Naval Promotions. —Four members of the fourth draft of six candidates for service in the Royal Navy under scheme A have been promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of temporary lieutenants R.N.V.R. They are John P. Eaddy (Auckland), Alan A. Goldie (Auckland), Launcelot H. Herd (Wellington), and George B. Taylor (Christchurch).—Press Association,
Schoolboy's Feat.—Throwing a cricket ball 130 yards 1 inch in an inter-school athletic contest in Wanganui, K. K. Donald, a Collegiate schoolboy, broke the previous school record by 18 yards 2 feet. 2 inches, coming within 10 yards 1 (toot 11 inches of the longest recorded /throw la the
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 29 April 1941, Page 12
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