DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[DY TELEGRAPH —Flit PBEBS ASSOCIATION’.] THIRD-TESTING. AVELLINGTOX, August 4. A deputation from the New Zealand Co-operative Herd Testing Association a.t Hamilton recently asked the .Minister of Agriculture for a Government subsidy of Is per cow. The .Minister has intimated that the Government cannot see its way to give the subsidy on the ground that much herd testing work is being done apart from the Association, and if a subsidy were given to one body, it would have to lie given to others as well. Apart, from this the question is involved of the extent to which the Dominion’is revenue should be used to assist- individuals to improve their income. PORT AND TELEGRAPH OFFICERS. WELHINGTOX. August 4. At the Post and Telegraph Officers’ Conference to-day the following resolutions were carried: “That, this conference recommends that so soon as the Government withdraws the embargo on affiliation with the Alliance of Labour, the attitude of members of the association thereto he ascertained by a further postal ballot on the question. Further, the conference reaffirms its belief that the Post and Telegraph Officers’ Association always possessed the constitutional rightto organise along such lawful lines as it thinks fit. and again expresses the belief that the embargo placed by the Government on the association’s intention to affiliate with the Alliance of Labour, was unconstitutionally imposed.”

POSTAL OFFICER'S CLAIM. WELLINGTON. August I

The case of a. postal sorter, I. 0. M’Lellan, of Christchurch, wlm was falsely accused of the theft ol a postal note of the value of 15s, is revived by a petiiion presented by Mr Howard on M’Lcllan’s behalf praying for compensation for his wrongful arrest, the searching of his house, and long suspension from duty. Ho was arrested in September, 1923. without warrant, hut the stipendiary magistrate who hoard the charge decided that there was no ease to go to a jury and he dismissed the charge. Petitioner, however. was not allowed to resume duty from September 111 till October 29. The. Postal Department had paid him for the lost time. hut dot-lined to meet legal and other expenses, declaring that the Crown, not the Postal .Department, ’made the arrest. He had not received any letter Irom the Department clearing him from any aspersion which might attach in the absence of such a document, and he claims in addition to compensation such action as will clear him m the minds of his Icllow-oflicers. A.S.R.K. PRESIDENT. WELLINGTON, August I. At the quarterly meeting ol tlv* executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, Mr I!. Hampton, the president, submitted his resignation owing to his promotion to the first division of the railway service. To-day the executive elected as his successor, Mr Thomas Carlyle, of Wanganui. Mr Carlyle has been an executive councillor lor a number of years, lie is a member of 1 li<- Wanganui City Council, and was lor eleven years secretary of the Wanganui branch of the Amalgamated Society.

RAILWAY TRANSFERS. CHRISTCHURCH. August 5. A deputation from the Addington Branch of the A.S.R.S. waited on the Progress League to protest against the Government’s intention to transfer the boiler, blacksmith, moulding and fitting departments to Hillside workshops. It was stated that (!00 moil were affected, and onlv one man, a. foreman, was in favour of being transferred. It was contended that this proposal would inflict great hardship on many men, and that, the Government had made no provision for housing. The League decided to ascertain the Government's side of the question before taking the matter up. ROSS SEA WHALES. WELLINGTON, Aug. I. Notice was given by Mr Holland it) the House to ask what amount of payment had been made by the Norwegian Sea whalers t:i the New .Zealand Government. “I want also to ask,’ lie iidded. “whether there is any truth in the statement that whales in the lfoss Sea. which is now the only sanctuary for whales, are in danger of being exterminated during the next lour or live years.”

“Why not give New Zealanders an opportunity of securing whale-fishing concessions ?” asked Mr de la Rerolle durinjf a. subsequent speech. He said that lie had approached the .Minister of Marine on the subject and had been assured that the company now holding the privilege b’ld rendered great services to the Imperial Government during the war. 3 hat was all right, tint if the Government could give New Zealand a chance, lie believed they could equip the ships, though this evidently meant heavy expenditure. As for tiic supply of whales there appeared to be no scarcity. There had been ten years’ close season for seals and he understood they were becoming very numerous in the southern islands. H had been suggested that foreign vessels hail been seen in certain areas under circumstances suggesting that seals vv re being unlawfully taken. He would ask the Minister of Marine to consider giving opportunities to .Nett Zealanders when lie was dealing with this industry.

another wireless- record. GISBORNE, August 5. O'Meara, a radio amateur. “2A.C . established the first recorded two-way radio communication between N.Z. and Holland on Sunday, conversing with “O 8.A.” Rotterdam. ELTIIAM SUICIDE. ELTHAM, August r>. At about 1 o’clock to-day. Harold Northover. Secretary of the Eltliam Co-operative Coy., was found dead with his throat cut in the bathroom of his residence. An open razor was lying nearby. Owing to Ins non-ap-pearance at the office during the day, the Company's auditor visited Ins house, which was locked. They gained admittance through a window, to make the tragic discovery. He left letters to the Company’s directorate and to bis wife, who. with a young son is on a holiday visit to Auckland. The reason of his act is unknown at present. , T , SUICIDE THROUGH ILL HEALTH. AUCKLAND. August 5. yy A. McCormick, a married man. with a family, an employee of the Harbour Board for forty years suicided at eleven o’clock this- morning, bv jumping from the Grafton Bridge with the result that bis neck was broken. He was on leave of absence for health reasons.