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Evening Star, Issue 19662, 15 September 1927, Page 6

A New Plymouth Press Association telegram states that meeting held last night of shop assistants, convened by the district organiser for the purpose of forming a shop assistants’ union, rejected the proposition by Cl votes to 3, after a somewhat heated discussion.

An adjourned meeting of the Harbor Board was held yesterday, Mr H. E. Holier (deputy-chairmui\l presiding. The hoard adopted_ a. contract form, with all consequential accessories, for the building of a, new dredge of not less than 26dl\ Tho matter was dealt with in committee. Tho board considered tho question of a siding service to the sections on tho western side of Fryatt street, and it was decided to adopt the principle of laying down two sets of rails.

Sneaking at the Auckland provincial conference of the Factory Managers’ Association, Mr O’Dea (North Island supervising grader) said that, although tile present dairy season had commenced early, the quality of the produce was only fair and not quite up to that of tho corresponding period of 1926. The weather had been the responsible factor. Production had started with an increase throughout New Zealand of 36 per cent, in butter and GO .per cent, in cheese above last year. The prices were good and the industry was about to turn the corner. Auckland Press Association telegram.

'Hie postal authorities advise that the Manuka leit Melbourne yesterday for Wellington with nineteen hags and thirteen parcel receptacles for Dunedin, this portion being due bore on Tuesday evening.

The secretary of the Dairy Produce Board has received cable advice from London that the merchants have agreed to the increased advances against the shipments of butter and cheese on consignment. ’This certainly indicates confidence in the market for some time to come.—Wellington Press Association telegram. A Palmerston North message reads: A hearty civic welcome and an enthusiastic theatre audience greeted the “ Miss New Zealand ” finalists here. The Palmerston North vote (not the aggregate) was as follows: —Misses Smidt, Austen, Andreassen, Hodge, M'Call, Graham, Kinsey, Toukinson, and Cameron.

At Greymouth (states an Association message) Robert Henry Brochie, aged twenty-three, alias Edward C.' Cross, v .h previous convictions for theft at Dunedin," was fined a total of £ls, in default two mouths, for defrauding n Greymouth hotelkeeper of £5 for board and lodging. Ho pleaded guilty. The Dunedin Fire Brigade received a call at 6.13 p.m. yesterday to the warehouse of Henry Berry and Co. in Moray place, where fire had broken out. There was a good deal of smoko in the building, which is a single-story one, but little damage was done by the fire itself. The building and contents were insured in the Union Office. Tfio amount is not yet known.

The widening of Cargill road is leading to a great improvement in its appearance. The two old shops that stood alongside tho Post Office, and had to bo pulled down, have been replaced on tho new lino by a couple of up-to-date brick shops, the property of Mr William Wright. The contractor is Mr W. C. Craig. “ What’s in a name?’’ William Herbert Vincent thought it expedient to giro his wrong name yesterday when charged with drunkenness. He was then plain “John Gray,” and there being no John Gray on the records, he was treated as a first offender, and convicted and But he made tho mistake of celebrating tho occasion by further draughts from the bottle of methylated spirits which ho ’ promised never to taste again, with the result that he was before the court again this morning. In the meantime it had boon discovered that ho was really William Herbert Vincent, and that” two warrants were out for him. “ Was it also untrue that ho had been in hospital?” asked the magistrate (Mr Bartholomew). “No; I think he’s been there all right,” answered tho senior sergeant, and Vincent was fined 23s (including 3s cab hire), in default' forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. For spectacles that soothe tho eyes consult W. V. Stunner, D.S.OJ., G.A.0.C., 2 Octagon. Our business jj exclusively optical. —[Advt.] See the advertisement re Douglas Bornstein’s liquidation stock on page 7.—[Advt.] For Diamond Engagement Kings and reliable Watches, Peter Dick, the most reliable watchmakers, jewellers, and opticians.— [Advt.] Diamonds will prove an invesiment if secured at Williamson's, the diamond experts (next Tho Bristol Piano Co.).—[Advt.]