POINTS FROM THE NEWS

Northern Advocate, 10 March 1936, Page 8

POINTS FROM THE NEWS

BUFFERING severe injuries to his ' head in a collision between the motor cycle he was riding and a taxi in Queen Street, Sydenham, on Sunday morning, Mr Arthur Clegg, married, of 160 Sawyers Arms Road, died in the Christchurch Hospital last night.

A i-UCKY escape was experienced by Mr Harry Etheridge of Napier, wiicn a Moth aeroplane belonging to the Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aero Club, which he was piloting, came to griei on the Maraenui golf links. The propeller of the machine was broken, the undercarriage crushed, and the ieit wing damaged. There was no insurance on it. \

jJRINGING about 800 tourists, the

P. and O v line’s 22,000-ton steamer Strathnaver was to leave Brisbane for Auckland this morning, where she is due about 3 p.m. on Friday, on her second visit this summer, and the last of the season. Many of the visitors have planned trips to Rotorua, some of them intending to return to Auckland to rejoin the ship before she sails for Wellington at midnight on Saturday, and others to travel overland to Wellington, to re-embark there on Monday. Local sight-seeing trips have also been arranged for the tourists.

SUGGESTIONS that apportion of the gold tax might be .devoted to financing scientific prospecting and boring operations was made by the Minister of Mines, the Hon. P, C. Webb, when replying to representations by the Martha Goldmining Company yesterday.

• » ♦ * fJTHE leader of the' South African

farmers’ party, Mr H. H. Dilley, remarked to a journalist in Taranaki that he could not understand why New Zealand imported so much fruit from California. He explained that South Africa, at the season of the year when oranges were required ih New Zealand, could supply large quantities of excellent quality fruit, and there would be no difficulty at all in regard to shipment. “We have in South Africa,” he added, “almost the most up-to-date canning factories in the world.”

regarding the price of land in South Africa suitable for sheep farming, a member of the South African farmers’ party replied that the very best sheep country could be procured at £5 per acre. Merino sheep were held in high favour in his country. A 'lot of these sheep had been imported originally from Australia. Romney sheep were not popular in South Africa.

JN I referring to the proposal to establish inland ah’ mails, the secretary of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Dr. E. T, Neale, said this morning that the chamber had been working in that direction for some time. Auckland business men would regard the proposed service as a great boon, as it appeared that the rattes were to be very reasonable.

undertaking that he would always do his best for the mein in the mines waS given by the Minister of Mines, the Hon. P. C. Webb, at a civic reception tendered him at Waihi yesterday afternoon. “It is nice to be welcomed in this way. I was not always welcomed here, and not always persuaded to stay too long,” said the Minister. “The graveyards of the goldfields contain hundreds of young men who died from accidents and miners’ phthisis,” said Mr Webb. “We know that the occupation cannot be made very congenial, but it will be the Government’s job to make up for the poor conditions by making it possible for miners to enjoy the evening of their lives by some form of pensions. Much of the time of miners is spent underground, and it is the aim of the Government to make mining jobs more attractive by helping to provide tennis courts and other recreation.” # * * ♦ “J FEEL sure that in the Minister of Railways we have a man who has set a standard which will be exceedingly difficult for future Ministers to maintain, in so far as humane treatment of the staff and the whole service is concerned,” said Mr H. G. Mackley, General Manager of Railways, when presenting prizes at the combined railways picnic in Wellington. Mr Mackley read a telegram from the Minister, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, who expressed regret that on account of important business in Christchurch he could not attend the gathering. « * * * j

SATISFACTORY response has been received to representations from the executive of the Associated Chambers of Commerce to the Post-master-General, the Hon. F. Jones, that cable charges between New Zealand and Japan are too high. At a meeting of the Council of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, the Executive of the Associated Chambers advised that the Postmaster-General had replied to its representations on this subject, and had said the Government realised the charges needed to be reviewed, and every effort would be made to have them reduced.