LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 19 November 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Correspondence on the rook pest, naval disarmament and war guilt is unavoidably held over until Monday.

Seventy-two years ago to-morrow, that is, November 20th, 1855, Napier was gazetted a town.

The B Grade band contest, which was to have been held Hl Temuka during the last week in December, mis been indefinitely postponed.

The registered portion of the outward Vancouver mail by the Niagara closes at Hastings at 8 o'clock this evening.

By a majority of well over five to one the £BO,OOO loan proposal of the Waiteinata Dower Board was endorsed by the ratepayers of the area o n Thursday. The count revealed 2112 tor the loan and only 407 against.

It is expected that the draft report of the Samoan Commission will be ready for submission to the Chief Justice (Sir Charles Skerrett), chairman of the Commission, to-day, and that the full report will be completed late next week.

A fine sample of the almost extinct greyling was caught in the Hokitika River (states the Grey River Argus;. Attracted by a seagull attacking something in a pool of water left by the river, Greymouth fishermen discovered the fish, 13m. long and scaling 12oz. The fish has been preserved.

•‘Almost every implement on a farm nowadays, except a long-handled shovel, has a seat on it and they all shy clear of the shovel.” declared Mr. D. M‘Dougall at a meeting of the Gore High School Board on Mon. day, when the subject of agricultural instruction was under consideration.

The Local Bills Committee reported yesterday in connection with die Napier Harbour Board Empowering and Loan Bill, that Mr. John Mason, the member in charge, had asked that it be withdrawn and the committee recommend that it be withdrawn accordingly. The House agreed.— Special to “Tribune.”

The Curricula, or Syllabus Revision Committee which was set up by the Minister of Education about a year ago, commenced the fourth sitting on Tuesday, and yesterday afternoon adjourned till February 21. A great amount of work has been done. Draft reports have been prepared for the consideration of members and finality is hoped to be reached early next year. ■

Some time ago the children of Std. IV. attending the Havelock North District Schoo] received some nemesin plants, which had to be transplanted into ten smaller boxes.. These plants have been carefully tended and submitted for competition at the flower show i n Hastings to-day. Thev are intended for a borough reserve garden.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, a letter was received from the Dannevirke High School Board forwarding a resolution that the Education Board be asked that the facilities offered by the Dannevirke High School be considered in any scheme for developing secondary education in Southern Hawke’s Bay. ft was decided to reply stating that through the press reports some misconception regarding the position had occurred and to point out that the hoard's policy regarding secondary education was being carefully guarded in the interests of all.

A large number of Hastings motor cyclists have decided to organise a club, to be known as the Hastings Sports Motor Cyclq Club. Reliability runs, races, hill climbs, etc., will be arranged from time to time, and judging from the recreation and enjoyment derived in other districts through the medium of these outings, a good time is in store for those who become members. A further meeting will be held on Thursday. November 24, at 7.30 p.m. when all interested are invited to attend.

In view of there being little work for the workshop staff to do, the Hawke’s Bay Education Board yesterday decided that the matter should be placed before the Department. it was further agreed to urge the need for the immediate expenditure of further moneys on works which have been recommended bv the hoard, and also that a grant be made for dual desks for replacement owing to the need of keeping the staff employed. A telegram was read from the Department advising that it was only proposed to deal during the present financial year with remodelling and rebuilding in cases where accommodation was most acute. Mr. C. Lassen urged that Mahora was most urgent and should be placed before the Department. It was agreed that the question of Mahora should be submitted to the Department with the view to keeping the staff employed