DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1928, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association. BUTTER AND CHEESE. GRADING FIGURES FOR AIARCH. AVI*: LLINGTON, April 10. The Dairy Division’s grading figures for Afareh show for butter a decrease from .March, 1927, of 20.1 per rent, at .■>99o tons, and for cheese a decrease of 21.7 per cent, at 7239 tons, compared with the corresponding period of the preceding season. Fight mouths’ figure- show for butter an increase of A. 7 per cent, at 04,,9i tons, and for cheese a decrease of 1.1 per cent, at 02.763 tons. Converting both butter and cheese into but-ter-fat. the equivalent increase is 73.44 per cent.

A WOT! D TO SIOMEX. AUCKLAND, April n. A suggestion that merchant seamen might reciprocate hospitality ashore by considerate treatment of passengers and cargo was made hy tile Governorgeneral in a speeeli at tile Seamen's Institute to-night. Speaking to the seamen present, Sir Charles Fergusson said: “Tf the people give you courtesy and hospitality, they are entitled to expect the same treatment from you when they go to sea and the public have been in many respects verv sorely tried in the past. ft is of no use to go to the city merchant or the faimei uith an appeal lor money for institutions such as this, if the merchant is losing a week of precious time and money as well, because his goods are being held up. or if the farmer is having his produce detained. T am not saying anything about the rights of disputes, lint: I do suggest that the time to have them out is not when the people from whom you expert money are about to make a voyage. I am saving this in the hope that you will convey it to others. who may he ill-advised. That sort of thing is simply killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, or rather, X had perhaps better say. it is plucking the leathers from a potential Hying angel." (Laughter).

FORCE KOI? SAMOA. W'KLLfXCTOX, April 11. 'I ho Auckland and Wellington (h alts ol the special fone of military police recruited to re]dace the marines in Western Samoa arrived at Trentham tins morning to undergo a hrief course ot training before embarking. 'ldle Southern < (implements will arrive to-

There were nearly AGO ap|)lications tor 74 vacancies. The Auckland (piota is lit!. Wellington IS, Christchurch and Dunedin 1,4, the remainder being made up of live nou-commissioued ofticers and three officers. Tliev will leave for

Samoa ou April 21. An Auckland hatch of military police for Samoa, numbering 22 left by train in charge of Lieutenant l{. S. .Judson, V.C. 'They 0(1 into camp at Trentham with recruits from other centres in Xew Zealand. The whole company comprising 7 1 ollicers and men. sails I rum Auckland on April 21. under the command of .Major, P. 11. Hell, of Dunedin.

TROTTING DISQf ALI KICATIONS. CHRISTOIIURCH. April 11. The Trot tine Association to-night had helore it an application Iroin K. Holmes, for the remission of the term of three months’ disqualification imposed on him by the Horhury 'I rot ting ( Itih in January. It was decided to advise Holmes that the Hoard could not see its way clear to accede to his request.

On the recommendation ol the Licensing: Committee, it was decided that K. 0. Holmes’ driving and inline: license he cancelled lor two months, (latino from Saturday nest.