VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1921, Page 4

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

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BY TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION] j [u AN INQUEST. i WELLINGTON, March 4 The inquest oh the hoy Grayndler, 12 rears of age, who died as tlie result of sa njuries received through being knocked pj. Town by a motor-car in Courtenay place ~ )ii Ferbuary '22nd, was concluded to- |K lay. The'Coroner’s verdict was that , )t leath was due to a fractured skull, tl] caused by being knocked down by a rmotor car driven bv Charles William ( j. Taylor. The case was described as an unfortunate accident. s j MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT. ROTORUA, .March 4. To-day a motor car driven by a Maori named Kira, and carrying nine passengers, left the road pear the thirteen mile peg, on the Rotoihi road, the steering gear having failed. The car went down a bank, and turned over three times. Three of the occupants are now in hospital—the driver with a severe wound on the head ,-Mrs Non is ,South Africa) with a broken leg, and Miss Norris with internal injuries. The . others were' severely bruised and shaken. I GELIGNITE ACCIDENT. h NAPIER, -March 4. 1 By tlie explosion of a box containing blasting powder and gelignite at the " Kast Coast railway works at. Eskdale, I an employee named William Morgan laid his left arm blown'off and right eye severely injured and was badly burnt about the body. The accident is thought to have been caused by a spark from a steam navvy. Workmen in the vicinity saw Morgan hurled HO feet into the ait. He was removed to the Na'pter Hospital, and is reported to be progressing satisfaetorily after an operation. MOTOR CYCLES COLLIDE. NAPIER, March 4. ( A collision between a motor'cycle and ’ a similar vehicle with side-car occurred ’ in Hastings street to-night. Sidney Moore, rider of the solo cycle, had hotli liones in the left leg broken and his J face and head cut and bruised. Roily Lucas, rider of the other machine, silt- ■ fered concussion of the brain. Roth am in hospital. Mrs Rlair and a child, wlm were in the side-car, were thrown > clear, hut roceicvd minor injuries. JNCOML TAX PAYMENT. 'i WELLINGTON, March 4. f With regard to th c payment of in- I come tax, the Prime Minister slated to- ‘ dav that it should he remembered that a small portion of income tax was not ( payable until the loth, hist., on account of the notices being issued later 1 than usual, but he hail been iufoimcd by the Department that otherwise the I tax had conic in as well as in previous years. It was satisfactory to know that f many of th c taxpayers who had arranged for accommodation in respect to 1 the payment of their tax had come - along at the last moment and stated 1 that they were able to pay and fid so. 1 MEDICINE CONTAINING PROOF SPIRIT. WELLINGTON, -March 4. ' Tn the Magistrate’s Court to-day, ' John Oastlp and John Rarolay Me- ! Dougall, chemists, doing business in a •po-Ji’eense area— Wellington South— I were each fined £1 on a charge of selling t medicated wine (Wincarnis) containing i 31 per cent of proof spirit. John. F. Turnbull, a grocer, carrying : on business in a licensed area, on a < similar charge was fined ten shillings. In regard to the chemists’ case, it • was pointed out that tile matter ha already been brought cutler the notice of the Legislature, no provision having been made for the sale of such medicines. PRICE OF GOLD. WELLINGTON, March !. The High Commissioner reports under date March 2nd. that the nflieia prio e of gold is £5 os 8d per oz. for , shipment to America . (Thc last cabled quotation was Co 13s 3d per oz. on January "th for shipment to America). I Y.Af.C.A. CONFERENCE DUNEDIN, March 3. The first Dominion Conference of the Y.M.C.A. since 1011 was opened to-day ‘ and will sit till Saturday. Tin* following conference officers have been appointed:—President, Air H. W. Kers- v ley (Wellington); vice-presidents, Messrs Wilkinson (Dunedin), C. AT. Luke (Wellington), J. T. R/ovds (Christ- " church), and J. W. Stewart (Auckland). ! It was decided to send greetings t.o' K Lord .Tellieoe. who has accepted the' <r office of patron of the New Zealand Y. M,;O.A„ A number of reports prosented were referred to sectional com- . mittees. The principal items of business include a proposal for the association to enter industrial and rural centres. At J present a large number of industrial concerns are asking the association to put secretaries into touch with isolated works. Already wherever one hundred men or over are working, the Board lias authority to settle a. secretary. The present proposal will see how far this is to he extended. CARPENTERS’ AVAGES. T WELLINGTON, March 3rd. As a result of the carpenters leaving work on account of the Builders’ Association fixing 2s 9d as the maximum ■ wage, several city building firms have ceased operations. The union states that almost all the men have been reengaged at 3s or more. X j ARCHITECTS RESOLVE. 8 WELLINGTON, March 5 s At a, meeting of the N.Z. Institute a of Architects it was unanimously rc- a solved to petition the Government to p remove at once all restrictions on ti building and building materials on the f< ground that these are now ineffective, A and merely operate in restraint of j h legitimate development. I 0