LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 31 October 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Sydney press cable message tstatps that there is little likelihood of Lieut. Keith Anderson’s equity suit against iquadron-Leader Kingsi'ord-Smith and Flight-Lieut. Uim arising out of the Pacific flight being : heard before Christmais. The sqiiaaron-leader leaves for the United States in .six weeks’ time. As the result of a light motor truck, which their father was driving, crash-! ing into a tramway centre pole an Freeman’s Bay, Auckland, just before, 6 o’clock on Monday evening, the three! children of J. J. Sutton received various injuries. The eldest hoy, Albert Sutton ,aged nine, was cut about the face and received concussion. John, aged six. received a fracture of the left thigh. A sister, Jean, received injuries to her left eye and forehead. The father ■ escaped without serious injury. The children had just been picked up by tlieir father and the truck was turning when the steering gear failed. The truck, which was heavily laden with clay, hit the centre, pole with some force and was badly damaged. Tramcars were held up until the assistance I of a heavy lorry, was enlisted to drag the disabled truck to the side of the road. The truck was owned by Sutton and was not insured.—Press Assn. A claim for a .penalty of £lO fair a breach of an award' was mad© in the Magistrate's Court at Christchurch .ester-day by the Canterbury Freezing j Works and' Related Trades Union against the Canterbury Frozen Meat I Company. The union demanded pay-, meiit of waiting time, a period of two hours and three-quarters which, was 'ost owing to a dispute at the works. Instead of the - customary neck strings fo- 'tying, a carcase into position for packing, the company supplied one day wire neck-set?. These the butchers refused to us)?, declaring they were insanitary and liabie to scratch and infest their bands. Before the- trouble was ended by the restoring of the neck strings 2$ hours were lost. For this time the slaughterman demanded payment, which, the company refused. The magistrate reserved iris judgment. — Press Association. v TJie 35t.h annual meeting of 'the Canterbury Farmers’ Co-op. Association Was l:i?kl' at Tima.ru yesterday. Mir K. Mackenzie, chairman of directors, said the trading profit for the year was £19.161. A,s indicating the improvement in tlie finance, he said the 'liability to the bank and depositors in 1923-24 was £698.544. compared with £427,826 in 1927-28. a decrease in tour roars, of £270,718. The past year’s working showed >a. decrease of £3OOO in expenses, cbieflv salaries and overdraft interest, and the inereaist? in the earnings was £6BOO. In the past four years the denosits had been reduced by almost half. In order to stabilise the financial .position! and restore the association to a dividend-pa.ying basis, the directcais recommended the writing down of all ordinary and preference shares bv 25s each. The ordinary and C and' D prefeernee shareholders agp?ed to the pro- j ■Dosn.l but the A and B preference share-. holder? rejected it. The "matter so far as the two latter groups an? .concerned will come up for reconsideration. 1 In the Lawrence district of Otago there are a number of gold-mining claims which were worked , out in ‘the early seventies by the ordinary sluice method, states the Dunedin correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times.” Thej deposit left behind by the sluicing process is known as cement- conglomerate, and with the assistance of - the Mines Department a company that has been working in the district since 1900 is about to try to win the gold that is generally admitted to be there. Up-to-date machinery has been obtained for drilling holes and for crushing the cement. Officials of the Mines Department have gone very full into the matter, with the result that the Government has authorised payment of. a subsidy equalling half the cost of drilling and proving the values of the deposits. The results obtained so far indicate that it should be a payable proposition to mine these deposits, and it is likely that if this venture proves a success other companies, will be promoted to work the deposits, not only at Lawrence, but elsew"here in Otago. ! A hint of a slight revision of the territorial defence scheme to provide more money for the air service was given by the Prime Minister, the R*. Hon. J. G. Coates, in his speech at Dargaville. Mr Cbates said he had received a report from .Sir J°h n ®al” mond, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defences of Britain, and there was no doubt that the air service would have to be developed. It was thought that the costs of land forces could be revised a. little and amounts saved there passed on to the Air Force. For instance, there ' was the cost of coast defence guns, and_.it was ‘thought a better scrvice could perhaps be given by bombing aircraft, land machines and sea machines. The. Prime Minister said he thought this could .be done with perfect safety, as all that was wanted from the territorial force 4 was a body oi men who could be so equipped and trained tha't New Zealand would be able to take her part with credit in the defence of the Empire. It was not desired that' boys should be given military thoughts, but only that they should know how to keep their powder dry and ho worthy of the stock from which they came. A dance and; euchre palrty will be held, in the Tokaora Hall on. Friday next, November. If sufficient inducement offers, a. bus will leave the Aair-d Gatrage at 7.45 p.m.

FLUENZOL aND DIPTHERIA. .. When in New Zealand a medical man, now practising as a specialist in Harley Street. London, used to recommend Fluenzol for Diptheria. Pending the arrival of a doctor it is. always wise to check feverishness or throat in flammation with Flncnzol. A powerful »;)iMharmless t.o children 3

In the Maiiaia most popular man competition. Mr T. M. Hair is leading until *250 votes, Mr J. A. Hanson * next with 180, and Oolone\ T. C. Siitherlancl has 160.

Iteferring to the extensive bootlegging which was going on in America, Mr Hogg at last night’s lecture mentioned the fact that manufacturers in Britain were doing a large trade m all classes of “dummy” cameras, torches and other articles capable of concealing whisky. In one instance, the speaker was given an electric torch, and, trying to light it, found that it. contained liquor. “It was a spot -light, •- lie added.

Commander Byrd, leader of the Antarctic Expedition, will arrive at New Zealand by the whaling vessel O. A. Larsen, which is due at Wellington within the next few days from bail Pedro. It is not yet known when Commander Byrd will reach Dunedin. Arrangements have been made witii the Government' to make Quarantine Island a temporary quarantine station for the 90 dogs belonging to the expedition. These dogs are being cairied by the whaling vessel Sir James Clark Ross, which is due at Port Chalmers on Monday. The lessee of the island, Mr. R. Miller, has placed it at the disposal of the expedition, and the dogs will be accommodated' in one of the buildings there, pending the transporting of their kennels. A yard for running the dogs'in has been set apart on the island, and in addition the “huskies” will lie exercised' on the '--omparativelv flat top of the island. Arrangements will probably lie made For citizens to visit the island; to see the dogs under working conditions. “I believe that the large area of land lving between Rotorua and Taupo lias a future before it,” said the; Hon. A. D. McLeod at Grey town. “It will be our poliev to develop that country, and it will be necessary for the. Government to provide 25 per cent or onethird of the development costs. That subsidy should he provided either in the way of direct assistance to the farmesr themselves or the providing of road or rail access so that fertilisers can be obtained at # the lowest cost.” Thoceeding. the Minister said' the problem of the area, of which he spoke, and of all other unoccupied l areas, was the native land problem. That was the problem to-dnv. as it had been for half a centnrv. Right through the area bet.irosn Rotorua and Tautjo were scattered native lands, and these were gradually being dealt with. Consolidation had been going on as purchases were made, and a great deal had been don« in the last three years. Much credit was due. he said, to the Prime .Minister ns Native Minister. Air. Coates kiiew the Maori mind from A to Z. and with him in this work native members of the House had been closelv- associated.