LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 127, 15 June 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Native Court Sits. The pei'iodical sitting of the Native Land Court was begun at the Hastings Courthouse this morning, Judge J. ! Harvey presiding, but the list for this sitting is a comparatively light one. Adjustment Commlssions. Another Sitting of the Rural Adjustment Commissian wa: held in the Hastings Courthouse this morning, Mr. M, Greenwood presiding over Messrs. R. H. White and M. O. Grainger. Proceedings are in camera. On Friday morning next the IJrban Adjustment Commission, presided over by . Messrs. A. H. D. Mayne and H. E. : Edgley., will hold a sitting at Hastings Fisfieries Comntission. The session of the Fisheries Commissitin in Napier began this morning at the Hawke's Bay Counby Council ' Chambers. All business is being taken in camera. Napier is the hrst port in the North Island at which the commission has condueted a session, and it is anticipated that three months will elapse before the inquiry into all aspects of marine fishing in tlie Dominion is compieted. The committee cumpletes its se§sion at Napier td-morfow, and will then travel to Gisborne, Tauranga and Whakatane on the East Coast and then to other fishing fibrts. Misguidhd Economy. Speaking at the opening of the Training College assembly hail at Auckland, the Minister of Education, the Hon. P. Fraser, had something to say on misguided economy that met with a warm response from his audience. "VVhen I see some of our schools," he said, "and the conditions under which theusands of our children are being taught, and the over-crowded classroqms and the deplorable nature of some of the teachers' houses, I am driven quite frankly to say that the idea that you ean build 'up a country by starving education is a very foolish one." Mavigator's Memory. By p, coincidence in shipping schedules two vessels berthed to-day at Auckland will perpeuate the memory of Captain Cook, the great navigator i who charted the New Zealand coast in 1769-70. One will be the Sleigli Line's mtercoJonial steamer James Cook, which arrived on Sfcturday, and the second will be the Admiralty survey ship H.M.S. Endeavour, named after the vessel in which Cook rediscovered i New Zealand, w"hicli is due this morning. The James Cook is owned by the same company as the Abel Tasman, which was wrecked at Greymouth 1 nearly a year ago. War Relief A meeting of the Hastings committee of the Hawke's Bay War Relief Association was held yesterday. Present: Messrs. W. Hart (in the chair), F. J. Hull, L. J. Mackersey and A. J. M. Manson. Leave of absence was grauted to Mr. F. Perrin, the wish being exptessed that he would soon be restored to good health. Thirty-three returned soldiers' cases wefe considered, including applications for pensions and grants amounting to £34 6/9 were authorised. Following the directions of the provincial executive, 82 cases of outstanding loans were reviewed and reports adopted regarding them, Commercial Exams. The commercial examinations condueted by the Hastings Chamber of Commerce are reported upon as follows in the aimual report of the president, Mr. H. W. C. Baird: — "'A record number of entries was received for the commercial examinations condueted locally in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce, 37 candidates sitting for one or more subjects, the total entries being 46. Of these 37 candidates, 27 were successful, 13 gaiming nonours or distinction, including one award for first plaee and one for second place in the Dominion." Aviation and Racegoers. The manner in which aviation can enable business men to pursue their hobbies in spite of the calls of commerce was illustrated on Saturday when three Aucklanders, who had an urgent business engagement in Palmerston North in the morning, had an equally pressing sporting engagement at Ellerslie in the ai'ternoon. They lei't Auckland early on Saturday morning in on© of the Auckland Aero Club's machines, made the trip to Palmerston North in lhr. 55min., attended to their business appointment and made the return flight in lhr. 35min. They were at Ellerslie by two o'clock, in time to witness the greater part of the day's racing. Football Hits Young Man. An unusual aceident occurred at Whangarei on Saturday, when a spectator, Mr. Jolm Williams, a young man from Portland, was knocked over by the ball coming from the field of play, causing a severe bruise on tlie left side near the heart. Mr. Williams was on the side-line watching the senior football game City v. K.ia Toa when the ball was kicked from the field, striking him with great force and knocking him down. He was assisted from the field by two members of the St. John Ambuiance and attended in the pavilion by Dr. D. F. Armstrong, of Hikurangi, He was subsequently able to return to his home and his condition is nofc serious.

Sepfuagenariaris Wed. Two residents of Chrisoohurch, Mrs. Helena Elizabeth Houlding ,aged 70, and Mr. Josepb Hammond, aged 73, were married at St. Augustine's Church, Napier, yesterday morning. Tlie Rev. S. R. Gardiner officiated. Camera Club Field Day. A pleasant and instructive time was enjoyed by members of the Hawke's Bay Camera Club on Satufday afternoon, when the club condueted a field day on the Napier waterfront. Tliis was the club's second field day of the season, and it is intended to hold such events at approximately six-weekly interVals throughout the yearNew Gdverhmerit Buildlrig. Excavations for the new GorVernment buildings block next to the automatlc telephone exchange at Napier have progressed steadily for the past Week, and it is anticipated that a start will shortly be made with the fotind&tions. The new buildings, Which Will houSe severa! of the Government departments, will be compieted by tlie end of the pregent year. A "Bouncing" MotOrist, "What jurisdiction has yodr eouncil over motorists, one of whom drives llp the road past my plate at 40 miles an hour, pei- watch, bouncillg from baiik to bank, and hurling bottles and other rubbish into the paddocks on eitlief side P Has yoiir council any jurisdiction over this, and will your traffic officer deal with it, or must l go to the Chief of Police about this nuisance?" wrote Mr. B. E. F. S. Collin to the Waipawa County Council yesterday. The letter wa-s received. Nufses Appointcd. Seven iiurses were appointed - for trainmg undef the HaWkfe's Bay fiospitai Board and begatt their tri&l pcriod on May 1, states the matron of the Napier Public HoSpital, Miss L. M. Croft, in her monthly report to the board, received at the meeting in Napier this morning. They were : Nurses W. M. Cassidy, M. M. Greeir, M I. Hill, E. E. Macaulay, J. K. Oliver, I G, Purchase and N D. Roberts. The following nurses were successful in the hospital final examinations during the month : Nurses McGulloch, Allan, Herron, J. Btown, King, Taylor and McKay. Wrong DestinatiOn. Another of the tales reflecting on the efficiency of the commissariat department in the Great War was told yesterday to Napier Rotarians by the Rev. D. N. McDairmid, wlio for 18 months was padre to Australian troops in the Libyan Desert. ' 'Seven huge boxes of 'comforts for the troops' arrived at the camp one day," he said, "and the men clustered round to see what they could get. Every one of them was filled to the brim by sheepskin vests — to 'comfort' the troops in an area where for one month the average shad'e temperature at two o'clock in the afternoon was 118 degrees, and sometimes rose to 123 degrees '*