COMMERCIAL OUT FOR LIFE ABORTION EVIL LITTLE CHANGE THREE CHARGES STOCKS AND DEBENTURES. MINING SHARES DOWN, HUTT PARK COMMERCE CHAMBER MEAT FOR JAPAN. PETONE ACCIDENT WELLINGTON COLLEGES METEOROLOGICAL REMAND FOR WEEK BRICKLAYERS DISPUTE THEFT OF CLOCK.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1937, Page 7

COMMERCIAL

OUT FOR LIFE

ABORTION EVIL

LITTLE CHANGE

THREE CHARGES

STOCKS AND DEBENTURES.

MINING SHARES DOWN,

HUTT PARK

COMMERCE CHAMBER

MEAT FOR JAPAN.

PETONE ACCIDENT

WELLINGTON COLLEGES

METEOROLOGICAL

REMAND FOR WEEK

BRICKLAYERS DISPUTE

THEFT OF CLOCK.

; BASE METALS - PRICES

(By ( Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) ; . j (Received .April 28, noon.) ', ■ LONDON, April 27. J.The official London (middle) quotations, as reported by the Australian Mines and Metals Association, compare with those previously cabled as ioUows:— : April 26. April 27. | > Per ton. Per ton. , Copper— £ s. d. £ s. d. i Standard, spot 58 3 9 58 6 3 I Ditto, forward 55 3 9 55 18 li J Electrolytic .62 10 0 61 0 0 '! to 64 10 0 63 0 0 'Wire bars ...'64 10 0 63 ; 0 0 lead— I Spot 24 11 3 24 13 9 ' Forward ... 24 7 6 24 10 0 Spelter— ' Spot 22 17 6 24 0 0 I Forward .... 23 0 0 24 1 3 !fcn- '. Spot 253 15 0 255 5 0 1 Forward ... 250 5 0 251 17 6 Bilver — J Standard, per oz 20 5-16 d 20Jd ; Fine 2115-16 d 21Id

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) ; (Received April 28, noon.) • LONDON, April 27. ; On the. Stock Exchange today corporation debentures and stocks compare with previous quotations as follows:— April 13. April 27. £ s. d. £ s. d. I Dalgety and Co., I «4 p.c .98 0 0 "96 0 0 1 Dalgety and Co., shares 9 2 6 -9 2 6 British Tobacco ... 2 0 0 200 Goldsbrough Mort 1-10 0 tl 10 0 D. &O. Deferred 116 9 113 3 *Ex dividend. tNominal.

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copjright) '. (Received ; April 28, noon.) LONDON, April 27. Sales of mining shares include —New Guinea, Is 7id; Bulolo, 100s. Ttie prices quoted on Monday were: New Guinea, 2s IJd; Bulolo, Ills 3d.

From June 1 next the freight on frozen meat shipped from Australia to Japan is to be increased from Id to lid per Ib. This 50 per cent, increase may have a serious effect on the trade, which appeared to be developing on satisfactory lines. During the twelve months ended June 30 last beef shipments from Australia to Japan totalled 3,648,6251b, valued at £32,817.

FOUR PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL

Two more people concerned in the accident at Petone on . Monday night, when-a.car,containing six people overturned, have been admitted to the Wellington Hospital. Miss D. Walker end Miss N. Brown, both of Korokoro, were-brought to-town-last night by 'ihe Free Ambulance,. Miss Walker.suffering from zn^urjes .to ,the back and Miss Brown from bruises and abrasions to'-the face,and body. There, are now in hospital four occupants of the car involved in ,the accident.

