DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

” r 'ISOLIGITDR' : sfRUGK OFF.' ; ' fßy Telegraph—Per.Press Association) WELLINGTON, September 24.. Oh the application of the -New Zealand L&w Society, the Court of Appeal made an ordftf Striking Gedirgft Grey, of New Plymouth, off thfe rolls if; b»rrieters and solicitor. The allegations contained in the application were 'that Grey had transferred from an estate account to his own account the sum of £BOO, and from a client's., account to his own account a further £244. HUGE PROFITS ON MOTORS. , LONDON, Septembers?. The Austin Motor Company paid' a dividend of 100 per cent; on the .*ordinary, and 20 per cent, on the preferred ordinaries. The Company had a record year... •. ->' ’ , SHEARERS’.DISPUTE. 'T v WELLINGTON, September 24. In the shearers’ dispute, evidence was heard from. Frederick .Noel Beamish !(Hawkes Bay)' ■ and;” Henry Dyke Acland (Canterbury)' concerning decreased prices arid. high ' costs of the sheep industry. The hearing was ad- v journed uritil to-morrow, , ’when the shearers’ case will, be. heard. . . FAULT IN TASMAN CABLE. > I ■ WELLINGTON, September '24. -v A fault has developed in one of the Eastern Extension Australasia and A China Telegraph Coy’s cables, between •Wellington and Sydney, and the cable steamer Iris is to carry out the. necessary repair work. The cable, is’.func-’ . 'tioning as usual,- but it is considered that a break might occur,- so the Iris : is to call at Wellington on Tuesday from Auckland, and, after taking on a .supply of cables and bunkering ooal„ will put out to sea to locate the fault, which ,is about'soo mileß from Wellington. The time the work will take will ■ depend. upon the weather conditions.