Late News

Northern Advocate, 9 December 1937, Page 7

Late News

j THIS MEANS BUSINESS. “This means business all right." ro- { marked the Prime Minister, the Rt. j Hon. M. J. Savage, in discussing an j earlier announcement by the Minister jof Finance, that the Commonwealth Minister of Customs, the Hon. T. W. j White, will arrive in New Zealand on | December 13. to discuss a revision of j the trade treaty between Australia and New Zealand, which has been in operaj lien, since November, 1932. “GO SLOW” TACTICS. Reaction of New Zealand as a whole lo "go slow" and other tactics adopted cn the waterfront, was commented on by members of the Auckland Chamber ■ of Commerce today, in urging the ad- i visibility of a Royal Commission in- j I quiring into the matter. It was de- i | tided to forward a recommendation to the Associated Chambers of Commerce for submission to the Government. NO EXPORTS OF GAS. Questioned regarding a Japanese allegation that five tons of phosgene gas j had been shipped from England to I China, Mr Euan Wallace said that no j phosgene had been exported from Bri- 1 tain since the beginning of the year, save three tons, consigned to dye works ! in Holland. j ( CAUGHT IN FALL OF EARTH. j A fatal accident occurred at the East j Coast railway works this morning, 1 when Mr Herbert Good, aged 26, a i married man with three children, was j caught in a fall of earth. Forty men, working in relays, recovered the body I after three hours. ’ i MAORI GAOLED. A Maori, Komen.e Merengi, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at the Auckland Supreme Court this I morning for the offence of incest, com- i milled at Whangaroa. His Honour said j that the evidence showed the offence j had continued over a period of two ! years, although the accused had been i warned. ' 1