DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 10 February 1938, Page 8

DOMINION NEWS

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE. [Per Press Association]. WELLINGTON, February 9. Two men well-known in industrial circles throughout New Zealand. Messrs F. G. Young and J. Purtell, have been nominated as the workers delegate to represent New ZdaJffid at the 24th. session of the International Labour Conference at Geneva, in June. Mr. Young is President of the Auckland Trades Council of the Federation of Labour, and Secretary of the Auckland Hotel Workers’ Union and the Hotel Workers’ Federation Mr. Purtell is a member of the City Council, and secretary of several Auckland unions. A representative of the employers will also attend the conference. Nominations will close at Wellington on Monday. CARPENTER FROM LONDON. AUCKLAND, February 9. Carrying a guarantee of employment for three years as a carpenter and joiner, at trade union rates, in New Zealand, a young London carpen ter, who had worked his passage on the steamer Port Melbourne, signed off the vessel at Auckland, this morning, and later left for Wellington, where he expects to be given work on the Government’s housing scheme. He figures that he will be better off at £5 weekly for 40 hours in New Zealand than on the £3 17s 6d he has been earning for a longer week in London. WELLINGTON, February 9. The Union Bank, to-day, opened a branch in Farish Street, Wellington, within a few yards of its first premises in Wellington, which was the first bank in Wellington, and was opened in 1841. YOUNG FARMERS’ TOUR. WELLINGTON, February 8. An official farewell was accorded to five members of the New Zealand Federation of Young Farmers’ Club before their departure by the Awatea for Sydney to-day to attend the Australian sesquicentennial celebrations and join a similar team from Great Britain at Adelaide. The gathering was held in Parliament House in the office of the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. W. Lee Martin) and in his absence, through indisposition, members of the team were addressed by the Postmaster-General (the Hon. F. Jones). The leader of the team (Mr C. M. Whatman) thanked the Minister on behalf of the team for his good wishes. The other members, Messrs A. Fisher, H. McKenzie, A. Viles and A. Cowan, also returned thanks. The team was entertained by the Minister to afternoon tea. NEW GEORGE VI. STAMPS. CHRISTCHURCH, February 9. The forthcoming issue of new . Id stamps bearing the portrait of King George VI has been awaited eagerly by philatelists in Christchurch, and during the last few weeks numbers of inquiries have been received at the Chief Post Office for them or their date of issue. A bulletin, issued yesterday by the General Post Office announced that the stamps would be placed on sale on March 1 at all offices in the Dominion, and the id pictorial stamps now in general use will be withdrawn. Other new stamps will appear on the same date. They, are the 3d and 9d pictorial stamps overprinted “Official.” They will replace the last of the King George “Official” stamps. New id “Official” stamps will be issued at the same time as the general issue of new Id stamps. The 1937 health stamp, which was issued on October 1, will be withdrawn from sale on February 15. ENGINEERING DEGREE. WELLINGTON, February 8. The following have passed in the 15 days’ paper in drawing for the third professional examination of the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering: , Canterbury University College—P. E. Bridges, E. L. Cutten, B. D. Duffield, F. M. Hilgendorf, E. D. Kalaugher, E. M. Nalder, E. W. Newton, D. H. Oldfield, E. D. Reece, E. G. Sandelin, J. P. Shelly, A. H. Simpson, F. M. Stace, A. M. Stevenson, C. E. Taylor, C. M. Wheeler. Although all the successful candidates come from Canterbury University College, they live in various parts of New Zealand. TE AROHA PROGRESS. TE .AROHA, February 9. The foundation stone of the new Municipal Buildings was laid last evening by Hon. Walter Nash, who was welcomed to the district by the Mayor (Mr R. Coulter, M.P.,) in the presence of a large gathering. The Minister said that the Erection of such a fine building was evidence of the Borough’s'progress, and the worthy efforts of the town’s pioneers. The Mayor stated that the cost of officers was £5235, and they provided for a library, a long-felt want. The Minister was presented by the contractor (Mr W'. G. Barclay) with a silver, trowel, inscribed. TWO SAILING VESSELS DUE. AUCKLAND, February 8. Keen interest is being maintained in Auckland in the movements of two sailing vessels, the Finnish barque Penang and the ketch-rigged auxiliary yacht Seeteufel. Both are expected to arrive here soon. The Penang, from Nossi Be, off Madagascar, is presumed to be close to the Hauraki Gulf, waiting for favourable winds to enter port, and the Seeteufel, with Count Felix von Luckner, is now a week out of Samoa and should arrive early next week. It is, therefore, probable that these two ocean wanderers will be in port at the same time as the Finnish four-masted barque Pamir, which will not leave Auckland for Noumea before Wednesday. The Penang has not been sighted for eight days; she was last seen in Foveaux Strait. The weather on the east coast has'not been generally favourable to her progress northward, and an easterly gale and northerly weather may have kept her well out to sea and delayed her arrival, virtually the goal of her world cruise. The Samoa to Auckland stage of the Seeteufel’s voyage is now well advanced. The Seeteufel is fitted with wireless receiving . and transmitting apparatus, and it is expected that Count von Luckner will shortly advise his time of arrival on the coast.