IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 450, 4 June 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

NEW COASTAL VESSELS. The Union Steamship Company announces that orders have been placed in the United kingdom for new cargo vessels, one a coal-burning collier of 3250 tons cargo deadweight and the other a motor vessel of about 2000 Inns. The names selected are the Kcrowai and t b e Karitane. Both ships are intended for the New Zealand cor stal trade.

OLD MINISTERIAL RESIDENCE. After having served as a residence for New Zealand Prime Ministers and Ministers of the Crown for 53 years the old Ministerial residence at No. 26Q, Tinakori Road, has been convert. de irro a school dental clinic and will be used as an annex to the main Willington dental clinic Workmen have- been engaged refitting the residence during recent weeks.

SOCCER FOOTBALL. The committee of the Taranaki football Association at a meeting in Stratford last night decided that the i secretary of all Association football ’ clubs in Taranaki will be asked by i the Taranaki Football Association to forward names of players who had j not paid their 1936 subscriptions in i view of a decision of the New Zea- I land council that players in arrears 1 one season should be prohibited from | playing in the next season till the ' arrears were discharged. TO MEET SPRINGBOKS. For a wee k before the first Rugby: test match between New Zealand and the South Africans at Wellington on , August 14 the South African team will train in 'the Wairarapa and the ' New Zealand team at Otaki. An Announcement to this effect was made test evening ait a meeting of the exe■utive of the New Zealand Rugby Union by the 1 * chairman, Mr S S. Dean. Mr Dean announced that it had been decided that 'the test match between New Zalanecl and Sou.th Africa on September 25 would be played at Eden Park, Auckland. Th° match had originally been arranged

(EXPORT OF WHITE PINE. ' The exportation of white pine or I kahikatea timber is prohibited with- ■ mt the conseiK of the- Minister of i Customs under an Order in Council. i ' This action has been '.aken’in order | I that New Zealand requirements, par.: ‘ ii< iil-.irly tho..e of ihe dairying indusj try, may have first call on the re- ' • maining supplies of white pine, large 1 (quantities of which hav e been ex. | petted- to Australia in recent years, j i COURT AS OBJECT LESSON. [ A party of six boys and four girls : from rhe Papakur-a, Public School , were taken to a sitting of the Police I Court at Papakura for educational ; ! purposes. They were in charge of a i ; master. The Court was occupied ! mainly with traffic, cases; and the ma-' ; jority of the children did not appear; j highly impressed once the novelty of jhE surroundings had worn off. IN NEW ZEALAND ONLY. Th e question of domicile is an im_ ; portant. matter in the hearing of di- - v orce petitions, and during yester- ;

day’s heavy day at the Auckland Supreme Court, when just on 70 cas. eg were disposed of, Mr Justice Callan remarked to more than one peti | tioner that although divorce might be I granted by him it may transpire that the divorce only held good in New j Zealand. He pointed out the law i governing divorce was not the same j everywhere, and while a divorcee i might be entitled to marry again in j the- Dominion, he or she would per. | haps be committing bigamy if a | second marriage were made in Eng- ’ land or Australia. AORANGI REPLACED. \For the first time in nearly a year ; the Union Company’s passenger liner | Monowai will put to sea to-day to re- | place the Aorangi in the Pacific ser- ; vice until the damaged crankshaft oi the Aorangi has been replaced. Several weeks were spent at the Western Wharf (Auckland) reconditioning the Monowai after her long period of inactivity. The liner was moved this week to Queen’s Wharf. She will embark passengers to-day and sail - for Sydney at noon. The work of providoring the large steamer has been o? some magnitude and has occupied the stewards’ department of the company • for several weeks.