MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1921, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS

HIDE SALES. MELBOURNE, February 9. The hide sales were resumed. The market is firm for picked stouts. Heavies were from a half-penny to a penny lower, and kips 2jd lowei. HOP, STEP, AND JUMP. COOLAMON, Feb. 10 A. W. Winter, of South Sydney Club, and holder of the Australasian record for hop, step, andjump, giving an exhibition at sports, broke his previous record by 171 m, the official measurement of bis third attempt being 49ft 7Jin. ( || AM IRON BONE-BREAR ER. GI LOAN DR A, Feb. 10 » Alfred Heifer, “Australia’s record bone-breaker,” is still gaining further breaks. Y'esterday he was thrown from a milky and broke his arm, making his total to date 44 breaks.

UNLUCKY DE MOLE. LONDON, Fel). 9. The Royal Commission on awards to inventors, while handsomely praising the tank design furnished by de Mole (of West Australia) as “a brilliant invention, which anticipated, and m some respects surpassed, that used m 191 (L” definitely disposes ot all possibility of a reward. The commission attributes the cicdit t () Sir William Ashbee, Tritton and Wilson, and recommends them lor an award ol 915,000. “The Times,” in a leading article, says: “This is an example of a bard and inevitable decision. No award is made to de Mole because his design was unappreciated, and bad been toigotten. Tritton and Wilson worked out their plan in ignorance of the earlier invention. SUNDAY THEATRES. LONDON, Fell. 9. Leading theatricals and playwrights debated at the Haymarket. Theatre the question of opening theatres on Sundays. . Viscount Burnham, the cnairman, sympathised with the proposal, the principal spokesman for which was Mr Arthur Bourehier. The opposition was headed by Mr Bernard Slmw m a pungent and telling speech. A resolution was carried by a mib stantial majority opposing opening on Sundays.

MAD MULLAH. > VANCOUVER, Feb. 9 A message from Washington states that an official report by the British authorities of the operations m Soma i land shows that there has been a complete destruction of the power ol tie Mad Mullah by 200 British airmen and 11 fighting machines. These bombed out the native strongholds, and the leaders, except tli'-« Mullah, were killed and captured.

MOTOR TRUCK BOLTS. LAUNCESTON, Feb 9 A motor accident occurred m the Deloraine district resulting in Lie death of one person and-serious injury to allot her. George Kenzio, who owned a throeton motor truck, in company with his son. Mardsden Kenzio, had been tor some weeks past engaged in timhercarting from Cummings and Co.’s sawmills, situated at Huntsman. He brought the truck to tho Deloraine railway station with the usual load, and returned to the mill and loaded another consignment. When the-vehicle reached the top of Stagg’s Hill, some twelve miles from Deloraine, it went over the crest got out of control bolted and then came to a sudden standstill, with the result that the heavy load behind broke away, and drove forward, carrying away the driver, together with the hood, seat, and driving wheel. Kenzio was dragged along with the impetus of the falling timber, and was pinned down to the earth. His death was instantaneous, bis bead being teiribly crushed The son, Marsden, is supposed to have jumped off near the bottom of the bill; bis injuries are a fractured left leg and fractured right shoulder, together with severe shock. As no help was at band the lad bad to drag himself some distance to the scene of the accident, and received a severe shock to find his father lying dead amongst the wreckage. The had climbed the wreckage, shut off the on«rjne, and called for assistance*.

CUPID AMONG SAILORS. SYDNEY, Feb. 9. The Beltana, of the P. and 0. Branch line, brought 634 passengers to Sydney, most of them newcomers to Australia. included a number of former service men. There were also four repatriated A.’T.F. men. Seventy-two passengers were landed at Adelaide and Melbourne. The new settlers brought about 200 sturdy children with them, and among them were 70 babies in arms. The voyage was almost uneventful, but was livened up by three marriages. Two firemen and one of the stewards became engaged to three of the girl passengers. The firemen led their brides to the altar at Capetown, but the steward was married at Adelaide. The three couples left the ship at Melbourne, where the honey-moon is being spent.