DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1927, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) RADIO REFORM. WELLINGTON, July 7. A deputation from the Radio Societies of New Zealand waited on members of Parliament to-night. The listeners-in asked that a superintending engineer should ho appointed for the four transmitting stations; that a musician should be stationed at each centre to control the monitoring side; that 1 1 1** transmission should be looked into with a view to amendment, as it was undoubtedly inferior at presen. In Christchurch, there was considerable static trouble, which had never been remedied. They also asked Hint the programmes should he improved, and that the question of the talent in the entertainments should be looked into.

The suggestion v,as also made that an Advisory Board, on the lines ot the British Broadcasting Board, should be sot up to nm-isl of one member each representing the Cum- , the listeners, the Government. and the dealers, tin- Postmaster-Gen-eral to have the right to attend a vote if lie so desired.

The depiiation agreed to furnish to Hie members who were present a summary of their views and recommendations on the subject and the meeting ended.

WHIPPET RACING. WELLINGTON, July 7. The City Council to-night granted the list' of the Basin Reserve on August 2fith. for the purpose of whippet

A GOOD PROPOSAL. WELLINGTON, duly 7. The New Zealand Horticultural Institute, at its Conference to-day. resolved to request the Government to give botany a larger place on the curriculum of flic Primary Schools of the Dominion. DEATH FROM POISONING. CHRISTCHURCH. July 7. .Frederick Janies I.iiureuson. aged -!!>. a single man. of Islington, was admitted to Christchurch Hospital last evening, suffering from the effects of sulphuric acid poisoning. His death occurred at 8 o’clock tin’s evening.

K A WAR AC GOLD. DUNEDIN, .July 7. A report from Cromwell' states that the weather yesterday was warm ana mild, hut it was followed last night ny a hard frost. The Kawarau River continues to fall rapidly from the rise of Monday. 7 his morning it was three inches lower at the town than it was on the day after the gates were closed. Under the influence of last night's frost, a further pronounced fall is certain.

The Natural Bridge Company still maintains an average gold production, and for two and a-ludf days before the rise the manager obtained an additional ,TJ ounces of goi'd. Vogel’s Vision claim is also reported to have picked up some rough gold at the Gum Trees below the Roaring Meg. With the present conditions work will lie continued.

LIQUOR QUESTION. WELLINGTON, July 7. The X.Z. Licensing Reform Association, at a meeting to-day, intimated its intention to take steps to request the Prime Minister to agree to a substitute to he known as “ Corporate Control,” for the existing middle issue of State Purchase ami Coni rol.

Corporate Control is described as the question: Whether the ownership of licensed premises, and the manufacture. importation and wholesale distribution of alcoholic liquors in the Dominion he exclusively vested in a Corporation, such Corporation being along entitled to manidac lure, import and sell wholesale alcoholic liquor and derive profit from the trade.

STATE ADVANCES. WELLINGTON. Julv 7

The Minister of Finance said tonight that in the past lour years. Hie State Advances had paid for 01-10 liouscs. which cost just short of eight million pounds. The purchased homes numbered .‘1.07-1, costing two and threequarter millions, while the repayment of the existing mortgages totalled 62,715.000.

The lota! number of homes built and assisted was 15,8.78 costing 12V millions.

Home bat! said that nothing was being done in the Rural Advances Department, hut in this branch applications valued at C 700,000 had been received. The Hoard had this month submitted to it applications valued at £105,000, and since April Ist £.‘118,785 had been granted. Not much of this money had yet been paid over, but when all formalities were completed, this would lie done.

TRIMMER'S FALL DOWN HOLD CHRISTCHURCH. July 7.

This morning Arthur Jiles. aged 22. a trimmer on the s.s. lonic, tell down the alter hold, a distance of 25 feet, and received a fractured i'eft arm and right leg. .Tiles is a single man. Tie joined the vessel at London.

MAN IN HARBOUR. AUCKLAND. July 5

Cries for help at the King’s Wharf disclosed a man clinging to the piles with his legs tied together with string. A watersider released him and placed him in a lifebuoy, in which he was lauded to the wharf. The police took the man in charge.

SLOW POLICE. WELLINGTON. July 0. Alleging that he had suffered loss through the police failing to act promptly on his information that a burglary had been committed at his home, Wm. Thos Easton, 66. Cochrane Street..Mornington, has petitioned through Mr Sidey, claiming 10s Oil which was stolen. He states that on discovering the burglary he suspected a man named Burnside, and rang up the Detective Office. He was referred to the local constable, who promptly arrived and took particulars, remarking it was a simple case. Two days later petitioner inquired why Burnside had not been located, and was told hv a detective that he had not yet tried, as this man was very cunning. With the exception that a broken enshbox was forwarded to Wellington, nothing was done for two months, till petitioner threatened to write to the Minister oi Justice. The burglary occurred on February 25. hut it was not until May 7 that Burnside was arrested and subsequently pleaded guiltv. Mr Easton suggests that if accused had been promptly arrested, not only would the stolen money have been recovered, hut other crimes committed after the Mornington burglary would not. have happened.