LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 9 December 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

A large shoal of black fish was seen off Aisato to this morning.

Bv special Gazette last night, Parliament is prorogued until March 15 next.

The Wellington City Council, at a special meeting yesterday, unanimously decided not to allow pictures to be shown on Sunday, Christmas Day.

Owing chiefly to very wet weather on People’s Day the Iltago Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s Summer Show showed a loss of £7OB.- APress Association.}

“As things are to-day the teal value of people is obscured by what they say they are and confused with what they .think they are,” said Bishop West-Watson at the Christchurch Cathedral the other night.

Station 3ZC, Christchurch’s new broadcasting station, was officially opened on Tuesday evening by the Mayor, Mr. J. K. Archer, in the presence of a large gathering oi radio enthusiasts.

The next meeting of the Hastings Borough Council will be held on Monday, December 19. This is to b” the final meeting of the year, and the following one will take place on the usual day in February of next year.

Three months’ imprisonment was the sentence passed by Mr. lievvey, S.M., to-dav at Gisborne on Israel Gelhor, who had pleaded guiltv co breaches of the Bankruptcy Act. (Press Association.}

The organ which has been doing duty at St. Luke’s Church. navelock North, for about 15 years has been sold, through the efforts of Mr. Osborne, the maker of the new organ, to a new parish in the suburbs of Christchurch. -

“The board are installing about ?() electric ranges a month, which shown that people realise the value of electricity,” said Mr. J. B. Andrey, chairman, at- yesterday’s meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Electric Power Board,

The Magistrate at Gisborne dismissed the information against » service car driver, Cecil John Brennan, alleging intoxication while in charge of a car concerned in the recent fatal accident at Ruatoria. - (Press Association.)

It was reported at the meeting of the Hastings Borough Council .ust evening that a great deal of inisehiol was still being carried on at Victoria Square, attempts being made to wrench off some of the seats and splintering the front panels. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police.

Leslie Renwick, single, aged 27. was sentenced to three months’ hard labour on charges of breaking, entering and theft, bv Mr. Justice Herdman at Hamilton who declined to admit him to probation, remarking that this class of offence was too common.—(Press Association.)

The champion Scotchman visited Bluff on Saturday (says the Times). He was observed picking up, polishing, and pocketing small stones from the seashore, and on inquiries being set afoot it was discovered that he was collecting for his garden path. The question is. how many times must he visit Bluff before his path i* finished?

Mr F. Hutchinson. )nr of Bissington, gave the Havelock North Boy Scouts another of his most interesting lectures on plant ami insect life last evening, also a short account of his experiences in crossing the Kawcka range. Tim hors are now busy making arrangements for their annual camp, which will pro ba lily be held at Rissingion,

The executive of the Napier Mardi Gras met last night, when it was reported that the Borough Council had given permission for the use ot the Parade on December 2C 27 and 31, and that new lamps ordered bv the council should be on hand in time. After various proposals for competitions had been put before the committee the meeting closed.

The Heretaunga Squadron of Frontiersmen held their adjourned meeting this week, which was postponed owing to . General Sir Andrew Russell being in Wellington and the O.C. being on the sick list. The usual routine business was gone through, and the secretary recorded a fair bank balapce and no liabilities. The balance-sheet and annual report wr r< read and adopted. All the officers were re-elected. In the absence of any report from Wanganui as to what was done there, certain impol i ant matters could not be deait with.

A suggestion that Heretaunga street between Hastings street and Nelson slrtel, mid Russell street between Heretaunga street and Vuccn

street, be closed to ail vehicular traffic between the hours ot ,j,30 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. ou Christmas and New Year’s Eve, was made by tin Traffic Inspector at the meeting of the Hastings Borough Council l ist evening. The inspector explained that to efficiently control the traiiii in these streets on the nights mentioned would entail tk.q services o' nine extra men. On the recommendation of the committee it was d. tided to adopt the suggestion.