DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRICHT. APPRENTICES ACT. WELLINGTON. May 21. The new Apprentices Act in its relation to Technical School education was touched upon by the Minister of Education at the Technical Colleges’ conference. Tie stressed the point that the operation of the new Act should not be allowed to treiidi too heavily upon the funds of the Education Department, in carrying out the extra work which would he involved. I odor the Act apprentices were required to take up a technical course in their respective trades. He had been very careful to have inserted in the Act- a provision that the Minister of Education must give his consent as to w hich technical schools such apprentices might be sent. The reason for this was apparent. The vote lor secondary education this year was large, but not more than enough, and he could not agree that any substantial portion of it should lie devoted for the provision of extra facilities in the way of more buildings or increased stalls to a large inllox of new pupils coming in. If any such big demand were mad'i upon them, it would have to be considered wlietber the employees should not be called upon to substantially assist in tile provision of extra technical education Incilitics.

akapuni power SCHEME. WELLINGTON. May 21. Tenders were received to-day by the Government for the development contract at Arapuni. The tenders are accompanied hv documents of a voluminous nature in regard to details, and by drawings that have heen made in great detail at a cost of thousands of pounds. The scheme is estimated to cost £1.23:1,000. There are several tenderers for different parts of the work.

N.Z. NAVY. WELLINGTON. May 22 The cruiser Dunedin was handed over to the New Zealand authorities on Tuesday.

The following me--agc has been sent !iy the Prime Minister to Commodore A. ,1. Ileal: "On 11.M.5. Chatham relinquishing her duties on the New Zealand station, and transferring to •r„. 11.M.5. Dunedin, the New Zealand Government desires that the Commodore will express to the officer- and companies ol both .-Slips their good wishes and appreciation of the manner in which the various duties ol the lornier have heen carried out. Ihe t’hsthuui has been the senior officers' ship nil the New Zealand station for over three years, and Inis played a considerable part in the development ol the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. The ship, her officers and men. have worthily upheld the traditions id the Navy. She is now leaving the Dominion, to the regret ol the people, but is performing a la-ting service in taking with her a number of New Zealanders for training ill the Mother Country. The Dunedin tin- recently arrived w ith the special service squadron. and the majority cd the crow of the Chatham have been transferred to her. The Government are confident that tin 1 Dunedin will carry on the good work begun by the Chatham, and will maintain the high standard nf naval efficiency and discipline which have heen established in the Dominion."

THE I! UI.WAY.MEN. TRIBUNAL ACCEPTED. AUCKLAND. May 22 The A.S.ILK. hits accepted the lour proposals submit tod by the Government for the Tribunal to adjudicate oil tip. Society's demands. That Tribunal is to consist ol member- i f the Arliit'atiou I null. with i opt o sen I nti cos from the Department and the Society. This annotinconien ha- been made by Mr M. Conmdlv. President of the Society. NELSON FRUIT RETURNS. NELSON. May 22. Complete returns ol the Iruit exported from Nelson district during the .season iu s t closed, show the total toadied 185.05 I cases, compared with i)ft.il7S for the last season. Of the total. 27.2-Id cases of apples and 1 2d eases •• f nears went to South America, the remainder going to England.

THE LIBERAL CAMPAIGN. NO-C'ON El HENCE IN GOVERNMENT. CAMBRIDGE. May 23. M r F. Lye (Waikato), and Mr 11. Masters, (Stratford) addressed u meeting here last night in continuation ol the Liberal campaign. At the cmirlii--.ion a motion ol no-confidence in the Government was earned, with "tic dissentient.

PIANO COY’S STATEMENT. WELLINGTON, May 2:!. Some two years ago a cable message announced the liquidation of a wellNnnwn Kngli'b linn ol piano makers, John Drills ad and Sons. Il was mil. however, incutioiinl that ihc li,,nidation a as for the |.urpo- of reconstruction and ibis omission has. .u----cording lo r.-pr.-s.-nl ul ions made to the Press Assni i-'tion. bail given rise to a \\ idos| rend inipiession lliat the old linn laid gone entirely out of business. This. ho'Aevi-r. is not the ease as the neu company has be.-u carrying on practically the same business ever since. ,\l ATKHNA I. MOP.TA I.PI Y. N YTIONA'L COI'NCIL’S RKCO.M.MENDATIONS. WELLINGTON, May 2.1. Tin- Committee of the National (y,iineil of Women, which has been considering the question of maternal mortality lor some mouths, has drawn up a report which was accepted the delegates to the annua! meeting. Alter stressing New Zealand s unfat - durable position as compared with a number of other countries, the report upo's the Government to do all that is '"humanely possible to remedy the grave state of affairs. It recommends that the -cope of the St. Helm’s Maternity Hospital- be extended and patients lie admitted on a sliding scale of payment according to their linaticial circumstances ; also that there should be a central buying office for stores and equipment and distuct advisorv boards, principally married

women. Other recommendations are thn a eases of maternal mortality shall >o the subject of a magisterial enquiry: that attendants or nurses known to he germ carriers shall be debarred from maternity cases and those "ho have been in contact with puerperal sepsis shall be withdrawn for definite

The Committee lays strong emphasis mi tl.e importance of adequate precautions and early treatment whojo a temperature of over 100 persis - more than 21 hours and of extreme core in handling patients to minimise bruises and lacerations.