TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1919, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

!PKK I’KKSR ASSOCIATION. —OOPYEIUHT.j OBJECTIONS TO GERMANS. AUCKLAND, Dec. 23. A meeting of residents was held in a ball at Silverdale to protest against a recently interned person being allowed to take liis residence again at Silverdale. It was resolved that a public protest be forwarded to the Prime Minister, objecting to internees being permitted to further enjoy any privileges of British citizenship. A Committee was appointed to wait upon the man in question, and inform him that it was considered desirable lor him to remote his presence from the district. Strong exception was taken to the action of the Government in setting free a number of interned persons. It was considered that they should be deported to their native country.

A PATHETIC APPEAL. . CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 23. Many strange things are heard from time to time over the telephone, through wrong numbers being given or lines being crossed, but one of the strangest incidents of this nature occurred on a recent evening at one of the large boarding houses, Christchurch. Having occasion after dinner to ring up a friend, a man residing at a boarding house heard, instead of the expected reply, the voice of a woman evidently in the

greatest distress, and sobbing bitterly. Questioned as to the cause of her distress, the woman continued groaning and called suddenly ‘Help, Help! , I am dying.’ Repeated inquiries failed to elicit anything further except a repetition of this moving appeal and ‘cbme quickly’ and the address of the speaker. The rather perturbed listener on the wire communicated with the police, who at once sent a constable. However, nothing was discovered td justify his taking any action in the matter, and as nothing further was heard for a day or two the receiver of the message was beginning to think the whole matter was sofhethirig of a hoax, but ho learned last night of the death of the sender of the message across the wires.

UNIVERSITY EXAMS. WELLINGTON, Dec. 23. The New Zealand University announce that in the accountancy professional exams held in November last; J. W. Morris passed sections in Mercantile Law II Trustees and Company law. The University of New Zealand also announces that J. Hessell passed the Law Professional sections in property 11, evidence and procedure. ELECTRICAL POWER) BOARD. TE AWAMUTU, Dec. 23. Official intimation wns received today that the Minister of Public "Works has approved of the construction of the To Awamutu electric power district, over an area of thirty miles along the main trunk,, and from Waikato to Waipa river. The first election for the board takes place on February 4th.