General News.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18680, 1 May 1926, Page 14

General News.

The auction announcements of W. E. Simes and Co., Tonks, Norton and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., H. G. Livingstone and Co., Pyno, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., McKenzie and Willis, Lawrw and Dalton, L. W. Ballan and Co., and H. B. Sorensen appear on Page 23 of this> issue. In this issue the Railway Department advertise particulars of train arrangements in connexion with the Arnberley Racine Club's races at Riccarton on 'May Bth. . "I cannot understand why people refuse to give statements to the police when requested by them to do so," said Mr A. Mowlem, S.M., in the Lower Hutt Magistrate's Court, on Wednesday. "It is the right and proper thing to give a statement. Place all your cards on the table and don't be afraid. If you are innocent, you have nothing to fear. Personally, with all my experience, I regard people who do not give statements to the police as having some sinister motive." The New Zealand University Senate will meet in Wellington on May 25th, when any legislative proposals that may be considered necessary in order to effect to the report of the University Commission will be considered in committee. At its last meeting. it. Dnnedin, in Februarv, the considered all the commission's recommendations, and endorsed the majority of them with slight modifications. The purpose.of the May meeting is to throw varLi™? leglß,(lti r e form - sueh \ ariations as may be incidental to the machinery atage. of the process. . |

Repairs were effected yesterday to the portion of the West. Coast "line between Mosna and Kotuku, and the goods running between Canterbury and Westland ran as usual. In response to a telegram from the Hon. Ij. M. Isitt, M.L.C., the Minister of Defence (Hon, F. J. Rolleston) has replied that he Trill reduce the rent of the barracks for the Poultry Show to £lO a day. The 40lb quinnat salmon caught by Mr J. G. S. Holmes in the Rakaia river in 1922 will be shown at the Toronto Exhibition. At present the fish is in the Canterbury Court at the Dunedin Exhibition, and a telegram was received in Christchurch yesterday asking for the loan of the salmon to the Government'for display at Toronto. Mr Holmes gave his consent to the proposal. The annual meeting of the Historical Society was held on Tuesday night, Dr. Sight occupying the chair. The officers for the year were elected: Dr. J. Macmillan Brown being re-appointed president. Dr. Hight delivered an address on "The Origin and Historv of History."

A cheque for Sll7 15s 9d was banded to Dr. W. E. Herbert by the chairman of the Wellington Boxing Association (Mr R. W. McVilly) at its meeting on Wednesday night, as a contribution to the Karitane Appeal Fund for building a Karitane Hospital in Wellington. The cheque represents half the profits of the association's last boxing tourney. Mr McVilly, in delivering the cheque, remarked that the Plunket movement had the sympathy of the Boxing Association, which recognised the excellent work it was doing on behalf of the infants of the community. Among these would be found future participants in the sport which the association conducted. Dr. Herbert thanked the association for its contribution.

The jubilee celebrations of the Sumner District High School will be continued to-day. At 2 p.m. there will be a procession from the school, headed by tho Sumner Marine Band, to St. Leonard's Park, where sports will be held. At 7 p.m. the Old Scholars' Association will meet at the school; and at 8 p.m. the public conversazione will be held in the school. To-morrow, at 2.30 p.m., a united thanksgiving service will be held in the school grounds; the Sumner Marine Band will lead the singing; and the Rev. E. C. W. Powell, Rev. W. McAara, and Rev. C. R. Petersen will assist at the service. Mrs Alec. Day, of Lyttelton, a scholar of 48 years ago, will plant a jubilee commemoration oak at the conclusion of the service.

Some time ago, prior to issuing his report on hospitals, Dr. M. T. MacEachern conferred with the New Zealand branch of the British Medical Association, the hospital boards, and the Health Department. A report of that conference —which was not open to the Press—has now been released, and it contains a remark by the Director-Gen-eral of Health (Dr. Valintine) that "the establishment of private wards in hospitals lias the. sympathy of the Health Department." When the matter was referred on Wednesday to Dr. Valintine, he told a, representative of the "Dominion," that the Department's sympathy with private wards—and he had made, this clear at the conference—was subject to (1) the provision in every hospital of ample room for necessitous cases, and (2) that any private ward be established 6nt of special funds, not out of general hospital finance.

.. Mr E. A. Shrimpton, who recently retired from ,the post of chief, telegraph engineer, was ono of • a deer-stalking party in the Huxley; Gorge, at the head of Lake Ohau, from which interesting country he has just returned to Wellington. Included in the party were Dr. Porritt, of Wanganui, Mr F. Langbein (Public Works district engineer, Canterbury), and Mr .'B. L. Wigley. In the course of 34 days of stalking, many deer fell, but the kills, though useful for culling purposes, resulted in no. exceptional heads. On a tributary of the Ilaiist, on the West Coast, a 17-pointer was reported. There was a day on the Huxley when Mr Shrimpton sighted a head that ho believes is equally good, but it was too late in the day for stalking, as he was then 2000 feet above his camp, which was itself about 2000 feet above sea level. Tho party , had plenty of shooting, but the average quality of head could be much improved. Business sites in a big and growing city are limited. They do not just happen along, as do suburban sites, where rural lands can be absorbed as the occasion demands. This fact makes it all. the more noteworthy when unrivalled sites in a city like Christchurch, are offered for disposal. Such a site is offered at the sale to-day, of the valuable blo*k in High street, known as Petersen's buildingß. This exceptional opportunity for business men is provided by the decision of the attorney in the estate of the late H. Kohn to realise this valuable property. The buildings comprise a handsome and substantial three storey block, admirably situated for professional or retail purposes. The sale will be held tliiß morning in Dalgety's land sale rooms, commencing at 11 o'clock sharp. The opportunity is a unique one for the investment of capital. —6

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