TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1920, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

I’J'.HSB ASSOCIATION.—COI’VHIGHI.I

JUNIOR NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. WELLINGTON, This Day. The following list contains the names in alphabetical order, for Canterbury Education District of candidates who reached the general standard of qualification .(sixty four per cent.) for a scholarship in the Junior National Scholarship examination held in November last —Doreen Veronica Daly, (Greymouth) 594 marks; D. J. McDonald, (Greymouth), 594. The following having gained between 54 and G 4 per cent, can claim the advantages of clause four of the regulation—A. M. Williams (Moana), 501.

WOMAN MISSING. ON TE ANAU-MILFORD TRACE INVERCARGILL, Jan. 16. Information was received by Inspector Rouhy this afternoon of the disappearance of Miss Read, a Dunedin school teacher, from a party. She was travelling from Te Anau to the Head of Milford Sound. It appears that Miss Read and a party of friends were going from To Anau to the Head of Milford Sound on foot, and that Miss Read miss ed the party on Jan. 13th, when going up the saddle of McKinnon Pass. When the party left Pampolona Hut, there had ievidently been some discussion about Miss Read’s condition, and, to prove that she was not tired, she went in front of the party, and continued by herself. On the way up the saddle" another party met the main portion of Miss Read’s party and informed them they had seen her. Although the remainder pushed on, they could not overtake her and failed to find any traces of her along the track.

A party of four tourist guides are searching for her, and they will be joined to-morrow by Constable Henderson, who was despatched when the news came through. The particulars are late in arriving, and the last news received from To Anau was dated 2 p.m., Jan. loth.

WITH-HORDING - LETTERS. POSTMAN CHARGED. WELLINGTON, January 15. Air Page, S.M., commenced an enquiry today regarding the non-delivery by the Post Office of mail matter recently. Joseph Murphy postmau, was charged with having about December 10, negligently lost a bundle of letters which afterwards were found in a boat harbour. The offence was not proved and it was then decided to hold an inquiry. The Department admits the receipt and non-delivery of the letters and contents, and Murphy was responsible for the non-delivery.

It was alleged that some 35,000 letters were received by the Pest Office from the New Zealand Alliance, for delivery in the city and' suburbs and sorted by five sorters and delivered to five separate carriers. Some 70, it is said, were given, to Murphy for delivery and these were found in the harbour near which an open storm water channel emerged, that channel being connected with another, which joined within sixty yards of Murphy’s residence. Later. Joseph Murphy, in evidence, said that to the best of his recollection, the first time he saw the package found in the harbour was in the detectives office. He never deliberately got rid of the bundle, nor did lie miss any bundle of letters during his rounds. Ho could make no suggestion as to how the letters came to found in the harbour. Mr Page (Magistrate), intimated lie would'make a report in clue course.

TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS. CHRISTCHURCH, January IG. Mr Rdliert Bell, a well known Canterbury newspaper proprietor and journalist has written to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College, stating that, as he believes the University training of journalists would greatly assist in maintaining a high standard of journalism, he proposes to place muter the control of the Board a sum of £3OOO for the purpose of maintaining scholars at a school o journalism in connection with Canterbury College. The conditions of the gifts are that the Board shall initiate lectures in practical journalism. Scholarships shall be awarded on results of the Junior University Scholarships Examinations and candidates shall he sons and daughters of men and women who have been associated with the production of newspapers in New Zealand, either as proprietors or as employees, on a regular staff. The scholarship shall bo available at Canterbury College, and the holders shall take a course in journalism.

COOL STORES AT TIMARU. TIMARU, Jan. 16. In vieiv of the expansion of the dairy industry now going on in South Canterbury. The Timavu Harbour Board to-day decided to erect cool stoics at the port to hold ten thousand boxes of butter and eight thousand of cheese. Tho estimated cost is eleven thousand. The adoption of the scheme however, depends upon the district factories giving a guarantee they will use the store if’’provided. At present Lyttelton is their grading port.

A CHARGE LAID. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 16. This afternoon F. J. Needham, Manager of the Shipping Department of the New Zealand Refrigerating Coy., was summoned by tl.o Government to attend at tho Magistrate’s Court on January 28th., to defend a charge laid against him under tho War Rcgula-

tions Act. No specific charge was set out, however. The case is known to be in connection with the recent disaster to the coastal steamer Tainui. A similar charge has been laid against Claude Smellie, coastal shipping clerk for the company. It has not yet been served on Him, as ho is at present absent on holiday leave.