LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 164, 29 July 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Sehooi Rugby. _A Rugby matchi between the Hastings High School's 1st XV and a team from the Dannevirke High School was begun this afternoon on the Hastings School's grounds. "Stray" Auctioned A iat wether which was picked up with a fine of sheep being brought in from Redcliffe station was offered at Stortford Lodge yesterday, the proceeds being donated to the Hawke'a Bay Children's Home. The wether realised 30/-. School Capitalists? "It appears to ine that you are making your pupils capitalists," remarked Mr R E. Watson, jokingly, tovMr L. J. Furrie, headmaster of the Stratford primary school, when the master referred at a meeting of the school committee to the keenness of the pupils in connection with the school banking system .. No Taste In Clothes, Jfresent-day Russian women have no taste in dress, according to Miss J. Home, who addressed the New Plymouth Rotary Club. One woman, a lawyer's wife under the old regime, was given a, pair of silk stockings by one of Miss Home's party, she said. She was delighted but said she would never dare wear them in the streets. However, she told them that she would derive much pleasure for herself in wearing them in the house Nopia Becomes Coach. Looking well satisfied with himsell in a, special compartment of the southbound mail train for Wellington, this mox*ning, George Nepia, former Ali Biack Rugby footbali full-back, lelt Napier for Christchurch to take part in Rugby League games in the Cathedrai city: He informed a repoxter that he lxad been asked to do some training down there and would be playing, he believed, for different clubs during the next few days.

Modern China. Dr A. Taylor, of the China Inland Mission in an address at St. Andrew's Church, Hanxilton, paid warm tribute to the Chiuese generalissimo, Cbiang .Kai-shek, who he stated was aceomplishing great things. The immensity of his task was not generally recognised. Few in this country realised that China was a larger territory than the whole of Europe, and when this fact was grasped it would be admitted that the progress of reform during the last 20 years could only be described as amazlng. Bequest to Old Boys. Under the will of the late Mr Andrew Cluxxie Bishop, a Hawke's Bay i'urmer, who died a month ago, the Wellington College Old Boys' Association is to benefit to the extent of about £5000. Mr Bishop attended Wellington College from 1873 to 1877. At the meeting on Tuesday of the Wellington Collegie's Board of Governors, the chairman^ Mr L. McKenzie, said the bequest was a most handsome one. The mouey was subject to certam provisions for life interests, but the money would ultimately pass to the association with wide powers for use at Wellington College. What's in a Name? When the ehange in the name of Poverty Bay was mooted last week * it was suggested that the new name might not "take on," and the unsuccessful substitution of "Buckley" for Tolaga Bay was quoted as a case in point. This recalls a numiber of instances in this district where new names have failed to replace the older ones. Wairoa was renamed Clyde 70 years ago, but the name soon fell into disuse. Theu 30 years ago, when the late Mr J. Huuter Brown out up his property 0x1 the nortli side of tlie Wairoa, river, he calied the suburb Tynron, out the name is uever used uow. His Mistake Doubtless tliere ar© many stoxies oi the Springbok footbali matcb iu Auckland on Saturday, but oue of the best is told of a suburban garage attendant, A customer drove into the petrol station shortly after the game and imuxediately opened couversation on what appears to have been the sole topic oi the day. Various aspects of the xnateh were discussed and the garage attendant, although regretting that he had not been able to see the encounter, said he had heard that the Auckland fuJlback was below his usual form. Surprise struck him speechless when the customer remarked as he drove off, "Yes, I wasn't muchi good." The motarist was tbe Auckland full-back. Appreciation Expressed. Thanks to those wlio helped with the exhibition held in Napier last week in aid of the disabled soldiexs, is expx-essed in a letter reeeived by Mrs T. H. Lowry, of Okawa, from Mr H. W. Guy, of the Disabled Sailors' and Soldiers' Mutuai Association, Wellington. Mr Guy writes: — "Dear Mrs Lowry: It is difficult i'or me to express all the appreciation I feel xor the heip you gave us .a,t our recexxt exhibition in Napier. Thanks is largely to you and to the Hawke's Bay people in general, the exhibition was the second best we have held ixi the Dominion. On behalf of our disabled men I would like to express to you my most grateful thanks."

Rangitata at Wellington, The New Zealand Shipping Oo. advises that its rn.v. Rangitata arrived at Wellington at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. Passeiigei-s for Napier proceeded by the express to-day. Wrestlere Matched. The Hawke's Bay Wrestlixxg Association has been advised by«,the Dominion (Jnion, Wellington, that is has been granted its appiication for the appearance of Floyd Marshall and "Lofty" Blomfield for the next contest, Friday, ugust 6, "No Longer Unemployed," "What will we call them, then?" asked Mr G. Manmng at a meeting oi the Christchurch Cxty Oouncil when chided gently by the Mayor, Mr J. W. Beanland, about referring to "unemployed," worKers, They were no longer • unemployed," but full-time workers, ALr Beanland pointed out. The Mayor was momentarily unable to give Mr Manning a substitute, but Mr E. H. Andrews suggested: "Call them Government pensioners." Mr Manning was satisfied with "new employee". He made an appeal to the council to recogniB© the great asset-the city had in Victoria Park, on whichi the "new employees" are going to be placed. American Broadcasting Reoorda. "I am all in favour oi piacxxxg an embargo on some of the records of oroadcasting numbers that are made in America and sent to New Zealand and Australia to be rebroadcast," said vlr Matthew A. Smith, an American ousinessman who is vxsiting the Domimon, to a Christchurch reporter. Jble said that many of these items did not give a very good ldea of American speech and might create the impression that all Americans spoke like the iniiabitants of the Bowery in New York. Actually, he said, the speech was not very different from that of British people in many cases, and there was an award each year for the announcer with the best voice. Farmers' Tour. A party of New Zealand lurmers, numberxng about 55 and ineluding several Hawkei's Bay faimers, will visit i\ew South Wales early next month. i'his party, drawn from corners of the Dominion a's widely separated as Auckland and Invercargill, Hawke's Bay, and Totara Flat on the West Coast of che South Island, will leave Wellington on August 5 and will travel widely in the States of New South Wales and 4ueensiand as guests of Australia. Towards the end of October a large party of New South Wales farmers, tnembers of the Primary Producers' (Jnion of that State, will pay a return sall to New Zealand. They are expected to number about 50, and will be led by the lon. M- P- Dunlop, M.L.C., general president of the union, and by ivlr R. L. Fitzgerald, vice-president aud president of tlie Lower Hunter xnd Gloucester district council, and in xll probability a number of them will visit Hawke's Bay.