DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1927, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) X CLAIM UPHELD. AUCKLAND, Aug. 24. Auckland City Council won its case against Dixieland Ltd., getting authority from the Supreme Court to prevent the proprietors of the cabaret at Port Chevalier from building swimming baths on the foreshore, on tho grounds that this would infringe the Council’s riparian rights in regard to eleven acres of land near the beach, acquired for use as a recreation ground five years ago. ARBITRATION COURT.

CHRISTCHURCH. Aug. 24. A long-standing dispute between Canterbury Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union and Christchurch branch of Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners regarding tho operation of the preference clause of Canterbury Carpenters* and Joiners’ Award was again ventilated before the. Arbitration Court to-day. The question raised was whether an employer engaging a worker who is not a member of the Amalgamated Union is required within three days to give notice of such employment to the Secretary of that Union. A .MISSING HUSBAND. AUCKLAND, Aug. 24. After lapse of over two years, John William Hope, 35, appeared this morning once more to deny his identity with a man alleged to be tho husband of a Sheffield woman from whom there has been maintenance orders existing since July 2lst. Accused was arrested at Wellington on Monday and to-day was charged with arrears of £l6O. The police allege Hope Is tho man they Want and when tho ease came before an Auckland Magistrate on April, 1926, they relied on a photo .sent by Scotland Yard. Hope denied he was the picture’s original. Counsel said Hope was married and his wife lived at Wellington with him. At first Hope treated the matter lightly, hilt when the arrears began to mount up he defended the 1926 ease, and called two expert photographers, who declared he was not the wanted man. The Wellington wife arrives to-morrow morning, till when

the present hearing was adjourned. EXPRESS DELA YED. AUCKLAND, Aug. 24. Tho Limited Express arrived throo hours late, being delayed near Taihape by a hot, box on a sleeper. DAIRY FACTORY MANAGERS. RAWER A. Aug. 24. A meeting of Taranaki Dairy Factory managers held yesterday considered’ a report of Now Zealand Dairy Factory Managers’ Assn, who met represent a tiros of Otago and Southland Cheese Factory Manager's Union at Wellington on Aug. (5 th. The following resolution was adopted yesterday. That it bo a recommendation to the Dominion executive of tho Association to advise Otago and Southland Union that the Association is prepared lo consider amalgamation with tho Union on tho basis of tho formation of a Dominion Association of Dairy Factory Managers, such Association to bo duly registered, fallowing which a. meeting lto arranged repre.-ent-ative.s oi" employers throughout New Zealand, with the object of appointing a tribunal for the purpose of arriving at the terms of engagement, of dairy factory managers on a basis which shall apply as a minimum Dominion standard.

A WIDOWS ESTATE. AUCKLAND, Aug. 23.

A case in which failure to find missing (members of a family lias long delayed the distribution of an estate came before Air Justice Slringtr in the Supreme Court. Tlie estate was that of the late Alary King, widow, of Auckland, and it was valued at about £7790. Letters of administration were granted over two years ago to two sons in Auckland, but two other members of the family, Alinuie Ada King and Theodore Cloland King, who were entitled to a share in tho estate, could not he found.

Mr Hall Skelton, who appeared for the administrators, sought authority to distribute the estate, and asked for directions as to the method of pro tea-t-ion of the missing sister’s share. Advertisements had been put in the English papers for Theodore Olekuid King, and just as steps were being taken to distribute his portion a letter turned up which Mr Justice Hosking considered might ho from this missing brother. Further empirics proved that it was so. Advertisements had been published for the missing sister and the brother Theodore, who had not seen her for 20 years, had sought for her without success. It- appeared from his affidavit that she was a delicate woman and every effort had been made to discover her. Her share would be about £650 in bouse property if it would bring that now. His Honour said lie bad already granted counsel leave to swear to the death of the missing sister. The only question was whether some provision should bo made in the event of her turning up. As the brother had turned up after a long lapse of time, the sister (might also do so. Mr Skelton said the others of the family wore quite agreeable to enter into a bond securing the sister her share of the estate if she should turn up.

His Honour said be considered r. bond would bo a suitable method aiid when the affidavit referred to was sealed lie would consider the. question of the missing sister and give directions.

DEEP SEA FISHERIES. AUCKLAND, Aug. 2;t,

“Wo must not expect too much from the deep sea fisheries of New Zealand.” After extensive investigations, Air A. E. Hefford, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, has arrived at this conclusion. 11l an address under the auspices of the Auckland Institute, at University College, last night, he made a strong plea for fisheries resen roll.

“As far as the Dominion is concerned, no more fish should lie taken out of the sea each year,” declared Mr Hefford, “than the quantity naturally reproduced.” That was our great problem. For that reason, there was every need for a system of fishery statistics as a means of throwing light on the trend of productivity, or the tendency to depletion.

In reply to a question, the lecturer sa id : ••The best way to test whether the schnapper is protected in the spawning season or not is to try to trawl in the Hanraki Golf after November 15th, and see what happens.” The < older and shallower waters, said Mr Hefford, were much the richer in (maritime life. The 1000 fathoms line ran very close to the East Coast of New Zealand. That might possibly he the reason for the greater abundance of fish on the West Coast. The Hanraki Gulf, however, as Mr Pleffard pointed out- was within tlm 1000 fathoms mark.