ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 47, 18 November 1932, Page 13

ITEMS IN BRIEF

About People and Events ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS Degree examinations of the New Zealand University, which have been held at the Winter Show building during the past three weeks, will conclude to-day. Senior free place examinations will begin next week, and will bo followed by the matriculation examinations, which begin on December 1. Proficiency tests have been held in the primary schools, but there will be no junior and senior national scholarship examinations this year. Golf Fees at Berhanipore. Season tickets for play on the two municipal golf links at Berhampore have been fixed by the City Council as follow:—Men, £4/4/-; women, £2/2/-; young men and women under 21 years of age, £l/10/-. Theft of Bicycle Alleged. On the application of Sub-Inspector Ward, who said that there are a number of other similar charges to be inquired into, Leslie Cecil McCarthy, who appeared before Mr. E. Page, S.M., iu the Police Court yesterday morning, charged with stealing a bicycle valued at £7/10/-, was remanded until November's. Kail way-siding Rentals. Information from the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce that following representations it had made for a reduction in the rentals charged for rail-way-siding rights the Railways Department had declined to make a reduction was conveyed to a meeting yesterday of the executive of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. After discussion it was decided that the association press for the complete abolition of tli) rentals, which it considered were unjustified. Charged With Theft. Arrested by Sergeant J. W. McHolm and Detective W. McLennan, Arthur Gordon Kale, labourer, appeared before Mr. T. Potts, J.P., in the Petone Police Court yesterday, on a charge of stealing women’s handbags and contents to the total value of £l/0/6. He was remanded to appear next 'Wednesday. Applause in a Church. The unusual sound of hearty applause in a church was heard in St. Thomas’s Church, Wellington South, last night at the conclusion of Mendelssohn’s oratoria, “Elijah,” which was given by the choir, when the vicar, the Rev. O. V. Rook, rose and said, “If you wish to show your appreciation by acclamation, I have no objection.” The response was immediate.

Tccluiical Competitions. Musical competitions between the four houses of the Wellington Technical College for the Art Shield were held in the Concert Chamber yesterday afternoon. The judges were Mr. Ernest Jenner and Mr. Brown. The various classes comprised girls’ and boys’ choirs, recitations, songs, double duets and instrumental trios, but as the complete results have not yet been compiled, the winner of the shield cannot yet be announced.

Terms of a Trust. On a recent occasion the Public Trustee advertised for claimants under the will of the late Sarah Hurford Ames, who were rendering service to the aged and infirm. Mr. F. Roffie put in a claim on behalf of the Wellington Free Ambulance. “The answer received from the Public Trustee was that the Free Ambulance did not come within the terms of the trust,” said Mr, Roffe at yesterday’s meeting of the board, “yet when that lady was removed from her homo to the hospital we took her there.”

Sheep on Campbell Island. When the men who had been looking after the sheep on Campbell Island were brought to Bluff in August of last year, the sheep were left to themselves. The lessees of the island have never returned, and the rather strange position arises that over 4000 sheep are on an uninhabited island, with the shearing season now in full swing. The area of the island on which the sheep graze is 48,000 acres. What is to be done to obtain some profit from these sheep is not very dear.

No Mail Delivery* It is scarcely credible that there should be a business thoroughfare in the heart of the city which has no mail delivery service. When reporting on the removal of the Free Ambulance station from Inglis Bros.’ building to the store lately In the occupation of E. W. Mills and Co. in Cable Street, the superintendent, Mr. F. Roffe, reported to the board that the only drawback to the temporary premises was that there was no daily mail delivery in the street, and as a consequence he had to hire a Post Office box for three months at a cost of 7/6. Members of the board expressed the view that it was extraordinary that there should be no mail delivery in such a central thoroughfare ■ within half a mile of the G.P.O.