LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 25 November 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Waimakanri River Improvement Amendment Bill was read the third time in the House of Representatives last evening

A clause in the Local Legislation Amendment Bill vests in the Hastings High School Board the site formerly occupied by the Technical School.—Special to “Tribune.” A reminder is given of the Women’s Institute “shop” to be held in the Foresters’ Hall, Havelock .North, to-mmrow. Produce of all kinds, cakes and sweets will be most acceptable. The funds are in aid of the District Nurse and Institute,

In the House ot Representatives last night, the Minister ol Finance moved the second reading of the Stamp Duties Amendment Bill, which was generally approved The second reading was agreed to. and the bill was put through commitiee and read the third time.

The foundation stone of St George’s School, a preparatory school for boys, was unveiled .vesterdin »t Wanganui by Archbishop Averill. The school, which is to accommodate 210 pupils, will be ready for occupation next February and will serve as a preparatory school for Wanganui College,

It is virtually certain, says the Auckland “Sun.” tnat a Government, inquiry into the plight of motor-bus transport in Auckland will be held in the near future. There is every reason to anticipate remarkable velopments of the position within die next few days.

At the rate of one every five minutes throughout the forenoon and one every six minutes in the afternoon session of the Auckland Supreme curt one day last week 46 cases on the divorce list were disposed of (states the “Herald.”) In two instances, where the petitioners were women, they fainted in the,witness box, one collapsing and fallijjg back heavily on to the floor behind. “Whatever the result of this ease may be.” said Mr. Justice Reed, during the hearing of .the DibbleRichards libel action in the Auckland Supreme Court on Wednesday, “it is a most unfoitunate thing that the engineer of the road works should have an interest in property round about. It is bound to arouse, suspicion. whether everything is per. fectly honest or not.” Evidently Mr. P. S. K. Mason, of 172 Parnell Road, Auckland, has nine lives. At 4 o ’clock yesterday morning his car crashed through a corrugated iron fence in Boston road, carrying away a long length of the fence ami rolled down a 16-foot bank. Mr. Mason emerged from his car when it arrived at the. bottom of the bank. He is suffering from injuries to his back and hips, but he is not seriously hurt.

The hardship imposed on small Central Otago hospital districts where many people suffering from lung disease take up their residence, was discussed by the Otago Hospital Board, it; being pointed out that by the amendment to the Hospital Act making three months the residence qualification many people from other parts of the Dominion were treated in Waipiata Sanatorium. It was stated that whereas North Island sanato-ams were run by the Government, South Island ones were conducted by the Boards.—Press Assn.

The interrupted debate on the motion to lay the report ol tee *-'•<•- cation Committee on the Education Amendment Bill, on the table of the House of Representatives, was resumed yesterday. Thy Leader of the Opposition stressed the opposition to clause five and hoped for the inclusion of a provision for appeal by teachers in the case ot non-appoint-ment also that the Nelson svsrem of Bible reading in State schools bs placed on a definite looting The discussion was again interrupted by the 5.30 p.m. adjournment.

Customs duties collected at the ports of New Zealand during the quarter ended September 30 totalled £2,107,116, compared with £2,172,204 for the corresponding quarter of 1926. Of these totals spirits contributed £371,52# and £325,846 respectively. general tariff £1.332,311 .and £1,358.652. British nreferential tariff £665,111 and £692,392. During the same quarter of 1927 excise duties amounted to £170,4.36. compared with £162.142 in the corresponding quarter of last year. Beer duty amounted to £136.7.39 and £1,37.948 in the quart ers ending September 30. 1927, and 1926 respectively.

At the Hastings ..Courthouse this morning, a vouth named Gerald McWilliams appeared before Mr. F C. Wilkinson, J.P.. charged with stealing, at Hastings, on November 23 (11 one Kaiapoi rug two waistcoats, one towel a leather suit-case, two brief bags and a lady’s bicycle, total value £l5 8/6, the property of Ernest J. Wall; (2) a Stetson hat, n lady's watch, a suit ot clothes, n silver pencil, a toilet case, a serge overcoat, a shirt fiv e ties, a pair ol military hair flushes and a leather wallet, total value £26 7/-, the property of Ernest Wall; and (3) a “Brownie” camera, a pair of lady’s silk stockings, a lady’s hat, a ladv's dress, a pair of gloves, a singlet nqrt £1 fn money, the property of Dorothy Wall, On the application of Sorm’i'nf Hogan, the accused was remanded for a week. The young fellow w.-is arrested near I’ukahu yesterday by Constable O'Neill.

Mr. George Morrison, fishing in the Maraetotara to-day, east a fly for the first time, and pulled out a 41b. trout on IX gut.

Owing to the unsatisfactory condition of the rivers through the district for fly fishing, the Heretaunga Anglers’ Club has decided to postpone the fly-fishing competition for the Pickett Cup, which was to have come off this week-end, until the end of next week.

The Hastings Memorial Hospital ommittee desire to thank the executive of the Hastings Horticultural Society for their gift of the boxes of nemesia exhibited by the schools at the recent flower show. The plants will be bedded in the grounds fronting the hospital, which is now approaching completion.

On four occasions within a fortnight Morrinsville business premises have been visited with burglarioui intent by an intruder. As a sequel to the latest occurrence, Leslie Renwick, aged 27, was arrested yesterday on the charge of breaking, entering and theft from the shop of H. Sanders, a grocer. The accused was remanded for a week.—Press Assn.

In regard to the death of Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., a Dannevirke resident, writing to the New Zealand Herald, recalls an incident which occurred on the Grafton Bridge some yea'rs ago. While passing the magistrate and his dog on the bridge, a child accompanying his father flinched from the terrier. Noticing his fear, Mr. Poynton, in the middle of a stream of busy traffie, called the little fellow and his dog, and for the benefit dt the former put the latter through a series of tricks, quite oblivious of the attention he was attracting, and then informed the boy that dogs would do him no harm if he were kind to them. The result subsequently was that every dog that came that lad’s way fouud a friend in him.