LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 69, 14 December 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Nu?ses' Swimming Pool. A do nation of £5 5/- to the fund for the nurses' swimming pool was decidecl upon at the executive meeting of tha Heretaunga Swimming and Life-Saving Club last evening. Gargoes for Hamburg. The first direct shipment of produce for Hamburg since the announcement of the German-New Zealand trade agreement left Auckland on Saturday by the motor-ship Waipawa, which will proceed via London. The steamer Tongariro arrived at Auckland on Sunday to continue loading a further cargo for Britain and Hamburg. Sbort Secondary Education. "Many boys will not avail themsclv-. es of a secondary education, and 1 regard that as a very great calamily," said Bishop Brodie at the St. Bode's prize-giving at Christchurch. There vus a time when it was difficult to plaee boys in emplovment, but now it was almost dijcult to find boys to fill the positions offering, he said. He urged paronts to "wait for something better," and to give their boys a full secondary education. Clerks Reverse Decision. The decision of the Otago Clerical Workers' Union t5 kffiliate with the New Zealand Labour Party has been reversed. Some months ago the union passed a resolution deciding on affiliation, but it did not meet with unanimous approval, and a secret ballot was held recently on the question whether the union should rescind the motion. It is understood that the union was in favour of rescision by a two to one majority. Sheep-Stealing at Gisborne. "There have been some very bad cases of sheep stealing in the district — some glaring cases, ' ' stated Mr C. H. Williams, president of the Poverty Bay and East Coast Sheepowners Union at a meeting of the committee last week. He said that one man had lost 300 sheep. Iiesolutions reached at a meeting between the union and the FarmersUnion on the subject were approved, and it was decided to forward them I to the f ederation 's head office. Corporal PunishmenL "There is no evidence that the boys, relieved of the constant fear of corporal punishment, have slackened in their studies, said the Rector of St. Bede 's College, the Rev. Father Maurice J. Dowling, at the annual prize-giv-ing ceremony at Christchurch. Father Dowling said that corporal punishment had been almost entirely abolished, and an honours board substituted, with a' system of distinction marks for conduct and work. The change had been found to be an improvement, he said; King's Birthday. To-day, December . 14, is the anniversary of the birth of his Majesty King George VI., who was born in 1895. He was the second son to be born to the late King George V. and to Queen Mary, and was Christened Albert Fred. erick Arthur George. In December last, King Edward VIII. having abdicated, he, then holding the title of Duke of York, ascended the Throne. The King's Birthday celebrations, however, take place in June, and not today, a holiday now being deemed too close to Christmas. Electricity Supplies. There are eleven boroughs in New Zealand at the present time which have not a public electric supply, according to Mr F. T. M. Kissel, chief electrical engineer to the Public "Works Departnient, who addressed delegates to the electrical engineers' conference recently. Mr Kissel mentioned the borough of Ross, where, although there is a public street-lighting scheme, there is no public electric power supply. There are 176 boroughs in the Dominion with a public electric supply, and of those 146 use Government power and 120 re,ly solely on Government power, "Merry Christmas." At the conclusion of the Hawke'a Bay Hospital Board 's meeting in Napier yesterday afternoon, the chairman, Mr O. Lassen, offered Christmas aua New Year greetings to the board members, Dr. Foley and the medical staff, Mr E. T. Rees and the office staff, the matron and nurses, honorary medical staff and all the patients. Mr C. O. Morse, in replying, expressed the hope that all would have a happy Christmas and a smooth time next year "We have had a little trouble, and got int£ little backwash, ' ' ' said Mr Morse, '*but these things tend to liven us up and sharpen our wits. " New Directory. The December issue of the te!ep!ion«, directory is now being distributed by the Post and Telegraph Office. A change in the colour scheme for the cover has been made, green replacing red, but the most interesting innovation is the colour scheme that has been introduced to define the various changes. There are four different colours, white for Napier, green for Hastings, pink for Dannevirke, white for Waipukurau, Waipawa, Wairoa and other exchanges, and buff for the classified section. This year it appears that there is only one directory for the whole of Hawke's Bay, and Napier, as the chief office of the province, has been givcn precedence over Hastings. In the past it was customary to place Hastings first in the directory for the Hastings district, and Napier first in the Napier directory.

Spending Bug. "It seems to me that this spending bug that the Government has got hold of seems to have also got hold of local bodies," remarked Mr J. B. Campbell at yesterday 's meeting of the Hawko's Bay Hospital Board when a question involving further expenditure was under discussion. Boarding Allowances. Advice has been received by the Napier Secondary Education Board that the boarding allowanee for children attending sehool has been raised by the Education Department to 7/6 per week, the increased rate to take effeet as from the beginning of the third tertn, 1937, also that the Minister had approved payment of annual incrementft to teachers falling due during the year commencing on February 1, 1938. Business Men Afraid. "People in New Zealand who have interests in business are frightened to interfere in politics because of ' fears that they might be victimised," said Mr W. P. Endean, M!P., for Parnell, at a National Party garden party on Saturday, when he denounced the Industrial Efficiency Act as the "worst kind of legislation ever enacted in New Zealand. ' ' The Bureau of Industries, Mr Endean said, could dragoon aua regiment every type of industry which could be declared subject to the Act. Numbered Drinks. It is seldom that the drinking of liquor involvea arithmetieal calulatlons of any extent, but in the experience of one Palmerston North woman it does. She appeared before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court at Palmerston North yesterday asking that a prohibition order be made against her husband, whom, she declared, was neglecting his .business because of excessive drinking, and was not providing her with sufficient maintenance. In support of her claim, she told of a tally she had kept of the number of occasions on which her husband arrived home in a drunken condition. For November it was 23 and for the past year it was 235. The order was granted.