medals." Tbe board decided to present suitable mementos, whicb are to- be purebased by tbe seeretary. The parents are residents of Tokomaru Bay.

Crant Wanted. The 'Napier Borough Council is to be requestod by the Napier Airport Board to place" the sum of £500 on the estimates for the eoming year for aerodrome purposes at Napier, Fescue on Aerodrome. The growth of tall fescue on the aerodrome at Westshore has engaged the attention of the Napier Airport' Board, which decided at its meeting last night to ask the Papartment of Agriculture for advice regarding its removal. The board does not wish to digturb the surface of the ground by grubbing out the fescue, and wishes to know if there is auy other method of treating it. Westshore Aerodrame. For the future development of the Beacons Aerodrome at Westshore, tbe Napier Airport Board decided yesterday to ask the Director of Civil Aviation, tlirough tbe Hon. W,- E. Barnard, M.P., for plans of all the necessary hangars and other buildings that will bave to be erected on the site for the requirements of fiying in the district. This decision is in accordance with the recommendation of Wing-Commander Cochrane that the aerodrome at Westshore should be developed.