TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[by TELEGIIAPJI —Ffill CRESS ASSOCIATION] BUSH ACCIDENT. ROTORUA, March 3. A serious accident occurred at Ongaroto. A truck carrying Matai logs was derailed and two men, W. A. Given and E. Campbell were pinned underneath the logs. Given was unconscious and was sent to King George hospital in a commandeered car. The hospital ambulance brought Campbell The roads were terrible after heavy rain. The extent of their injuries is not yet determined. Given is a widower with one child and Campbell is married.

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. GISBORNE, March 3. Mrs A. E. Bourgeois was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter in connection with a recent collision between a motor car and a gig, by which a girl lost her life. FATALLY SHOT. GISBORNE, March 3. 'Richard Donald aged 30, a station hand, was fatally shot yesterday at Paremata near Tolago Bay. The deceased had visited a settlers house and entered one of the rooms. Tho settlers and another visitor were outside, and found Donald dead with a wound in the head, the shot having evidently been fired from a gun in the rooifi.

RAILWAY. REVENUE. WELLINGTON, March 3. “The daily loss on the railways of the Dominion has been reduced by £1000,” said Hon. Mr Guthrie'to-day. “That brings the daily loss at present down to £3000,” the Minister added, “and that is after allowing for the pay-, ment of interest on capital invested. Excluding the provision for interest on the capital Invested, the actual revenue for the Inst four weekly period lias exceeded the expenditure by £240,000. Mr Guthrie said the amounts he bad mentioned were in round figures only. He intended to make a full statement of the present position of railway finance in a few days.

BULLED CLOUD BURST

, MUCH DAMAGE DONE. ! WESTPORT, March 3. ' Ver v heavy rain, thought to be due to the bursting of a cloud occurred in the Karamea district on Wednesday, washing away three bridges on the AraI pi to Rond, aiul three chains of road at Granity Creek, also bringing down great land slips in the Mokihinui-Karamea Road, and doing considerable other danige.

j OUR YOUNG RIFLEMEN. CHRISTCHURCH, March 3. Under date February 28th., bird Jol--1 iicoe, wrote to Sir H. Rhodes (Minister of Defence) as follows:—“1 Earn with regret, from the report of the National Rifle Association, that New Zea-

land units competing in the Imperial Challenge Shield Competition miniature rifle shooting, for boys of the Empire, did not show results which compared well with those from other Dominions. I should like to do my best for the encouragement of New Zealand units in future, and therefore offer a challenge trophy for award to the unit in New Zealand which makes the greatest all round efforts and shows the highest all round training, by entering successfully the largest number of teams in the competitions, taking into consideration: (a) the quality of the shooting of the various teams representing the cadet corps, schools, or other units; (b) the percentage of boys that shoot in the competitions, senior or junior, or both as compared with tho total number of boys of shooting age in the cadet corps, school, or other iquits. I understand the GovernorGeneral’s of other Dominions have given a trophy under the same conditions. The trophy is now on order. On Thursday Sir H. Rhodes placed His Excellency’s letter before a meeting of the Cabinet at Wellington and Cabinet expressed appreciation of Lord Jellieoe’s generous offer, which, it was considered, would greatly stimulate interest in shooting among the various units effected. HON C’OATES PLAN’S ALTERED. WESTPORT, March 3. The Public Works Minister contemplated making a trip down through Karamea to Westport, hut it is probable lie will have to recast his programme.