DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH- —rER TRESS ASSOCIATION.] BAPTIST’S CAMP. Hamilton, March 31. North Island Baptists Young Men’s Bible classes are holding the annual camp hero, with a record attendance of 330 delegates who were welcomed bv the Mayor. W. A. Craig was elected President. It was resolved the next camp be held at Palmerston North. TRAIN FATALITY. Hamilton. March ai. Albert Francis Cross, a resident ot Hastings v.as killed by a railway train at Frank ton this morning. Cress, accompanied by his wife and daughter was e ),, - ■; /( !' by the mailt trunk to Auckland. !!• came out on the platform tin- •. -• i, the gate of which was open and over balancing, fell between Du- earring' -. GAMING act BREACHES. WELLINGTON. Mai'ch 31. A- a result of a police raid on Esperanto Hall, Tory Street last night. 30 men appeared at the Magistrate's Court to-day charged with oflencos under the (Riming Act. .fame- Mason uho pleaded guilty to keeping the premises as a common gaming house, was fiitrd £IOO. in default three months. ■Robert Raymond Fitzsimmons was convicted oil a charge of a-o-ting hi conducting the pictures and was fined £SO. in default; two months. Each of the 28 defendants were fined L's mi a charge of being found in a common gaming house. .1 f STILES OF Tl I E PEAC E. X LAY A Pl’Ol N’i'M ENT*. WELLINGTON. March 30. The following are among a new hatea of Justice-, of the Peace recently appointed : Q. P. Bassett. Teremal.au. Thus. Cahill. Christchurch. F. C. Marshall, Lower Kekaiahi. I, M. Mcßride, Matainui. \Y. ||. Mclntyre, Millerton. (R 11. Morel. Kokatabi. (R W. Wilson, (t reynioutb. THE GOVERNOR -GENERAL. HE EI ’-ST A I.K IX G E XPKDITIOX. DUNEDIN. March 20. Tl„. Governor-General arrived in Dunedin by the first express from the north yesterday, and stayed at the l-Vvitliili ('bib. On arrival lie wa, met by the vice-president ami secretary ot Die Acclimatisation Society, which is arratiL'ic," ;t doer-stalking expedition I'm- Lord .Icllicoe at M akiirora. Captain'Curtis -private secretary) accompanied ID- Excellency. This morning his Excellency ami Captains Curtis and Mainly left by the Ucnlrul Otago train. To-night they v. >ll - lav a. I (YemweM. and 10-nau'row i : , Pembroke on Ih.-ir way to t | ;t . ,1,.,-v country. They will return nil April Lttl: end then proceed to Stewart Island, lot'iniiug to Dunedin tor several da■- - b- fore proceeding north.

A NARROW E-CAPE. (■IIRISTCHUBC'II, March 31. I Y. I n moi tii'.g, at about eleven 1 M" i Oal.os. of 1!, Rust rick j St re .. M ulm was .visiting | Mount. I*t- ..in . was shot through t he j ivi'ixt bv a stray bnillet from a pea j , j !t,-. Miss Oakes was i i,lying her hair j u : - it it i- ■ ut.p )s-: ,| that iter hand wa.- i mi-iakett Iw a v itiu- raht.ii by some ' lads who v.'cre out for spoil. Ihe -llf- j fercr v.as quickly motored i!: "j ( hri l,'ll ll fell I!ostiitill, " here she re-o-i--d immediiite attention. ami was j |„'rtniUed to ret tint t" Iter home. H j ... ,o!:.-i,lei cl very ini'iunatc that M i Oakes was mil struck in the bead. ! The I-.,li'e haw the mallei in hand. SAEF DYNAMITED. WELLINGTON, March 29 Burglars entered Mr Ernest Brown's gi'ocer's shop a.t li.laud Bay last night and stole L'39 in cash, including nine sovereign.-. Dynamite was used and the safe \ias blown almost to pieces. UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT. DUNEDIN. Mar, It 30. At the iv(epii,ni ~f unit "I'-ity -tml-,-ut s to-da\ Ibe ( hairtnan of the New Z, ■ala 11 •! Unit',u -.i' v Totiruauicnt Committee al'W'Uie ,1 ih:R it had b-ectl tle-cid.-d to award in I cr-itni ver-t tv lmti'ii:ti!:, in. shield j oint- as inllows: Athlci'ic tit st second I ; tennis (!; boxing 5: slt.-oiin;;. first 2). socoml. I ‘ : debate, first 2, - 'coml I. MAN DRol’S DEV D tX\T.E('A.EC!!.L. Mta.ii 29. Peter Sheoho:-!. aged ‘ ,c4y. dropped dead at the railway station this morning v. fide purchasing a ticket. Death lias dee to heart trouble. The dor-cased was the failin' of Mr 'E Shepherd, the well-known representative cricketer of Dunedin. TRAIN ACCIDENT. WELLINGTON. April 2. When the race train for Wellington was pulling into Featherstoii station last night a large t rotvd which was vauitig to hoard it made a rush lot -eats, am! a. voting woman name,l Annie Lyons. 27. fi ll hen:.,till one til the and v.a; badly itiiured. She waimmediately extricated and removed to (irevtnwn I io-t'.it-il where site now It. iu a critical condition. One leg u sint- ,„| to ho broken, and the other is severely crushed. Several other passeng, V. 1-e .-lightl v knocked about in the rush. RUGBY FOOTBALL. CHRISTCHURCH, April 1. Christeluircii and Wellington ( Infs met at the Show (.'rounds. ( hristchureh winning by I I point - lo (i. STORE BROKEN INTO. WELLINGTON. April 3. Thomas Yalak'iitiiie's store at Wltarepea was hni'glat'is.t.’d on Friday. The sale was tak.ui four miles away and blown open with gelignite. The pulic tu-dav arrested Thomas Eearon and t.dward' Aleaglt'-r. They will appear at the Paeroa Court and will be remanded t i Thames. YOUNG WOMAN DTE*. WELLINGTON i iArirß 3. Tb.-e voting woman •named Annie i,vm.s iniur.-d at the Feat best,ut rtulj vav station last i-vcuing thr.iugh falling under the train died at the Greytown Hospital at 10 P-W*