MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 June 1925, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION CYCLIST I.N.J UIMSD. LONDON, Juno 4. At Stratford one of the tiireo Australian motor cyclists who entered for the Isle of .Mum tourist trophy races, crushed while practicing over the course and injured his shoulder. BAKERY GUEST I OX. LONDON, June fi. The Australian L’ress Association’s Geneva correspondent says during: a dehate on night work in bakery, -Mr .McNeil pointed out that Australian employers were of opinion the question was not a subject iu which a Labour office should dabble. He. contended there was nothing in baking which entailed international competition, making it necessary for a Labour office to specify that all countries should hake the same bread, sell in the same manner and have the same 'living conditions. lie appealed to the conference to declare this purely a donvstie problem and not one of international character. Mr McNeil outlined the system of baking and delivery of bread in New South Wales and Victoria. GERMAN A DROP LANK RACK. BERLIN, June 4. The flight contest round Germany by light aeroplanes, is proceeding in stages since the first of June. So far there have been two crashes. An albatross piano crashed til Bambar. The driver fractured his legs, and the machine was demolished. A easpar plane met a similar fate at Wuerzburg, hut the pilot had a marvellous escape.

CANA 1)1 AN MAN TEACH tiERS. OTTAWA. June .4

The Canadian Manufacturers Association at its annual conference resolved that the customs tariff should he immediately substantially increased. and that when this is done, Canada will endeavour to increase her export trade by making preferential tariff arrangements based on the principle of bargaining .with other countries partieully countries iu the British Kinpi re. DI.XTI.KSS SEEKS DIVORCE. LONDON .June 4. The Daily Express states that a divorce petition hv ilm Duchess ol Westminster has been listed in the law courts. ELDER A L TANKS. SYDNEY, June (I. Replying to a deputation representative of hitsimss men and pasluralisfs, Mr I’age promised in compiling the nest Budget that the Ministry would lake into consideration the necessity for a reduction in mcoinc taxa -on. lie held ; lit no hope, however. of an immediate withdrawal of tile Federal Government from the field of income taxation. FEDERAL SHIRRING. MELBOURNE, June 4. Mr Bruce sneaking at Ballarat announced the Commonwealth lino of steamers would nut he sold, (inly one offer for the shifts was received, and this had been refused. The line is to he continued a.s at present under control of the Shipping Board iu order to eliminate labour troubles with the Seamens I'nions and ensure prompt observance of awards. The Government prope-es l) tighten up industrial legislation during lOtfl, said Mr Brice. There were more than twenty serious ludil ups and .innumerable minor ones by Australian unions nf vessels in the line, involving a direct loss of many thousands sterling. Luring thirteen months ended Jtltli. September. iog-l, the expenses in wages and victualling of tile ships fur the crews amounted iu !_'474.240 sterling, wheteas if tils' ship- had been on the British register tiny would have been £g!!,TI4. A t it:'nuns building programme I I formulated and all inellhient tonnage sold and replaced by new vessels.

FONT Hl"!']': lIOCSKS. WI'.LLINfITOX. .Jim- (J. A |.;al i-onl ra lent in I< 11 im-i I (lie .Mayer i -Hi If l:nl ;i |i;i lent nut liml of ! 11 i 1 1 1i 11 ■, nberehy hr was :,l.|r to er.vt 'role lions, s lor tl.'ll lo (.I’IIO sterIi• I; I. -low i In- iisiu.l cosl ~i tbe avcniKr > ixi* 1 1 <»i■ - 1 •. This would make I In- i-osl ulioiil Cm 111. Ihr matter will 0,1 before the rei-enllv :i) >| ii H■ 11 <•< I In nl'.] ii;-; enliniiiit. 11l I In' (ii y ( 'ollllcil. 1 ADIM.F SAi.F.S. j WKI.I.IXCTOX. .fmu- li. New Zealand ;i|)|)l(‘s tukm by (lie I’oi't, Kriuhhi lo .Montevideo realised hi I 'o,l prices. viz., '..Ms iid e.i.l', fur Deli, i .u.s ml 17s (:,| lor others, equivalent lo 'Jiis r,I soul I'Js lilil. r.u.h. Wellin:;I nil respectively. Irr shipment lolilI'l'ised 1....,D1l rases in r,,0l storage un,l hiiulril in excellent romlii ion. The i'riii'-growers federation himlril all nrih'r ol lour himilrrd thousand Canadinn ln-i,i hn-k ruses lor packing apples lor expert next season. Th(“ hulk will k l .',i to Nelson. Thr prior. Is per ruse, is .'ld cheaper Limn Xew Zealand white pine and thr order rrprrsrlds a saving ol ecnrlv i in; r thousand slnlm” on I tile I"-aI (piolatuuis. ELECTION RESULTS. SYDNEY, dune d. Business is very shirk pending the final results ol dhe Xew South Wales elections, with a general tendency lo hit; industrial concerns, in view of what the possible change in the (ioveriinient may mean to them. I.ahour is pledged lo a number of changes including a return to the IIInuir week., which would involve serious consequences, and retpiirr earef i i.l consideration hy industrial and fimineial interests, The American Fleet Reception Committee are also marking time, as Mir (100 Fuller Cl’rcmier) I- naturally adverse to committing any new (iuvernment. of whatever shade. to any amount to he expended in entertaining visitors. (Ine failure* of the elections is an exceptional number of informal votes, which in all electorates is large, and in some eases up to two thousand.