TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(.BY lilt.F.Glt.U’n —I’ER i'UERS ASSOCIA'I (ON ANTHRAX PATIENT. HAMILTON. Jan. (i. A lilting man. K.vte, aged twenty, has been in Waikato hospital for several days, suffering froiu a malignant sore mi the forehead, which has now been diagnosed as anthrax. An operation uas performed, and his recovery is assured,. Tiie source of infection is not traced. PROPOSED MEMORIAL. WELLINGTON. Jan 8. It, is announced by tin- Wellington Citizens War Memorial Committee, that alter giving the matter most careful consideration, .tiny have decided upon asking the City Council to grant lie- site of the old Turkish baths liohiiul the Royal Oak Hnte 1 as all area on which to erect a citizens’ memorial to Wellington falieu .soldiers. I ’poll such site laving secured, the Committee will invite competitive designs lor erection of a monument that will conform to the present prm pi etivo sur- ,■ .■endings, and he in evi ry way a fitting tribute to the memory of seventeen hundred min who fell in the Ideal War. from amongst the recruits who i.t-iit from the city and suburbs.: The estimated cu'-t- of ill" mi nmrial is (_• Io.iCP sterling, towards which £2.;’ep is mm available. OBITUARY. j oniii.-iTcnnu 11. Jan s. j Obdnary. I(< v Ikinest Win. Walker, Presbyterian Minister at Liestcu lor the hist live years; aged IP years. ( HESS ('ll AAI I ’ION. - CTIIIISTCnrRCH. -I’acar.v 7. Ri'nlop lOanutru) heal C.vles ( W elliuglmt’ ill the (jay o|T lo decide the chess rio'mimiusilip of the Dominion I'm- 1P25. DROWNED. DUNEDIN. t Jan 8. Thomas Gorden. aged 2D. single, living at Aloiningtou, was drowned nnar Waitata yestenlay. ici empanieil hv Lwo yuntiis Clark, lie attempted to mi ini' the channel to the Warrington side. The Clarks on lauding saw Gordon t hree-'inarters over throw up his arms and disappear. Tin \ swam out hut failed to find him. The body was recovered. Deceased's parents :mi on holiday in Auckland. \TTKAI I’TEI) SCK7PE. DUNEDIN. -Tan 8. Andrew Craig. (iD attempted suicide,' !s-t nigld l.y placing a gu.- tuhe in liis mouth, led becoming unconscious, slid from the chair removing the tube, lie j. j-1{ ove! ieg in hospital, lie had he(‘it m poor health for some time. s'lTi IK F 8 SUR.MKRGKD OBJECT' (TIB ISTCHFRCH, -Lm. 8. The coastal stenmer C.vge*'t struc!: a submerged object two mile off Cape ( nmpbell Reel' at 8 a.m. on Sunday ~n the nav from Nelsuu to Kuikoura Th,. ma'e -av a dark "bjiet ahead and • nit ibe I'T'e, down, hot the vessel Pumped slightly twice and the engines -o .-Li.t,ii'..' thill i lie "Ti'ekage had tool'd tile ] "t"pi lli ir The vessel ~ ;|] ,j, |; tjeforc < omm -m :ng the return II ip at tin 1 end of the week.