DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 April 1935, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

[per press association.] REMANDS GRANTED. WELLINGTON, April 26. A remand to Patea was made, to-day, in the case of Jack Ngapaki, charged with the murder of Dan Hauora. The case will proceed on May 2. A further remand to May 1 was made in the Sydney extradition case of William Campbell and Madge Munro. WAGON DERAILED. TAIHAPE, April 26. A wagon loaded with wheat on a goods and passenger train bound from Mangaweka to Tailiape was derailed on Wednesday and dragged across the viaduct into the tunnel. The train was delayed, but no one was injured. BAND-SAW AROUND LEG. BLENHEIM, April 27. While operating a band-saw in his workshop at Picton yesterday, Ernest Lane, a boat-builder, sustained serious injuries to an ankle. The band-saw jumped off the pulley and wrapped itself round Lane’s leg, severing the flesh and tendons, and affecting the bone. He was operated on, and his condition is satisfactory. FALL INTO HARBOUR WELLINGTON, April 26. Artificial respiration was carried out for over an hour, but failed to bring signs of life, when the body of a watersider, Patrick Morris, aged about sixty, was rescued from the harbour this afternoon. He stumbled on the wharf and fell into the water opposite Number Nine shed. TOURIST COMMITTEE WELLINGTON, April 26. The first meeting of the Tourist Committee was held at Parliament Buildings, to-day, the Minister-in-Charge of Tourists and Publicity (Mr. Adam Hamilton) presiding. Mr. H. H. Sterling was appointed chairman and Mr. N. S. Falla deputy. Mr. Sterling stated that during his visit abroad he proposed to make contact with as many tourist organisations as possible, with a view to increasing tourist traffic to New Zealand. SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAM. WELLINGTON, April 26. A statement on the system of school certificate examination, and disapproval of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, was made to-day, by the Minister of Education, who said the opinions of the Associated Chambers were based apparently on a misconception of the requirements of the examination. It was obvious, he said, that little or no account had been taken of the regulation requiring a candidate to have completed three years’ course of post-primary education, including not Jess than 24 to 29 units in English, mathematics, history, and science. There was no danger of over-specialisation, even with commercial pupils. Specialisation to the degree contemplated by the Chambers was prevented by the course laid down for all candidates for school certificate examinations, the requirements covering the holding of free places, the functions of schools, and the good sense of the teachers. LIVE STOCK EMBARGO. INVERCARGILL. April 26. At a meeting of the Provincial Executive - of the Farmers’ Union today; Mr E. K. Sim (Chairman of the Meat and ,Wool Committee) said the committee viewed with grave apprehension the inability of the British Government to stamp out foot and mouth disease and the committee recommended that, until all danger of the infection was proved to be eliminated, the raising of the embargo be opposed. Members considered that the recommendation was not strong enough, and that the Executive should say straight out that it strongly opposed th'e lifting of the embargo. The recommendation was varied acaceordingly and carried. | ASHBURTON, April 26.

The Mid-Canterbury Executive of the Farmers’ Union unanimously expressed opposition to the lifting of the embargo on the importation of stock direct to New Zealand, while foot and mouth disease was so prevalent in Britain.