DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

UT TEoECRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. SOLDIER SKTTLKR.S. RESULTS OF REVALUATION. WELLINGTON, July 2!) A general statement ui work accomplished by the Dominion Revaluation Hoard with regard to soldier settlements was made in the House of Representatives to-night l,v the Hon C. L Man-. He said that the national beard and I It" t wenty-th ree district com mi I tees were doing excellent work. ll''-' total number ol soldiers on the iand was U;JI of wham oJ 17 had itpphed i.ir revaluation. It was gratifv•'•''g to know that already the hoard rad given a final determination in no tower than —ltit I ol the- 1 leases. Thus

hall ' I the applications had been dealt with by the Hevaluation Board, and reduction in capital am] in interest had been made, so that the wind was tempered to the shorn lamb. The total reduction ‘involved in capital value amounted to £'•'> 11 ,(!ii I. A reduction of £2N!I.2eJ had also been made nu mortgages. making total reductions up lo date of CS'J(I,J27 after dealing with half the eu~.es. Liberal concessions had also been made li.v way of interest, ami rent and in certain cases rent or interest arrears had been remitted.

A TRAGIC K.XMERIHXC'E. WKI.MXGTOX. July 2i>

The recent death of Mr Lawrence llirks bad elements of tragedy, though this was not disclosed by the deceased, who. it tiaiispire.s, spent the last three months i f his busy life with the definite knowledge that he must within three to nix months .sueeiimli to an incurable internal trouble. This was disclosed by Mr Furkerl. Chief Engineer ol the Dej tii tmont. speaking to n motion of condolence with the late -Mr Uirks's relative'; at a Rotary ('lull meeting to-day. lie paid a high tribute t i Mr Birk-'s abounding energy ami enthusiasm fur his work, particularly in ] opiilari'-ing the use of eler--1 licit v.

f'oming to mere recent events. .Mr Furkerl .said that .Mr Birk.s was selected to ronre.-ont New Zealand at the International Electrical Conference in London during June. Before leaving l;e consulted his modioal atlvisets regarding his health, which had been good until a few days previously. I hen he was told definitely that internal tunable vas evident. which : mild not lie eared, and that a fatal result would only be a matter < f a Jew months, six al most. Hoping for a better Verdict from old medical Iriends in Adelaide. Mr Dirks i-oih-inenced his journey to Knglnnd. hut the sentence of death, as Mr Furkert called it was confirmed in Adelaide. anti Mr Dirks turned hack in New Zealand, having been convinced that if lie went to England lie would not see his family again, lie courageously kept up hit keen interest in ■his work on ret inning to New Zealand. and cleared up private and pnb--1 i*■ allairs, showing no oilier sign that he was lacing his end at so earlv a date. I nlort innately medical opinion turned out to be correct, the end •oluing lic I ore Ihe maximum pciiud wllieh the first medical diagnosis gave the patient as his term of life.

MAO It I TAXOIS. .NO PROHIBITION. WKId.I.VOTO.V, duly '-'O. "'langi' >im[ ilv means weeping, and it is no more possible to stop weeping than yon tottld make people llv." was n slatenmut ol S:r .Maui P'lmare. Alinister o| Health, when Mr I'm, Southern •Maori meinh'r, called his attention to the action ol the Health Department in iimhihii iog a Maori tamp at Tlapaki, tin' District Health Olliccr being reported to stlv that the Depart nielli would inti its loot down mi stteh matters. The Minister explained that lie was ’tot dealing with a specific case, hut in general there were certain things Irom a tnddie health standpoint which .Maori and p.-thelm had to consider, and lie thought the .Maori conformed pretty well to the laws of hygiene. There utts no intention to du away with langi', hilt onlv to protect the eotnmunitv in la-es ol infectious disease. Tlm Maori Councils | had limited tlm duration ol these Catherines I»y pruviding lor Initial within three days. Humph at one time ta.imis went, on for three weeks or mouth. In this tlm .Maoris were not tmeuliar, lor it was -aid that tlm Hebrews, from whom tim pitkeht! horn,wed his religion. wept for .Moses fort v (lavs and lofty nights.

