LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 18 October 1935, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Penalties For Negligence. In the Supreme Court yesterday at ■ Timaru, Thomas Vincent was found ’ guilty of negligently driving a motor car and causing bodily injuries. He | was fined £25 and his license was ’ cancelled. Cyclist Hives Over Car. To be thrown over the bonnet of a travelling motor car and then escape ; unhurt was the experience of a boy i. cyclist shortly after four o’clock yesi terday afternoon. The cyclist collided with a motor car at Marshalls’ Corner, ? Whangarei. > . . , Farmers’ Death. William Dyack, aged 54, a farmer, of ' Glenham, died, in the Southland Hos--1 pital last evening as the result ofin- / ternal injuries received yesterday morning when a dray fell on him. He was driving the dray through the t gate when a wheel caught in a post t and the dray capsized over a steep ■ embankment pinning Mr Dyack under- . neath. He was chairman of the Glenham Dairy Factory, Co. , E Soil Survey Headquarters. . , The headquarters of the departmen- "* tal officers carrying out the soil survey : of North Auckland will be at the 1 Whangarei Harbour Board office. The - board, on the suggestion of Mr J. A. r Finlayson, decided to make the chairman’s room available for the purpose. 2 Mr Finlayson remarked that the, det partment, in carrying put this work of - importance to the district, did not wish to be faced with the expense of rent- , ing an office, where graphs could be 8 charted, etc. * ! Local Bodies Pull Together, i The Whangarei Harbour Board to- ! > day instructed its engineer to give all t the assistance possible in the com g struction of Victoria Bridge, a work ’ which is to be undertaken by the Borough Council with day labour. As a first step the board will provide piles for staging free of charge, provided they are returned in sound .condition. “Even if Mr Basley thinks otherwise, 1 Whangarei local bodies do co-operate,” „ commented Mr J. A. Finlayson,-whose I proposal that the board assist where t possible, was adopted. Mr E. L. 0 Whimp: “We 'should try to live that reputation down.” The chairman: “1 think we have always done so.” t jVir Donald Attacks Government. \ Dr. Adams’ Democrat address in the Town Hall last night occupied nearly 1 two and a half hours. Mr J. B. Donald ’> added a few words. He said that just 3 prior to the 1931 election one of the t leaders of the National party had stated that they had no plans for the future. The record of the past four • years showed that was true of the i whole party, and that outsiders had f to be called in. Unfortunately these ~ “experts,” were men of no business 5 experience, else much of the recent 1 legislation would never have reached 1 the statute book. There had been too . much consideration of what a move in y the interests of the Dominion would cost politically. 5 i “Unfortunate Incidents.” ; , Referring to what he termed “the unfortunate incidents associated with 8 Dominion Hospitals, which had been • given so much prominence lately,” Dr. ) G. J. Adams, in his political address £ at the Whangarei Town Hall last night, attributed these inquiries to a subconscious effort by the public to place ■ their finger upon weaknesses in the ) system. The doctors looked to the . Government through the Health Department to institute a reform in hos- ’ pital routine, but in face of expert • reports and a public demand nothing t had been done. “Possibly,” the doc- . tor added, “because they have a farmer at the head of affairs, just as, in a farmers’ Cabinet, they have a saddler - Minister of Lands.” ) , “A Dumping Drop.” A contention that New Zealand butter had been the subject of a “dump- • ing drop” on account of the increase ; in the exchange rate was made by Dr. ) G. J. Adams, in his address at the , Whangarei Town Hall last night. i Tcoley Street merchants, he said, de- ! j sired to keep butter prices at such : j a level as to give the greatest possible i benefits to themselves, and recognised ithat the added exchange rate would 1 have the effect of bolstering up production in the Dominion. The manit pulated unsettlement of the market . would not have been so great had not Denmark, at the same time, debased her currency. The added shipping, handling and insurance costs did not L bear so heavily on Denmark, which • owned the greater part of these services herself, but the New Zealand . producer was faced with a further increase under this heading. If the high : ; exchange was continued, he stated, | j there would be a tariff of 10 per cent j j on our produce after the next Imperial | I Conference, j j Now that the real spring weather is j j approaching, there is a noticeable in- | j crease in the demand for summer | 1 dress materials and frocks at Henry. ! Wilson’s. The opening of the season j has proved a marked success, the new- \ ness of the goods and moderate prices I I creating widespread interest. 1

Harbour Trade, Vessels entering the port of Whan gar el last month numbered 59, the total registered tonnage being 8742. rhe figures for September, 1934, were 58 vessels with a total tonnage or 3774. Imports last month were 2381 tons (compared with 1489), and exports 7239 tons (5633). Revenue collections amounted to £1250. as i against £1313 for September, 1934. Request for Voucher. j J “At the last meeting I asked that ]t a . voucher and receipt from Friend < and Friend be presented today,” said Mr R.H. Allan, at the close of theWha- 1 ngarei Harbour Board meeting today. < The chairman, Mr J. A. Finlayson: 1 “The office is open six days a week, ] and any member is entitled to make inquiries of such a nature.” Documents were produced. “Do you m- ] tend to move a resolution, Mr Ai- 1 lan?” the chairman asked.' ‘Not. 1 now,” replied the member, “at the i next meeting.” ' Town Wharf Conveniences, A plan of concrete conveniences for the Town Wharf, as submitted by the Borough Engineer, was today approved by the Whangarei Harbour Board, which will contribute half the cost of erection. Speakers remarked that no provision had been made for dressing sheds, as it was understood that the Borough Council did not desire to encourage swimming in the Town Wharf basin. Mr Finlayson: “If the interests concerned desire swimming sheds, they will have to approach the council. So far as Harbour Board requirements are concerned, the proposed building is quite adequate. We have no responsibility towards contributing for the road.” Mr H - ., E. Hewlett: “That matter of the conveniences is urgent, and it is quite time some progress was made.” Attention Is drawn to the fact that all parcels for the “Northern} Advocate’s” Whangarei-Paparoa service delivery are now to be left at the Central Booking Office, James Hotel Buildings, Cameron Street, Phone 2828; not at the “Advocate” office. Water Street.