DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1931, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS

SNOW AT STRATFORD. (By Telegraph —Per Press Association) STRATFORD, September 7. There was a full of snow at Stratford yesterday. The weather is bitterly cold. At the Mountain House the snow was eighteen inches deep. A heavy fall was experienced at the higher levels. Tlie surrounding hills are all covered. A SUICIDE. TJMARU, September 7. William Reynolds, 54, a farmer oi Temuka, committed suicide on Saturday by hanging. The act is attributed to shortage of money. COSTLY SOCIAL WORK. AUCKLAND, Sept. 5. The Auckland Hospital Board has already spent £30,000 on outdoor relief, although the estimates for the year provided only' for £46,500. With seven months of the financial year to come, a, deficit is inevitable and tlie chairman of the board is going to "Wellington on Tuesday to seek a Government grant.

It r is noteworthy that to-day two social the St John Ambulance Brigade, and the Prisoners’ Aid Society, are making urgent appeals for funds to carry on. The daffodil day appeal yesterday realised £3OO for various objects, including social work, hut the amount is considered disappointing. MEN ON TREE PLANTING. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. A “I believe that we have reached rock bottom, and that from now on we shall see an improvement in conditions,” said Mr P. R. Climie, when on a visit to men on relief work at the West Melton tree planting camp'. Mr Climie was favourably impressed by the conditions under which the settlement is run. He said tlie camps proposed hv the Unemployment Board would not be as elaborate as that oi the Waimakariri River Trust. “Camp life is the thing, and all you men seem to have benefited by the change/’ added Mr Climie. “The tree planting work carried out will prove a reproductive proposition, and in a piovinoe like Canterbury', with its lack of growing timber, the returns will he of more value than in some parts where there is already plenty. “The camps for single men are engaging our attention just now, and within the next few weeks, tlie hoard will have many important announcements to make regarding 5 this matter, and also other proposals under consideration.” ECONOMIC COMMITTEE. WELLINGTON, 'September 7. Tho Secretary of the Alliance of Labour, Mr J. Roberts, and a number of other representatives of the Labour movement attended the meeting of the special Parliamenary Economic Committee this morning, when Mr Roberts gave evidence. ” Mr W. Good fellow will this afternoon bo heard on behalf ;of the Dairy Industry and * further departmental evidence has yet to be heard.