TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

HY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. A QUEENSLAND TEAM. AUCKLAND, October ,10. It is stated that a team of .flout twenty-five to thirty Queensland bowlers in tend to tour the Dominion towards the end cf the year. They are

expected to arrive in Wellington about | the middle of December and it is ex- ; pectod that they will play in a Domiii- j ion tourney at .Auckland at the end of January. c f SCAFFOLDING REGULATIONS. ( MUST BE ENFORCED. ?

WELLINGTON. October 10. A deputation representing the New Zealand Federation of Master Painters Decorators and Signwriters waited upon the Minister of Labour to-day, and protested against the decision to enforce strictly the present scaffolding regulations, more paitieiilarly in the direction of requiring that till scaffolding over 10ft. high should ho notified, aiul that on scaffolding over 10ft high

18in. planks should he used and not 12iu planks. The Minister (the Hon. G. J. Anderson) informed the deputation that the safety cf the workers must come above all other tilings. After the scaffolding accident at Auckland, which resulted in the death of four men, he gave instructions that the whole matter of the regulations and their enforcement should lie looked into, and later a chief inspector was appointed. That officer led gone round the country, and after n thorough investigation he bail reported that the only thing to do was to insist upon the enforcement of the regulations. WHEAT SCHEME. WELLINGTON. Oct. 17 The Minister of Agriculture announced to-night that owing to the small response hv the farmers to avail themselves of the Government’s scheme for handling under-grade wheat, it had been decided to abandon the scheme entirely. To allow free export, in order to (••amply with the provision of the wheat trade regulations it would h* necessary for the exporters to make formal application for an export iv-rmit, but these would he issued for any quantity the exporters may desire.

THE WHITE BLAGUE. CHRISTCHURCH. Oct.. 17. Writing to a relative in Christchurch Dr I. C. Mclntyre, who went Home some time ago to pursue studies in connection with his pr fession, specialising in tuhercnlsois, states:—“M. Spahliiigor lias sent Ill's serum for me, and I am to lie the only cue to u-o it in New Zealand. M. Ppahlingur insists that as 1 have been with him. and understand his serum and methods, I am to he the one to use il." In a further letter Dr Mclntyre writes: "I told you about. M. Ppnbliu-

gor in my last letter. Since thru, I have received another letter from him, impressing upon m-• the importance contained in the fact that lm sen! the scrum for .liy exclusive and private use. I wrote to M. Spahliiger. giving ,-i. solemn promise to adh iv to the conditions under which lie bus given the serum to mo. The serum sent is pulmonary, but M. Spalilinger says that as soon as lie returns from a brie! holiday, he will forward a supply of surgical serum. Sir James Allen has discussed the matter at length with me. and sues that f hove to woidi in conjunction with the Now Zealand Government, as M. Spahliiigor will later provide the Government with s-r----lim as a result of Sir James’s visits to Switzerland, on condition that 1 shall lie responsible for it.- use in t lie Dominion.’ N mr j. McCullough. CHRISTCHURCH. Oct. 17. Mr -I. McCullough M’nriuerlv cf the Arbitration Court) who m the Labour Thirty s candidate fra* Riccarton, opened bis campaign to-night, addressing a largo meeting at Riccarloo town hail. Ho got. a very attentive hearing. Ho announced himself as strangle nnpusial to the present G: v rnnr ut. lie cited, as the failures, of ibis Government, their railway administration, their immigration policy, and their tml’ev of raising tax free Iflans during Ibe war period, instead of levying additional taxation. ■Mr McCullough mad;' a general slatemeiit that tile financial instiltiI'ops of this country are practically dictating flu* policy cl the Goverume'nt. A vote of thanks was passed by the meeting to Mr McCullough. NEW SILVER COINS. WELLINGTON. Oct Hi. A day or two ago a “Times” reporter received among some. change two or three ne>w shillings of 1921 date, in one the colour was dead.

whilci in a bright one the head of the coin was nearly all of a coppery colour. Inquiry at tile haul; was followed by an assumin'- tli-'t the coin was a good one. At Ihe Rank of New Zealand, the Chief Inspector pointed out that in the last year or two the allov used at the Mint in the silver eolnngo hid been incretised to a 00-fjO basis so that coins for 1021) onwards do not contain such a large percentage of silver. He thought the coin in question was a, guod one in spite of the copper which showed up more distinctly under a magnifying glass. If it was counterfeit it was very line work. In any ease the coin is being scut to the Mint in Sydney for a.n expert opinion. Another difference in the n< w coins is that the dies me not nearly s,, deeply cut, as a comparison hiltwceii a 1020 and it 1017 shilling will prove.