GENERAL NEWS FOUR WATERSIDERS ADMIT THEFT FROM CARGO

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 December 1946, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS FOUR WATERSIDERS ADMIT THEFT FROM CARGO

“There have been heavy shortages in the meat loaded at Port Chalmers when ships arrived in England,” said Chief 'Detective Hall in the Police Court at Dunedin this morning, when foui' watersiders admitted the theft of frozen mutton from the ship Port Phillip. The chief detective added that the rationing controller was perturbed that meat could be taken in this manner. The four men, Jesse William Flynn, agedzso, David McDonald, aged 57, Robert Upton, aged 44, and Wilfred Thomas Johnston, aged 34, were each sentenced to two weeks’ hard labour. The head stevedore of a shipping company, called to testify to the'previous good record of Flynn, said he was one of tne few men on the waterfront whom they put trust in.—(P.A.) R.N.Z.A.F. Permanent Commissions. ( The Minister of ( Defence (Mr. Jones) has announced a number of selections for permanent commissions in the R.N.Z.A.F. More will be announced soon, including both permanent and short-service. Among the early selections is acting-Wing Commander Lloyd Hern Parry, A.F.C. formerly of Hokitika. —(P.A.)

Income Aggregates During the year 1944-45 the aggregate private income of the people of New Zealand totalled £303,500,000, compared with 292,300,000 in the previous year and £264,000,000 in 1942-43. The total for 194546 is not yet available (says the Abstract of Statistics), but the aggregate of salaries and wages in respect of that year was £185,200,000, or an increase of £8,700,000 over the figure for 1944-45.

Waipoua Kauri Forest. A special meeting of the Whangarei Forest and Bird Society last night strongly criticised the felling of kauris in Waipoua forest, and unanimously passed the following resolution: “That the Government be asked to halt the felling and logging of timber in Waipoua forest forthwith and set up a special commission including botanists, zoologists, and foresters, to consider the whole question regarding the advisability of reserving the complete area as a national park.”—(P.A.)

State Rental Houses. With a further 168 State rental houses allocated to ex-servicemen during October, the number leased to ex-service tenants under the 50 per cent, quota reached 6188 by the end of that month, states the Rehabilitation Department. Of these 1788 have been allocated in Auckland and district, 462 in Hamilton and district, 262 in Napier and district, 133 in Nelson and district, 598 in Christchurch and district, 336 in Dunedin and district, and 123 in Invercargill and district. Allocations for the same districts during October were: Auckland, 46; Hamilton, 11; Napier, 4; New Plymouth, 5; Wellington, 52; Nelson, 21; Christchurch, 20; Dunedin, 7; Invercargill, 2; total, 168.

Dominion Publicity The time for applications to be made for the post of public relations officer in the High Commissioner’s office in London has been extended to December 16 by the Public Service Commission. Remuneration . for the job has now been more specifically stated. The basic salary _ is to be £BOO sterling, with a minimum locality allowance of £9O, also in sterling, subject to a possible further increase. The officer appointed will be responsible for all the general publicity and information services of the New Zealand Government m Britain, and the job is expected to attract applications from journalists and other publicists eager for overseas experience.

Milk-treating Houses. Although they cover nine pages, the Dairy (Milk Treatment) Regulations, 1946, gazetted last night, do not vary in any major respect from similar regulations issued last year. An administrative change is made in that whereas last year’s regulations were brought down by the Health Department under the Health Act, this year’s are sponsored by the Department of Agriculture under the Dairy Industry Act. The change is to enable the administration of the regulations to be done by the dairy division of the Department of Agriculture, instead of by the Department of Health—a change decided upon shortly after the original regulations were issued. Provision is also made requiring all milk-treating houses to be registered with the director of the dairy division. This registration of milk-treating houses was not previously required.—(P.A.) Haines Motors Ltd—Coast to Coast —are showing the new Chrysler Plymouth. See advt. on front page.— Advt.

See the pupils of the Miriam Trott School of Dancing in “Happy Feet,’’ Regent Theatre, December 16. —Advt.

Although there are not many new cars on the Coast, the Coast is not behind the times. The First Chrysler Plymouth to arrive in New Zealand, will be on show at Haines Motors on Monday. See advt. front page.— Advt. The Coast is the first to see the new post-war Chrysler Plymouth. See front page advt. —Advt. “Wemco” prints. A lovely soft printed cambric in a large assortment of exotic designs, 36in. wide. 4/- yd. —C. Smith’s, —Advt. Just to hand: A special shipment of super quality twill unbleached sheets; single-bed size, only, 54 x 90, 20/9 pair.—C. Smith’s.—Advt.

Stylish Frocks and Millinery from White’s, : in beautiful fabrics and as modern as to-morrow. Call and let our experts help you choose your new spring wardrobe.—White’s Corner, Your Fashion Centre. —Advt.

A woman sentenced with hard labour has been appealed for by the Westland Laundry Limited. This case has caused wide comment in Greymouth and surrounding districts. The sentence was that all rugs, blankets, curtains, eiderdowns and drapings were to be laundered before the festive season. The Westland Laundry Limited has offered to serve the sentence on condition that all these ar-.

tides are sent to their modern laundry by December 6th. After this date they will not be handling these articles until January 1947. Do net delay-— send early and avoid disappointment. Telephone 136 or leave parcels at our Depot.—Sam McAra.—Advt.