Hawke’s Bay News in Brief

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 2

Hawke’s Bay News in Brief

EVENTS OF YESTERDAY. The foundations for tho new auto-matic-exchange building at Napier are being reinforced with steel. This should give both security aud permanence. Work has been pushed ahead well up to schedule, and in one portion of tho large site the steel framework for the walls of the building has already been set in position. It is not anticipated, however, that the building will be ready for the installation of tho complicated machinery of the automatic exchange before the middle of next year. Tho Hawke’s Bay Art Gallery and Museum at Napier will bo open on Sunday afternoons once more. No charge is made for admission. Detailed figures are now available of the applications received at tho Hustings Court under tho Mortgagors and Lessees Rehabilitation Act. Farm, ap- 1 plications total 265, while home and * other applications make up the balance of the 542 applications filed. Mortgagors are principally represented in the applications, with a small number of lessees, guarantors and mortgagees. Tho detailed figures are as follow:—Farm 265, • home 152, others 125, total 542; applications mado by mortgagors 457, lessees 27, guarantors 54 and mortgagees 4. | After hearing the facts, Mr J. Miller, S.M., convicted a young woman of attempted suicide when she appeared in the Napier Magistrate’s Courts yesteri day morning. She was convicted and J ordered to come up for sentenco if callj od upon within six months. The accused pleaded guilty. For the police, SeniorSergeant W. Pender said that tho offence was the result of depression on the part of the young woman following 1 a difference with a young man with ’ whom she had been keeping company. | The following have been chosen as tho women members of the Hawke’s Bay tennis team to play Manawatu for I the Christie Cup at Napier to-day, start- * ing at 10 a.m.:—Mesdames R. H. Mil- | burn and J. Cotterill, and Misses M. Glenny, M. Budd, B. Griffiths and M. Evans. Emergency: Miss A. Ormond. Women’s doubles pairs, Mesdames Milburn and Cotteril; Misses Glenny and Budd; Misses Griffiths and Evans. Mixed doubles, Milburn and Mrs Milburn; Lowry and Mrs Cotterill; Sharpe and Miss Glenny; Watson and Miss Budd; Forbes and Miss Evans; Elliott and Miss Griffiths.

Two women, residents of Hastings, were injured when a motor car in which they were travelling across tho Taka--1 pau plains toward Waipukurau about ; 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday struck an iron I telegraph pole, and turned on its side. The other two passengers were uninjurJ ed. It is believed that the injured peoI pie were a Mrs Robertson and a Mrs Driver, both of Hastings. The cause of the accident is not known, but it appears that the car swerved and left the road, striking the pole with the left front wheel. The car struck the pole heavily, the impact wrapping the vehicle round the standard, tearing out the front axle and smashing the body work. | The Waipukurau ambulance was called and the injured women were taken to the hospital with a broken collarbone. | By the slender margin of a quarter of a point the Alexander Shield was wrested by Hunt’s at tho second Hawke’s Bay women’s inter-house sports meeting conducted by the Hastings Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club at Nelson Park, Hastings, on Thursday evening. Though last year’s meeting was acclaimed one of the outstanding open-air fixtures in the history of tho town, last night’s meeting was even more successful, and fully 2000 spectators were afforded a truly wonderful night. A lead of eight points was established by Havelock North at the first of the three swimming carnivals conducted in the Rainbow Shield and Baird Pennants I inter-club competition. The carnival took place at the Havelock North baths on Wednesday evening and there was a I good attendance. Competition was keen, the three clubs—Havelock North, Heretaunga and Mahora—being strongly represented, and many exciting finishes j were witnessed. The points gained by the teams were as follow:—Havelock North 42, Heretaunga 34, Mahora 22. f