LOCAL AND GERMANY

Northern Advocate, 21 March 1934, Page 4

LOCAL AND GERMANY

£r.lavy * 4 Cuts ’ ’ C out imu?. The Auckland. Hospital Board yesterday deelinod to accept as final the advice of (lie Director-General of Health, Dr M. 11. Watt, that" no salary ieductions bo restored, and Hie board will hold a special meeting next, month to consider revision of salaries from £350 downwards. Suicide Ey Poisoning. .in inquest was concluded at Auckland yesterday, before Mr W. R. McKean. S.M., Coroner, regarding the death in file Auckland Hospital on March 9 of a chemist, Mr George Ironside, married, aged 44, of 3, Cumberland Avenue, Grey Lynn, and a verdict of suicide by poisoning was returned. Film Industry. A comprehensive statemenr was presented by the Film Exchange Associaf’on yesterday, sitting at Wellington, ct tin-. Parliamentary Committee, set up to investigate conditions in the film industry. Mr A. Harris, M.F., presided. The present judications arc that Hie healing of evidence will not. lie completed before Hie middle of next week.

! Autumnal Equinox, | Today, March 31, signals Hie andiva! of the autumnal, equinox. The ! weather for the past three or four days has been quite in keeping with Hie changeable, conditions usually attending this season of Hie year. The wind has blown in squalls mostly : Prom nil easterly direction, but- with | verv little rain. i ; Mortality Among Pigs. The heavy mortality among pigs in I the Malainata district during the rei renl months has caused grave concern i among farmers, and in spite of visits and lectures by departmental vetorin- | ary surgeons, these losses continue. The j .stock inspector ’induced -the auctionoerjiv.g companies to disinfect thoroughly j (he Matamata sateyards, but apparently to little effect. i Radium For Hospital, A report on the present stock of radium at Hie Auckland Hospital was submitted, to The Auckland Hospital Hoard yesterday by the Consultation Committee, which recommended the purchase of 30 needles of various types containing a total of 35.3 milligramos of radium. The matter was referred lo the Finance and Purchasing. Committee to confer with Dr Gilmonr.

Swamp Scrub Ablaze. An extensive area of scrub ,’on the Taupiri Swamp, between Ruakura and Eureka, is burning fiercely, and, fanned by a light easterly breeze, the fire has swept over many miles of country. The glare illuminated the eastern sky last, evening and was visible for several miles. Thick clouds of smoke drifted . over Hamilton and afTecteT visibility. No damage is reported.

Brass Bauds Contest. A largely attended meeting of Tlmarn citizens . last night unanimously approved the suggestion that the 1935 Dominion .(.brass bands. contest should lie held at Timaru. Committees were appointed to do everything 4 possible !n leaking application to the New Zealand Brass Hands’ Association. The meeting considered no difficulty would be experienced in' securing the necessary guarantee for accommodating Hie visiting hands. Girl Athletes in Shorts. The appearance of girl athletes in • hurts was an innovation at the annual sports of the girls of the Whaagaroi High School yesterday afternoon, A number of girls wore shorts of the same colour as their house colours. For jumping events the shorts were certainly a benefit, as those with skirts were liable to dislodge the crossbar, despite the fact that they vvo'e bodily clearing 4 the bar with plenty to spare.

Bowling 4 Banner. The semi-final of the full rink competition for the Northland Bowling Centre’s banner was played in Whangarei last night, and resulted in a -win for Figgott’s team (Whangarei), who beat Jones’ team (Kensington) by 22 points to 11. The score was 1.1 all on the seventeenth head. There was an alteration in the Kensington team, Britland, who played at DargavilJc when all three teams tied last Saturday, being replaced by Barclay. The Whangarei team is travelling to Dargaville to play the final this afternoon.

