DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

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GENEROUS GIFT FOR RADIO WORK. DUNEDIN. February 10. A little while ago it was announced that a New Zealander, who is at present in England, had given £IOOO towards the fund which is being raised to enable modern and efficient radium and X-ray treatment to lie carried oi t at the Dunedin Hospital. The intimation ;-.s to the gift came by tiiLle. I)r. Barnett and the council of the Red Cross Society and Order of St .lolm have now received n letter confirming tlie donation, the ddiior living Mr Horatio A. Massey, of Invercargill. Tbe total aiiiont desired i.- £SOOO. About half of Dial sum is now in hand. A MAYOR RESIGNS. PA lII.VITA, February 12. M; ,E I). ’Wilson, i- lesigning the .Mayoralty The Auditor-General lms taken exception to the payment of accident premium.- to Wilson, as agent i..t the Government lnxiiran. e. holding that lliis disqualified him. Originally tin pi'i 111 iitin - were laid to the Post Office. A disagreement between Ihe two departments was the outcome. The Dr-uraio'e Deportment asked Wilson to lvcoivc the preiniiiuis, wiiieli he did and paid them direcL into the Donarlt, *i• 1 ] t' l!. I ••mil. The CDu nil passed a resolution ol i onlideiice ill Mr V. ilson. v- biai re-oloct ion. A BIG DEAL. CHRISTCHURCH. Poll. 12 A I dock of oil \- proporty. containing several -Imps and the While Hart llnt, I. has been -old at a price in the vioinitv of o-ii,n(i(), i.fjiialling for portion- Cinob) per foot. The transaction is one of the largo-!, in city property so far ro. i.riled. UNIVERSITY SENATE. ('ll R IST( T I I’RCT 1. Eeh. 13 The so—sjon of the Now Zealand Univi- Senate opened this morning. Professor Ylaemillaii-Brown presiding. Mr G. ('. Adam- gave not ice of motion--" That the I'inanec Cnliimiuee ennsider the advisability of increasing the inoneiary value of the junior scholarship by t‘o per annum, and the -Ciiior scholarship by CIO.” Mr .1. A. 11 anan gave notice ol 1110lion "Thai the question ot remodelling the subjects for the matriculation examination 1,0 referred lo llm Entrance Examination ComniiUoo tor consiiloia--1 ion. ” Mi G. Uowhb gave noiico - "Thai (he Hiatus Revision ('oinmit tee he in- 1 meted to prepare amendments to enable the students at tending the Auckland Engineering School to sit for examination for engineering degrees 011 the same terms and conditions as the -indents at ( anterlniry College.” PORT ELBIOTT. THE IN GUI R Y INTO STRANDING. W El.| i.NGTON, Fob; nary 12. The Port Elliot 1 inquiry was resumed to-day. Thomas Smith, ! igii: hoii.-o keeper a! East Capo, gave I'oimal evidence n ".(arditig the ligkl hoii-c. ('apt. Joiill Ballou . Ilf (ho 111 i a nolo i i -aid hi- .diip pit I; 1-I up ihe (’a pe li : . lit at 3.1(1 a.m. A 1 brie was too 01111T1 se;t 1■ 1 In nil -I on -. ho went to Hick’s Bay. \ i 1.3 H a.im. ho saw' i !;o pc! Elliot! . and a - K.-lp wa- not imc 'd:ai el v waul. I. )„■ sleamcl mi. loepill • r ill ireless touch Oil 1.33 p.m.. when he returned, and rendered a.-si-t----ai'i'c (lg the nigbl oi the etiaiiding la ■ 1 * mu uoiic.. any specially strong : I I :.■ \ llm ebb and How. t hoi,,;h I a ri .: ** 1 jo looked for cl time,: on pc' |", 1 I 0! Ihe ( mi-1 . SWIMMING CENTRE FOR TARANAKI. M U I’l. INMO U'l'l I. Feb. 13 \ jnc.-tiug of delegates of l lie h- a I f.wimiiiing (Tubs last night decided to I'll! 11l a head 1 ".litre Id' Taranaki w ith headquarters at Now Plymouth. RAIN AT NEW PLYMOUTH. NEW PLYMOUTH. Fob. 13. Over lii 11 . of rain fell during the last twenty-four hours, doing immense ge,,)ij to tlm country. UNIVERSITY SENATE. CHRISTCHURCH, l-’eb. 13. The University Senate ChamiTinr. in his address, said that in consequence si! the earthquake the Japanese Government would gratc-l ally accept any donation of scientific publications, and it would he a wi-e and syliip-a Diet ie stop tn appoint a committee lo see what could be done to replenish these libraries. Such all action would help lo eeinent the I iTeiid-b.il> ol Japan ami the British Empire in the Pacific zone. The Imperial College of Science had decided to give the Dominions two scholarships of £309 each for the year ipoj.o.-,. Ho suggested the Senate .should look into the matter with a view' to appealing to the i ioveruineut fur a continuance of the scheme. BAND CONTEST. \ PALMERSTON X.. February 12. To the hand contest, l'ngel horn solo, “impromptu”. E. 'Webb (Queen Anxaudra, ’Wanganui) 77 points. 1; ji. Wiird (Port Nicholson .silver hand! d. 2nd, E. Collier 1 W hangarei Municipal) j ;p.,(. These wero the only compel i- j tors. THE HIGGINS TRIAL. \ DOCTOR’S EVIDENCE. AUCKLAND. Eeh. BL At the trial of Higgins for the \\ aikim, shooting; Doctor Bull ’-led iceused was sull'eriiig from ehrnUle insanity through a. delusion of persecution. and was likely to heroine the subicci <*f liomieitliil mania. Witness <• *- lieved the accused’s mind was so diseased that he was unable to comprehend the seriousness of what he did at the schooL

Th,, need for a British Empire toiir-1-uveau in Loudon where information regarding all parts of the Empire , (I ,ild lie obtained was emphasised on Monday hv Mr F. Hedges Butler, of I midou. who (says the “New Zealand Herald") is well known as a pioneer aeronaut and explorer. There were excellent bureaux in the countries themselves, lmt more inlormation should he readily available in Loudon. New Zealand was one of the hist countries to lie visited, and he found it a mixture of everyihing-the fiords of Xorwov M:\eiors and snow mountains of Switzerland, lakes of Italy, and all with a glorious climate.