TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1921, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

I rHY TKIiEOHAI’Il —TEH TRESS ASSOCIATION | P. AN 11 T. OFFICERS. WELLINGTON, Nov. 23 A complete understanding Ims been arrived at between the Post 111 a s terGenernl and the Post and Telegraph Officers’ Association on tile question of the recognition of the Association. Mr Combs, secretary of the Association, stilted that the executive committee was well satisfied with the result of the conference. From the service point of view the new understanding was considered very satisfactory. That spirit of co-operation which was so essential to complete harmony in the working of any large concern was the basis upon which the negotiations proceeded. The agreement practically places the Post and Telegraph Service', through its Association, in the same place as similar large services. The stall employed now has an assurance that no drastic alterations in salaries or service conditions will take place without tile staff having the fullest opportunity of considering them, and making such representations thereon as may appear necessary. MISSING DEFENCE STORES. WELLINGTON, Nov. 23 Missing defence stores formed the subject of charges in the -Magistrate’s Court. Philip Frederick Diebert, farrier, was charged with thett of a tent, anvil, forgo, vice and three greatcoats, tile pnqierty of the Retcruo Department. lie pleaded guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Dieliert also was charged, conjointly with John Wilson Robertson. cor|xiral at Trentham camp, with thett ol a On, valued at .€2, the property of the Department. Dieliert again pleaded guilty ami was committed for sentence. The charge ngnin-t Robertson was dismissod. William Talbot, a civilian blacksmith, a brother-in-law of Diebert, to whose premises the goods were sent, was charged with attempting to defraud and olistruet the course of justice by removing and secreting stolen prn|R'ity. Diebert said that the goods were sent l lv kim to Talbot’s premises without tin* huh'r’s know Tiilkot plcsnle*! I not guilty and was committed for trial. STATE GOAL MINES WF.I.LINGTON. Noveinlier 23. 'l'll*- gross output for the Liverpool State colliery for O'e wear was 153,722 tons, an increase of 33.31(1 tolls, constituting a roonrd. After making allowance for stock in hand and waste the halanee of L'l.Oim tons left was dispos'd of a sfollows: Export. 125.51 P local sales 2! .71*1 toils, mine sales aH'.lo tons, stock on wliaif 700 tons. Tim gross output fiom Ibis colliery since Its illeept ion in SSS.IS7 lolls. \l tlie .lames colliery I'mtlier ibvclopuient works, including ro-ereno»m of portion of the coal storage bins wind were shifted from Point Elizabeth colliery and installation of the requisite equipment, have been carried out. The development of this colliery has to some extent I men gdvernd hv the progress made in constructing a railway line giving across. It is expected that, the railway will bo sufficiently completed fur the haulage of coal within a few months. Trial samples of coal from this Voliory have upon test shown that it is first-class household coal. When supplies are available it will greatly stimulate activities at the State coal depots. THE GISRORNE OILFIELDS. WELLINGTON, November 22. Reporting on the Gisborne oilfield flic Director of Geological Survey says oil indications, including oil bearing rock, are numerous. The geological structures are fairly favourable, and rocks capable of carrying large amounts of oil fpotential “oil sands”) form part of the strata, hence, ns shown in the interim report by Messrs Oiiglev and Maepherson, the presence of petroleum in commercial quantity is pro--I,able. 1-est the casual reader may think that this probability approaches a certainty, ho may l>e warned that not. morn than one district in six which appear geologically favourable for petroleum production, becomes a producing oilfield. Tn the present case, as is insisted on in the report, much field and other work has yet to ho done to indicate that the GisborneEast Cape district, probably contains a oilfield. It is not necessary to enlarge on tin., present world wide importance of oilfields. Suffice it to say that the development of an oilfield in the Gis-borne-East Cape district would make New Zealand the commercial and natal centre of the Pacific, and give a great stimulus to the progress of the Dominion. Urgent work remains vet to be done. The oil Kelt must he followed and mapped wherever it appears. The more promising parts of oil belt must he mapficd in greator detail, in particular it is necessary to “walk out” I the structure and the boundaries in th„ complicated areas.