LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 68, 13 December 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

No Band C'oncert. Owing to the unsettled state of the weather prevailing during the week-end the Hastings Citizens' Band did not make its contemplated visit to Haumoana yesteiday afternoon. Lower Lamb Schedule. For the second time in. eight days a half-penny reduetion in the lamb schedule at the Hawke's Bay Meat works has been announced, and from to-morrow the rate will be 7|d for firsts and 7£d for seconds. Just five weeks ago the season opened with the rates at 9fd and 9}d respectively. Visiting Life-Savers. There is every prospect that two teams of Australian surf life-savers Will be invited to participate in tne New Zealand surf life-saving championships of 1940, which will probably -be held at Lyall Bay in conjunction with the Centennial Exhibition. Carol Evening. Last evening the pupils of the Hereworth School held a Christmas carol evening, in the presence of a good attendance of parenbs and other visitors. The boys sang several traditional carol numbers in a manner which revealed careful practi.ce and drew favourable comment from their hearers. Wellington Harbour. A handsomo handbook has been issued by the Wellington Harbour Board giving information. relative to the Port of Wellington. The book is profusely illustrated with views of the wharves and vessels in the harbour and there are also several useful maps oi the harbour and city area as well as interesting and striking aerial views of the port. Teaching Record. The total of a hundred years' service at one school by five teachers must constitute a lecord for the Dominion. The Levin District High School has this record for long service, but it is to be broken by the retirement of Miss M. L. Hitchcock infant mistress, and Mr H. J. Jones, first assistant, who relinJ quish their duties at the end of this year, each having been attached to the staff for 22 years. Charges for Wickets. The reserves committee of the Napier Borough Council has undertakeu to reconsider a decision to increase the charges for wickets used by the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association fiom £100 a year io £125. When a deputation from the association 's management committee waited on the reserves committee, it was admitted that the wickets were among the best in New Zealand, but it was made clear that the a'ssociation could not alford to meet the increased charges. Cattle Thieves Active. Cattle-stealing is once again in evidence in the Wanganui district. During the past two months 32 head of cattle have disappeared from the property of Mr A. McMullion, Ratana, the vakie of the missiug cattle being about £250. A few head have also disappeared from a neighbouring p'roperty. A substantial reward has been offered for information concerning the thefts. A large reward is yet unclaimed for information about the theft of wool iu the Maxwell district. Bales disappeared mysteriously from several wooished's. Prices in 1852. An interesting indication of the costs of foodstuffs eighty-five years ago is to be obtained from a letter recently diseovered by Mr J. A. Miller, of Hastings, when going thTough some old papers. This letter, written from Paisley, England, on September 18, 3S52, contains the passage: — "Markets here are as follow: Good oatmeal 1/6 a stone, potatoes from 4d to Gd a stone, beef from 4d to Sd a lb., mutton 6d, butter from 7d to 8d, eggs from 5d to 8d a dozen, turkey eggs lOd a dozen, fine four-pound loaf Cd, coarse loaf 5d, brown loaf 4d. The loaf bread. is the eheapest thing we have. Old cheese is 7d a lb. and down to 5d. Skim milk cheese is 3$d a lb." Overseas Fublicity. The need for a greater State appropriation for overseas publicity is urged by the New Zealand Tourist League in its latest bulletin, which is devoted to suggestions for improving the Dominion 's tourist trade. The league advocates increasing the present appropriation of between £15,000 and £20,000 a year to at least £50,000, pointing out that some firms retailing tea and other eoinmodities in the Dominion spend as much as £15,000 a year on advertising. South Pacific Flight. A plaque commemorating the fact that the Pan-American survey e'lipper made the first survey flight from the United States to the South Pacific has been placed on the clipper by the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce. From New Zealand 's point of view, the plaque has an unfortunate error — it records the flight as having been made to "Australasia." A New Zealancler who saw the plaque when the clipper was recently at Hongltong had it suggest^d to him that "Australasia" may have been used intentionally for a politieal objective, but he attributed the error to geographical ignorance. He suggests that representations be made to the San Francisco Chamber so that the Dominion would be given its proper mention on the plaque.