DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 April 1928, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) SUSPENSION CANCELLED. BISHOP’S ACTION ILLEGAL. HAMILTON. April ID. Canon F. 0. Harvie, who was suspended recently by the Bishop of Waikato for a reason which was not stated. last evening received a telegram from the Bishop, now attending the Synod at Wellington, cancelling the suspension, as Archbishop Averill and legal officers have declared the action to he illegal. Canon Harvie is proceeding to the Synod this evening.

SEED AND PLANT RESEARCH. DIRECTOR APPOINTED. AVELLINGTON, April ID. The appointment of Mr A. H. Cockayne (Director of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture) to direct the seed and plant research station at the Massey Agricultural College is announced. The work of seed and plant research in New Zealand is not to he confined to Hie one centre, as (lie Prime Minister made clear in his announcement of the details of the scheme. Trial areas are to lie established throughout the Dominion in those locations where a particular problem is all important. A special committee lias been appointed to supervise the work in conjunction with Mr Cockayne. The members are the Direc-tor-General of Agriculture (Dr C. J. Henkes), the acting-chairman of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (.Air (,). Donald), the chairman of the Massey Agricultural College Coined (the Hon. (.!. Fowlds), Mr AA’. Perry i Hoard of Agriculture), the principal of the Massey College (Professor Poreni. Dr 11. li. Allen (Research Council) and representatives of the industries concerned.

JERSEY CATTLE. PALMERSTON N.. April 19. An important conference of delegates of Jersey breeders’ clubs of New Zealand was held today when a scheme for classifying cows according to type was approved. The meeting <onsidcred that there are many advantages to he gained by being able to form a reasonably correct opinion of the animal’s value with respect to type Classifications approved were: Excellent, highly commended, and thirdly, those not wanted.

It was pointed out that if classification "is well done the type degrees will be as stable as production records, and would carry equal weight. A similar scheme has been operating in Jcrsev Island for years.

A SKELTON FOUND. PALMERSTON N.. April 15). Mystery but no suspicion surrounds the discovery near Arapuni of the skeleton of a man’s hones hare of flesh. In the opinion ol a medical man they have lain there ten years or more. Two pipes were lying alongside the body. Indentilication is probable through the teeth, four in the upper jaw being false. A bridge exlcnds from the upper left central to the upper right canine, the abutment of the teeth being of gold and the dummies of porcelain. The height of the man was approximately 5 feet 0 inches. He was small, of slim build, and Ins age was twentv-five years or more.’

FATAL COLLISION. OUTCOME. OF FIRE. KAIKOFRA. April 19. Early this morning lire broke out in the premises adjourning .Miss Burl’s shop, hut as a watch was being kept, the outbreak under the floor of Messrs F. Messenl and Strange and Co.’s shop was easily suppressed. A sad feature of the outbreak was the death of Anthony AVallace. third soil of Mr and Mrs 0. AVallace. as a result of a collision with a motor-car driven by Mr C. O’Malley. Both were proceeding to the lire. The deceased sustained injuries to his logs, arms, and head, and did not regain consciousness. He was seventeen years of

PROPELLER* STRIPPED. WELLINGTON'. Anri! 10. The Cion Company’s tug Terawhiti will leave Wellington to-night tor Wanganui to tow to Wellington for repairs the steamer Gale, which while crossing the bar on the Wanganui River yesterday, was carried on to the north wall by heavy seas and had her Dropellor stripped.

GALE IN TOW. WANGANUI. April 21. The steamer Gale remained at anchor a* few miles down the coast last night and Wanganui harbour tug went out to stand by in ease of emergency. This morning she took the Gale in tow and is now proceeding to Wellington. DAIRY RESEARCH. REVIEW OF OPERATIONS. WELLINGTON. April Id. Important developments are expected to he made public at till early date in connection with the question ol the economical evaporation of whey and I .in ter-milk. In the course of his report to the hist meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the act-ing-chairman (Mr Q. Donald) stated that the question was at- present tin 'tier investigation, and that the results already obtained were very promising A supply of the condensed product had been prepared for experiments on pig-feeding. Arrangements were ol hand for special investigations to be carried out at the New Zealand Dairy Company’s laboratory at Hamilton, under .Mr Hughes, and at Unworn under Air P. O. Veale.

Dealing with other aspects of dairy research. Air Donald said that regular reports had come to hand from .Messrs A!’Downll and Whitehead, who at present were pursuing specialised studies in dairv research work in the United Kingdom. Building operation were well advanced at Palmerston North, and everything should be fully ready for the commencement of active research work at the beginning of the next dairy season. The statistical in-

vestigations into the records- ol the -Group Herd Testing Association were now well under way. and gave promise of some interesting results. Professor Riddel was at present engaged on cognate research into daily variations in yield and their causes. A preliminary survey of the problems ol heat utilisation in dairy factories hail been made, and further experiments would need

to he carried out in order to devise

means ol jtower and fuel economy

CHARGE AGAINST MAORI. WELLINGTON. April 20. At Pieton, a Maori. David Keepa. was committed for trial on a charge of assaulting a half-caste married woman, with intent to commit rape. SEXUAL OFFENDER. CHRISTCHURCH. April 21. Cecil William Hector Isaacs, was sentenced for indecent assault to reformative detention for one year.

