TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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MEAT POOL CONFERENCE. WELLINGTON, Jan. 10. Sir Buchanan gave notice of a further amendment that a Committee be appointed to bring a scheme wholly or partly into operation this session. Mr Gascoyne’s amendment was rejected overwhelmingly on the voices. Tho Conference adjourned for lunch.

EXPRESS DESTROYS MOTOR

GOVERNOR’S CARRIAGE

DAMAGED

CHRISTCHURCH, Jan 10.

A motor car ran into the second oxpress, from the south,j at the Selwyn crossing a,t 7 o’clock to-night, resulting in injuries to one of the three occupants, also the total destruction of the ear ,and damage to the GovernorGeneral’s private railway carriage. The occupants of the car were T.. A. Lackner, C. E. Johnston and Thyno (the driver). 1 Lackner received injuries to his back and hip, hut the others escaped unhurt. The train was promptly pulled up and Dr Wilson (Superintendent of Wellington Hospital), who was a passenger, attended to the injured man. Subsequently he was placed aboard the train and conveyed to Christchurch, and thence to the hospital.

The setting sun was against the motorists, and they did not see the! train till they were! almost on the cross me The car was slewed round in the same direction as the train was travelling, but its bonnet hit a post nt the cattlestop, and the rear of the car was caught by the train and smashed against tho fence of the cattle-stop. Tho gas laind electrical equipment and the step of the) Vice-Regal carriage were torn off, and also the woodwork Rnd the rear step of the next coach, containing Lord Jellicoe’s staff. The Governor walked hack to the i scene of the’ accident, and made in- ! quiries ns to the state of tho injured man. SOUTHERN MAORI SEAT. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan 10. The following nominations have been received for the southern Maori seat:—• , Wereta Tainui Petama, farmer of Tua-'j hiwi; and William Daniel Barrett, Na- I tiv© Agent, Tua. Kiwi. The nomination | of H. Uru (brother of the deceased ( member) will he received to-morrow, j This, with the candidature of Tc One j Matapura Erihana (Ellison), who lies ! already been nominated, makes four > I

DAIRY PRODUCE. WELLINGTON, lan. 9. I The figures of the dairy division of the Department of Agriculture show j that the butter graded in December, • 1921, amounted to 162.560ewt, an in- _ crease of 29.45 percent over the. figures for December, 1920. | The total for the five months ended December, 1921, was 498,885 cwt, an j increase of 44.6 per cent over the j figures for the similar period of 1920. j The cheese graded in December, 1921. | was 199,690 cwt, a decrease of 7.01 per. cent on the figures for December, 1920. The total for the five months ended , December, 1921, was 513.805ewt, a de-j crease of 10.52 per cent for the eorros- j ponding similar period rtf 1920. Converting these figures into butter fat equivalent, there is an increase of 20.6-f per cent in butter fat produc- ! tion of the five monthly period emWl j December, 1921, over the corresponding | period of 1920. ] COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. TTAWERA, January 11. E William Alfred Gustafson, a mili- : itarv officer charged with theft of > Government moneys, and also with , converting to his own use money belonging to Wanganui regimental band was committed for trial. Bail was allowed. MOTOR CYCLE FATALITY. j HAMILTON, January’ 11. | A rrtotor cycle ridden by David | Noakes, aged 30, single, employed in | the eleetrioal branch of the Public j Works Department, skidden in sand on j the Hamilton Cambridge road, and | crashed into a motor .lorry coming in the opposite direction. Noakes was seriously injured and was removed to , the hospital where lie died. Two pas- I songers inside the car were not injured. !

*■ BOAVLTNG TOURNEY. ’’l DUNEDIN, January 11 11 The Dominion Bowling tourney open- " cd this morning in dull 'Weather. Ow- “ ing to heavy rain yesterday afternoon and over-night, the greens are heavy, play to-day was confined to the singles. Eleven greens are being utilised. " NOTED PRESSMAN’S DEATH. ?r WELLINGTON, Jan 11. Obituary—Air John Blundell, of the “Evening Post” proprietary. Ho wns i. bom in Dublin in 1841.

SHEEPOAVNERS’ FEDERATION. ! AVELLINGTON, Jan 22. ;

The Sheep Owners’ Federation states ! there was considerable misapprehension regarding its attitude at yesterday’s meat pool conference. They tool; | the view that it was not right for the Conference to give a blank cheque to any committee to deal with the business. Sheepowners were asked to hand over itbe whole conduct of the meattrade without receiving any powers of criticism or revision of the scheme adopted. The conference affirmed the principle of compulsion, without know ring to which lengths compulsion would go? The Federation expresses the view ; that the details of the scheme should be submitted to the sheepfarmers who ( could vote on a postal ballot. ; body Recovered. | FOXTON, Jan 11. | The body of the girl Laural Henskic, 1 drowned while bathing on Sunday was recovered last night. At the inquest a verdict of accidental drowning was returned.

STABLES BURNED. FOXTON, Jan 11. The stables of D. MoAuley, horse trainer, were destroyed by fire last night. The horses were saved. The outbreak is a mystery.

higher wool prices. NAPIER, Jan 11. The keenest competition seen in Napier since the opening oi the comm an- | deer was evident at- Napier Wool Sales , to-day. Prices showed a distinct ad- | vanee on the previous Napier sale ranging from Hi to Id increase. The demand was very strong. Fdnr scoured pieces and a big lot of' clean bright) wool were the cause of the greatest competition. American competitors were not conspicuous. A noticeable feature of the sales was the small number of lots passed in, over 90, per cent, of offerings changing hands. MAN DROWNED. AUCKLAND, Jan. 11. George Higgott, 21 was drowned while surf bathing at Muriwai beach on the West Coast yesterday. He was well out in the surf, accompanied by a young brother Hartley, when a big breaker caught the two, the Kick wash sweeping ttienv further out. The danger was observed and a fishing line was thrown out to them. Hartley wound the line round his body and made a game effort to reach his brother, who was further out and throw the end of the line to within 5 yards of the struggling man who could not reach it and was carried away by the strong under-current. Hartleys strength 1 ailed and lie was drawn in by the line and lifted out unconscious. .Efforts to recover the body of George failed, GAMING CHARGES. GRtIOYMOUTH, Jan. 11. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day, Mr Meldrum S.M., convicted L’ercivnl Samuel Blight, charged with carrying on business as a bookmaker by issuing a double chart, among workmates. He was fined fid with costs. Sam Pak Chong, convicted of keeping a gaming house for the purposes of pakapoo was fined £25 and coss. Several other defendants found on the premises were convicted and ordered to pay i costs.