VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1921, Page 1

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.

j 11V' TEJ.KCItAPU —PER TUESS ASSOCIATION WELLINGTON, August 22. In connection with nil applicatioi that permission be given to imparl Scriptural instruction under the Xelso: system at the Kelbiim Normal School the Wellington Education Board, a: the body charged with the direct con fcrol of the institution, arranged will the staff for a referendum of the parents of children enrolled at the .school with the following results:—Tn favour of the proposal, 207; against, 38; neutral, 11; no answer, 06. Tn view ol the large majority of parents who approved of the proposal, the Board gram ed the application during the pleasure of the Board, and subject to an arrangement with the head teacher. NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 22. The body of a voting married woman, Ethel May Panckhu.rst, was found on the beach early this morning. The woman left her home List night to make a call, but did not return. AUCKLAND. Aug. 22. The steamer Dorset, which arrived from Liverpool this morning, had 270 passengers, including lot) immigrants, approved by the High Commissioner's Office. Of these, 120 were for Auckland, three for Gisborne, and 140 for other parts of Now Zealand. WELLINGTON, Aug 22. A batch of 120 immigrants will arrive here to-morrow by the Rimutaka from Southampton. Of these 07 hav? been nominated by friends in the Dominion. The remainder are ex-Tmper-al service soldiers and their families. Che majority are for Auckland and Wellington. WELLINGTON, Aug 20. The following bequests are made tinier tho will of the late Hon -L O. W. \itken, who died on Wednesday last:— £IOOO to St John’s Presbyterian Church 7201). Ministers’ Widows and Orphans ii’und of the Presbyterian Church of S’cw Zealand; £2OO, Wellington Society or the Belief of the Aged and Needy; £2.50, Presbyterian Orphanage and Sola! Service Association (Wellington): 7500, Home Missions of the Presbvteran Church of New Zealand: £2-50. ’resbytcrian Foreign Mission Fund. AUCKLAND. August 20. A fire was discovered at 7.30 this uorning. It was just getting a hold 11 the storeroom of the Electric C*nutruction Company of New Zealand, ligli street, but was speedily quelled, t is believed the cause was incondiarsm. owing to the entry having evilently been forced. The material in lie storehouse was insured fur £3.300. NELSON. Aug. 23. At the inquest on the death (J F. .'ontig, it transpired that his name was Younghusbaud, a grocer's assistant, al- 1 though deceased was known liv the former name while in .Nelson. A verliet was returned that death was i result of mephritis. Donald lan Robertson and Ellen Bohol son were arrested to-day oil a charge of committing arson at Matura on May pith last. They were* remanded to appear at Invercargill. AUCKLAND. Aug. 23. Anxiety is felt for the safely of a well-known member ol the legal 'profession. in ,\. E. Skelton who is missing from home. Mr Skelton is a member of the linn of Wynward, ,Skelton, Wilson and Wallace, lie sulieivd d breakdown at Christmas, and another about a fiulliiglit ago, and complained about his health on Friday evening. He uus niissi‘d a nhout one o’clock on Saturday morning. NAPIER, August 2d. At the Supreme Court to-day. Henry Cohen was found guilt v on three charges of indecently assaulting girls between tin* ages of eight and ten. Accused was a hawker of ladies’ apparel and the oli'eiices were committed in the houses of the children during the absence of their parents, lie was remand ed for sentence. WELLINGTON, August 23 An unidentified body of a man was recovered from tin* harbour. The hair is turning grey and he wore a gaberdine overcoat, blue serge suit, white cotton shirt, red llanncl, singlet, black tie and brown boots. ECHO OF THE BOER WAR. AFCKLAXI), August 20. The restoration of a family Bible which hud been taken from South Africa (luring the Boer War was a unique incident that happened during a function held at tho Star Hotel, when tiie South African war veterans of Aeck land made a presentation to the Springboks. One of the veterans present, a member of'the Seventh New Zealand Contingent, mi returning from the war, brought with him to New Zealand the Bible, which had been taken a Boer farm, lit* had travelled aland considerably since that time, and had caned it with him all the time. His wife had a superstitious feeling that bad luck would pursue him until it was r'duriid to its rightful owner. Whether or no, la* had experienced some hard times since the end of his war experiences. Some little time ago his wife died, hut the man still remembered his wish (ha' the Bible should g|-> lo the rightful owners. The possessor of tho hook noticed the name Mr J. S. Olliver among; the footballers arriving in Auckland. Emm tho name in the Bible he eoncluded that Mr Olliver might he a relative of tin' owner, and took the look to the. hotel on the off-chance. A very brief enquiry showed Air Olliver to lie a relative, and also that the Bible) had been a- cherished family possession. It was consequently handed over to Mr Oliver, and now, after over 20 years’ wandering, it is well on the; way to being restored to its orginal owners.