DOMINION NEWS.

Grey River Argus, 17 February 1927, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS.

PRESS AND IMPERIALISM. WELLINGTON. February 16. The annual meeting of the New Zealand branch of the Empire Press I nion was held to-day. Sir G. Fenwick (Chairman) presided, and there was a large attendance of members. After the annual report had been dealt with the meeting passed a vote of condolence with the family of the late Sir Henry Brett. Mr. Q. C. Codlin was elected an associate member. Sir George Fenwick was.-re-elected ('hairman, and the same | committee was re-elected with the sub . statute of C. S. Smith, and W. Blundell j for Dr. Scholefield, and the late Sir I Henry Brett. The other officers were reelected. MOTOR COLLISION. AUCKLAND, February 16. During the very heavy rain about 8 o’clock last night, a motor bus bound for Otahuhu collided with a stationary motor van in Lower Symonds Street. The top of the bus was ripped away from the body, and the passengers buried under a mass of tangled woodwork and broken glass. One passenger, Mrs Elizabeth Totter, an elderly woman, was sent to the hospital, with an injury to one leg and prostrated by shock. I The motor van, owned and driven by S. James of Avondale, was standing under a tree on the left side of the road, with lights burning, but only the tail light was visible to the driver ot the bus, which was owned by the Passenger Transport Coy and driven by Leonard Gillies. It is stated that the bus was travelling at *oout 15 miles an hour. Most of the passengers suffered from shock. Some were able to crawl out of the wreckage. Others, including Mrs Potter and a small child were extricated by residents, who rushed out on hearing the crash.