AUCKLAND WEST ELECTION

Evening Star, Issue 23564, 1 May 1940, Page 6

AUCKLAND WEST ELECTION

SIX CANDIDATES NOMINATED [Per United I’ress Association.] AUCKLAND, May 1. Nominations closed at noon for the Auckland West seat with the following six candidates: — Peter Carr, tramway motorman, official Labour Party. William Henry Fortune, company manager, Independent. Joseph Bond Kennedy, farmer, New Zealand Liberal Party. Clement Gordon Watson, journalist, Communist. Lawrence Pickles, company director, Socialist. Enoch-Naden, barman, Independent. The date of the poll is May 18. NDT CONTESTING NATIONAL PARTY'S DECISION [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 1. The following statement was issued by the headquarters of the National Party to-day:— “ After full consideration of the various factors involved, it has been decided that the New Zealand National Party will not contest, the Auckland West by-election caused by the death of Mr Savage.”

“All I can say is that the output per man js gradually declining,” said the principal of a Waikato coalmining concern when the statement of the Minister of (Mr Webb) concerning the shortage of coal was referred to him (reports the ‘ New Zealand Herald ’). “It has been progressively declining for some few years, although at present our company’s production is fairly, stable. Speaking of the Waikato generally, however, the experience is that the production per man per shift is decreasing,” he continued. “ There is plenty of coal, and the mines now operating would be capable of producing all the country’s requirements if the men would co-operate, do the work, produce, and not have so many stop-work meetings.” There was a tremendous number of absentees, the authority added. Men who had met with mishaps stayed away for periods that might bo considered unnecessarily long. The Government has appointed! a committee which will have the responsibility of advising on the area set aside at Rastion Point for the Savage memorial. The committee consists of Mr J. T. Mair, Government architect, and Mr J. W. Mawson, town planning officer, who are to take steps to secure appropriate designs, for which public competition is probable.

History repeats itself —so, it appears, does a shortage of income tax and social security forms. Last year when the conscientious public tried to fill in these forms according to the laws of the land it was found impossible to procure them for some time, and the reasons were variously ascribed. This year the forms are again “ out of stock,” and there will be none available until the middle of this month at least. Reason given is that the shortage of paper prevented. enough being run off on the initial printing.

An old friend has made a reappearance in the city. That is the- common or garden chain letter, which comes out of hiding periodically. This timo the letter was, so it is alleged, started by an American officer in Flanders during tho last war. As each recipient is supposed to send the letter to four other persons, copies should by now have been received by every being on this planet, plus a large proportion of any likely beings in other worlds. The letter thinly warns of dire consequences should it not be sent on, and promises rewards of great riches should the chain, sequence be maintained. So that this should not be thought mere inky verbosity, instances are quoted of certain persons coming into colossal fortunes —but it doesn’t say how. Apparently all one does is to sit back in one’s armchair and wait for the shekels to come tumbling down the chimney, but cold consideration of the matter seems to indicate that only the post office will benefit in the long run. The secretary of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association has received the following Poppv Day returns: Amount previously acknowledged, £2,129 14s 9d: Maniototo Subassociation (Patearoa), £4 14s lOd; Alexandra district, £65 7s 2d; Patearpa (additional), ss; total, £2,190 Is 9d. As published in last night’s ‘ Slar,’ the motion passed by the St. Kildh. Council at its meeting on Monday night implied that a restoration of the original time-table was sought only on the Richardson street lino ; whereas what is desired is a reversion to the continuous 10-minute time-table in the borough. Or N. D. Anderson’s motion to he presented to the City Council reads; “That the city transport department bo respectfully asked to consider favourably as early as possible tho restoration of the tram service in Richardson street and St. Kilda to its original time-table.”