LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 22 November 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Not one case of infectious disease has been reported in the Borough of Waipukurau during the past 66 weeks.

It is estimated by the Wellington Citv Council that daylight saving will result in a i-eduction in the consumption of electricity by ten per cent, which will reduce the revenue of the department by £5OO or £6OO a week, or over the period of 17 weeks from £BOOO to £lO,OOO.

Strong protests against the nroposal in the Education Amendment Bill to grant Education Boards power to fine teachers were made by meetings of the Educational Institute in Wanganui and the members of the staff of the Cambridge District High School.

The Hastings Chamber of Commerce last night appointed a subcommittee, consisting of Messrs J. S, McLeod (president). E. J. W. Hallett and F. Perrin (secretary), to confer with the Mayor regarding the arrangement of the reception by the Chamber, the Borough Council and the Women's Community Club, to be extended to Rt. Hon. L. M. Amery and Mrs Amery on their arrival in Hastings.

It is not definitely known whan tlfe committee on flood control in Hawke’s Bay will commence the hearing of evidence. Yesterday advice was received that the committee would sit on Thursday next in the Hastings Borough Council Chambers, hut a later telephone message conoelled this arrangement. The indications now are that the members of the committee (Mr IV, A. Baker, ah engineer of the Public Works Department, chairman; Mr H. V. Vickerma n. and Mr ft. W. Holmes'! will not jit here before January next.

The Maunganui arrived Hi Auckland from Sydney at 7 o'clock this morning.

The annual shop to raise money for comforts for the patients at Pukeora Sanatorium will be held on Saturday, December 10.

Bowlers and friends who are looking for a good evening “roll up’’ are reminded that the official opening of the St. Leonard’s Bowling Club’s electric light scheme takes place at 7.30 to-morrow evening. The public are invited to attend.

The four fishermen, Erie Rowe, Harry Stevens, Thoma* Huste and Harry Stevens, junior, who set out from Petone on Sunday morning to fish outside the Wellington Heads, returned safely to their homes yesterday. little the worse for their adventurous excursion. They found the seas too heavy and put into Ward Island, seeking refuge in a cave.

“Yes, I was here 14 years ago, and I hope to see everything on this visit which I missed last time,” remarked Mr L. M. Amery to an Auckland “Sun” representative yesterday. Evidently the eminent visitor has pleasant memories of his previous visit to New Zealand, as he recalled with a smile his climb up Ben Lomond at Queeenstown. He hopes to do some climbing at Mount Cook, where he will spend several days. On his return to Auckland Mr Amery visit Rotorua.

When the balance-sheet was published on the completion of Wanganui’s war memorial tower on Durie Hill, the name of W. J. Polson was shown as the donor of the land on which the tower was built. After three years the matter was given a new aspect yesterday, when Polson and another claimed £413 from Hope Gibbons, former Mayor of Wanganui, for the land, which, they stated, was not a gift, but was sold. Gibbons allegedly having given an undertaking to accept personal responsibility for the amount. Gibbons was a member of the memorial committee. , Mr. Justice Ostler reserved his decision.

After a lapse of some years, Poverty Bay is again entering into the pork export business/ states ‘he “Herald"). Whereas when attempts were made in this direction in the past, the exports found their wav to the English market, now they hard found a consumer nearer home. A few months ago a representative of an Australian firm was in that direction, his object being to make arrangements for supplies for his works, and ns a result from 1000 to 1400 carcases will be sent over the Tasman this summer Airendv a small shipment has gone forward, while another lot is to be sent some time next month. It is stated that the nrice nnid to the breeders is fid ner lb., which is said to be the highest figure that is being paid in the Dominion to-day.