NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1525, 22 August 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

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» LADIES RESCUED HALF-FROZEN. Stratford, August 21. A party of throe, including two ladio), missed their way in. Ilio vicinity of the North Mountain House on. last "Sunday, I'hoy wore rescued, half-frozen, at 3.!I0 on Monday morning, the only injury received being a sprained antic sustained by Miss Elson. SOUTHERN ARTERIAL LINE, , Blenheim, August 21, i-ho Marlborough Land and liailwaj Jjcnguc lias appointed a strong deputn* noil, lo co-operate with the Canterbury local bodies in waiting on tho Prime Minister next Saturday, urging the nioro rapid cninplotijii of tho South Island .Muni '.trunk railway. THE UNHAPPIEST HOSPITAL. a 4. n rr ~ .Auckland, August 21. At the Hospital Hoard the secretory ifiavo the mimes of thirteen nurses who liad resigned from June iiO to August 13. J. no chairman said ho could not discover any dissatisfaction, among tho nurses except that some had objection to night duty. A motion for an inquiry bv a sjrecinl committee led to a lvarm discus* sion, but was carried. AN AULD LICHT KIRK. m , Inve'rcargill, August 20. lho congregation of First Church (Presbyterian) mot for the last timo in. the historic old church on Monday niglit, on lho occasion of the fifty-second annual , meeting. The, old church is lo bo doniolishcd, and a new church built at a cost ot .£15,193. OLD RAILWAYMAN HONOURED. Invcrcargill August 20. Kobert lownson, one of tho oldest railway servants in the Dominion, bavin* been employed in the service for fortvsovon years, was tho recipient of presentations at a largo gathering of railwaynieu on Monday. Mr. Townson, who is retiring on superannuation, said that ho started in the service in 1605, as a youngster on tho ChristcUurch-Fevry Meade railway, ivliie.lv had a length of six milca and was the only railway line in the Dominion, lhe railway service did not ■ embrace more than twenty men at that time. v WARD GOVERNMENT RAILWAY CRANTS. . < Invercargill, August 20. A meeting of Invcrcargill business men to-day met deputations from the Winton, ' lleddon Dusb, and Tokonui-Waikawo Hallway_ Leagues. Tho depufatiens pointed out, in reference to Hoddou Bush lino, that a grant of had been voted last year, but nothing had been spent, lhe iiiceting passed a resolution urging the Government to commence the constructions of the railway, as tho lino would open up a very extensive farming district, which would afford opportunities for a profitable traffic. In regard to tho Tokonui-Wuikawa line, it was stated that .£IO,OOO had been voted for the extension of 5J miles.- A resolution was

passed urging the Government to prom*! witli the work at the earliest 'possibk moment. AN ANTARCTIC VOYAGER. Christchurch, August 2». The white ensign on tho Antarctic exploration ship Terra Nova at Lyttelton was flown at half-mast to-day as a mark of respect for the lale Mr. W. Brissenden, who was drowned oa Saturday-night by falling off a wharf at tho French Pass. Mr. Brissenden was a stoker on tho Terra Nova, and came out from England in that ship in 1910, and mado tho two voyages to tho Antarctic. Ho was a member of tho party which sinco Juno has been, carrying out survey work at Admiralty Bay, at the eastern approach to tho French Pass. Tho lato Mr. Brissenden was a popular member of tho ship's company, and his untimely death has caused great regret to his shipmates. BRIEF MENTION. Grcymouth, August 21. ' At the inquest on Matthew Henderson Bell, killed' at No. 1 State mine on. tho lfith instunt by a runaway truck in tho drive, a verdict of accidental death vat returned.