In the middle of the floor are two ornamental pools, and around the sides are banked-up rockeries. The natural heat should force plants up in no time.
Nor is it only the interior to which the beauty is confined, for already there are flowering plants bordering the building, which, by the way, is built of upright logs.
... and entry fee
Another sign of the nearer approach of the opening day of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition is the fact that season tickets are now on sale either at the office of the company in Rattray street or at the Accommodation Bureau in the Octagon. The price of these tickets has been fixed at 30 shillings for adults and 10s for children.
Seaplanes fly into trouble
San Francisco, September 1: Lieutenant A.P. Snody’s seaplane (PN-9) was forced to alight on the ocean 300 miles from here on account of engine trouble. It rode the waves for six hours before the destroyer William Jones arrived to take it in tow. The plane will be unable to make repairs at sea and continue the flight to Hawaii. PN-9 is being towed to San Francisco by the destroyer.
Honolulu, September 1: According to a message received here from Hilo, No 1 seaplane, which flew to less than 350 miles from Honolulu, is out of gasolene and will be forced to land.
Navy officials here are ordering the patrol ships to search the course, saying that the length of survival above water depended on the kind of landing, the damage to the plane, and the supply of oil to calm the waters. While disappointed, the officials declare that a record has been made for a distance over water.
The last radio received from Commander Rodgers stated: "Guess we will be gone if we have to descend in this rough sea without a motor."
It is feared all five are lost.
Church allowed to fund school
Wellington, September 2: No opposition was raised against the Otago Presbyterian Church Board of Property Amendment Bill when it came up for consideration on the second reading to-day, although reference was made to objections raised against it in certain quarters. The Bill authorises the Synod to pay not more than £750 annually for a period not exceeding five years out of the ecclesiastical fund for assistance to the John McGlashan College.
Skyline land offered
The offer to the City Council by Mr E.R. Smith of a gift of 10 acres on the crest of Signal Hill is being considered by the council. The area is bounded on the Ravensboume side by the scenic reserve, and is one of the highest points on the sky line of Signal Hill.
Mr Smith suggests that the area be fenced in, that means of access for motor cars and pedestrians be provided, that as soon as possible a bungalow tea room with glassed-in verandah be erected on the site, and that the grounds be laid out and planted with native trees suitable to the locality. — ODT, 3.9.1925
Compiled by Peter Dowden
