Dominion News

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1949, Page 7

Dominion News

N.Z. Naval Exercises New Zealand’s reinforced Navy will appear in its full strength when the cruiser Bellona leads five ships of the frigate flotilla from Auckland harbour today. The ships will spend six days in the Hauraki Gulf preparing for joint exercises with the Royal Australian Navy off the coast of Victoria and Ne\y South Wales.—(P.A.). Dates For Paying Taxes Notices in thb Gazette last evening state that the social security charge payable by companies for the year ended on March 31, 1949, is payable in one sum on February 2, 1950, and that land tax tor the same period payable by companies shall be due on' October 7, 1949, by other than companies on January 16, 1950, and income tax on February 9, 1950. — (P.A.)

Flying Boat For N.Z. Bound for Auckland on her delivery flight, the first of the Tasman Empire Airways Solent flying-boats, was expected to leave Hythe, Southampton, at 10 o’clock last evening. New Zealand time. It will arrive in. Auckland on Friday afternoon. Before entering the Tasman service in November the Ararangi will make courtesy flights from Auckland, Wellington, and Sydney, and will fly over the main towns in many parts of the Dominion. The Ararangi is commanded by Captain C. G. who will be accompanied by the British Overseas Airways Corporation route captain, and by the Tasman Empire Airways operations manager, Captain K. A. Bro wn j ohn.—(P. A.)

Anzac Day Anzac Day will in future be observed as a day to commemorate. the part taken by New Zealand servicemen and servicewomen in the Second World War and the South African War as well as the First World War. This is provided for in the Anzac Day Bill introduced and read a first time in the House of Representatives Hast evening. The Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr W. E. Parry) said that the bill gave effect to an agreement between the Government and the Returned Services’ Association. The bill, which declares Anzac Day to be a public holiday and prohibits the transfer of the holiday to any other day, consolidates existing Anzac Day legislation.—(P.A.) International Affairs Pleading for a greater interest by New Zealanders in international affairs because they so vitally affected the Dominion, Mr T. Bloodworth (Auckland), in the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon, urged that the Government should provide through the External Affairs Department a monthly brochure on current affairs written in a popular style. Discussing the annual report of the department, Mr Bloodworth said that 97 international conferences had been held in the 1948-49 year at which New Zealand was represented. He l said that the Lower House appeared to pay more attention to the costs of such conferences than to the value of them. Taxpayers had a right to know why New Zealand was committed to any particular course by its delegates overseas, and he deplored the delay in presenting reports .—(P.A.)