Elderly Man’s Death.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 April 1941, Page 4

Elderly Man’s Death.

Mr A. J. Doble, an employee at Kemplhorne Prosser and Company’s fertiliser works, Aramoho, was found lying injured at the foot of a flight of stairs in the works yesterday and died a few minutes later. An elderly man, Mr Doble had been employed casually at the works for some- time. Truck Impressments. The suggestion that an immediate order should be placed in Canada or the United States for classes for the building in New Zealand of motortrucks for military purposes was made at the meeting of the council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce last night. Concern was expressed at the effect on the commercial life of the nation of the continued impressment at the present rate of commercial motor-trucks by the Army. The wheels of industry, said one speaker, were going to be slowed down. Trade Union Envoy.

Bearing a message from organised Labour in Britain, Mr William Holmes, past president of the Trades Union Congress, and general secretary of the Agricultural Workers of the United Kingdom, is expected to arrive at Auckland this week. He will be met by the Minister of Labour, Mr Webb, the mayor. Sir Ernest Davis, and Labour representatives. A civic reception will be tendered on Thursday evening before Mr Holmes's departure for 'Wellington, where he will meet members of the Government. Subsequently he will visit other parts of New Zealand to deliver his message to the trades unions and general public.

Faith in Yugoslavia. “Yugoslavia will rise again," was the keynote of speeches made at a meeting of Auckland Yugoslavs held to consider what action should be taken following the conquest of their homeland by Germany. The meeting, which was attended by about 250 people, appointed a committee to assist in upholding the spirit and unity of the Yugoslav people, to co-operate with national representatives and organisations overseas toward the liberation of the homeland and to raise and expend a fund for that purpose and for other patriotic purposes in New Zealand. The meeting carried a resolution of loyalty to their adopted country.