NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 155, 27 March 1939, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF

Awatea Delayed

.The Union Steam Ship Company last night received a wireless message from its liner Awatea, en route from Sydney to Wellington, reporting that she was being delayed by heavy weather. The Awatea left Sydney on Saturday evening for Wellingtou and was due tomorrow morning. She is to leave again tomorrow night on the return trip to Sydney.

Catholic Centennial Celebrations. The Roman Catholic celebration of the centennial of New Zealand is to take place in the first week in February, 1940.

“Wellington’s Own.” At 7.30 p.m. next Thursday the first battalion of the Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own) is to parade at the Garrison Hall, Buckle Street. From there it wili march to the Town Hall, where the mayor, Mr. Hislop, will take the salute from the steps of the main entrance to the hall. After the Inspection the men will inarch to the De Luxe Theatre to see the picture, “Men of Yesterday.” The regiment will wear the new blue uniforms for the first time, and the regimental band will wear scarlet tunics. A Highland band will also parade with the regiment. Brothers Excel.

Two creditable sporting achievements have been recorded by brothers, both pupils of Rongotai College and sons of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Prain-Ambler, Wellington. The older boy, Brian, was one of the two boys from the college chosen last year to take part in the primary schools Rugby tournament in Wanganui. This year he won the college intermediate swimming championship and was also awarded the brouze medallion and bar for life saving. The younger boy, Winston, won the junior swimming championship last year and this year was awarded the bronze medallion and bar for life saving.

What, No Breakfast in Bed! Recruiting for the territorials is not without its humorous side, as a Christchurch speaker learnt when addressing a gathering of young men from Toe H. After extolling the virtues of physical fitness and the benefits of life in the open, he spoke of the training camps. “You get paid for this,” he said, “and if your boss is a decent sort he will not stop your wages while you are away. That means you will get double pay. Is there anything more a young fellow could ask?” A voice from the audience wanted, to know if breakfast was served in bed, which gave the meeting the heartiest laugh of the evening.

A Harbour Island Vigil. When the liner Dominion Monarch entered Wellington harbour early on Saturday morning it was watched and photographed by one who had gone to considerable pains to provide himself with the equivalent of a grandstand seat. This enthusiast, a young York Bay man who has made the study of ships his hobby, left the mainland on Friday uight and rowed in a dinghy to Ward Island. He camped on the beach there, and was awake before dawn. With camera loaded, he perched on a high promontory and gazed patiently seaward till on the heels of the morning sun came the liner. He marked her up-harbour progress with a series of shutter clicks, ttoen returned to his boat, hoisted its little sail and ran home to breakfast with a southerly breeze behind him.