GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 24, 23 August 1928, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

WANG AN UI SEAT.

Mr W. J. Rogers, Mayor of Wanganlui, consented jbo nomination as Labour candidate at the general election. Other candidates rfai announced are. Mr W. A- \*toh, United Party, and Mr N. J- I**». Reform. SCHOOL SINGING. At the Hawera competitions festival Stratford School gained third place in the class for children's unison singing, under 10, nine voices, Whareroa School and Hawera mam school heing placed first and second The judge remarked that Stratford sang with splendid rhythm and pharsing, while diction, gradaItion of tone and colour were very good.

MASON'S TRADE. ; "I do not wish to be offensive, but the masons' trade has made very little progress since its inception," said Mr P. Hally during the hearing of the stoneworkera' dispute 'at Auckland on Monday, "It began with, the Pyramids and King {sole-men's, temple, and tyis been progressing, ever since," Mi- W. Vennall jretorted. "It is a very old trade, at least."

DAIRY BOARD BRANCH. 1 The New Zealand Dairy Prodjße Board intends opening an office in New Plymouth on October 1 in order to deal with Taraaki shipping and •insurance matters. Up 'to the present the office of the National Dairy Association has acted as agent for the board in this direction. Now, however, the board is establishing branches at New Plymouth, at Auckland and at , Dnnedin. The New Plymouth office will be in charge of Mr A. J. Austin, of the board's staff in Wellington, lie arrived yesterday to make prsliminI ary arrange mets. PENSIONS FOR FARMERS. A proposal to arrange pensions for dairy farmers on reaching the age of 60 was. contained in a remit to the annual conference of suppliers and committees of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company' at Hamilton. The remit was: "That, it be a recommendation to tap directors of the. company thai/._ ihey evolve some scheme whereby'" shareholding suppliers at a stated age, say 60, shall receive a sum of not Jess .that £1 per week nil death, deductions to be made from cheques t 0 cover whatever pension 'Supplier* may apply for." The remit was regarded with, mixed levity and seriousness and was finally withdrawn. m —NeAvs. WIRELESS "PIRATES.". In the annual report of the P. an*l T. Department it is stated that it has been necessary to.undertake a vigorous campaign against persons who ereeu-d wireless apparatus without obtaining licenses. Although all offenders were not prosecuted, cases in which convictions were obtained number 200. There were 98 convlotions in the Auckland rad|io district, 54 in the Wellington radio district, 37 in the Canterbury radio district,. and 'll in the Otagp radio district. The fines iniflcted ranged from 5s to £4, and the Wtal fines amounted to £339. "lu order to impress upcm the public the serious nature of using unlicensed wireless apparatus, it will be necersa*y in future to press for much heauPT penalties," says the report.