PROVINCIAL PARAGRAPHS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 61, 4 December 1937, Page 8

PROVINCIAL PARAGRAPHS

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"The Wearing of the Green." The present-day craze for green' in men's clothing was commented upon to-day by a Waipukurau clothier, who mentioned that fcreen biazera and sports coats, especially, are commaurting a Teady sale. "I have sold quite a number of these," he said, "but the trouble is, that the dcmand elsewhere is so great that I cannot fulfil my orders. ' ' Haymaking at School. "The grass on our playing fields is so long that they cannot be used," reported the headmaster, Mr V. Parsons, at the meeting last night of the Waipukurau School Committee". "It is all beautiful rye grass and could probably be made into hay." Mr T. Spencer volunteered to have it cut and caited away. Road Widths. At tne meeting of the Highway.? Board and representatives of local hadlea in Waipukurau, Mr A. C. Russell, chairman, of the Waipukurau County Council, asked the necessary .width fov roads other thau highways. "Youwaut 18 feet, don't you, Mr Dinnie?" he inquired. "Sometlmes 20; it depends on the amount of traffic," replied Mr Dinnie. Mr J. C. McLauchlan, engineer of the Patangata County Council, said that some time ago his council had gut approtal, for a 14-feet seetion, but that he did not recommend that width fo* a road which would be sealed. The chairman of the board, Mr T. A. Baker said it would be a long time before the board could contemplate eealing back country roads. None of the roads being ibuilt in New Zealand to-day could be really regarded as permanent. A 14-ft. road might have to be widened and to some extent reconstructed when sealing came to be done. . , Waipawa Court. The monthly sitting of the Waipawa Magistrate's Court was held yesterday before Mr J. Miller, S.M. Judgment in the civil case, Corskie Bros v Te Atua Eopiha, was given for the claim of 15s. Piki Eennie was ordered to pay the and costs 19s. In a judgment summons, Standard Trading Co. the sum of £14 13s. and solieitora' fee £L Is. forthwitbl in default 16 days' imprisonment. W. J. Maulder was charged, on thf information of the Inspector of Factories, with failing to 'pay a truclc driver the remuneration to which. he was entitled. Mr Strang, in pleading guilty, said that the man concerned was unemployed and asked t»o be given a job to help him along. He was paid £3 10/- a week, being an inexperiencei driver. A portion of the arrears had been paid. It being only a technical offence a nominal penalty of £1 was iniposed. Licensing Committee. The quarterly meeting of the Waipawa Licensing Committee was held at when an application for a transfer of the licenee of the Wanstead Hotel from Mr Walker to Mr Mathieson was apthe Courthouse, Waipawa, yesterday, proved. Police" reports on all the hotela in the district were satisfactory. Waipawa Rainfall. The total rainfall for the month of November in Waipawa was 1.7 insEain fell on only seven days. Rifle Shooting. .On the Mount Vernon range during the week-end the members of the Waipukurau Defence Eifle Club whl fire off for the third round of the club championship — 7 shots at 300, 500, 600, 800 and 900 yards. The handicaps are as follows: W. G. Bryce, E. T. Haldane, F. N. McVicar, and N. Taylor sea, F. Tinney, L. J. Taylor, J. A. Chambers, 1; C. L. Monckton, F. Fryer and •nand,- and J. White 3; A. Fryer, J. C. Woodward, 2; F. E. Wilson, S. AuVazey and L. Eenner, 4; E. Ashby, W, Bird and W. Oliver 5; P. Mason, 6; J. Coombes, 7. feame handicap at each range. Waipukurau's Half Day. • "We'll have a Saturday half-day by next year," said Mr. V. King at the monthly meeting of the Waipukurau School Committee last night when plans were being made for a school excursion next February. "I don't think so," replied the chairman, Mr. O. F. Haycock.