NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Grey River Argus, 7 September 1948, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

CAUGHT IN THE ACT AUCKLAND, Sept. 6. Charged with creaking and entering the dwelling of *John Victor Macky in Mountain road, with intent to commit a crime, Daisy Rangimoa Mildred Davs, aged 22, a domestic, appeared before the Magistrate (Mr Luxford) in the Police Court to-day. The accused was remanded until Monday. The police arrested the young woman in a bedroom after the door lock jammed.

£2 WEEK WAGE RISE SOUGHT AUCKLAND, September 6. The Auckland branch of the Carpenters’ Union has endorsed a remit for the national conference in December favouring a wage increase of £2 a ■ week through ' an application bv the Federation of Labour. The branch also advocates an increase of 10s a week in social security benefits. The N.Z. Carpenters’ Union is to be represented at the annual conference of the Building Workers’ - Union of Australia ir MQoourne on October 18 by its nation d secretary, Mr R. Stanley. An Awstrtiiian aelegate is expected Io attend next year’s annual conference in New Zealand. MAORI BIBLE WELLINGTON, Sept., G. Good progress with revision of the Maori Bible, since the work begun two years ago, was' reported by Sir Apirana Ngata at a meeting or West Coast (N. 1. Maoris at A'orangi, near Feilding. It was hoped the work would be completed by the end of the year, when -the 'final session oi the committee would be held at Ohope, near Whakatane, the home of its cnairman, Very Rev. J. G. Laugh-

ton, who had, in the main, been responsible for the undertaking. Mr Laughton would leave later in the year for England to supervise the printing of tn'e revised Maori Bible. PARITY FOR AUSTRALIAN * POUND? AUCKLAND, Sept. 6. “Undoubtedly the currencies of our countries shou.ld be on parity”, said Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian newspaper proprietor. Parity had to come, but Australia was determined to hold out as long as possible with' the present exchange rate of the Australian pound till the British pound fell further in relation to the dollar, as he thought it would.