LOCAL AND GENERAL
Currency In London.—Fine gold was quoted In London yesterday at £7 0s lid an ounce ,£7 0s Id on Monday).,
:he dollar at 4.96 3-8 (4.96 f ) and the ranc at 177 5-8 (177 11-16).
Matson Liners.—A report that there ippeared to he no prospect of Matson -•essels including Wellington in their tineraries within the very near future ‘Vas made by Mr A. R. Hislop at a neeting of the Wellington Chamber if Commerce last night.
Motor-Cyclist Acquitted.—Francis Arthur Hull, who was charged at Hastings yesterday with being intoxicated while in charge of a motorcycle, was acquitted, medical evidence being given that his condition was the effect of a local anaesthetic administered for the extraction of a tooth.
Farming In Australia.— “Although Gippsland, the farming area near Melbourne, is similar to ours I do not think it has an equal carrying capacity,” wrote Mr D. V. Bryant, of Hamilton, who is in Australia in the course of a world tour, in a letter received in Hamilton.
Negligent Motorist.—Kaspar Gray Webley (39), a city building contractor, was found guilty in the Supreme Court at Christchurch yesterday of having driven a motor-car negligently along Marshland Road on February 24, thereby causing the death of Joseph Quinn- Webley was remanded for sentence.
Bank Profit Rises.—A net profit of £347,401, an increase of £21,775, is announced by the National Bank of Australasia, Limited, for the year ended March 31. The proposal to pay a final dividend at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, making 6 per cent for the year, against 55 per cent in the previous year, has already been announced.
Control of Brewery.—Recently a private company was registered" to take over the City and Phoenix Brewery, Wellington, one of the chief assets of the late Mr T. G. McCarthy, whose estate has been administered by the Public Trustee. The Public Trustee is still ■ i direct owner of hotels and other jrropertv, assets in this estate.
Lamb In Canada.—Trial shipments of New Zealand lamb to Toronto and other markets in Eastern Canada are reported to have been very successful. In an interview the Minister of Marketing, the lion. W. Nash, said the first shipment had all been sold at prices at least equivalent to those ruling on the London market. The second shipment of lamb by the Huntingdon had also sold freely at good prices.
Bequests to Church.—The late Mr W. T. Brand, master-mariner, of Auckland, has bequeathed the following amounts to the Presbyterian Church; £IOOO for the building fund of the Somerville Church, 'Remuera; £IOO for Sunday School equipment; £SOO each to foreign and home missions; and £SOO to the Social Service Association for the benefit of wives of prisoners in the Auckland gaols.
Probation for Sheep Stealing At Christchurch yesterday Mr Justice Xorthcroft admitted four men, Stanley Dudley Keats, Clarence Burnaby, Maurice Roy Beaven and Stanley erick Robert Scott, who were found guilty of sheep stealing, to probation for three years. In doing so he said it was rare for men to be placed on probation for this offence and were it not for the sympathetic report of the probation olticer he would not think of doing so. As it was they had stolen to relieve the needs of distressed families.
“Campaign of Calumny”.—Stating that a campaign of calumny had been waged against him' during the local body elections, in which he was defeated by Mr E. R. C. Gilmour for the Mayoralty, but held his seat, although at the bottom of the poll, on the Taranaki Hospital Board. Mr P. E. Stainton made his reply at a board meeting yesterday. Every member of the board supported the protest and Mr Stainton was re-elected chairman unopposed.
Political Broadcasting.—Broadcasting facilities for a National Party speaker one day next week have been offered to the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Adam Hamilton, by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage. Mr Savage said he had asked Mr Hamilton to nominate a day for the coming week. Arrangements have not been yet made for the acceptance of the offer. Mr H. Atmore, Independent M.P. for Nelson, will be accorded the same facilities the week after next.
