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Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1921, Page 1

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PRIZE AWARDS 1921-22

WELLINGTON, jJan. 25

The following awards of special prizes were approved:—Professor MacMillan Brown’s prize (for English essay or poem), W. W. Bridgman, Green Island, Dunedin. For poem on the theme that : “It is only with self-renuncia-tion that life properly speaking begins”. Arnold Atkinson Memorial Prize; John Nieol, Wanganui, for the essay subject for essay for the Anold Atkinson prize for 1921 is: ‘‘New Zealand Government of Western Samoa and the Cook Islands,” and for the Professor MacMillan Brown Prize tho essay for 1922 is entitled, ‘‘A Waterless Utopia.” No award was made in the Lcydon Prize for 1920, but it was recommended that the prize be offered in 1921, when the subject will be ‘‘The Pacific as the Naval Storm Centre of the “World.”

SUPPOSED DROWNING CASE. FOXTON, January 26. A ease of supposed drowning in Manawatu River, at Paiaka, was reported to the police. The clothes of Alfred Hutchison, a middle aged man, a flaxmiller, single, were found on the river bank yesterday. Hutchison was last seen on Monday morning when lie left for Shannon. The,police arc dragging for the body.

N.Z. INSTITUTE

DR HOLLOWAY HONORED

PALMERSTON N., Jan. 26

The Science Congress delegates were accorded a civic reception last night. Professor Enster.sfieJd announced the election of four Fellows to New Zealand Institute—Dr Cotton, Professor Hildorff, Professor Park and Rev Dr Holloway (Hokitika).

COAL TROUBLE

NOT TOO SATISFACTORY. AUCKLAND, Jan. 26

Holt W . Massey declined to make a statement regarding the coal trouble 10,-day, saying that the situation was delicate and no good purpose would be served by saying anything at this stage. However, lie would go so far as to say tin' situation was not as satisfactory as he could wish. He added that the railways had been burning a great deal of coM lately.