TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1920, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

I (Per Press Association.) I AN ELECTRIC STORM. TAi.IIAPE, Nov. L An unprecodently , severe electric sLorm struck Maiigawcku last evening. Many telephone connections fused and : 11 ic electric light- installation was dam- , aged. The town was plunged into dark- ! ness. Ope explosion was so severe that 1. several windows were smashed by- the i concussion. The residents for the time i were greqtly alarmed. | P. ANP 0. STOCR TRUST. DIJNEPIN, Nov. 4. I R. and 0. Stock Trust has received | London advice announcing the annual meeting of the P. grid 0. for Bth Pec. at which directors will recommend a dividend on deferred stock of six per cent, for six months, together with a bonus of three per cent, making a total of fifteen per cent, for the year. It is also proposed to make a distribution of £205,000 deferred stock at par to holders on the register on November 23rd, equivalent to a distribution of about £6 ..! deferred stock per hundred pounds. The dividend is payable on. Dec. 14th. NEWS OR MISSING MAN. HAWERA, Nov. 4. in March 1915, Harry Morris, a jeweller of Hawera, mysteriously disappeared and all trace of him was lost. He left Hawera for Wellington on business and nothing further was head of him, though inquiries were made in New Zealand, and Australia. Airs Ettie Morris his wife, has now received news of his c.eatli on September 29th at Caulfield military hospital. It appears that Morris volunteered for the A.I.F. in July , 1915 and served through the war. Just before he died, lie made known to the Jewish Chaplain, of his identity. Deceased had expressed a desire to partake in the war and was most enthusiastic in the formation of a local defence corps. For some years he was a Borough Councillor. WATERSIDE TROUBLE. AUCKLAND, Nov. 4. Some trouble has arisen between the watersiders and the Sugar Company in regard to the employment of a certain man, on one of the Chelsea lighters, who is not a member of the Watersiders, Union. The Company refused to discharge the man and sent the lighter concerned away. The work is proceeding as usual. A CAR SMASH. DANNEVIRKE, Nov. 4 A serious motor accident occurred at Waipatiki last evening. A car driven by John McLean, containing seven passengers, struck the end of Kerers bridge and landed upside down in the creek below. The occupants bad a miraculous escape from death. Five of them are now patients in Dannevirke hospital. Those injured were Mrs W. Saith, pinned under the car for a considerable time, a bad scalp wound; Mrs Mcßeth, broken collar bone, bruises and shock; Mrs Pearce, sprained wrists; Miss Pearce, aged 4 years, fracture of base of skull and other injuries; Miss Linton, fourteen years, broken and injury to leg. Two little children escaped practically unhurt. The driver sustained bruises, shock and cuts, on face and head. THE FREEHOLD CAMPAIGN. WELLINGTON, Nov. 3. The Rotorua Town Lands Bill, which is intended to give the option of the freehold to the tenants holding Crown leases in Rotorua, passed through its remaining stages in the House of Representatives during the early hours of yesterday morning. Its passage is an important step in Mr Massey’s freehold campaign, because their alienation will create a precedent for further operations of the same kind. The leaseholders in the House protested, strongly against the Prime Minister’s proposals, bi t. they did not set up the expected stonewall and several of their number were absent from the House when the division was taken shortly after one o’clock. Mr Sidey, who was acting Lender for the evening, had explained earlier that in view of the lateness of the session his side of the House would employ go obstructive tactics, FARM LABOURER DROWNED. BLENHEIM, Nov. 4. Albert Edward Thomson, a farm labourer, aged 50, was drowned at a portage at Marlborough Sounds, falling into the water between a steamer and the wharf. The body was recovered and removed to Picton. SUPREME COURT. WELLINGTON, November 4. At the Supreme Court, John Henry 1 Morgan was acquitted on a charge of breaking and entering and tbeft. Charles Thornton and Burfrcd Mills were charged with false pretences and the case is proceeding. IN MEMORY OF GREEK KING. WELLINGTON, Nov. 4. A service attended by Greek and other Consuls and Greek residents was held in St. Paul’s Cathedral to-day in memory of the late King. After the service a meeting of Greeks was held when resolutions of sympathy and loyalty with their country in its sorrow were passed, and will bo cabled to Athens.