LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 52, 24 November 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Remuera's Trip. The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Remuera, which left New Zealand on October 30 for London, arrived at Panama on November 18, sailed from Colon on November 19, and arrived at Caracas Bay on November 22nd. Work At Arapuni. Excellent progress is being made with the construction of the additional turbines and extensions at tlie Arapuni power house, in spite of the difiiculty experienced in securing certain materials from England. The enlargements to the work have also neeessitated additions to the outdoor transformer station. Commercial Examinations. The aunual ■ xamination in commercial subjects, conducted hy the Hastings Ohamher of Commerce, are now in progress. Entries this year are less than last year's total, but this is attributed to the fact that many lilcely candidates have obtained positions, and do not feel the need for certificates of qualification. Thero are ten candidates for the examinations in sliortliand speed, for speeds from 80 to 150 words a minute, eight entries for junior typewiv.mg, one for senior typewriting, and two for boolc-keeping. Buying New Z.aland Goods. "I am in favour of buying New Zealand goods, providing other things are equal, but not when it means the expenditure of an additional £13 13/-," said Mr. A. Rosser at a meeting of the Auckland City Council, when a brief discussion took place a recommendation to purehase 12 dozen paint brushes made by an English firm rather than a line manufactured in New Zealand. An amendment introduced by Mr. J. L. Coakley to obtain an equal quantity of the New Zealand and English articles was lost. Investigating A Noise. "I have looked through the papera," said Mr. Justice Ostler, when an applieation for an injunction came before him at Auckland, "and I gather that one side says that this is a creaky noise that sets everybody's teeth on edge, and the oth side says it is a soothing noise that would send people to sleep. I think I had better go out and hear the noise myself. Wouldn't that be the best way to settle it?" His Honour asked. The counsel concerned in the case agreed that His Honour should hear the noise complained of, and, after they had submitted argument, it was arranged that His Honour should make a personal investigation. Thrift in Scliools. A total sum of £240 was hanked by the pupils of the Stratford primary school in the year ended November 16, stated the report of the headmaster, Mr L. J. Furrie. This amount did not include individual sums hanked by pupils during January and February. More than one hundred pupils are taking part in this national seheme designed to teach thrift, stated the report. Ninety-flve pupils had reached the pound and had received a free deposit of one shilling. The ayerage amount banked for the year was stated to he £6 3/4. There were 38 weelcly bauking days. Douile-Taxation. "While we realise that a comprehensive alteration of the incidence of land and income tax is a matter that calls for mature consideration on the part of the Government, we do think that there could have been some easing. of the burden as regards graduated land tax, wliich in so many cases really means dotfble taxation," states the New Zealand "Accountants' Journal." "Under present conditions the impost is most unjust, and the least that should have been done would have been to allow the payment of land tax as a deduction when arriving at the amount due for income tax. The same argument applies in regard to not allowing the payment of .unemployment tax as a deduction when assessing the net income upon which tax is payable." Praise For New Zealanders. "There is one thing that' I admire very much about you people in New Zealand, and that is that you are eager to hear of what is being done in other countries, and then you set about adapting those measures to suit your particular circumstances and conditions" said Miss R. Middleton, Children 's Almoner at St. Thomas' Hospital, London, in an interview in Hastings last evening. Miss Middleton, who is nearing the end of hef four months' holiday, a considerable portion of which has been spent in New Zealand, added that wlierever she has visited she had encountered an earnest desire to learn of what is being done in other places. "In many ways it is evident that you have taken heed of what has been told you," she said, "for I can see where you have modified And adapted certain things to suit yourselves."