FIFTY YEARS AGO

Evening Star, Issue 21055, 18 March 1932, Page 2

FIFTY YEARS AGO

FROM * STAR ’ FILES The Rev. A. G. Boyd resigns charge of the South Dunedin Presbyterian Church. • » « » The present attendance at the Dunedin Girls’ High School is 171 and at tiie Boys’ School 272. * ♦ * * Rev, A. C. Gillies receives a call to the North Dunedin Presbyterian Church. « Mr G. C. Matheson has forwarded to the town clerk his resignation as city councillor for South Ward. * * * # At the annual meeting of the Zingari Football Club the following officebearers were elected President, Mr James Allen; vice-president, Mr W. Gregg; Captain, Mr D. Duncan; deputy-captain, Mr If. Hamer; secretary and treasurer, Mr Deehnn; committee —Messrs Park, Burke, Jackson, W. Mitchell, and Christian.

Tho return match between Shaw's eleven and the combined Australian team was played at Melbourne. Tho Englishmen went first to tho wickets and scored 309 (Ulyett 149). ’Hie Australians responded with 300 (Murdoch 82, M'Donncll 53). In their second innings the Englishmen made 231 for two wickets, when rain stopped play and the match was drawn, as tho Australian eleven had to catch a steamer for England to begin their tour at Home. Ulvett scored G 4, Barlow 54, Solbv (not out) 48, Bates (not out) 52.

CABINET WORK PROBLEMS FOR GOVERNMENT PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED [From Our Parliamentary Reporter.] WELLINGTON, March 17. Tho problems which require legislative aid for solution are so interlocked that tho Government has been forced to extend the Easter adjournment of the House to enable Cabinet to apply itself unhampered to a continuous study of the whole position. This is the reason why tho House will not reassemble on Tuesday, Marcli 29, Though Ministers will be called back on that day for a series of continuous Cabinet meetings. Already they have worked long hours, midnight sittings of Cabinet on nousittiug days being a regular occurrence. The Prime Minister discussed with your correspondent the difficulties which led to the decision to take advantage nf the Easter break for Cabinet meetings. “By working long hours,” ho said, “ Ministers have dealt with the exchange question, the Arbitration Act Amendment, mortgagors’ and tenants’ relief, and unemployment. The Unemployment Act Amendment is in the law draftsman’s hands, and will be introduced in all probability before tho House adjourns next Wednesday or Thursday. “ The coming interval,” said Mr Forbes, “ will enable Ministers to devote their time to fuller consideration of the Economists’ Committee’s report, and tho first report of tho National Expenditure Commission, and the legislation necessary in regard to them. One factor which increased the difficulty of completing the legislation was_ that the National Expenditure Commission required a week’s extension for presentation of its preliminary report. We anticipate being able to sit down to steady work on these, reports and issues, which are raised in them. We think in this way that tho session may ho shortened, because Cabinet will bo able to catch up on arrears and meet the House after Easter thoroughly prepared with the necessary legislation.” When the Prime Minister mentioned his belief that the session can bo completed before the end of April, ho was asked if it was intended to introduce legislation of a general character. He replied that the Government had not changed its plans, which were to confine business purely to measures dealing with the economic situation. It had given no consideration to the possibility of delaying the main session until the Ottawa ‘ Conference, opening in July, had concluded.