LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 19790, 14 February 1928, Page 12

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In May of the present year the Royal College of Physicians, London, will celebrate the 300th anniversary of the publication of William Harvey’s book on the circulation of the blood. The appearance of this treatise represented one of the most important advances in the history of the profession, and an effort is being made to v have a full representation at the celebrations. A request for the appointment of a representative was received at yesterday’s meeting of the Otago University Council, when it was decided to invite Dr D. Colquhoun, who is at present in London, to accept the position. •

It is probable that, in the near future, debating teams from the University of Hawaii and Hates College (main) will visit Dunedin for the purpose of meeting an Otago University team. At yesterday’s meeting of the Otago University Council, letters of inquiry were received from these colleges, and it was resolved that they should be placed before the Students' Association. It was stated that the association was awaiting the return of the students before making a final decision, but there was every likelihood that a cordial invitation would be issued to the students overseas.

At the private carriers’ picnic the first prize for tire best-dccoratcd bus yvent to It. Johnston and the second to A. J. Bobbctt.

Alfred George Wallace, auctioneer and produce merchant, -of Wellington, was acquitted by the jury after fortyfive minutes' retirement on. charges of committing breaches of the Bankruptcy Act. This was the third'trial, the jury having twice previously failed to agree.

At the last meeting of the Wellington City Council it was decided to grant free tramway passes for life to ex-mayors of the city ol Wellington. Those entitled to this very uselul privilege! are Sir Francis Bell, Sir John Luke, M.P., Mr 11. A. Wright, M.P., and Messrs A. De B. Branden, C. M. Luke, T. M. Wilford, M.P., D. M’Laren, and C. J. B. Norwood.

Before Mr E. 0. Levvey, S.M., at Gisborne Allan , O’Neill, a young man, was charged with negligently. driving a motor lorry, thereby _ causing the death of George Rikirangi. The fatality occurred on the Te Arai bridge on Christmas Eve, when Rikirangi fell off a horse while passing the lorry, and was killed. The accused was committed for trial.

A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that the City Council last night carried a resolution to take a poll on a proposal to raise £220,000 for road construction and improvements, the expenditure to' be spread over four years. The scheme covers part'of a big programme of road construction recommended by. the city engineer in a report which he recently presented,'.

Mr 0. J. Hawkcn (Minister of Agriculture), who is visiting the fruit lauds in Nelson, was waited on in regard to f.o.b. sales of export apples, which were favored by the deputation. The Minister declined to express his personal opinion on the qnotion, hut said ho would not interfere with the Fruit Control Hoard. The Minister promised that the Government guarantee would be extended to “good grade” apples exported, but the amount of the guarantee was not stated. Hush and scrub fires continue in various parts of the Nelson district. A large conflagration in the Takaka Valley threatened to destroy a large area ol milling timber, but a providential change of wind, combined with the strenuous efforts of the fire fighters, averted the danger. The main sufferers are the settlers, who have lost large areas of feed and considerable numbers of stock. The comparative' absence of strong winds during the dry weather has been most fortunate. ' A conclusion has been reached in the must recent phase of the litigation in the now celebrated Morgan-Wright case, in which the parties were certain of the beneficiaries under the will of the late E. G. Wright and the Hank of Now Zealand. Associated with other beneficiaries, the Hank of New Zealand sought to obtain a final judgment for costs against Eva Ethel Roberts, one only of the parties in the recent action in which the decision of the court was in favor of the bank. Mr A. E. Wright, for the bank, suggested £3OO as the amount that should be allowed which would be below the usual scale. His Honor allowed £l5O, without witness’s expenses.

As a result of many years’ study and application of the “sun cure” treatment of diseases, Dr J. Allan Berry (medical superintendent of the Napier Hospital) has become a linn believer in this method. Ho recently returned from an extensive tour abroad, during which ho made further exhaustive investigations into the methods in use for the application of the “sun cure.” Dr Berry has now prepared a lengthy report on the subject, and recommends the board to build a solarium in the hospital grounds and make other provisions which will enable him to make better use of the treatment. <>r Berry’s proposals are receiving the consideration of a. committee before finally being dealt with by the board. At a meeting of the directors of the Royal Humane Society at Christchurch it was decided to award a bronze medal to Patrick M’Carthy, a young man residing at Bluff, who rescued Margaret Russell from drowning at Bluff-on November 23 last. A certificate was awarded the nearest relative of ,Claude Aldwyn Mulvaney, . Auckland,- who attempted to rescue Howard Bernard Loft, a lad of tiine years, from drowning at Wanganui, on January 5, 1928. Application lor an award for Joseph Henry Anderson,-.Wanganui, was held over for further information. A bronze medal was awarded to John David Shaw,-Christchurch, who rescued Morris Holmes from drowning at Redeliffs on May 2-5, 1927. .

An order prohibiting the use of water from the city mains for other than domestic and industrial purposes was issued by the Auckland City Cpuncil yesterday (says a Press Association telegram). This places a ban on the use of watering cans in gardens. The city water supply is now getting low. At Methven yesterday Ernest Frederick Ward, licensee of the Methven Hotel, was lined £7 10s and 10s costs for Sunday trading. Patrick Kellahor, the barman, was also lined £7 10s. Both had previously boon convicted. Four men who were found on the premises of the two hotels in the township were each fined £1 and costs (10s). —Ashburton P.A. message.