LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 206, 16 September 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Blg Decreasi in Takings. Talangs at tlxe New Zealand amateur boxing chainpionships, lield at Greymouth last week, totalled about £240. The championships were last held in Greymouth in 1929, when the gate receipts were £500. On that occasion the iinal niglit' s takings reached £3Q7 Women at Buil Saie. Stock saies were once an exclusively masculine preserve, and only a few years ago women rarely attended them even as spectators. iimes have cbanged, however, and on Tuesday the buyers and vendors at the annual 1,'ukehohe sale^of pedigree Jersey bulls on behalf of the Franklin Jersey Club included severai women. Altogether, about six women were present at the sale. Ducking for Fpotballers. Member s of the Manukau Football Olub, who had been playing in Wailn and 'who were being dnven to Paeroa in a motor-truck to attend a dance, had a, remarkable escape when the tructi went over a bank and into the Ohinemuri ltiver, just past the Golden Dawn mino at Owharoa. Fortunately all could swim and they reached the bank bedraggled, but unhurt. It was a somewhat woebegone party that returned to W aihi. £1000 for Bursary. The anonymous gift of £1000 to be invested for the bursary to assist a divinity student through his course in. the Theological Hall at Dunedin was reported to the Auckland l'resbytery on Tuesday by Mr H. B. Burnett. It was to be named the "St. Luke's bursary," he said, 'as it had been given by a member of St. Luke's congregation. The allocation of the bursary was left entirely with the theological comnnttee. The announcement of the gift was cordially wclcomed by the Presbytery. General Knowledge. None of the four counsel who appeared tor tneir cuents m a Supreme Cxiurt action at Auckland coujcl enuguten a witness upon tne names oi cinema actors and aetresses in a cer"tam iiim he said he saw m Uhristciiurcii some timo ago, nor could Mr Justice Lallan assist tiiem. The witness said ko reinenibered the natne of the pieture, but that was all. The Judge explained away the iack of knowleage eninbitea by counsel on the subject of tilms by sayingj "Pcrbaps it is that we are too old, gentlemen, to keep abreast of these things." Aoys Entering Legal Profession. "It is a strange tliing that during recent years we hardly liad a boy ieavnig scnool to taho up law," said the xxeetor (Dr G. H. Uttiey) at the preaencation of ihe William Macalister Meiuoriai bay at the Southland J3oys Higu Schooi. JUr Lttley added l»iat a few years ago many boys ielt to take up law, but the iiumber deciined. during the depression, when it was considereU that the profession was becoming overcrowdecL He told the boys that there was a good career in law if they made Up their miuds to study for it. Caol Bootmakers. The installation of new bootmaking machines in the Auckland gaoi gave rise to fears among local boot manulacturers that the Dcpai'tment oi Justice intended to enter into competition with them. The iears were set at rest as the result of inquiries made by the Auckland Manufacturers' Association. It was reported at a meeting of the association' 3 general committee that the new machines were purchasod to replace antiquated. ones, to facilitate the output of boots for the use of the Justice and Mental Hospital Departments, and to make possible in a trade which would be of use to tkem >vken they were discharged. \ Good Dairying Prospeots. Of late the creain lorries of the Heretaunga Dairy Co., have been calling daily (Sundays excepted) on suppliers throughout the area served by the Waipukurau factory. Thanks to the excelient growtli of grass created by the recent tliorough soaking received by pastures the prospects fcrii the sear son are now much more encouraging than they were a month back. The spring season iias been so iate however, that the output to date is much below that for the orrespondin; period of last year. In addition the fact must be taken into account that dairying is by no means as attractive these times as pastoral farming. Railway Deviation. Submitting that a saving of at least £33,000 a year would result by ceasing work on the present Denlair railway deviation and starting an alternative coast-wise route to Wanganui, a deputation from that city was received by Mr G. H. Macklay, general manager of railways. He gave an assurance that the alternativo scheme would receivo tliorough investigation immediately and that a report would be given to tiro Minister of Railways, H011. D. Sullivan. T'lio scliemo involvcs tho construction of a now liue following a flat coastaf route from Turakina via Wanganui to Maxwell, which, it is claimed, would save a total distanco of 22 miles. eliininate upward of 22 dangerous levei crossings, alleviate present haulage costs considerably, quicken the rate of travel and shorten the journey bv an hour.