Complicity In Crime.—The extent to which the law operates In criminal cases was explained to the jury in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North by Mr Justice Blair when summing up in a case involving charges of theft and receiving stolen goods. His Honour pointed out that in law a man was guilty of burglary if he stood in the street 100 yards away from the scene of the actual crime to give warning of the approach of the police. Similarly, in law a man was guilty of forgery if he lent a fountain pen to a forger, knowing it. was to be employed in commission of the crime of forgery.
Slums In Melbourne.—“ While we were impressed with the better part of Melbourne, especially the parks, which in size were up to a 1000 acres and appeared to he the lungs of the city, we were rather disappointed to see such an extent of slum area,” slated Mr D. V. Bryant, of Hamilton, in a letter written from Australia during a world tour. “When the Minister of. Labour, the Hon. E. J. Maekrell, told us there were so many millionaires (in fact he said some were worth as much as £4,000,000), one realised that where extreme wealth is held by a few, extreme poverty among many is inevitable. The distribution seemed wrong.”
Father's making a terrible fuss, but to no avail —there is wool to be wound and that's all about it—Mother has been to Hooker and Kingston s and lias bought'all h'er winter's knitting needs, and you should see some of the lovely shades she has managed to buy. There [s no doubt about it Hooker and Kingston's have a marvellous selection of all kinds of knitting wools, and what is more important still, their prices are the keenest obtainable—Buy at Hooker and Kingston's and you can be satisfied you have seen every possible wool to answer your demand— All this week at Hooker and Kingston's —Wool Week.**
Air Mall in London. —The Chief Post office advises that air mail despatched from Wellington April 2 6 via the Sydney-Singapore service arrived in London on May 12.
Profit of £1,005,773.—The acting chairman and managing director of General Motors-Holden’s, Limited, Mr L. J. Hartnett, in his address to shareholders at the annual meeting held in Melbourne, said the volume of business for 1937 amounted to £10,367,000, while the net profit earned was £1,005,773, being 9.7 per cent of total sales.
Colonial Sugar.—The accounts of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. Limited, Sydney, for the half-year ended March 31 show a net profit of £550,891, compared with £546,916 for the corresponding period* of 193637. It is proposed to maintain the dividend at 15s a share for the halfyear, equal to 7J per cent per annum, unchanged. Company Wound Up.—The shareholders of the Toatoa Dairy Company, Limited, have decided to voluntarily wind-up the company. The company’s cheese factory, midway between Opotiki and Motu, on the old main highway to Gisborne, was destroyed by fire at the beginning of the year. Dairy farmers in the Totara Valley are supplying cream to the Opotiki Dairy Association's factory. Market for Lamb.—With prices averaging from Id to id per lb higher than this time last year, and with general stocks lower by 250,000 carcases than in 1937, the immediate outlook in the English market for New Zealand lamb is good, writes a London correspondent under date April 20. The main selling season is approaching, and it is considered generally that satisfactory prices should be realised for its duration. Director for Trial. —On a number of charges of indecent assault, Clutha Nantes Mackenzie, director of the New Zealand Institute for the Blind, yesterday at Auckland, was committed by Mr C. R. Orr Walke'r, S.M., for trial in the Supreme Court. There were originally 16 charges, and on six of these the magistrate discharged the accused. Bail was granted accused in £3OO and one surety for a similar amount. Awatea’s Overhaul Delayed.—The overhaul of the Union Company’s transTasman liner Awatea has been delayed and she will not, as previously announced, withdraw from the service on May 26, but will continue until she arrives at Wellington from Sydney on August 18. The Maunganui will take over the run on August 19, when she will leave Wellington for Sydney, and will withdraw again at Wellington on October 4. The Awatea will resume on the following day. Taxi Control. Taxi services throughout the Dominion are to be brought directly under the Transport Act, 1931, and town carriers are also likely to be affected similarly in the proposed Transport Bill which may be brought down at the next session of Parliament. The Bill was to have been dealt with at the last session, but it was shelved to enable progress to be made on the Government’s national health and superannuation scheme.
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