POINTS FROM THE NEWS

Northern Advocate, 5 December 1935, Page 2

POINTS FROM THE NEWS

yPHE ’following . message has been ;. . sent by the Governor-General, .Viscount Galway, to His Majesty the 'King in connection with the death of Victoria.— - , “I beg to express to your Majesty : ' with my humble duty thd respectful sympathy of the Government = - and people of New Zealand on the •-death of Her Royal Highness, Prin- . i fcess Victoria, the news of which has been received with the deepest' regret by your Majesty’s subjects - - in this Dominion.” ; A NEW trial has been ordered in ' the case of Reginald, Merton Semb, -fehnd guilty by a jury at Auckland on a [charge of conspiracy, in the case which featured “Mr X.” An application for a new trial on the ground that his conviction was against the weight of the evidence was allowed by the. Appeal Court yesterday. The Solicitor-General said ‘the Crown Would not proceed with the new trial. ; A.S Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., is to be given Cabinet rank in the Labour Government, there is a strong opinion in Christchurch Labour circles that a by-election for the Christchurch mayoralty will be necessary. It is unlikely Mr Sullivan would commit himself to the responsibility of two offices. IVTR J. Linklater, the defeated National Government candidate for the -Manawatu seat, has applied for a magisterial recount of. the votes after the official declaration is made, as the marginrin favour'of Mr C. L. Hunter, the successful Labour candidate, was only .30 votes on the first count, rpilE latest figures for the Wairarapa seat are:—Roberts, 3668; Card, 3650; McDonald, 2031; Thomsen, 83; informal, 189. The official, count commenced yesterday, and it is’expected to last about four days. A number of cases of possible dual voting are to be investigated. rpHE raising of loans totalling £24,000 was announced by Greymouth ratepayers yesterday. The Greymouth Power Board’s proposal to borrow £ 16,000 for the purpose of raising the level of the Kaimata dam and further reticulation was carried by 677 votes to 79. The proposal of the Greymouth Borough Council to borrow £BOOO for the purpose of providing a water sup--ply in Cbbden was carried by the Cobr. den ratepayers-by J ls(Lvotes to 51. /VN September .20 the Court of Appeal heard argument in the case of Wilson Collieries Ltd. v. Connew and others concerning the operation of Section : 17-■ (2) - of the Workers’ Compensation Act. In delivering its reserved judgment this morning, the Court held that as Connew had died 6ince the proceedings were instituted there were no parties before the Court affected by the agreement, and, therefore, it should refuse to give a general abstract interpretation of the seci tion. The judgment of the Lower Court on the question was vacated and the appeal was dismissed.

T>UTTER prices will be reduced by 0 Id per lb today. The new net wholesale rates Will be: Finest grade, 1/ per lb; first grade, ll|d; second grade, lid; whey butter, lOd. Retail values are generally 2d per lb above the wholesale rates.

XTESTERDAy was a very important : day in Raglan, electricity being switched on in the district for the first time. It was a carnival day for the children, and a wheelbarrow race was staged. The official switching on took place at the Raglan town hall last night before a great crowd. Mr J. M. Thompson, a former chairman of the Raglan Town Board, switched onthe power. He has been very ill, and arrangements were made so that he could operate the switch from his bedside.