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER

; MOON FOR APRIL. Last-quarter, fourth day, 3.23 p.m.; new Inoon, eleventh day, 4.40 p.m.; first quarter, eighteenth day, 8.4 a.m.: full, moon, twentyJlJCtii day, 2.51 a.m. (Standard Time.) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1937. ■The '. Sun.—Hose today, 6.34 a.m.; sets 5.3 Ji.m.. Rises tomorrow, 6.3S a.m.; sets 5.2 p.m. Bright: Sunshine.—Yesterday: Morning, nil: Jfternobn, ..nil.'-. ■■.'.'■-"'■:*.' '•' . V , • '.■■■'■ Maximum:'.- temperatjire:'. yesterday; SO.Odeg.; Ininlißum temperature last'night, 41.2deg. ;'minimum|. temperature, on ;grass, :3S.2deg. ■ ■; '; '; Mean wind-Telocity:: for. 24' hours, ..ending 9 a.m.. todayy: 4.3 m,p.h. :'' ■. > ■■.'■;■', ~ Hauifall in^previous 24- hours,..o.llin; raln^ fall to date this monthV 2.22 in; rainfall, tb'date this'year, 11.84 in; rainfall average :for .April, 3.641n-, rainfall.,average from' January 1 to.the end-'of 'April, 12.48 in. ' ' ' '. ■ ":, ;.;^ Barometer, 8 hours, 29.51.4 in, 1009.G milllDars; .flobn/. 29.'S3pln, 10lb;3 -millibars; ■' .' ■',' SYNOPSIS OF LAST 24 HOURS. . A.'' shallow -'dep'resslbn enveloping the Cook Strait '■, area' yesterday- wa3, responsible for cloUdy'!:to;:,OTerc'as(./concision's and, scattered showers or misty raini' more especially in the central: districts and on the east coast of the South .Island and the west coast of the Nqrth., ;■ ..Winds have been rather variable about Cook, 'Strait , out .otherwise . moderate southwesterlies or.southerlies hare predoniinated^and consequently,;temperatures have been on the cold, side.y'This morning,Uiowevei, 'except: for a few'-:lsolated jshowers,1 the weather on the whole ■ was greatly improved. Barometers are now rising with the approach of an anticyclone, but the.: latter -appears to be of only slight lnfensltjvV. : : ■ . : ■ . • : . ', TODAY'S WEA\HES. . '

•Beaufort scaie of wind Force, with equlralent m.p.h.—o, calm, ,0-1; 1, light air, 2-3; 2, slight breeze. 4-7; 3, gentle breeze/8-11; 4,.moderate tireeze, 12-16 : 5, fresh-breeze; 17-21; 6,.strong breeze, 22-27; 7. high ■ wind, 28-3.1; 8,. gale, 34-40; 9 strong gale, 41-4S; 10, whole' u'ale. 49-S6; 11, storm, S7-65; 12, hurricane., iWeather. —B, blue; sky; cloiio amount 0-3 tenths. BC, skj- and detached clouds; cloud amount ■ 4-6 tenths. C, cloudy ; cloud amount J.-8 tenths.' O, overcast; clnud amouui 9-10 tenths. G, gloomy, dull .U. usly. threatenlrtg. R, continuous or steady rain. .si. snow.. JP. precipitation tvlthln .sight of siniiou D. drlz2'e. -P, .passing' showers: .H, hall. Q. squally. 1.. lißhtninß. . T.-thuhder. T, fng. M. mist.' Z, baze. X. hoar-frost.^ I, Intermittent., 1 FORECAST. Winds.—South-westerly,'still strong In some exposad positions but decreasing and otherwise light-to moderate.1 .A change- to northerlles j extending northwards •to beyond - Cook Strait ] within the next 24.hours.. - . • .< Baroeeter.—A riainif -tendency. . ■'.: Seas.^—Rather rough south of East Cape with a heavy but decreasing southerly swell. . Mod-erate-to rather roujh north of Kawhla ; else-where-'-slight to^moderate. Weather. —A few isolated shows in eastern *ai far northern districts, but otherwise flne. Cold night temperatures' K'lth some frosts but milder day condition".

RUGBY FOOTBALLER

INCIDENTS At WOODVILLE

(By TelecTapli—Press association.)

PALMERSTON N., This Day.

Arising from an incident during ■ a senior ■ Rugby match, Woodville versus St. Patrick's, at Woodville on Saturday, the Manawatu Rugby Union last evening decided to disqualify for life A. Burlace, a Woodville player.

