LARGE ESTATE

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24346, 7 August 1942, Page 2

LARGE ESTATE

AUCKLANDER'S £105,000 MANY CAUSES BENEFIT Provision for assistance, which will increase later, to various benevolent organisations in and about Auckland, is contained in the will of Mr. Charles Vince Houghton, of Parnell, who died on July 22. The estate has been valued for probate at under £105,000. One clause directs that the income from 16 per cent of the bulk of the estate is to be divided equally among four beneficiaries during their lifetimes. As their interests terminate their shares are to be divided equally between the Veterans' Home, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Evelyn Firth Home scheme, the Auckland branch of the Salvation Army for the benefit of the Eventide Home, the New Zealand Institute for the Blind and the Manurewa Children's Home. A further clause sets apart per cent of the estate to be shared equally between these and _ the Auckland Ladies' Benevolent Society. A sum of £SOO to the benevolent fund of the First Church of Christ Scientist, Auckland, has been bequeathed in the will of Mrs. Frances Ann Ingram, of Auckland, whose death occurred on July 19. The estate has been valued at under £SOOO. NEW POLICE STATION AUCKLAND PROPOSAL SITE NOT YET SETTLED (S.R.) WELLINGTON, Thursday A statement that the Police Department considered the site of the existing police station in Auckland the most suitable for the proposed new station was made by the Minister in Charge of the Police Department, the Hon, P. C. Webb, to-night. He indicated, however, that nothing definite would be decided until the question of alternative sites had again been discussed with the Auckland City Council. The Minister said plans had been prepared before the war for the erection of a new police station in Auckland on the site of the present station, it being realised that a new building was greatly needed. The department felt that this site would be most convenient for the public as well as most suitable from the police point of view. "Since then," said the Minister, "the Auckland City Council has raised the question of including the site in the park area. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. D. J. Cummings, and I conferred recently with the Mayor of Auckland and members of the council's parks committee and heard their representations urging the selection of a property elsewhere. "I told the deputation that at present the department saw nothing to equal the present site and the proposed new building would probably cost £250,000. I agreed, however, that when the time arrived for definite action we would again consult the city council and discuss any alternative site which it thought might be more suitable." SERGEANT HINTON'S V.C. PRISON CAMP PARADE LONDON, Aug. 5 A letter to the Red Cross from a comrade says that Sergeant J. D. Hinton, of Southland, who received the Victoria Cross ribbon by post while a prisoner in a German hospital, was chaired by his comrades at a special parade. The letter stated: "We had a surprise parade here last night. There were many wild guesses about the reason when we heard that the German commanding officer was to attend. He read the official notice from the King which awarded Sergeant Hinton the Victoria Cross. I will not attempt to describe how the New Zealander was carried round the camp." WAR DAMAGE COVER PACIFIC ISLAND TRADERS Traders and merchants in the Pacific dependencies of New Zealand are not specifically covered by the War Damage Act, and their position was discussed by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce yesterday. The following resolution was passed: —"That, following the Prime Minister's statement thfft Island trading firms will receive fair treatment and protection against being ruined, the i Government be again asked to extend the scope of the War Damage Insurance Act without delay to the Pacific islands under control of New Zealand." ■ It was also decided to ask the Associated Chambers of Commerce to explore the possibility of obtaining cover against capture of goods in Pacific | islands. SPORTS EQUIPMENT SHORTAGE NEXT YEAR While stocks of sports goods are probably sufficient for immediate needs an acute shortage next year is foreseen by dealers. Tennis racquets and gol! clubs are made in New Zealand, out the importation of tennis and golf balls has ceased. The manager of one firm said the , manufacture of non-essential articles containing rubber had been prohibited in Britain, Australia and the United States, and a company in New Zealand which previously made tennis balls had stopped doing so. Sports goods affected included boxing gloves and football bladders. Some tennis clubs in the Auckland district had ensured supplies of balls for next season, but tennis balls would now be used for longer periods. One club in Melbourne rationed balls, allowing two to each court every fortnight. Although hockey sticks were imported they might possibly be made in New Zealand, another dealer said, but the manufacture of hockey and cricket balls could not be done in the Dominion. DESTRUCTION OF GOATS f ■ WORK FOR SOLDIERS (0X3.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday The employment of soldiers to destroy goats in Lgmont National Park was advocated in a proposal submitted to the Park Board at its quarterly meeting by Mr. D. Hughes. His proposal was that 750 soldiers should be employed in a goat drive. Not only should this destroy the goats, but it would form a good training for the soldiers in bushcraft. Mr. Hughes urged also more pative plants, such as kowhai and bulli bulli, be planted to provide food for birds and so add to their value in preserving the vegetation, which was essential to human life. The Government ' ould not give authority to have goats destroyed outside the reserve, said Mr, A. V. Tait. "I am satisfied that a trapper with good dogs and a rifle can clean the goats out while he is trapping," said the acting-ranger, Mr. N. H. Short. BUSH FIRE SUBDUED (0.C.) WELLINGTON, Thursday A bush fire broke out in Tui Glen, Stokes Valley, nine miles from Lower Hutt, and spread over approximately 300 acres of wooded hills before it was subdued some five hours later. Only the most strenuous efforts prevented the fire reaching some of the residential areas. Several firemen suffered minor injuries. The fire reached its peak just after sunset when a high wind sent the flames rushing up the hillsides, and showers of sparks scattered in all parts of the valley. The glow of the fire lit jup the surrounding countryside and I could be seen many miles away.