NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 232, 28 June 1935, Page 13

NEWS IN BRIEF

Opticians Board * A notice in the latest gazette announces the following reappointments to the Opticians Board: —Mr. Thomas Gray Young, F.S.M.C., F.8.0.A.; Mr. Henry Searle Gilbert!, F.S.M.C.; Mr. Garnet Wilson Harty, M.B. (1903), F.R.C.S. (Edinburgh). 1905. The appointments are dated from the first day of this month Wage Cut Restored.

The Johnsonville Town Board, at a special meeting held last night to consider the estimates, decided to restore live per cent, of the original 10 per cent, cut to its permanent employees. Johnsonville Rates. A decision to levy the same rates —- last year was made at a special meeting of the Johnsonville Town Board last night. Snow at Karori. It was bitterly cold at Karori last night, so cold that snowflakes were observed to fall for a few moments at about S.lO o’clock in the vicinity of the publie library. Whitebait Season Prospects. Maoris living along the shores of the estuary of the Waikato River have been catching whitebait for their own consumption during the past few days. The season in which whitebait may be sold opens next Monday, and if present catches are any guide it should be satisfactory. Cards on the Waterfront. In future, members of the Auckland Waterside Workers’ Industrial Union will be permitted to play cards in the waiting room while they are awaiting employments This permission was granted by the Auckland Harbour Board on the condition that no gambling is allowed. Gift to Universty Library. Some 30 volumes of theology by eminent writers of the Roman Catholic Church have been presented to the library of Victoria University College, Wellington, by the Ref. Father P. Cahill, S.M. This information was contained in a letter received at the meeting of the college council last night from the librarian, Mr. H. G. .Miller. The council decided to accept the gift and thank the donor. Harbail Singh's Relatives. After the recent earthquake at Quetta, Hiirbail Singh, of the Indian hockey team now in New Zealand, vainly tried to communicate with relatives in the district; receiving no reply, he naturally feared for their safety. The Red Cross Society,'which knows no barriers of race, colour or creed, and extends its ramifications into more than 60 countries, was approached by tlie anxious Indian. A cablegram sent last Saturday to the Indian Red Cross headquarters at Simla was answered on Tuesday morning by the welcome statement that the two people concerned were well. The Red Cross Society forwarded the good news to Harbail Singh at Greymouth. Cowyard Language. “You should never swear at a cow; it upsets the animal,” members of the Stratford Jersey Breeders’ Club were gravely informed recently. The speaker was Mr. P. J. Petersen, Brixton, who was addressing the club on the treatment of cows in preparation for C.O.R. testing. He stressed the necessity of treating the cow to be tested with care and gentleness and of gaining its confidence. A highly-strung cow could as easily be> upset by rough language or rough treatment as a child accustomed to parental cure might be, he said. The advice amused the members, though they realised the truth behind it. Nelson College Old Boys. More than SO.old boys of Nelson College attended the monthly luncheon of the Wellington branch of the Nelson College Old Boys’ Association yesterday. Mr. G. W. Barltrop presided in the absence of the president, Dr. C. Morice. After the luncheon, Mr. E. I. Bunny, an old boy of more than 60 years’ standing, gave an address on the earlv dnvs of the college, and an address was also given by Mr. Theodore Kelly. Congratulations were extended by the gathering to Sir Francis Frazer, an old boy of the college, on the honour which Had recently been bestowed upon him. Never Too Late, In bowls a decade is but yesterday, compared with other sports, as was illustrated at the annual meeting of the Hataitai Bowling Club last night. Attention had been drawn to the fact that the winners of some club competitions in past seasons had not received the certificates to which they were entitled, and last night the omissions were rectified. The president handed certificates to various members In recognition of deeds done at various times in the last 19 years. The winner of the earliest certificate, which was for the 191617 season, was present with nearly all of the others.