NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 261, 3 August 1942, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF

£3OO Taken From Safe Breaking open the front door and blowing the «afe with explosives, someone on Friday night took about £3OO from Mr. A. W. Wilkinson's large grocery store at Kaikolie. The police say that the safe was evidently broken by an expert cracksman. —I’.A. Sea-lion Homeless. Made temporarily homeless by the earthquake is the sea-lion at the lewtown Zoo. The shock cracked the bottom of his favourite pond, from which water later was escaping faster than it could be put. in. Temporary accommodation is being- found for him in other ponds. Wellington Master Butchers. The Wellington Master Butchers’ In dustrial Union of Employers elected the following officers for the year ending April 30, 1943:—President, Mr. S. £. Mayer; vice-president, Mr. A. Evans; executive, Messrs. It. E. Barons, It. Crooks, IV, F. Curie, O. Dyer, F. Flip , Jt. E. Munday, D. J. L. Head, A. Kush, K. L. Bead, A. E. Preston, G. Dumb, J. Itod, G. H. Smith, and G. Will; bon. auditor, Mr. A. Evans; secretary and treasurer, Mr. W. J. Mountjoy.

Scholarship Awards. Cabled advice to the University ot New Zealand has been received from the secretary to the British council in London that of the four special wartime scholarships open to women of universities in British Dominions, two awards have been made to New Zealani graduates. The successful scholars are Mrs. Doris Ivy Allen, M.H.Sc., University of Otago, and Miss Anna Holmes Northcroft, B.Arch., A.N.Z.1.A., Auckland University College.

Furnishing Trade Officers. The following officers of the Wellington , Furniture and Furnishing trade Industrial Union of Employers have been elected for the year ending May 1943 :—President, Mr. h . Campbel 1, vice-presidents, Messrs. J. G. Marshall and A. C. Jensen; executive, Messrs. C. Parsonagb, D. Power, E. Pankhurst H. Green, V. Simpson, and J. Linley ; Honorary auditor, Mr. F. W. Vosseler; secretary and treasurer, Mr. M . J. Jl °o u f" joy; represenative on New Zealand Furniture Trades Association, Mr. 1 1 . Gampbell ; representatives on Furniture Trades Apprenticeship Committee Messrs. J, G. Marshall, G. McPhun, D. Power, and NJackson.

Superannuated Public Servants. The annual meeting of the Wellington branch of the Superannuated Public Servants’ Association was held recently, when the following officers were electwi for the ensuing year : —Chairman, Mr. 11. D. Grocott; lion, secretary and treasurer, Mr. C. R. Ingram; auditor, Mr. It. J. Thompson ; representative on executive committee, Colonel T. IV. McDonald; delegates to Dominion council, Messrs. B. Kean and' G. F. Rudkin; branch committee, Dr. C. E. Adams, Messrs, b. B. Bolt, C. Campbell. H. E. Gilbert, A. P. Hawthorne, G. M. Henderson •>- A - Hunt, L. Inkster, B. Kean, J. R. McCormick, T. L. Osmin, G. I’. Rudkin, Colonel McDonald, and Mesdames Engstrom and F. L. Ross. Fire Soon Under Control. A fire which broke out ou the top uoor of Guthrie, Bowrou and Co.’s two-stoneu building in Wakefield Street, Wellington, was under the control of the firemen within ten minutes of the alarm being given at 7.39 last night by Mr Sherwin, who was fire-watching in the Hotel Regent. The origin of the firei is unknown, but it is thought probable that it started in a pile of wood-shavings which had been impregnated with oil and paint thrown off the shelves during the earthquake. The fire was attacked from the front and rear entrances, two lines of hose being used. Fire engines from the central and Thorndon stations attended. The fire brigade was assisted by two squads of E.F.S. members.. Salvage sheets were used extensively in preventing damage downstairs. Only prompt action by the brigade prevented a serious fire because of the quantity or inflammable goods stored nearby.