TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1921, Page 4

TELEGRAMS

•««***—- BY TELEGRAM—I>RESH ASSN., COPYRIGHT. repatriation depARTMENI WELLINGTON, January 17- ! Interesting figures in regard to the work of the Repatriation Department ' were given to a “Post” representative to-day by the Minister in charge ot 1 the Department. “The expenditure on repatriation,” said the Minister, “reach- : ed its maximum in December 1919, »> I which month £1*20,000 was advanc 'd to soldiers. Since then the expendituie has steadily decreased month by month, while the income from repayments a loans has increased steadily. It is anticipated that within the next three months the monthly income from .e----pavments will about equal the monthly expenditure. ’ . , 'Hie Hon. D. H- Guthrie explained ' that 85 per cent of the expenditure was | by wav Of loan. The total collection to the end of November he said, rns £376,542. ,

ANSDA U G HTER CH ARG E

DISMISSED

NEW PLYMOUTH. .January 17. ‘ Arising out of a motor collision on Y C w Year's Eve. in which a young 1 woman. Ruby M. Coates, met with fatal injuries, John Harms, motor mechanic appeared at the Magistrate’s Court *o-,-\ay charged with .manslaughter. At the conclusion of the evidence for t.io prosecution, counsel for the accused su. - t mitted that a prima facie case had not j been established, and the Magistrate J (Mr T. A. Bailey) dismissed the <m- ! formation.

THE LAW EXAMINATIONS

WELLINGTON, January 17

Additional Law Examination passes are: R. M. S. Jones in Criminal Law and E. W. Reeves in Property 11. and Procedure. The returns in Property TI are still incomplete.

TRADE WITH HONOLULU

AUCKLAND, January 1"

New Zealand producers have an opportunity of opening up trade with Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands generally. Frozen meat from here is already in course of shipment, and a quantity of butter ns well as other produce is on order.

‘Tf the shipping facilities were only normal, we might do a fairly good trade in agricultural produce with the Hawaiian Islands,” said a merchant today who is in touch with the situation New Zealand butter, which lias now become well known in tho United States is superior to the Californian product, and the people of Honolulu would prefer it if they could get it regularly. Then our apples would sell well there in the off season if they were introduced, for tho American variety, although it looks well and is produced under good conditions, has not nearly so good •-> flavour as our New Zealand apple. Frozen meat, which lias been so welcome on the Canadian and American .market, should do well in Hawaii also, and I understand a large shipment has already been arranged for.” 'file difficulty, however, seems to be the shipping, and the present dislocation of the service is yet another obstacle in the way of developing what might prove to be a very profitable trade to the Dominion.

FORESTRY

PLANNING AND PLANTING SCHEME-

WELLINGTON January 16

.Mr Georgo Green, Dominion organiser of the Nurserymen's Assoe’a tion, states that as a result of preliminary conversation with the Director of Forestry and his officers, most cordial relations have been established between the Association and the Forestry Department. A perfect scheme of co-operation and co-ordination in connexion with the planning and planting of forests has been agreed upon. Already both in the North Island and the South Island, particularly in tho Nelson province, Mr Green says, considerable areas are being planted by small, private companies, whose members are engaging in this work as the best form of old age insurance policy. Some 2000 acres are at present being planted in the Nelson province. Tho work is to he completed within four years. One of the most important things needed to encourage planting forest areas by private individuals and companies is legislation providing that nil areas intended for forest purposes shall lie registered, so that they can he inspected from time to time, and that taxation shall be remitted on such areas until the forest arrives at maturity, when, it is suggested, a State royalty should be charged upon millbble timber. Another .important point is that the State should make conditions of forest fire insurance much easier than at present.

ARBITRATION COURT

MR F. V. FRAZER APPOINTED PRESIDENT.

WELLINGTON, Jan 17

Cabinet lias decided to appoint Mr F. V. Frazer (Assistant Public Service Commissioner) President of the Arbitartion Court, instead of Mr Justice Stringer. The Prime Minister announced that Mi Frazer would take up the work at tho beginning of next month and that lie would give the whole of bis time lo Fie duties of 'his position. Mr Frazer is well qualified for the office, being a solicitor and barrister of the Supremo Court and having bad several years’ experience as a stipendiary magistrate. The Prime Minister stated be was unable to say as yet who is to succeed Mr Frazer as Assistant Public Service Commissioner. Cabinet bad not considered tho matter. WAIKATO MINERS. THE GO-SLOW POLICY. AUCKLAND, Jan 17. Jt is reported that the miners employed at the Pukemiro, Rotownru, and Tanpiri Extended mines have adopted the go-slow policy, tho men undertaking not to earn more than 19s 2d a day ,tho minimum fixed by the national agreement of February last.