LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 22, 19 October 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Plunket "Shop" Preoeeds. As a result of the Plunket Society "shop" and street collection held iu Hastings on Saturday, the sum of £90 was added to the funds of the society. The committeo desires to thank all those who gave assistance on gaturday, and e6pecially to Mr. J. Phillips for tho use of his shop. john Dickson's Crey Mare. Finding that "the old grey mare ain't what she used to be," Mr. J. L. Dickson, of Tutaki Valley, Murchison, decided to replace his horse team with a tractor. The tractor duly arrived m the yard of the farm. The old grey horse inspected the machine, ran excitedly round the yard, and dropped dcad. The tractor's hrst job was to drag ,the horse to a suitable burial place on the farm, Future of Aerodromes. "If aviation deveiops as 1 chiuk it will, every borough anci town will eventualiy have an acrodrome ior rts own use/' said the Minister oi JDeienee, tiife Hon. F. Jones, when jnspecting tlie Rukuhia aerourome at Hamilton. "Local bodies wili maintam aerouromes in the future just as harbour Doards ioog. after harbours at present, " he added. "They will also cnarge landing fees as an item of revenue, just as they do for other public services." Changed Her Mind, A further episode in tne case of the Mauri woman who created laughter in the Hastings Magistrate's Ueurt last week when she selected counsel to detend her xn a summons for debt tor his "good looks," was heard this uiorn ing when the case was coutiiiued. The counsel whom she had chosen was nained to detend her when the case was called this morniug but lie protested that he had heard nothing from her since. Defendant herself uid^not appear and the case was proceeded with undefended. Bridge Being Dismantled. The promptness with which a start was made with dismanthng the wooden raihvay bridge at the Waitangi W'ashj out is commented upcn by travellers j on the Napier-Hastmgs road. The old wooden bridge was 111 use uutil Saturday, but at midday the new terro-con-crete structure was. brought into use. Though the G'ld wootlcu bridge was withurawn from use ou Saturday, workmeu began dismaiitling its stout timbers immediately work started yesterday, and it should not be long " bei'orf it disappears completely. Commercial Exams This year only j2 candidates have been nominated ior the Chaiuber of Commerce commercial examinations as compared with 27 last year. Reporting 04 this to the Hastings Chamber oi Commerce last evening, the secretary, Mr. V. A. Thomson, said that several of the principals of the commercial colleges had attributed this decreuse to the fact that at the present time girls were more readily obtainiug positions; whereas in the past few years it had been more difficuit for them to do so, and, in consequence, had sat ior the examinations in the hope that success would lead to their obtaining einplcyment. The Tokio Olympiart, That the Japanese were aheady making preparations for the 1940 Olympiad to be held in Tokio was- montioned by a inember of the crew of .the Yumushito Kosen Kaisha line steamer Chifuku Maru when at Gisborne. The Japanese, he said, intended to make the 1940 Olympiad the greatest yet staged and a mighty festival of international sport was being planned. Propnganda for worH-wide oirculation regarding the games was aiready being prepared and the people of Japan were being taught the wonderful possibilities of sport. Despite unsettled conditions in the Far East arrangements were still being carrjed out for the Olympiad Diet For an Archbiship. "Never have a daughter who's great on diet. Mine has made me what I am on cabbage- water, and 1 am not sure that it is worth the cost," said Archbishpp Julius, at his mnetieth birtbday dinuer in Christchurch. He -w.as re&ponding on behalf of his daughter, Miss Ada Julius, to whom a presentation had been made on behalf of the wives and daughters of the clergy of the diocese. Reference had been made to Miss Julius as "the power behind the throne," and the Arohbishop said that he would never have been able to enjoy his retirement as he had without the help and devotion of his daughter, his debt to whom he could not even begin to tell. Teaoher's Pa'nful Journey. A country school teacher, Miss Thelma Johnston, of Tahora, Poverty Bay, had a painful experience when slie.fractured a leg at school, and, in. order to receive treatment in hospital, had to be transported by ambulance for 42 miles to Cook Hospital. . Part of the journey was over an exceptionally rough baek-country road. Although tho accident occurred about 9 a.m., it was nearly 4 p.m. before Miss Johnston rcachej the hospital on account of the difficulties of transport caused by the state of tbo road. Just ou 9 a.m. Miks Johnston called the children into school, and as they were gathering she made to return to her house to obtain something. Evidently she slipped on tho steps at tho school door aud fraetured a leg above the aukle.

Ghanges in Railway Stafi. The possibility of several new executive positions in the railway department causing the promotion or transl'er of senior station masters throughout the North Islaud is being discussed at Hastings and Napier. Although no iuformation has been received and no ofiicials have received notification of impending changes Hawke's Bay is expected to be affected by the -movement. Freedom of Newspapers. "In many coUntries of Europe there is no well-informed body of public opinlon because there is a State censorship of newspapers," said Professor 11. M. Algie, Professor of Law at Auckland University College, in a lecture under the auspices of the W orkers ' Educational Association at Auckland recentiy. He said that public opinion must be allowed to develop, arld that the newspapers, good or bad, must be free. Hours of Sunshine Since the position of the sunshine recording instrument a the Albert Park Observatory, Auckland, was changed last autumn there hap been a considerable increase each month in tbe number oi hours of sunshine recorded, compared with tiie readings for tbe corresponding months of other years. Formeily the instrument wafc 3ft. above the ground, but it is now placed at a height of 24ft. on a mast, being clear of early mornihg and late afternoon sbadows from trees. 'Ad increase in the hours of sunshine recorded was expected, but the rise has been considerably greater than anticipatfid VVhetlier this is due to the altered position of the instrument or to sunnier weather this year cannot be" ascertaihed. Tour of OrphaidS. "It would be nice if the suugestion was made that we could see the or; chards when the cropg were there." said a member of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce with a smile last evening when mention was made of the recent tour of the fruit-growing area» by representatives of local bodies and organisations was made. The secretary, Mr. V. A. Thomson, said that be was very pleased indeed that he had made the tour for it was most enjoyable. "We visited at least half a dozen orchards, some. of them in detail, and foun.d it most interesting indeed," he said. "We know a great deal mere abogjb the industry as the result of tbe tour than we did before aud we .were alforded' an opportunity of gaining some conception of the niagnitude Oi Ihe industry."