The referee, Mr. A. Ward, in" his report on the match, stated that he ordered off Burlace for deliberate rough play. He had previously warned players on both sides for indulging in fisticuffs, and later observed Burlace deliberately, run into an opponent ten yards from the ball. When he ordered Burlace, off the latter abused him and struck him in the face.

AUDACIOUS THEFTS

'■ Pleading guilty to the theft of a seagrass chair valued.at 16s; 6d, and to two charges of theft of bicycles valued at £11 and £8 respectively, Henry Sutherland, a hotel porter*, aged 19, appeared : before Mr. JE. ;D.' \Mbsley, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court today. • ' He. was remanded .in. custody-..until tomorrow morning.. V;'.! ;■;-■•■■;■:.;■;;• .; ... . Detective-Sergeant P. .Doyle said that the accused arrived at Wellington from | Christchurch on April 18." On April 19, while the • occupier of the house at which he was staying was absent, he took a chair and sold- it to a dealer for 45.: Subsequently 'he took., a "bi-, cycle froni. the vicinity, of,:. Cpurtenay, Place, and. used/it- for>aVwhile >before abandoning■it.'... The following night he put .an-advertisement m: the "Evening Post" : saying .that the;-VisHedv.'to sell a bicycle. . He made an arrangement to .meet a would-be purchaser, a schoolboy, outside the Royal Oak Hotel the following morning; He appeared there with, another stolen' cycle; which he' sold for' 30s. ■ -: -: ~ '

QUESTION OF RATES

The Hutt Park Committee-is proposing an amendment-to. the Hutt Park Act, and is circularising the. local bbdies affected asking forVtheir, views onAhe''.matter. ..Hutt- Park is vested in: the' boroughs of !Petone,:Lower.Hutt, aria1 Eastbourne, and vis .rated by .the Lower Hutt Borough' Council, which last:year received £142 18s;/J0d' ■"■.ln rates, and the Hutt River.Board,.which received. £.11. 135,-,-10 d. ... The;.' three boroughs pay the '.'rates, iLoy^er '.Hutt's share being £85' 6s; 3d. The 'proposed amendment -will" provide for ther Park being free of rates.-- •'.■'' '-■ '\ '■■.■,:•--. ~ '

; At the present time the" committee has no borrowing -power',, and' cannot work on overdraft, arid also se^ks to remedy-this. The-over-draft would, not -at;.•any. time.exceed three-fifths of the anticipated revenue during the next twelve months. • ..

-The Wellington,. Colleges Board of Governors met yesterday, Mr. L. McKenzie presiding.

Mr. .W. A.; Armour, headmaster of Wellington College, reported, a roll number of 696. The average weekly attendance over the last three weeks had been 97.4 per cent. As a precaution against the spread of infantile paralysis the school had been"closed on April 13, and so far only one pupil had become a victim of the complaint The correspondence scheme of education appeared to be working satisfactorily. The scheme for visual education had been commenced, and the screening of films: of entertainment-, and general interest ..was to ■'. be begun shortly.

Mr. F. Martyn Renner,. principal of Rongotai College, stated that since the closing of the college some 530 boys had been carrying on the correspondence course. The scheme was working well, and Mr. Renner expressed gratification at: the co-operation of the parents, the.neatness of the work, and the -relatively-good setting out of the material sent: in. .

On the date the school, closed, said Miss 'V. M.. Greig, principal of . Wellington Girls' College, the roll number had been 458-with an average attendance : of. 92 .per, cent. The attendance would: have been higher but for the fact that. 12 girls form affected areas had been asked to remain at home. :.

' A roll number of 358 and an average attendance of 97 per cent, was reported by Miss A. M. Batham, principal of Wellington East Girls' College. Before closing the attendance had not been much affected by the prevailing epidemic. Very good 'work had been received from the students since the correspondence course had been • in operation. '. . '•■.

