LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 April 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A fresh consignment of oysters from Bluff will arrive by this evening’s express for Mundy’s, Boundary Street. Fresh oysters .in cartons to take home. —Advt.

Despite threatening weather, several thousand people made the trip to Trentham, on Saturday afternoon, to see a demonstration of mechanised units at the military camp. A field battery, six Bren armoured carriers, a platoon of motor-cyclists, and mobile anti-air-craft units, took part in a display which was most impressive, and aroused great interest.- —Press Assn.

“One of the most-marked developments in Australia is the growth of secondary industries,” said Mr. Robert Dalton, British Trade Commissioner in Australia, who is a. through passenger by the Aorangi, to-day. He said that Australia was more self-support-ing to-day than ever. She was living to an increasing extent on her own resources, and thus was able to do without a considerable amount of import trade formerly necessary, without reducing the standard of living.— Press Assn.

It is reported by the Westport “News” that Mr. A. A. Wilson, president of the Westport branch of the Law Society, visited Wellington, and made representations to Mr. Mason, Minister of Justice, regarding the retention of Supreme Court sittings at Westport. The Minister was inclined to agree with the contention that the business at Westport did not warrant sittings being held there, but disagreed with the Chief Justice’s contention that if there were five undefended divorce cases the Court still should not sit at Westport. He thought that even if there were two such cases, then there was justification for a sitting there. Mr. Wilson stated it was his intention to look up past records of business listed at Westport, and to make further representations, as he was convinced, and he was sure that every one in the Buller was likewise. that compelling litigants io go to Greymouth instead of having their cases heard at Westport was imposing a hardship on them that was unwarranted.

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About £3O was stolen from a registered package when a mail bag in transit between Pukeuri Junction and Oamaru on Friday night was tampered with. The theft was discovered when the seal was examined on the bag’s arrival at the Oamaru Post Office. Police investigations were made over the week-end.

Light rain fell at various times during the week-end but not sufficient to make much difference to Lake Rochford, the source of Westport’s electric power supply. Enough power'was generated at the stand-by plant by the use of a Diesel bulldozer and a big gas engine to use some of the street lights, which have been out for some time.

The rail-car service between Taranaki and Wellington was inaugurated yesterday afternoon, when the Attor-ney-General (Mr. Mason), on behalf of the Minister for Railways (Mr. Sullivan) attended an official ceremony at the New Plymouth station before the dispatch of the rail-car Aotea on the first of its thrice weekly journeys. The general manager of the railways., Mr. G. H. Mackley, was also present. — —Press Association.

Charged with reckless driving while in a state of intoxication, a lorry driver appearing in a North Auckland Magistrate’s Court successfully maintained that the charge should have been “reckless driving when stung by a bee.” He claimed that he had felt an agonising sting in the back of his neck, and had put his head, down and unconsciously pressed on the accelerator. When he looked up he saw a car approaching head on, and swung to the wrong side of the road, pulling up just after he had glanced off the car’s mudguard. As the other motorist involved was in Court to give evidence that he had taken the sting out of the lorry driver’s neck, tllie charge was dismissed by the magistrate. .

The visit of inspection to factories in Christchurch by the ’Prime Minister (Mr. Savage) and the Minister for Industries and Commerce (Mr. Sullivan) will not now take place until early in May. When the announcement was made that the Prime Minister would make the visit, after tours of Wellington and Auckland factories, it was expected that it would take place in April. However, Mr. Savage lias been fully engaged in Welington this,month. After attending many sessions of the New Zealand Labour Party’s Conference, he will be occupied throughout next week in presiding at the conference on Pacific defence. He will visit Auckland for the dawn service on Anzac Day, and that appointment has caused his visit to Christchurch to be further deferred.

Although good reasons have been given for the Government’s selection of “centennial” as a noun in preference to the variously-pronounced word “centenary,” many persons, including some in official positions, cling to “centenary” (states “New Zealand Centennial News”). At a conference in Wellington in March, 1936, Mr. J. W. ; , Heenan, Under-Secretary to the Department of Internal Affairs, explained why the Minister had approved a recommendation of the National Centennial Committee for the Government’s adoption of the word “Centennial.” “It was agreed,” said Mr. Heenan, “that to save constant reference to ‘Centeenary’ (with the stress on the ‘teen’), ‘Centenary’ (with the stress on the ‘ten’), and ‘Centenary’ (with stress on the ‘Cent’), we should adopt a word which called for only one pronunciation. So it was agreed to use a perfectly good word, the educational use of which was a noun as well as an adjective was settled. ‘Centennial’ is a very euphonious word, one that is established in other countries and one that for all general purposes could be usefully adopted.”

“Democracy is our system—it is what we have evolved to suit ourselves, and the administration of justice is important and essential to democracy.” said the Attorney-General (Mr Mason), acknowledging references to the importance of his work at a civic reception at New Plymouth on Saturday during his first official visit to the province. Justice may not be important in the Fascist countries,” said Mr. Mason, “but it is to a democracy.” In the state of the world to-day it was important that that should be realised. With so many ideologies, so much questioning, and so much fear apparent, it was important to realise the firm foundation on which the British system of Government was based. The Minister said he was not saying a word of blame about others nations which had not been able to do the job as well as the British, or had evolved on different lines. That was

their misfortune. Justice was an essential feature of the system under which Britons used their faculties and ability to the best advantage for the development of liberty and self-expres-sion.

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