NEWS NOTES

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1831, 10 April 1907, Page 34

NEWS NOTES

All tenders received by the Government for the purchase of the Exhibition buildings as a whole have been declined by Cabinet. Holders of shares in the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company may obtain warrants for dividends for the half-year ending February 28th from the company’s head office on Thorndon quay.

It has been agreed by a conference of representatives of Lower Hutt and Petone borough that a local Bill be drafted providing for the vesting of the Hutt Park and racecourse in a joint standing committee of the two districts.

'A; Oil severing liis connection with the Bank of New Zealand, Mr C. ; H. Maclean, who has-been manager Napier for some years, waS-qurqseiiihd l>y lepresentative citizens with a carved oak grandfather’s clock kind’ a. silver tea service. The presentation was made by Mr 11. C. Cornford. In replying, Mr Maclean stated that lio was appointed at Napier in 1871, when the premises consisted of a tent, erected on the site of the present Criterion Hotel 1 He was for some time.jn tho Auckland office, and had been stationed at Napier three times since liis first connection with the bank, thirty-six

years ago

Tiro Lower Hutt Borough Council is about to enter upon a campaign against the motor which exceeds the speed limit. A committee was set up at last night’s meeting to draft a bylaw to regulate the speed of motor cars, motor cycles, and steam waggons. Mention was made of a certain contractor’s motor-waggon which the engineer announced had that day gone through the bridge into the-'Wainui river.> It was decided to debit' the contractor with the damage to the bridge. The Council appeared to bo indifferent about the damage to the waggon.

The Humphries Patent Scaffold Bracket Company received by tlie last San Francisco mail communications from three different sources in America containing offers to negotiate for the purchase of the rights in their patent bracket. It-is, however, the intention ot the proprietors to thoroughly introduce the bracket into the United States of America and Canada before disposing of their patent rights. Mr Leonard Humphries leaves by the next steamer to join liis brother and Mr Copland, who left some little time ago for America to assist in placing the article, to the best advantage, on the market there.

At Pahiatua on Saturday night Harry Pearce, champion wrestler of ‘Australasia, undertook to throw Gus Carlson, a local man of considerable athletic fame, twice inside half an hour in catoh-as-catch-can style. Carlson, was the better conditioned man. Pearce, who stands about sft Bin, and weighs 13st, has won 782 wrestling competitions within tlie last twenty years, while Carlson, who has held the North Island championship for fifteen years, is 6ft Sin in height and weighs 16st. Carlson secured first fall in six minutes, and Pearce the second. In the third bout Pearce had only seven minutes to throw his opponent, and, failing to do so, Carlson was adjudged tho winner.

The Hon. Dr Collins,. M.L.C. (chairman), Messrs George Toogood, E. J. Le Grove, E. Arnold, and J. B. Coates.were present at a meeting of the Seddon National Memorial Committee, held yesterday afternoon. One or two apologies for non-attendance were received, and it suggested that the day of meeting should be altered. Tlie secretary was instructed to write to the Athletic Park Company regarding the dates for the performances of the Besses o’ th’ Barn Band to be given in aid of the fund. Arrangements in connection with the sale of the tickets was left in the hands of the secretaries. The following names were added, to the General Committee:—' Messrs E. D. Hoben, A. S. Watson, r A. Wilson, R. A. Louglman, M.L.C., P. J. O’Regan, and Levvey.