GENERAL NEWS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 15 June 1936, Page 7

GENERAL NEWS

INCIDENT IN ST. JAMES’S PARK AIR NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN TO THE RESCUE (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 12th June. Newspapers report a pleasing incident in St. James’s Park, London, on Friday. While the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Air Neville Chamberlain, was taking his customary walk a small boy who was looking at the ducks lost his balance and fell over the low railings into the lake. Mr Chamberlain leaned over and fished the boy out of the water, and, after handing him over wet but unharmed to his nurse, continued on his way. SECRETARYSHIPS FOR BURMA RUGBY, 11th June. The Prime Minister (Air Stanley Baldwin) announced in the House of Commons that the Government had decided that following the separation of Burma from India, there should be a separate Secretaryship of State for Burma and also a new office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Burma. For reasons of practical convenience the secretaryship and under-sec-retaryship for Burma would for the present be held by the same persons as the Secretaryship and Under-Sec-retaryship for India, and the Burma Office would bo housed in the India Office. RECEIVED BY HIS MAJESTY’ RUGBY. 12th June. Representative delegates attending the International Publishers’ Conference, which is meeting in London, were received on Friday by the King at Buckingham Palace. SHAREBROKER IN COURT (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, 13th June. Richard Nunes, sharebroker, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court today with stealing £BO, the property of Louisa Sutherland. In asking a remand, Detective-Sergeant. Holmes said that Nunes had only just been arrested, and it would be necessary to make further inquiries. Other charges were pending. Nunes was remanded to Ist July, bail of £2OO being allowed. The accused was ordered to report daily to the police. VENUE FOR ROYAL SHOWS HASTINGS, 12th June. The opinion that the Royal Agricultural Society has not the power to adopt the Canterbury suggestion to fix only two permanent venues for Royal Shows, and in any case would not be willing to do so, was expressed by speakers at a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Society. Mr J. H. Macniven, chairman, said the suggestion carne from Christchurch only and he did not think it would get any further. In his opinion, the Royal Society itself would not agree. When the Royal Shows started they were meant to go round and if the system were altered it would mean the end of the Royal Society. Any change must come from the Royal Society, which he believed would not dare to adopt it. NEW rOST FOR AATERICAN CONSUL AUCKLAND, 12th June. Cable advice of the appointment of Mr Joseph G. Groenmger, now stationed at Karachi, India, to the office of American Consul at Auckland has been received by the present Consul, Mr Walter F. Boyle. Mr Groeninger, who will proceed to his new post as soon as possible, comes from the State of Maryland. He entered the United States Foreign Service in 1911 as ViceConsul at Copenhagen, since when he has served in Berlin, Estonia, Rotterdam, Java, and Karachi, where he has been for the last five years. Mr Boyle is unaware to which pest he will be transferred.

HASTINGS ACCOUNTANT CHARGED HASTINGS, 13th June. Gordon Goodwin Grant Stephens, aged 57, public accountant and auditor, was charged in the Magistrate s Court this morning with failing to account for £2O received on account of a client, thereby committing theft. Detective Farquharson said that the accused went to the police station last evening and voluntarily gave himself up. Other charges were pending. The probable amount involved would be in the vicinity of £7OO. Stephens was remanded to 25m June, bail being fixed at £2OO, with one surety. FARMERS’ UNION AND DOMINION PRESIDENT GREYMOUTIT, 12th June. The West Coast branch of the Farmers’ Union at its annual conference to-day lengthily discussed two remits regarding the political activities of the Dominion president, Mr W. J. Poison.' The' conference unanimously adopted the remits as follows: “That the conference takes exception to the president of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union with regard to party politics and union affairs;” and “that no member of Parliament is deemed eligible for Dommion president.” The conference also resolved to recommend to the Government that in framing the guaranteed price plan it should see that factories having considerable expense in sending butter to grading stores be not penalised. Tt was also decided to oppose the Hon. F. Waite’s proposal to permit the Dominion president on his retirement to remain on the Dominion executnc. SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRATION SCHEME NEW PLYMOUTH, 12th June. Support for an immigration scheme on the lines of that proposed in the Auckland Province was given by the North Taranaki executive of the Farmers’ Union to-day when grave anxiety was expressed regarding the farm labour position in the coming production season. It was said that farmers could not hope to compete with Public Works wages of £4 for a five-day week. The Auckland scheme proposed the immigration of young single men selected carefully to ensure their usefulness to New Zealand farmers. Athletes find PATTEN’S GOLDEN EMBROCATION (paste) relieves “after training” stiffness. Just rub lor relief. Does not stain the skin. 2/a pot. All Chemists and Stores.