LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 42, 12 November 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

infectious Diseases. Six cases of infectious diseases were roported to the Hastings Borough Health Department last month, there being four of diphtheria, one of ecariet fever and oue of tuberculosis. Orchardist's Death. An inquiry into the death of an or« chard employee near Orange, New fcSouth Wales, revealed that death was due to the efi'ects of poison contained in cigarettes. He had been spraying fruit trees, and some of the poisonous material had got on hia hand-rolled cigarettes. Tunnels and Mines. Witnesses who gave evidence before the Arbitration Court at Auckland as to the conditions in gold mines in the Waihi district said they would rather ivork as tunnellers than gold miners. One man, Who had worked as a tunneller on the East Coast railway and at Waikaremoana, said that tunnelling work wa^ done in clearer air, there wau more room in which to work, and there was an absence of the dust w^h troubled gold miners.

Under Difficulties. "The sport of athletics in this district js carried on under difficulties, in that little time is devoted to it in the schooJ3," said Mr Norman McKenzie, at the annual meetrng of the Hawke's Bay — .Foverty Bay Amateur Athletic i'entre last night. "At the annual school sports one sees many fine boys, but no more is heard of them." He thought that the younger generation sliould be thught to appreciate sports that .required litness and intelligence.

JLnspection of Shops, Eegular and frequent inspections oi all premises, such as fish shops, reataurants, butchers' shops and all othei premises selling or preparing food foi human consumption, are to be made by the Hastings borough health inspeetoi during the summer months. These vig- | its are to be in addition to the usual [ inspections made and the inspector is to keep a record, of details of conditions found during the inspections for consideration by the council. "The Sky Is The Limit." " 'The sky is the limit,' we are told. It seems to me that that is what the rocket might say on the way up — but it has to come'down," said Mr T. U. Wells, chairman of the Auckland Education Board, speaking on a tour of the country schools. "To-day we must learn not to look too much to. the Government for assistance, or we will grow too soft." The speaker pointed out that life was much easier for the farmer than it had been, but hard work was still necessary if they were to re- [ tain ^rosperity. Toil Calls increase. Over a millioa toll calls evory month is becoming a commonplace in connection with New Zealand 's telephone system. Business activity is accompanied by greater use of the trunk lmes by telephone subscribers, and the volume of traffic during the past six months increase*! by 11.71 per cent., representing no fewer than 717,846 additional calls. The commercial telcgraphic business is also buoyant, the number oi messages handled by the Post Office duiir.g the past six months showing an increase of 182,308, or 9.13 per cont. more than the ligures fap the corresroiubng gerio^ of last year, Sporfc ia Australia. ' "It does not take a casual visitor to Australia very long to be impressed with the tremendous interest taken in all kinds of sport," said Mr W. Pavitt, of Eemuera, who xeturned from the CommonW ealth by the Wanganella. "The newspapers appear to lay themselves out to give prominence to every type of sport," he added. Horse racing was particularly popular just now as the season was in full swing, and the Melbourne Cup had been diseussed for many weeks in every State. Mr Pavitt said that the Melbourne Cricket Club has just completed a new concrete stand to seat 37,000 persons. The entire nonplaying area at the ground was now covered in and could accommodate 100 000. Large Familiea. The claim that he could generally identify daughters of large families among candidates for training as nurses was made by Dr. J. W. Craven, medical superintendent of the Auckland Hospitalt in an address to the Diocesan Cliurclimen's Association at Auckland. Dr. Oraven said it was his duty to 6xamine all applicants, and he found that in most cas©3 whero a young Woman was more than usually fit, clearskinned and self-reliant, she provcd to be one of a large family. He had put his identilication of this type to tha tesfc scorcs of times and had rareiy known it to fail, although there was nothing scientilic behind it. He did not know the reason, becau'se it was commonly said that large families "dragged ono another up."

I Frost at Gisborne. A frost of 7.3 degrees was registered yesterday morning in Gisborne. The Rangitane. The Eangitane, bound for Wellington, sailed from London last evening. Harvesting Commences. Although it tippears likely that the prolonged spell of fine weather may result in the hay-maklng season being later than usual, the making of ensilage is now ia full swing on many farms in the Auckland Province. In a number of districts the unusual seasonal conditions have caused somewhat light crops but, on the other hand, the settled weather has enabled harvesters to make steady progress. A continued shortage of labour is the reason for many farmers working a harvesting roster on a co-operative system. Fish Shoals on East CoastImmense shoals of fish have been seen ofE the Opotiki be'aches during the last few daysj and reports from the direction of Cape Runaway also show that kahawai have been off shore in countless numbers. Bathe»s on the Waiotahi Beach report that the water almost up to the beach was alive with fish, and that shoals acres in extent could be seen close inshore. Kingfish were activo among the shoals, and caused the kahawai to leap in all directions to escap& the bigger fish. Linesmen seoured good hauls.

A Parliamentarian's Cheque. "You mustn't thank a member of Parliament," said Mr E. B. Webb, at a meeting of the Canterbury Pilgrims and Early bettlcrs ' Association, when it was suggested that Mr E. J. Howard be thanked for his efforts to secure the Canterbury Provincial Council Charnbers as a memorial. Mr Webb quoted the "classic old West Coast story" of a member of Parliament whose constituents decided to thank him for having a certain water-race constructed^ and wrote enclosing a cheque. The member replied, vigorously repudiating the suggestion that his services should be r«paid, and enclosing a cheque on his bank. The cheque was dishonourecL