LOCAL AND GENERAL.

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 11 March 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An extraordinary "Gazette" notice published last night announced the further proroguing of the General- Assembly till June 9. William McAuley, farmer, of Awamoko, was admitted to the Oamaru Hospital last night suffering from razor wounds in his throat. His condition is serious. At Wellington yesterday Magistrate Riddell gave judgment for Ellen Maxwell for £20 against Isopel Wilson for the valxxe of a three-pearl dress ring negligently lost by defendant in Auckland while attending a beauty competition in which she was made a maid of honour. On the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of ' York there will he a parade of returned soldiers. The O.R.S.A. invites returned xnen to meet in mufti at the drill hall at 2 p.xn. Medals will be worn. Ribbon is obtainable from the secretary At a meeting yesterday 200^uncmployed passed a resolution: "We of Christchurch emphatically state that we will not accept Mr Coates' px'oposal offeiung us 9s and 12s a day as wages. as it means that Ihe standard of the workers' living will be lowered." The spokesman said the scheme was scandalous. klr Ramsden, the manager, took the Duke of York ovcr the Wellington woolleix mills, explaining how the various elasses of goods were made. His Royal Highness, who exhihited the keenest interest in the machinery and its purposes, of which he seemed to have a fairly thorough understanding, inspected the hlankets, suitings, rixgs, and hosiery made on the premises and selected handsome travelling rugs for himself and the Duchess,