STATIONARY POPULATION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 221, 18 September 1934, Page 5

STATIONARY POPULATION

THE TREND IN BRITAIN. ( British Official Wireless. ) j Received Sept. 17, 5.15 p.m. [. RUGBY, Sept. 16. The quarterly returns of births and deaths in England and Wales, show more births with a higher proportion of boys, more marriages, and a notable ’ decrease in infant mortality, but indi- ( cate the continued slow trend towards a stationary population. In the second quarter of 1934 live i births numbered 156,636, an increase of 2580 over the corresponding quarter of < 1933, and equivalent to 15.6 per thousand of the population. The proportion of boys to girls was 1057 to 1000. Deaths numbered 119,034, corresponding to’the steady annual rate of 11.8 per 1000. The mortality of infants under one year averaged 55 per 1000. ; The excess of Jive births over deaths was 3 per 1000, below the average of 10 for the preceding and second quarters. . to meet the directors, yet Pollard was , not present? Pilkington: I don’t remember. Medical Investment Trust. Dr. A. E. Colvin appeared to explain his connection with the British Medical Investment Trust. He said that Major Jarvie had told him that the trust wanted a medical man on the board. Jarvie had said that the company w r as the same as the British Medical Investment Trust in England, and that that company worked in conjunction with the British Medical Association in England, and that the new company would work with the British Medical Association. Jarvie also informed him that Dr. Hunter, secretary of the British Medical Association, had told him it was a good thing that ouch a company was being formed to safoI guard the interests of medical men. Witness, in consequence of certain things he had read, had subsequently suggested that on account of his own ill-health, the matter of his association with the company should be left open for about twelve months, after which he would see whether the company was working properly, and with the approval of the British Medical Association. He had later withdrawn from being a director, on the ground of illhealth. McArthur Recalled. McArthur, recalled, produced passbooks of his bank accounts. Mr. Monahan (referring to one of these): What is this cheque paid in for £1000? McArthur: That was an advance made to me from either the Southern British National Trust or the British Ntaional Trust. I can’t remember which. Mr. Monahan: Was it not the balance of the mortgage advanced by the Aus- 1 tralian Glass Company? McArthur: If it is, I paid £5OO pro- i curator’s fees, and repaid the other £5OO to the British National Trust. I j was under the impression that I had rcpaid it, though I can see no record of it in any of these statements. Mr. Monahan: 1 suggest you em- 1 ployed that for personal uses, but wp 1 will go into that later. Continuing, Mr. Monahan asked: You and Alcorn have made profits on paper of £340,000, have you not? McArthur: No. Mr. Monahan’ There was one for £287,000. McArthur-. Yes. Mr. Monahan: And one for £77,000 J in connection with the sales of South ern British? McArthur: That did not affect our position at all. It does not mean there -were any profits made. The share - capital was increased. 1 Mr. Monahan: But that was only t done after this Commission started. T You appeared in the Southern British f National Trust books as a creditor? c McArthur: Yes. t Mr. Monahan then questioned Me- I Arthur regarding the exchange of cer- e tain cheques. The Commissioner: I take it that all t this was done because you did not n wish the facts to be disclosed to any- i one? t McArthur: Not to the banks. The Commissioner: Is not this series v of transactions a cloak over the fact r that you have certain holdings ob- n tained in this way? a McArthur: We did it to keep the true facts from our opponents. n The Commission adjourned till tomorrow. ];