DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 May 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[nv TEI.EGRArn rEK TRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND TRAMS. AUCKLAND, May 28. A report submitted to ibe City Council by the Tramways Department shows traffic receipts compared with last year decreased by £8615 or 1.46 per cent and that tbc miles run increased to 248,12!) or 4.46 per cent. ' The accounts show a deficiency of £3386, against net surplus of £12,085 in 1923-24 and £10,442 in 1924-25. RUGBY LEAGUE GROUND. AUCKLAND, .May 28. The Council'of the New Zealand Rugby League, after a vigorous objection, signed the agreement for the use of Carlaw Park in trial matches, the licensee being bold responsible for any damage done to the ground. Pollock stated that communications from Canada indicated the possibility of the Now Zealand League team playing an exhibition game there, on returning from England. Matches might be arranged with other Rugby teams. AUCKLAND CENSUS FIGURES. AUCKLAND, May 28. Incomplete census returns show an increase of about 30 per cent in the Auckland metropolitan area and for the provincial towns and town districts less than 10 per cent. CuimlieSj show an increase of alxnit 16 per cent,. If the rate of increase is maintained in the returns to come the population of the province last April would 443,000 against the 1925 estimate of 441,921, slightly less than one third of the whole European population of New Zealand. A BURGLARY. CHRISTCHURCH, May 28. Thieves lute yesterday burgled the shop of Tisdall’s Ltd., gaining entrance from n back yard, and stole a quantity of firearms and nriiniuni'tion. N.Z. LOAN. WELLINGTON, May 28. The Minister of Finance, Hon. Downic Stewart, announced that the N.Z. loan on the London market will he for £6,000,000 and will lie for five 1 per cent, issued at £9B 10s. which will give investors a return of £5 2s oil per cent, on their investments. The proceeds are allocated as follows: Railway construction additions and improvements £3,000,000; Hydro-Electric Power, £1.000.000; Telegraph Extension, £750,000; other Public Works, £1,250.000. '

UNEMPLOYED REQUEST. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 28. A meeting of about fifty unemployed this morning carried a resolution calling on the Government and the local bodies to put in hand work to alleviate the distress. There were ninety names on the local register. Mr Bnrtrnm. member lor Grey Lynn, stated that when the immigrant ship arrived at Auckland a number of shop girls were dismissed and their places were tilled by immigrants. MR COATES’ ATTITUDE. AUCKLAND, May 28. The unemployed are not going to dictate to the Govcrncm.iit of this country. I tell you that quite clearly. You will get work at a rate of wages Upon what we decide. Work will be provided for neeessituous eases and you can take it or leave it just as you like. Mr Coates made this statement in reply to a deputation representing unemployed which waited on him seeking work at Trades Union rates. Mr Coates added that ho was concerned about married men who had wives and children living in poor conditions. -They would be given work as near to town as possible,' but nil married, men would have to go out into tbc

country. The register of unemployed presented to the Prime Minister contained 710 names.

HOTEL BURNT. GISBORNE, May 28. The Tntapouri Hotel, ten miles from Gisborne was destroyed by lire this morning. There were only two hoarders, Mr and .Mrs Tunes, of Wellington, and they escaped in their night attire with the utmost difficulty. The fire spread very fjucklv and in twenty minutes the whole structure had gone. The insurances are, building -C2OOO in the Norwich Union Office, furniture and fittings CD-10, stock £350. The building was owned by G. Gillett, of Hamilton. JUDGMENT GIVEN. WANGANUI, May 28. Judgment was given this morning in the case heard by Justice Alpers at tMe Supreme Court in which it was sought to remove A. G. Bignoll from the Wanganui Licensing Bench, the action being brought by Samuel H. Shepherd, as plaintiff. The order was refused and costs allowed, twelve guineas. The action was brought on the grounds that Bignell was a shareholder in Foster’s Hotel at the time of the licensing election and that he might bo biased in his opinions on licensing matters. The Judge held that there was not the least evidence of bias or that Bignell bad taken part in any decision in which there might be; reasonable apprehension of bias.