LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 6, 30 September 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Rangltata's ArrlvaL The New Zealand Shipping Co. advise that the Rangitata, which left New Zealand oji August 26, arrived at JLondon on the morning of September 28, Blaok and White Shleld. Marist were declared the winners of the Black and White Shleld by the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union at their ineeting last evening, Hastings H.S.O.B. being the runuers-up. The shield is for competition among all teams in the district under tbe jurisdietion of the Eawke's Bay Rugby Union who have three or more teams cntered in club championship matches Ui the various grades. City Populations The latest estimates of population for the main cities, coinpiled by Ihe Government Statistician, Mr. J. W LJutcher, reveal an increase of 2140 in Greater Auckland, %nd lncreases ior the other leadiug cities of 1730 for Wellington, 640 for Christchurch and 140 for Dunedin. Auckland City p.oper now has a population exceediug 103,000. Wellington has a population for the metropolitan area of 151,700, and Wellington City proper of l. l(i,/00. Causes of Slumps. "1 suppose the greatest dread all business men have is the dread of another slump," said Mr. V. E. Hamilton, retiring president, at the anriual dinner of tiie Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, "in my opinion the sluinps which the world- has experieuoed iu rapitf succession for prolonged periods are in a large measure Oue to the world-wide actions of Governmcnts in faiiing first to baiance budgets, second in piliug up fantastic debts which will never be paid, third in juggiiug with currencles, fourth 111 over-regulating business and the people, Sfth iu oveftaxing, and sixtb iu buildiiig up tarilf barnets. Football "Sportsmanship." "I think our crowds are deteriorating," reinarked Mr. H. B. Lusk, first assistant-mastei' at King's C'ollege when refering at the K.ing's College Old Boys' anhual dinner to the defeat of the All Blacks by tlie Springboks. "On several ocCasions on Saturday afternoon there was booing," he said. "AnyOne who boos at a football matcii is beyond the pale." When n free kick was awarded to New Zealand there were lcud cheers, but the cbeers were not given when the penalty was against the home side. "Twenty minutes before the match was due to end tlie crowd started to stream away," he added. "Why? Were they fed up? Did tliey all want to catch a tram? N» New Zealand was being beaten. What does it mean? it means that winning is the all-important thing in the eyes of a large section of our football followers" Work For Reoruits! It is the intention of the Defeuce Department to include vocational instruction in the general training scfiemfi that is being prepared under the new special enlistment system. Reiercnco to this was made by the Minister of Dfv fence, the Hon. F. Jones, in express'ing his pleasure at the type of young man who was offering ior Gie three months' training system. Ihe Govern ment intended also to try to obtain employment for those requiring it at the end of the three months course. It was hoped nest year, he said, to enlist men just after the harvest for training in the winter season lliore must he plenty of young men in seasoual work ttko would ^elcome such a ehancei There had been a lato start with the Bcheme this year, but Auckland already had its full quota. Wellington lagged a bit, but Christchurch had a surplus. "Dumpod" Orangca. An example of the difficulties associated with the importation of citrus fruit was provided on Monday when a quantity of Australian oranges was disposed of in Wellington's Chaytor street tip. A fresh shipment of oranges reached Wellington yesterday in the Wanganella, and it was stated that the oranges conveyed to the tip earlier in tbe week had been picked out for disposal in order to make room for the fresh supplies. Small boys and others in. the Kelburn, and Karori districts, however, saw Little wrong with the "dumped" oranges. in spitc of the fact that the tip is out of bounds to tbe public, tbe heap of discarded oranges proved irresistible and mucb of the fruit was removed and consumed. Carriers and others who visited the tip secured not only suffioient for their own needs, but also sufficient to giva to tbeir friends. a