LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 182, 19 August 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Pea*Soup Fog. - An unusually thiek fog of tlie peasoup variety enveloped Hastings last uiglit, and by 1U o'eiot-k it was iinpossible to sc(j more than half-a-block aliead even In toWii, dlthough there ivas a bright moonlight. Tlie Iqg. did . not extend very liigh above the ground, howOver. Early this morxiing. traoes oi tho fog still remained. Lane 6up MatcHes. Ah hlteratioii in the dfaw for ihe Lane GiJp luatehes in the Hastings-' Napier seiiiof fOOtball seritS will be ueecsSUry fdllowiug ddvice received last cvening by Ihe Hawke's Bay Hugby' Unioit tliat Havelock Noi'tli Will not be ! lieldliig a seiilOt teaiii fof the romaiiider of the season. lfOiinefly oue round in wliicll tWO teattls Oiily ivOte eiigrtged had been arranged, biit with eight teairis Oiily lCiuailuiig, tliis Wilj iiot bt. necessary; Triplets Pfegress. Thb' Anderson triplets Who WOre boi-n in HaStiilgs jh May arO Iiialiiiig gOtiC progi-ess at tho Karitane Home iii Wellington, where they aro spending the winter. According to latest adviOOs tbe babies' Weights are : Mary (the eldest) 9lbs 4ozs, Kiizabeth 9lbs 6ozs, and Rose 91bs 9ozs. Their mother, j\lrs J. C. Anderson; qf Kahuranaki, is at present staying in Wellington fot a shorfc time : to enable her to Watch ciosely pi'Ogte'ss of the babies s Hapier dog NUisahcc. A ffecominendatioii will be placed bfefore the Napier ilorotigh Coiiilcil at its iiext nioeting that all uogs in the fehoppmg area of Napier iilust be kept oii the leash; . AdviCO to this efl'ect Was givfen at tllO Napier iietailei'S, Association general meetmg, and was received with entliusiafein by those presciit who have ftir seiiie t.ima hoeii Ul*#rtil r the

enforcemeiit of the bordiigh by-law in this respect, Off to ptdki. The twelve Hawke's Bay children Wlio had been to the Otaki. Health (Jaifip retUrned on Tuesday eveuing lookiiig very healthy and happy, aiiU yestet'Uay iiiorning another twelve cliildrenj representliig the Hastings, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Dannevirke and Wairoa districts ieit for tlie feaine c'amp, where they will spend the cOhiing six weeks. By tiail to Wairoa. Another speciai goods tfain, carryittg 100 tons of feltiiisef from Wanganuij left Napier for Wairoa yesterday ihofning, makiiig the secolid bf its kind within eiglit days. Coal is also bding taken to Wairoa on these goods trains, and, as doilblfe halidling. is avoided it it stated that the residchts are getting their coal more cheaply whcli ib is sent tliis way. wairoa Boxing rtevivai. Hawke's Bay will he i'epfeseiited hy a team of seveh at the ainateur boxing tournanient to be held at Wairoa this eveiiing. This is the first toiirhameht to be staged by the revived Wairoa Boxing Associatidn and as indicative of the poptilarity of .the mdve Weil over 30 entries Wei'e received fronl Gisborne, Napier, Hastings and Wairoa. The Hastings and Napier eohipetitors left by car;this inoruihg. Radio Sets in CarSj An incteasing demand for radio sets in motor-cars is creatiiig a boom in tho business Of installiiig these machines. A representative of a firm specialismg in this work said tp-day the latest cars from the United Btates wero iitted for radio instailation and owners appeared to be taking advantage of this. The sets USed, While quite poWerfui and oi six or SeVen Vaives, weie muclt smalier than those for home use. 'Several dovices Were used i'Or aeri&ls, One of the most pOpUlar type being a "fishing rod'5 which many owners of small cars fav? oured.. Eggs Drop In Prlce. Eggs aro now becomiiig more plentii'ul and, in consequencc, the price is begiuning to drop. Early this woek the retail price begau to weaken, and by yesterday it had droppcd in Hastings to 1/4 a dozen. There was a furtlier dtop this mornihg to 1/3, and furtlier redilctions aro eXpecteQ later in tho week if the supply is still plehtiful. The flusli moiith is generally October and pl'ices aiu tlien at their lowest. After that, liowever, pl'ices begin to rise agaiu hecause of tlie increased domand iof the Clu'istmas trade. If, hoWever, there are many cold snaps dnring the next few weeks, prices are bonnd to rise again. Population Froblems. "It is now a qiiestion of setting to work to investigate onr population probiems under the two headings of lji£tlirate and migration,'' said the Hon. W. E. Barnard, M.P., for Napier, referring to lils visit to New Plymouth this evening to meet members of the branch of the Five Millions Club in that provinee. "I fedl sUre there will bo, no dillieulty in doing tliis in New I'lymoutli in view of the strong iuterostialready shown." Tho visit is to l'oiiow-up his proposals i'or dealilig With New Zealand 's population problems ahd Mr Barnard left Napier tliis morning by the hlail tfain. Ho anticipates returning on Saturday.