DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1927, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BY TKLKCJRAriI—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION ] A J.CEO FT) THEFT. ASHBFUTON. March 2. A youth aged eighteen, employed on the railway staff aL Tinwald, was arrested to-day by Detective J. Bicker dike on a charge of having stolen a postal packet containing three £1 notes, the property of the PostmasterGeneral, on February 25 last. lie appeared before Mr R. Clarke. •J.P., at the Ashburton Magistrate’s Court this morning and was remanded until March 10. Ilis name was ordered lo he suppressed in the luonntiniel Bail was allowed in sell' £SO and one surety of £SO. MOTOR BODY BGILDING. WELLINGTON, March 2. At the monthly meeting of the Wellington Coach and Motor Body Builders’ Union to-day. the importation *d motor-ear bodies was discussed. It was decided to write to the Minister of Industries, the Hon AY. Downic Stewart, and urge the Government to consider the regulations governing; the importation of motor-cars with the object of arranging Flint of every four chassis imported into the Dominion, at least three car bodies should lx 1 built in New Zealand. Members stated that capable tradesmen were unemployed and if assist a nee in this direction was given, car bodies could be built as well and cheaply as the imported bodies. TEA CURBS’ GR ADING. WELLINGTON. March .'L The personnel of the 1027 Appeal Boards appointed to lieai appeals in connection with the grading or classification of secondary and technical school teachers is announced by the Minister of Education as follows—-The Chairman is Air A. I). Thompson. The other members are: Messrs AY. AY. Bird, ALT).. T. IL Strong. ALA.B.Sc., (representing the Education Department): T. Broilie 15. A. (Secondary School Teachers). 11. A. Jones and R. J. Thompson (Technical School Teachers). COST OF LIVING. WELLINGTON, .March :A. According lo the Government Statistician's abstract of statistics, it now takes .‘ids 3td on the average, to purchase what 20s would purchase in July. 1914. GRADING' OF EGGS. DEN ED IN, .Alarcl: 3. A remit from the Wellington District I’milrry Farmers’ Association that the Government be urged to legislate In the direction of adopting grading laws tor eggs, similar to those in force in the Fluted Stales and Canada, was the subject of considerable discussion at this morning’s sitting of the New Zealand Poultry Association’s Conference. In proposing that the remit he adopted, M.r Gibson A'onng read extracts from the regulations in force in the United Stales and Canada, which definitely set out the qualities of the various grades. .Mr 11. W. Reclc said that, unfortunately. even in the cases in which eggs were graded, tile practice was nullified because many grocers selected the large eggs from I.he second grade lots and mixed them with the first grade article.

The President (.Mr T. Urine) said that the point .Mr Heck inul made was the crux of the whole question. Tt was useless for cogs to he graded il the grocer could mix them as he liked, lie suggested regulations would probably overcome the difficulty. In his opinion, grading regulations would he ill the host interests of the industry. Mr ]•’. ('. Ilrown. Chief Poultry Instructor. suggested that graded eggs should he exhibited in the same ways as apples, so that the public might see the difference in the grades. .Mr K. C. Jarretl advocated the private grading. Out of 12.010 dozen eggs sent to him for export last year, only 3,629 dozen were accepted. One agent who had been particularly careful in his selection, however, had ISO? down out of 2690 dozen accepted. Mr C. Cousins said that lie thought the difference in the price between the first and second grade egg was too little.

After further discussion the matter was referred to the Kxecutivo Committoe.

WOMEN’S COUNCIL. Cf Iff fSTCH UIKIT, -March A. At the Women’s Council reference a Wellington remit that Parliament he asked to discontinue the death penalty on men serving in the forces was rejected by one vote. A Gisborne remit canned was: “That in view of public opinion being aroused by certain eases of criminal assault and demanding that Hogging he added to the sentence, this conference strongly protests against this treatment, and advocates long indeterminate sentences with reformative treatment, as being more in line with the best modern methods of penal reform. A Christchurch remit in favour of women being appointed jurors was on rcied.

A remit was carried favouring the appointment of women police. Officers were elected as lollows: Dominion President, -Mrs C. A. Eraser (Christchurch! ; Secretary. Miss If. IT. TiOvell-Smith (Christchurch); Treasurer .Miss S. E. .Jackson (Auckland). A motion was moved that the Minister of Justice he asked to caution Magistrates and newspaper proprietors against making public certain features of court eases, in regard to domestic tragedies, particularly those in which mothers in a state of mental unbalance attempt to murder their children. After discussion, during which the delegates praised the tone of the New Zealand papers, a motion was amended to read that legislation should lie passed to prohibit newspapers publishing the details referred to. The motion was carried.