Princess Mafalda is the second daughter of the King and Queen of Italy, and Prince Philip is the eldest son of the Landgrave Frederick Charles of Hesse, and a nephew of the ex-Kaiser. Prince Philip was born at Rumpenheim in 1836, and is a lieutenant in the Prussian army.
Anzac Leith bridge nearly done
Mr C.P. Hainsworth, general manager of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Co, stated to the meeting of the directors held last night that the general condition of the grounds was quite good. Both the roads to the Grand Court were very near completion. Mr H.L. Tapley said that the city engineer was quite satisfied that he would be able to get through in time for the opening of the Exhibition. One part of the drainage channel on the quarry side had given a lot of trouble, through a creek coming in near the fever hospital, but this difficulty had now been overcome.
As regarded the highway bridge over the Leith Canal, the city engineer had 70 or 80 men at work, and they had now practically completed the structure. All that was needed was a chance for the concrete to dry. Although it might not be properly set in time for heavy traffic at the opening of the Exhibition, this drawback could be got over by the proposal of the engineer to put in a top part to carry the traffic.
Two policemen walk into a bar
The licensees of the Prince of Wales and Crown Hotels were brought before Mr J.R. Bartholomew SM at the City Police Court yesterday morning on charges of Sunday trading.
The first case was against Charles Hinchcliff, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel. Sub-inspector O’Halloran stated that at 2am on Sunday, Sergeant Turner and Constable Timmins noticed persons entering the hotel. They went in, and found the door of the private bar open and the bar lighted up. The barman (Mr McNaughton), the licensee, and six other persons were present, and there were eight glasses on the counter, two of which contained beer. The others had apparently been recently emptied.
The names of those present were taken, and all declared they were boarders. On reference to the bed book it was found that they had been pencilled in as boarders. Unfortunately for them, however, the sergeant happened to know that some of them were local men who resided in the vicinity.
William Ernest Metcalfe, licensee of the Crown Hotel, was similarly charged. Sub-inspector O’Halloran said that about noon on Sunday last. Sergeant Dunlop and Constable Miller heard voices in the bar of the hotel. They knocked at the main door, but beyond a sudden and impressive silence there was no response. They entered by another door and found 17 men in the bar, the licensee being behind the counter. The first four men interrogated frankly admitted they had come in to get a drink. The others were found to be genuine boarders. There was no entry in the bed book in the case of the four men, before whom was a decanter containing whisky and four empty glasses.
Hold please, caller
In the interests of Queenstown telephone subscribers a deputation from the Southland League on Tuesday interviewed Mr L.L. Macey, district telegraph engineer, and Mr Scott, deputy engineer, urging improvements in the telephonic communications with Queenstown. The present position is that, during the day a call to Invercargill has to be put through by way of Dunedin, and a direct call to Invercargill can be made only between the hours of 5pm or 7pm and 9am. In replying to the deputation, Mr Macey said that he was watching the position closely, and he intended to see what volume of business was offering in the summer months. If the step was justified, he would have the erection of another line at a cost of between £2000 and £3000. Mr Macey purposes visiting Queenstown at the end of the week, when another deputation will wait upon him. — ODT, 25.9.1925
Compiled by Peter Dowden
