LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 203, 13 September 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Puketltiri-Mahaka Road. Iniproveinent to the road I'roin Puketitiri to the Mohaka river vvas the subjoct of a ijetition to tho Hawke's Bay County Couneil to-day. Tho eouneil decided to apply to the Government lor a subsidy for tho foruiation aud metalling, and it js expect.ed to put tho worlj iu i.and duriug the coming aumuier. Band Concort in Napier. The Napier Teelmieal Momoriai Band gave a very enjoyablo concert in the Souud SJiell, Marino l'arade, yesterday afternoon. The prograninu was well cliosen and niucli appreciated by the Jarge gathering assenibled OU the l'arade. A collection was takou up in aid of tbe baud's uew unil'orm fund, Decorative Shrubs Blown Out. Some of the sinall trees and shrubs wliicli liued Enierson and Hastings streets, Napier, to signalise the approach of spring, were blown out of the pots on the footpatli by the wind which blew rather strongly yesterday. However, a lorry was quickly on the scene to remove the derelicts. Response to Lepers' Appeal. . Mr P. J. Twomey, of Christchurch, has so far received £900 in cash and several cases of goods for the lepers isolated at Makogai. The sympathy oi the New Zealand people for these unfortunate patients is increasing year by year. When Mr Twomey made his first appeal in 1932 he received £44, in 1933 £144, in 1935 £260, in 1936 £565, and in 1937 £1,300 was received. There are nearly 600 patients to share these gifts. 6aturday's Special Train. The special train from Wellington and intermediate stations, which reached Napier on Saturday morning brought about 360 passengers most of whom were spcctators at the Wellington— Hawke's Bay football match in the afternoon. After spending yesterday in Napier and Hastings they left ou the return journey at 5 p.m., thete being a large crowd of friends at the station to see them off. Aero Glub Activities, The Hawke's Bay and East Coast Aero Club's new Hornet plaue was tiown from Hastings to Waipukurau with Mr Harvie at the controJs and Mr E. 'Ihom, of Dannevirke, as a pnssonger, on Fridoy. It returned to Hastings after a brief stay. Uji the sainq day a Motli belongiug to the club was fiown to Waipukurau by Mr M. W. Bateman. Whiie it was at Waipukurau the machiue was used for making Hights hy pilots and traineeg. Auckland's Anniversary Day, Proof tliat tlie anniversary oi Auckland lalls on January 30, and not on the 29th, which is ceiebrated as Anniversary Day, is given in a letter written by Captain \V1ll1am Hobsou, lt.N., first Goveruor of New Zealand and founder of Auckland. The letter, which was produeed duriug a ceremony at Hobson's graveside on Eriday, was written the day before Hobsou tcad the proclamation in Auckland, and in it tho words "don't mistake the date'' were underlined. Tho letter was dated, Januury 29, 1840. Cargo for Cbina Held Up> On account ot the war between China and Japan, scores ot curgo steamurs fiound trom Europe to C'liinese ports are not proceeding further than Singapore, acQording to omcers on the Union Company's steamer Nnrbada, which arrived at Auckland from Calcutta and Singupore on Eriday. The cargoes were being stored ja the sliedb on biugaporu wfiarves and, as many of the vessels were each carrying between 30(j0 and 4000 tons of goods, the sheds were rapidly filling at .the time of the Narbada'a departure. The ships were of aff uationalities. Hastings's Hospitality, Keporting to the Central Hawke's Bay Rugby Sub-Umon congerning the Ross Bhield tourney held reeently in Hastings, the manager of the Central Hawke's Bay schools' representative team, Mr T. B. Jackson, of Tikokino, wroto in glowing terins. He stated that the Hastings Sno-Umon and the teachers had treatcd the teams taking part in the fixtiue in a inanuer calculated to prove beneficial to the Ri'zby code. He uIsq paid a warm tributo to the cenduct of tho boys under his care. Tlie report met with expressions of appreciation 011 the part of ...ainbers of tho management committee of Ihe subunion. Businessmen and Wai. "There is no donbt that Britain is determined not to be dra wn into another European war," said a New Zealand businessman who returned by the Akaroa on Friday. "I had no coutact with political cifcles when 1 was in London," ko continued, "but 1 saw a good deal of bankiug, insurance aud commercial men, and in aP the conversations I heard tho possibility of war was uever mentioned. It did not seem to enter into their calculations at all. When L was in Englaud bel'ore, ut tlie lime of the Abyssinian crisis, it was exaetly the same. 1 do not uLlempt to e.Nplain it, but amoug all the present aJarms and fears the faet may be reassuring."