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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 250, 23 October 1935, Page 7

Preliminary arrangements for tie erection of a eatliedral at Auckland, made possible through, the bequest of over £50,000 by the lato Miss Mina Tait Horton, have been made by the Anglican Synod. In the opinion of Sir Alexander Herdman, Independent candidate for Parnell, bookmakers should bo allowed to operate in the Dominion, under control. Sir Alexander expressed this view in an electoral address at Bemuera, when he was questioned on the matter.

One of the party of 22 New Zealand naval ratings from H.M.S. Dunedin, who were making a hurried trip from Bluff to Auckland under special orders to join the Diomede at the northern port had a narrow escape from death or serious injury when he fell from the Wellington-Auckland Main Trunk express near Utiku on Thursday night. He regained his feet, unhurt, made, for a nearby farmhouse and was diiven to Taihape, where he joined the next express for the north. A double drowning tragedy in Porirua Harbour was narrowly averted on Saturday afternoon when a man and a woman in a sailing canoe got into serious difficulties. Sailing in the lee of thel and towards Titahi Bay they were seen by a watcher on shore to have got into trouble in the strong north-westerly wind and heavy seas. A little later the craft capsized, and the onlooker set out for Paremata, the nearest place from which assistance could be obtained. The only launch available was Made ready, but fully an hour and a half had elapsed before the scene of the mishap was reached and the distressed pair located. They were some distance from the upturned canoe, the Woman, who was wearing a life-jacket, supporting the man, who was unconscious when taken from the water. He did not recover consciousness till after the party landed at Titahi Bay 'where a doctor was summoned. It was reported yesterday, however, that he had almost comnletel3 r recovered.