I.XCO.ME TAX HBDP. Ml! PABIPS PI!EDICTIOX. V.'KU.IXOTOX, duly PD The Minister of Kditetifion cave a fairly delinile idea of the (biverttinell t’? intentton in regard to the reduction oi itieoine lax when answering erilieistn of .Mr Wiile-rd to-night regarding I'uiltlre to disclose the Government's poliev in the Budget. AFr Parr deehtred tliat [he eoiniup reduction of itienme tax would bring it to a point .more 1 halt halt what it was three years •‘That. I think, i- probably tt record for any of the dominions, that in three vear- we have been tilth l to bring income tax down from Ss Drl to stteh tt figure as is within a teas malil" mar pit of that amount," In- said. L I,IXI CA I, IXSTRITTIOX. AITKI.AXD. July 20. Tlm establishment in Anekhind of a course of clinical instruction for nm.lleal students was lifted at a spe.-tal meet imp o! the Hospital Hoard hv Drs Tewsley and .Milsom as a depiltali til from the honorary stall. It was (:»"■- posed, said Dr Towslav. to put <>u ■ hive dill'eivnt eottr-es of three terms : -i„ Duncitio. Mr [’otter (tt ntetnher of tlt.' hoard): It is practically a scheme lor institutinp a mediettl school in Auckland.' Dr Tewsley: Xo. not exactly. Wo propose to offer only clinical instruction.

The hoard decided that the superintendent. Dr Mapuitv. should report the hoard and that the honorary stalf should place details before it. ••Wll.l-TL DESERTION.” rrr.i. corin'” decision. WELLINGTON, July 20. The Full Court judgment in !l-o ease of Barker versus Barker is to the eifect that the refusal of a wile to rohahit does not constitute wilful desertion.

COAIAHTTED FOl? SENTENCE. wF.r.r.i xerox. July 30 Leonard Herbert Perry. 21. charged with the theft of two motor cars from parking places in Wellington, and ro-

covered at Palmerston North, pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentence. Evidence was given that lie sold one, ami attempted to sell the other to a farmer at Bunnythorpe. LICENSED VICTUALLERS. WELLINGTON, July JO At the annual meeting of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association of New Zealand, held in Wellington today. there was a large and representative gathering, and the proceedings were marked hy enthusiasm. .Mr Mercy Coyle lOhingniti) was elected president, and Messrs W. Kirkwood (Stratford) and A. Rose (Christchurch) vice-presidents.

A FAST LIVER’S THEFT. WEUUNGTOX. .Im'y JO. •‘He lias been singularly unfortunate in the choice of his friends. lie lias mixed with people whose mode of living has had a lmd influence on bin Late lionise, indiscriminate drinking, and an attempt to rival this last, lo! in the matter of clothes lias been his ruin, as it has been the ruin of many before him!” Such was the explanation tendered at the I’oliio Court to-dav in extenuation of a series oi limits committed hy AVilftcd Albert Woi.itun at, 'the Employers General Drapery business. The accused adopted an ingenious method. When he .sold cloth to ti friend, he cut oh •several yards for himself, and afterwards collected the mateiial. Sentence was deferred.

A RUGBY MONOPOLY. CHRISTCHURCH, .July JO. At a meeting of the General Committee of the Canterbury A. and M. Association on July !>th., on Mr Hayward’s motion, it- was decided to inform the Rugby Union that the Association would require the Addington Show Grounds on August 10th. In moving the motion. Mr Hayward said that he did no as a piotest against the Rugby Union’s notion in refer the Show Grounds for a Rugby League m.atih with the visiting English team, fixt/d for August 10th. At a special meeting of the Committee to-day a legal o; inion was submitted on the lease between the Association and the Union, and. a.s a result, the resolution arrived at on .July !Hh.. wa.s rescinded. The meeting was closed to the Mres.s—with regard to the opinion and the discussion thereon. S.A. WAR VETERANS’ CONFERENCE. WELLINGTON. .'lnly dl. Mr .1. A. Simpson was elected Chairman of the Conference of the South African War Veterans’ Association. A deputation was appointed to interview the (’rime Minister on various matters affecting the Association's members, including a proclamation for the application of tho Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act to South African war veterans so that they could .secure the same honeiits enjoyed hy the men returned from iho Great War.

Mr Simpson was re-elected I’resi--11"111. Major E. G. Fraser (Auckland) Captain J. -I. Clark Wellington), and Dr A. Falconer . Dunedin) were elected vice-presidents. the following forming the executive:— Revs D. C. Bates and A. W. 11. Compton; Messrs .1. J. Clark. D. Mclntyre. T. Fletcher, W. Tilling, the last named being secriv fa rv.