DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1923, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[llY TELEGRAPH—PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION.] OVERWORKED PROFESSOR. AUCKLAND. August 21. Ihe imaease in the students taking modern languages at Auckland University College was emphasised at a meet in- of the College Council, when Professor Maxwell Walker. Professor j ol .Modern Languages, asked for the! appoint mem ol a full-time assistant j "ho would commence his duties at the; •beginning of next year. There had. been a steady increase of students for! a munl-er ot years, while during the! last two years there had been *n exlra-i ordinary increase, tin- number practic'd l.v being doubled. He had 77 students in 1921, 3M in 1922, and 152 in 192.3. while lie expected further in- j creases next year. It was impossible! for one man to c-opc with all the work i fie president (Hen. George Fowlds): \\ here are we going to stop if wo grant tin:? We will he having further applications. The matter was refened to the Education Committee. SMUGGLING- OPIUM. WELLINGTON, August 21. John Bain, a seaman, was lined £6O oi two mouths, for smuggling three tins of opium ashore. This amountwas said to be the value of flic opium EAST CARE SUP. WELLINGTON, Aug. 24. The Tutanekai is investigating the reported slip at East Cape, since denied, and "ill reach Auckland on Monday. WIFE DESERTERS. HOSPITAL BOARD'S COMPLAINT.

WELLINGTON. Aug. 21 Strong comment was made at a meeting oi the Hospital Board on number of deserted families that il had to provide for. Cases were quoted where the husband would do nothing, despite the orders made against him. It was said that there were tit least 21 of them and in one instance a man went awa.v and the police wanted £3O io bring him back. It was also stated that £20,000 in unpaid fees were written off last year ami the amount would be more like £30,000 this year, though an attempt would be made to recover some of the money. N.Z. DAIRY 1 ARAIERS. WELLINGTON. Aug. 23. The Dominion organiser of the Dairy Farmers' Union addressed members of Parliament to-day. with a view to setting up a Royal Commission to make genuine enquiry into the financial position of farmers.

He said farmers were walking i:;T their farms, all over the Dominion. !u one district alone there were 37 empty farms in one riding. The Dairy Farm, ors’ Union was anxious to stop the exit of farmers oil' tlie land, and it had asked the Government, by deputation, to set up a Royal Commission to \ is.iL all the leading centres in the Dominion and take evidence. He asked that one consisting of committees of chambers of eoniemrce and business men he, set up in the main centres, with practical farmers on each committee In conjunction with the Dairy Farmers' Union, so as to get the necessary information regarding the Imiiiieial |■"•-itioii ot farmers throughout the Dominion, whose object it was to kep up production. The hater would be in a position, next session to give an unbiassed report nto tlie exact position of the Dominion, with a view to having everything in readiness when the moratorium was lifted on Dec. 31st. J92E