OVERNIGHT TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16947, 1 February 1926, Page 9

OVERNIGHT TELEGRAMS.

LORD ALLEN BY IN DUNEDIN. (Per Press Association. > DUNEDIN, last night. Lord and Lady Allenby arrived in Dunedin on Saturday evening and were met at the station by the Mayor (Mr. IJ. L. Tapley) and representatives of the citizens and a large assemblage of the public. The Mayor, in a brief speech, said he was pleased to welcome the distinguished visitors on behalf of the citizens Lord Allenby’s name was a household word throughout the Empire, and was revered in New Zealand because of his connection with the Dominion soldiers who had served under him in Palestine and Syria. The stay of their guests was a- short one, but be hoped it would lie happy and that they would carry away pleasant recollections of New Zealand and its people. When they returned from Queenstown, whither they are proceeding on a visit, it would he Ids pleasure to extend a viva: welcome. Lord Allenby thanked the Mayor heartily for the welcome. It was a great, pleasure to meet old comrades who had served with him in Syria and Pales t■tie. He hoped that on their return from the lakes they would again meet representatives of the city and ex soldiers. Lord and Lady Allenby will leave to morrow morning for Queenstown, and 'ill return via Cromwell on Thursday evening. A civic reception will he accorded the following day. THE BIG SHOW. The carnival at the Exhibition on Sat urday added 32.928 to the attendance loconl, which now stands at 1,363,885 Speaking at a celebration on the anniversary day of the Auckland province, which was held in the provincial court Mr. U. H. McKenzie, chairman of the Auckland Harbor Board, in proposing the toast of "The Exhibition,” remarked upon the outstanding scope and impres sive character of the British, Australian. Canadian, and New Zealand Government Courts. In regard to the Exhibition a? a whole, lie confessed it exceeded by fat any expectation, previously formed. He thought it was safe to say it had created a Dominion record not likely to be surpassed for many years to come. ‘‘We wish your success may continue,” he concluded. ‘‘We admire tho courage you have shown and the results you have achieved. In one word, the Exhibition can bo summed up as magnificent. ”i Mr. J. J. Sutherland Ross, replying for the directors, felicitated Auckland upon its anniversary and tho line spirit of co-operation in all courts to ensure the great purpose for which the Exhibition was conceived. He welcomed the evidence of disappearing provincialism and'the growth of the common spirit of Dominion development. BURGLARY REPORTED.

It is reported that a burglary occurred at the Kaiapoi Woollen Company’s ware house, Moray Place, Dunedin, on Friday night, but tbu police are reticent-, and particulars are unavailable. ' SCIENCE CONGRESS.

The, Congress of tho New Zealand Institute of Science' was continued yester-. day. < The greater proportion of the work is now completed. .. , In the biology section Dr. K. AI. Curtis read a paper on ‘‘Tile Susceptibility or Pi'anus to Sclero Tina”; Airs. B. j. Ahirrav on “Fungus on N.Z. Rubns”: -Mr.■ Morton on “Flora of Dunedin’; Air. A. L. Toimoiro oil “Fungus Gnat of N.Z. and A'ealyptratae”; Air. F. S. Gourlay on “Habits of a New Zealand Wasp.” t . In the agricultural stulion papers were read by Professor. Watt on “Some .Australian Contributions to Agricultural-Pro-gress” ; by Mr. Galder and Dr. Hilgendorf on “Easy Methods of Estimating Yields of Wheat.” In the economics section, Mr. W. J. Bramau road u paper on “Rural Cooperative Credit in New Zealand,” and in the geology section Dr. Benson presented a- paper on “Geology of the Leith and Kaikorai Valley” and “The Basis of Soil Survey in New Zealand.”