DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1925, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

BA TELEGRAPH —P2ES3 ABSN , COPYP.IGHT. HOSPITAL IH )A It DC’ CON CKI! FACE A CCKLAND. May -_>S The Hospital Hoards’ Conference approved of the principle of the payment of honorariums. Dr Matt, acting Director-General of Health, said the suggestion tins that there should he a full time stipendiary staff, or. alternatively, a part time stipendiary staff. There was an objection to the first suggestion on the ground that only a few men should lie available in a. part time proposal. It was suggested that applications should he called from medical men lor a term, say two years, the position to 1.-c renewable. The position should lie in two grades, senior and junior. In the ordinary course tile senior position should be filled from below. A suggestion was that a medical man who received. a salary in the vicinity ol rgHj.j t„ f;;i;IQ a year he required to attend tho hospital al 1 1 tain fixed hour- and undertake certain definite duties. The department did not attempt or suggest any revolution:! 1 > , .scheme.

AM KB ICAN CONST L. A CCKLAND. May -•"» ■■ After seven years in cities more , less in the desert, it is wonderful dime to a country with a climate like dial of New Zealand.” In these v, ~|-,|s. Mr Walter K. Boyle, the newly appointed Consul for the I'uited States in Auckland, expressed his delight at bis first experience ol his new location as he came up Waiteiuata harbour on the Niagara. 'pi,,. ~ew Consul, who takes up the r-n-l latelv vacated by Mr K. de t*. ... ' ;,„l i... Mrs

MacVittv. was accompanied hy -'Us Bnvlc and their daughter, lie has been in the Cnileil States' loreign service for the past ten years, his last appointment having been at San Luis Potosi; Mexico, where be was in resilience for two years. Mr Bovle was first appointed to La ( eeiou. in the Honduras, and was then sent In i’uerlo Cortes, in the same republic. Ilis next, move was to Mexeala. in .Mexico, and he was then transferred to San I,ilis l’otosi. in Central Mexico. Mrs |to vie was enthusiastic about the given hills sui rounding the llauraki Gulf, and both expressed their admiration al tim wide expanse of the island dotted gulf. The Consul said he had met many New Zealanders and had read glowing accounts of the Dominion, Imi rs literature, in advertising countries, was generally written in exaggerated terms, he was prepared for a certain amount of disappointment. However, the panorama belore him reassured him and he was looking toward a very

pleasant stay. DIOCKSK OK POLYNESIA. A CCKLAND. May AM A., historic episode in the Ide ol ill,. Anglican Church m the (south Pacific was enacted at Suva last week when the Synod of the Diocese of Pol vnesia was duly constituted and the foundation laid for a well-directed spiritual campaign over the wide expanse of island-dotted ocean embraced be - the diocese. Kormorly the diocese was under the control of the Bishop (11 London, and was administered hv the Bishop of Polynesia, but at the | ;l st General Synod of the Church of the. Province of New Zealand the Pacific a tea was made an integral part ,j f the province and by an net ol ical sell-a Imega t ion Bishop KempH'orne has now transferred the administration ol his territory to a synod with heai|i|Uariers at Suva. Additional interest was lent to the proceeding.-, at Suva last week b.v the |.i -cm e of Archbishop Avorill, who, will, fie Rev IT George'Coats, vicar of the Church uf the Kpihany. made a special i rip to Fiji to he present al the inaugural meetings. If was at firsl intended that the Synod should he held at Lcviika. the old capital of Fiji where lie elergv and members ol if,- la 11v were togallmr. but the |>iv-

valeni e el typhoid made inter-i-.la ml travelling unwise, and the meetings tv,-re held in Suva. In enuscqiiene.’ many who had intended to be present were not able In make the trip, i 1,. v. ever, the llev 11. A. Kaveil. of 1,-ibasa. on the island of Vanim l.evu. wits aiiion 1 ' those present. and the Teiigan group, one ol the outlying portions nl the diocese, was represented liv the Rev Sang Mark, a Chinese missionary. Archbishop Averill had tilsn intended visiting siime of the centres on Vanua. I evn, where many of the oldest resldetils of the grouji are adherents of the Chun h. hut this was also rendered impossible by the epidemic restrictions. MINK TITOrm.K SKTTI.MI). M I I.I.KRTOX, May L‘-S. 'l'lii* Stockton mine trouhie has been settled. Work was resumed to-day. DOMINION: ItI’.VKNTF.

W'K'll.l N'CToX, May ‘JR. i Thi- (1.-iy.ei i‘- imitains a statement of | the I‘ulilie Acs omits for the year enili ed Mun-lt ;!|. ’i’ln- total revenue was e !:l,K!lo.!)li.S. w hereto the Customs contributed £7..v;b.:ißS. • The stamp and death duties totalled £ I'ikl and T'eli-gra|ilt ... J.71H1.552 hand Tax ... 1,.‘M3.200 I mi me Tax .‘hoSii.UA I lii-er Duty fiuo,3B-l Railway Revi-ntie ... 7.1()u,1U0 .Interest on I’ublie money 1.188.120 Tin- i-xpemliiiii'e totalled CD-1.1i00.11i-'l. i i n-l in Ii 11 _r the cost ~f working the railnay.--. CO. I-V!,:?::!!. The Post and Telegraph in-t £:{.i;tit).i. leaving a balance in hand of £I, Iot).SON.