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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7297, 26 October 1933, Page 6

An examination of the Nelson fruit areas indicates that the damage from the cold snap was confined to portion of the Stoke area, where it is estimated that production has been decreased by 50,000 cases. The inquest was concluded at Dunedin yesterday morning on William McGill Milburn, aged 17, who died suddenly at Burnside on October 17 after complaining that ho felt “shickered from eating rum lollies.” A postmortem examination disclosed cerebral haemorrhage from a ruptured bloodvessel, the Coroner remarking that what deceased had eaten had no bearing on his death.

A Moth acroplano piloted by Mr. E. Firth, of tho Auckland Aero Club, with a passenger, Mr. A. L. Harkness, of Te Kauwhata, turned over in the water on Mount Maunganui beach at Tauranga when taking off. A sharp gust of wind tipped ono wing upward, tho other wing touching the water and the impact turned tho 'plane upside down. The men managed to scramble out with a few superficial cuts, Put the 'plane was damaged.

The introduction of a Poisons Bill this session was advocated by a deputation from the New Zealand Pharmacy Board which waited on tho Minister of Health (Hon. J. A. Young) at Wellington on Tuesday. Mr. Young stated that a Bill had been drafted which he had hopes of being able to introduce. Tho Bill would provide adequate and sufficient classification and control of the various types of poisons in the general interests of the community.

At Thames yesterday the Coroner, Mr. Bongard, returned a verdict of accidental death at tho inquest on Hilton Dalgety, aged 39, a well-known farmer of Pipiroa, who was found shot in the head with a gun alongside on Tuesday after ho had been milking. The evidence showed that Dalgety was iti the best of health and had no worries. He had loft the milking operations to shoot quail and asked his wife where tho cartridges wero kept. A farm hand later found the body lying in a pool of blood near a whare. Nobody heard a shot fired. The Coroner said he had no hesitation in returning a verdict <sf accidental death, adding that the gun was uot in the best condition, the barrels and hammers being loose.

An alternative proposal to straightout rejection of tho proposed British quotas against the importation of primary produce into Britain was outlined by Mr. W. J. Poison, M.P., at yesterday's meeting of the Dominion executive of the Farmers' Union at Wei-, liugton. Ho contended that if the Home authorities would agree to fix a minimum price for British cheese the New Zealand Dairy Board had power to fix a minimum price for New Zealand cheese. Ho had already suggested that to the Dairy Board. Under the marketing scheme, the Milk Marketing Board would fix a minimum prico for tho whole of the milk sold in Britain, representing 66 per cent. Of the total output. Only 9 per cent, went into cheese, and if they could fix a minimum price for 66 per cent, there was no reason against fixing a minimum price for another 9 per cent.

The opinion that inflated exchange was a costly blunder was expressed by Mr. Edwin Salmond, president, at the annual meeting of the Wellington Importers’ Association. “You all know the attitude taken up by this association in conjunction with the Now Zealand Importers’ Federation over the exchange question,” Mr. Salmond said. “I am still convinced that inflated exchange is a costly blunder, but the Government is absolutely determined to pursue its policy. I cannot refrain from alluding to tho Prime Minister’s statement in tho House in which lie described the opposition of individuals and bodies to the Government’s exchange policy as showing a miserable spirit. That is somewhat amusing. Purely this association was perfectly justified in fighting with all its might a policy which is undoubtedly disastrous to the interests of its members. At any rate, it may be said that this association lias been more consistent in its opposition to high exchange than lias the Prime Minister in his advocacy of the measure.”