LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 March 1926, Page 5

LATE MESSAGES

' DUNEDIN, March 4. The Fire Brigades’ Hose and Hydrant event (wet) three men, was completed this morning. Hawera was first 26 2-fisecs; Dannevirke 27 3-ssecs, -2; Thames, 29 l-ssecs, 3. Four teams tied for fourth place. The run-off resulted : Greenlane 32secs 1, Te Aroha 38 2-ssecs 2, Taihape 43secs 3, Stratford 47 2-ssecs. 4. LONDON, March 3. Douglas (the cricketer) was admitted to the hospital suffering from appendicitis, and operated on this afternoon. The test selectors have co-opted Hobbs and Rhodes. LONDON, March 3. Sir Basil Clarke, the well-known journalist, lecturing at the Royal Society of Arts, on publicity in relation to overseas trade and settlement, condemned overeas propaganda as piecemeal, divided among the Government agencies and private organisations.' He urged co-ordination, and advocated that the Government’s million trade subvention be largply allocated to the promotion of overseas settlement. .Lord Burnham, presiding, deprecated over-coloured propaganda. The truth was enough to convince Bilitons that the Dominions offered them better prospects. Lord Weigall, ex-Governor of South Australia, announced that the Colonial Office, in co-operation with the Colonial Institute, was co-ordinating with thirty migration societies. Sir J. Allen said that propaganda regarding the Dominions’ products was ineffective unless followed by continuity and regularity of supplies similar to New Zealand’s achievement in the meat industry.