BRIEF ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 116, 14 February 1928, Page 10

BRIEF ITEMS

FROM FAR AND NEAR Petone Building Permits.—Building permits to the total value of J:42,754 were issued by the Retone Borough Council for the mouth of January. The total value of building permits, in that borough for tlie past ten months is £199,181— News of Missing Explorers—lnforma tion received by-relatives states that the missing explorer?, Mr. and Mrs. Glover, in the Central Sahara, arrived safely west of Lake Chad on February 3, says a Press Association message from London. Gift of Pictures for Belfast Art Gallery,—Sir John Lavery lias given a collection of lus own pictures to the Art Callery at his birthplace, Belfast, lhe estimated value is between .£25,000 and. Jiao,ooo.—Press Assn. Carried to Sea on Ice Floes.—An icebreaker lias been hurriedly dispatched .to the rescue of four hundred fishermen * carried out to sea on ice floes broken from the coast during a storm, say s ? u A.P.A. and "Sun" message from Leningrad. Fall From Window,—A tjiirteen-year-old lad, Edgar Wilcox, fell from a window in Hannah’s Building, Napier, yesterday, to a concrete yard below. lie suffered a scalp wound and leg injuries, which may include a fracture. —Press Assn. » unemployment Benefit in Great Britain,—in the House of Commons Mr. Betterton, Under-Secretary for Labour, replying to a question, said that the amount of unemployed benefit paid in Great Britain, in the financial year 1326-27 was about 2250,590,000, or 235. per head of population.—A.P,A. and "Sun/ Bankrupt Solicitor Granted Discharge. -Herbert Kirk McDougall, a solicitor; appeared in the Christchurch Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Adams yesterday, to apply for discharge from bankruptcy. A discharge was granted subject to bankrupt consenting to -judgment for .£2so.—Press Assn. Prince’s Name Withdrawn From Revue..—The producer of the revue with, a burlesque of the Prince of Wales has withdrawn the Prince’s name, states a London message io the Sydney "Sun. He explains that the comedian did not pretend to be the Prince, although his entry followed the mention of the name. Sudden Death.—A sudden death is reported from Tokoinaru Bay. Mrs. William Oates, wife pf a well-known settler, and member of the Education Board, was standing in her backyard talking to her husband when she collapsed and expired,—Press Assn, from Gisborne. Dispute About Wages.—A secret ballot may be taken pn Thursday next by the members of the Auckland Glassworkers Union on ft proposal to strike _ arising from a dispute between the union and the Australian Glass Company, relating to wages and other condition? of employment.—Press Assn, Admitted to Probation.—Charles James Withey, for committing mischief by breaking windows, and for theft of a case of gin, was admitted at Punedin yesterday to three years’ probation and a prohibition order wag agajnet him.—Press Assn. Sunday Trading.—Ernest Frederick Ward, licensee of the Methven Hotel, was fined 221 Ws. and Ids. costs yesterday for Sunday trading. Patrick Kellaher, a barman, was also fined £7 lOS. Both had been previously convicted. Four men found on the. premises or two hotels in the township were fined ,£1 and costs 19s.—Press Assn, City’s Name Changed,—The Consul for Norway (Mr. A- W, Newton) is in receipt of advice from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affair? that under date July 4 last a law was passed changing the name of the city of Fredrlkshald to Halden. Bather Drctwned,—Archibald Butler, single, aged 23, while bathing, at Fort Rosa OB Sunday evening was seized with cramp and sank before assistance arrived. The body has pot been recovered, states a press Association message from Invercargill. Boy Falls From Cycle.—Peter Laughton, aged 16, of 44a Adams Terracb, fell off his bicycle while riding m Aro Street yesterday afternoon. After peins attended to by the Free Ambulance Laughton was removed to the Ifomio Hospital, where ho was admitted at J o’clock sufferimr from concussion of the brafo. His condition is regarded as serious. Dominion or Local Award?—As the employers’ representative and the employees’ assessors could arrive at no decision as to whether the award in dispute between the N e W Zealand h operated Sawmills and Timber A ards and Coal Yards’ Employees Industrial Association and the employers atouW b<» a Dominion or ft local one, tfie Conciliation Council at Ctoistchurch yesterday was adjourned pending a decision of the Court on the matter.—bpeciftl Service, Prisoner Recaptured.—Darrel Barnaby, who escaped from the Waikeria Ir.ison Camp, near Te Awamutu, Qh Thursday, was recaptured oh Saturday morning at the top of the spiral Gaoler Glynn and Chief Warder Chapman, of the Waikuno Prison Camp> states a Press Association message from Taumarunui.

fionscriptibn of Women Not Needed. —The Paris correspondent of the London "Times” says that ths Senate, discussing the proposed law to organise the country in war time, referred back to the committee the article providing for the conscription of women, .owing to several senators’ contention that conseziption was unnecessary in view of women’s readiness to volunteer their services in the Great War.

Signalman Missing.—Ronald Stewart Sutherland, a signalman, residing at Taiaroa Heads, Otago Harbour, with his wife and two children, was missed from his home at midnight on Thursday. As the result of finding a note in his handwriting, the police were communicated svith. and carried out an unsuccessful search along the foreshore on I'rlday. Sutherland was recently transferred from t|ie lighthouse service to the employment of the Harbour Jtoard Assn.

Bush Fires in Nelson.—Bush and scrub tides continue in various parts of the district, A large conflagration m lakaka Valley threatened to destroy a large area of milling timber, but a providential change of wind, combined with the strenuous efforts' of ftre-flghter»» averted the danger. The main sufferers are settlers who have lost IM'S® areas Of feed, and, to a considerable extent, stock. During the dry weather strong winds have been almost absent, and this has been most fortunate,-Press Assn.

Tuberculosis Problem.—The Ashburton Hospital Board adopted a eomniittee's report advocating that provision bo mad* hy ths State ror a proper inspection of the homes ot tuberculous people and pensions for dependants of necessitous cases who had to enter institutions for tubercular treatment, that the law should be amended to make all cases and tyP®<»-tubercu-losis notifiable, that the State should take up the question of control and treatment of incorrigible cases, that the law should be amended to compel each hospital board to take up what the Department regarded as its proper share of the responsibility for the treatmen of tuberculosis. The report also stated that "The board is heartily in accord with any national scheme which, while dealing with tfie question of treatment, also deals with contributory causes in an effective manner, but consider? that the mere combining of existing institutions is a very inadequate method of dealing With the problem."— Press Assn.