LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 75, 21 December 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Greetings Beceived. We have received from the children of St. Hilda's Home, Otane, their usual artistic calendar, illustrated ,by the pupils, the subject of the sketch being "Dolly Duck" and "Dieky Drake." The design, drawing and colouring are all good. The names of the children are attached to the greetings. Under One Roof. An unusual circumstance of the result Oi' the "My Lucky Spin" art union drawn last week was that two Of the Hamilton prize-winners Jive under the One roof. Both Mr B. Palmer, who received the £2000 first prize, and Mrs H. E. Voysey, who drew £5, reside at Warwick Hotel, Hamilton East. East Coast Eoute. It is now possible for motorists to complete the circuit of the East Coast main highway between Gisborne and Opotiki, but at the Raukokore and Kereu rivers it is necessary to obtain the assistanee of bullock teams. Unless there is further rain it is possible that as the rivers subside, cars will be able to negotiate the crossings unaided. Press Praised. "I am pleased to get back to New Zealand, particularly to our papers," said Mr M. Fraser, who returned to Wellington by the liner Strathaird yesterday after a six months ' tour abroad. "There are few papers to compare with them overseas," he added. "They give u much better service in general information and are more dignified in style " Aero CHub Baths. By the middle of January, members of the Hawke 's Bay and East C'oast Aero Club will have the use ox the swimming-pool. construction of which has now commenced at the aerodrome. The money for the iiool has been raised Cntirely from the social activities of the Club, and will cost the club nothing from its general funds. A subsidiary use of the pool will be as a reservoir in case of fire. Nonagenarian Flies. Mrs E. Carr, of Ongaonga, who made a trip by air between Napier and Gisborne at the end of last week, has gained the distinction of being the oldest passenger carried by the East Coast service. Mrs Carr, who is 90 years of age, thoroughly enjoyed her flight. She is spending a holiday in Gisborne as the guest of her two iuarried daughters, Mrs L. Cuff and Mrs L. Nichol. Mrs Carr was aceompanied 011 the flight by Mis E. Graham and Miss D. Graham. A Royal Birthday. The Duke of Kent, third son of the late King George V., cfelebrated his 35th birthday yesterday. After spending some time as a sub-lieutenant in the Navy, His Royal Highness later enterud the Foreign Office, becoming the first Inember of his family to be attached to a civil service. He was married to Princess Marina of Greece, in NovemLer, 1934. There are two children, Prince Edward, born on October 9, 1935, and Princess Mary, born on December 25, 1936. Photographing from Train. One of the most popular holiday aceessories carried by overseas tourists visiting New Zealand is a tamera. When a speeial train cariying tourists from the P. and O. liner fcJtrathaird to Rotorua passed through Hamilton practically every passenger carried a camera. The train did no,t stop at the Hamilton station, but the view of the Waikato rlver as the train passed over the railway bridge was captured by many cameras appearing from windows, platf orms and even the guard 's van. To enable the tourists to take "shots" the train reduced speed. 'Ware New Bitumen. Motorists who drive thoughtlessly over roads that are in the process of being bitumeuised are both inconsiderate and foolish. The Hawke 's Bay County Couneil is now pnshing ahead with its road-sealing programme and

the day's work is often seriously hampered by motorists who in deflance of warning signs, fail to take sidetracks and speed over a nevVly-sealed road. The new surface is damaged and workmen's tempers are frayed. The punishment, however, to some degree fits the crime for the latest seaiing ruatoria! has exceptional adhesive qualities. It sticks hard, and only when the duco is rubbed thin, after . many months of cleaning, are the black marks removCd. Chinese Boy is Dux. Frank Ohew Lee, aged 14, a Christ-church-born Chinese lad, is dux of the Lyttelton Distriet High School for 1937. Three years and a-half ago Frank and his mother, who now lceeps a fruit shop in Lyttelton, returned to New Zealand from China. As he did not know English, Frank was sent to school to learn the language by mixing with the children. As Frank could not understand the teachers one of the class boys was told off to teach him. Signs and pictures were helpful in making Frank understand, but patience constituted the most important part. He started in Prlmer I., but within a year he passed into Standard IY. Frank also won the Herbert Smith Cup for the best athlete in tlie school under 15 years of age.

Hotel Cnabges Hands. The Grown Hotel, Norsewood, has changed hands. The new proprietor is Mr J • Collins, who acquired the hotel from Mr P. M. Coady, who is now residing at Napier. Mr Coady had re'sided in Norsewood for over 12 years, and, owing to ill-heaith, decided to dispose of the Crown Hotel aud seek a change of climate. "Paying Father's Income Tax." Girls as well wa boys are leavmg school at an early age accordiiig to Miss P. M. P. Clark, headinistress of the Christchurch Girls' High School, tvho spoke at (he prize-giviiig ceremony. "I can understand girls leaving school early to take tetiipofary positions and help the family finance where there is need," said Miss Clark, "but I think it almost dishonest for girls who have no need to take work from those who need it. It may be that daughter is helping to pay father's income tax." "Dry" Area a Novelty. "We were told that Invercargill was a 'dry' area but we did not know it was so 'seorched' until we arrived here," humorously said Mr D. E. Gardiner, captain of the British boWling team, when replying to the tvelcome extended by the Mayor and Southland bowlers. He leferfed to the novelty of living in a no-licence area, an experience new to the visitors. "If we are beaten to-day you can blame the icecteam and not us, " he added. "I hope by the next time we come to Invercargill that your people will be more , educated in th«ee matter3." Police Photography. Oue of the keenest amateur photographers in the Police Force in New Zealand, Constable Y. C.* Naylor, who has been stationed at Hamilton for about the last 10 years, has received notification of his transfer to the fingerprint and photographic department of the Police Force at Auckland Where he will be attached as an assistant in this specialised work. For severai " years Constable Naylor has specialised in photography as an amateur. The inajority of the police plans exhibited in court caSes in Hamilton have been his work, while practically all police photographs, which are required to be of a high standard, have been produced by him.