General News.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19154, 10 November 1927, Page 10

General News.

A telegram lias been received from the New Zealand secretary of the Australasian Institute of Secretaries that the 1927 scholarship offered by the Institute in the recent examination open to candidates in the Australian States and New Zealand has been won by Rupert Pearce, a commercial and matriculation scholar of the Christchurch Technical High School. When cycling at the corner of Tuam and Durham streets yesterday, R. McLaughlin, residing at 16 Burns street, Sydenham, came into collision with a motor-car. He was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital, where it was found that he was injured internally. His condition was not serious, and ho was treated as an outpatient and discharged.

Two African lion cubs, a male and a female, arrived at Auckland by the steamer Kartigi from Australia, and have been added to the collection at the Zoo. Born in the jungle, the cubs were specially captured for th« Auckland Zoo. The female is eleven months old and the male animal about three months younger. From Africa they were shipped to Melbourne, where they were kept in the Zoo until the sailing of the Kartigi. An attempt was made early on Tuesday morning to destroy a motor-car, the property of Mr H. A. Young. S.M. Someone had forced an entry into the garage and had lighted fires in the front and rear seats. The firo was discovered before much damage was done. Some time ago Mr Young had a car destroyed by fire, and prior to that an attempt had been made to burn the car.

•It is evidence of the intense interest which the Home Government takes in the development of the Empire (writes our London correspondent on October 4 th) that Lord Eustace Percy (president of the Board of Education) received Dr. R. B. Phillipps at the Board of Education Office, and spent about half an hour discussing school problems. He was very interested to hear about the open-air school movement in New Zealand, and mentioned the Leeds and Derbyshire schools as instances of similar movements in England. Strong protests are being made against the New Plymouth Borough Council's decision to purchase an American chassis for the new motor-bus for the municipal service in preference to a British chassis, whose price is £315 less for seven greater horse-power. The resignation of Councillors supporting the decision is called for, so that the matter may thus be referred to the burgesses. The Mayor, two Councillors, and the tramways engineer favoured a British chassis.—Press Association.

The Wellington City Council is threatened with an unexpected outlay of £4OO to fill the vacancy caused by Mr John Caughley's resignation. It was handed in on November 4th, but is alleged to have been ante-dated to October 26th, and the election is fixed for the same day as the loan poll, November 22nd. The legality of this is contested and backed by legal opinion, which, if correct, will force the Council to bold a special Association.

A short report upon the progress ot clearing the Hutt road slip was made to members of the Wellington Highways Board vesterday. It was stated that 35,000 odd cubic yards of spoil had been taken away and that another fortnight would be required to complete the job. Of the 35,000 yards the greater part had been carried m lorries and dumped in the Thorndon reclamation area, the Railway Department paying for that filling at the rate of 9d per cubic yard. Allowing for the railway debate, the cost, first and last, would be about £4OOO. Press Service.

In calling attention to the fact that on the local cricket fields comparatively few players were correctly dressed, Mr C. G. Wilson, chairman of the Wellington Cricket Association, stated at the last meeting of the Management Committee that it was the .duty of the local governing body to insist upon players appearing on the field properly attired. At the Basin Reserve last Saturday he had noticed that some players were not as spick and span as they should be. As a prominont Australian cricketer had remarked recently, "If you can't be a cricketer, for Heaven's sake try and look like one." The meeting agreed that clubs should he circularised pointing out that players were expected to go on the field in clean and correct cricketing clothes. An account of a wonderful feat in the water by a native is contained in a letter from Mr G. W. W. Cozens, marine superintendent for the British Phosphate Commission at Ocean Island, to an Auckland friend. Mr Cozens, himself a fine swimmer and diver, said the incident occurred when passing five cases of money—about £2ooo—into i whaleboat from the schooner Nauru Chief. The last box was being handed over, when the accommodation ladder broke off suddenly and threw the native boys into the water. At the time the box was in the hands of a boy named Neti, and to the amazement of everyone he camo to the surface with the box in his hands. The boys in the boat helped him to get it safely on board. "This is the most wonderful feat I have ever seen in the water." stated Mr Cozens. "The box had in it two bags, each containing £IOO worth of 2s pieces and each bag weighing 251b. The boy was handed £2 for his act, and was very pleased about it all." Had the box sunk it would have been covered by 150 fathoms of water. The Hotel Federal's new and up-to-date dining-room is now completed with accommodation for 200 guests, and specialising in casual luncheons from 12.30 to 2 p.m. Six courses (including grills), 2s 6d. 'Phone 1040 to reserve tables. —6

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