POINTS FROM THE NEWS

Northern Advocate, 24 October 1935, Page 8

POINTS FROM THE NEWS

11/TR Hans C, Thomsen, Independent candidate for the Wairarapa seat, in opening his campaign, denounced the high exchange, the deflation of currency and advocated a return of the gold standard, and a scrapping of the Ottawa agreement.

A CRITICAL operation for appendicitis was performed at sea on a passenger, Mr J. L. Ballantyne, aboard the Rangitiki. > The operation was performed the night before the vessel arrived at Colon.

r r*HE Royal Show at Hastings opened yesterday in dull weather. Entries are about 1,000 greater than for any previous show held locally, and about 700 more than at last year’s Royal Show at Invercargill.

■\TINE shop-lifting charges were admitted by a married woman in the Auckland Police Court yesterday. Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., fined the woman £5, or one month’s imprisonment!

IIJTI Vivian H. Potter is to stand for the Roskill seat as an Independent candidate.

of signatures supported a petition to the House of sentatives this session requesting the Government to arrange for a national poll on the subject of a general halfholiday on Saturdays throughout the Dominion. The Public Petitions Committee has recommended it to the Government's favourable consideration.

A ROME message says that the

spokesman stated authoritatively: “It is reported that the British Government has ordered the withdrawal of two battleships from the Mediterranean. If the report should be confirmed, Italy might perhaps withdraw part of her forces from Libya, although the two measures are not inter-depen-dent.” REPLYING to a question in the House of Representatives, ’ Canberra, Mr R. A. Parkhill, Minister of Defence said that the Now Zealand airman, Mr W. M. OTiara, would be prosecuted if he flew back to Australia. Tiic- Australian Government had reported to the New Zealand Government Mr O’Hara’s infringement of the International Air Convention in flying an aeroplane: without a certificate of air worthiness.

inquiry into the huge fire in which the Goldsbrough Mort wool store was destroyed on September 25, was held today by the Sydney coroner, Mr E. T. Orom. It was stated that the insurance on the building and contents totalled £574,820. Insurance companies had already paid out £200,000. The coroner, in returning an open verdict, commended the* fife brigade and added that thjere did not appear to be suspicious circumstances.