VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

[BV TELEGRAPH—?ER PR&SS ASSOCIATION] COLLIERY ACCIDENT. WESTPORT, July 7. A miner named William Booth was seriously hurt to-day by a fall of coal in the extension section in the Westport Coal Company’s mine. RURAL POSTAL DELIVERY. DANNEVIRKE, July 8. According to information supplied to A. McNicol M.P. by Hon. J. G. Coates, Postmaster-General, his Department is contemplating an important change in the system of rural postal deliveries. The present method is unsatisfactory, because it involved settlers in outlying listricts in heavy cost. It was found tlmt snm„ settlers took the benefit of flic delivery, but allowed neighbours to ray. The Department found this both expensive and unsatisfactory,- and was •onsidering a scheme that would instill it e a uniform rate throughout New Zealand. This would relieve the burlen on the baekjdoek settler, and place he rural mail delivery somewhat on th e nine level as post office boxes In towiis. Tr Coates stated that a study of rural . nail deliveries in other countries show- ■ (1 that they all had unsatisfactory fea- • tires ami involved heavy expenditure, j Yhnt was proposed in New Zealand I Fas quite new. lie hoped shortly to ; lake an official statement that would ullv explain the scheme. j N.Z. RUGBY UNION. j WELLINGTON, July 8- j At a meeting of the Management j ommittee of the New Zealand Rugby inion last night, the Chairman rented lie bad arranged for a visit from ' New South Wales team to the Dofinion next month, provided the Comittee approved. The Committee was (pointed to go into the financial post- , on of the tenfr with power to act: It as proposed to play seven games, is.a ore extensive programme might intei-,-(v with the Inter-Provincial games. Chairman also stated he bad sent i invitation by cable to France for a am to visit New Zealand in 1922. , i —— |

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