Dominion News

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 June 1950, Page 6

Dominion News

Injured Seaman Dies Because of the death of a member of the crew the Shell Company’s anker Neothauma returned to Auckland yesterday. The dead man was Mr Leonard Hood. The Neothauma left Auckland for Abadan on Monday. The vessel radioed that a member of the crew had been injured in an accident and that it was returning. Later advice said that, the seaman had died. —(P.A.)

Charge Of Wounding Wife A plea of net guilty to a charge cf wounding his wife, Rita Mavis Morris, aged 45, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, on May 1 was entered by John Harold Morris aged 45, a drycleaner, at the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington. He was committed by Mr J. Hessell, S.M., to the Supreme Court for trial. The hearing had been adjourned from last week, when evidence was given by Mrs Morris at a special sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at the Wellington Hospital. Thirteen witnesses were called. —(P.A.). R.S.A. Views On Immigration The setting up Of a Parliamentary committee on immigration was urged on the Government by a resolution passed by the annual conference of the Dominion council of the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association in Wellington last evening. The conference suggested that the committee should deal with the imme- ■ diate issues of immigration, and formulate long-term plans. The conference also decided that the Government should be asked to obtain more immigrants from the United Kingdom and establish bureaux in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Eire to this end. A motion that the Government should set up a Royal commission on immigration was rejected by the conference as “a waste of time and a waste of money.” —(P.A.)

More Bursaries Sought The possibilities of increased educational assistance to children of returned service personnel of both world wars will be explored by the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association. This assistance, it was decided at the annual conference in Wellington, yesterday of the council of the association, should take the form of bursaries to children qualifying for advanced specialised education, varies or scholarships to children who are unable to complete specific courses at secondary schools within accessible range, boarding assistance to children situated in remote country districts over and above the Government boarding allowance, assistance in special cases for specialist training in advance of secondary education, and book grants and tutorial fees to children taking courses by correspondence when no facilities for attendance at classes are available.—(P.A.).