DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 April 1923, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[hy TKI.KIIt.UMt—PEH I’ItKSS ASSOCIATION. STuR.MY J’ASSAO l-.'.S. WELLIXOTOX. April 10. j flie Dorset ami Tninui arrived to - j day Irtm Southampton with 205 am . | 100 immigrants respectively. I After leaving the English Clianrie - j the Dorset expereiuced heavy weathei - j lor ten days. (In the night of Febj runrv 23id. a violent cyclonic hurricane j "as encountered. At times it attain- ■ j ed a velocity of over UK) miles an | hour, and sens swept clean over the I deck and boat deck, carriyng away j screen- and fifty feet of railing. The j ve-'cl was j ractieally liuve-to I'ui three day-, and i a February ‘J4 she logged only finly-four mile-. After passing the Azure- lavoiimble weather was experienced for the remainder of the voyage. Jhe Taiiiai leti f-'uiiliampton a fortnight Ini,-!-. When three days out Irotn Ibd’aia. the vessel sighted the -■ ho ucr X l :f - 1 . living distress signals. She reported I hat her provisions had gone had. and that she had on hoard thirty-six -ouls. imliiding the passeu- | ger- and crew of anoihei small sailmg vessel \\Li'li had been "reeked on i tile (lalapages Island-, The Tninui j sent ample provision- to carry tlm [ Nngo to her destination. GISBORNE. April IS. The Poverty Bay Farmers’ Meal Company's steamer. Admiral Codrington, nirived this morning direct from Cardiff. Very rough, weather was experienced. especially in tile Atlantic hut no damage was done. WELLINGTON' TRAMWAYS. WELLINGTON. April 1.0. The Wellington City Tramways produced a net surplus ol £19.011 during tlm year ended March .‘list., which, while £3,3(53 less than the previous year’s credit, yet disclose- a satisfactory position. file power supply showed a i red it of £5,512 on the revenue of £ 1t?.197. derived from the sale of 3.705,959 units. Tlio electric light surplus amounted lo £19.8.'!!) on a revenue ol £131.32(5 from the sale of 7.(585,318 units. In the case of both light and power tie. units sold last year were half a million more than the total for I he previous year. AUCKLAND'S WATER SURREY AUCKLAND. April Hi. The 1 101 l .1. l!. Coates attended the opening of the Niln.tapu Dam. extending the City water supply, and giving a storage of AlO.iffUVH) gallon-, eipia! to the demand for the next ten years. Mr Coates slated that it had lieen definitely decided to routinin' the Arapuni si lieiue. The Government meant to fullil their contracts for the supply of power in 199:1. Plans and spccitications had already been printed, and bad been sent overseas. A eoinmissioii of engineers had declared the scheme perfectly sale, and it was expected that four or live large firms would tender for the construction of the dam and headworks.

SENSATIONAL M [SHAD. DAX.XEYI KK E. April Ilk Rather a sensational motor mishap on lined early on Sunday moiiiing. when a ear containing Dan L. Kigh. a young airman "ho was m the I'Ceeiil forced lauding at New lirighton. and i.. Cowan were proceeding; south from ILinMevirki*. t • rsi -1!«•< 1 into the siilr* ol the bridge ai I!.i" Im i Street. Tie high-powered I’aekard -tripped Ihe whole side of ihc protecting rail- and 1i n \ ersi'd i lie st met lire with I vvo wheels over tic edge of the bridge, which i- Apt long over a creek 30 ft below. But for flip (niisido "heel- humping the projecting stay planks [he ear mii.-t have toppled per. It well! a couple ol chains beyond Die bridge h lore it was pulled up. Il then caught lire. Neither of Die occupant- were hurt, hid Die ear ua- extensively damaged. I.OSS OK A LEG. AC< ELAND. April Hi. The Arbitration ( curt award d Huber l James Broughton, a farm labourer I against Donald Einlay-oii. farmin'. of bargavillo. lor the 10-- oj a leg can ed hy an injury su-lamed "III!" rounding up -beep. AMATEUR ATHLETICS. NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. WEI.i INGTON. April 111. At a meet ing of the ( mi mil oj lue \iw Zealand Amateur Athletic A'--o-lialioil. il wa- stat'd that the rei nipt- - t il e ''Wellington i-li.-i m|o. m-liip im'i't'(!,g' uciv £555 and the i xpi iuhl ore <’9l'o. Wellington's i onlnhul ion to the A me: ii mis' lour was 1:702. The ('''.unci! approved of barring military deI'll lilt Cl'S I I oil! I limpet it 1011. T'l.e ;■ 11 ; lualioii ol R. B. t.allagla'l i (Imakau ) lor rei n- 1 a i''limn t wa- giant ,'d. and Diat of ’f. J. OWallaglmu I W'diingltiiil dei lined. The barrier elnb-. it was slated, were ore pa red i liname I'oiir ln"il in lake .Mart ill tiie Ansi raliail me--" champioiisliip, provided the team reduced to six instead ol eight, a- -n

oresellt. the lii'st lour tipceuni m-teao ol six. llepreseiHaiioii i- to be made to the Aiisralinn I nion.oii tiie subject. Considerable discus-ion took |da('' re■mi'ding the amiisemeut tax. "ho a penali.dng sports gatherings. The tax was di-eriLed as a scandalous one. h was decided that immediate a-turn ho taken with a view to sending rcpri'seniatives to the Olympic '"'allies. CABLE DUPLICATION. AUCKLAND. April ID. Mr John Mil ward, manager of the Pacific Cable Company, arrived bv tb" • -able steamer Iris from Suva. O'' -tilted that the result of the survey for ,-ihle extension wa- most siui-faetory. The bottom wa- excellent ano the vniur wtsfl'l ' good in every way. llm -iretebe- being duplicated were Sydney u: Soulliport. near Brisbane SKK miles: •Suva to Auckland direct. PiliH miles. Ihe lost of the work <m both cabl".v.otilcl he £300.900. and linth sliouhl he laid bv August Mtli next., or if P"--;u.] e oav!ici*. Kxplaining why a loiip-r duplication was in abeyame Mr M |! - vard said that exiierinients were lu--11,,, ~arried out with a new design ot f h'.Hvn a eontmuous c*»')e . lead cable, the practical result ol " hi,Ai. if successful, would be that tin cable would carry eight times as much work as at present. RAIL \Y A V C 0 N C F.B> 10 N>. WELLINGTON. April 17. A- a result of representations made hv the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board' the Railway Department ha = agreed that the concession in freight granted in respect of frozen mntf n and lamb may lo extended to frozen pork, consigned t'"r export, i.e. c!a-~ •‘C" plus 10 per tent., instead of class “C" plus 40 per cent.