TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1922, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PER PRESS aSSOOIATIONJ PRICE OF WHEAT. A FURTHER DECISION. WELLINGTON, Feb. 10 • In connection with the fixing of the' price of wheat for the current season, the Minister of Agriculture stated today that a decision had been arrived at also with respect to - wheat of under milling quality, which, when sold by the. grower, must not exceed 2d a bushel less than the equivalent price of Tuscan, good milling wheat, taking this as the basis price. Li the case of sales ,by per- 1 sons other than growers, prices will be, calculated in the same way as in the past year, that is to say, brokers will be entitled to Id .per bushel in excess of growers’ price, with the addition of the cost of transit while the retail p.r.ioe .may allow a margin not more than 15 per cent of the brokers’ price, together with the addition of the actual cost of transportation.

RUAPEHU’S IMMIGRANTS. WELLINGTON, Feb. 9. The Ruapehu, which arrived at midnight from Southampton, brought 226 immigrants, 69 for Wellington, 1 1 for Auckland, seven for Gisborne and Na-' pier, 11 for New Plymouth and Wanganui, 20 for Lyttelton, 14 for Picton and Nelson, and 15 for Dunedin. Included in the batch are 38 domestic servants. Ninety-two are nominated, and 156 came out under the Imperial overseas settlement scheme. The health of all is good. CHINAMAN’S FILTHY HABIT. NEW PLYMOUTH, Feb. 10. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day, Ah Wing, an employee in a Chinese greengrocer’s shop, was charged with committing breaches of the borough by-laws relating to the storage of food for sale. The facts disclosed an offence of an unusual and filthy nature. The inspector kept watch, and found Wing using as a urinal a box containing water in which vegetables were washed. The inspector said the offence involved a particular danger to the community, as it was liable to cause the spread of typhoid. A plea of guilty was entered. The Magistrate (Mr Mowlom) described the whole act as extremely filthy. Fines on two charges amounting to £ll were imposed.

ACCI dentally shot. THE TIRTSCHKE TRAGEDY. MELBOURNE, Feb. 10. At the inquiry into the death of Harry Tirtschke, the Coroner found that he was accidentally shot by his nephew. (Hairy Tirtschke went out shooting with his nephew. The latter had a Winchester rifle and missed his uncle soon after starting. Search parties next day discovered Tirtschke with a bullet wound through the neck. The nephew denied any knowledge of the cause oi his uncle's death, and it was supposed a stray bullet had killed bim). YOUNG DOCTOR’S DEATH. CHRISTCHURCH, February 11. At the Inquest on Dr J. S- Westwater, the young medical officer at the Queen Maty Hospital, Hanmer, who was found shot, a verdict was returned that death occurred through a gunshot wound, there being no evidence to prove whether the wound was accidental or self-inflicted. Dr Chisholm, superintendent of the Hospital, said that the deceased had never seemed depressed, nor had he complained of any illness. Dr Baxter gave lengthy testimony as to the working of the automatic gun found lying near deceased. Dr Westiva ter was an ex-naval surgeon, and had seen service in H.M.S. Swift, a famous destroyer, and had been on the staff of the Military Kos pital at Trentha.ro, and was relieving at Hanmer. He was married and his wife is in the North Island.

CAR KILLS A CHILD. AUCKLAND, Febniry 11 A little girl, Mona Paris, aged four, died in the Auckland hospital as th e result of being knocked down by a motor car. Deceased was returning from a vaudeville show in the care of her father when the accident occurred. The father had lifted the girl from a tram at the corner of Pitt street and Karangahape road; and was lifting down another child when Mona wandered across the street and was knocked down by a motor car.