DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 November 1944, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS

STATION MANAGER MISSING GISBORNE, November 2. Fears are entertained for the safety of George. Thompson, aged 23, a station manager at Tokomaru Bay, who went out yesterday morning in a boat to attend to crayfish pots and has not been seen since. The upturned boat was seen floating inshore by his wife. Police and residents searched the surrounding waters without success. SELF DENIAL COLLECTIONS AUCKLAND, Nov. 3. The Salvation Army’s 1944 self-de-nial appeal totalled £35,153, an increase of £1,600 over last year’s result. The Wellington City Corps topped the individual efforts with £1,874. Auckland following with £1500.’ The divisional totals were: Wellington £11,097, Auckland £9,888, Canterbury £7,513, Otago £6,504. Commissioner- Evan Smith said he was thrilled with the result. SALE OF COLT TO SYDNEY. PALMERSTON N., Nov. 2. The jury found for the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case in which Stanley Edward Chatterton, a merchant, of Sydney, was the plaintiff, and William Jonathan Crawford, a printer, of Palmerston North, the defendant. Chatterton sought the repudiation oi the sale of the colt Rajputana for 1000 guineas, and a refund of his money. An account is to be taken of the loss and damages suffered by plaintiff. A non-suit point raised by counsel for the defence will be argued on Monday. MEAT PRICES. PALMERSTON N., Nov. 2. Increased costs in relation to stabilisation were discussed at the New Zealand Master Butchers’ Association conference, which opened yesterday. Members cited disparities between the prices they were allowed to charge, which were based on the 1939 level, as against increases in wages, killing charges, etc., that had since been made. It was decided to ask the Stabilisation Commission to make adjustments in prices to allow the trade to meet the increased costs. The conference also expressed concern at the widespread slaughtering of young beef stock, the position being attributed largely to the incidence of rationing. It was decided to ask the Minister of Agriculture to prohibit the killing of such stock. MANPOWER AND EMPLOYMENT WELLINGTON, November 3. Mr McLagan, Minister of Industrial Manpower, has drawn attention to the gazetting yesterday of the employment restriction order No. 5 which will become operative on November 16, when the existing order will be revoked. The towns of CoromarMel, Te Aroha, Thames and Waihi are added to the existing coverage to bring them on to the same footing as other towns of similar size.' Apart from these additions and a redrafting of parts of the existing order to give greater clarity of wording on several minor points, no change in the existing position is involved. With the same specified exceptions as previously all employers must secure the consent of a manpower officer before engaging any labour for work in any of the areas covered.