DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

(lib Telegruph—Ver Brest Association) A LARGE ESTATE. AUCKLAND, July 29. A probate of the will of the late N. Alfred -Nathan, Chairman ox Directors of L. D. Nathan and Coy., Ltd., was granted by the Supreme Court, the ■estate being sworn at £300,000. Bequests of £IOO each were made to four benevolent societies ; of £SOO to the Jewish Synagogue, and the establishment of a trust of £IOOQ, the interest to provide annually prizes for youthful inmates of the Jubilee Institute of the Blind. Legacies are left to the firms staff members. MISS CLIFFORD'S PLANE. WELLINGTON, July 29. The Puss Moth aeroplane, purchased by Miss Arolia Clifford, in England and which was damaged after arrival in New Zealand, has been bought by the Air Force. The machine, which is of the most modern type light aeroplane, will be used for photographic survey work. FATAL SCALDS. PALMERSTON NORTH, July 27. ’lhe death occurred in the Palmerston North Hospital yesterday of the infant son of Mr and Mrs G. V. Smith uf Mungawbafa, Himitangi, us tho result of severe scalds to tile L'" l ' ' Ult * body caused by the upsetting oi a kettle of hot water. The child was rushed to the hospital after the accident, but death ensued two hours after admission. UNEMPLOYED. WELLINGTON, July 31. The unemployment registrations for tho week ending July. 27th. numbered 47,772. an apparent increase of 234 compared with the previous week’s total. . The Labour Minister, Mr Smith, states that the number of men who qualified under the Number Five Scheme and were placed in work was 35.135. \ total of 5260 were engaged under the Number Four A Scheme and 950 under the Number Four B Scheme. The men for whom no work was found totalled 6,427, but it was probable, the Minister stated, that the majority of these were unemployable. The total registrations in the cities were: -Auckland 6861, Wellington 4638, Christchurch 5011, Dunedin 2845.