DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 16 May 1935, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

JAP. CRUISERS IN N.Z. WELLINGTON, May 15 The Japanese cruisers, Asama an J Yakumo, arrived this morning from Sydney in the course of a training cruise, and proceeded up the harbour, the Asama leading. The Asama gave a salute of 21 guns rounding Point Jeiningham, the battery replying. The cruisers berthed at Pipitea Wharf. Squads of sailors were soon at work removing all traces of the six days •at sea. Sentry boxes were set up and painted, and gangways run out, and also painted, all apparently at top speed. The Japanese Consul, N. S. Falla, went aboard the Asama and afterwards Rear Admiral Nakamura with the Consul, two captains and others, called on the Governor-General and later the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr Ransom), following which they laid a wreath on the Citizens’ War Memorial. Some 400 officers, petty officers and cadets were entertained at a picture theatre where a film “Romantic New Zealand” was screened by courtesy of the Internal Affairs Department. MORTGAGE ADJUSTMENT. WELLINGTON, May 15. An explanatory comment on the Mortgage Corporation Act. and the Rural Mortgagors Final Adjustment Act. was made by Mr Polson at a meeting of the Dominion Executive of the Farmers’ Union. He referred to the division of opinion that had been revealed among various branches of the Union, and said they had to show a united front. If after the Dominion Executive decided upon a certain course of action, members went home and proceeded to throw spanners into the works, it made it very difficult for himself in particular, in endeavouring to get the job done as they wanted it done in another place. He thought the second Bill was a charter of liberty for the farmer. The farmer ought to be able to forge ahead. If he did not, God help the rest of the community, because things would be so bad nothing would save the situation.

It was decided by the meeting to have a discussion on Ihe legislation CAR ACCIDENTS. ASHBURTON, May 15. Ernest W. Easterbrook, 65, sustained concussion, a ■wound on the head, and a fractured right shoulder, as the result of being knocked down by a motor car, while cycling on the Main South Road, near Fairfield last evening. He was admitted to hospital, unconscious, and in a serious con dition, but is reported to be improving. The car was driven by Weldon R. Smith, of Timaru. HASTINGS, May 14. A collision between a trap he was driving ami the Napier-Wellington express at Hastings railway crossing this evening, resulted in the death rl Royal Lee, chimney sweep. The horse drawing the trap which he was driving was unable to be restrained when the engine approached the crossing, and it was in the centre of the line when the collision occurred. Lee was killed immediately and the horse was disembowelled. CANOE TRAGEDY. D ARG A VILLE, May 15. Tragedy for one of the party ended the day’s search for the body of the youth, Cameron Cuthbert, who was drowned in the Northern Wairoa River on April 28, when a canoe capsized A party had been out from early morning, and made extensive search returning at 8 o’clock. On landing, James Condon, uncle of the drowned youth, suddenly expired. Condon, who had been searching continuously since the accident, was a farmer, about 60, and an old resident of the district. The inquest disclosed that deceased had a strenuous day, and complained of heart pains in the afternoon, bn; recovered. , ... •> A verdict, of death from heart lailur.. was returned.

PUBCHASE OF WHITE ISLAND. AUCKLAND, May 14. With the object of using the fumer ,Ip-. for the evaporation of sea water, White Inland has been purchased by an Australian syndicate. The Island was bought in 1926 by the White Island Products, Limited, which established extensive plant there for working su! phur and a large deposit of low grade guano. In September las’t, this company went into liquidation. It "a* from the liquidators that the purchase has been made. A thorough investigation ras recently been made on the spot by Mr P. A- Mackay, technical chemist to the company, who has had extensive experience of chemical manure and other factories in Australia, Spain and India. He made tests to determine the available heat from the fumaroles and the possibility of utilising super-heated steam to produce salt from sea water. The problem of corrosion by hydrochloric acid and ferric chloride in steam have also been studied These, Mr Mackay states, are likely to be the greatest difficulties confronting the company. The use of the fumeroles in Italy Mr Mackav said, had resulted in a saving equal to 200,000 tons of coal annually, but in that country, they had the advantage of distance from the sea. which eliminated undesirable gases. However, he was confident that with the correct plant success was likely. .0 be attained. He was not in n position to discuss the other objective of his principals. GRANT FOR MEN’S SHELTER. WELLINGTON, May 14. A grant for £5OO from the laitost Art Union funds is to be made to the Wellington City Mission, whose men’s shelter has been in danger of closing owing to financial difficulties. Sir A. Young made it cl'ar that the £5OO grant must be used for relief of distress, and not for payment of the Mission’s debt on debentures. A deputation as’ked for a straight out grant on the nlea that the succouring of between 250 and 260 “down and outs” every night was a national liability. Mr Ransom pointed outt that if the Government agreed to such a request, a very big question would be raised, since similar institutions throughout the Dominion would demand equal treatment. GREYMOUTH CLERK’S STRUGGLE WITH BURGLAR. CHRISTCHURCH, May 14. A man broke into the homo of Mrs Beatrice Mary McKechnie, 97

Rugby Street, during a struggle, a suit case containing £4 .in money, a set of studs, a botCle of perfume, a pair of slippers, and a navy blue coat belonging to the house, wore recovered. Tli<* man was surprised by Mr J. Al. MeKechnie, a clerk in the National Bank, Greymouth, on a, holiday visit to his home in Christchurch. He returned unexpectedly ito the hous?e in the afternoon, and-having no key, tried the froa and back doors. These were locked, but his bedroom window, which he remembered closing, was open and the. blind down. He thought he saw moving inside, so got in through the window. He found a man trying to get out the back door. McKechnie grappled with him. The man dropped a suitcase he was carrying, but resisted. The man managed to get out the back I door, but McKechnie again got hold of him. He went through the man’s pockets and found £4 in notes and other articles, all of which the man, it is alleged, admitted having taken. . The man suddenly broke away and escaped down Winchester Street, by riding a bicycle. McKechnie notified the police giving a description of the man. Detective Norman Thompson last evening made an arrest. WARNING TO NEW ZEALAND. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, May 14. A visitor to Mr D. G. Davidson of London, later left with hisj

wife for San Francisco, en route to England. They declare New Zealand i* 4 the most beautiful country in the world. Air Davidson, thirty years ago, was resident in New Zealand, for eighteen years, as assistant inspector of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand. “When I wan here four years ago,” he said, “I warned you that your land values were much too high. The Government and the owners must attune themselves to a still lower readjustment of land values rural and urban. Knowing the Argentine as I do, I am inclined to think it is not advisable for New Zealand to go in for beef raising through the discovery of the chilling process. You are too far away from the English market. Argentine can produce wonderful beef and have it in Smithfield markets in a few dajs. In regard to butter ami cheese, there should be no let up in quality. You can only afford to raise] the standard and there are experts who say that this should not be difficult, particularly in regard to your cheese, which I have been given to understand is not always up to the highest grade.”