NEWS AND NOTES. - The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) - 10 May 1932 (original) (raw)

Fine and warmer, with east to north

Iwinda, is the forecast for to-day.

When the Orient liner Ormonde sailed

from Fremantle for the United Kingdom

last night every berth was taken and all

her cargo space was full. At Fremantle

30 passengers embarked, making the total

720. The Ormonde sailed two hours before

her usual time to make up the day she

will spend in Naples, so that passengers

The Commissioner of Railways (Mr. E.

A. Evans) said yesterday that, to suit the

convenience of railway passengers at

tending the presentation of 'Saint Joan'

nt His Majesty's Theatre to-night and to

morrow night, he had arranged to delay

until 11.40 p.m. the train which usually

leaves Perth for Midland Junction at

Mail-boat passengers spending Monday

in Perth make a point of securing snap

shots of its best vistas and views. Yes

terday a group of five men and women

were passing Surrey Chambers when a

fellow passenger importuned them not to

miss the scene at the foot of Howard

street. He described it to them in en

thusiastic tones as 'a perfect gem.' A

minute later several cameras were re

cording the glowing scene of river and

esplanade, palm and cloudless sky.

Commonwealth Public Service.

At the conference of the Associated

Chambers of Commerce, which was held

in Sydney in March, it was decided to

suggest to the Prime Minister that the

Commonwealth Public Service should re

vert to a six-day working 'week.' The

Perth Chamber of Commerce has now

been advised by the secretary of the As

sociated Chambers that the Prime Minis

ter had asked to be furnished with any

particulars which indicate the effect upon

the business community of the operation

of the five-day working week in the ser

The Chief Secretary (Mr. C. F. Baxter)

said yesterday that 1,271 beasts had been

killed during the second week of the

operations of the Wyndham Meat Works

for this season. Owing to the occurrence

of Labour Day on May 2, this was not a

full week, and it compared very favour

ably with the corresponding week's opera

tions for the season last year, as well as

?with the figures for the first week for this

season, when 1,070 beasts were slaughtered.

The first week was also a broken week.

At a meeting of the Perth City Council

sesterday, a letter was read stating that

tne Minister for Lands (Mr. Latham)

had decided to change the name of Ferdi

nand-street,.which runs from King's Park

to the University, to Winthrop-avenue.

Cr. Boas protested at the Governments

usurping the functions of the City Coun

cil. It was not the first time, he said,

that the Government had ignored the

council. The council agreed to the change

of name unanimously in order that the

name of Sir Winthrop Hackett might be

Printing Industry Dispute.

The Conciliation Commissioner of the

Federal Arbitration Court (Mr. E. H.

Coneybeer), and Mr. G. Anderson, in

dustrial officer of the Printing and Allied

Trades Employers' Association of Austra

lia, arrived in Perth by the Great West

ern express yesterday in connection with

the dispute between the association and

the Printing Industry Employees' Union

of Australia and others. The hearing

?was formally opened at the Supreme

Court in the afternoon and adjourned

until this morning at 10.30 o'clock, the

parties devoting the afternoon to a con

ference. Mr. F. G. Saunders is repre

senting the West Australian respondents.

On their way to Ireland, where they

?will attend the Eucharistic Congres,

Messrs. F. J. and J. M. GUmore, alder

men from Redfern (N.S.W.) passed

through Fremantle yesterday on the liner

Ormonde, from the Eastern States. After

the congress they will tour Europe and at

Rome will have audiences with the Pope

and Mussolini. They wiU return to Aus

tralia by way of America. Discussing con

ditions in Sydney, Mr. J. M. Gihnore said

that the depression was more acute there

than in any other part of Australia. The

opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge,

one of the greatest events in the history

of New South Wales, followed by the

Royal Show made trade brisk for about

six weeks; but it gradually faded away

Since the Perth City Council assumed

control of Monger's Lafce in 1917 it has

bought about 120 acres of swampy and

low-lying land adjoining the lake, and, a

plan of development having been approved,

the City Engineer (Mr. H. G. Atwell) has

lad the necessary plant assembled at the

lake for reclamation work.' On Saturday

next at 3 p.m., at the foot of Northwood

fltreet, the Lord Mayor (Sir William

Lathlain) will perform the ceremony of

switching on the plant. Subsequently

a programme of sports will be carried out

by the boy scouts of the Leederville.

Wembley and Mount Hawthorn troops

for a championship shield, presented by

the council. This will be an annual fix

ture and the first troop to win the cham

pionship three times in succession will

retain the shield. Band selections, com

mencing at 2.30 p.m., will be rendered

throughout the afternoon. The City

Council extends an invitation to the