LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 54, 26 November 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Sports Postpoued. =. Tiie Napier Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club's second evening meeting » wliich. was to have been held last evening, was postponed to next Thursdav, owing to the wet and cold weather. Delegates Leave. With the completion of the major portion of the business at tne annual conference of the New Zealand Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants' Federa tion, the majority of delegates, particularly those from the South Island, departed from Hastings this morning. There was a big crowd to see them ulf, the remaining delegates providing a rousing and jovial fareweJ' Signposts for Taupo Road. This morning a start was made by two patrols of the Automobile Association .(Hawke's Bay) with the erection of 40 road signs between Bay View and Tarawera on the Taupo road. The work will take three days to complete. This will be followed up with tbe erection of further signs between Omahu and Kuripapanga, on the Napier-Taihape road, which will be completed before Christmas, Gardening Oompetition. For the second time inclement weath 1 er conditions have upset the arrange- ; ments of the judicial committee to make the first inspeetion of gardens ontered in the Hastings and District 1 Progress League's best-kept garden ( competition. The judges were to have \ made an inspeetion yesterday but in i view of the unfavourable weather it was agreed that the tour be postponed' until early next month. i r

A Shearing Record When he completed shearing 312 Romney lambs in approximately nino hours on Monday, Mr "Daddy" Karaitiana, a well-known Dannevirke Maori established what is said to be a record for the Matamau and Tataramoa districts. The lambs were sho'rn on the property of Mr G. Franfee, Matamau Mr Karaitiana worked from '5 a.m. un fil 5 p.m., with the usual intervals fo* meals and "smoko" so that his actual shearing time would be about nine hours, Ambulance Wedding. Au interesting, and unusual feature, of a wedding ceremony in Hastings last evening was the part taken by members of the Hastings St. John Ambulance Brigade. One of their fellowinembers lilled the principal male role at the ceremony and his comrades formed a guard of honour as the bridal couple left the St. Matthew's Church, and later they accompanied the bridal car to the photographers. This is the first oecasion that a member of the brigade has been so honoured and the innovation created considerable interest. Swimming Opening. Prospects for the official opening of the competitive swimming season as regards the Heretaunga Swimming and Life-saving Club appear bright for this evening. Unlike other swimming clubs in the district the Heretaunga Club have been unfortunate in that their elforts to open the season have been frustrated by inclement weather. The fact that last Friday night there were more competitors than spectators in attendance at the Maddison Baths, ready for the carnival if it should take placet indicates the keenness and enthusiasm of the swimmers. New Napier Companies. The registration of two new Napier companies was effected during November. The first is the Zenith Omnfbus) Co., Ltd., with £2000 capital in £1 shares subscribed by Messrs W. L. Kolilis (998), E. A, Colliso.'i (998) and R. C. Scott (4), to carry on the business of omnibus proprietors. The second is the New Zealand Paint and Varnish Co., Ltd., which is to carry on the business of manufacturers and dealers in paints, polishes, staius, laequers and varnishes. The capital of £1250 is subscribed equally by Messrs T. W. Hercock, L. S'tephenson, J. N. V Paterson, C. V. Carson and W. M. Angus. Seeiug and Believing. A serious obstacle in thp, use of radto for teaching purposes is the absence of the "personality" of the speaker ami the consequent inability to hold the attention of listeners. This was demon strated in an amusing way at the opening of the radio installation at the Waipukurau School. The Mayor of Waipukurau, at the conclusion of his address through the broadcasting sya tem, suggested that the children should rise and give three hearty cheers fji those who had made possible the installation of the set. The children, howevet were rather diffident about complying with the wishes of an invisible speakei and cheering invisible people, with the result that the response could hardly be termed hearty. Later in the proceedings Mr W. Cuthbertson, a member of the Hawke's Bay Education Board, asked all who wanted an ice-cream to raise the right hand. There was an immediate response, but no iee-creams were forthcoming perhaps because Mr Cuthbertson, who was speakiug through the radio system, could not see whether any arms were raised.