DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

THIEVES’ PLANS FOILED. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, September 5. Set upon by two men whom lie surpiised attempting to enter his shop at the corner ctf Barrington and Somerfield streets on Tuesday evening, F. Good fought violently to hold them while he called assistance, but the men were too strong and in the end Good was left dazed by a kick in the neck while the two men made for safety. The thieves had not been able to make an entry. Good is considerably the . worse for his. experience as he is covered from head to feet with bruises. Detectives visited the scene yesterday and took finger-prints. A CHURCH BURNT. AUCKLAND, September 5. St. Andrew’s Church and vicarage at Epsom, occupied by Revd. S. B. Wills with his wife and child, was gutted by fir? at 6 a.m. to-day following an outbreak quelled by the brigade a few hours previously. The building was insured for £9OO and furniture for £3OO. A COAT THIEF. WELLINGTON, Sept. 5. Two months ago Albert Henry Pinnager visited the National Bank, took an over-coat and pawned it for 10s. It was valued at £5. A few days ago he again visited the Bank and took another coat valued at £3, and also pawned this. Both coats were the property of the same owner, George A. Hudson. Pinnager, who is'so years of age got three months imprisonment in the Court to-day. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONES NEW SERVICE INAUGURATED. WELLINGTON, September 5. The recent improvements in longdistance telephone service were inaugurated to-day by a gathering in the exchange at which Hon. ,J. B. Donald (Postmaster-General) presided. He delivered a short address on lines already telegraphed and gave some technical details of the methods adopted. The Mayors of Wellington and Auckland, Deputy Mayor of Christchurch, and Mayor of Dunedin followed, and after them presidents of the Chambers of Commerce at Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and vice-Presi-dent- of Auckland, each spoke briefly, and some amusement was causefl by the Deputy-Mayor of Christchurch's reference to the woeful condition of his district in telephone facilities, from which it was now to be released. All the speakers were heard very distinctly, except the Mayor of Dunedin, who was rather faint at first but "improved before he finished. The other Dunedin speaker was heard very clearly.

MOTOR LORRY CAPSIZES.

PAHIATUA, September 5.

A motor lorry, owned by Harclley Bros., Carterton, capsized at Hamua. It was driven by Catt who was accompanied by J. Leech. ' It klft the road and rolled over a bank. The driver has a broken collarbone and Leech a cut head. They were taken to Carterton.

(Special race meeting

DUNEDIN, Sept. 15,

The Forbnry Park Trotting Club has received telegraphic advice from Hon, P. A. de la Perrelle that a permit is granted for the earthquake relief meeting on. OctoToer 26th with remission of taxation.

PRODUCE STANDARDS

CONTROVERSY CONTINUES

WELLINGTON, September o

Mr lorns (Chairman of the Dairy Board), in a statements re contracts, said Mr Wright’s memory was evidently conveniently short when he refers to the standard contract approved in 1923 and omits to state the executive df the S.I.D.A. approved of exporters terms, adopting the standard contract some years prior to 1923, without placing details before the producers, and in face of the objection from the executive of the National Dairv Association. Mr lorns is glad Mr Wright receded from the statement that the Dairy Beard approved of a premium for finest cheese in the cheese contract as he receded from his statement that exporters were combining to force a better contract on producers. Mr Wright referring to the northern factories attitude to a premium on finest butter, stated th n northern factories would oppose it if known to them. This was the attitude of an ostrich placing its head in the sand. For the past two years northern and some southern factories had been selling on this basis! Large quantities sold f.o.b. for the past two seasons had been made up oH innumerable sales throughout the Dominion, all with the finest as the basic grade, with a deduction for first grade. The quantity sold to Canada for the present season promises to reach 600,000 boxes, supplied bv factories all over New Zealand, with finest as the basic grade. The total export of butter to all markets from the South Island .in the whole of last season was 135,550 boxes and Mr Wright is unable to supply one iota of proof that this quantity, if graded only first grade, could be sold at the same price f.o.b. as finest.