INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 121, 23 May 1919, Page 2

INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE.

qovernm&NT anai.vst ’9 EVi“OENOE. ■ (United Press Association) VrTLL-I’NGTON, This Day. At--the sitting ci tn- Iniusme-' Com- , mittoe , to-dav Dr. J. AS. " Mctaarin. Dominion Anilyot, gave evidence regarding. the distiUatioiyi of alcohol in New- Zealand. He eliid there was not sufficient molasses produced in the country to warrant the Government taking up the matter. It would appear .that the only way in which large quanwould lie from timber and sawdust- The sawdust system had* heenr tried ill Ainer/ca with- co:nsidembl.e ,su :cess. He considered it would be advisable to. send, specimens of our timbers to 'other countries for examinationi by experts. In iGiermany, practically all the alcohol Wag . obtained from potatoes, specially • grown; but he would not favour guch a scheme, in New Zealand. Large quanti,'ties of material from, flax mills could be used for the distillation of alcohol,. It would be a, •wise, step to get an expert from abroad to visit New Zealand, and make a ca.reful; inyegtigation of the es ■of . the. ; producition; of alcohol, provided the' right irtan fldpuld; be secured. . ' AVitness said the ironsauds of Tarabaki were not as good an they were usually supposed* be. He., 'favoured the Suggestion made to the Committee that the Goyernmeiit should obtain an expert from England or America to make a ■rompreheneive report on the ironsand deposits of the Dominion. Th© making of coal ibriauettee had' been abandoned in ;New Zealand beoa\«io the men objected to wO'cHihg with pitch. .He believed ,was now possible to bind slack -ooar WT-thout the •■»%: of pitch, This .was being done ini Gerihaity. There WOeViO' reason why sortie other |orrt'of should not be* found in New i; . Referring to The prospect of the d»v. covery of oil 11 iA: fwamps in north, Dr, ’MacLanrini expressed the opinion that a comprehensive survey of the swamps would be necessary.

LATE NE;W ZEALAND NEWS

WELLINGTON, This Day. The Riparoa, with ’ 600 troops, is due at Wellington _at 7 a.m. on -Saturday. The majority of -the men are bound for Auckland and the South Yalhind. - Joseph David Holder, aged 27 years, who claims that he a Swiss, Reaped from the internment, camp at Featherdon last night. „ He speaks good Eng!lSh; CHRISTGHURGH.'This Day. The Farmers’ Union Conference .passed a resoluion requesting the Government to amend the Immigration Resunction Acf in Hie direction of , requiring alf ira■mi grants to prove their loyalty to tpe -Vws of the land and' the British Con■etitution before admission to the Dominion, and restricting visitors _ Irom | liiiseminating dif loyal documents.. . " r THEFT AND SfoRGITRY.

i DUNBDIN,‘Thi ! s Day. ' Victor James Robert Keen, who was recently before the Court in connection ■ with the Milton Savings Banjt tobbery, -.leaded guilty in the, Police oourt to-day to stealing a horse,, and with forging the mime of J. O; Oaudin to ft telegram, 'Accused wai committed to the.Supreme Court for sentence.

TOWN PLANNING CONFERENCE

WCLLI-NtITtUN This Day. The Committee of the- Town-Plan-ning Conference set up to consider a Town-Planning BUI ‘ made; afnongsj others, the following suggestions; which were adopted by the ■■.Conference: That the principle of rown-Planning bo applied to New Zealand and that ;,tk) ( wn.phmn?ng ,*cheri*es be jprepared delay. . ./That a TpwnPlan, ping and Housing, Act is necessary. //,• T. j. The a Department ,be established and an expert town planner be appointed tp have the supervision of a‘ town-planning schexpe.

MELBOURNE MARKETS.

(E&c. 10.30 a.ni.3 ; MELBOUfeNKi Thb' Day

r Bade*; English molting, 5s 6d _to iss v4b •?.. Oats"* Alfcenan milling 4s 8d; ieed, 4s 5d to 4s Ou* t Potatoes, £7 10,? to £8 10s. Onions, £l2 to £l2 10s.-

MAJOR*OENERAt TOWNSHEND.

(Rec. May 23, 1.30 p.m.) •• LOUNDON, May 14, It is reported that Major-General Townshend is likely to be appointed ( Coramander-inChie£ for India,

RISE IN POTATOES.

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The lifting of the embargo on the export of potatoes has resulted in a rise in - the wholesale price of from 6b to 10s a ton. - ■