j Rate Penalty Concession. j Legislation will bo introduced next j session of Parliament validating con- ! cessions given by local authorities in respect of the statutory .10 per cent, penalty on overdue rates for the current year ending on March 31 next, according to a statement made yesterday by the Prime Minister, the Rt. ■Lon. C. W. Forbes. Authority to perjinit or postpone ihe penalty on unpaid rates was given to local authorities in ■lO3l, 1032 and 1033, ho said, and any similar eon cession' I hat might be granted this year will be validated In due • course. ; Sale cf Horses. j Twenty light draught horses were j purchased at (lie Kamo saleyards by the Lauds Department for Bassett and j Wilson’s West Coast small holding.! I The purchase is tiie outcome of re- | quests made to the Minister of Finance, j the lit. Hon. J. C. Coates, and depart-j 'mental heads, that each small holder! should have one light draught horse,) in order that eaeii might bo able to! carry out reasonable farm work. When I two or more horses are refpiired on any! one farm, the settlers will lie able to assist each oilier. 1 j The fame established by Henry Wilson for bargain giving is universally recognised, as shown by the big success of the sale of Hart ’s stock. Men’s Smart Ties, 4d; Men’s Neglige Shirts, 2/0; Boys’ Tennis Shirts, 1/0; Men’s Singlets, (id; Men's Woollen Socks, 3. pairs for 1/0; Linen Teal Towels, (id; 54in Shooting, 1/-; 80in Sheeting, 1/0; Heavy Towels, 1/4 pair;: Silk Hose, Od; and All Wool Roslyn | Dress Materials, 2/.IL j 4 A cheap suit- looks what it is! Be-i sides, you have not that feeling of j being well dressed or that 'pride of j ownership that you have when wearing a tailor-made. Get your Best Suit from Geo. Handy; High-class ; Tailor, corner Bank and Vino Streets,

Honey*.- Quiet! A -quiet'mm-krt for’•lioney in Tugland i 4? ■reportt‘d~fTi—Hw Rank of New Zealand N produce circular, dated February 5. The circular ’states that the large quantity of Home-produced honey is depressing the market. Kamo Collieries Company, y Among the private companies registered in Auckland recently is that of Kamo Collieries, Ltd., coal miners. Capital, £3OOO, In shares of £1 eacli. I Subscribers: \V. AC. Fraser, Whangani.l W. IT. Reed, and T. Boswell, TTikurangi, 1000 shares each. ‘ ‘ Joint And Several. ’ ’ A serious view 1 is taken by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce of the giving of joint and several guarantees to banks as collateral security for overdrafts arranged for limited liability companies. At last night’s meeting several speakers spoke in strong ter Am against the practice. A resolution whs passed supporting the statement that the giving ’of such guarantees was fraught with results not conducive fo sound business practices. Of Little Use. The view that at the present time not much could bo expected from the installation of small short wave batitery transmitting sets in light aeroplanes, with Hie object of enabling inTjured fliers to summon help in case of I accident, such as last Saturday’s, was j expressed by Squadron-Leader Stoadlinan, instructor to the Wellington Aero ; Ciub. Mr Steadman pointed out that la battery set, probably even a valve set, would not survive most crashes where airmen were injured. Tennis On Sundays. Sunday tennis wITi in future lie per- | milted on courts under the control or ! (he Mt. F.den Borough Council, accordling to a decision made at last night’s i ■ - meeting of Hie council. The clubs at liTcted are the Mt. Eden Club, with six courts, the Nicholson Park Club, with four courts, and the new order will come into 4 force after confirmation at the next meeting of the council three weeks hence. The council also controls three courts. used by the Tit. Eden Methodist Sunday School, Shipping Competition. “The position regarding competition by the subsidised Matson Line in the Australian-New Zealand trade is unchanged,” said Mr .1. L. Webb, chairman of directors at the annual meeting cf Hnddart Parker, Ltd., held in Melbourne last week. “It is difficult to find a means of countering foreign subsidies, but there can be no valid objection To the British Empire excluding from its intcr-Dominion trade the vessels of any country which prevents British ships from trading between Us ports. ” ■

Recovery From Broken Neck. Another ease of a complete recovery from a broken neck has been recorded, Waipnknran providing ’ the latest instance. A young man, Mr Noel 4 Mnr : phy, was admitted to the Waipnknran Hospital on December 7, 1933, suffering from a. broken neck received in a diving accident in the Tukitnki river. Ho was-admitted To-bospitaly wTiero it was found that the bones in his nock were broken. He was placed in sandbags and kept perfectly still for throe months while the hones mended. Today ho is once again in good health, and expects to resume work in a few months.