Late News

Northern Advocate, 23 March 1939, Page 4

Late News

' Official figures show that the capital which was brought into Australia by 1755 refugees who were granted landing permits in the first two months of this year amounted to £474,675. The amounts varied from £SO, which is the minimum required to £IO,OOO.

European developments, especially those in Memel, caused reaction on the London Stock Exchange. There was not much selling, but part of yesterday’s recovery w,as lost.

Broadcasts in Berlin have been arranged twice daily per medium of short-waves, and also a short-wave English, news session at 7 p.m., almost the same hours with the 8.8. C. (German transmission).

Don Deigo Lezica Alvear, a representative of the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture and the Argentine Meat Board, sails for Australia and New Zealand on Saturday to investigate agrarian methods.

A father and son, aged 40 and 22 respectively, were beheaded in Berlin for high treason. The son gave information on defences to the father, who passed it on to a foreign Power.

Decision was reserved by the Court of Arbitration today in the application for a Dominion award to cover builders and general labourers. The hearing occupied the greater part of three days, at Wellington, 12 witnesses being called for the workers and seven for the employers.

As a result of frequent complaints made by the Rotorua Borough Council regarding the danger of accidents at the level crossing at Ranolf Avenue, adjacent to the Rotorua railway station, the Railways Department has agreed to appoint an additional porter to the staff of the station,,and this officer will act as a crossing-keeper for the purpose of warning traffic of the approach of trains at the crossing.

An inquest was held this afternoon by Mr F. K. Hunt, coroner, on the human leg which was found near the water’s edge at Arroa Bay, Waiheke Island, on March 14, by Mr C. M. Higgins, of Frankton Junction, who, while walking along the beach, noticed the leg near the water’s edge. The inquest today was conducted for the police by Sergeant Corston. The coroner returned a verdict that tjie limb was portion of the body of Basil Rabe, whose death was caused by accidental drowning.

Nominations for the vacancy on the North Auckland Land Board caused through the retirement of Mr V. Trounson, have been received as follows:—Messrs ’P. Begg (Arapohue), P. MacGregor Stewart (Ruawai), T. O’Carroll (Maungakaramea), Douglas Kitchen (Kaitaia), L. M. Lane (Kaeo), A. Purvis Smith (Auckland), R v T. Wrathall (Mangonui) and G. A. Morphett (Kaingaroa).