VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 March 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

. .TELEGRAMS.

' r. (PEB PRESS ABBOCIAT>ON.—C’OVYkI!OH't. •1. y NELSON RAND CONTEST. NELSON, March 15. 'l’lle B. Flat championship solo, resulted : — -W .H. Osborne, (South Cani- terbury.96 points, 1; C. H. Hayes, t (Auckland Garrison Artillery), 95 - points 2. B. Willis. (Invercargill Hi- ■' berninn 94 points 3. I The E. Flat Bass Solo resulted:—R. 1 Wilsoii (Woolston) 95, 1 ; F. F. McDonald (Westport), and .J. Baxter (In--1 vorcargill Hibernian) 89, 2; A. Nelson ■ (St, Kilda) 84 3. Tenor Horn solo—W. Wills (Inver- . 'cargill Hibernians) 92 l; W. Smith (St, Kilda), 87. 2; L. Ormrod (Wellington Watersiders), 82, 3rd. Tenor Trombone—A. M. Wills (Invereargil Hibernians) 91, 1 ; J. W. Glennil ((Ha worn Citizens), and W. Lanham (Woolston), 90 points 2nd : J. Sara (Westport Garrison) 81 3rd. NELSON. Maxell 10. The B. grade contest, ten bends competing was commenced yesterday evening. The results will not be known till after the test selection this evening. 8.8. Mat Bass—T. Rogers, (St. | Kilda) 87 1 ; Jock Ferry, (Invercargill llibernjan 80 2; G. C. Mockler (National Reserve, Nelson) 85 3, The WANGANUI FIRE. FUNERAL OF VICTIMS. WANGANUI, March 13 The funeral of the three little victims of Thursday night’s tragic fire took place this afternoon. The pathos of | the affair seized the public mind and ■ the funeral was very Large.

PRESSMAN'S DEATH. GOJRE Mmn il 16. Tlie elcath occurred rliis morning from cerelu-o-spinal meningitis of Duncan Micara, aged -19, Manager of Gore Publishing ,Coy. Flo was con- 1 needed with the Mata urn “Ensign” for ! •hi years. He leaves a widow and

three children. TAURO-TOTARA railway. PURCHASE NOT RECOMMENDED. WELLINGTON, March LI The report of the Commission which enquired into matters connected with the Taupo-Totnra Timber Company’s estate was presented to Parliament today. The Commission finds that the acquisition by the Crown oil the company’s tramway would not lie in the best interests of the State, and does not i advise the purchase of any part of the line. The cost of altering; the line to the standard of fhe Government railway would he £.'(>00,000, .and the Commission does not recommend this expenditure. The only extension recommended is one from Oruanui siding to Orunnui township, and if made it should he carried out hy the company.

This would bring the line'within seven miles ol' Wnirakei and within ten miles of Taupo, and would enable the whole of the millahle timber in the locality to he profitably utilised. ! The Commission does not think it j would be in the public interest, for the Crown to asquire the existing timber rights of the company at the prices likely to he asked for them just now. Native-owned timber bearing-lands in the vicinity of Oruaiiui, or between there and the shores of Tnupo Lake, should be acquired bv the Crown as soon as possible. A large area of country now lying waste may be lienefited to a certain extent by the company’s proposed extension, but it can never he properly developed until a standard Government railway is built. Then all the indigenous timber,should be milled and organised, continuous planting of exotic timbers undertaken, so as to make the sawmilling industry permanent, and all the available land should he disposed of on conditions ensuring its utilisation to the best advantage. WAIROA FREEZING WORKS. WAIROA, March 14 The local freezing works closed temporarily to-dav. Fifty men were paid off on Saturday, and one hundred more to-day. The stoppage is due partly to the bad state of the bar, hut primarily to the watersiders’ hold-up. The company has live hundred tons of coal oil the water for Napier, but owing to the latter port not working, the coal was diverted to Wanganui. The present coal stock is reserved to keep the refrigerator going till supplies arrive. Already this season 73,000 freight carcases allotments were missed owing to the bad state of the bar. '

MOOS 10 AND WAPITI DKKK. WELLINGTON, March It. Some years ago a number of moose ami wapiti deer, obtained from America, were released in West Coast fiojd lands, but few traces of them have been seen since 1010. Last month the Government Conservator and a small party visited Preservation Inlet. They returned to Bluff last night, and reported that the wapiti and moose were well established in various sounds. The report will interest sportsmen throughout New Zealand. NOT GUILTY. CHRISTCHURCH. March 16. At tip. Magistrate's Court the charge against John Scanlon ot having placed an explosive substance near the police station tit Arthur’s Pass with intent to damage it, was dismissed. The Magistrate deciding .there was no prima facie case Tip. explosion occurred on December Bth. last when the back walls of the building were blown to pieces and the floor lifted up.