BRIEF ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 261, 4 August 1928, Page 10

BRIEF ITEMS

FROM FAR AND NEAR British Parliament.—A British official wireless message states .that the Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons that the new session of Parliament would open on November 6. Chinese Pigtails To Go.—An Australian Press Association-United Service message states that (he Mayor’of Peking, llochi Chung, has issued orders that within three weeks pigtails of male Chinese must be severed, and that women under thirty must bob their hair and cease binding their feet. Offenders will be lined. ( British Industries Fair.—Less than 10,900 square feet of stand space remains to be allocated for the heavy section of the British Industries Fair, to be held in Birmingham next February, This is out of a total area of 400,000 square feet.— British Official Wireless.

Auekland's Electoral Rolls.—The main rolls for nine Auckland electorates have now been printed. (states a Special Service message). The total number of electors is 105,1(54, compared with 93,579 at the last election.

Knocked Down by Motor.—A Press Association message received from Dunedin states that.'George Heads, a middleaged man residing at Gladstone Road, North-East Valley, was knocked down by a motor delivery van in the street yesterday morning, and suffered injuries to liis head which necessitated his removal to the hospital. His condition is serious.

Stowaway Sent to Prison—-At Auckland yesterday Thomas Henry Barry, aged 37, who last week stowed away on the steamer Kaiwarra, which had to return to port to land him, appeared in the Magistrate’s Court for sentence before Mr. McKean, S.M. He was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment. He pleaded guilty to a further charge of on November 12 last obtaining £l2 at Arapuni by means of a valueless cheque. On this charge he was sentenced to a months’ imprisonment. —Press Assu.

Native-born New Zealanders.—The formation of an association of nativeborn New Zealanders was decided upon at a meeting held at the Concert Chamber on Wednesday night. The meeting was. presided over by Mr. J. A. Nash, M.P., who pointed out the need of some association to foster the interests of true New Zealanders, and to keep alive the old pioneering spirit. It was decided to form an association, and 'a provisional committee was set up to inquire into the positions of previous associations of this nature. The committee elected consisted of Messrs. W. T. Drake, M. J. Forde, A; J. Reid, M. Hyland, F. Smith.' W.'B. Watson, W. H.‘Stevens, K. W. Costello, C. Mclntyre, R. Simpson, J. D. Hyslop, and B. Partridge.