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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2692, 11 February 1916, Page 5

Mr. H. Boss, curator of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society's game farm at Drury, is (says tlio "New Zealand JJerald") seriously ill in Wellington. _At the meeting of the council of the society it was decided to send a letter of sympathy to Mr. Ross, and also to thank him for his successful work at tihe farm. Mr. E. Aslrmead Bartlett, the ma correspondent, left New Zealand foi Sydney by the Niagara on Tuesday. Brigadier Gist, Salvation Army Train, ing College Principal, has returned t< town from a tour in Nelson and Marl« borough. Ho was accompanied by Adjutant Rixon, editor of the "War Cry." The Fire Brigade Committee to the City Council last evening tnat ii had authorised the calling of tenders foi the supply of a. commercial motor chas< sis, British' preferred, for the Fire Bri< gade, as directed by the council. At a meeting held at the Petone. Council Chambers last evening (Mr. Pearcey presiding), it was decided to hold a carnival at Easter in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. A com- ■ mittee was formed of all present to. take the initial steps in organising the function, and the matter of elected officers was held over for a meeting to be held next Thursday. Quite a lengthy discussion took place at the meeting of the City Council last evening on tlio subject of the size of surf-boards in use at Lyall Bay. The matter aroso through the Baths and Beaches Committeo having received a letter from people who strongly objected to the restriction of the size of the boards. Councillor L. M'Kcnzie thought that ihe sizo should be suited to the surfer. Thore might be dangei in a three-foot boy managing a- five-foot board, as thore would bo in a six-fobl man managing a six-foot board. Councillor Hutcheson suggested that they should make it weight-for-age. After a good twenty minutes' discussion, it was '• decided to adhere to the present