People and Their Doings.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20374, 3 July 1934, Page 6

People and Their Doings .

Formal Proclamations Have Been Revived at the Riccarton Murder Inquest : The Brown House : Hitlers Staff Offices Have Ranged from Brewery Premises to Palace.

BROWN HOUSE, a picture of which appears on the front page, is the administrative headquarters for the whole of Germany of the National Socialist German Labour Party. It was Hitler’s wish that the headquarters of the party should remain in Munich. But the Brown House is not the original office of the party. When it had just been founded and numbered only fifty members, its first office, in the winter of 1920, was a small room in the Sternecker Brewery. When the membership increased to several thousands in 1922, the office was moved to what had formerly been a restaurant. The next year the party was dissolved, and its property confiscated by the police, but in February, 1925, after Hitler had been released from prison at Lanasberg-on-the-Lech. where he had spent six months, the party was reformed and »new offices were opened on the premises of a publishing firm.

\\flTH THE GROWTH of Hitler’s party a larger place was required, and in 1930 a general subscription of two marks per head was levied for the purpose of buying the former “ Barlow ” Palace, the present Brown House This place had to be completely converted internally to its new purposes In the room which Hitler uses as his office there hangs a painting by Reich, depicting an infantry attack on British positions in Flanders, in which Hitler took part. The room also contains a bust of Mussolini. Beyond this sanctum lie the offices of Hitler’s deputy. Rudolph Hess, and a further anteroom, which was the office of Captain Roehm, the Storm Troop Chief of Staff, who has been shot for plotting against Hitler.

9 JN ORDER that all formalities may be complied with the unusual procedure of using the proclamations set out in the Coroner’s Act, 1908, is being adopted in the Riccarton murder inquest. The proclama-

t.ions are for adjournjng the inquest or opening it after an adjournment and have not been utilised in Christchurch for many years, the customary manner of closing proceedings being a bald. announcement that an inquest stands adjourned. ■ The proclamations, which are voiced by the Court Orderly, Constable W. Harper, have excited a good deal of interest during the inquest. The formal proclamation of adjournment is as follows:—“All manner of persons who have anything more to do at this Court before the Coroner may depart home af this time, and give their evidence here again on (date of next sitting). God Save the King ” The proclamation opening an adjourned inquest reads:—“All manner of persons who have anything more to do at this Court before the Coroner on this inquest now to be taken, and adjourned over to this time and place, draw near and give your attendance.”

® JT'ORTY-FIVE YEARS’ service as a brass instrument player in no fewer than fourteen different bands in New South Wales and Auckland Province goes to the credit of Mr O 11. Redshaw, of Morrinsville, who has been a player in the Morrinsville Municipal Band since it was formed eight years ago, and is a member of the band management committee As a lad of nine years Mr Redshaw learned to play the cornet, and he became a player in the Australian Foot Rifles Band at Goulburn. Later he played in the Australian Horse Band at Goulburn, and in the Goulburn Municipal Band. lie also played in the Salvation Army bands at Goulburn and Sydney. Coming to New Zealand, Mr Redshaw has played in turn for the Newton (Auckland). Helping Hand Mission (Auckland), Hamilton Municipal. 16th Waikato Regiment (Hamilton). Huntly, Ngaruawahia. Waihi Federal, Waihi Salvation Army, and finally Morrinsville Municipal bands. He was bandmaster of Iluntly Band for a time.

HANTREY,kept to “Works of Fine Art of the highest merit in Painting and Sculpture,” when he made his bequest of a trust fund of £150,000 for the purchase by the Royal Academy of works on behalf of the nation The collection is in the Tate Gallery, and generally unappreciated by the nation. One result is that neither etchings nor engravings, pencil nor pen work can be bought- Water colour is well covered by the term painting, yet very few water colours are bought. The first purchases were made in 1877. but a water colour was not bought till 1879, Wade’s Mill, and the next was in 1889, Smythe’s Germinal. A peculiarity about Chantrey was that he did not give stirrups to his horse riders. There is one of his statues at Trafalgar Square of George IV., and another at the Royal Exchange of Wellington. Each rider is without stirrups.

ejs *2? «IXTR YEARS AGO (from the "Star” ° of July 3, 1874) Immigrants’ cottages.—Tenders are invited for six immigrants’ cottages in the Ellesmere district, two at Leeston, Brookside and Southbridge, respectively. Shipping.—The superb ironclad, which is now building aH; Chatham, and which is to be the largest war vessel afloat, is being pressed forward towards completion, the Duchess of Edinburgh having consented to act as sponsor at the launch. Tauranga, July 2. —Over 500 claimants at the Thames have been struck off the electpral roll for this district. Shipping.—The Torres Straits mail steamer Flintshire was totally wrecked at Cleveland Bay, North Australia. All aboard were saved. Madame Arabella Goddard and Blondin. who were passengers, were in an open boat all night. They reached the shore in safety, but lost their effects. It is doubtful if the ship can be saved. She struck on a ledge of rock at 5.30 on Monday afternoon, June 22, after leaving Townsville.