LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 67, 11 December 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Far East Relief. The Havelock North Town Board last evening decided to make a donaition of £1 1/- to the Far East Keliesjf Fund, a subseription list fo? which has been opened at Havelock. Pakowhai Sealing. Sealing on the Pakowhai- Waiohiki main highway has been completed, and r.ha contractor is now working on the i Te Mata — Tukituki section, about 3} miles of which will be attended to. Chiiied Beef Trade. The first shipment of chilled beet from the Wairoa works of Swit'ts (N.Z.) Ltd., is to be dispatched next week. The shipment will comprise 65 head of cattle, which will be killed on Monday. When the chiUing has been carried out the careases are to Tio dispatches to Wellington by rail, to 04 loaded into the Kangitata. Fire at Greenmeadows, Shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday a small building forming part of tfie training stables property occupied by H. S. Greene at Greenmeadows^ and used as sleeping quarters by some of the stable lade, was burned to the ground, together with a quantity of bedding, clothing and horse equipment. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. Boarder's Error. Mistaking the New Plymouth police station for a boarding house situaterl close by, in which he had booked an upstair's room, was the experienee of a stranger to the town, Both buildiug3 are two-storeyed ones, the front doors of each are close to the street and tlie stairs are in almost identical positions, The stranger did not realise liis imstake until approach-ed by a police offi cer when half-way up the stairs. A Weighty Fayment. A Christchurch City Council cashier was presented with a formidable taak recently, when a woman passed over lo him a bag containing 836 pennies and 432 half-pennies in payment of her rate bill of £4 7/8. Although the cashior had the right to refuse bronze coins exceeding 1/- in value, in accordanco with what constitutes legal tender, he did not exercise it. Newspaper Anniversaxy. To-morrow, December 12, will mark the twenty-seventh anniversary of the first publication of the Hawke's Bay Tribune, which appeared as a small l'ipage paper on that date in 1910, The Hastings Standard, which was established in 1896, was taken over a/id incorporated in the Tribune, On January. 16 this year, the Hawke's Bay Herald, which was first published in 1857, was merged with _the Tribune. Air Mails from Hastings. Commencing on Monday, an air mai] will be despatched from the Hastings Post Office at 6.45 a.m. each day tq connect with the air service at Napier, according to information given this morning by the Postinaster, Mr C. Clark. In addition, a mail will be despatched from Napier to Hastings at 3 p.m., and will includa all air mail letters received by plane from Palmerston North, the mail including that from all air route centres. All letters posted at Napier up to 2 p.m. will catch the 3 p.m. mail to Hastings. TJndefended Prisoners. Occasionally a prisoner appears in the Supreme Court for sentence without a lawyer to speak for him, but it was most unusual for five prisoners to appear in unrelated cases at Auckland without the services of a° solicitor. With the exception of a Maori wha was addressed through an interpreter all the prisoners had something to say on their own behalf, and one at leas* discussed his case quite fluently wltli his Honour. Where necessary, aBsistance was given by Mr E. Meredith, who appeared for the Crown. Nearly Strangled. A youth, Keginald Watkins, of Tuna, near Stratford, had an arrow escape from strangulation. His sisters were swinging on a box nearby. By some means he slipped and .the rope became entwined round his neck, leaving hini suspenfied. His sisters for a time thought he was playing but one at last realised his predicament and, seizing n saw severed the rope. Assistanee was summoned and though the youth was hpparently dead, he revived under medical attention. The doctor stated that a few seconds longer suspension would have beeq fatal. p Oyerseas Shipping at Napier. The end of this month will be a busy period for the port of Napier as far as overseas shipping is concerned, for, in a week, six overseas vessels are expected to load for foreign ports in the roadstead. They are the Port Line ves* sel Port Hunter, the Shaw, Savill and Albion Lipe's Maimoa, the Blue Star Line's Napier Star, the Hamburg-Am-erika Line vessel Naumburg, the A. and A. Line 's City of Glasgow, aud another Blue Star vessel, the Empire Star. If present schedules are adhered to, the Maimoa, Napier Star and Naumburg will all arrive to-day week. Poi tlie Port Hunter, Napier is the final loading port, and the vessel will leava on Deceqiber §0 for London direct.

The Rangitane. The New Zealand Shippinj Company advise that the Kangitane, which. left London on November 11, is expected to arrive at Wellington at 6 p.m. on Pecember 16. Good Shearing. What is considered to be a record was established recently at Moeangiangi station, when 313 half-bred sheap were shorn by Mr Eopitene. This is an excellent achievement as the sheep were shorn with the narrow cut. The eight shearers did 1875 sheep that day, all using the narrow comb. Power Board Kepresentatives, A recent Order-in-Council contains a re-allocation of representation on the Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board, which will operate at the next elections. The representation will be: H,B, County four, Napier Borough two, Hastings Borough two Taradale Town district one, Havelock North Town District one. Service for Tourists. A novel method of showing prospeetive tourists glimpses of the country through which they will pass on various touring routes has been adopted by the Automobile Association (Auckland). A projector has been purchased and a series of slides, prepared from photographs in natural colour, is being collected, so that it will be possible to show in the association 's office picturog of beauty-spots and various places oi interest.