DOMINION NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1937, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS

MEMORIAL HALL FOUNDATION STONE LAID. (Per Press Association—Copyright). DUNEDIN, May 14. Tributes to the memory of the former Leader of the Labour Party. (Mr H. E. Holland) were paid when the foundation stone, of the new hall, which is at present being built by the Caversham branch of the New Zealand Labour Party, was laid by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr W. E. Barnard). The hall, which is to be known as the Henry. Holland Memorial Hail, is being erected - on a section leased, from (the Railways Department in the western side of the railway line at Caversham. The tentative plans provide for a-wooden .building 90 feet inlength and 40 feet wide, The main hall will be 60 feet long by 40' feet in width, with a stage and supper room at one end .and a commodious committee room and cloak rooms opening off the main entrance. The erection of the building is Being carried out by day labour, and with the funds already in hand as of a successful carnival, and eyery' prospect of more oeing raised, by an energetic committee, it is anticipated that the building will be opened free of debt. HIGHER WAGE DEMAND. ••.- y ■ • AUCKLAND, May 14. Asking for .higher wages, better working eonditi oii§,', and overtime for work in excess of eight hours daily, the masters ahd officers of coastal vessels sailing out of Auckland are reported to have reinforced theirVdeinands with an ultimatum to the employers that they would not take the vessel to sea until an agreement wa«; reached. This report- Ts neither), denied nor confirmed by the Merchant Service Guild, through which : the masters and mates concerned - ailA negotiating with the shipowners,, but the? Claymore, which was ready*to sail for Whangarei last nigrt, did not leave. Cargo operations on other'vessels .which were due to sail last night were interrupted by rain.

WELLINGTON FINANCES, * . • WELLINGTON, May 14. A debit balance of £1.562, compared ivith a credit of £792 for the previous year, is revealed in the Wellington tramway and bus account for the year ended March 31, 1937, The net effect is that the finances receded by £2354 during the year. The trains showed a profit of £3,505 and the buses a loss of £5.067.

The electricity department showed a credit; of £8,987,. compared with £43,343 at March 31, 193&. The Mayor (Mr T. C. A. Hislop), commenting on the position, said that tho tramways would have to he watched with the greatest care and expenditure would have to be controlled very carefully if increased fares were to he avoided. Referring to the Electricity Department, Mr Hislop said that the council had reduced the charges to the lowest rate in the southern hemisphere, and if it could keep on the right side, it could have no cause for complaint. It should he recognised, however, that the council could not now draw on the electricity account to assist its general, funds.

THEFT OF JEWELLERY GERALDINE, May 13. Jewellery vallued at about £IOO was stolen from the premises of Mr .John Mcllroy, watchmaker and jeweller, • of Talbot Street, Geraldine, either in the early hours of yesterday morning or late on Tuesday night. The discovery of the theft was made by Mr McTlroy when he returned to his shop after the morning celebrations on Coronation Bay. A safe containing diamond rings, money, and watches, valued at about £3OO, had not been tampered with. ORANGES. AUCKLAND. May 14. More than fi(XXJ cases of Californian naval oranges were brought to Auckland from Los Angeles by the Mariposa, the first of the new season’s exports from the Pacific Coast. The fruit is stated to have arrived in excellent condition and will he released on the wholesale market to-morrow. In view of the acute shortage which has persisted for some months a strong demand is anticipated. While it is difficult to predict prices it it expected that the new supplies will realise from 37s fid to 4os. according to the count, which is a considerable reduction on the rates which ruled during the height of the famine.

Under the Mining Act',' 1926. Application No. 32/37, APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A CLAIM. To the Warden of the Westland Mining District,' at Hokitika. ’ T>URSUANT to the Alining Act, 1926, , the undersigned ANDREW JOHN DILLON, of Taipo, miner, hereby applies for a license for a claim, as specified in the Schedule hereto, in respect of the land therein referred to, which has been duly marked out for the purpose. Precise time of marking' out privilege applied for: 23rd April, 1937, at’s p.m. . Date and number of miner’s right: 15th April, 1937, No‘. 71719. Address for service: Office of Park, Murdoch & James, solicitors, Hokitika. Dated at Hokitika this 3rd day of May, 1937. SCHEDULE. Class and subdivision of £laim: Special Quartz. Style under which Claim is to be worked: Dillon and Party. Proposed Mode of Working. Driving and crushing. ■ ' Proposed Term, of License. 42 years. Locality where Land is situated, with i.tg Boundaries, Measurements, and Area. Also state if unalienated Crown Land, private land,. or otherwise. All that area of land situate in Plocks IX and Y. Otira Survey District containing 100,acres more or les§ situate op the left-hand of western side of the Taipo River in the Westland Alining District, commencing at the eastern peg of Special .Quartz Claim applied for by applicant this day under Application No. 31/1937, thence north-easterly 66 2-3 chains, thence north-westerly 15 chains, thence south-westerly 66 2-3 chains, thence south-easterly 15 chains to the point of commencement, as. per sketch plan filed with application No. 27/1937 by the applicant this day. All pegs marked “cross with two strokes underneath,” and trenches; Signature of Applicant: Andrew John Dillon, by bis solicitor, Al. B. James. Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: oth May, 1937, at H a.m. Time and place . appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: Tuesday, Bih June, 1937, at. 10,30 a.m. at the Warden’s Court, Hokitika. Objections must be filed in the Registrar’s Office and notified to applicant at least, three days before the time so appointed. T. P. PAIN, Alining Registrar.

Under the Alining Act, 1926, Application No. 33/37. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR v A CLAIM. To the Warden of the Westland Mining District, at Hokitika. T>URSUANT to the Mining Act, 1926, A the undersigned ANDREW JOHN DILLON, of Taipo, miner, hereby applies for a license for a claim, as specified in the Schedule hereto, in respect of the land therein referred to, which has been duly marked out for the purpose. Precise time of marking ouit privilege applied for: 23rd April, 1937, at 5 p.m. Date and number of miner’s right. l£th April, 1937, No. 71719. Address for service: Office of Park, Murdoch & James, solicitors, Hokitika. Dated at Hokitika, this Brd day of May, 1937. SCHEDULE. Class and subdivision of Claim: Special Quartz. Style under which Claim is to he worked: Dillon and Party. Proposed Mode of Working. Driving and crushing. Proposed Term of License. 42 years. Locality where Land is situated, with it 3 Boundaries, Measurements, and Area. Also state if unalienated Crown Land, private land, or otherwise. All that area of land situate in Blocks IX and V. Otira Survey District containing 100 acres more oj : less. Commencing at a peg 30 chains south-west of the One Mile Creek Fork, running thence north-easterly 66 2-3 chains, tlienge north-westerly 15 chains, . thence southwesterly 66 2-3 chains, and thence, south-easterly 15 chains to the point of commencement as per sketch plan filed with this application.

All pegs marked “cross with two strokes underneath,’’ and trenches. Signature of Applicant: Andrew John Dillon, by his solicitor M. B. James. Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: oth May, 1937, at 11 a.m. Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: Tuesday, Bth June, 1937, at 10.30 a.m. at the Warden’s Court, Hokitika. Objections must be filed in the Registrar’s Office and notified to applicant at least three days before the time so appointed. ' T P. PAIN, Mining Registrar.