'Argument in the dispute between the New Zealand Federated Bricklayers' Industrial Association of Workers and the New Zealand Federated Builders' and Contractors' Industrial Association of Employers ,ahd others was continued in the Conciliation Council yesterday, afternoon. Agreement was reached on several further points. Ordinary overtime was agreed on at rate of time and a half for the first four hours and double time thereafter, if worked continuously. Double rates are to be paid for work done on Sundays, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Chistrrias Day, Boxing Day, Easter Saturday, Easter.Monday, Anzac Day, and Labour Day. The employers asked for exemptions for 'bricklayers employed by harbour boards; a clause providing for a 44-hour week for workers so employed was. not agreed to; but it was agreed' to allow harbour boards and borough councils to substitute the holidays observed- under their own regulations "for those in the bricklayers' award, provided this did not reduce the total number of holi-

,-' Pleading guilty to the theft of a clock valued ,at 255, a-"youth of 13 was ordered by Mr. E.: D. Mosley, S.M., today to be detained in a Borstal Institute for eighteen months. DetectiveSergeant P. Doyle, who prosecuted, said that the offence had apparently been committed when the defendant was out of. work.' "The clock;, which' ■' to;, a..room-mate, had been recovered. ' I

1., i ■ ■ .— ' Two first '/offending inebriates were convicted . and discharged by Mr. 1\ I H. 'Cqltrhan,.. J.P., at .-.the; Mount Cook Police Court yesterday,'and two sec- .. ond offenders were-fined 10s,'in default 48 hours. . Whils playing at Newtown Park short)v before noon today, Alan Brasendale, aged 2J years, fell and broke his right arm. He was taken to the i hospital. ■ j

CLERGY'S MANIFESTO

DRASTIC ACTION URGED

(By Teleeraph—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, April 27.

.Appreciation of the action -of-the Government in setting up a committee of inquiry into various Jaspects of-.the problem of abortion in New Zealand, and approval .of the. thorough investigation made and of the ; candour of the findings of the committee, are. expressed in a. manifesto signed by Archbishop Averill as Bishop of Auckland and issued after' a conference of the bishop and forty-five of the ■ clergy of.the diocese of Auckland. '■

The manifesto declares: "(1) Criminal abortion is murder, being deliberate destruction of life, already begun. It. is a sin against God, a sin against society and a sin against the human' body. Its continued practice must nieanracial suicide; (2) The unrestricted and surreptitious sale and distribution of contraceptives,, abortifacient drugs, and vile literature to young people especially, and the unblushing exposure for sale of disgusting illustrated papers are wrong arid are undermining the moral fibre of■ thousands. The conference demands that :' .the Government deals drastically and at once with these evils.- ■ ':■■ .'..-■' ~ '.' ..." . •',' ' ...: :

"The conference appeals': (1) To men for = chivalry and self-sacrifice in regard to-the conduct of their,sex.lives; (T), To all guardians, and teachers' to realise that ..all' education in such.;..matters- : must '. t rest ; upon spiritual foundations because true morality can continue to exist only where the laws of God are. taught and honoured; (3)" To :all serious-minded people who have at heart the moral \velfare'of their nation''to-restore-the religious and moral standards' which Goti "has' given us and upon .which alone our civilisation has- been'built up arid can continue." : \ •• . -,- :

RETIRING MEMBERS

SERVICES RECOGNISED

.Tributes :to, ,the. services ..given.over I long:-,periods ..by Messrs: D. , J; , McGbwan and W. B. .Matheson, who are retiring 'from active participation in the'affairs' of the Wellington Chamber ■of Commerce, .were paid at, the-.final meeting of the present council-last night. Mr. McGowan has been a member for fourteen years, and during that period he- has been of/the Associated Chambers:of Commerce and threer tirhes president of the Wellington _Chamber. Mr. Matneson.has been a member of the' Wellington Chamber for 36 years. . •

The president (Mr. C. J. B. Norwood), in .expressing regret at Mr. McGowan's intention to retire, said that he had given wonderful service to the public in his capacity as a. member of the chamber He knew of no one who had served the chamber moie faithfully, and he thought that Mr. McGowan held a lecord not possessed by any other member of the chamber.

I 'Mr.- Norwood- also spoke ..of :the long and,;valuable'service rendered ,'by Mr. Matrie'sori, who represented the farmers' interests .on the chamber,- and had presented their;case, ably arid,impartially.

