TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1922, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

[liv TKt.uou.irn—peu phess association] CHEESE AND BITTER. WELLINGTON, Oct. 5. Butter graded for export by the Dairy Division during September was 105.805 cwt. salted and 5145 cwt. un,salted, a total of 110,9.50 cwt. compared with 58,891 cwt. in September. 1921, an increase of 89.39 per cent. The total for two months of the pr<sent season is 151,99(1 cwt. compared with 77,091). a year ago. an increase of 97.38 per < cut.

Cheese graded during September was 7.933 cut. white, and 410 cut. coloured. a total of 11,943 cwt. compared with 38,234 hist- year, a decrease of 05.7 G per cent. The total for two months just ended was 12.311 cut. compared with 39,859 last year, a decrease of 09.10 per cwt. Converting these figures into butter fat equivalent there is an increase of 05.28 per cent, in production compared with the corresponding two mouths last season.

fruit ring denied. AUCKLAND. Get I. Auckland fruit merchants deny the Hon .1. A. Hunan's allegations in the House that an Auckland fruit ring i out rolled the distribution of Cook Island fruit. Mr Hunan's statement was described as incorrect, and a-s far ns was known there was no ring in wholesale houses in New Zealand in connection with the distribution ol Island oranges and bananas.

WjjJj, yelcrence to the higher prices for Island fruit in the South Island, one merchant said that transport arrangements pinvented fruit being sold in the South Island at rates similar t<> those in Auckland and Wellington. There was a groat risk ol fruit not arriving in good condition in the south.

FOXTON TRADE. FOX TON, Oct 4

A special im tiling of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday to consider a letter from .Mr E. Newman, M.P. regarding an oflTr ol a steamer of suitable draft to work the river and to establish a trade connection between Manawntu and Wellington and southern ports. It was decided to convene a conference of district Chambers of Commerce to discuss the proposal.

daffodil competition. DUNEDIN, Oct. 4. Messrs J. G. S. Holmes, of Riccnrton, and . G. Bull, of Spreydou, were authorised on behalf of Canterbury daffodil growers, to organise and bring to Dunedin an exhibit to compete against Otago at the Dunedin Show for the “Otago Daily Times” Cup. The fifty exhibits from Canterbury were brought down with special care in vases containing water and landed in prime condition, and to-day Mr Longnet, of Invercargill, adjudged this Canterbury exhibit the winner by 297 points to 292. These daffodils came from the gardens of the two men who brought them, and Mr AY. G. C. Jlewniolhtirg, of St Albans. The star blooms of the Canterbury collection were I filflegarde., General \RiV'wood. General Haig. Yellow Poppy, and Albumin. The Otago fifty was made up Ijroni the collections of a dozen exhibitors at tho show.

SALE OF AN HOTEL. DUNEDIN, October 4. Judgment was given by Mr Justice Hosking to-day in the ease in which

James Samson and Co., claimed from Murdock McKay, of -Winton, the sum of £SOO. as commission for services rendered to the defendant by plaintiffs as hotel brokers in connexion with the sale of Winton Hotel.

Plaintiffs alleged that the defendant employed them tp sell the hotel, for £13750. and the stock and furniture at valuation, and that the usual i commission was to he paid by the de--1 fondant to the plaintiffs. In tho altcr- ; native plaintiffs alleged that they were i employed to find a purchaser on those terms. Then they alleged that they sold to one, Pringle, or, in the niternative, that they found him a purchaser in accordance with their instructions.

His Honour, in giving judgment, said the plaintiffs had failed to show that they produced a. person willing to enter into a binding contract on the terms contained in their mandate, plus the terms which the mandate left open for future settlement. His Honour was therefore of the opinion that the plaintiffs could not maintain their claim for remuneration. They had | not attained the result on which their commission was to depend. Judgment was given for the defendant with costs as per scale and expenses of witnesses mill ilishuisements.

SCI 10015 DENTAL NURSES. AUCKLAND, October I

Insistence that the health of the pupil should he treated as the first plank in the eilutiitionnl platform was the main note struck by the Hon. C. •I. Parr at the opening of additions at. the Avondale South School. To spend money in cramming children with knowledge and to neglect their bodies was largely waste, and the Government had now recognised the health of the pupil as the first t nnside: alien in education. Next year another important department of the s hoot health service would lie inaugurated, the dental service The Government had undertaken the training of thirty-three dental nurses at Wellington. A two years’ intensive course had been provided. mil nurses would dual with the teeth of school children. Only two

1 ratal's ago there wits great opposition to the employment of women, fop this work, but the New Zealand Dental Association, to its credit, had recognised the danger lurking in the fact that 80 per cent of the school children had had | teeth, for which no tieatment was provided. It had given the scheme its unselfish support, and had made its realisation possible. Doctors and ethers who had seen the work of the dental nurses had e»piessed satisfaction with their attainments. The nurses .would he sent out next year to the different cities towns and country districts. The expenditure in this direction was; justified, because a worker with a large family could not meet the dentist’s hill for his children.

OPERATIC SOCIETIES. WELLINGTON, Oct 4. | A conference representing Various I operatic societies sat at Wellington i yesterday, under tho auspices of the Dominion Feilcartion of Operatic Societies. The chair was occupied by Mr A. AY. Newton, and sixteen societies 1 amalgamated under the federation 1 were represented. Delegates were present from AA'elliugton, Masterton, Palmerstun North, Christchurch and Hawura. while apologies were, received from Auckland and AYhangarei. The proceedings, held in committee were of a business character, and cou sisted principally of a discussion on the question whether a Dominion producer should not he appointed. After seine discussion this was agreed upon. Other routine business was transacted. .Mr T. Foster, who at present is fcouring with the Nellie Brain ley Dramatic Company, was appointed to the position of Dominion producer. EX-SOLDI EILS GIIIEVANCES. WELLINGTON, Oct 5.

Giving viih'iue before the AA'ar Pensions Commission to-day, Sir Donald McGavin said that medical treatment of returned sold iters was in the hands ot' the Pensions Department. This v,;as not altogether satisfactory. Provision was required lor treatment of disabilities for which pensions were being granted. He admitted that wmr and tear was caused by • artificial limbs, hut various means wen- adaptable to prevent excessive wear. Pensions now were much above those provided hi Royal AA'ar rant, so some allowance was already made though it might not have been intended to cover

tho wear. He described the appeal system available to pensioners as muchmores complete than anything that could ho substituted. Medical Boards were not fr.iuitioning now, Jiccausc ■ j they hail not enough to do. It would [ he much cheaper to pay fees to .spoc--1 ialists whin necessary. Ihe chief ilifii-oiilt-v now was not so much to divide ;-,trii'mlability as to satisfy the applicants that all their ailments were not One to war service. Fewer applications were being granted and this was | increasing discontent. Neurasthenic cases caused much difficulty. Some. ' had never been bevond England or ! heard a shell explode. If sue!) neuras- ; 1 tr;ili;i whs t!i:e to war every J returned man could bo expected V> bo a sufl’ercir. Koplying to :i suggestion that tin independent appeal hoard, not necessarily »f experts, was desirahlu, witness stated that it wa s impossible for a layman to interpret tho toolinij cal evidence.,of a medical expert.