NEW ZEALAND NEWS (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 334, 22 October 1908, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

AN AUCKLAND LADY'S BEQUESTS GIFTS TO CHARITABLE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. . . . Auckland, October 21; The late Mrs! Elizabeth Knox left'£9l,soo, of. which £44,000 has been bequeathed specifically to various local charitable and public institutions. A further £25,000 has also .been left at the disposal of the trustees ,to expend for charitable purposes. The items range from sums of £500 for such institutions as the Veterans' Homo and the Sailors' Home, uj) to as high as £20,000 for a hospital for incurables. A sum of £2500 is left to build a night shelter for homeless men. Mrs. Knox did not leave any children, her nearest surviving relatives being her;nephew (Mr. George Russell, of College Hill), Miss ltussell (who resided with her aunt), and Mrs. Jas. M'Gee, of Pitt Street. AN AUSTRIAN'S BANKRUPTCY. Auckland, October 21. A meeting of creditors was held at the office of the Official Assignee to-day in connection with the bankruptcy of ' Marino Joseph .. Glavash, a young Austrian gum buyer. Bankrupt stated that ho borrowed money ,to . start business as a buyer of gum. Poor speculation and a falling market landed liim in financial difficulties, with the result that ho failed. On coming to Auckland ho' worked in a boardinghouse from 6 o'clock in. the morning until 9 o'clock at night, including Sundays, for 15s. a. week and his keep. The work was too hard, and he gave up the position to accept another in a bakehouse. He was now working seven and eight hours a day for 10s. per week and his. keep. The Official : Assignee: Evidently there are some people anxious to secure a lot of work for very little money. Glavash said he. was desirous .of gaining a position which, would enable him .to earn a fair wage, and pay' his _ creditors 20s. in the £. ' The amount owing to unsecured creditors was £IGI, while his- assets' were; £59 in book, debts and 14s. in cash. A BEDROOM THIEF AT WORK. ; Auckland, October 21.. Mr. G. Storrar, a canvasser for the. Go* ernment Life Insurance office, was the victim of a bedroom thief at a city'hotel at which ho was staying last night. In his pockets when he retired were upwards of £35 in " gold and notes, but when he rose,, this morning the whole amount was missing. ■ TECHNICAL. EDUCATION.. , Christchurch, October 21. •: The Education Board to-day decided tt,heartily co-operate with the Wanganui Board, in connection with a letter received from that board covering a resolution that the Minister should be asked to consider the advisableness of bringing in legislation requiring all young people residing within distance . of a technical school to attend courses there on two evenings in each week. / RHODES SCHOLARSHIP. Christchurch, .October.2l. " Only one-application, has so far. been ceived by the chairman of the Canterbury College Professorial' Board for the next Rhodes Scholarship, r SHIPMASTER'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED. Auckland, October 21. ■A: nautical enquiry was held this morning ■ into the grounding of the Kapanui at Manga-' wai,'on the voyage' from Auckland' to' Whangarei, fifteen miles out of-her course,. The captain admitted that he was drowsy while on watch. The Court'held that 'he must have been asleep, and the stranding was due to gross carelessness, incompetence and indifference in.: hot'making certain of his position. : ' ! 'iThV (%urt suspended the captain's - certificate for two years, and ordered 1 nim to pay tho costs, of the enquiry. - It also ex- ■ pressed the' opinion that coasters should carry reliable clocks, and properly adjusted compasses, similar : to the requirements of Homo trade'vessels. : -

FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF CANTERBURY.

Christchurch, October 21. A special meeting of shareholders of tho New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association . of ' Canterbury was held to-day, when a . motion "was adopted confirming the . resolution which was passed at the extraordinary general meeting which took October 3, amending tho articles of association and giving the directors the necessary-authority for the creaticfr of an issue of .preference shares. At a meeting of the committee held immediately after tho extraordinary'general meeting, the directors decided to convene a further extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders to be held on November 7 next, when the members would bo asked,to agree to the proposals, of tho issue, and; if passed, the shares would be immediately available to .the exist-, ihg shareholders-and the general public., ■ NEW COLLIER. - Christchurch, October 21; : The Blackball Coal Company's new collief Ngahero arrived at Lyttelton to-night after an uneventful passage of 61 days from Glas'gow direct. The Ngahere is a very fine vessel,'fitted with the most up-to-date- coal handling gear.' She left Glasgow on August ,21. loaded with coal, and did not call at any port on the way out, and she had between. 500 and GOO tons in-her bunkers , when sh«- : arrived at Lyttelton.. The. vessel will ba 'docked for cleaning and painting, and will be put into commission almost immediately. ' • . •

ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY. ... Christchurch, October 21. At a. meeting. of the Canterbury /Acclimatisation Society to-night- a member stated ;thatj although' it was almost'impossible'to get a'Tuatara lizard iu New Zealand, yet ha had'been informed oil very good authoritj ■ that any number, preserved in spirits, 'could be 'purchased in' London or Hamburg •for 10s. each. It was resolved to report the. matter to the Government. The- societj has been advised that a 'consignment "of deer from Harsham Park', England, left'by tb' • l'apanui on October. 2. TWO VERY OLD MAORIS. Christchurch, October 21. Two very old Maoris passed away at Kaikoura during the past week, John .Beator and Ihaia To Awanui, - both .over ninety yeary of ago.; They were very well-known men, who could tell some interesting tales of thf early Maori days. Beaton was intimate wifcl Te Kooti, and was a whaler many yean ago. ;. ~ A LARGE SEAL. ' Christchurch, October 21. During the past few days a, large brown* hair seal has been seen on the North Beach, between the Waimakariri and- the Ashle; rivers. It is estimated that its length il about 8 feet. BAND CONTEST. 1 Whangarei, October 21. The following bands have entered for th<' contest in connection with, the Whangarei carnival, which, takes place on Dccomber 30 and 31, and January 1 and 2:—First ■ Bat•talion (Auckland), Second Battalion (Thames), Waihi, Federal, Haurald Hamilton, Jlarton, Cambridge, Onehunga, Suvi (Fiji). Mr. Trussel (Queensland) will my as judge. This choice of an outsider meet with the approval of all the competing band' NEWS IN BRIEF. Christchurch, October 21. A slight shock .of. earthquake was felt a Hanmer on Monday night about 7.35 o'clock It is understood that steps arc to b( taken to upset the last set of city by-lawi on the ground that they were not properly advertised before ( being adopted: The bylaws provide, among other things, for the numbering of all theatre seats. Wanganul, .October 21. A young man was fined £5 at the Police Court here this morning- 'for exhibiting an indecent picture to a housemaid in a board-ing-house.