DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1927, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Pei- Press Association.) CHARGE OF THEFT. .MAX REMANDED. CHRISTCHURCH. Aug. 10. Following the capture of a mail in Coiomlio Street on .Monday by Mr I). M'Donald, manager of the Cash Clothinb Company, who alleged that the man had stolen a roll of doth, Robert Richard .John Davis was charged in the .■Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Air IT. A. Young, 5.. M., with the theft of a roll of tweed valued at £7 5s Gd.

Upon the application of Chief Detec- j tive 'Lewis, in remand of a week was j granted. ! CHINESE I.M.MIGRANTS. AUCKLAND, Aug. 1). With the arrival of nearly every passenger steamer from Australia the' Dominion's Chinese population is further increased. fourteen Celestials landing this morning from the Ulimaroa. The vessel also brought sis. Jugoslavs and two young Dalmatian women, who journeyed out to marry countrymen here. FARMERS’ WIVES PROTEST. WELLINGTON, Aug. 9. Delegates to tlie annual conference of the women’s division of the Farmers’ Union have forwarded a hostile petition on the Summer Time Bill. 'The principle of daylight saving, they declare, would be harmlul to the wives and children of farmers, inasmuch as such an innovation would seriously interfere with household and school duties and with the health of country women and children, whose lot is much harder than that ol women and children ill the towns. There are art signatures to this protest.

REVIEW OF TRADE POSITION. ■WELLINGTON. Aug. 9.

The commercial future of the country is bright, in the opinion of the British Trade Commissioner pMr 1,. B. Beale). “I think that I am safe in saying that things will he better at the end i,f the year.” said Mr Beale, reviewing tile trade position to-day. “My advices are that production in the country has already shown a marked increase. In the case of butter there is a rise of 10 per cent. At the same time the state of the markets is reassurin The meat market may be a little easier, but wool and cheese are (inn, and butter lias an upward tendency. There is-' a certainty of fair prices at least, and with steady prices and an increase in production there can bo only one result, the financial position of the country will improve. At the same time, I tiling that New Zealanders should realise that henceforth they will be fating keener competition in dairy produce than has ruled hitherto, mainly as the result of a marked increase- in production in newer countries, such as the Argentine and Siberia ’

DAIRY BOARD FINANCE AUCKLAND. Aug

Yesterday the secretary of an Auckland dairy company received a telegram from the Dairy Produce Board stating that the latter regretted that no further payment Irom the second butter pool would be possible lor some time.

This information is exceedingly disconcerting to many ladovics. In the ta so of this particular concern, not a large one, the board is holding approximately £-1000 worth ot surpluses on butter, every box ol which was supplied before April 50- In the meantime suppliers are. needing money, and

to tide them over the directors have had to appeal to a Toolev Street firm which is taking the coming season’s output (or part of it) lor finance to carry on. “It is a striking commentary on the general situation that this accommodation was immediately

granted,” says an exporter who gate the information to a “Star" representative. “but it only shows the extent to which the New Zealand dairy industry is dependent upon capital supplied by the much criticised firms of Toolev Street.

“Flow much money is lacked up in the second pool it is hard to estimate. Spread over the Dominion it must represent a very large sum which would lie welcome to farmers athe present time, and it would have been available ere this under free marketing conditions.”

RADIO SCIENTIST. WELLINGTON, Aug. 9

A highly qualified radio scientist, who had investigated with success some baffling problems in this new sphere, has been appointed physicist to the Dominion Laboratory. He is Dr Aliles A. F. Barnett, AT.Sc., I’li.D., As.LR.E. Dr Barnett is now carrying out investigations in England for the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on problems associated with the Dominion’s export of produce. It is stated by the “New Zealand Radio Record ” that the services of Dr Barnett will be available to radio in the Dominion, and bis advice on problems in which scientific research is necessary will be invaluable.

