LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 38, 8 November 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

R.gnts on tbe Road. A lawyer, who sald of a motor driver wbo bad admittedly been driving on the wrong sjde of the road that he had had "no xight to be there" was promptly corrected by Mr Justice Callan in the Supreme Court at Auckland. "Tbere is no law to say you must not go on tbe wrong side of the road," said Hjs Honour, "Tbe point is you -.must get off it in good and sufiicieat tlm«». To be caugbt in tbe act of gettiug back, when you ought to be back, tbat is negligence." Suppiies of Super. "The suppiies of manure were very unsatisfactory last year," said Mr R. E. Talbot at the executive meeting of the Hawke's Bay pnovincial district oi the New Moaland Fariiaers' Union in Hastings on Saturday when brief consideration was given to the proposed establishment of superphosphato uorks in Hawke's Bay. "We had to wait two months foc a truck yet the Minister of Agriculture stated tbat there were not fwo Tvorks which were wcrking to fuii espacity. " r iying Mmsionary. A visit this year from tho famous fl.ving missionary of inland Australia, the Rev, John Flynn was keenly anticipated by Presbyterians in New Zealand, but he is not coming. A paragraph in the annual report of the mission's committee complains that he is "as hani to reach as an albatross" and adds that a letter sent to him in April, 1936, brought an apknowledgment in June, 1937. Further suggestions made to him for a New Zealand visit were still seeking him "somewhere in Anstralio " Hastinjgs Band Oonlfert. A visit to Queen's Square was paid by the Hastings. Citizens' Band last evening when another open-air recital was given. There was a fairly big attendance, though the collection netfed only £2, and tbe various items on the lengthy programme were received with generous appreciation. The programme was a varied one, including hymns, selections, marcbes and popuiar airs and the band was in fine form, under tbe baton of Conductor C. Bryant. Churcb on Mountajn Top, How a bisbop in Oslo, Norway, bad prevented the depletion of his congregation, because of the attractiveness of ski-ing was told by a Christchurch man, . Mr R. T. Sladen, wbo returned recently from a tour abroad. The townspeople were so fond of the sport tbat tbey did not botber attending church, Mr Sladen. said. Tbe bishop bad surmounted the difficulty by having tbe eburcb erected at tbe top of tbe mountain, and since tben the people bad gone up the mountain for tbe duaV purpose of going to cburch and ski-ing. Swamp Fires, Seasonal fires uro again raging in tbe Tuatuamoana Swamp area, in tho Auckland province, ano for tbe past few nigbts a bigb wind bas fanned tbc fl'ames, tbe glare from wbicb has been noticeable from To Awamutu, luquirjc# bave sbown tbat no bomos are imperilled by tbe fires, altbougb it ie expected tbat tbe wbole swamp will soon be ablaze. Minor outbreaks have oceurred in other parts of the district, particularly on the nortbern slopes of pirongia Mountain. fortunately without causing extensive damage. "Lead-Swinging" The facility witb which a medical witness in the Supreme Court at Auckland described means of detecting feigusymptoms in a patient caused Mr Justice Callan to ask, "You wero at the , war?" "Yes, sir, doing ncurological work," said the witness. "Then you kqow all there i«s to know about it," said his Honour 'I wouldu't say that," witness TCsponded, "but I lcuow enough to go on with." "I know tbat the feigning and detecting of symptoms was carried out to a very fine point on both sides," said His Honour. "It was called 'lead-swinging,' I think, air," added one of tbe counsel in tbe case. Japanese Boycott. i An injunction in support of a boycott of Japanese goods mct the eyes of pedestrians in Otahuhu in many of the borough streets. Lettered in white paint on the .bitumen footpaths were a series of notices which read: "Don't buy Japanese Goods." The noticee were obviously imprinted on the footpaths by means of a stencjl and a considerable degree of skill in. executing the lettering was apparent. The fonr words of tbe injunction were set out in two roWs the letters being about 2in. higb. Thoy wero not unduly conspicuojw, but by being set in clusters at intervals along the footpaths few pedestrians could fail to observe them. Beer for a Tangi, While a tangi wae ln progress at the Maori settlement near Morrinsville on September 23, a Maori motored to Paeroa anpl returned with a barrel containing 40 gallons of beer, the empty bdrrell being returned to Paeroa nest day by rail, This incident had a sequel in the Morrinsville Court, whon the lieen. see of tbe Criterion Hotel, Henry Wearn, was fined £15, and' a former barman at the hotel, Gordon Archer, was fined £10 for supplying beer to a native for consumption off lieensed premises. On further cbarges of eupplying •liquor after hours botb defendaiits were convicted and ordered to pay costs.

Wellington Exeursion Tbe week-end excursion train from Wellington to Napier proved most popuiar and the eeveral hundred visitors from the city were enabled to appreciate fully the claim of ' ' Sunny Hawke's Bay" for tbe weather was idehl for outdoor activity throughout tbeir brief stay, General satisfaction is felt by railway officials in Napier and Hastings at the patronage accorded week-end excursions to and from thi« district duripg recent months, and it is anticipaied that dnring the coming season thero will be a bigger numbe> of exeaixotm arrangpd than has been tbe case in tbe past. Chxnese Church. The progress of the Chinese Presbyterian Church in Auckland is the subject of a report which is to be presented to the forthcoming General Assembly of the Presbytenan Church. It is stated that the Sun day School attendance has grown from six to 24 and the congregation, at the evening service is now from 60 to 80. The membership of the young men's club has grown fropa 24 to 46. A speeial mission has been initiated by the Chinese missionary, the Rev. Y, S. Chau, and a num* 6 ber of Chinese, Indians and Maoris meet regularly for co-operative services. Thxee-Sbift System. "In the six-day week there are 144 hours. Man decideis to work 40. The factory is idle lor 104 hours. For 40 hours -yvork the man requires sufficient to support him for 144 hours plus Sunday. The capital , represented by factory buildings and machinery also works only 40 hours and is paid for 144 houns plus Sunday," sgid Mr M. G. C, McCaul (president of the Assoeiated Chambers of Commerce, in his address at the annual eonference at Timaru. "Why not introduce a tlirec:shift system in all jndustries requiring a large investment of capital. for buildings and plaiit, then three times as many men will draw wages as compared with eve'ry pound of capital than hitherto. I am convinced that only by the adoption of some such system can labour receive a larger share of the product of industry than now Obtains." \