DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 21 September 1937, Page 8

DOMINION NEWS

IPei’ Press Association], WHANGAREI, September 20. Mrs. Frank King, Kaikohe, was killed in a motor accident at Ohaeawai, Kaikohe Highway, on Sunday afternoon, when a car driven by Mr. King skidded on loose metal and turned a somersault. Mr. King, who was driving, escaped serious injuries, but Mrs. King was killed instantly. She was fifty-five years of age, and formerly lived in the South Island. CHRISTCHURCH, September 19. J. Kelsen, of Hokitika, was admitted to the Christchurch Public Hospital in the early hours this morning, suffering from head injuries received in a collision between two motorcars on the West Coast road, near West Melton. His condition this evening was reported to be satisfactory. DUNEDIN, September 19. A four-roomed crib at Ross Point on the harbour, owned by Mr. L. Cohen, manager of the New Zealand Fur Company, Ltd., was broken into at some time during the last two weeks and completely ransacked. Practically everything except the heavy furniture was removed. The total value of the haul was between £45 and £5O. Entry was gained by forcing the front door.

WELLINGTON, September 20. The re'markable sight of the Prime Minister (Mr Savage), the Minister for Finance (Mr Nash), the Minister for Defence (Mr Jones) and the Minister for Public Works (Mr Semple) all in shirt-sleeves in public, was thoroughly enjoyed by a crowd of about 300 on Saturday afternoon, when a ceremony was held at Miramar to mark the occupation of the first State house of the group built there. The house is occupied by Mr and Mrs D. McGregor and their family. The Ministers, after congratulatory speeches, took off their coats and helped to carry in several pieces of furniture. Mr J. A. Lee, Parliamentary Under-Secretary in Charge of Housing, was “Master of Ceremonies.” Mr Savage said that New Zealand was at least 20 years behind the times in housing—in money, between £16.500,000 and £17.500,000 behind to-day’s requirements. The Court of Appeal dismissed an application for leave to appeal against his sentence, made by William Albert John Gray Kempton, farmer and stock buyer, 51, who was sentenced by Mr Justice Smith in the Supreme Court. Wellington, to three months’ hard labour, after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to stop, after an accident, on the Masterton-Carterton road on August 3, when a truck driven by him struck a bus.