NEWS IN BRIEF

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23211, 24 March 1950, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF

£IOOO SCHOLARSHIP.—Another national travelling scholarship in art valued at £IOOO is being offered this year by the Association of New Zealand Art Societies. Open to men and ! women resident in' New Zealand between the ages of 22 and 40. the ! scholarship is for not less than two I years in any country. ENGLISH JOCKEY ARRIVES. — An English iockev. Thomas Davies, arrived bv air at Auckland from Sydney yesterday to join the Winder stable, Te Rapa. Davies comes from Kingsclere, Berkshire, He began racing about four years before the war and lias been riding regularly since the end. He is a flat jockey, but has done some hurdle riding. Davies looked after 14 thoroughbreds on the shiD from England to Australia. PRESIDENT CONGRATULATED—The Wellington Trades Council on Wednesday night congratulated its president. Mr. F. P. Walsh, on his press statement “drawing the attention of tiro public to preferential treatment accorded to wheat growers in granting them an extra Is 5d a bushel for wheat.” The council also reaffirmed its endorsement of the actions of the executive of the Federation of Labour in its dispute with the Waterside Workers’ Union. COMPULSORY INSURANCE.— Until the passing of legislation to amend the present insurance regulations, policies covering compulsory insurance of staffs by employers must be renewed with the State insurance company. This information was contained in a telegram from the Minister of Labour, Mr. W. Sullivan, in reply to an inquiry by Mr. E. P. Adm-man. M.P.. in New Plymouth on Wednesday. Mr. Aderman said that he had had numerous requests from businessmen asking that their obligations in employers’ indemnity insurance be made clear. SALARIES TOO LOW.—“This is getting desperate," said Mr. J. A. C. Allum. the chairman, when it was reported to the Auckland Metro;;..*.-; tan Drainage Board on Wednesday that because of the inadequate salaries allowed to be offered, the board was having difficulty in filling two posts on its technical staff. "Unless there is an overhaul of the professional scale of salaries we will lose the younger men,” he said “The position today is that, if New Zealand wants to keep its voung engineers and bring others here we must be prepared to do what other countries do and pay them adequate salaries.” Mr. Allum said. OVERSEAS LEGATIONS.—The whole question of New Zealand representation overseas will be reviewed by the Government at an early date, The Prime Minister, l\lr. S. G. Holland, said in Wellington on Wednesday that the Government would consider the future of the various overseas legations after discussions in the near future with the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, Mr. W. J. Jordan, and the High Commissioner in Canada and Australia, Messrs. J. Thorn and J. G. Barclay. Mr. Jordan, whose term will expire in August, 1951, will leave London at the end of this month for a brief visit to New Zealand for consultation with the Government. WELLINGTON POWER USERS. Wellington city has been “sponging" on the people of the rest of the North Island in its use of electric power, Mr. I. R. Robinson told the Local Government Commission in Wellington on Wednesday. Mr. Robinson is engineer and general manager to the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board. The city, which had no rationing scheme, had used more than 2,000,000 units above its allocation from the State Hydro-Electric Department for the year ended this month, said Mr. Robinson. The Hutt Valley Board, which put up with great inconvenience and unpopularity with its rationing scheme, had tried to meet the department’s wishes and was going to be 1.100,000 units under its allocation, said Mr. Robinson.