Local & General

Northern Advocate, 30 November 1936, Page 4

Local & General

Northland on the Air.

A fifteen minutes talk on the attractions of Northland from the point of view of settlement and holidaytouring will be given from radio station IYA Auckland at 7.45 p.m. tomorrow. A member of the Whangarei Chamber of Commerce will deliver the talk.

Horse Rolls on Rider.

While riding a horse on the property of his employer, Mr G. O, Dysart, of Pakotai, yesterday afternoon, Mr Norman Beasley, aged 29, received injuries which necessitated his removal to the Whangarei hospital. His mount stumbled and fell and rolled on him, hurting his left shoulder and back. His condition is fair.

New Ministerial Residence. The Government has ■ decided to build a new Ministerial residence on portion of the State’s property in Tinakori Road, opposite Hill Street. The existing Ministerial residence, formerly occuped by Prime Ministers, will be used temporarily as a dental clinic and later for State departmental offices. The new residence will be (occupied by the Minister of Lands (the Hon. F. Langstone).

Late Italian Consul. Arrangements have been made by the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association to erect a headstone on the grave of Major Mario Dessaules, late Consul for Italy in New Zealand. Major Dessaules, who was Major-in-Charge of the machine-gun corps in the Leonessa Infantry Division during the war, died on October 29, and after being accorded a full military funeral, was buried in the Karori Cemetery. The consent of Major Dessaules’ widow has been obtained and lettering approved by her will be engraven on the headstone, together with the late major’s regimental crest.

“Jealous as Cats.” “The method of handling agricultural research is shocking,” said Mr J. D. Hall at a meeting of the North Canterbury executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, reports the “Press.” “Is it quite all right to put that in the newspapers?” queried the chairman. Mr G. C. Warren. “Yes, I am telling you a fact,” replied Mr Hall. Referring to the proposed establishment of a grass-drying plant at Lincoln College, 'Mr Hall said that the various Government Departments were “Jealous as cats” of each other, and, instead of co-operating, each one “wanted the machine put in its own little place.”

Henry Wilson’s sale of the Hamilton stock is the Mecca for thrifty shoppers. 36in. cambrics, 7yd yd: boiling silk, 7d yd; coloured towels, 1/3 pr; nursery squares, 4/11 doz; print frocks. 2/6; smart marocain frocks. 9/11; full fashioned hose, 2/11; silknit bloomers and vests, 1/6; men’s blazers, 19/6; and men’s silknit shirts, 2/11.

Leg Broken. While working in a quarry at Lake Ohia on Friday, Mr J. Garmaz had his leg broken, and was removed to the Kaitaia hospital. The accident was caused by a stone falling from the face of the quarry.

Amateurs ard Professionals.

The relations of amateurs and professionals in sport, and particularly in lawn tennis, came up for discussion several times during the quarterly meeting of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association. Professor F. P. Wilson said that he intended to bring forward at a future meeting the question of open tennis tournaments for amateurs and professionals. Golf had its amateur and open tourneys, and no harm appeared to have been done. He had no doubt that tournaments between professionals and amateurs would have a beneficial influence upon amateur play. New Zealand ought to give a lead. Mr G. W. Pownall said that New Zealand could not hold open tournaments without the matter first being dealt with by the International Federation. When the question of New Zealand entering the Davis Cup contest was under discussion, one of the delegates asked whether the status of New Zealand’s “socalled tennis amateurs” in England was not being investigated by the English Lawn Tennis Association.