DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—P?r Press Association.)

LABOUR AND REFORM. WELLINGTON, May 18.

Tho Hon A. D. M’Leod stated tonight the difference between Labour’s and Reform’s policies on finance. “Political Labour in New Zealand and other dominions argues that social betterment by an improved standard of .living is of first importance and that all other considerations are of secondary importance,” he said. ••Reform, while admitting tho virtues of suell an objective, is firmly convinced that no permanent betterment can bo achieved unless it bo firmly lamed upon sound finance, sound not only from Now Zealand’s viewpoint, but the 'Empire's and all countries with which we must trade." Sound finance was the first plank in the party's platform, and they called all to rally round in support of the Dominion’s greatest industry, namely ' the pastoral or primary industry.

NEW DREDGE FOR OTAGO

DUNEDIN. May 18

At a meeting of the Harbour Board to-night a tender was accepted from Fleming and Ferguson, of Paisley, for the now .self-propelled dredge. 'lnc tender price, is £135,000, delivered at Port Chalmers.

Tho dredge will be 260 feet Imig, with a maximum dredging depth < " forty feet, and she will he able to carry 2000 tons of spoil. Tt is expected that tho vessel will arrive hero in eighteen months.

CHINESE CONSUL DEAD. WELLINGTON, May IS. The death occurred Inst night at his residence, Wellington, ol Mr Li Kwang Ileng', Consul for the Republic of China in New. Zealand, at the ago of 59. Mr Li Kwang Hong, who died lithe result of an apoplectic stroke, leaves a widow and one child, aged P. The body is to ho cremated.

B A It LE Y-GR O WTNG. BLENHEIM, May 18. In the course of an informal discussion at a meeting ol the Blenheim branch of the Farmers’ Union, it was mentioned that no harlev-growitig contracts wore being offered farmers by the brewers for next season. Members said they did not know the reason for this change.in policy on the pan of the brewers, but the opinion was expressed that the brewer.-? already were overstocked, and did not care whether they bought any more barley or not.

Opinions varied on the questions of probable prices for seed barley and the now season’s crop. An enquir\ from Haweni for barley for pig feeding was lxrfore the meeting, and members suggested that it might lie advisable to see what could be done to develop that market in view of the fact that the free market might leave farmers with a good deal of grain or their hands next season. Barley feeding was being recommended very strongly to pig farmers,' and a trade conferring mutual benefits might veri well he instituted between pig-produc-ing districts ami Marlborough, where sueh hulendid barley was grown.

TUBERCULOSIS ENQI'I RY. ■WELLINGTON, -May IS. The Minister for Health announced to-day thill, the committee appointed to investigate certain aspects of consumption treatment in the Dominion will comprise three physicians: Dr F. W. B. Fitnhett (Professor ol Medicine ai. Otago University). l)r D. E. Fenwick ('Wellington). Dr T. IV. J, Johnson (Auckland).

The committee will be unable to commence its work .immediately, as Professor Fite licit is engaged in examination work at Otago University until the eu<l of May. It is expected, however, that tho committee will start oarlv in June.

The committee lias been requested by the Minister to enquire into matters relating to the treatment of consumption, more especially with regard t ot-lie class of consumptives admitted to sanatoria in New Zealand; the length of stay, and whether patients admitted to .sanatoria arc suffering from tuberculosis in such a form as to render a -prolonged stay in those institutions necessary or desirable. It is hoped that the report will be completed witliin a month of the start of the enquiry.

A CASE OF HARDSHIP. AUCKLAND, Mnv 19

A passenger to Auckland by the liner Aorangi, due to-morrow is Frances Raymond Hyde, a young New Zealander, who left his native land a year ago to seek his fortune in Canada. lie was employed on the farm of a wealthy man, and met with an accident. He was admitted to a Canadian hospital with a broken back. Tho Canadian Government officials then decided to send him back to New Zealand by the first available steamer.

The New Zealand Immigration Department lias informed Hyde’s friends that the matter does not concern them in any way. Arrangements have been made to have the injured man landed and .conveyed to tho Auckland Hospital. AUCKLAND, May 20. The New Zealander, Francis Raymond Hyde, from Cnnadaf arrived by tlie Aorangi to-day, and lie is now in tho Auckland Hospital. He comes from Gisborne, and is 25 years old. When lie had been three weeks in Britisli Columbia, lie met with tho accident, the vertibrae being crushed and the spinal cord severed, completely paralysing the lower part of his body. He sought compensation, but the owner of the farm on which he was employed disclaimed any responsibility. He, however, made Hyde a gift of £4O. Hyde was informed, after Government officials had visited him, that he would be returned to New Zealand.

MOTOR MISHAPS. INVERCARGILL. May 2(1. Four men were admitted to the Southland Hospital on Saturday night ns the result of motor accidents. Albert- Taylor and -Michael Ross, who were knocked down by taxis, the former suffering from head injuries, and Ross from facial abrasions and slight concussion, are progressing favourbly as also is Leslie Stevens, who sustained slight concussion and cuts about the scalp, through being knocked down by a car. Henry Rillston was admitted suffering from a fractured leg and a cut across the forebead, but his condition is not serious. He is said to have been riding a motor cycle, which collided with tho car. H.M.S. DIOMEDE. AUCKLAND, May 20.

The cruiser Diomede left for Portsmouth shortly after eleven on Saturday morning. Her sister ship, the Dunedin, displayed a long line of flags, reading “Good luck!'’ Tho decks of tho Dunedin and of the sloops \ eronica and Laburnum were dressed, and as the Diomede passed them, farewell cheers were exchanged. Working up to a steady twenty-four knots, which speed she will maintain all the way to England, the Diomede passed the North Head.