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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 38, 14 August 1923, Page 8

A cablegram has been received by the National Dairy .Association advising that Mr. Ellison, its. London representative, is, leaving London by the s.s. Rotorua, this week for New Zealand in connection with business of the.Marketing Association.: •..""■

Mr. John Adams, who passed away at., the Old People's Home at Awapuni, was born at Treves, ■ Germany, in 1842.. He >.• served in the Danish Wai- of 1864, the ;j Austrian War of 1866, and the Franco--Russian War of 1870-71. . In the.latter*war he was wounded, and ho'came' toY New Zealand in 1872: ; ; ■-'•■ :/'■

At the meeting of the Manawatu;Oroua" Power Board, a letter was received frointhe Public Works Department, elating: that the question of the board giving a guarantee regarding the amount of power _it would take from Mangriiao was becoming urgent, and that a reply was required at the earliest possible moment. After some discussion, it was decided that the board would guarantee to v take 600, 800, 1100, 1300, and 1500 k.v.a. for the first, second, third, fourth, and fifthyears respectively. , •■

An illustrated lecture -will bo given in.the V.M.C.A. Assembly Hall to-night by' Mr! E. Philpot Crowther on "Stamp.Collecting and Philately." Mr. Crowther is a stamp enthusiast of English and Continental reputation, and is a. good speaker '■ The lecture will be illustrated by a. series of lantern slides depicting rare' stamps; Admission is, free." ■ ' :>~ ' v -■■■