DOMINION NEWS Issue Of Memorial Cross Is Announced

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 December 1947, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS Issue Of Memorial Cross Is Announced

fThe distribution of the New Zealand Memorial Cross will commence early in the New Year stated Mr F. JJones, Minister of Defence today. The minister said that the Director of Base Records, Wellington, was now communicating with the next-of-kin of deceased servicemen in respect of whom the cross may be issued apd was sending application forms on which claims may be lodged. Both the widow and the mother of a deceased serviceman are eligible to receive the Memorial Cross but as Base Records in many cases has not full or up-to-date particulars of a serviceman’s family, the application forms are being forwarded to the recorded next-of-kin, requesting that he or .she endeavour to have the forms completed by persons eligible to claim the cross.—(P.A.) Christmas Night Pictures ’ The Christchurch City Council last evening refused applications, by three theatre companies for permission to screen pictures on Christmas night. Marie West Case Detective-Sergeant W. Ritchie, of Wellington, returned to Auckland,on Saturday from Japan in a Royal Air Force Dakota. He has been on special inquiries concerning the Marie West case. He left by train for Wellington this afternoon.—(P.A.)

Sentence Reduced On an appeal brought by Albert William Patton, aged 20, of Wellington, the Court of Appeal yesterday reduced to two years’ reformative detention the sentence of three years’ reformative detention imposed on him by the Supreme Court at Wellington on September 2 on charges of breaking and entering.—(P.A.) Arbitration Court Fixtures

The Arbitration Court yesterday morning made fixtures until the end of March. Mr Justice Tyndall remarked that because of complaints of delays the Court had decided to allow itself breathing spaces in the fixture list, as when it was sitting all the time it had no time to make decisions.—(P.A.) Deportation Question The Court of Appeal in Wellington, yesterday, reserved its decision in an appeal by a Fijian-born Indian, Hari Sahodar Sifigh, against the judgment of Mr Justice Callan on November 28, sentencing him to three months’ imprisonment for overstaying his permit to remain in New Zealand, and ordering his deportation. The main point of argument was whether the Supreme Court had power under section 11 of the Immigration Restrictions Avt, 1920, to order Singh’s deportation.—(P.A.)

Auckland Watersider's Meetings The shortage of space in the union headquarters in the Port Buildings in Quay street, Auckland, has resulted in the Auckland branch of the Waterside Workers’ Union making arrangements to hold its monthly stopwork meetings next year in the Town Hall. The assembly hall at the Port Buildings can accommodate only 1000 of the union’s 2000 members, and space on this floor has been further restricted by the recent construction of a cafeteria. The Town Hall has a capacity for 2819. —(P.A.) Grain used in Alcohol

“It is a crying shame that ip spite of the world food shortage, 350,600,000 bushels of grain under the control of the European, the United States and the New Zealand Governments will this year be used to make alcoholic drinks,” .said Paster J. B. Conley, Australian delegate to the North New Zealand Conference of Seventh Day Adventists; addressing Saturday’s session. Referring to tobacco con-

sumption, Pastor Conley said almost one-third of the much needed American loan was “going up in smoke” while humanity starved.—(P.A.)

Overseas M'ails Surface mails for the United Kingdom and Europe will close at Greymouth on Thursday, December 18, at 5.30 p.m'.

Moths in Wool Store Swarms of moths have been attacking wool stored since the end of the war in the Agricultural Hall, New Plymouth, and damage to some bales is reported.to be already extensive. Half the hall is filled with about 1000 bales estimated to.be worth £35,000. The Taranaki Agricultural and Pastoral Society, which has not held a winter show for eight years, has written to the New Zealand. Wool Disposal Commission seeking to have the wool removed. • '

Chronic Cases Southland hospitals, particularly Riverton, were overcrowded with chronic cases, and the board could not expect nurses to handle these cases year in and year out, said Mr H. E. Philp at a meeting of the Southland Hospital Board. When asked by Mr Philp why these cases could not be attended to at home, the chairman, Mr T. Golden, said that in many cases there was no one to look after chronic cases at. home.