MISCELLANEOUS.

Otaki Mail, 31 March 1922, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

The "Oversea Daily Mail" says that vii- Geo. Bodley, of Hamilton (New Zealand) has donated £SOOO to the lin ileian the famous Oxford Library. vvh.-re a collection of old English .M.m.S. are boused. A shocking ease of electrocution oc■iii reel at Olmkime on Saturday. A tvt'iUknowii resident named Knitter wn - blasting loks. and. it is surmised iluit a fragment struck an overhead ilo.arte wire, br.nging it down on the in-'ortunute nmu. Deceased was mar- . led. Mr (i. K. Godber has been appointed to act as Grand Secretary in New tfi-alund lolhc Independent Order of ('i.Mi.-lows' (Manchester I'nity), in ph-ee of the late Mr John Kershaw. I i ,1 In -i the meeting of the Biennial Muvi'it'ih' Committee next month.

An offer to purchase the whole area of blocks ::i> and 3K Aorangi district at :-" an aero or at Government vftluati hi. was received by tire Manawatu Land I 'railing'- Board from Mr. W. B. V. P.oarce yesterday. The writer offe.ed I" dedicate an area one chain wide, alongside the drain, as a roadway. Imiulry at the office or the i.ahour I). ~1,1-iiiu-ni in Auckland elicited information Hint there at si the pre:ciii t mo Hi ■ names of Stti persons on Hi.. >,..r.;-.:* wnntinir employment. As usual, casual workers are numerous, totalling !IT. There are also :<:; farm labourers seekmg employment, 16

•1.-ri-.s mid :_ warehouse employees. A you nt; man entered a Chinese fruiterer's shop at Hastings, and ask...l for cigarettes. He was told they were not for sale and a disturbance followed, concerning which the reports ire conflicting, but as a result a man named Grahame had a hand severely cut by a knife, said to have been wielded by a Chinaman. His little finger was almost; severed and Grahame was removed to the hospital. The "Wairarapu Age" says: —Ini|it ries made in Masteilon during the last few days reveal unexpected signs of buoyancy in business circles, auguriiav v.-.-ll for the return of normal business conditions. [Justness bouses of various kinds report a decided revival n trade, and increased turnover. The renewed activity o! l.he motor garage is in itself a si'iKn of recovering vitality, for there is no surer indication of the prosperity of a place than the number of motors in use and the quantity of I- i rol that is burned.

A shag- drive, organised by the Hawke's Bay Angling and Shootins Club, in co-operation with the Pal-me.-sion North club, took place on Friday iast. Three ear loads of Hannevhke sports went out, one party prolog to Tiratu, the second at the'back of tin- Tamaki racecourse, and the th;rd to Oripgi. The sports were greatly handicapped owing to the Manawatu river being in flood, but a fair number of shags were bagged. It is proposed to hold another drive shortly.

Tin- Board of Governors of Canterbury College has decided to offer the position of iTotessor of Chemistry, rendered vacant bv the resignation of Dr W. I'. Kvans. to Dr H. G. Den ham, .VI.A.. B.tsc., of Capetown I. niversiiy. In- )>, nham is a son of MiKdward Denham. of Sumner. and was educated at the Chrlslchurch Boys' High School. lb- is a graduate of Canterbury College, where'he obtained his M..A. tli- .-.' in ijiog and his 11. He. in lt-mi;. P.-ior to accepting an appointment at Capetown University. he occupied the .Chair of Chemistry at the Brisbane University.

.Another evidence of hard times farmers, are up agamst was manifested when a meeting ol creditors in 'he estate u£ tit..- hue H. V. Hammond was held til Wutigaiiui. This estate was one of the m»st valuable in the Usui.:!. The assets represented JL'iIO.UOO at) J the liabilities £ioo,ooO. The liabilities, with the exception oi about j£j:;<mx> were ail secured. The secured creditors comprised variojis persons holding rifsi mortgages over different portions ..I the tea) estate and Dalgety and Co. holding a second mortgage over practically site whole estate, upon which mortgage there was due anil payable at the death of the deceased .abfia; £77,000. The fact that an estate of sti.-h value was forced into bankruptcy is a reflection of the strenuous times through which fanners are passing.