LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 8 December 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The balance-sheet for the Royal Show hold at Christchurch shows a profit of £2lOO.

It was reported to the Otago Education Board to-day that quite a wave of influenza of a mild form is prevailing and affecting the school attendance.—(Press Association.)

It was reported at Masterton yesterday that the Now Zealand Boap Manufacturers’ Association decided recently to dsiband. Following on this event the wholesale price of soap has been reduced by varying amounts in different parts of the Dominion.

In the Hastings Municipal Assembly Hall at 3.15 to-morrow afternoon. Mr, Percy L. Davies, the well known elocutionist, will give a recital for the pupils of the Hastings High School. Members of the public will also be admitted and the High School funds will benefit from the proceeds,

The Napier Plunket Society yesterday held a shop in aid ot their funds when the public nobly responded and a very satisfactory amount was taken. Goods of every description were on sale and the proceeds from these stalls amounted to £4B 1,3. Many donations in cash were also received and these brought the grand total to £57 2/3.

At the Hastings Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon a case was commenced in which Nimon and Sons claimed £56 8/- from William Henry Wilson on the grounds ot negligent driving by the defendant’s servant on October 22 last when it is alleged that as a result ot this negligence plaintiffs’ motor bus was damaged. The case was adjourned until next Wednesday when the defence will continue its evidence.

Many parents visited the Hastings High School yesterday afternoon and evening, and interviewed the principal to discuss the educational facilities which are offered by the school. They also took the opportunity ol inspecting the building and grounds and, in tlie afternoon, saw tlie school jn working order. Twenty-eight new pupils were enrolled. Further times for enrolment will be advertised later, and the principal will be pleased to meet parents at any time by appointment.

Whilst a ,Dodge car. on its way from Wellington to Napier, was passing the Hastings Courthouse this morning, the wheels on one side ran over the. concrete ridge guarding the channelling, and the axle chipped the concrete for about twenty yards before the machine was brought to a standstill. of the accident is not definitely known, but the occupants escaped unscathed whilst the car .practically undamaged, continued on its way north,

Preparations for the laying out of another parking area fur cars in Hastings are in hand. The latest area will be at the corner of Eastbourne a.iu Hastings streets. Here, it is anticipaed by the Traffic Department of t.ie Borough Council, there will be room for 4u to 60 cars to be parked. It is hoped that the area will be ready for use on the occasion of Air Amery’s visit on December 16. This is tho fourth- block set aside in the borough for cars.

Regulations have been gazetted under the census and Statistics Act requiring owners ot motors engaged in commercial services to furnish returns, when required, to the Government Statistician. There is a special form for motor transport services, requiring details of the vehicles engaged, classified according to the kind of tyres used and the capacity in passengers or goods; a return ol goods carried, and particulars of routes used. A more simple return is required for other commercial motors.

At Wellington yesterday at the conclusion of the hearing of a chai go ol negligent driving against a ’bus driver, which was dismissed, Mr E. Page, S.M., said there was one thing he would' like to refer to, and that was tho question of posts on the highways. In his opinion they should be removed and placed in close to an adjoining property. It would make the roads far safer in New Zealand if legislation were passed so that a policy could bo gradually introduced to eliminate such a danger from the roads. '

The full damages claimed, £1298, were awarded to Thomas McLeod White in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth yesterday. White was riding pillion on his brother's motor cycle when they collided with the Takapuna Ccgnpany’s ’bus near Waitarn. Tho plaintiff’s leg was smalled and had to amputated. A peculiar position arose when it was discovered that one juryman was a memlier of a firm acting as booking agents for the ’bus company. The Court, on counsel’s objection, dismissed the juryman and the case proceeded with a panel of eleven.

Last night, shortly after 9 o'clock, the full moon, graciously biding behind a cloud, left the sky clear for the visiting comet to make a display of her brilliant head and her terminal blaze as, with furious intent, she busily pursued her pilgrimage through space. Tho view ot the comet was much more distinct, mid vivid than it was on Monday evening when a threequarter moon overbore the little wanderer, but last evening’s spectacle was short-lived, because at 9.30 a heavy clouding in the smith shut out the vision mid nothing more was seen of the industrious body of light.