LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 13, 8 October 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

junjor Tennis. Tbe fostering of junior teimis will once more be one of the main objectives of the Hawke's Bay Lawn Tennis Association during tbe coming season. To this end, a team of Hawke's Bay juniors is to travel to Wellingtonduring the season to compete with. Wellington's juniors, and junior tournaments are to be held in Hastings and Napier during the season. Butter at High Level. Following active inquiry for butter in London, the price for cboicest salted and unsalted New Zealand has again advanced, and is now at tlie partieular ly high level of from 131/- to 132/pcr cwt. This represents a, rise of about 3/6 since the close of last week, and the current value is the highest since 1930. This time last year the price was only about 101/- to 102/- per cwt. Farmer's Privilege. lAs long as you have a guaranteed price you will have dissatisfaction," remarked a member of the Hawke's. Bay branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union at tbe meeting of that body xn Hastings yesterday afternoon. "Some people wou'd say that as long as you have a farmer you will have dissatisfaction," added Mr. R. E. Talbot with a smile. "It seems to be the farmers1 privilege to co'mplain," said the chairman, Mr. T. Priest. Increascd Membership. An increase in membership of 153 is shown in the annual report of ' the Hawke^s Bay Tennis Association, presented at the annual meeting in Napier last evening. During the past season the number of affih&ted clubs increased from 21 to 24, with total membersliips increasing from 1060 to 1213. ' 'This is most gratifying, and shows an increased- interest in tennis in Hawke'* Bay which your executive has been endeavouring to stimulate during the Past' year," comments the report. Up Near Chicago. Wheu Mr. T. W. Patterson visited the Unit-ed States recently he was amazed at the general lack of knowledge about New Zealand. He quoted an iustance, when talking to the annual meeting of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association. When he signed his name in a hotel register, the proprietor xnquired where New Zealand was. Mr. Patterson gave him the geographical position, but the hotel proprietor was still in the dark, and consulted a bright-looking negro page boy who was standing nearby. "Ya^sah, I know where New Zealand is," the lad replied promptly. "t's up near Chicago." "Coronation Triplets." The "Coronation Triplets," born in Hastings on Coronation Day to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Anderson, of Kahuranaki, will be returning from ' Wellington to their future Lorne on Oetober 30 next. Advice to this effect was received this morning from Mr. E. L. Cullen M.P. at Wellington, who intimated that he had approached the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, Minister of Railways, for free passes for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson when they proposed to go to Wellington to take choirge of their three small daughters, who have bqpn xn the Karitane Home, and the : Minister has agreed to the request. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson will be visiting Wellington at the end of the mon'th and returning to Hastings on Oetober 30thi. with their family.

Prefers Shark To Tuna. "I have fxshed and shot all over the world and in my opinion the Bay of i'lenty easily holds first place for sport," says. Dr. R. L. Sutton, of Kansas City, in a letter to a i'riend ,in Tauranga. "I plan to visit you. again this season. We have just returned from Nova • Scotia, where I speut a month with the big tuna, or albacore," he continued. "These huge fish supply faxr sport, but no fish that fights entirely under water can compare wxth jumpers such as the marlin, broadbill, aud mako shark. I landed five tuna this season of from 4621b. to 7651b. Erankly, I would not swap onq good marlin or mako for the lot of them, but the waters are convenient '*and the season also, August, a good time of year for us. I am hoping to bring some friends with me this time, and wiJl spend my entire vacation at Mayor Island." Overseas Pressman's Tribute. A rcpresenfative of^ tho Rothermere Press, and overseas hianager of tho "Daily Mirror," Mr. G. A. Parker, was loud in his praises of the high standard of the newspapers in New Zealand when spealring to a, reporter in Dunedin. "I have been particularlv impressed during my short stay in New Zealand by the high standard of your newspapers," Mr. Parker said, "and I think the New Zealand public is very well served by its" Press." When informed that a Labour member of Parliament had recently advocated State control of the Press of New Zealand, Mr. Parker laughed at the suggestion, and sajd that it would be the last thing tlie public would tolerate. They were Hght up to date with their cable news, and were free from the startling headlincs which greeted the visitor to other countries. A member of Parliament could lxardly have been in earnest in making suclx statements, he added.

I More Civil Servanfs. An increase of '3697 in membei'ship for the year ended on June 30, bringing the total to 12,154 members, is recorded in the annual reporfc of the New Zealand Public Service Association. Legal Five-day Week. A decision to close legal offices in Auckland on Saturdays was made at a meeting of the Auckland District Law Society this week. The new hours will operate from the first Saturday in November. Legal offices in Wellington are already working to a five-day week. Working As "Bookmaker." A storeman who had suffered injury at his work surprised the Arbitration Court at Auckland by his reply when asked what he first did when he went back to work. "I was just bookmaking," he said. "Did you say bookmakingF" asked Mr. Justice O'Regan. "Yes, bookmaking," said the witness , "booking orders in and out." Vandalism In Rotorua A serious case of wanton destruction is reported by ' the secretary of the Rotorua Racing Club, who stated that approximately 50 young acacia viciliata treee, planted as a hedge along the Marguerita street frontage of the racecourse, had been cut down with a siasher or an axe. The irresponsible person or persons who destroyed the two-year-old trees cut them down at ground level and left the saplings where they fell. The trees, which had just taken root and were showing signs .of progressing, are now useless, and Will be repiaced by the Racing Club. "Where Nobody Laughed." A country where nobody laughed was Mr. George Moir's impression of Canada, which he visited while oxx a world tour from which he has returned to Invercargill. He said that Canada had little reason to laugh, as it was in its sixth year of drought and the country was plunged in a grim depression. He had been told that 175,000 farmers would be virtually on the dolo this winter in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Another aspect of Canadian life that had impressed him was the tremendous number of Japanese. "The country is overrun with them," he said. "The opening day of the exhibition held in the f all, which corresponds witlx our winter show, was children's day, and easily a tkird of the children from 12 years and under were Japanese. You would see Japanese mothers of 28 and 30 years with six and seiven childrexx."