IN OTHER CENTRES

Evening Star, Issue 21012, 28 January 1932, Page 12

IN OTHER CENTRES

“ VERY DRASTIC MOVE.”

[Per' United Press Association.]

CHRISTCHURCH, January 28.. “ This is a very drastic move,” said Mr Beauland, acting chairman of the Citizens’ Unemployment Relief _ Committee, commenting on tho decision of the Unemployment Board to suspend the No. 5 scheme in some of the counties of Canterbury. Mr Beanland added that there were scores of men working on relief in the country districts who were not physically fit for harvesting work. What did the board intend to do for these men when the suspension came into operation? NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. The National Flower Show was opened at Christchurch to-day in the King Edward Barracks by Sir Heaton Rhodes. There was A large attendance. The exhibition is a magnificent one in all sections, especially the flower and fruit displays, which are on a scale never seen here previously. In addition, there were collections of New Zealand plants, tropical fruits and flowers, alpine flowering plants, with various competitive sections.—Press Assoi ciation. UNWARRANTED ATTACK. “ One paragraph is scandalous, as it makes an unwarranted and unfounded attack on a magistrate,” said Mr Justice Adams to counsel for the New Zealand Sheepfarmers* Agency in the Supreme Court, Christchurch, to-day, when counsel applied for an addition of two clauses to the amended statement of claim supporting an application for a writ of prohibition, the latter clause of which suggested prejudice on the part of the magistrate, Mr E. D. Mosley. The defendants were Mr Mosley and Charles Hill, farmer, of Burnham, and plaintiff wished to set aside a judgment dealing with threshing charges. The judge refused to allow the addition of the two clauses, and dismissed the anplicatiqn for a writ of prohibition.— Press Association.