Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 671, 24 May 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round —

Seats for Napier Under the will of the late Mr. William Plow-man. £I,OOO is set aside for seats to be erected in Napier.—P.A. Proposed Harbour Bridge The statement that 16 of the 21 members of the City Council had signed * questionnaire promising to support th proposed harbour bridge was made 1 the president of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Association. Mr. R. H. Greville. at a meeting last evening. Land For Yacht Club The Tamaki Yacht Club has b* granted permission by the Govemnicn through the Defence and Lands Departments. to build a clubhouse on. and to make use of the area known : Bastion Point. Kohimaramu. accordir to information supplied to Mr. 11. K. Jenkins. M.P. for Remuera. today. Rugby League Dispute After lively discussion, the Woolston League Football Club, Christchur.-i decided last evening to re-enter its team in the senior competition. Troubhhad arisen over the centre having over-ruled the club, and granted to .1. Mundy a transfer from Woolston to Hornby. Visit To Thames At the request of Mr. A. M. Samui l. M.P. for Thames, the Hon. J. B. Don aid, Postmaster-General, has consented to visit K.erepeehi and Thames for tinpurpose of inquiring into the question of new post offices for each of the.-. places. Tho visit will probably take place one day toward the end of next week Killed At Crossing William Daniel, aged st». a whan labourer, was killed at the Peton. railway crossing when struck by the 9.45 train this morning from Peton* Warning signals were working and the train whistle was sounding, but lie did not appear to be aware of the approach of the train. He was a single man. and is believed to have come from England. • • • Winter Exhibition Space for the forthcoming Auckland Winter Exhibition is filling rapidly, and several well-known manufacturers anticipate unusually interesting displays. A number of working exhibits will be featured at this year’s exhibition. Several exhibits are coming from Christchurch and as far south as Dunedin. * * * Enforcement Of Agreement Enforcement of an agreement to purchase a section of land at Avondale at .£3OO entered into in 1927 was sought by Harold M. F. Greig (Mr. QuartleyV late of Auckland, now living in Australia, in an action against William P. Cromwell, of Edendale, heard by Mr. Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court today. His Honour granted a decree for specific performance of the agreement, with costs on the middle scale as in an action to recover £ 300. Large House Burned A ten-roomed house, owned by the Horton estate and occupied by Mr. C. H. James, was badly gutted by fire at Blenheim. Nobody was at home at the time of the outbreak and. the fire had a big hold when the brigade arrived. An excellent save was affected. Insurances are £650 on the house in the State Office and £350 on the contents with the North British Mercantile Company.