DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1927, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

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BUY N.Z. GOODS. WELLINGTON, March 23. An invitation was received yesterday by the- Minister of Industries and Commerce (Mr McLeod) from the Board of Directors of the New Zealand Preference League, asking his presence at the official opening of an industrial fair of New Zealand made goods at Auckland to-day. The object of iho League is to encourage the purchase and use of local manufactures by the pubic of the Dominion. The Minister has telegraphed a reply, in which he expresses his regret that it is not possible for him to be present at the function. “As Minister of Industries and Commerce, aiui as a New Zealander born,” lie states, “I must cordially support the movement your Longue has inaugurated. During a recent inspection of a number of factories, it was a matter of surprise and regret to mo to find that, in some cases, well made articles of high quality and excellent finish were I,"un - set out to retailers without any indication that they were manufactured locally, and on .making inquiries as to the reason for such omission, I was informed in every case that it was a condition insisted upon by Some of the distributors. Tt would appear, therefore, that an unwarranted prejudice exists against some lines of New Zea-land-made goods, and if your League can assist in killing such prejudice and in imbuing our people with a sense of the desirability of loyally supporting their own industries, it will, from the point ot view of the Dominion’s prosperity have served a highly useful purpose.”

NEW WOOLLEN COY. GORE, March 23. At- the annual meeting, to-day of the Southland Woollen Mills, Ltd. whose object is the erection of woollen mills at Gore, a keen debate took place on a motion by a Dunedin Director that the Company should go voluntarily into liquidation Air Halliday, the mover held that the Company had insufficient capital, the total to date being £71,000 and that the small mill they p'-on-would have no chance of competing with the established concerns. Mr Ellis, of Dunedin, seconded the motion which was opposed by the other Directors and by a large number of other speakers, who stressed th' l excellent prospects ahead of the venture.

A count of the votes this evening resulted in a verdict against liquidation. Iho voting being:—Against liquidation 20,625, for liquidation 12.6-15.

APPEAL COURT. WELLINGTON, March. 23. The Appeal Court case against the Dairy Produce Control Board was adjourned till to-morrow. Mr McVeagh, for the defence, said the whole question depended on what was meant by produce in the original agreement. He submitted it meant nothing more than the output of a company 'at the timo of the making of the contract. .Mr Blair, in support argued that the whole contract was void and illegal Tho contrasts were indefinite in duration, and that in itself made them unreasonable and in restraint of trade, and therefore void of law.

BUTTER REDUCED. CHRISTCHURCH, March 22. , Tho drop in the price of butter in Christchurch from Is 7d to Is 6d, is accounted for by the sympathetic movement here with the movement on the London market. The same decreU.se is reported front Wellington and other centres, but in Auckland butter is Id higher than the Christchurch price. It is now reported that one of tho considerations as explained by a factory manager, is that factories are begining to store winter requirements. Mr C. P. Agar. General Manager of the Tai Tapu Co. states that the market now should be steady. This opinion is share by other mtuiagers in the city, unless they add, the London market recovers. INDIAN HERBALIST ARRESTED. AUCKLAND, March 23. Abraham Wally Hornad Salaman, the well known Indian herbalist, with a business in Ivhyibcr Pass Road, was arrested this morning by detectives, and charged with attempted falso pretences. A large quantity of materials used in collection with his business was seized at his shop, where a large crowd watched a car and a large police van being loaded.

PUBLICAN FINED. CHRISTCHURCH. March 23. The licensee of the Wellington Hotel. Richard Ingram Lowe, was fined £2-~> in the Magistrate’s Court to-day for selling rum which was in a ibottle hearing a misleading label, and which did not conform to the standard required by the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. An inspector had gone to the hotel and ordered a glass of rum from a bottle, and afterwards bought the bottle and had it analysed. It was found that the rum was not of the brand which the laliel on the bottle bore, and also that it was considerably below the regulation strength. The Magistrate said lie regarded the offence as serious, and imposed a fine of £2O on the first count, and £5 on the second. FOUND DROWNED. GISBORNE, March 23. Charles Williamson, an elderly man, a settler of Mangatuna. Tolaga Bay. was found drowned in the river. He had evidently been tending a fishing net. and bad fallen but of bis boat into deep water. He was unable to swim. The body was found floating in me river, a mile below the net. FISHERMAN DROWNED. INVERCARGILL, March 23. The body of Edward Rask, a fisherman. was found in the estuary this morning. Deceased was on a fishing boat the night liefore. with three companions. Later he was missed, and a search failing to reveal' his whereabouts. the police were informed this morning, and grappling irons were requistioned, and the body was secured. An inquest will he held. CHILD FATALLY SCALDED. WHANGAREI, March 23. A two-year-old Maori infant, the son of Hoara Wiremu, residing at Tematerau, pulled over a tin of boiling water on himself, whilst his mother was engaged in washing clothes yesterday afternoon. The child expired early this morning from secondary shock. A verdict of accidental death was returned.