LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 19585, 17 June 1927, Page 9

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In the Supreme Court,_ Gisborne, Thomas Brosnahan, for obtaining credit by fraud, was sentenced to three month's’ imprisonment, ftanley George Gibb, for breaking anu entering and forgery, was sentenced to two years’ reformative detention.

An application on tho motion of Mr F. W. Nolan, on behalf of tho Gisborne Law Society, for an order calling no John Nadcn Bullard to show cause why l»o should not ho struck off the roll was granted by Mr Justice Ostler in the Supremo Court. The date and placo of hearing were fixed for 'Wellington on Friday, June 24. A human skull was found on tho Ohawo beach, near Hawora, yesterday. It is believed to be that of Thomas Pennington, who was drowned at Greemneadows beach, near Opunake, m January. The Arbitration Court yesterday gave judgment for £604 10s (the full amount claimed) in favor of Mrs Avill Grad ley Collcdge, whoso hushanddied from injuries received while assisting to raise a barrel of beer from the floor to the counter of a bar in the Occidental Hotel.

The hope is entertained that tho Arapuni strike will be settled by Saturday, though the situation is unchanged at present. There was consternation iu the camp when a wire arrived from Mr Cook (general secretary of the New Zealand Workers’ Union) ordering the men to resume work immediately on the understanding that the company would grant a conference after work had been rc-commenced. Tho New Zealand Workers’ Union, proceeded tho message, would not hold itself responsible unless the men obeyed these orders. An urgent meeting of the Strike Executive was held, and it was decided to ignore the telegram and adhere to the decision not to resume until a conference had been held. This proposal was not acceptable to the company. An important meeting will be held at the works on Saturday morning, and it is unlikely that there will be any developments in the meantime. Government intervention is possible if an agreement is not reached. Delay in tho work is a serious matter to tho company. The total number of births registered in May for the urban areas (states a Wellington Press Association message) amounted to 1,074, as against 1,022 in April—an increase of 52. Deaths in May numbered 533, an increase oi 69 as compared with the previous mouth. Of the total deaths, males contributed 284, and females 249. Forty-nine of the deaths were of children under five years of oge, being 9.19 per cent, of the whole number. Forty of these were under one year of age.

Tho annual meeting of the New Zealand Dairy Factory Managers’ Association was held at Palmerston North. The annual report recorded a satisfactory financial position, and a revival of interest in tho Auckland district, also an advance in the quality of Putter and cheese. The following officers were elected; —President, Mr G. Woods ''Taranaki); provincial executive— Messrs E. Petersen (Auckland), E. Hall (Manawatn), A. Inglis (Taranaki), W, Delahunty (Hawke’s Bay), R. Foss (Bush District), J. Middleton (South Island), J. Brash (Wairarapa); secretary, Mr A. F. Npilson. A remit from Taranaki, urging monthly instead or fortnightly holidays, was discussed, and it was decided to request factories to view sympathetically the hardship in this connection inflicted on managers under tho award.

The Gisborne Harbor Board discussion on tho report submitted _ by Mr F. W, Furkert (engineer-in-chior) upon the best means of providing harbor facilities for Gisborne with the money now in hand from harbor loan, resulted in the hoard finally adopting the report and resolving -to consider the steps to ■be taken to put the recommendations into' effect. A bombshell was dropped l fc " tho board’s engineer _ (Mr 11. Campbell), in tho course of discussion, wnen he staled, that the board was suffering from the old complaint of too mai'y opinions, and that his nosition with the board had reached a stage where no course was left him but to resign. This step he was asked to rcconsioer by a majority of the board, five members only giving their support to the suggestion that, as Mr Campbell had made his decision, the board should not endeavor to persuade him to adopt another course.

Visitors to the National Dairy Show, Palmerston North, included the Prime Minister and the Hon. 0. J. Hawkon, who were the guests of" the A. and P. Association at a smoke concert last evening. In response to the toast oi his health, proposed by Sir Douglas Maclean, Mr Coates spoke on the necessity for greater effort on the dominion’s part to assist the Mother Country in naval defence. He was sure, he said, that all would recognise that anything done to assist the Motherland with aeronce was tho surest way to maintain the pence of the world. Until that peace was brought about the loimmon did not want to he caught napping. Mr Coates referred to Great Britain’s gigantic task of post-war reconstruction, rearranging the economic and industrial system, and paying war debts. It was New Zealand s duty to do its little bit to help the Old Country. As 39 per cent, of tho dominion's exports were purchased by Britain, it was the duty of New Zealanders to buy nothing but British goods, and thus put Britain in a bettor position to buy more of New Zealand’s exports. Referring to the unemployed problem, Mr Coates said that the Government was doing what it thought reasonable, but it was not its intention to take the whole responsibility for the unemployment that existed in the dominion. _ The Prime Minister also touched briefly on tho transport problem, and indicated the necessity of further taxation of users of the road to lift tho burden of the upkeep of highways from the shoulders of the taxpayers. Ho, also referred to the establishment of an agricultural college in Palmerston North, which, ho said, would greatly benefit the primary producer.

The fortnightly meeting of Court Pride of the .Leith, A.0.F., was held on Wednesday last, there being a good attendance of the members, with the C.H., Bro. R S. Twoso in the chair. Arrangements were completed for the debate between this court and Court Pride of Green Island for next meeting. Feeling reference was made to the loss sustained by tho'U.F.S. Dispensary and members of the societies by tbe untimely death of the manager, Mr A. A. Waters, and a motion of sympathy was passed in silence, to be conveyed to the relatives of the deceased. Reference was also made to the loss the district had sustained by the recent death of P.D.G.11. Bro. E Parker, who was the secretary of the court at Bluff, a position he occupied for many years, and a motion of sympathy was carried in silence, to be conveyed to Court Southern Star. A similar motion was passed with Court Star of the South in the loss of a 'worthy member, Bro. James Harper, who had been an ardent supporter of the order. During the meeting four new members were admitted.