Dr Barnett lias had a, brilliant scientific career. He is a son of Sir Louis Everard Barnett, Dunedin, and took his Af.Se., degree at Otago University in 1921. gaining first-class honours in electricity, magnetism and mathematics. While attending the research station at flare College. Cambridge, lie won the Denham Baynes research scholarship. Since then lie has been engaged as a qualified investigator under the Radio Research Board in England. He also worked at the Cavendish Laboratory. Cambrige, under Sir Ernest Rutherford. Dr Barnett has had a highly interesting radio career, and has succeeded m solving a number of problems that were baffling investigators. He was one of the scientists who went with the expedition to Greenland to carry out research work into the question of the fading of radio signals, and has taken a prominent part in a number of other investigations on the scientific side of radio.

J A'SCTTA HEIFETZ’S ADVICE. AUCKLAND. Aug. 9.

The noted Russian violinist, Jascha Heifetz, arrived by the Ulimaroa this morning. Tie left this evening for Wellington, and after giving two concerts in each of the southern cities will return to Auckland.

“ I am pleased to be in New Zealand again.” the visitor remarked. “ From Hie beauty of your country and the warmth of your audiences. The ATaorls at Rotorua interested mo very much, and 1 have often-’thought of their dam ; and their relies. Tn fact, I have a < llection of tikis and meres and other things made from greenstone which 1 have shown to my friends with much interest.”

Heifetz wears tlie thin red ribbon of the Legion of Honour, presented to him in Paris last year in recognition of his contributions to the art of nnistc and of help rendered to aged professors. He has recently visited Spain, Egypt, India, and Hong-Kong. At the latter place he was not able to gather any clear impressions as to the state of affairs in China. “ It was not suffi-

'flie visitor believes there is a strong sense of musical appreciation in Now Zealand. “Of course,” he remarked.

“the standard here is not the same as in the older countries. New Zealand is so far away and is still young in her musical development, but you are now sharing with Australia in the players who come from Europe, and all the time your standard is being raised. “What will help New Zealand most, I think,” added Heifetz, is to encourage in every way possible chamber music. This makes for more intensive study and produces a higher class of music. It is possible the progress of New Zealand in music will be just as great as the development of chamber music all over the country, and especially in the larger cities. “ Another way in which I hope music will be encouraged here is by help from the State in assisting the enterprise of good music by the development of good orchestras and in many other ways. You must have talent here waiting to be developed. That is indicated bx the appreciation which exists, and I feel the best way of developing it is to see that your young players are able to go to the countries where the great masters are. In my case, I was foitunate. I found my teachers in my own country.”

PREFERENCE FOR N.E. MADE GOODS. WELLINGTON, Aug. 9. Jn reference to a question raised in the House of Representatives a lew days ago regarding the use ol New Zealand-made goods bv Government Departments, the- Hon Air \\ illiams, chairman of. the Government Stoics Control Board, made the following .statement:

“As has been previously stated,” he said, “it is the policy of the Stores Control Board to purchase stores manufactured in New Zealand -wlionevev such can be obtained of suitab.C quality for State requirements. When this condition is iullilled a generous preference is allowed to Dominion manufacturers who are in competition with overseas manufactures. The Board has just recently completed a number of contracts to the value of approximately £20.(X)0 per annum, the whole of which will go to New Zealand manufacturers. At the present time a much larger number of contracts are being arranged, and in every instance imputed goods will have the amount of Customs duty payable added to their cost when prices are being compared with those for local products. “Tn addition, it is the policy of the Board to keep as closely as possible, in touch with New Zealand manufacturers and from time to time representatives of the Board confer with representatives of the manufacturers at the various centres. Stores are continually being analysed and tested, and if found to he unsuitable the manufacturer is advised of the reason. Appreciation of the Board’s policy in this respect has been expressed by several of Hie principal Chambers of Commerce and AfiniuTactwers’ Associations. The conferences afford an opportunity to -manufacturers and traders to explain their difficulties frankly, and the Board’s readiness to consider suggestions for the improvement of tender schedules and conditions of contract from the .suppliers’ point of view has more than once been favourably commented upon.”