DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1928, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

SCARLET EE VEIL H3y Telegraph—Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 15. T.n defiance of orders issued by the .Medical Ollicer of Health for Canterbury classes below Standard Two. at Limvood Avenue, schools were resinned this morning. Other schools it i understood will take similar action as a protest against the recent scarlet fever regulations. INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. WELLINGTON, November 14. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research will shortly be issuing a report on New Zealand coals, prepared bv .Mr Donovan, Assistant Dominion analyst. It is ol a very comprehensive nature, dealing with the amount of various kinds oil coal in the Dominion, and particularly with experiments in regard to the use ol New Zealand on railway blending. It lias shown favourable results, but excellent results have been obtained by using Newcastle coal for blending, and further experiments are recommended, as from the point of view of storage no coal has proved as good as Newiastle. The report deals with low temperature carbonization of New Zealand coals and makes a recommendation as to the investigations that might with advantage be carried out. LICENSING REEOR.M. WELLINGTON, November 15. Mr Eindlay. Vice-President <T the Rolnrm Association, result of the prohibition debacle it' seems reasonable and necessary that the question of perpetuating the 'lolly of the triennial referendum should be seriously considered with a vew to removing this unecessaiy and disturbing element from parliamentary elections. For a time at least national prohibition now has been defeated at seven consecutive polls at each more emphatically than last and in the present instance it could surely be maimed, that the people now had given sufficiently emphatic answer to the question. It is obvious that even on two issue ballot rM ,ers prohibition would have been dej'ented by over 120.000 votes. This should effectively-prevent any further attempt to deprive the moderate seeion ■■V their right to declare on a middle issue. The Association would mth’iio to press for the substitution ,f the proposal of corporate control on the ballot paper in place of the existing middle issue. SUDDEN DEATH. BLENHEIM. Nov. 14. Walter Urwin. aged 50, of Abbott Steet Wanganui, chief engineer of the scow Echo, cm >l lapsed and died in the engine-room as the vessel was casting off from Blenheim this morning. Deceased had just rejoined the ship after a week in hospital with heart’trouble.