DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1923, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER TRESS ASSOCIATION.] RHODES SCHOLAR. AYELLNGTON. Oct. 10. The Victoria University College Professorial Board have nominated Leslie Alexander Tracy as the Rhodes scholar. Air Tracey received his primary education at YValtham School, Christehur.-h, and later attended the Otago Boys’ High School, where he matriculated. He completed his Lb.B. degree at A iotoria University in 1918, when 22 years of age. He has been admitted as a barrister and solicitor, and is now studying for the final section of the B.A. 'degree. Ilis prowess at amateur athletics is well-known. Air Tracy played cricket and Rugby, but abandoned Rugby on account ot an injury. MAGNET OF THE CINEMA. WELLINGTON, Oct. 10. Air Edwin Geaeli, well-known in connexion with theatrical affairs, is passing through here t*o Australia on route from America. He has been to those famous filming centres Hollywood and Los Angeles, and from what he saw there is little, if any. room there for pretty girls from New Zealand, in so far as the filming of pictures is concerned. Air (loach says it is an admitted fact that New Zealand lias a surfeit of really pretty girls, but they should also recognise that the same conditions prevail in 1T.5.A., only ’.u a larger proportion owing to tho 'mormons population. The result is that Los Angeles is simply teeming, so to speak, with beautiful girls attracted from all parts of the world, hoping against hope for an opening in the movies, and it lias been found necessary to establish houses of refuge to shelter many of these unfortunate aspirants for fame until such time as their luck changes, or they return once again to their people and sanity. Mr Gench says that New Zealand girls inflamed with the movie craze should realise that_ the day has long passed when a pretty face commands success. To-day owing to the intense competition one must have had stage experience, must he an accomplished athlete, able to swim, dive, row, drive, ride and be devoid of fear and in addition possess an artistic temperament and a “photographic” face not necessarily pretty, but a face that will photograph beautiful. AVith all these attainments, one thing certainly will be necessary to stand the inevitable siege, for prizes arc few and the blanks man; • and that is dollars, dollars, and 'l.vo dollars.

CHAIR OF AGRICULTURE. WELLINGTON. Oct. If). Victoria College Council received a letter to-night from thc Education Department advising that the Alinister has approved thc purpose of the subsidy on Sir Walter Buchanan’s gift of £IO.OOO for establishing a chair of agriculture at tho college. The council empowered a special committee to call for applications for the appointmentof a professor of agriculture at a salary of £9OO per annum for a term ol five years, the post to be advertised in Britain, the British Dominions and the United States. WANGANUI HARBOUR. Wang A nut, o<-t. in. A poll was taken to-day on a proposal to raise a loan of £200,000 lei further development of a deep sea harbour Overseas steamers can, if they desire berth at CasilcelitF at the present time, hut the Harbour Board intends to complete the turning basin, and still further deepen tho entrance. Iho pod was carried by 854 to oi ■ BOAR DING HOUSE DESTROYED. YYELLINGTON, Oct. 9. A two-storey boarding-house, “Erqnora,” at Plimmerton, was destroyed by fire. How tlie outbreak originated is a mystery. At six o'clock, Air Barlow, tho owner and occupier, was making preparations for breakfast , when he heard a crash upstairs like something tailing. On making investigations, he was dismayed to find that a lire had taken a firm hold. All the hoarders were at once aroused and gathering a few belongings together, made their way to safety in their night attire. Y cry little furniture was saved liclorc the house became a roaring lurnace.

Tho insurances are not available. The destruction of the hoardinghouse will , 'seriously inconvenience slimmer 'visitors to Rlimniortoii, a"Enmora” was fully hooked up iur the pinning summer months.

OUTBREAK IN DRAPERY STORE.

Wellington, Oct. n. ,\ lire occurred at 12.15 tn-ilay at Areher’s Drapery Store in Culm Street am.l before thi" itn'iviti of the brigade the contents were damaged to the extent nl‘ approximately CISCO. The building was owned by (1. A. and . S. 1 )iov ue>, and was insured in tile Northern Office for £2700 and in the N.O.A. lor £2OOO. AIA SONIC. I,ODOF. OPF.VFD IN SAMOA. AI’CKFAND. 0-1. 0 A unique ceremony took place at Apia, Samoa, mi August 29, when the Masonic fraternity opened Calliope Lodge, Brother J. .T. BougaTl (Cliristehurcli) representing the Grand Master cf New Zealand, Lord deilieoe. Brother Dougall stated that this is the first lodge of the kind in the Empire, as it was formed hy the New Zealand constitution outside its geographical boundaries. Tt also was the first time a colonial lodge had keen properly constituted. as in every other instance this had been done by warrant front Great Britain. ABA TTOTT? CT f AT! GKS. A FORI AND Oct. If). At the Snnreme Court Afr .Justice llerdman delivered judgment in the case of R. and AV. Hellaby, Ltd., versus the .City Council. The company, the holder of a meat export license, claimed £0305 refunds in respect of meat sold within the Auckland abattoir district, and £2050 in respect of meat sold within boroughs and road districts not within the Auckland atiattoir district. The latter sum. the com pan v claimed it paid in misiase. while the first claim was founded on the allegation that fees received by the council produce annually a sum exceeding the maximum permitted by the Act. Tt was proved at the hearing that the council, in computing the annual cost of the abattoir included sinking fund, depreciation and other charges. His Honour said his judgment depended mainly cm the meaning and intent of Section 27 of the Act._ It seems to me there is no escape from the opinion that the company is entitled to recover where the charges have exceeded the defraying of the annual cost of the abattoir plus .5 per cent, (second proviso of the section), no matter whether the fees charged to it were equal to or more than the charges recovered from f>utcliers for the use of the abattoir." Dealing with the question who was entitled to participate in any division of moneys erroneously contributed, his Honour held that the second {provisoexisted for the benefit of meat export. The extent of their liability was definitely settled, so if the common fund

contributed liv themselves, and other users exceeded the sum reunited to pay the annual cost of the abattoir i ins 5 per cent, they were ontibled to recover tlie surplus oven-hanged. Dealing with the second claim his Honour said the company was entitled to recover. His Honour ordered the taking of accounts’ and reference to the registrar and ordered that contributions towards sinking fund, depreciation, preliminary expenses and additions to rive abattoir should lie disallowed.