LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 November 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Action Concerning Will. An action relating to the will of H. K. Wilkinson, Dunedin, who left gifts to various institutions, was heard before Mi’ Justice Kennedy. Legal argument as to whether the League of Nations Union in New Zealand is a charity is the main bone of contention, it being stressed for the Commissioner of Stamps that the union is a political body. Successes at Levin Races.

A somewhat notable performance was achieved on the second day of the Levin meeting, when three stewards of the Masterton Racing Club all registered wins with their horses. Mr J. Jameson won the Trial Stakes with Blue Border, Mr J. A. Betts scored in the Heatherlea Hack Handicap with Defy, and Mr J. H. Payton won the Ihakara Hack Handicap with Counter. It was Defy’s second win at the meeting. Prices for'Classed Wool.

On the motion of Mr R. W. Kebbell, a meeting of farmers held in Masterton yesterday passed a resolution asking Mr A. P. O'Shea, Dominion Secretary of the Farmers' Union, to use his influence with the Agricultural Department to see that the promise of the Government that a higher price was paid for classed wool was carried out. Mr Kebbell said a lot of hard work was involved on the part of the farmer who classed his wool, especially on account of the difficulty in securing shed hands. Woman Barrister. At rare intervals single women are admitted to the Bar in New Zealand, but it is possibly unique for a married woman to be admitted, as happened in the Supreme Court at Auckland yesterday. The new member of the Bar is Mrs Jocelyn Margaret Gregory, who was admitted by Mr Justice Johnston as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Mrs Gregory is a daughter of the late' Mr C. F. C. Miller, solicitor, Kawakawa, and studied at Auckland University College, where she completed her course two years ago. Boy’s Bravery.

Recognition of the courage shown by Reymond Nilsen, the 15-year-old St. Heliers boy who swam 21 miles for help after the capsize of a 14ft. yacht with its crew in the Tamaki Straits near Howick on Saturday afternoon, will be sought from the Royal Humane Society by the Eastern Suburbs Amateur Swimming and Lifesaving Club. Both Raymond Nilsen and his brother, Norman, who was drowned, had been members of the club since they attended St. Heliers school. Raymond won the 1000yds. handicap race last summer from Lady's Bay to St. Heliers. This event had been won two years previously by his brother. The body of Norman Nilsen lias not been recovered. Otaki Health Camp. Extensive additions are to be made to the Children’s Health Camp at Otaki at a cost of approximately £15,000. The contract involves the erection in wood of a new school wing on modern lines, at the western side of the main block; a completely new dininghall, kitchen and laundry (including the 'installation of a modern hot-water plant) - new toilet blocks at the real of the main building (one on one side for the boys and one on the other side for tiie girls), together with the necessary drainage, roads and pathways to serve the new layout, these changes and improvements will not increase the accommodation for children, but they will make the place a properlyequipped health home.