Last Look Round

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 429, 10 August 1928, Page 13

Last Look Round

Planes for U.S.A. The United States has ordered ‘Jo Avro Avian light planes similar to tli» one used by Mr. Bert Hinkler in hi.-Anglo-Australian flight from England to Australia early this year, according to an A. and N.Z. Press Association message. » • • Maori Minister Hurt The Rev. Hemi Kiro Pott. while riding his motor-cycle along the M.itapuna Road, Taumarunui, yesterday afternoon. collided with a motor-lorry driven by H- Smith. Mr. Pou received injuries to his head and was conveyed to the hospital. He is progressing satisfactorily. Suicide While Depressed A verdict of death from poisoning, self-administered while in a state ol depression, due to illness and worry, was returned at the adjourned inquest, into the circumstances of the death of Samuel Ernest Kemp, share milker, aged 58, of Hamilton, to-day. Mr. F. W. Mason. J.P., acted as coroner, with a jury of four. * * * The Glass Breaker Harry Rowe, who threw glass on the footpath and refused to pick it up when ordered to do so by a constable, was fined £ 1 at the Police Court this morning. * * * Schoolboy Tourists Thirty public school boys, under the leadership of Dr. A. T. P. Williams, headmaster of Winchester College, are travelling third-class. under migrant conditions, to New Zealand. They are due in January. It is expected that some will settle down.

Great Contract Let The Broken Hill Proprietary, Newcastle, Australia, has placed a £1,000,000 contract with the Copper Company, London, for the construction of coke ovens for a by-products plant. This is one of the largest contracts in Australia’s iudustrial history. ♦ * * Loans to Farmers Over £17,000 in loans was gran led to farmers at the meeting of the Waikato Rural Intermediate Credits Board yesterday. Forty-seven applications for loans were approved. The machinery of the board is being used to the fullest extent here, and settlers are taking full advantage of the Act. Last Respects To Leader A Zagreb message states that • v t rybody feels convinced that tin inevitable result of M. .Stefan Raditeh’s death will be separation in some form between Croatia and Serbia. In thf* meantime order reigns, and the peoplo are mourning their lost ißldi r. Tl e funeral has been fixed for Sunday. The body is lying in state. Peasants from Western Jugoslavia are flocking to Zagreb to pay their last respects. M. Raditcn’s brain weighed 1,450 grammes, which is stated to bo almost a record. » • * Search For Missing Man Parties intend to work over tho week-end to search for Mr. F. C. Jackson, who has been missing since July 28. The friends of the mining —M express great appreciation of the help that has already been given, but they desire that, while there is still hope, the efforts should be continued. The parties will meet at the Kowh I ! Junior High School at 2 p.m.. on Satj urday. and. if necessary, at 10 a.m. on i Sunday, at the Central Police Station, i Assistance from owners of motor-cars | will be specially welcome, j Mr. Jackson is 37 years old. His height is about sft Bin. and he has ‘ bluo eyes. When he was last ««-on he ! was wearing a light grey suit and a. soft hat.

Death of Drouhin “How I wanted to fly the Atlantic.** These last words of Lieutenant Drouhin, the famous ace, rev ;.! ti. • extent to which his life’s ambitions possessed him. M. Couzinet, financier of the flight, sat sobbing beside the dying aviator, who was conscious throughout. He recounted the accident, and said h.j had a presentiment that something would happen. The vibrating of the wings made a terrific noise, then the machine went into a nose-dive. He rolled himself into a ball, an<l covered his face with his hands. Lebrix. another famous airman, was due to accompany him, but was held up. When his motor-car arrived at the airdrome, he found the machine in the air. France to-day is mourning the loss of one of her foremost aviators.