DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1924, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

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SIR WALTER BUCHANAN

CARTERTON, July 22

The weather was bitterly cold and stormy, hut the largest number of people who have ever gathered ill the district attended the funeral of the late Sir Walter Buchanan, including Mr Massey and other members of the Cabinet and M.P’s.' The cortege started from J.ansdowne, Musterton, and was joined all along the road by mourners. The service was conducted by the Revs King and Knox.

TRADE WITH THE EAST,

AUSTRALIA'S '.SHARE

DUNEDIN, July 21

A detailed statement showing the trade between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Netherlands East Indies, from the Secretary of the Depa tmeut of Industries and Commerce was submitted at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Council tonight. The writer added that a study of statistics would show that the Australians were experieiir ing <’,.11 |ru.lty in holding the value of their export trade on this market, due, it "as stated to the keen competition of British. American and Continental European interests. The total imports in five years, l!l|8 to 15)23, "ere shown to .he tc-i entirely C3.G315.018, £8.313,871, rB.7PB.fkT7. £3.236,5)70 and £•!,- 301.202. Expo: Is during the same live years in o iler. "ere £2.03*1,25)1, £3.1 l!».7titi. .C2.TGS.liiy, £2.368,15)7 and £1,862.86*1. Mr E. 8 aicrville said there was a movement ill the north to send a representative to the East Indies at a cest. lie understood, of £IOOO. The cuuneil also received a copy of a letter sent to the Minister of Industries and Commerce (the Hon. W. Duwnie Stewart) hv the British Chamber of Commerce for the Netherlands East Indies. This body, which cxi-ts solely for the purpose of developing trade between the British Empire, and the Netherlands East Indies, olfered in co-operate with the New Zealand i handlers ef «.numeric in establishing trade between New Zealand and these ports. On 11io motion ot the chairman (Mr K. M. Short!), who referred to it

as a ii tlier interesting letter, tJio letter was referred to the exports committee. RABID HANDLING OK MAILS. AUCKLAND, duly 21. The value of wireless in arranging for the prompt dispatch of mails was emphasised to-night on the arrival ot the Mai,nra from Vancouver. She advised her time of arrival, and a lender was ready when she dropped anchor in the stream at G. 30 p.ni. In eleven minutes lot) hags of southern mails were transferred to the tender, and at 7.1 T p.ni.. live minutes after schedule time, the train left for Wellington with the mnils. whit It were conveyed to the .-station from the wharf by three lorries.

A I.I’CKY ErtCAi’E.

EDUCATION SYSTEMS

AUCKLAND. July 21

An observant man ef La lamed judgment anil rnre facility of expression, I role-sor John Adams, Emeritus Proti'*.or of Education at the l diversity of I ■ 11.!• • ii. nr.ived hv the Alakurn tonight. He will c; inmeuce a series of le. lilies on idm itioual subjects toil ,oft.li. .

“The main diifereiu'c between Amerit a n cdui'Otie.ii and English as distant from that, of Scotland,’’ said Pnir lessor Adams to-night, “is that in England the ilassilication is a, social one; in America it is really educational. The .staudu.nl of education in America i~ very good indeed. It is more elosln than ours, bin not quite si lenmugh. They have mo.e belief

i;i e l alio thou \ e have. an.l a e londci than we are in England of the :henry ~i com*.Ainu. The i*. bool of the lulo re ::i England will he that, km l '.*, o a* 'hr miiiiiei ja I sceniidaiy school v. hi: I: icvembhx verv closelv the

uiolilial v Ac r; icn'u high school

BEQUESTS. INVERCARGILL. July 21. Undi r ti e will of tlie hue Reginald .MacKinnon, a retired Southland runho!<h*r, the following he picsts are made —-St. John’s Anglican (Imnli. £oi)H'J: All *S. iuts. Angli an. £oOO ami the l.’iii,.loo Angli;an (iiiir.li, L*7oi>. Of the lesdiin*. one quarter goes respectively to St. John’s (hui'cli music, up (ouiitiy eliureh*. s. charitable aid. and a■ *.rit-tilt’ll'll interests, with a stipulation t !::• t no portion shall I c devoted to tlie interests o[ Imrse-ra: ing or kindred sports. Bequests are dsn left I i pt it •'»(• I'ricii:!**'. MOTOR SI’EEI) LAWS. TTMABU. July 22. At the Magistrate's Court. Temiika. to-day. Air .Mosley. tS.M.. ruled as unreasonable. ami therefore invalid, two sections of the Tcnmka Borough Bylaws in rt'lerenre to the speed at which ears may travel in the borough. One limited the speed across the street inteisi'i tiuiis to ,Jx miles an hour, and the other restricted the pace on certain streets to l;e ten miles per hour.

HOWARD ELLIOTT AND HOLLAND.

WELLINGTON. July '>■>. On Sunday night, Air li. K. Holland i*! is'pt'.'d Air Howard Elliott's challenge *>nd repeated the statements made in Parliament. The Empress Theatre was packed on the occasion and over 101 K) were turned awav.