DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 12 April 1929, Page 9

DOMINION NEWS.

t' XIVERS lT i Gil A S TS. iby ieiciirapu —ntoo nuaucMuuu., WELLINGTON, April 12. Refer ring to university grants by tiie Carnegie 'trust, Professor 1. A. Jlunter, vice-Ciiancelior ox the New Zealand university, said it would seem that Atr. btutlnoime, who was not connected officially with the university colleges in New Zealand had visited Aevv°Tork, ana that, .n his suggestion, the Carnegie Corporation had niacie grants, but it was Professor Hunter’s belief that the governing hoards of the two colleges had had no part in the' transaction at' all. SERVICE LEAGUE CONFERENCE. DOMINION TO BE REPRESENTED. WELLINGTON, April ]2. Cabinet has approved of a grant to defray the expenses of General Sn Andrew Russell, who will attend 1 1 .e fourth biennial conference of the British Empire Service League in Lndon on June 25. on liehalf el the N.Z.R.A. HEAVY RAIN AT WHANG All El. WHANGAREI, April 12. Heavy rain fell last night and tLs morning. 2.21 inches being recorded. Creeks and streams are swollen and some roads are reported to be impassable. BFGLARY AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, April 12. Last night the premises of the Robinson Ice Cream Company was burglariously entered and the safe broken by gelignite. Between £ls and £2O were stolen. The crime was evidently the work of experts.