DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 13 June 1936, Page 12

DOMINION NEWS

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 10. As the result of being knocked down bv a motor-car near Huapai on Saturday evening, the death occurred at the hospital on Saturday evening, of John Patrick Aliller, driver and labourer, of Waimauku, from head injuries and compound fracture of the 1C Miss B. 11. M. Bruce, who died on April 14th, aged 89, left £17.000. A member of a pioneer Rangitikei iaunl.D her passing severed a link witn .. »r Walker Scott, as her mother was the Airs. Cnnninghame referred to in Lockhart’s account of Scott’s life. Bequests of £250 each arc made to the Smith .American Mission Society: _ to tlie Sudan United Mission; to regions be.vmid tho Missionary Union; to the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission: and to the British and Foreign Bible Society. There are bequests of £l,OOO each to the Aged and Infirm Alinisters’ Fund of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, and to the infirm missionaries fund, or to form. tho nucleus of a fund for establishing a building for the benefit of retired missionaries. Legacies to the last two charities are to be supplemented by a further £l.OOO each out of the residue of the estate, if there arc sufficient funds, and any remaining money will go to the Scripture Gift Mission, London. It was thought at first that the de■OHrture towards the end of July of Air. W. J. Jordan'. M.P.. for Alanuktau, for Geneva, to represent New Zealand on the Assembly of the league of Nations would necessitate a. by-election in August; blit it is now felt to bo desirable that Mr. Jordan should remain a member of Parliament in order to give, him improved status. This probablv will moan that there will be no by-election until the end of the, year, when Air. Jordan takes office as High Commissioner.

ROTORUA, June 6.

The Rotorua District Licensing Committee at its annual meeting unanimously passed a resolution expressing the opinion that the time had arrived when in the interests of the public- and the tourist industry a

general redistributoin of .hotel license's should take place in the Dominion.

'flic resolution arose as the result of an application. from Alataniata, seeking an expression of opinion from the committee as to the desirability of petitioning Parliament for the removal of a license from Thames to Alataniata.

The chairman of the committee (Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M.) pointed out that the matter did not come within the jurisdiction of the committee, lint the opinion was expressed by members of the committee that (.lie Alataniata request should be seriously considered in view of the fact that Thames had approximately twenty licenses and Alataniata had none. WOMAN STOWAWAY. AUCKLAND, June 12. A woman who Mowed away on Lhc Afariposa at Honolulu bound fcr New Zealand was 1 ransferred in the i'arifie to the Alontercy proceeding to Califor nia. Passengers on the Alariposa co arrival at Auckland this morning sail (the stowaway .was under the inipressi'on (lie Alariposa was bound for America. Passengers subscribed 120 dollars for her, and were conipensuteil by being able to send mail via the Aluiitercy. LINER’S RECORD RUN. CHRISTCHURCH. June 12. A new record for I he run from Bluff lo Lyllellon was made by the Blue Star Line nioltoi'-ship Empire Star which arrived at Lyttelton yesterday morning. Full speed was ordered at 5.25 p.m. on Wednesday outside the Bluft, '.and the first reduction in speed iwas made at LyL'tylton Heads at 10.12 a.m. yesterday, the Time elapsed being 16 hours 4'7' minutes. The average speed was 18.3 knots, nearly a knot faster than the speed required of vessels in flic inter-Island service between Wellington and Lyllellon to make their run in the usual time. TIMARU MAYORALTY. TIMARU, June 12.

Mr P. C. Vlnneil’ becomes Mayer of Ti’maru without opposition. When nominations closed last Saturday, Mr C. E. Kerr entered the lists. with live minutes to spare. Mr Kerr has announced ihis withdrawal from the campaign.. His .action has been dictated by the requirements of the Local Authorities (Members’ Contracts) Act, which disqualifies from

election any shareholder in an incorporated company of less than twenty members, if the Value of the business done by that company with the Borough Council exceeds £25 in any one year. Mr Kerr is a shareholder in the Tiinaru “Hera'd” Company, Ltd-, which comprises fewer than twenty shareholders, and the company’s business with Ihe Timartt Borough Council exceeds the permitted maximum.