DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1927, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—l’er Press Association.) FORESTRY SEEDS. NEW ZEALAND’S LARGE ORDER. WELLINGTON. August 8. Forming portion of the Forestry Department's sect requirements for the next tree-planting .season, orders totalling 4997 pounds weight have been placed in various quarters in both the United States and Canada.

Last season the Forestry Department gave the Canadian Government's seed extraction branch an order lor the largest individual shipment of seed ever assembled in the British Empire. This (onsisted mainly of Pondemsn Bine anil arose from receipt of the Canadian Government's advice that )!2t! was a good seed year. Acting on the experience gained the Department now has split its order, anti the seed to he shipped will include 2531 pounds of Pondcrosn Pine in two lots, the United States Government undertaking the collection of 1500 pounds of the seed, the rest coming from Canada.

Other varieties to lie shipped nr* 1098 pounds of Rosewood front Portland. Oregon ; 1078 pounds of Douglas firs. 500 pounds coining trom Lite Canadian Department of the Interior, and and 578 pounds from various firms in the United States; 81 pounds of western red cellar from Canada ; 62 pounds of American sugar pine, and 57 pounds of lodgepolc pine from Canadian districts.

As an experiment the Forestry Department is also importing a lot of Caribbean pine from the Belize Forest Trust in the British Honduras to discover whether the tree will prosper here. Reports of the growing export of this seed have led to this course. The seed forms part of the planting programme of the Department, which aims at having 300.000 acres of artificial forest sown by 1935. Some of it will he sold to farmers, settlers, local bodies, and proprietary forest concerns.

'VARYING THE PROHIBITION 'ISSUE. STRATFORD. Aug. 10. Cecil Wright, a prominent' solicitor, addressed a .meeting last- night on "I he Middle Way.’" He suggested that, spirits he withdrawn from’ hotels, and he vended only by chemists on dud u-s’ prescription. He argued that this would meet file prohibition view by reducing drunkenness, and suit the Trade party hv reducing the opposition to hotels’.

He is moving to form organisations to be known as “Free and Sober League” and to get this issue placed on the ballot paper. PERMIT REJECTED. AUCKLAND. Aug. 19. The Presbytery, after a keen discussion rejected, bv tt substantial majority. it remit to alter Die wording of the Book of Order, so as to throw the office of Elder equally on both sexes. REFORM PARTY. WELLINGTON. Aug. 10. A Caucus of the Reform Party sat for 2.V hours this m truing. At its conelusion the Prime Minister‘slated the only matters discussed were measures to conic before Purliamenl and oilier features ~| the business of Hie session on which I here was a complete agreement.

CLAIMANT AWARDED £7S. BLENHEIM, Aug. 10. In the compel!/sat ion case, Noel Palon v. \\ ttiran River Board, the ehiitnant was awarded £7B compensation. As the amount was less than half the claim, each party pays its own costs.

TYPHOID SUSPECTED. TAU.MARUNUI. Aug. 10. There is a suspected outbreak of typhoid among the Maoris at Tcrcna, near Kakalti, and two eases have been admitted to the Tnitinariinui hospital.

FOUND DEAD. STRATFORD, Aug. 10. Hector McMillan, aged 24. son of Mayor J, W. McMillan, was found shot dead this morning on the tennis court with tt- revolver beside the hotly. He lutd a very brilliant career at school hut some time ago his health suffered as tho result of over study.