DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1923, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH—PEII PRESS ASSOCIATION. 0 _ FATAL COLLISION. "WANG ANTI, April 10. ~ A distressing fatality occurred this morning on St John’s Hill. Two lads. • s Thomas and Alexander Balliugall '• double-banked on a bike, were riding it to school when they were run into by a i- motor-car driven by Mr Mcßae. The j_ eldest- boy, aged 91 was killed outright, while the other boy was badly bruised. He is unconscious but not seriously iuj ii red. NEW ARRIVALS’ HARD LUCK. f ‘ PRACTICALLY DESTITUTE, t WELLINGTON. April 17. 1 111 luck befell Mr and Mrs R. Calvin who arrived in Wellington yesterday by the Tainui from England. They had taken their six year old son to the Wellington Hospital with a broken 1 collarbone and while waiting for the tramcar to return to town they left a small attache case containing about CIOO on the concrete wall at the junction of Riddit'ord .St and Adelaide Road. In their burry to catch the approaching car the case was forgotten until they had travelled about tidy yards ill the tram. The loss being then noticed Mr Calvin jumped oil’ the car while it was moving, and ran back for the case but it bad disappeared. Ho asked a young man and woman who were standing by whether they bad seen the case, hut they replied in the negative. No one else was then in the vicinity and on examination of the locality failed to disclose any signs of the case or the money. The loss oi the money has rendered Mr and Mrs Calvin practically destitute. i O AMARU BY-ELECTION. j MR MIL FORD’S OFFER. WELLINGTON’. April 10. “Now that tin- Prime Minister Ins gone to the electorate, I expect that Mr M:n Pherson will request help, and T can assure the Liberals of Oainaru that it will ho cheerfully and readily given.” slated Mr Will'ord, header of the Liberal-Labour Party to-night. t> .»• : a.. *i. .. a... i 4 :

■ Referring to the Oaniarn election, i Mr Wilfmd said that Mr MacPhorson had written to him saying that he and his committee intended to light the election without outside, interference, , and that they had reason for believing that the Reform candidate would be aliened to light alone, ns lie had been described by the Reformers as the ; second strongest man in the Reform ' Ministry. He (Air Will'ord!, however I had warned Mr Mai Pherson to prepare for a Reform invasion of the constituency, and had informed him that he (Mr Wilford) would see that lie got all the assistance that lie required if such an invasion took 'dace, and he . desired assistance. Mr Will'ord added that HtTorin had no intention of elianeiug a retrial '1 strength without interfering. as Mr , bee would be absolutely unable to fight bis opponent alone, and he would . need all the help available. MR MASSEY'S ARRIVAL. OA.MARU. \pril 10. i The Prime Minister arrived at Palm | erslou to-night, where lie will deliver | ■ an address to-morrow night. I In reply to a question by a reporter, i lw said the public accounts for the year I elided March 31st would disclose a liighj ly satisfactory state of affairs, hut the [ actual figures were not available for a \ i day or two. AN I.YHUKST. DANNEVIRKK. April Id. 1 At the inquest on the death of John 1 Bell, whic h occurred at Mangatnwaiit i Bridge on Friday, the evidence showed that deceased was .-tripping the easing off a green coin role pier, when l lie pier ( collapsed, deceased being buried under ( the concrete in a space between the | casing holding the hank" and that holding the pier. The pier had only been ' put into position the day prior on the accident. Ihe opinion oi the witnesses ] was that tho earthquake the same even , ing damaged it to such an extent as to | cause it to collapse. The I oronor re- ( turned a verdict that death was caused through fracture of the skull. t THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. 1 CT-fIMSTCT I URCT I. April 17. \ The Council of Christian Coiigrega- ] tions last night considered a motion by the Rev J. Paterson, urging (a) the t abolition of the oath of allegiance or , its amended explicitly allowing lor the rights of conscience to ‘God; (b) the I reinstatement of A. W. Page as a mas- t ter of the Boys’ High School, a past- < (ion from which he was excluded for failure to take the oath. | The motion was not seconded and the t Council decided, on the voices, to pass to the next business. * THROAT CUT ACCIDENTALLY I ___ • DARGAYILEE, April 17. A married man named Fred Hark- ( in-, a camp cook at Stanuaways Bush. , Mamaraiitii, was discovered yesterday with a severe wound in his throat. He was removed to a neighbour's house and reconved attention till the doctor ; arrived. The man was afterwards tak- t on to the hospital where lie is progressing favourably. He says the ) wound was inflicted accidentally by hi.s , falling oil an nxe. .-