Dominion News

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 July 1950, Page 2

Dominion News

Man Drowned At Auckland William Taylor, aged 60, formerly of Christchurch, was drowned in Auckland harbour early yesterday afternoon. Mr Taylor was seen in the water just off the Devonport ferry wharf. A ticket checker employed by the Devonport Steam Ferry Company informed the police, and _ a Navy launch was immediately' dispatched. Mr Taylor 'was fopnd and taken on board the launch but was dead.—(P.A.).

Moneylenders’ Act The Full Court yesterday reserved judgment in a case in which a decision is sought on whether a cash order business comes within the Moneylenders Act. The case is an appeal by Philip Goldberg, of Hamilton, an agent against the conviction imposed upon him by Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., at Hamilton, on April 6. The appeal was in the first instance to the Supreme Court, but was removed by the Mr Justice Callan to the Full Court for hearing.— (P.A.)

Invercargill Complaint . The claim that the decision of the Minister in charge of Civil Aviation, Mr W. S. Goosman, was now overdue, was made by the secretary of the Invercargill Airport Committee, Mr A. J. Dillon. The question of a hangar for the city airport, he said had been thrashed out among the local bodies and Government officials during the last three or four months, and Mr Goosman had made an inspection of the aerodrome and had received deputations. “No advice has yet been received from the Minister, who promised to make a decision within three months. That decision is now oyerdue,” Mr Dillon said.—(P.A.)

Death Of Mr V. C. Walsh Mi' Vivian Claude Walsh, aged 62, an engineer, of Selwyn avenue, Mission Bay, Auckland, died yesterday. Mr Walsh was well known for his part in pioneering aviation in the Dominion. He took an early interest in aviation, and taught himself to fly. In 1910 he made the first flight in New Zealand at Auckland, but it was later'that Mr Walsh, with his brother, Mr Leo Walsh, who was the planner and organiser in their ventures, made their greatest claims to fame. The brothers built their own flyingboat, the first ever designed, built and flown in the Southern Hemisphere. It flew on New Year’s Day, 1915. The brothers later formed a flying training school. From it came young men who gained honour for themselves in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.—(P.A.). Licences to Sell Power

The executive of the Municipal Supply Authorities’ Association met the Minister-in-Charge of the State Hydro-Electric Department, Mr W. S. Goosman, last week to discuss the expiring licences of the towns that are selling electricity. Twenty-eight towns are involved. Most of the licences expire in the next five years. “The Minister said that, as far as he waS concerned, the licences would be renewed for 21 years as they expired,” said the secretary of the Association, Mr J. M. Fraser, 1 of Rangiora, in a statement. “He also said that, in some cases where licences, would be expiring shortly, he would if asked, cancel the present licences, and issue new one for 21 years. The Minister also intimated that, if a Committee is set up to advise on increased charges by the State Hydro Department in 1953, when all of the agreements expire, he would recommend that two members of the Association be appointed to that committee. The executive felt that the Minister had its entire confidence, and promised to help him in any way in the difficult matter of electricity supply.”—(P.A.)

World Trade “The World Trade Conference at Torquay, England, in September is a fixture of great significance, not only for New Zealand manufacturers, but for the whole Commonwealth,” said the president of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation (Mr S. Howard Hunter) in Auckland, yesterday. He added that it was now time lor New Zealand to review its position in relation to the general agreement on tariffs and trade, and it was hoped the Government would co-operate with importers and industry. “No world organisation should be permitted to distort or restrict by agreements the basis of preferential trade relationships in the British Empire, and we should not be lulled into a false sense of security because of the provision of socalled escape clauses,” Mr Hunter said. He added that the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation had already expressed its concern to the Minister of Customs (Mr C. M. Bowden). The Torquay conference would be primarily concerned with negotiations to gain concessions and reductions of Empire preferences additional to those conceded in the Geneva schedule of 1947.—(P.A.).