GENERAL NEWS Former German Ship Arrives At Wellington

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1947, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS Former German Ship Arrives At Wellington

The ex-German' naval auxiliary, Gaarden, taken by the British at Narvik and renamed the Kamo, arrived at Wellington from Southampton this morning as part of the war reparations allotted to New Zealand. Built during the war, she is believed to have acted as a supply ship to the pocket battleship Tirpitz, as well as being used as a minelayer’ and cargo carrier for the German Fleet. She was badly bombed at Narvik and was beached by her crew to prevent her from sinking. She was overhauled at Leith after capture, but still carries the original German fittings and machinery. She is 215 ft long and her tonnage is 1418. She has been bought by the Union Company and will probably be used in the coastal trade. — (P.A.)

Body Found The body of Walter James Condell, who was drowned' in a truck accident in the Mangles river on June 26, was discovered on Saturday by the Murchison police not far from the scene of the fatality.

Hospital Reports “I am very pleased to see these reports submitted by our secretarymanager (Mr W. H. J. Watson). It is a step in the right direction and gives us a much clearer view of the position than we have been accustomed to,” commented Mr A. Mosley at last evening’s meeting of the Grey Hospital Board. Before the meeting, in addition to the usual medical reports, were reports from the secretary of the board’s financial position, on the maintenance account, and a statement on special funds, together with reports from the maternity annexe, the house-manager, the engineer, the plumber, the carpenter and the painter.

School for Spoiled Parents “I believe the time has come when we ought to build schools for spoiled parents,” said the Rev. H. W. Heaslip, vicar of Holy Trinity, Stratford, when speaking at the fifth annual service for teachers of the Stratford Technical High School and primary schools in the Stratford district. “If there is child delinquency, and there is a great deal, the teachers cannot be blamed, because they receive little, if any assistance from many parents,” he said. “Nearly all child delinquency is attributable to home conditions.” He considered that some parents would have more regard for their responsibilities .should they be committed to such schools for periods of instruction. They would at least feel their Responsibilities when their children got into trouble, he said. Future Of West Coast

“I would like to emphasise that West Coast business and other interests are fast beginning to realise that with diminishing coal, timber and gold resources the future of the province will depend largely on. its land,” stated the secretary of the Westland District Progress League (Mr J. Saunders) in a letter received by the Canterbury Agricultural College Board of Governors yesterday. The board had replied to a request from the league that a dairy farm be set up in the Buller district stating that the project should be held over for two years.. The future of farming on the West Coast was the principal reason for the league’s request, the letter stated. Disappointment was expresed at the board’s decision to defer the suggestion. The letter was received.

Succession to Baronetcy On the death of Sir Henry James Purvis-Russell - Hamilton-Montgom-ery, of Stanhope, seventh baronet, at Hattonburn, Kinross-shire, Scotland, the baronetcy has passed to his eldest son, Mr Basil Russell Purvis-Russell-Montgomery of 77 Totara road, Riccarton. The new baronet, who is 62 years of age, farmed in Canterbury until he went to live in Christchurch in 1942. This branch of the Montgomery family has been connected with New Zealand since the early days of colonisation. Sir Basil Purvis-Russell-Montgomery’s mother is the only child of the late Sir Thomas Purvis Russell, who came to New Zealand in 1842 and took up the Woburn estate, since called Hatuma, in Hawke’s Bay. Sir Basil Purvis-Russell-Montgomery was born at Hattonburn in 1884 and was educated at Uppingham and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He visited New Zealand while on a voyage round the world and came to live here in 1907. He bought a farm in the Mayfield district and later “Lawford,” a wellknown property near Christchurch. He served with the New Zealand forces in the First World War.

Mass will be celebrated on next Sunday, August 17, at Te Kinga 8 a.m. and Kokiri 10.15 a.m.—Advt.