DOMINION NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1937, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS

MINISTERS CONFER (Per Press Association—Copyright!. WELLINGTON, July 7. The acting-Minister of Labour, the Hon P. C. Webb to-day convened a* conference of local bodies of , ,Wellington city and district to discuss the absorption ’ of 500 men for four months at full-time employment. On behalf of the Government, the Minister promised to subsidise men’s wanes up to £4 weekly. ~ He. asked local bodies to co-operate in finding work ofnational and local importance, . This they'- promised ■to do Sind /they are to submit a schedule .of work : for • the Minister’s approval* • . • The • Minister of Transport, the Hon >ll .Semple announced to-day that’.lie- ■ ensing authorities are-to fix prices to be paid carriers for: the carriage pi • bobby calves. Public--sittings will be hold to hear representations from in terosted parties, r* | . .- • • ~x. , ’ "t ? *

N.Z VOYAGER. AUCKLAND, July 6. , A New Zealander, aged 23, L. Campbell, - who left Auckland two years ago . in the ketch Idle Hour, returned by j , the Maunganui to-day. His contract |, was' to .go as far as Sydney, where he took ill. Later lie travelled to north-! ern Queensland, from where he sat out j to walk to Darwin. After thrilling, adventures he had to turn back from Tennant’s Creek. “Snakes!”, lie said., “There are thousands of them. They ranged from 25ft rock pythons to 10-, ; inch death adders. After a while you got used to them.’’ Campbell was bitten by a spider and - was taken to hospital. " HOSPITAL OVERCROWDED, j AUCKLAND, July 7. Every bed in Auckland. Hospital is s occupied, and on behalf of. the Board, the Chairman, Rev, W. C. Wood, left 1 t by express train this afternoon for; Wellington tp seek Departmental permission to open immediately, the Wilson Home for . Crippled Children,' at Takapuna in order to relieve the pressure on the main hospital. Tlu s home was recently donated- by , Mr gild Mrs' W, R. ;Wilson, for crippled children., . A canteen to provide, light refreshments for the -out-patients of Auckland Hospital, established by the Hospital j .-Auxiliary,, was opened to-day by. the Mayoress Lady Davis. Jj>BUTTER BOX INDUSTRY. ;i ‘ AUCKLAND, July 6. ■ “We hope nve-shall never 'again ‘ex- > perience. the ..hand-to-mouth conditions - in the supply of-butter boxes which ! ‘ have ruled during the last season,” ' said a dairy company chairman, Mr • J. E, Leeson, of Morrinsville, in dis- '• cussing the effects of Government cobv trol of the butt-er box industry in the * Dominion. He mentioned that conI trol had been accompanied by a sharp '} increase in the price of boxes and a. j reduction in'supply to the point Avhere ! the reserve stocks of some companies i , . •- . 1 had entirely, disappeared, , ,

i BOYS TO FACE THEFT CHARGE. MASTE in.' OX, July 7. After ( the theft*-of.'--guns' and ammunition to the value of more Thai).,£lol from the shop of Mr W. -TL So unders ■ a few nights ago, the policeylast night arrested two boys, 15 years of age. They will be charged-later ,in the , Children's Court. . • Revolvers, rifles, and ammunition were also stolen from, the Drill H4}l.n . The boys were surprised, by the .police : when they went tp the spot where some of .the stolen goods had been,planted. . - MAN’S BODY IN RIVER. WANGANUI, July 7. 1 The body of James Lutz, single, aged 58, of Maxwell, was recovered from the Wanganui River, near the , town bridge, this afternoon, by work* men, employed on the bridge. Resuscitative measures were adopted immediately, but without avail. INEBRIATED DRIVER. i ■ / INVERCARGILL, July 7. In the Police Court, to-day before Mr W. H. Freman j S.M., Vernon Dwyer Vincent, aged 20, was convicted on ■ charges of negligent driving, and being intoxicated while in charge of a motor-car. “Ample warning has ! been given all over New Zealand about* I these cases, and people should .jigs| | take the risk,” said the Magistrate's i in fining Vincent £lO, and costs, and j prohibiting him from driving a car I for twelve months. “The defendant j is young, but you can’t teach them too ‘ J young,” said the Magistrate. Vincent j was convicted and discharged on the ' I charge of negligent driving. j