TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1921, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

[flY TELEGRAPH—PEII PRESS ASSOCIATION NISW ZEALAND WHEAT PRICE. WELLINGTON, March 7. Tin* prices for wheat have been fix cd, stated the Prime Minister to-da 5 bid no announcements can be mad I as yet, as the subsidy arrangement | are being completed by the Audit De I part-incut and the Treasury. I We cannot fix the price of brca< j (added Mr Alassev) till we have lixoc j the price of flour, and have decide! upon the amount of subsidy to be givei if any. THE .MOTOR BPS ACCIDENT. AUCKLAND, March 7. Mrs Anne Marsden. of New Lynn one of the passengers who was injured in the motor bus accident on Saturday died in the hospital to-day. Deceased suffered, severely from shock. This makes the second victim as the result of the accident. FATALITIES. ROTORUA, March 7. "William Fairley, aged 70, was found dead in bed on his farm, Kaharoa, on Saturday morning. At the inquest this afternoon the verdict was death from apoplexy. John Williams, eight years old, died at the hospital this afternoon from injuries to his intestines sustained by a kick from a horse on his father’s farm at Ngongontnhi, on February 27th. FIRE AT DUNEDIN. DUNEDIN, March 7. A fire caused by an electric iron (the current having been accidentally left on when the premises were closed on Saturday afternoon) broke out in the workroom occupied by Elsinore Ltd., in Hallenstein Bros premises at the corner of Princess Street and the Octagon. The premises were stocked with ladies gowns and finery, of which there was a heavy stock. All was more or less damaged by smoke and water. The stock was injured for £2,850 in the Standard Office. The stock of F. H. King and Co. Ltd., Woollen Warehouse men on the same flat also suffered serious damage from smoko and water. Their insurances are £IO,OOO in the Hoval office. BOOKMAKER FINED £W. WELLINGTON. March 7. Reserved decision was given by Mr Hunt SAL, to-day at the Magistrate's Court. In the recent cases against Matthew Livingstone, who was charged on six informations with issuing double race cards. The Magistrate ■ tated he was unable to agree with the/ argument put forward on behalf of the defendant, and imposed a tine ot £l-i mi each of the six informations. Mr Treadwell asked the Magistrate to state a case for ihe Supreme Court. \RTIIITUS PASS EXPLOSION. ; ' CHRISTCHURCH. March 7. 1 A young man named James Scanlon, •JO yea is of age, a native of New Zealand, appeared at the Magistrate’s Court to-day to answer a charge of placing some explosive substance against the Arthur's Pass police station structure on December Bth. with intent to damage it. Scanlon was remanded. | OBITUARY. CHRISTCHURCH, March 7. The death is recorded of Mr M. B. (•‘Manny”) led wards one of the best known trotting trainers and drivers in New Zealand. A GIRL'S DEATH. C'H RLSTOJIU RCil, Ma-tfeh 7. {' A girl named Bessie Buiishoa, wlm 1 was severely burnt in a miniature kinematograph explosion in a private house * six months ago, died at the local hos- ( pittil vesterdav. 1 * t SUGAR SHORTAGE. «! CHRISTCHURCH, March 7. si Owing to the deadlock on the water- t front there is another sugar shortage .A at Christchurch. It is a very serious o one. t n THE BONUS QUESTION. " DUNEDIN, March 7. c Piie Arbitration Court sat to-day, ti when the first of about 80 applications sl was mentioned. n Mr Evans, Secretary of the Labour Council, asked leave to make a statement. which was granted. Mr Evans said, in reference to the bonus generally, which was set forth by the Court after a special hearing in Wellington that, on behalf of the Unions of Otago, he offered respect- * l fully an emphatic protest against the iV amended decision of the Court which 1’ was arrived at after hearing an oh- 1 ): jeetion raised by the employers, which 1 > decision resulted in a reduction of the 01 l)s bonus to 3s. 11 Mr Evans set forth at length, the arguments on which the Union’s coil- "" tentions are based. After that the Court proceeded with *1 the business set down. v ' gaqgKaaU M IIIIWIHIIIIIIIIIH BOTH lIP H i.