VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

| - .is). EG It APR —PER MESS ASSOCIATION] I RATANA’S WORK. ' h 1 RECOGNISED BY SYNOD. L(l . lt . WELLINGTON, July 8. , Recognition for tho work of Tahit 1 , Wirenm Rat ana, faith-healer, was * sought by Rev AY. ,T. Williams, Supt. •' of the Diocesan Maori Mission at last e , night’s sitting of Wellington Diocesan : Synod. Rev. Williams moved that this | Synod is of opinion that some notice I should be taken by the Church of the ’ leaching and work of Ratana. A lengthy discussion followed during which the greater need of faith in religion was stressed. Finally the following motion was passed'That this Synod sends greetings to Ratana and expresses its thankfulness for .the great ] moral, spiritual revival resulting from } his work, among tlie Maoris, and prays , for God’s continued Messing upon his ] work for the future, t i A VALUELESS CHEQUE. { TIMARU, July 7. j Eric E. Jackson, a young man, and . lately a school teacher at Kakahu, pleaded guilty to a charge of issuing . a valueless cheque and was committed I for sentence. He owed C. G. Snow, a tailor, £9 for goods (including a Mas- | ter of Arts rohe) and tendered a cheque j for £37 and received change. He said ■ be was to be married the next morning I and needed cash before the banks were open (be was married next day). Tlie informant got back his goods and accused’s wife returned to tlie jeweller a diamond ring aiid received back accused’s deposit oi £7. This was given to Snow, reducing his debt to £‘6 odd. ' ] When arrested at Geraldine, accused ' , told the constable that he came from , Queensland. i ' A SUTCIDE. J WELLINGTON July 7. , ' On entering the Jjedroom of her son, t John Fair, aged 24, this morning bis jmother found the young man lying rj full length upon tlie bed with a bul- ;| let wound in his head, and a sporting rifle beside him. It had been dis- . charge by a string tied to the trig 1 ger. Deceased was a law student. j

CHILD’S DEATH. DUNEDIN, July 7

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of a ten-weeks’ old child, named Nasin Stuart Buchanan, at I't Chalmers. The Coroner’s verdict was that death was due to sufl'ocjtion through its having been accidcntnllv overlain by the mother.

DII’HITLER IA FATALITY. DUNEDIN, July

During tin* course of an urgent operation for diphtheria at the Dunedin Hospital, the death occurred of James Shaw, 5 years of age, whose parents reside in Wood ha ugh Street. Maori Hill. At the inquest, the Coroner said that the evidence showed that at the time Dr Lindon saw the child, its condition was acute, and immediate steps had to be taken to give the child a chance for life. It was unfortunate that the doctor did not see the child earlier, but that bad been explained though the mother was evidently misled as to the child’s conditions by its earlier history of croup, and did notappreciate the diphtheria condition under the circumstances. Once its condition was appreciated, everything possible was done. The verdict would be that death was due to heart failure

following larynteal diphtheria, while undergoing a necessary operation and. that all pro]>er medical skill was used during the operation.

EXPENDING PUBLIC MONIES WELLINGTON, duly 7

V deputation from the Society of Civil Kngineers met the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works to-dav, to ask that legislation should be introduced to ensure that local bod. ies. who have the expenditure of public money, should be advised by competent It was not proposed to interfere with the men at present employd by local bodies, but to provide that in future a system of registration shall l>e adopted. A board, in which the .Government should be represented, was to satisfy itself as to qualifications of applicants. The. Ministers expressed themselves favourable to the proposal which would however, have to come before their colleagues before a decision could be ) | given.

COLLISION IN OTAGO HARBO' DUNEDIN, July 7.

A collision happened in Citato 1" hour at six o’clock this evcnin.tr hetwcen the coastal steamer Calm, owned hy the Canterbury Steam Shipping Company, and the bnrque Rothesay Ray of 762 tons, owned by the Australian Ship Aetiv, .Ltd. The Calm was proceeding from Dunedin to Rlnflf and struck the Rothesay Bay while she was at anchor opposite Carey's Ray. The barque’s howspit was carried away, and the Calm has a large hole in her bow near the water line.

It is understood that' the barque which has a cargo of hard wood from Hobart, will come up to Dunedin wharf to discharge to-morrow morning and the Calm will berth at Forth Chalmers. The barque was formerly wellknown as the Active.

CHARGE OF THEFT. TIM A RE. July 7

At (lie Magistrate’s Court today, Noel Ashton, aged 19, was committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering and theft. The circumstances of the case were peculiar. Accused was charged that between three and four a.m. be broke a window of a girl’s bedroom and tried to drag her through the window. The bed being close to the window it is alleged that the accused pulled out a sheet and two blankets which be carried a few chains and hid in a fence, that lie returned to the bouse and meeting the mother ol the girl he knocked her down. Some male neighbours who bad been alarmed by the sound of struggling, captured him and gave him into custody. The defence was reserved. When arrested the accused denied all knowledge of the broken window, but blood was found on his hand and on his handkerchief and spots were also found on the stolen sheet,