TOWN AND COUNTRY

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 262, 3 August 1939, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY

Items Of Interest From The Provinces LICENCE SUSPENDED Intoxication Admitted By Taxi-driver Holding that a taxi-driver was in much the same position as the captain of a ship and that if his conduct was not above reproach his licence must be taken away, Mr. J. Miller, S.M., in the Magistrates Court,’ Hastings, inflicted a fine of £!•> and suspended for six months the licence of Albert Arthur Walter Tasker, taxi-driver, aged 30, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of intoxication while in charge ot a motor vehicle. Senior-Sergeant G. Sivver, who prosecuted, said Tasker was a well-known taxi-driver and it was the first time he had come under the notice Ol the police through drink. He was looked on by the police as a good taxi-driver. Holidays With Pay. On the ground that individual awards now adequately covered each trade and industry, that 14 days from work witli pav would considerably increase costs, and that encroachment into the third week would be confusing and a hardship to industry, the Marton Chamber of Commerce has decided to object to the proposed legislation giving employees 14 days annual holiday. Maoris’ Kights Under Waitangi. The belief that under the Treaty of Waitangi Maoris were entitled to shoot "•ame without a licence, apparently still exists among some of the Maoris ot Hawke’s Bay. Pleading guilty to taking native game without a licence, a 1 oukawa Maori wrote to the Court explaining that none of the Maoris shooting at Poukawa ever obtained a lieence, and he created the impression that the Maoris there thought they had that right under the Treaty ot Waitangi. Mr. G. B. Amyes, who appeared for the acclimatization society, said that belief had been worn out years ago. The magistrate, Mr. J. Miller, S.M., in imposing the minimum fine, suggested that the Hawke's Bav Acclimatization Society should make the fullest inquiries, and if it were found that the Maori people were acting under the belief that they were..within their rights in shooting without a licence, steps should be taken to put the matter right. He also advised defendant to bring the question before the Maori Council.

Need For Population. New Zealand's urgent need for greater population is stressed in a motion passed by the Marton Chamber of Commerce, under which the question of admitting to New Zealand selected types of people who have been affected by the laws of certain countries is to be brought before the Prime Minister and the M.P. for the district, Mr. Gordon. Many of those people, the motion points out, are qualified and efficient in industrial' and professional walks of life, and they offer great possibilities in the expansion of New Zealand’s secondary industries.

Commerce and Agriculture. Attending his first meeting as a member of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce, Mr. C. E. Vile, president of the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association, was welcomed by the ■president of the chamber, Mr. K. A. Hendefson. Mr. Vile, he said, had been appointed a member of the chamber to bring about closer co-operation between the organizations, and that that co-opera-tion would be achieved' he was certain. Mr. Vile said he believed closer co-opera-tion would result in benefits to both organizations. The work of the A. and P. associations was of value to the people of Palmerston North as well as to country people.