GENERAL NEWS Reduction In Railway Goods Traffic

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 August 1948, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS Reduction In Railway Goods Traffic

The overland transport of goods from West Coast to Canterbury was reduced again last week following recovery from the slump brought’ about by the strike of the Runanga State miners.' Only 17,040 tons were railed during the six days, compared with the normal figure of 21,000, and it is believed that the reduction was partly due to the big drop in the output of coal from the Strongman State mine last week, following a tightening up in the shot-firing regulations. Last Friday, however, the consignment of 4091 tons was the largest railed on an ordinary weekday since the end of June when the Runanga strike began. Meeting Of Coal Council The Coal Council, comprising Messrs C. H. Benney, J. Carson and A. V. ‘Prendeville, held a sitting at Greymouth today, investigating outstanding disputes at Grey Valley, coal mines.

New Telephone Connections All applications for telephone connections should be fulfilled by 1952 or 1953, said the Postmaster-General (Mr F. Hackett) at the opening of a new Post Office at Auckland. The position at present was acute. It was such that a new' telephone could be installed only if the old subscriber gave one up. The solution lay in the provision of more exchange switching equipment.—(P. A.)

Footballer Injured A compound fracture of the right arms was suffered by James Mundy, aged 21, single, a member of the Marist senior Rugby League team in a match at Cass Square, Hokitika, yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred when Mundy went down in a tackle and apparently doubled his arm under his body. He was attended by Dr D. McLean and was later able to return to his home at Greymouth. Air Conferences Postponed

Owing to the opening of the Federal Parliament at Canberra on September 3, it is unlikely that the Australian Air Minister, Mr A. S. Drakeford, will visit New Zealand for the air conferences arranged tentatively for this month in Wellington. This was announced today by the Australian High Commissioner, Mr A. R. Cutler. Although he had not as yet been advised officially by the New Zealand Government, said Mr Cutler, .he believed that the conferences would now be postponed until later in the year.—(P.A.) Police Exchange Scheme

Arrangements have been made for two members of the detective branch and two members of the women’s division of the Police Force to visit Australia under the temporary exchange system provided for in the Police Force Act, 1947. The names cf the four members will be announced soon, said the Commissioner of Police (Mr J. Cummings) yesterday. They would spend three months in Australia and for the first part of their visit would be stationed in Sydney. The object of the visit was to give these members of the force wider experience, which will be of value to them and to the force, he said. Men will arrive from Australia to be stationed at headquarters stations in New Zealand. —(P.A.) Football Incidents

Suffering a mental “black-out,” after he had completed flaying in a Rugby League match for Runanga seniors at Wingham Park yesterday, Ross Braithwaite, aged 24 years, single, of Runanga, was given medical attention and it was found that he had suffered concussion during, the course of the game. A Ngahere player in the same match, James Gibson, suffered a cut on tbe forehead. He was attended by St John Ambulance officers on the ground. There was an unusual incident in a fifth grade match at Blackball yesterday, which had to be completed with a substitute referee. The referee, Mr K. Bullimore, of Greymouth, collided with two players five minutes before the final bell and was “knocked out.”

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