TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 July 1920, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

IJPXH I‘HKHS ASSOCIATION. OOI'YRIUHT.i

STRUCK A SLIP. TE K'UITI, July 19. Last night the express from Wellington struck a slip south of Tailmpe. Some of the passengers were thrown from their soatß, but no damage was done beyond a burst pipe on one of the engines. The sides and under parts of the carriages were well covered with mud and sand, and a. big papa rock was jammed in the step of the second carriage. One passenger said that only the speed of the train carried them through. 1 i MISSING WOMAN FOUND. WELLINGTON, July 19. ' Mrs Barnard, who was missing from her home-in Wellington South since last Tuesday, was found yesterday wandering in the scrub at Mornington, between Brooklyn and Island Bay. The woman appeared to have suffered no illeffects. MISHAP TO FOOTBALLER. DUNEDIN, July IS. James Gray,-a medical student, sustained a compound fracture of the left leg on Saturday afternoon in the First Grade football match, University v. Kaikorai. • .

DROWNING ACCIDENT. GISBORNE, June 17

A half-caste, named George Milton, aged thirty-nine years, was drowned iii the Waipu river, Tikitiki, while attempting to cross a. Hooded stream. JOCKEY’S DISPUTE. APPEALS WITHDRAWN. WELLINGTON, July 17. E. C. Rae, J. B. O’Shea and L. H. Hewitt have written to the president of the-Racing Conference stating that no good result can come of their prosecuting their appeals, on the ground that their suspension expires ten days after the date set down for the hearing of the appeals, and if the appeals were successful there are no further meetings this season at which they could ride. ff the appeals were unsuccessful they would he heavy financial losers in taking an advocate and themselves to Wellington. ' They therefore beg to withdraw their appeals, and respectfully submit that their deposits should be refunded. . EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE. WELLINGTON, July 19. The 'Wellington branch of the Educa_ tional Institute to-night adopted a motion, proposed on behalf of the Management Committee /‘viewing with deepest regret the action of the Auckland teachers in establishing an association apart from the Institute ,for the express pur. pose of voicing the needs and grievances of Auckland teachers separately from those of the teachers of the Dominion as a whole. Further, that the result of such a parochial view of educational affairs can end only in the disruption of the Institute, which stands for equal rights for all and special privileges for none.” The meeting also approved the action of the Department in directing that there should he a re-grading of certain Auckland teachers, so that they should not have an unfair advantage over the other teachers of the Dominion. THE BOY SCOUTS. WANGANUI, July 19. A full meeting of the Wanganui Distinct Committee of Hie Dominion Boy Scouts passed the following resolution • “That this committee express entire satisfaction with the Dominion headquarters control of the Boy Scout organisation, and view with alarm any schismatic interference with the present system of control, as we are profoundly convinced that such a step would be disastrous to tlie whole movement.” APPEAL DISMISSED. WELLINGTON, July 19. The Racing Conference judges dismissed an appeal by the Rangitikei Racing Club against the decision of the Wanganui District Committee that the Rangitikei stewards made an error of judgment in debarring the horses Yankee Jack and Hnutawa f,yom starting in the Maiden Hack Race at the Rangitikei Club’s meeting on March 20th, 1920. The race was a hack race within the meaning of Rule 1, of Part 11, and the following words in Rule 2 therefore apply: “ The amount won by any horse in a flat race, hurdle race, or steeplechase, respectively, shall be estimated separately, and shall not debar such horse from entry, except in the special class of race in which lie has won the amounts.” The judges hold that, the race being a flat race, it follows that any stakes won in a hurdle race cannot be taken into account.