LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 66, 10 December 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Raclng Stakes Increased. Stake money totalling £5000— An iuerease of £1150 on last season's distribution, is provided for in the programme drawn np for the summer • meeting qf the Waikato Bacing Cluh, at Te Bapa, in February. Trampers' Hut Damaged. Members of the Heretaunga Tramping Club, when visiting the Kaweka hut recently, found that some person unknown had damaged the hut. It is a pity that a hut such as this, which has been ereeted by the untiring efiOrts of the club members, should suffer such damage by irresponsibles. Kennedy Road Extension. The Kennedy road extension work which is now being carried out is expected to be completed in March next, according to a statement made to members of the Taradale Town Board last night by the chairman, Mr J. "Williamson. This road, when opened^ will give Taradale and Greenmeadows direct access with Napier and will shorten the route by at least one mile. Trials of a Botanist. Ihe arduous perseverance needed by the botanist was mentioned by Prot'essor Arnold Wall when addressing the Botanical Society at the Auckland University CoUege. Every summer fpr many years the professor has visited the Southern Alps to collect specimons and photographs. There was oue plant the seed of which he was eager to obtain. Sixteen times in one summer he travelled about 60 miles uorth pf Christchurch and climbed to a height -of 6000ft. but he never found the geell at the right stage for gath-ering. Cricketing Attire. "If a cricketer cannot appear on the field in the correet attire he sliould not be playing at all. The game is better without him," said Mr G. B. Maiin, Hawera, president of the Taranaki Cricket Association, at a meeting of the southern division executive. Some players could not afford an outflt of white flannels, other members stated, j and it was decided to advise all clubs I of the committee's desire that players should be properly dressed and that there should be no smoking on the field of play. H.M.S. Endeavour to Dock. The Admiralty survey ship Endeavour, which for the last few months

has been doing lmportant marino survey work in the Hauraki Gulf and tho F rth of- Thames, is to go into Caliio pe Hoclc within the next few days for a short refit. When she arrived at Auckland it was stated that she would hav»» her main refit next winter when the oiiicers will draw up fair charts of the work done, and this present refit is in « the nature of a temporary overhaul. H.M.S. Leander is at present occupying Calliope Dock. Welcojne Relief. "Franldy, there were a few times during the year when I was quite glad the Coronation had taken away th3 Prime Minister with a number of other Ministers, and that Parliament was having a long holiday," confessed Mr David Henry, Auckland, in his presidential address to the annual conference of the New Zealand Manufactur: ers' Federation. "Their absence at least meant that we were well out of harm's way so far as new legislation was concerned, for which — praise be — the relief was very welcome indeed." Interhouse Sports. A suggestion has been made for a friendly inter-house competition between the leading teams of varioUs districts, to take place this year in Napier during the latter part of January, in connection with the Napier Amateui Athletic and Cycling Club's meeting, Such a competition would be in the nature of an inter-district championship event. Invitations have been sent to Wellington, Palmerston North, Auckland and Hastings, and encouraging replies have been received, go that there is a probability of the competition being arrangcd.

Abattoirs and Meat Works. "There is no doubt that the majoritj for a bad time as long as freezing of abattoirs in New Zealand are in for a bad time as long as freezing works are allowed to sell meat to the outside public." was the opinion expressed by Mr M- J. Killeen, manager of the New Plymouth abattoirs, in reporting recently to the New Plymouth Bonough Council on the drop iu abattpir slaughtering. "It is not many years ago that the works sold me'at only to their emplcyees but to-day they are catering for the trade in enormons quantities, ' ' Mr Killeen said. Danger to Aircraft. Because of the menace which they constituted for aircraft in taking oft and landing, the main power lines which ran along the western boundary of the Waikato aerodrome at Rukuhia have been removed by the Public Works Department. Bepresentations were made to have this done ' by tne Waipa County Council more than a year ago, but the department required the council to contribute a considerable proportion of the costs. This the council declined to do, and the department then decided to proceed with 'the work. It is proposed to place new lines along a gully below the level of the landing field on the eastern side of the airport.