DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 November 1923, Page 7

DOMINION ITEMS

(Per Press Association.) POWER LOAN POLL. WANGANUI, November 7. The Rangitikei . Electric Power Board loan proposal of £375,000 was carried by 1260 to 202. Taihape voted 58 for; and 122 against. A lew sinail returns to come cannot affect the result. MISSING MEN FOUND. AUCKLAND, November 7. The men Bloomfield and Dale, who bad been missing in the launch "Huai.s ’ since Thursday, relieved ihe fears [or ihe safety of themself s am 1 the Lunch tin afternoon, bv a comriunication that they had landeu at Port Charles, on Coromandel Penin-ula. FARMER’S SUICIDE. NELSON, November 8. John Alfred Thomson, 73, married, of Foxhill, farmer, was found hanging this morning. He leaves a grownup family. Deceased had been suffering from a nervous breaklown. NELSON HARBOUR. ' NELSON, November b. The Nelson Harbour Board, as an inducement for overseas steamers come to Nelson to lift fruit, decided to offer a rebate of ninety per cent, off all dues on such vessels for two years, provided it is legally possible to do so. JAP. SEAMEN’S DISPUTE. TOKIO, November 7. The announcement that the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steamship Company intended to reduce the sailing allowances of seamen and other employees by 30 per cent, resulted in a strike. The company’s vessels, including Australian sailings, are delayed. WATERSIDERS’ AWARD. WELLINGTON, November 8. The Full Bench of the Supreme Court gave judgment in the Waterside Workers’ Federation v. Mr Justice Frazer and members of the Arbitration Court (October 18) case, in which the jurisdiction of the latter to make certain terms of the Award with reference to standing by of workers, was called into question. The Court was unanimous that the clause objected to was not ultra vires, and the motion should be dismissed, with costs, thirty guineas. SOLDIERS’ PENSIONS. DUNEDIN, November 8. At a meeting of the soldier pensioners, addressed by Mr J. D. Harper, the R.S.A. representative on the War Pensions Board, one pensioner stated a general impression given regarding the extra allowances provided for in the Finance Act, 1920, was that they were a permanent grant, whereas it now appeared they could be taken away at the Board’s discretion. “So that the assurance given by Mr Massey and Sir R. H. Rhodes aren’t worth a d ,” stated another pensioner. FIRE AT HOTEL. WELLINGTON, November 7. A brisk blaze in the Trocadero Hotel was promptly suppressed by the Brigade, £2OO damage being done. A porter discovered the top of the air , shaft, leading c rom the kitchen to the roof alight, .and .the fire spread to the roof. . Qn the prompt arrival of the Brigade, the fire, though blazing briskly was speedily put ou*. A number of windows, overlooking the portion burnt, were broken by the heat, and the woodwork was scorched, and the stair carpets were badly drenched. The building is insured in the Atlas Office for £14,000.

SABBATH SANCTITY. CHRISTCHURCH, November 7. The Christchurch Presbytery today passed a resolution deprecating the desecration of the Sabbath generally. The resolution stated: “The Presbytery, viewing seriously the increasing disrespect for the sanctity of the Sabbath, even among some of our own people, calls upon all ministers, Sunday school teachers, Bible class leaders, members and adherents within its bounds to consider carefully the basis upon which Sabbath observance rests, and by word and example call back all they can influence from a growing disregard of the Lord’s Day. Regarding Sunday sport, which has received prominence lately in Christchurch, the Presbytery wishes it to be distinctly understood that it is altogether opposed to such Sunday sport, as being contrary to the teachings and examples of Our Lord, regarding the Sabbath and the spirit in which it should bo kept. We commend the action of our members of clubs who take their stand against any form of Sabbath desecration.”