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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 225, 24 September 1942, Page 4

Gift of French Violin. Through the generosity of a personal frieqd of Miss M. Tring Crofts, Victor Jones, the recent “exhibitioner” of Trinity College of Music at Palmerston North, now possesses a genuine French violin by Collen Mezen. This violin was imported from Paris 43 years ago by Signor Squarise, the well-known violin teacher of Dunedin. The donor desires to remain anonymous. Younger Men in R.S.A. The hope that the younger men returning from the present war would asume control of the New Zealand Returned Services' Association was expressed by Mr. B. J. Jacobs, Dominion vice-president,, when addressing a meeting of the Te Awamutu executive. Mr. Jacobs said that 80 per cent, of the work now performed by headquarters affected the interests of re-cently-returned men. Bad Season for Trout Ova.

The curator’s report to the Angling Committee of the Otago Acclimatisation Society stated that the present season had been the worst on record for the collection of ova from the Leith Stream. The Leith usually produced anything up to 1,000,000 ova, whereas only 179.000 had been secured this year. Orders had been received for 600,000 eyed ova and 6000 fry, and .the committee had agreed to apportion what supplies there were on j hand towards these orders.