Wellington Items.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1922, Page 3

Wellington Items.

BOARD OF Til ADK. WELLINGTON. Sept. 2. It is understood that Air IV. G. .McDonald, who has been chairman of the Board of Trade for some years, is resigning that position to accept an appointment as secretary of 11 large fleurinilling concern. Gradually the hoard is disappearing. Some little time ago Mr Wilson departed from the hoard. Later Mr I*. Hally was sent to Auckland in the place of Mr llarle Giles, Conciliation Commissioner, and now rumour says that Air .McDonald is about to go. 'l'llis means that the only one left is the secretary, Air .1. W. Collins, and these occurrences have given rise to tlm strong impression in political circles that the Ministry is anxious to entirely do away with the hoard.

FALSE DECLARATION. Sydney Porcival Smith and Ethel Afny Smith appeared before Air F. K. Hunt, S.AL, at tla* Alngistrate’s Court yesterday on charges of making false declarations under the I’mlesiralile Immigrants’ Exclusion Act. Mill). iSuh-Inspeetor AleXainarn oxp/ained that the pair had arrived in Wellington quite recently, and had since been married. For reasons better known to themselves they had, since their arrival. assumed false names. Each was liable to a fine of £IOO or twelve months’ imprisonment. “ft is no use my imposing a heavy fine,” said His Worship, “because 1 don’t suppose they would he able to pay Encli is fined 40s and costs. “DON’T WORK.” “Statistics show that the average expectancy of life of the American citizen is G2 years.” Quoting this from an American paper in the Arbitration Court yesterday, the secretary of the Seamen’s Federation (Air AV. T. Young) sought to establish that a man’s life short enough without further cui tailing it bv working him overtime. His Honour Air Justice Frazer smiled and remarked: “The moral is—don’t work.” (Langhtci). Mr Young: It shows how unwise it is for men to work excessive hours, and, equally, how wise it is for a severe rate of overtime to he imposed to prevent employers from working excessive hours ami thus reducing the years of theirLfcW^^^