DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 April 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[nv TEL EG It A PIT —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ERRATIC TIDES. AUC KLAND. April Hi. Unusual disturbances of the tides at Auckland, indicating subterranean disturbance. took place on Saturday night. After reaching its height at 0.15 p.m. the tide commenced falling until 9.30 p.m.. after which it ebbed and flowed in an erratic manner until (5.20 a.m. on Sunday. COMPENSATION CASES. A NEW -lUDGM.KNT. At C K HAND. April 17. The Arbitration Court to-day issued an important judgment setting out the basis on which a lump sum should be computed to arrive at compensation for permanent and partial incapacity resulting Irani injuiies u t scheduled under the Workers Compensation Act. Hitherto stub eases have been settled ~ut of Court, on tlie basis < f the judgment Campbell v. Taupiii Coal Mines, which was a finding dealing only with scheduled injuries. The Court held that uom-schcdule eases must lie dealt with under Section 5 of the Act. the ratio laid down by Section 8 dealing with scheduled injuiies. Compensation for ) einianeiit partial injuries must L.,:r the same ratio to the amount payable for total incapacity as the schedule percentage hare u> 10 per cent. No such limitation existed for noil-schedule injuries. The computation of a lump sum was based on a | cried of -i.x years, with a limit of L77il). The Court tberefoie gave judgment in favour of Laurence Maloney, coach-builder. Wellington. against Munt, Cottrell and ( Ltd.

ROAMING NEEDS. .MINISTER'S COMMENT WELLINGTON. April 17. After an iusp.eet ion of the Diana wain Gorge road, whi li is new in process of extensive improvement for the safety of traffic, .Mr Coates (Public Works Minister) said that wlol-t sym-pnlh--l.il- towards the claims of the Board oi Control for L'.'lL’.UCd (having already const’ll 1 e-1 le give (_*:*■ I 000'. he HUM 1-eeogni-e the many tequesls Ilf other work-, which wen- Dominion wide. lie admil.io'd tliul ill iuiic in-.-tam-es ii was tinwi-e to cut down ex- ] ciidilurc. hot I ia-r- w ere so many works s.in| so little money, that il ’.'.as no esc in giving i i;e good road to a county while thou-amls ef settlers uho sit uhl have lhe hist enii-iderat ion were being pinehe l for lark of act ess. Regarding the suggested toll-gate, he did not think there w: . ally analogy will, if -st!i mi lie ( Wellington:, as ihe latter was purely a ] leasun- re-iat. lie hoped that Parliament would -u; p rt lt'ei amendments lo the Highway Rill, to he j Set up in a lew days. He would coll- j ,-idei the B aril's lequcst. BRICE OF BUTTER DROPS DUNEDIN. April 1(5. The wholesale price of butler in New /.calami was reduced to-day from Is 9(1 tl. Is 8d per lh. The price in London i . reported iti be I s Sd retail. The manager ol a local dairy coin- j puny, asked why the price was less in London than m New Zealand, answermi that t]ii> New Zealand companies had to make up for a fairly substantial loss which they siilfered some months ago when butter, which was sold here at Is 7>d per lb wholesale, isalccd I s (id on the l.omloii market. According to the best information available the price now quoted in New Zeeland will not cover tlie cost of the u inter supplies of butter now ill store. Consumers do not usually enjoy a drop in butter prices at this time oi the war • it generaliv goes up in midauiunui. East year at thi: date the ulmlesale price iva* Is od. THE PITCAIRN ISLANDERS. NOT MENTALLY DEFICIENTWELLINGTON, April 1"Dr Ross and Dr Gregg, wlm made a particular insuection of the people of Pitcairn Island during the voyage of the Dorset, found no evidence id discus,, but on tin- contrary considered the Islanders presented a favourable contrast to some of till’ second and third ela. ■ passengers to he met on ships. They Were eb'.in and tidy, spoke line English, and showed no signs ~f degeneracy. The dot i-trs t Oii-ddel-ed that tin re was not a little truth in Hie story spread abetl i ol tin- mental deficiency and vice through inbreeding. There was nothing negroid about then, and they looked like sunburnt English people. CREDIT BALANCE SHOWN. WELLINGTON. April fa. A draft oi ihe ( itv Council balance sheet has been given out lor publieaii ~. The p.-i-l year was a very trmiLk'-ome one, chiefly owing to the huge amount of unemployment which ex'- ted l ight through w inter, making it net e- -arv to provide work, and ei eii 'l'-’ivi-ion;. for a large number of peoIDespite this, alter allowing for commit luenls totalling til. a credit balance of L'll.-MO is shown.