LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 26 November 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The New Zealand Shipping Company advise that the RuShine sailed - from Southampton yesterday for Wellington. ■ The Napier Harbour Board Empowering Loan Bill was reported to the House of Representatives yesterday from the Local Bills Committee with a few minor amendments. Messrs Westerman and Co., Hastings. in order to meet the increasing demands of business, are mas ing structural alterations and additions to their show rooms. A bridge near Fernhill was the scene of a motor car collision last evening when two cars, driven by Messis. W. Richmond and G. Payne respectively, collided. Fortunately no one was in;urea, though botix cars were badly knocked about. Very satisfactory progress is being made by the Hawke’s Bay County Council with the tar-sealing of tbs N’apier-Taradale road. Given gooU weather the work should easily be completed next week. The Christmas mail despatched for America and Europe by the Royal Mau liner .Niagara on Tuesday evening totalled lUu bags more titan the Gyristnjas mail ot last year. The consignment totalled nearly 1300 bags, ot which nearly 500 bags were from Auckland. The contractor for the metalling of the Mjitahourua road from Tutira io the Matahouruu Settlement, has commenced work, which should be finished long before winter sets ui, affording the settlers much improved access. A movement is afoot to form a company for the purpose at supplying a 'bus-service in - Bastings which will adequately meet the interior requitemeats of this rapidly-growing town Such a transport service, so necessary to the progress of the borough, has already become a necessity. Fruitgrowers ate reminded that the usual general monthly meeting will be held tn the Oddfellows Hall, Hastings, on Tuesday next, at 7.30 p.m.,, when Dr. E. Eidson, director of Meteorology, will give an address. All fruitgrowers should endeavour to be present. According to a statement made by the Minister of Native Affairs (the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates) in the House of Representatives, provision is made in the Native “Washing Up” Bill to place natives on the same footing as Europeans regarding compensation claims for land taken by the Government for railway or roads. While trawling off the Wairau bar on Thursday a party of fishermen found in their net a boot with the remains of a human foot in it. The discovery, it i, believed, will throw some light i,5... the disappearance from his launcn some months ago, of a young fisherman, Roy Evies. The boot is Iteing brought to Blenheim for identification purposes. A lorry, owned by Messrs McLeod and Gardner of Has!ings, came to grief two miles out from I’uketitiri on Thursday, when the newly-formed approach to a bridge gave way. Ths lorry rolled over on its side into the creek, but little damage was done except to the radiator, which was ttrokon. The driver escaped uninjured. A railway local combined gang has been engaged at the Hastings yards for some days in making and laying down a set of double-throw pointa, for the purpose of providing more convenience for the shunting opera tions. The work, which was earned out under Ganger W. McDougall, tra, completed to-day and will be ireadv tor service on Monday. Many people have been inquiring as to the exact locality of the site on which it is proposed to establish the new Central School in Hastings. For the information of the public geueialt .t may be stated that the new I ling is proposed to be erected on an area of six acres about e block and a half south of tie present lacat;. . n school towards th° H Sell-' .. with a frontage to Karamu road. The special week-end train to Wellington to-day was'not at all well patronised at Napier and Hastings, only ninety making the trip from both towns. Of these passengers, 53 booked at Napier and 37 boarded the train at Hastings. The impression is that tlm innovation will not be a success in its present form, as it is considered that the time allowed the ticket-holders is too short, especially over long distances