POPPY DAY COLLECTIONS. DUNEDIN, April 20. The Poppy Day collection on Dunedin streets totalled £4OO. Returns from some of the suburbs have yet to come in. WELLINGTON, April 20.

The result to hand of Poppy Day collection was £Bl2 11s 7d. compared with it 1087, but amounts to come in will probably reach last year’s figures. AUCKLAND, April 20.

Poppy Day street collection realised C 1392. Returns to come are expected to firing the total to £2OOO, eclipsing last year’s record of £IBSO.

ANGLICAN CHURCH CONSTITUTION. WELLINGTON; April 20. The twenty-fourth General Angliunn Synod was continued to-day. 'rue Bishop of Nelson submitted the tri- A * ennial report of the N.Z. Anglican Board of Missions, which stated the Church had 04 workers in the field, 23 labouring among the Maoris. The Board pleaded to the clergy for greater enthusiasm in sounding a mission call, 00 and wanted a more definite and methodical method of contributing to the work of the Church. It paid a high tribute to Revs. Redgrave and Long for their services. The report was considered in Committee. The Synod dealt with a draft hill for submission to Parliament, dealing with the constitution of the Church in New Zealand.

A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. DUNEDIN. April ‘2O

At 8.30 this evening a fire broke outin a building at the corner of Newsley and AVillis Streets, owned by Messrs John Mill and Co., and occupied by Messrs A. S. Paterson and Co., as a store for wool and skins, and electrical machinery. Hie building was divided into three sections, the largest of which contained electrical machinery valued at approximately £25.000. Some £4OOO worth of hides and skins were stored in the adjoining section, hut the smallest of the three, which was used as a hide floor, was empty.

The fire had a strong hold before the brigade arrived, and although it was got under within half- an hour of the alarm being given, the greater part of the building was completely gutted, only a hide floor escaping.

Contents of the wool and hide and electrical stores, which suffered considerable damage by tire and water, were fully insured in the British Traders’ Office. The building is covered in the Standard Insurance Co.

PILLOX RIDER KILLED. CHRISTCHURCH, April 20*

Miss Margaret O’Connor, aged 16, who was injured by a fall on Wednesday, while pillion riding on a motorcycle, died this evening without regaining consciousness. vShc was riding behind Trevor Moss, when the motorcycle ran into a heap of dirt on the road, and capsized. Miss O’Connor suffered severe head injuries.

UNUSUA L PROSECUTION. AUCKLAND, April 20.

Allegations that the Taupiri Dairy Coy. Ltd. had graded cream advantageously to suppliers were made in the Police Court to-day, when the company was charged on eight counts with failing to grade cream'received from suppliers in accordance with the regulations.

Mr Hubble, who appeared for the Department of Agriculture, said firstgrade cream sent to the company by a’ client was placed in the finest grade, the result being that the supplier received a higher price. In one hook the grader had entered cream as first grade, hut it had been entered as in the office hooks. “This must havo been done for the purpose of attracting custom,” said Mr Hubble. Mr Leary, representing the company, said the grader’s task was a difficult oik*, and results ot grading often varied. For the eight niisgradings tlio supplier received an additional Ds 7d. There was no foundation for the sug-.

gestion that the company was endeavouring to attract business by favouiahle "gradings.

On the first charge the company was fined 20s and 10s on each of the other seven charges, together with costs.

STOREMAN’S TipFTS

WELLINGTON. April 20,

Driver, the storeman who pleaded guilty yesterday to the thclt ol goods from Derbyshire’s, Ltd., and obtaining money by false pretences, was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment on each charge to-day. the terms to be concurrent. Air E. Page, S.M.. said that the Probation Officer in his report did not recommend probation, and he had conic to the conclusion that he was not able to grant it.

HARMAN FINED. 11AAYERA, April 20

Leonard Smith, barman at Okaiawn Hotel, pleaded guilty and was fined U2") on a charge of supplying a bottle of whisky to a .Maori for consumption off the premises. Arising out of the same circuinstaii<es, a similar inlormation against the licensee, who was the harman’s lather, was dismissed. AIUNICi PAL PROFIT. WELLINGTON’, April 21.

The Milk Department, another of the city’s trading concerns, shows a profit for llii* year of CSl7d. after allowing for higher payments to producers, increased wages, and reductions to customers. All preliminary expenses are now written off and some Cld.OlH) placed to reserves, besides finding money for extension of plant.