DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1924, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

nr TELKoiiArn—press assn , corvinoii'i. CARGO I’II.I.aGING. AI'CKLAND. ,\nv. AI. A waterside wcikcr. 11 :■ rolrl (. -i j! II""" | i.,n, , • I!;-.. „a ; .'•('III' I" C'l 1■ I I V ill.' 1111 |' 1 ■.-.fillin' lit . Chief Detei -live Cummings stated tl lit during the twelve limit's '.•ink'd time until., tlic cargo | illumed fmm the New Zealand Slii;>jji l1 <_c Company ninouiUe I tu Cl ms. 'I In- goods .-hint deli veil'd totalled £l\~o~>. Tile cargo pillaged I'll.in the l* 11 ion Company in the twelve ini >n tl is ended .Inly. 1021. totalled i,752 mid the goods .sli!>rt delivered Cod Id, make n grand total ot £ 10,0—1. .Mr laiyntt.il, S.M.. -aid the accused for two years had keen either hroaehinii cargo or helping tu. and stealing portions ot it. A SI’C*CKSSPTL I)EVICK. ROTORUA, November 21. Last night, through the io-o) oration of Sir Edwin Mitehelson. Mr: AlcKouo -Manager of the Xational Timber Cn:npang at XgongoUha, and Messrs M ieKintosh Kills and IT. (iondie (of the Forest Servin') a demonstration widen was attended hy a la roe nnmlier of sawmill managers was pi von of ti.e Cheliey (Westralian) spark nullilier. Tin' device "as attached to a locomotive. It was tested with a loaded train on heavy gradients of one in fifteen. Remarkable results Here arhieved. The locianotive "as tiled entirely villi vantling waste. With the nullilier. on the. steepest Gradient, no sparks were emitted, hut when it was off. the li'i-h was deluged with lire. The ca] aeily to raise steam is not adversely nlfeeted hy the deviia l . Very general satisfmtinn was expressed hy the mill experts.

SHOP ASSISTANTS’ AWAKH. WELEdNGTOX. Nov. 22. The Arbitration Court refused to grant any exemptions from the closing hour under the provisions of the rla p Assistants Award for Xmas on the ground Unit it could not discrimin ite between large and small .shops in congested areas. The Court also had before it a demand that workers he paiil overtime for travelling to work in tiie suburbs. It appears a clause to this effect is inserted in the new award, lint did not say what the rates should he paid. Tu opposition it was < untended that this was a claim for overtime when lie men were not working Air Justice Fraser lesorved his decision, hut saiil lie was pretty certain in his own mind that it was not a case for over lime.

CHATI!. OF ACItICCLTITiK. AUCKLAND. Xov. 22. There is now a definite prospect of the early establishment of a John Logan Campbell Chair of Agriculture at Auckland University College. Applications will lie invited shortly by the College Council for the position of Professor of Agricultural T’.ducation at an initial salary of £OOO a year, increasing to Cl(100 in annual increments of £2-3. It is anticipated that by the middle of next year the School of Agriculture in Auckland district will I» established in practical form.