:Mf!'-J.' T.'Martiri arid Mr; R.H. Nimmp endorsed the,remarks of the/chairman, anid.'Mr. McGowan arid"Mr.'-Mathesoh br.ie.fly replied/: ■'..''■■ ';• ■[ ;•;;•. ■

;Mr. :.M..:.G. C. McCaui;expressed' the council's gratitude to"'Mr; Norwood for his distinguished services as" chairman during the" year under difficult conditions. ■ ' i

THEFT ALLEGED

"When the accused appeared before the Court four days ago 'I intimated that the prosecution would be in a position to go on today,"'said Detec-tive-Sergeant P. Doyle in the. Magistrate's Court today, when John Arthur ■ Rawden Blandford, a clerk, aged 24, appeared before Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., charged with ■ the theft between October 12, 1936, and April 7, 1937, of £ 137 2s'from Messrs. Perry* Perry, -and Pope, being a clerk"in the employ of that firm. •. .' .'. ' '

- ."But-the defalcations .are of such .a lengthy nature," continued the - det.ec-tive-se'rgeant,: "that it will take ; Detective' Murray..at least ,a; week to ,"complete : investigations.';. It would be" impossibleto complete the. matter'within a week without the. assistance of. the accused.".: ' .':'•• •• ■■■ . •

, The was accordingly. remanded to the Central Station -for a y.r eek. ■.'...'■...': '.. '.-.',■■ ■ ■■'.'.;

ion.'res. ; 'emp. 'eai ler. Ca'peV-MiVJj.*." SW 3 ':Z9.9i "5G ECU Bussell ..,i..;.....W 4 ... 29,8.7 , .56 . BC , : . Hoklanga Heads.—Not received. Kalpara Sig Stn. SW 4 23:83 •• 58 C Manukau Heads SW 5 —— -53 C Auckland' ■.:'.. SW:r 21K84 • 57 ..BCP Tiritjri .......' SW 4 -— 55 BCP Kawh!a'; ...;...,W 2 :. y~i — 54 BC Tauranga' '..■..•'W 1 27.79 .53 B Opbtiki.,..-.:... Calm —— 46. ■ B Taupo- ■...'..,.■..' S 1. — — 46 B . East,Cape.;' SSW 2' 29.74 53 B ' Glsborne ~.:',\ W 2 2r.76 55 B -: Is'apler ...;• SSW 4 29.73 50 B .: Castlepplnt-- '.:';■:: S-2 , 29.73 50 BC . Cape.'-Palllser. SSW 7 --^- 46 OGP NetT'VPlymouth!.:': S 1 29.84 51 BC Cape: Egmont:.. SE 2 '. 20.79 i!) B Patea' ......? Calm 29.S6 52 BC Wangaliui'"■.•..'..>•£ 1 29.86 51 BC ■ Teiton 1 ,'.;.,,.,E1 —^. . 44 B . WeiUpeton .' .:■ ■';:■. S- 2 29.81 .• . 50 B Kelson.';.'ii..'; v'Calm' 29;83 44 -B Cape-Campbell.: S.-4 • • 29.80 48 B Farewell.' 1 Spit. VSAV 1 " -, 29.79' 49 B , .- Westporf ......'SSE-2 ' 29.81 45 B Greyroouth; ....,S 5 29.81 39 ' B Arthur's 1 'Pass;—Not received. Ka'lkourA"•■■■•.■;..- SW 3 '29.85 49 BC Chilstchurch ;." SW 1. 29.83 39 B Akaroa L'house. SW 6 ' 29.80 46 OPQ Tlmaru Wl ' 29.81 42 BZ Oamaru ; SW 1 29.84 33 B D.unedln ...... SW 4 29.S0 43 B Alexandra . ..■ Calm -— 36 BQueenstojra ••■•... N 1 . 29.88 34 B Nuggets .... SSW .4 29.86 41 CD Bluflf ..'..... S1V 2 29.82 46 C Puvsegur Point ■ K- 3 29.89 42 O-