LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 132, 21 June 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Windovv Cracked. The severe frost this morning caused one of the iarge plate-giass windows in the establishment of Hobson's, at the corner of Hastings and Tennyson streets, Napier, to crack aeross the centre. The windqw is one with a considerable amount of lettering on it and will therefore be expenslve to replace. Wanganui Savages. A contingent of 2l members oi i ! Wanganui Savage Club who were returning from a visit to the Gisborne Savage Club had lunch in Napier yesterday on the return journey to Wanganui. They spoke higihly of the hospitality shown them by the Gisborne Savages. Chimney Fire. A chimney tire was responsible for the calling-out of the Hastings Fire Brigade early on Saturday evening. The outbieak occurred in a house occupied by Mxs P. H. Burr in Roberts street. The brigade was cailed at 7.20 p.m., but there was nothing unusual about the fire aiid no serious damage resuited. Electric Globe Causes Fire. The bursting of an electric globe, which fell on to a bed in a display window and ignited the kapok of a fancy pillow, caused a minor fire at Quigleys, Ltd., furnishers, Auckland. In a short time the shop was filled with dense smoke, which was responsible for the bulk of the damage. Bonus on Wild Pigs' Snouts. The reintroduction of the b.onus on wild pigs' snouts ei'iirot be favourably considered by the Government, according to a communication received by the Auckland provincial branch of the Farmers' Union from the Minister of Agrimdture, the Hon W. Lee Martin. The Minister states this decision is due to the ea 11s in other directions on the funds of the department. Money in Class Houses. "It is appalling to see the indifference shown by Goveriiments these last 10 years in our industry," said Mr D. J. Faila, Christchurch, at the conference at Wellington of the Dominion Council of Tomato, Soft Fruit and Produce Growers, Ltd. "They don't seem to realise the extent of the business or of the money involved in it. At Christchurch there is a capital of £750,000 alone in glass houses. What must it amount to in .Auckland and Wellington?" St. john.Ambulance. The value of St. John Ambuiance training was borne out at Hastings on Saturday, when members of the St. >John Ambujfince Brigade were called upon to render first aid in the case of two jockeys who were injured, and also to a woman who collapsed on the stand and for whom the services of a doctor had to be urgently called. Before a doctor was obtained the St. John Ambuiance member had rendered va.luable assistance. Unfortunately the membership of the Hastings branch of. the brigade is at present small, and with football fixtures, races and sports gatherings to attend to it is impossible to find members enough for all the services which are required of thein and which are voluntarily given. Exchange on Cheques. Criticism of the present exchange system for bank cheques in New Zealand was expressed by Mr G. V. Pearce, a vice-president, at the annual meeting of the Putaruru Chamber of Commerce. He said it did not seem reasonable that cheques gping through different branehes of the same bank had to bear the 6d exchange charge. He contended that he was expressing the view" held by the large majority of business people. "In England and Australia there is no exchange charge for cheques," Mr Pearce added, "and I tio not see why the Doininion, whicb is the most progressive in other directions, should lag behind pther countries as far as this is concerned." Kauris in Pacific. The fact that the kauri tree was found extensively in the Pacific, there being 28 varieties listed, was mentioned by Mr W. R. McGregor, head of the biology department, in his presidentia! address to the Auckland University College Field Club. "1 was never quite sure that the tlmber being miiled at Banekoa was genuine kauri until I saw tbe bushy tops tkrusting up over the other jungie trees," said Mr McGregor. "More than anything else in the South- west Pacific they reminded me of New Zealaul ; they were unmistakably kauris." There were three varieties iii 'JuoeuJaui, two "n New Caledonia, and others in places as far distant as Fiji, the Solomons, and Borneo.