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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 29 November 1927, Page 4

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Sir A. T. Ngata was yesterday granted leave of absence from the House for the remainder of the session. Jafar Pasha, Premier of Iraq, left London yesterday morning on his return to Baghdad. King Feisal of Iraq -will leave London for his home next week. The death occurred suddenly on the Nelson bowling green yesterday afternoon during play, of an elderly bowler, Mr. H. C. Jacka, well-known in bowling circles in New Zealand. A Christchurch message reports the death of .Mr. Charles Overton, aged 88 years, formerly a well-known rnnholder and an early Canterbury settler, Mr J. F. Menzies general manager of the Eastbourne Borough Council, was appointed town clerk at Sumner at last night’s meeting of the Sumner Borough Council. There were 58 applicants. The death occurred at Coogee, Sydney, on November 19, of Mr. Martin James Carney, aged 52 years. Mr Carney was well-known in New Zealand, having joined the police force in 1906, afterwards attaining the rank of detective. Leaving the force in 1922, he took over the Zetland Hotel, at Christchurch. He had been in Australia about twelve months. An interesting visitor to New Zealand is Councillor (Miss) E. M. Colville, of Stirling, Scotland, who is staying with a relative at Pennel, Roxburgh, Otago. Miss Colville has been motoring about the South, and is delighted with the scenery. She intends to visit the North Island later. Lord Bledisloe, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, leaves on a mission to South America on December 31st. He will confer at Buenos Aires and Monte Video, on behalf of the British Government, with representatives of the Argentine and Uruguayan Governments concerning a measure for the control of animal diseases which those countries proposed to adopt to remove the risk of transmitting foot and mouth disease to Britain. Among the guests at the Masonic Hotel, Napier, are: —Mr. and Mrs. Browning (Melbourne), Mr. and Mrs. A. B. William, Miss Burgoyne (Gisborne), Mrs. Allison, Mrs. A. Smith (Poukawa), Mrs. Hunter-Brown (Heretaunga), Messrs. C. Hewitt, C. Pearey (Palmerston N.), F. N. Helmore, A. Walker, E. Symes, J. McGregor, R. Bavington, W. R. Wilberfoss (Wellington), G. T. Brown (Wanganui), F. Bailleux (Nelson), L. Speechley (Palmerston), Miss Whitehorn. Bombardier A. G. Jenkins, who, at Mons, fired the first British shell iu the war, is at present visiting Hastings. Ho will lecture at the screening of the British film “Mons,” which is to be shown hero on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, and at matinees on the two latter days. Bombardier Jenkins to-day visited the schools in the district. Local interest is added in that Mr. C. Ferbrache, the leader of the Municipal orchestra, was at Mons, and in the same company as Bombardier Jenkins. Mr. Ferbrache enlisted in England at the very commencement of the war.

At the invitation of the Government of Australia, early next year two scientists, Sir Arnold Theiler and Dr. Orr, will visit the Commonwealth to consult with the Australian authorities on problems concerning diseases of cattle and sheep and the scientific feeding of stock. Sir Arnold Theiler is one of the most distinguished veterinary scientists in the British Empire. Dr. Orr’s special subject is animal nutrition. The recent conference on Imperial agricultural research recommended the creation of an Imperial bureau on animal nutrition, and it also recommended that the bureau should be located at the Rowett Institute, at Aberdeen, of which Dr. Orr is director.