LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 20655, 1 December 1930, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho Advisory Board of the New Zealand Federation of Drapers, Clothiers, and Boot Retailers discussed tho question of universal coupon trading, and decided to co-operato with the Associated Chambers of Commerce in approaching tho Government with a request that such systems should be abolished and that if necessary legislation should bo introduced to give effect to the request.

Charles Smith, a third-class passenger on the Aorangi, , which reached Auckland yesterday, died at sea from natural causes on November 16. His body (says a Press Association telegram) was buried at sea. Ho joined tho ship at Vancouver and was booked to Auckland.

Major G. A. C. Cowper, of Western Federation Airways, made the first landing at the Wanganui airport on Saturday afternoon. To mark what was really the official opening of tho port, he was welcomed by the Mayor (Mr Rogers) and representatives of the Wanganui Aero Club. It was a perfect, landing and an equally perfect take-off. Wanganui will, bo a port of call in tho daily service from Now Plymouth to Wellington. Mr Burgess, president of the Aero Club, announced that the club had £IOO available for unemployed relief purposes. Provided a. subsidy of £2OO can he obtained from the Unemployment Board, the amount will bo spent on tho new port within six weeks.

Examinations were held in September by the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Board. Prizes were presented by the Council of Fire and Accident Underwriters’ Association of New Zealand with the Electrical Supply, Authorities, for the candidate gaming tiro highest marks in tho written part of the examination and the New Zealand Electrical Federation with the Electrical Workers’ Union for two candidates who gained the highest marks in the practical part. As an additional prize the Now Zealand Electrical Journal is forwarding free of cost to each of tho prize winners a copy of tho journal each mouth for the next year. The prize for the written part was gained by J. W. Montague, of Wellington, who secured 77 marks out of a possible 100. Two candidates tied for top place in the practical part—viz., W. T. Knowles, of Wellington, and C. W. Wilson, of Auckland, who each secured 82 marks out of a possible 100. Hie successful candidates from Otago and Southland were as follow: —Written part: Dunedin—Johnstone, L. B.; Letts, J.; Mac Loan, T. G.; Smith, 1. C.; Tait, V. J. L. Invercargill— Clarke, R. L.; Hunter, D. R.; Thompson, P. G. Practical Part: Alexandra, M'Felin, F. Dunedin—Cockburn, K. Macdonald, C.; Rac, D. H. Invercargill, Clement, A. G.

A parachute descent which had boon arranged by the Rotorua Aero Club ended unfortunately, Captain Noah Jomiassou receiving injuries to a leg, the extent of which will not he known till there has been an Jf-ray examination. The sky was cloudless, with a high wind blowing, when Hying Officer Money, in tho monoplane, Arawa, took the air. After the machine had climbed over :3.000 feet the parachutist jumped, apparently descending under perfect control towards the aerodrome. Hie spectators surmised that the parachutist was attempting to guide the machine away from the crowd, and ho landed in some adjacent scrub with con sidcrable force. Tho injured man was taken to tho King George Hospital/!or treatment, and was found to be suffering considerably from' nijuries and shock.