LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 March 1935, Page 7

LATE MESSAGES

AUCKLAND, March 22. Among the passengers on the Monterey, are Harold M. Harwood, playwright, and his wife, who is the author F Tenneyson Jesse. Mr Harwood remarked that 75 per cent, of the people in London, to-day, had brought up on the cinema and did no go to the legitimate theatre. The audiences at the latter were more than middleaged. Referring to Hollywood, Mr Harwood sail Pit was on the cards that a new technlcolour process which had been perfected, .might revolutionise the film industry. Black and white would then be a thing of the past. There was also the threat of television to contend with.

AUCKLAND, March 22. Two days after the Monterey left Los Angeles, a steward, F. Ryan, disappeared. An Australian by birth, he v/aa married in Sydney only four months ago. He was a prominent unionist, and was delegate on the Monterey of the United States Stewards’ Union. His shipmates said he was one of the most popular men in the Matson Line.

WELLINGTON, March 22. The Conciliation Council met to-day to consider an application by the Journalists’ Union for a Dominion award. The employers were not unanimous on the principle of a Dominion award, and after considerable discussion, the Union assessors present announced that they would proceed on a similar citation for district agreements. There is no new development regarding the printers’ dispute. The arrival of delegates from Auckland and Christchurch is expected to-morrow, when the parties,may have a further conference.