VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

TELEGRAMS.

• N. i.UV TliLEOltAl'U PER PRESS ASSOCIATION FISH SUPPLIES. DUNEDIN, Aug. 19. As the result of a conference held ai n- Dunedin to-day respecting the direcl g- distribution of the public there is a a distinct probability that some satisfacs, tory method will be devised. The cony ference was attended by the .Mayor, and o representatives- of the City Council, Hoard of Trade, Harbour Board, Trades i- and Labour Council, Railway Departi- incut and Fishermen’s Union of Port hahiiers. The wliolp. matter of (he distribution of fish from trawlers to ihc public was exhaustively discussed, and it was decided that the most suitable place for the erection of n freezing . plant was at Port Chalmers. It was 1 decided to urge the Railway Departt meet to provide hotter facilities for (Jisohargiiig fish at Port Chalmers, and it f is also expected that better arrange- - meats will bo made for the transit of fish from Port Chalmers to Dunedin, j _ _ BLEND ELM AERODROME. BLENHEIM, Aug., 18 ■ Tiie work of erecting the hangar for i the,aerodrome being established near [ I’Jeiiiheiin, to provide for the proposed , aerial service between Christchurch and Blenheim has heed completed. The hangar is situated on the Omnka Domain and is about three miles from Blenheim. ; The domain is a municipal possession, , and the Borough Council arranged a short lease of the area required for the aerodrome. The building was erected at the instance of a citizen’s committee, appointed at a public meeting convened seme months ago by the .Marlborough PmgreKs Committee, and its cost was I met with a suiii of moiley subscribed ; by a number of Marlborough residents. ; The hangar'has a frontage* of -Rift and , a depth of 38ft, with n clearance in J front, of 13ft, and an elevation of 10ft. j in the tear. Those dimensions will pro- t vide space for the accommodation of , two aeroplanes of the ty|Kl proposed to he used iii the Cliristchiirch-Blenheim service. The Canterbury Aviation Com-, pany lias been advised of the comple- ( tion of the work. i i ! 1 DEATH UNDER ANAESTHETIC. j DUNEDIN, Aug. 19 | Edward Richmond, aged 29, a resi- i dent of Ciecu Island, died in the Ims- j pital to-night while being given an anaesthetic preparatory to an operation: | | ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. I NAPIER, Aug. 19. i A .Maori named Karelia Hoe pa was charged at the Police Court to-day with committing assault and robbery. The police evidence was to the elfeet that oil Saturday last accused while ;u an hotel bar at. Petauo saw Lars Amundson, an old man. product' a roll of notes. When the nun in the bar I left at (> p.m. accused followed Amundson, who returned ten minutes later : stating that he had been robbed of •' C 5, Accused subsequently had been i spending freely. When approached by » the police he at first said that the t money had boon given him, hut on he- $ jug told that the police had interviewed ' his mother he admitted having attacked c Amundson in the dark and taken the \ moiiev. Hoepa pleaded guilty and was ’ committed for sentence. j ALEXANDER REEF OPTION. i 1 REF.FTON, August 20. j Information just received states that ( J. Abbott of Auckland lias signed the ■ opilion over Harlpy ;and Me) icar s i mining claim on the Alexander Reef. j I A tunnel is to he started at one'.' i at a low level to intersect the Bull \ Reef. ! I SIR JAMES CARROLL. WELLINGTON, August 21. ( A large and representative gathering . was held in Wellington to convey to Sir James Carroll the good wishes of his friends on the occasion of his Gitli - birthday. Hons. J. G. Coates and D. 11. Guthrie and Messrs T. M. Wilford. M.P., McCall urn and other members of a Pariiametitj and liiatiy promiiieiti riti <■ zens were also present. Mr J. J. McGrath presided. Sir James Corroll’is long service to the country was, eulogised and Mr M. s Carr presented him with a gold mas- _ cot. Sir James Carroll returning thanks said' that perhaps at the present time i there was a tendency to make life too matcrialisffio but after all, the crowning blessing of life was friend ship, friendship, and yet more friend- I ship. ( CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP. ” WELLINGTON, Aug. 20 In the New Zealand Cross Country * 1 liainpionsliip the individual champion . ,\ms .Moore (Wellington). The teams championship resulted: Wellington, 1 ; Otago 2; Canterbury 3. The sealed « handicap resulted: Dent ice (Moilington) I ; Morrison Canterbury) 2. • THE WAIPIRO HAY FIRE. GISBORNE, Aug. 22 * In connection with the Waipiro Hay fire last week, an empty till of McUar- s ren I oil’s bakery was found in a .disused tiled, pointing to burglary preceding , the fire. j t ' I RESULT OF ASSAULT. GISBORNE, Aug. 22 Charles Newmant, a married man. ; was ailmitted to .the hospital with sori-! oils injuries sustained in an assault by j a Maori whom he I’ouud rifling the ])ockets of his clothes on Sunday morn-; 1 ing. . | THE COAL TROUBLE. 1 WELLINGTON, Aug. 22. J In reply to Mr Arbuokle’s letter re- I >■ questing the C.Miferenec to settle the J present unrest in the mining industry j by entering into a national agreement i for a further term, and pointing out ! the miners were opposed to being parties to local agreements as suggested - 1;v the owners, Air T. 0. Bishop, acting Secretary of the Coal Owners’ Association has replied that the Association is not prepared to consider the making j of a now national agreement with the ( ( Federation and this being the case no t •.mod purpose can be served by entering t a discussion on the points mentioned in f tho letter. !