DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1933, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS

SILVER COINAGE

(Per Press Association Copyright.)

WELLINGTON, March 7

Mr 0. 0. Mazeiigirb-,.' solicitor, of Wellington, who lus returned from a . isit to Australia, declares the supply of British silver in New Zealand, will be seriously depleted unless'the Treasury regulations governing, the import- , ers of o«r coinage are strictly, enfpreed. The touts of currency agencies, .in Sydney are offering up to v 3s 10'd for every pound cl) British silver. , Australians returning to tlie Commonwealth and the members of crews exercise their full "rights tinder the regulations by taking £2 in New Zealand coinage. Mr Mazengarb adds . that hundreds ’of pounds worth of sjlver coinage leave the Dominion every mail steamer, involving the country in a heavy expenditure to repatriate it, RHODES SCHOLARS' WELLINGTON, March 7. In a speech at the opening of Weir House, in Wellington yesterday, the Governor-General said the Rhodes Scholar selection committee declined last year to make any recommendations to the Rhodes Trust, partly because they were not satisfied that the candidates presented complied with all the conditions, laid down by Cecil Rhodes in constituting the trust, and partly because they felt it would prove to be a disservice to the Dpniinion to send , forward New Zealanders who, by comparison with Rhodes scholars from other parts of the world, were lacking in outstanding academic achievement. At the committee’s earnest representation, the Rhodes Trustees in London recently intimated their willingness to accept from New Zealand during the coming year twice the normal number of nominees in the assurance that they would possess the requisite high standard of character and achievement.