INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15222, 21 May 1920, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Influenza cases reported m 24 hours total 122, an increase of 41. The public ■"chools continue closed indefinitely. Twenty- four Hindus arrived by the Atua from Fiji. All passed the education test. Obituary : Henare Kaihau, M.P., aged 65, from heart failure. A boat belonging to the missing ,scow Kahu has been found at the. Little Barrier. The Kahu left the Bay of Plenty on March 24, just before a very heavy gale prevailed. WHAKATANE. this day. Maize growers prediot record total maize crop for the Bay of Plenty. MARTON, this day. A young woman named Knagg, attempting to cross the street last evening, was run over by a motor car, and sustained concussion of the brain. She is progressing favorably. * WANGANUI, this day, . Messrs. Veitch and Glenn, Ms.P., were waited on to-day by a deputation from the South African* Veterans' Association, who asked their assistance m having the benefits of the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act extended to veterans of the Boer war. They stated that the Premier had given a "promise m. the House that this would be done when all the returned soldiers had been dealt with. The deputation pointed out that the South Africans had already waited 20 years, and it was only tardy justice the matter should be dealt with without further delay. The members gave a sympathetic hearing, and promised all assistance m their power. It is understood that similar' representations will be made by the South African Associations m other parts of the Dominion./. ' PALMERSTON N., this day. Henry Joseph Lewis, aged 19 years was sentenced at the Supreme Court to two years' reformat/ ye treatment on charges of breaking, entering, and theft. Ihe accused is to be detained a*, Wel'ington for three weeks to ascertain if anyone, wi'J undertake his cam; failing this I the sentence <s to be carried out WELLINGTON, this day. ! Wth regard to the Broun collection, about, which a controversy lis now ragW the facts as given from the official side are that tlie director of the Dpminion Aluseum and other scientists urced that" their despatch to London would) be a b off to entomologists. The naming and class' ncation of New Zealand beetles would be thrown into , confusion as 'Major Broun had named many and comparison with his oo'.lectnon was the only means of classifying them.. It was also stated that entomologists all over New Zealand had sent specimens, and public money 'had been spent on the collection. The money spent by the Government had brought. ithem a. good return, and the sole payment to deceased was m free copies. Dr. Thompsqn adds that the Dominion Museum has a capable entomologist on the staff, and the collection would receive his attention, but special accommodation must be provided. A letter had- been sent to the British Museum by the New Zealand Institute, asking it to allow the collection to stay m New Zealand for a period preferably m Wellington. The Domini ion Museum woidd give the whole services of an experienced entomologist to it. The New Zealand Government lias exercised its power to stop collections of the kind .leaving the' country until some arrangements can be made, but the British Museum is assured that there is no intention of proh-lhitinjfits ultimate export.