DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1926, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

COLLEGE DESIGN. AUCKLAND, Feb. 5. The judge of the designs for the .Methodist Theological College, to lie erected at Auckland, litis declared the result as follows:—Leslie T). Coombs ami J. IT. White, of Dunedin, first prize of £450 ; Charles Towle and Mrs Owen Morgan, of Auckland, second prize of £259: R. A. Lippincott. of Auckland, third prize of £IOO. Twentytwo designs wore received from all parts of the Dominion. The new college is estimated to cost £35,009, of which £II,OOO is in hand. It will include hostel accommodation for University students, ns well as for candidates for the ministry. There is also to bo (i large, library and a Methodist museum. MENTAL PATIENT ESCAPES. PALMERSTON N., Feh. 5. While being conveyed from Wanganui to Porirua this afternoon a mental patient regained his liberty during the hustle of changing trains at the .Palmerston North station. After a long search he was found at the hospital, where ho had wended his way in search of medical attention. A BLASTING RECORD. WHANGA.REL Feh. 6. The record blasting operation for New Zealand took place at AA ilson’s cement works, Portland, yesterday altera omit, when thirteen tons ot explosives wore suececssfully fired. One hundred and fifty thousand tons of limestone were released. Fifteen bores of two inches each were put in. CYCLISTS IN COLLISION. ONE'MAN IN HOSPITAL.

CHRISTCHURCH. Feb. 7. There was a sensational smash nt ' the English Park Stadium on Satur- ; day night, during the course of a motor paced cycle race, resulting in H. , W. Nesbitt, the Australian cyclist, be- | ing sent to the hospital, and R. Nicliol- ' son, of Wanganui, another rider, re- ■ (diving injuries 'which necessitated medical attention. j Nesbitt- was riding, behind the roll,l ers on L. C. Manckman’s Harley-Dav- | id.son, and Nicholson was taking pace ' from Eddie Marra, who was riding an Indian. At the bend, after passing , the judges for the last time, Marra attempted to load Nicholson past tlio ! other pair. As 'they pnssed./Tm tholbeni with the machines on an angle, Nes- ■ bitt’s machine slipped, and he cairn down strapped to the pedals. Marra’? motor ran over the fallen man, and his machine collapsed on the other’s hicyf>!e. Marra was pitched clear. Nic-h-

olson was thrown towards tlio pickets I'is machine being hurled into the heap. Marra and Nesbitt arose, hut Nicholson remained where he had fallen. The crowd swarmed over the ground, and a St. John’s Ambulance i man took charge of the injured. ! Nicholson came rouilcl after a time, and Xeshitt was able to walk off with assistance, but later he was removed to the hospital. His injuries, however are not serious. Nicholson was treated in the out-patients department, and discharged. Marra was shaken, bu uninjured, while Moncknian escapee unscathed.

(BY TELEGRAPH —PEIt TRESS ASSOCIATION.] ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE. THREE MEN IN TINY YACHT. AUCKLAND, Feh. 5. Three men in a boat, all landlubbers at that, have set out on an adventurous cruise from Ceylon to Auckland. It will be some months liefore they reach this port, their course taking them via Singapore, the South. Sea Islands and Australia. Tlie Yvonne, their tiny schooner yacht, has a registered tonnage of only fifteen tons, her length being 40ft and beam 9ft. They were to have set out from Trincomalic, Ceylon, early this month, making calls tit Almiras, Port Blair and Penang on their way to Singapore. ]1 is their intention to visit Sydney and Alclhotirne before coming on to Auckland. The party comprises Messrs A. L. Patersoii-lfimbuni, a merchant, C. C. F. Crdwther, a planter, and A. F. If. Bisse.ll, a civil engineer. Not one of them is possessed of a thorough knowledge of the sea and ships, hut the skipper, Air Paterson-Himhiini, who is only twenty-four, acquired some knowedge of navigation and seamanship while, serving afloat during the Great War. In a reference to the voyage, Afr Piiterson-Hinihurii said they felt confident they would encounter plenty of adventure and meet with, tunny thrills in traversing six or seven thousand miles or more of open sea in a craft which, he. said, must generally he rated as a “hit of a tub.” An interesting point about the cruise is that it is to ho financed by the efforts of the crew as lecturers. They have stated that they propose to arrange a series of lectures at the different' ports, from thc proceeds of which they hope to replenish the Yvonne’s store, lockers. The lectures are to be illustrated with slides and will describo incidents and adventures of the voyage. as well as places at which thev call.