DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 November 1923, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TEr,ECß,vru—per tress association.] NEW r.OADIXr: DEVICE. AE( KI.AN'D, .Voviiilku- 7. A Mt'v. 11n.‘ I!:u.i< nI <l.'v j. i> lor loading 1 > nit * 'i'. ifeiTM l nr frozen nml ton into ships w.i. <■ iii|»1<•> (•( 1 yesterday for the first !;11i.• oi N- '.v Zi'iilaml lit tin' steunior Aio11• i. which j. berthed at tin(All' • 1 1' wharE Tlio mm-hinc consists of o ‘to.l I ill mi', olio or.l of v.ln'rll stands in tin- half of tlii- :, 111 j. nml tlio otlioj- end mi tin. winin'. Running over t liis frame nml driven I.y an electric mol or i- : n i in lli l ' . ohll in of oaiii'3-. pocket- i noli 111 villi'. Into oiioii poeke r its it iimv . pa -1 i< pi .a ml a fox of InittiT oi' I'lioo.-o ov carcase ol mutton which is .mrioil d<w\ n tlio lioW ami antomal ically ilopositoil oil a tray i'l tlio liottom. Tlio innchme is rapnMo of handling 2DOO boxes or carcases an hour cumpan'd with 800 Dy a ship's don ink'. BACON, HAWS A XT) DORK. AUCKLAND. Xov. 7.' Bacon. hams and pork have shown a steady llioroaso in price for the past month owing to keen oonipot it ion both I t tint local fin-el s and Australia. This upward movement lias now apparently passed its crest, and one large local baeon-etii it;g concern lias reduced the [trices of its Paeon sides and rolls. 2d per lh from this morning, making the wholesale price Is Id. One reason for the present reduction is that Australian buyers are not operating, as they eou.xider that at tie- ] resent cost of law pork it would net pay to ship to Australia. Carers seem more inclined to urn k on at runt storks instead of buying up further supplies .'it present market rates, as they aie experiencing a weaker demand from retailers owing to the general public not buying so freely on recount of the higher price. It is unlikely that there will he any change in the juice of hums uiiiil after the Christmas season. DEiTiEDATit)NS BA DEER. WEU.t.XCTOX. November 7. Tile South Island is mure alfeeted by the deprepations of deer than is tinNorth Island, and recently complaints have keen made, coupled with pleas existing in. the intciosts of sportsmen.

fur the removal of the. protection. ’! lie complaint.x have been considered by the Coveruinent. and it has been decided to Miunve the protection on deer in certain ateas within the followlowing aecTimntisatioii districts where the animals are in gloat numbers and have he on damaging property :—Nebon, .Marlborough, North Canteibury, Wc.-t. land, Otago. Waitaki and Southland." ‘‘hi order to assist in the destruc-

tion of deer in these districts." sahl the lb 11. R. E. Bullard to-day. "the Hove rii mci, t has resolved to make a giant of kI Cl ID. and I his slim will be allocaicd in pioporli.n? to the "-lineii! d t.iii-ber oi deer in the disiri. t' nr iii wiHai. As ilie Acclimatisation S'.aiei ie-. in the respective districts proi’e.se eultiiig or thinning out the d.-er in those areas whore protect ion. is not 11 • in ll ve. 1. part of the grant will he payable !", Aeclimri isation Societies for ibis piiri'o'.-. Tice basis of di-Ci-hutioii will lie a- follows: . Two-thirds of tie' aim unt allocate.l Io each district will he paid in r.•-j • • 1 ef tile deer de-tr.iyed in the unprole: fed portion, aiii| oiie-th.ird in the poition where the animals are p;oteeted, being at the rate of 2> a head for deer ■destroyed in till' improteried area-, and Is a 1 1 on.f for tho:-e animals destroyed in the protected areas." The .Minister lidded Coil in addition to the proposal outlined lie had made ariaugemeiits thiough the Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes (.Minister of Defence) fur the supply by the Defence Department of ammunition to Acclimatisation Societies, and tl'.ai further details would ho published in newspaper(i ie tilt: t lug in the districts com epied. KERRY TOE IE X.Z. TEAM l-'Ofl ENG BAND. WELLINGTON. Nov. 8. A special meeting of the N.Z. Rugby I'liioii thi- evening decided to accept the invitation of ihe English Rugby Emon to play a series o| inntehi" in

Britain and iwo in Era nee. The terms agreed uinu are: -The team is jo leave New Zealand a I the end of .tidy. lE2I, and arrive in England on September I. Alter a week's re-t, it will I’hty thirty mat elies. 2> in Britain, anti two in Eram-e. Tkiere will ho one l week ri'st between tie." te"i mute-bos. The players will loeeivo no allowance. The l English Union Inm ihoelined theNeiv Zealand Union’s suggo.xlion fur three shillings a day allowance. Though it is not officially stated, this may have l the eflect: of limiting the choice of players to single men. ft is also beheved the itinerary will inchuln mate he-, against Enghiml, Scotland, Rales ami trehuui.

MARLIJOKorOH RATI NT! APPEALS. Bi.KNHEI.M. Vov. S. 11l Chambers u esterday, .Mr K. Muuuscll, S..Mdelivered his ctuuiderihl judgment, (n the question of casts in con iic; lit:i i v.itli the recoin appeals against the River Baarij's rating Via-: '■ iliialion. In the course at his judgnient, 11 is Worship said "By analogy with the rule in civil cases that tile successl til parties should lvcie. er casts, it would seem that the appellants, v. ha were successful, shoahl recover (fists. The question, however. is dilhcuh and complex. In some eases ihe pj:;•!hiut.s Here partially stiei:es.;|'ii!. In many cases adjustments were made during the hearing by iiinsi.-i.t ot the Board, or b.v compromise. In these latter ea-os. the matter of lo.srs was donhth ,-s ma in the mini! of the Board's cumt-ei, m <r was it in mine. Borne were Individual hearings, and others were heard in groups. 11l the falter cases, to award a lump sum as casts would he of daubif 11 1 validity. To apportion a lump sum anioiie individuals in a group v.nuh! mean nlolling a trilling sum to each individual. Some of the a]ipell;tuts desired to he transferred from Class A. to Class C. and were transferred to Class B. Some appellants were entirely successful. | have considered several alternative schemes, but line! that they would he unequal in their oji-era! ion as between the various appellants, and 1 have decided that it noutd he better to make an order as to costs than one of a nature unjustly preferring seine appellants. These proceedings are probably without precedent- in New Zealand, and are hardly analogous to a civil action. The Board wa> overwhelmed hy the numher of appeals.' 1

BOi.niKßs .vxn rexsioxs. DEXEDIX. .Vovemher S. At a meeting of the soldier pensioners. addressed by Mr. 7. ID. Harper, the 11.K.A. representative on the War Tensions Board, one pensioner stated that a genera] impression given regarding the extra allowances, provided for in the Finaiue Act. lPi’O, was that they were a permanent grant, whereas it now appeared they could be taken away at the Board’s discretion. “So that the assurance given hv Mr Massey am! Sir R. Id. Rhodes, aren't worth a d - stated another lor sinner.