Australian Financial Officials To Visit N.Z.

Northern Advocate, 29 October 1949, Page 7

Australian Financial Officials To Visit N.Z.

NEWS IN BRIEF .

“A small group of Australian officials will visit New Zealand during the first week in November for informal discussions with New Zealand officials on general financial and economic questions of mutual interest,” said the Australian Prime Minister (Mr Chifiey) yesterday. “The visit was originally planned to take place earlier this year, but had to be postponed. “A periodical exchange of visits of officials in this way is in accordance with the provisions of the AustraliaNew Zealand agreement of January. 1944, and supplements the day-to-day work of the Australia-New Zealand secretariat in ensuring close and continuous collaboration between the two countries.” *** / * *

Celebrations to mark the bOCIn anniversary of the coming of ti.s Maoris to New Zealand are being plumed at i uawahia for December of next year. The proposal to observe the oeccasion was discussed b.y elders of the tribes claiming descent from the occupants of the canoes, which arrived about 1350, at Turangawaewae Pa recently. A consideration in fixing a date for the celebrations is the memorial meeting-house to the Maori Battalion which is to be erected at Ngaruawahia. It is hoped that this may be finished in time for the celebrations.

The full damages claimed, £4563, were awarded Eileen Olive Harrison, a widow, b.y a jury in Wellington yesterday. The plaintiff . brought the claim against Herbert James O’Connor, a cartage contractor, of Lower Hutt, driver of a car which ran over and fatally injured her husband at Lower Hutt in April. In entering judgment for the sum awarded. Mr Justice Hay granted counsel for the defendant leave to apply for a new trial.

A car was wrecked when it struck a railway engine at a crossing in Peachgrove Road. Claudelands. yesterday afternoon. The occupants of the car, Mr and Mrs Albert Taylor, ot' 87 Te Aroha Street, Claudelands, escaped with bruises and shock.

For the second Friday in succession and the fifth time in a week, Auckland tram services were disorganised at the rush hour last night when the power to overhead lines in Queen Street failed. The stoppage occurred when an underground feeder cable supplying the sections between Customs and Wellesley Streets overheated and had to, be cut out at 5.53. All trams in that section of Queen Street were stopped for 40 minutes. It was not until after 8.30 that the service on all routes was. back to normal. * * * *

A parly of 31 Australian journalists and radio' writers was included among the passengers who flew from Sydney to Auckland in six hours yesterday in the Solent aircraft Ararangi, of Tasman Empire Airways. In addition to New Zealand newspaper men who had gone to Sydney in the airerft last Monday. the Ararangi carried a number of other passengers.

The national debating contest of young farmers’ clubs was won b.y the Te Puna club. Western Bay of Pienty, with 275 points. at Ashburton last evening. Taking the affirmative, the South Island team (Woodlands club. Western Southland), gained 271 points.' The subject was ■’that international commodity agreements are in the interests of the New Zealand primary producer.” The Te Puna team was: Mr G. Sutherland deader), Mr L. Lochhead and Mr A. Q» Lloyd.

A new fish has been dicovered in New Zealand waters, according to Mr A. W. B.’ Powell, assistant-director of the Auckland Museum. It is a species of “angler fish," so called because of a spine on its upper lip in the front of its nose that looks like a fishingrod. It lives at the bottom of the sea and was found at about 27 fathoms. The specimen taken to Mr Powell was found by Mr R. C. Jennings o(T Flat Rock, near Kawau.

VDO Hansells imitation Hotter Kooo flavouring to lard, dripping or fats and cakes ana pastry will taste as though made with butter.’—Hanscll's Laboratories Ltd.. Opaki lioad. Maslerton.