FUEL QUESTION

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1928, Page 5

FUEL QUESTION

BRITISH PROPOSALS. (united Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). RUGBY, September 21. The National Fuel and Power Committee, which was appointed by the Board of Trade, under the chairmanship of Lord Melchett (formerly Sir Alfred Aloud) in a report published today, recommend the industrial leaders in the fuel-producing and fuel-consump-tion industries to consider the need for co-operation with the Universities by indicating any responsible positions that are open on the executive side of their business for men trained in fuel technology.

They say the Board of Education should also consider what might be done in the institutions supervised by them to contribute to the training of men with the desired qualifications. The iron and steel industry should give greater syipport of its Fuel Economy Committee both by providing it with sufficient funds by actively co-operating in its work throughout, placing at its disposal all nepessary • information of new or improyed practice, and referring to it in all cases of difficulty. The report says that, all the large coal-corn suming industries should consider the desirability of adopting on a much larger scale than the present practice tbe exchange of experience in fuel technology, if possible through central associations, financed-by small levies. Large consumers are .advised to pay more attention to the system of buying and selling coal to specification, and colliery owners are urged to classify their coal, as far as possible, according to some agreed standard.

THE AMENDING LAW, WELLINGTON, September 21. Several amendments to the Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill have been made- by the Special Select Com-mittee-of the House of Repesentatives, which heard evidence on the measure. In regard to the enrolment of electors, it is now proposed that a direction must first come from a Council before a Town Clerk exercises his authority not to place on the list names of those entitled to inclusion oil the ground only of residential qualification, but who have not voted at the previous election "of Councillors.

To the clause enabling persons interested in contracts with Councils to b r engible for election, there has been added a Condition that the amount to lie paid must be fixed before tbe election.

The Committee lias rejected the proposal to allow Councils to impose conditions with respect to the control, management, and use of buildings licensed for public meetings, dances, etc. It is proposed, further, that the right of appeal against refusal to grant a license, or the cancellation or suspension of an existing one, he removed from the Supreme to the Alagistrate’ s Court

In connexion with the clauses dealing with the appointment of Commissioners of the Depreciation Fund, the Committed has struck out the proposal that monfeys may he advanced out of the fund for extensions of undertak-