DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Ppr Press Association.). BUTTER PRODUCE. INCREASE REPORTED. WELLINGTON, August 7. The Dairy Division grading figures for the twelve months ended in July show an increase for butter of 4.0 per cent at 74,623 tons, and for cheese a decrease of .73 per cent at 75,753 tons, as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding season. Reduced to terms of butter-fat equivalent the gradings of dairy produce for twelve months show an increase of 2.49 per cent over the gradings for the corresponding period of the preceding season. N.Z. TIMBER. GROWING DEMAND IN AUSTRALIA. AUCKLAND, August 7. “ As far as the timber trade is con : cerne'd things are booming in Adelaide and Sydney, and especially in Adelaide, said Mr J. Lamb, of the firm of Parker-Lamb, timber merchants, of Auckland, on returning by the Ulimaroa after what lie termed a “most successful business trip.” Ho said he was surprised at the number of buildings which were being pulled down in Sydney and being reconstructed. Melbourne in comparison with Sydney and Adelaide, as far as the timber business was concerned, was dead. Mr Lamb was surprised at the large quantities of kauri and white pine which were being used in New South Wales and South Australia, the former for flooring and the latter for butter boxes. “ The Government have lifted the restrictions here and it will be found that there will he gradually a greater demand lor our wood in the Commonwealth, from practically now on. They want a lot of our kauri as there is a distinct shortage of Queensland pine. New Zealand is certainly going to j benefit in the future and it is going - to be a good thing for the industry.”. | Mr Lamb added that ho had placed many orders and if he had had time he could have placed more. There was no doubt that Sydney and Adelaide could take all that.was offering on this side of the Tasman. “They don’t wait for vou in go and sell to them,” said Mi Lamb, “ but they find you out a.\l come to you to buy over there.”

VALUABLE MUSIC PRIZE

N.Z. COMPOSERS ELIGIBLE. WELLINGTON, August 7. New Zealand music composers have been given an opportunity of competing for the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge prize of 1000 dollars for a work .of chamber music written for five wind instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn). r lhe competition, which is under the Division of Music in the Library of the United States Congress, is open to composers of all nationalities.

In a dispatch received from tho British Ambassador at Washington, forwarded to the Government by the Governor-General (Sir Charles Fergusson), it is stated that the competition will close on April 15th, 1929. Manuscripts (score and parts) should ho sent anonymously fwith the lull name and address of the composer in if sealed envelope accompanying the music) to the .Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington. No award will be made if a majority of the judges so recommend. Only original works (not arrangements) will ho eligible. Tho Library reserves to itself the sole right of performance of the winning work within one’year after the award of the prize.

COUPLE M ARRIED TWICE. •AUCKLAND, Aug. 8.

The case of a couple being married twice was disclosed, in the Supreme Court in connection with the petition of May Perry (Air Ringer) for a divorce from William Arthur Perry. They were married in June, 1921.

The petitioner said that on May 15th ' 1922, she had gone through a form of marriage with the the respondent, but she afterwards found that he had a wife alive at that time. He was prosecuted for bigamy, but he was acquitted. Ho obtained' a divorce from his first wife, and then lie went-through a second form of marriage with the petitioner. Working as the manageress of a soda fountain in Christchurch, the petitioner had kept her husband until he suddenly left her in August, 1924. She failed to find him, and came to live with her mother in Auckland, where she had been ever since. Llie had not seen him or heard from him since lie left her. A decree nisi was granted, to bo made absolute in three months. SUBSTANTIA L BEQUESTS. HAMILTON, Aug. 8. Substantial bequests were made by the late Miss Annie McPherson to the Hamilton Beautifying Society, and to Qbo Hamilton Cathedral. Miss McPherson died on Monday at the age of 78 years. She was a daughter of the late Captain Janies McPherson, of tho 4th. Wnikatos, who settled in Hamilton in 1866. The amount of the bequests has not yet been announced.