LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 28 November 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

It was Air. A. Beaton, an employee of Air. W. Richmond, and not Mr. Richmond himself, who was driving one of the cars which collided al Fernhill bridge on Friday evening. Owing to the wind and the cnoppy sea, the boats did not put out io Cape Kidnappers this week-end. but some schnappers were caught on the beaches. It is reported that two large sharks were landed on tue beach last Saturday The value of the estate of the late William Couston, of Dunedin, iron monger, has been sworn at £65.000 Mr. Couston, bv his will, bequeathed £250 to the Presbyterian Social Ser vice Association at Dunedin, to be applied to the orphanages at Dunedin and Anderson’s Bay. The true meaning of the worn “kimono’’ was explained by Air. lyemasa Tokugawa, Consul-General tor Japan, at a lecture in Auckland. Kimono, said Mr. Tokugawa, doe« not mean the garment Occidentals associate with the word, but simple “what you wear.” Tile Explosives Office informs Mr. Jones. M.P., that regulations under the Explosives Act provide for the storage of not more than 250 gallons of petrol on farms. There is nothing to prohibit this petrol from being stored in 4(1 gallon drums. All filling from tank waggons must be done under seal and not from a hose loosely inserted. The premises of the People's Retail Market. Bath street, Christchurch, were broken into on Friday evening and the grocer’s shop robbed of £36 worth of cigarettes and tobacco and about 15/- in coppers. A butcher in the building lost a leg of mutton The door was found to have been forced. The thief or thieves missed a birr stuck of tobacco in the grocery store.

While in the yard at the back of her nouse. a Nelson woman discovered a shilling piece, which can claim 110 years sine© it was issued from the mint (reports the Nelson Evening Mail). The coin was dated 1817 and bore the head of George 111., and is probably worth a fittk more than its 12 pence value on nt count of its age. The coin was wol' worn but the markings were quit* !’ I'lii't,

The Gisborne Harbour Board, on the chairman's casting vote, rescinded the resolution passed at last meeting to lower the salary of the engineer and reduce the engineering staff. — Press Assn.

Charles Edward Bell, aged 49, a baker, of Wellington, was fined £2O by Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., for being intoxicated while driving a motorcar, in default three months’ imprisonment. His license was suspended until March 31st, 1929.—Press Assn.

A happy company of 377 passengers landed this morning at Auckland from the Athenic after the voyage from Liverpool. They were met by representatives of the various churches and welfare organisations. The passengers included 37 young women trained m England for domestic work.—(Press Association.)

The champion Waikato pony hunter Marcus, has been sold by Master Geo Peake, a son of Mr. C Peake, of Cambridge, to Miss Ruth Pharazyn, of Hastings, for 100 guineas. Mareiu has had a remarkable career. He was purchased by the Peakes four yeais ago in Waihou, and since has won a great many championships, including highest honours at the Royal ShowAuckland.

The Hon. L. M. Amery anti party on Saturday visited the Flock House property where the sons of British seaman who fell or were incapacialed in the Great War are being trained in rural pursuits hv the founders of the Sheepowners' Fund. Mr Amery briefly addressed the boys, pointing out the advantages in training they were receiving and the party then left for Palmemrston North where they were accorded a civic reception after inspecting the Massev College site.

The Tuki Tuki river was rather mil this week-end, but none the less, anglers were rewarded with wmr good catches, one fisherman coming home with 13 lusty trout weighing 22lbs. Some followers of the sport tried their luck on the tributaries of the. Ngaruroro and thev did fairly well. Fishermen say that the Ngaruroro, when the conditions nre favourable. offers good sport as its waters hold plenty of fish.

“Judgment summons proceedings are 'only meant for a man who has the money and has not paid, and rol to put the screw on, and so place a man in further difficulties,’’ said Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.. m dismiss ing a claim for judgment in the Magistrate’s Court at Dunedin, t’b* evidence showed that the defendant was earning £4 a week out of which he paid 25/- rent leaving £2 151- t« keep himself, his wife, and two children,

There was a crowded attendance at the Hastings Methodist Church last evening when the service was conducted- by Chief Wharehuia, assisted by members of the Maori Mission party, whose sweet singing was greatly appreciated. A varied nrogramme of native items will be given bv the party at the Assembly Hall to-night at 7.30. The Rev. A.. f Seamer, superintendent of Methodist Home and Maori Missions, will sneak on various aspects of Maori life today.

After the adjournment ef *h* Supreme Court in the murder trial a' Christchurch on Tuesday afternoon the jurymen were informed 6y th« registrar that a tramway charabanc awaited them outside, and aocoin panied by two policemen they wen. taken on a tour of the suburbs (state* the Press). Evidently this unusual procedure was adopted following tipoi. His Honour's remarks with reference to the unwholesome atmosphere of the court, and the strain attendant upon listening to the lengthy ©vt deuce