GIFT OF £l0,000

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25300, 6 September 1945, Page 4

GIFT OF £lo,ooo

MR ARTHUR SIMS EMPIRE SCHOLARSHIPS (N.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent! (Reed. 0.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 5 T)je sum of £IO,OOO has been made available by Mr and Mrs Arthur Sims, formerly of Christclmrch, New Zealand, for Empire scholarships available at Cambridge University to graduates from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. They will be known as the Sims Empire scholarships and will be for one graduate from each Dominion for two years, selections being made at that interval. The first scholarships will not be available until 1950. They will enable graduates to do research work in any [subject desired.

"My idea in starting the scholarships in ]!)")0 i.s to avoid the possibility of anyone who mi^ht have taken part in the war from benefitting," said Mr Sim. "1 want graduates to come to England, which is the pivot of the Empire, to broaden their views generally. The scholarships will not be awarded only for scholastic ability, but for all-round good character and leadership. Local committees will make the selection. "If one superman is discovered every ten years," he concluded, "then the scholarships will be worth while." It was announced in July that Mr Sims had offered a trust fund to Cambridge University to endow a Sims Empire Scholarship. Some years ago he presented New Zealand with its first supply of radium and provided funds for the first New Zealand^sumica 1 unit which served with the Eighth Army. Last March he offered Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, an annuity in recognition of his work for humanity. A leading Christehurch business man until he retired. Mr Sims was formerly one of New Zealand's bestknown cricketers. He is an honorary life-member of the New Zealand Cricket Council.

WAIKATO MINES FUTURE CONTROL QUESTION EARLY DECISION LIKELY The Mines Department had made a recommendation to the Government concerning the future of the Waikato coal mines and an early decision was likely, stated the Controller of Mines, Mr 0. H. Benney, yesterday. Mr Benney presided ,at the monthly meeting of the Waikato Mines Control Board yesterday and he later said that the question of the future direction of the four collieries at present under State control was discussed. No indication was given by Mr Benney whether the present control of the mines, which is due to terminate at the official end of the war, would be superseded by the State purchase of the concerns. In the normal course, he said, the mines would revert to the control of the companies. LOCAL AND GENEKAL Compensation Court The Compensation Court will open its next Auckland sittings on Tuesday, October 2, when the newly-appointed Judge, Mr Justice Onglev, of Wellington, will preside here for the first time. Final fixtures will be made that afternoon, but during the previous s week preliminary fixtures are to be made with the registrar. Two Public Bequests Under the will of Miss Elizabeth Ann McLaren, whose death occurred on July 1, £IOO has been left- to the Auckland Returned Services' Association to be used for' comforts for returned soldiers from New Zealand in any hospital or institution in Auckland. A* further £IOO has been bequeathed to the Balmoral Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member. The estate has been valued for probate at under £2OOO. Teachers' War Appointments Advice that, in view of the end of the war, no further war appointments of teachers should be made, was received from the Education Department at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board yesterday. Any new war vacancies sliould be filled by relieving teachers, stated the department. Teachers who had no permanent positions and were occupying war vacancies could now apply for permanent positions after serving for a year in a war vacancy,, Smoking: on Ferries Advice that his department could not agree to the suggested suspension of the regulation regarding smoking on vehicular ferry boats was received from the Minister of Marine, Mr O'Brien, at a meeting of the Devonport Borough Council last night. The Minister added that it was anticipated that gas-producer plants on motor vehicles, which it; had been suggested were a danger, would soon go out of use because of the increase in motor spirit and the difficulty of obtaining fuel for gas-producers. School War Memorial A war memorial to former pupils of the old Newton West school and the Newton Central school who hare lost their lives in the Second World War will be unveiled at a ceremony at ths Newton Central school tomorrow afternoon. Tho unveiling will be performed by Mr M. Priestley, representing the Auckland Education Board, and speakers will include Mr F. Hackett, M.P. Laurel wreaths will be laid by expupils in tho services, Tho memorial consists of an inscribed brass plaque mounted on wood. Children's Peace Celebrations

A request* that the Government should give onch school child in the Dominion n small souvenir to commemorate the war victory was contained in a resolution passed at a meeting of the Mount .Eden'' Borough Council last night." The council also appointed a committee to meet, schoolmasters and representatives of school commit toes to arrange for peace celebrations for the children of the borough. No date was decided upon for the celebration, but it is expected that it will be before the end of the year. Potato Shipments

More than 7000 tons of Tasmanian potatoes are being brought to Auckland by the Park Line vessel Sunnyside Park, which is expected from Hobarfc about the middle of next week. A smaller shipment of 3500 tons is also due at Wellington. Shipping difficulties have delayed the arrival of the Tasmanian potatoes, which are mostly Bismareks and Up-to-Dates, and in the meantime improved weather has made digging possible in the South Island. Consignments of are expected on the Union Co. vessel Korowai, which is scheduled to leave Timaru today and arrive here on Sunday, and by the Karetu, which is due here next Thursday from Lytteltou.