TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1921, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[BY TKLEOItAl’Ji—l‘£U I'KKSS ASSOCIATION J WELLINGTON COM I’ETITIONS. WELLINGTON, Aug. 81. Record entries have been received for the competitions, which will bo rontinind for several days. The principal result, of outside interest, is that m reading at sight, won by Mary Ritchie, (’liristelmrch. MATERNITY MORTALITY. WELLINGTON, Aug. 81. The Minister of Health lias been engaged with the Board of Health maternity mortality sub-committee, General McGavin, Dr Elliott (British Medical Association), and the Director and Assistant■ Director of Health, in taking evidence. When the committee has finished hearing evidence the report will he subtlli tted 'to the Board of Health. The report is understood to contain 16 recommendations. CHARGES OF HOOKMAKING. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 2. Charges of having Parried on the business of bookmaking were preferred in the Magistrate's Court against Thomas l.mig. labourer, of Belfast, and Frederick Dncre, a carpenter, of Linwood. Each elected to be tried by a jury and was committed for trial, bail being allowed and forthcoming. FOUND IN GAMING HOUSE. AUCKLAND. Sept. 2. As a result of a Police raid oil the Wa verify Club, the keeper of which was recently lined for keeping a common gaming house, four men who were found on the premises were fined amounts from L'2 to Ids. The eases against three others were dismissed as they gave reasonable grounds for their presence. A 11 EAV-Y FINE. AUCKLAND, Sept. 2. A fine ol £7>o for selling milk adulterated to li-l per oenl. water was im|uise,.l upon Won Sciige lye. Iho defence was that, waterpipe on the cooler leaked Imi the Magistrate said this was.an old excuse. There was no doubt, the adulteration was not deliberate. but. a result of carelessness. It was defendant's responsibility to see dial the apparatus was efficient. Do-i.-mlani vas allowed three months in Urn), to pay.

X ’/,. FINANCE. WELLINGTON. This Day. Replying to a deputation on iiueni- ;-!• i v m«'ii t yesterday. Sir F. It Ill'll. Aiding Pi'-inicr. said in the endeavour i. i procure more money to spend on public works, lie laid tried to raise the balance of the Soldiers' Sell lament Loan, some fifteen hundred thousand. Imi the ;>ll■'inpt was practically a failore, That, being so. it would lie no use his pretending lb,-it he could spend more Ilian three hundred thousand per month. That was now being provided for public works. He was fighting tlie Treasury officers who were doing their duty in guarding the public, finance, iti his effort to maintain expenditure at that level. LORD NOHTHCUITK. AUCKLAND. Sept. 2. Speaking of immigration in an interview I .mil Nort hciitl'e said this was a subject which occupied a good deal of attention ill the Motherland. “1 have conic to a definite conclusion which I have confirmed by inquiries from many -nun-es. The kind of immigration fioni Britain most likely to suceeed at pre-s'-ni in parts of New Zealand I have seen, is the young man from the Hritish farm, skilled in niiina.geiuent of stock and cow keeping, who is willing i.o work as hard as lie does at Home at sliareinilking. In a year or two lie ought to gel to know New Zealand ways, and at least have his keep. Wo Inn, many such young men with capital t. invest, hut I have met young men from IJome who have succeeded without capital. Wo have nothing like your mortgage system, which with nil its faults enables nun who never would have earned a yard of land in the Old Gountrv. to become landowners.

The Riiakura stmfo experimental furin lie* describes as an ideal piece of organisation. lb* was acquainfed with experimental farms both in Britain and in (’anail.*i. but lie lead never expected to find in .New Zealand, a farm of such dimensions.

Tin* propagation of native trees oil farms interested him immensely. Df-’siicNs FUR \V\li MFMORI Al.*-\ ( HIfISTcTU IHTI. Sept. 2

Proust* and Gilmiiieii. architects, Wellington. won the first prize of CIOO in dll l compel it ion tin* the hc'sl design leer a Bridge of Remeinbrance for a war memorial. Allan C. Ford, architect, I n*. crcai gill, won second prize nt Colt. The re wen* 2 I compet ileu s. INFI.FFNZA. (TIRISTCHPRCTL Sept. 2 A coiilercmi* called by the Mayor Dr Thacker) at the* request of the District Health Officer, was held to-day in consider preliminary arrangements to oc.pe v, itSi an epidemic o) intlucuzn ill the I veil! uf such n-ciiiring. Leading duet, rs slated that they hail found no indications, either in innate* practice* wr at tin* hospital iil an c pidemie. The Mayor said In* did nut think there was any need uf them organising at present, but it was a w ise thing to let the public know t hoy were icudy. W.vTERSIDERS DEMAND. AUCKLAND. September 2. Tbe unloading of tbe steamer Kawat.iri which arrived from Port Kemhla this morning with coal lias not started. The watersiders are asking an extra threepence per hour on the ground uf the dusty state of the coal The Union Company states that the Watersiders Executive has not communicated with it on the matter, the men simply informing the foreman of their demands. RACING COMMISSION. AUCKLAND, Sept. J. At a meeting of the provincial country Cluli Association the following resolution was carried * The meeting is of opinion that the report of tbe Racing Commission docs justice to the racing community and being calculated to improve the eonditions of racing, its application will be in the best interests of the Dominion and the Minister of fiiternal Affairs lie informed ef this opinion and that the Association recommend all affiliated Clubs tu send delegate" tu Wellington to watch the •■*'■':■. "ts ef the respective clubs when the ii'pur is before P;yr|ianii*ii.”