TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1920, Page 4

TELEGRAMS

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LICENSING ACT POINT. WELLINGTON, June 28

Mr Myers, appearing in support of ail application for an additional wholesale liquor license at the adjourned meeting of the Wellington Licensing Dench, raised the point that Section ~> of the Act of 1910 providing that the number of licenses should continue the same after the poll, if the local license was not carried, was now not in lorce, by reason oi the fact that the Act ot 1918 did away with local 'Option and therefore tout particular section, with the result that the number of wholesale licenses would he legally increased. 1 lie Dench agreed, hut acting with its discretionary powers, refused to grant the additional license.

A second similar application was also refused.

QUESTIONED RECOMMENDATIONS CHRISTCHURCH, June 28. At a meeting of the Canterbury College Board of Governors to-day the College Committee 'recommended that the Rev. J. K. Archer be appointed Tutor for the Sydenham class in economics. Mr L. M. Isitt, M.l’., asked whether there was any safeguard as to the views that the Rev. Mr Archer would expound. He (Mr Isitt) could not see how it was right under the present critical conditions for the Board f place itaelf in the position of appointing a lecturer in economics, one who was a. strong propagandist on one side of the question. Mr S. T. Weston said that Mr Archer had been trained at Nottingham University and had been recognised by tha Otago University. 1 Mr G. T. Booth said that if a man was a Socialist and disturber of the peace, the Board should not put itself in the position of helping to disseminate false doctrines. The Board should not appoint a propagandist to the position. Mr Isitt contended that the lecturer should not he a man with extreme views.

Eventually the recommendation was referred back to the Committee .'or further consideration. R. S. A. DEMANDS. CHRISTCHURCH, June 28. At a meeting of the Christchurch branch of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, the following motion was carried: —“That this meeting of returned soldiers and their dependents expresses its strong disapproval of the action of the Government in withdrawing without due notice the advances under Part Two of the Discharged Soldiers” Act. It considers the only equitable and honourable course open to Parliament is to make the benefits of the Act available to all soldiers at present entitled to them, and so avoid penalising those soldiers who have had no opportunity of taking advantage of its provision?. It desires to point out that many soldiers have deferred making application, relying on. the definite promises of the Prime Minister that twelve months’ notice would be given of any curtailment of tho Act. It further calls upon the Government to bear any loss incurred by those who entered into contracts and signed options prior to the announcement of the stoppage by the Honourable Mr Guthrie, Minister of Lands. The following motion was also carried “jThat the Government again be urged to give serious consideration to tho land settlement scheme submitted by the New Zealand Returned Soldiers Association and so givon an evidence of their sincerity to settle all returned soldiers in the shortest possible time.” SHOT TN THE ABDOMEN. CHRISTCHURCH, June 28. Mr J. Penny, Manager of the Raknin branch of tho Bank of New Zealand, and who is retiring on superannuation this month, after 40 pears’ service, was accidentally shot in .the abdomen on Saturday. He was engaged in a residential portion of the Bank in work connected with his vacating the premises, when an automatic pistol fell to tho floor and exploded, the bullet lodging in his abdomen. He was removed to a private hospital in Christchurch and was operated on successfully.