A Last Look Round

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 14, 7 April 1927, Page 9

A Last Look Round

The War Forgotten. —The London Chamber of Commerce has decided to allow Germans and Austrians to resume membership.—Sun. League Football. Playing at Broughton, England defeated Wales by 11 points to 8. Dunedin Rates. —A Press Association message from Dunedin states that the city council has fixed the total rate for the year at 4s sd, against 4s 4d last year. This was made necessary by the hospital board demand (£29,300), which is £8,359 more than last year. Gaming-house Charge. —Frank Dean and Joseph Daniel Carthy, says a Press Association message from. Palmerston North, were arrested to-day on a charge of using their premises as a common gaming-house. They were remanded to appear on Monday next, bail being allowed. Popular Autobiography. —The first edition of the autobiography of Mr. Kingsley Fairbridge, founder of the West Australian farm school, was sold out in a few weeks. Another edition is being prepared by the publishers, who say that there is extraordinary public interest in this pioneer of juvenile emigration.—A. and N.Z. Struck at Crossing. —A motor-truck owned by Messrs. Dorman and Co., carriers and coal merchants, Henderson, and driven by Mr. Dorman’s eldest son, was struck by a train at Valley Road level crossing yesterday morning and badly damaged. The driver retained his seat until the truck was thrown clear of the line and was not injured.