General News.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20250, 30 May 1931, Page 14

General News.

A deputation from the Christchurch lloturned Soldiers' Association will wait upon the Rt. , Hon. J. G. Coates, Leader of the, Reform Party, this morning. The Mayor desires to acknowledge the following Subscriptions to the Coal and Blanket Fund: Mr G. Scrimshaw SI Is, "L.M.A." £5, .Mr Geo. Humphrey £lO, Mr Geo. Harper £3. As a result of the disturbance at yno of tho coal mines in the Buller .district, the Government has drafted •a. large number of additional police to the district. The total of the reinforcements is approximately. 40. "New Zealand should be prepared at any time to supply a large proportion of the wheat necessary to provide bread in this country," said the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, Leader of the Reform Party, yesterday. It was'easy to say that because the world had a surplus of wheat New Zealand should benefit by it. Both sides of the question should be examined. Within a.measurable period a riso in wheat prices could be anticipated. It is years ago since the Christcliurc-h Young Men's Christian Association made a street appeal in aid of its funds. The appeal to be made on Friday, June 12th, is in respect only of the Association's work in connexion with boys. As regards tho Association's activities in connexion with young men and seniors, those activities pay for themselves. "I .cannot make any statement about the r-.ew Railway Board, nor can I say when the personnel will; be announced," said the Minister for Railways (the Hon. W. A. Veitch), to a reporter of The Pbess yesterday. "We have received a great many applications, a great number of them from men well worthy of consideration. The selection of tho Board rests with Cabinet, and it is for Cabinet to make the announcement." Although the Minister for Railways (the Hon. W. A. Veitch) was to have visited the Middleton Yards yesterday afternoon "to satisfy himself of the position,'' through pressure of business he was unable to do 80. Whether the yards are to b? reopened or not, hr- said, ia n question for the now Railway Board. In tho late afternoon, Mr Veitch spent some time in conference with the local' executive of the United Party. At the last meeting of the Buller County Council, Cr. Delladova exhibited some good samples of alluvial tin, which he had obtained on the hills in the vicinity of Three Channel Flat. Ho asked • whethef the. Government was offering a subsidy on mining other than gold mining. It was deoiderl to write to the Inspector of Mines in Reefton, to ascertain the position. The Christchurch City Council on Monday night will be asked to take the preliminary steps to raise a loan of £36,000 for unemployment . relief. A. notice issued by tho Town Clerk (Mr J.. S. Neville) sets. out that a special' meeting of the Ciuucil will be held at 9 p.m. on Monday to deal with the following business: .To commence proceedings to raise a loan of np to- £35,000 under the Relief of Unemployment Act,; 1926, and amendments thereto. . Timaru people will in future bo able to enter the railway station without' charge when expresses arrive and depart. This is the result of i the' decision, of the Minister, for Railway?,- this - Hon. W. A; Veitcli, who, in response to.the request of a representative deputation, agreed to remove the admission foe of Sd for an indefinite period, oiy the specific understanding that if the- Railway Department officials considered that public safety was endangered by overcrowding of the platform, the charge would be reinstated. A further defence of his-Depart-ment's , importation of coal from Australia was given to a reporter of Ths Pbess yesterday by the Minister for, Railways (the Hon. W. A. Veitch). "The Labour Leader, I see, says we have ordered this coal to forestall an industrial fight which he says is coming," said Mr Veitch. "It's the-first I havo hoard of this industrial fight. •The Government made' it a matter of policy to use New Zealand coal, but we can't risk haying to stop the trains to wait for it. Since orders placed within Now Zealand did not come.to: hand as they should have, the Department was v compelled to look elsewhere." ■ • - • ' No confirmation was obtainable yesterday from Public Works Department in Christchurch of the statement, published early in the week, that the eleetrie power stand-by plant at Lyttelton will -bo ready to be put into operation. on June Ist, and 1 a reporter was told that the Minister for Public Works alone, could confirm the statement, or could give information as to when supply would begin. The latest semi-official announcement on the subject was that contained in tho report Of the Electricity Vigilance Committee of the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association and the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, submitted at a meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce on May, 7th, which sot out that tho first two unit's should be in action before the end of June. The fact that the new power line between the standby plant, and Christchurch is.still under construction lends -support to the possibility of supply not being available till later than Juno Ist. PETROL, PETROL, PETROL at cost price at the Gold Band Taxis, Tuam street, and Station Garage,., 8° motorists whv go elsewhere? We are the only place where you can get petrol at any hour if you run out on the road. Phone 34-075 or 35-572, and we will bring .it out to vou. Thank you. —1 Men. women, arid children photographed perfectly, inexpensively, satisfactorily. See samples of our finished work. Steffano Webb, 252 High street. 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