ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 274, 15 August 1932, Page 10

ITEMS IN BRIEF

About People and Events T. G. MACARTHY TRUST The annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Thomas George Macarthy Trust will be held in the Executive Council room at the Parliament Buildings to-day. The grants .to charitable and educational institutions will be published in to-morrow’s issue of "The Dominion,” and the amounts donated will be available to-morrow at the various offices of the Public Trust Office throughout the Wellington provincial district. Reformative Detention Imposed. John Leslie Ferguson, for assault at Waipukurau, was sentenced at Napier by his Honour Mr. Justice Ostler to 18 months’ reformative detention. Aerodrome for Kingsford Smith. Twenty-five workmen are engaged upon levelling work on Bell Block Aerodrome, New Plymouth, in preparation for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s landing next month. When the work has been completed, there will be a runway of 900 yards in all directions, with a maximum of 1000 yards. • Fall Into Hot Pool. Straying from his home at Ohlnemutu, a child aged three years, Eric Waterman, fell into a hot pool. The child’s screams attracted attention and he was rescued before being severely injured. He was taken to hospital and is reported to be progressing satisfactorily. Relic of Thames Goldfields. The early days of the Thames goldfields are recalled by the discovery in Karaka Creek by Mr. W. T. F. Walker and party of an old token, closely resembling a penny, bearing the date 1858, and an English penny dated 1886. These finds were made in the course of sinking a 13ft. shaft and at a depth of about 9ft. from, the surface of old battery tailings. On one side of the token is the wording, “H. Ashton, importer of haberdashery and tailor’s trimmings, Queen Street, Auckland.” Sufficiency of Diviners. A few weeks ago the Mount Eden Borough Council decided to investigate the resources of the district with the object of ascertaining whether a sufficient supply of water was available to meet the demands of the borough. To get the opinion of a water diviner the council allocated the sum of £lO, and the publication of this fact has resulted in some fifty applications being received from diviners, who offer their services to the council. First Aid for Motorists. First aid classes are being organised by the St. John Ambulance Brigade, in conjunction with the Wellington Automobile Club. An opportunity will be given, to members of the brigade who have recently joined on probation to join one of these classes to undertake a course. The first meeting has been called for Wednesday, August 24, and the course will include practical work, lectures, and talks on “safety first” by Mr. Sutherland, secretary of the Automobile Club. Eighteen Years Ago. To-day is the eighteenth anniversary of the departure of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force from Wellington for the seizure and occupation of Samoa. New Zealand’s first transports, under sealed orders, moved from their anchorages and headed seaward on the morning of August 15, 1914, and as the troopships passed Seatoun the merchant vessels assembled there sounded a rally of whistles. The Permanent Artillery, lined on the fort hills, cheered a lusty goodbye as the transports passed out of the harbour entrance.