INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14841, 19 February 1919, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Per Press Association.) ~ AUCKLAND, last night. The executive of the Patriotic Association decided to-day to secure an. area of land near the city for subdivision into small sections for returning mc-n partially or totally permanently disabled. The 'proposal is to erect cottages on sections and provide a means for the men to earn a livelihood such as bee-keeping, poultry-raising, etc. It is estimated that £100,000 will be required far the scheme. The Claims Board of the Association will investigate the best method of carrying out the scheme. The Association's future activities will also include provision for the relief of dependants eff deceased soldiers. AUCKLAND, this day. At the Hospital Board, the chairman, Mr. Wallace, gave notice of motion to secure the immediate erection of an infectious diseases." hospital to accommodate at least two hundred! patients. Members agreed!, and decided to inspect the various sites with a view to recommending) one to the Minister. Mr. Sydney Marr, m his presidential address at the Society of Engineers, favorably reviewed Mr. Hurst Seager's nroposal for a great memorial road from Auckland to the Bluff. He said a concrete road 18ft wide would? involve a capital of six million pounds. The suggestion would provide a national and economic memorial quite within our means. He trusted it would receive the support, not only of individuals, but of representative societies. , The Devonport Council passed a resolution urging the Government to immediately repatriate all German prisoners, of whom a number are confined within that borough. NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. Borough proposals to borrow £40,000 and £10,000 for hydro-ejectric extensions and street improvements respectively were, carried yesterday by a very large majority. The former is part of a scheme which will eventually provide over 6000 horse-power. WELLINGTON, last night. Mr F. V. Frazer, S.M., has been ap-. pointed Chairman of the Board of Appeal under the Public Service Act. An announcement is made by the Minister for Internal Affairs that the appointment of Sir Thomas Mackenzie as High Commissioner has been extended for four mocnths from July 22. Sir Thomas Mackenzie indicated some time ago that he wished to be at liberty to vacate his office on four months' notice, and since then his appointment has been extended for periods of four months. Last session Parliament passed proposals' of the Minister for Defence for the payment of a bonus to. soldiers on basis of service m the Expeditionary Force Overseas. A rumor now current that authority has been given for the payment of a service bonus to officers who are still overseas was mentioned^ to- Sir James Allen to-day. He denied that such action had been taken and stated that the amounts to be paid to individuals had been fixed. In fact, said the Minister, the whole scheme is being reconsidered, and it is possible that alterations will be made. MASTERTON, last night. The Masterton Show opened to-day m fine weather and with a good attendance. Championship award's Were made ag follows: — Hereford bull and oow, E. Short ; Polled Angus bull, . Burling Bros. ; Polled Angus cow, E. Oreawell ; . fat bullock, _F. Armstrong ; Shorthorn bull, R. Buick • Romney ewe and ram. W. Perry; Southdown ram and ewe', Jas. Kraght. The maiden jumping 1 event was won by W. L. Avery's Jack and the hunters' jumping competition by P. L. St. Hill's Dam, with J. Maher's Romeo second and J. Bryce's Twilight third. . GREYMOUTH, last night. The following telegram has been sent to the Acting-Prime Minister by Mr. R. Semple, M.P., regarding! a statement .by Mr. H. G. Edl, M.P. : "It is reported by the . Christchurch Press that Mr. EttL. M.P.. has stated that he has forwarded you a newspaper report ..'of 'my alleged statements, which he characterised as an insult to soldiers , and •■ their mothers. Please note my objection to the report, which represents' 'what I said at my meeting m Christchurch on Saturday night. Mr. Ell was not present at my meeting, and therefore bases his unwarranted ohai'ges on a distorted and false report, and on which he seeks to enlist the sympathy of soldiers and their mothers. Such action on the pai-t of a publio man ie, m my opinion, unjust and cowardly. — (Signed) Semple." CHRISTCHURCH, this day. A conference- of the \ lndustrial Corporation of New Zealand was held, today. Mr A. W. Jamieson, president, dealt with labor . troubles and' the remedy. A scheme of co-operation should be evolved at once that would appeal to sane employers and employees, and nip m the bud the irresponsible attempt to . introduce a form of Bolshevism into the Dominion. It was agreed among thinking men that some system cf. profit sharing must be introduced to awake a spirit of . responsibility and thought. The following subjects might be considered by industrial associations : 1, . Industrial relationship and the creation of opportunities toi bring employers . and trade unionists m personal - touch. 2, general propaganda regarding , industries, ..emphasising , the need ctf unions iand employers' organisation. ,3, Housing and social conditions to include consideration of the effect of health on output. -.; 4, Prevention of unecployment. ; 5, Gathering of: data m local workshops management . with , the view of making the best ideas the common property, of all. 6, General problems of demobilisation, with special reference to unorganised and unskilled labor. a— — ________n__— — ■__•