TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

by TKLrXtItAVIT —PEH Pit ESP ASSOCIATION,]

BIG MINING SCHEME. DUNEDIN. Jan. 1.5. A big scheme is re|K>rtecl in hand to recover gold in Kawarau river. Central lit ago. It i* proposed to dam the river ;,i tin. i::IL- shutting off the stream for days in the year. From where tin* new.irati leaves Lake Wakutipu at Frank lon atal joins the ( iutlia river is miles. Full rights are applied I'm over the whole length. It is estimat- -- dlhat two thousand men will find employment on the works. It is estimated that thousands of ounces are hidden in the crevices and holes of the river bottom which will be exposed. Many parties have pegged claim*. A FIRE. P.UIIATUA, Jan. 1-5. \( Hniigania mi Saturday night. E-Roul.-lmi’s garage and five motor ears were burned. 'I wo ears belonged to Eoiilsloit and the others to visitors, il i s |,.p„rted they were uninsured. Tli,.'building was insured and belonged in E. Diekeii - of Dannevirke. The onein of the lire is unknown. It is supposed to staid m the repair shop. ( HILL) BURNT. PAL.MI''R' s TON N . Jan In. Clii-V ’Yin if red Morris, two years, whose'parents reside at New Plymouth died in the hospital as the result ol severe burns. A Chinese lantern suspended over ill" child’s bed had been iighleil and the candle burned low and ignited the paper which fell and sel lire i i the bed clothes, enveloping the child. XT' I! ETIC DISPUTE. PA LAI ERETON X'.. Jan. 1-5

Al.aiia wa in centre of the Amateur At-i-l !n- A'-soeiation has decided t» I ike visit of the Amerian athiH’sult oi coinlil ions ini--p 05 1.,! |,v iln* psuvnt Ihxlv. iiiltiitinM 1:> U'!,t l*il 1! to* o! L*o() t I K* !SI 11 0 T watds all t lie profits ac-'-ruing Loin the meeting. FI.uUDS AT BLENHETM. BLENHEIM, -laiiiiary 1-5. Heavy rain was exi'erieifced at Blenheim and throughout tlu- district hist iijgbl of an extraordinary ,-h:i> net' l'. \fPjctoii considerable damage was reported in a,ml around the town. The sitdilen flooding of the Waitohi undermined the hank at the rear i f the failwav workshops. A portion of the smollty was engulfed. The stream was bank high tli is- morning. A small slip I lie i ailw ay line at Elevation was quickly clean'll and a washout neat Alt. Pleasant did not ionterfere with the traffic. Road trf.(lie between Blenheim and Pieton wa- blocked under water. JEAVEI. ROBBERY. A.rCKL\ND. January 1.5. At two o'clock this morning a thief broke a window ol E. fk Koltn (jeweller of (jiteeii St reel and stole two trays of diamoMil rings valued at £3OO. The er-iek was heard in an bold opposite but before a eltase could be given the man disappeared. A SUDDEN DEATH. AUCKLAND. Jan 1.5 ’Y. !’. Tbompsoii Riebarcl. an inspector. who lias been In tbe servic- of tin- Agrirulture Department for fifteen years dropped dead at his home at Oneliunga to-day from heart disease. He was sixty-one years of age. OBITUARY. AVBANGARKT. January U 5. Ohitimry F. G. RadelifTc whose, sci nie piiotograpby featured ni many exliiliitions and was much iis,-d in Ctnveniment in'opi'ganda. Deceased was well known in musical circles and was a member of the Christchurch Intornntionnl Exhibition Orchestra. lIATX TN CANTERBURY. ('ll RISTCTTHRCIT. Jan H 5. TToavv rain in Canterbury may do great damage to standing ripe crops and will delay threshing. About racecourse Hill, AYnddington and Sheffield, the roiiifnll was very heavy and tbe creeks are in Hood. ■aamMtawNßigwpannMßiMMß m