DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1923, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] BI.OOD TIUXSFFSro.V. DUNEDIN, .July I. A few days ago tin l Dunedin Hospital authorities advertised ns follows: '‘Wanted (urgently, Mood for transfusion save a life.” lu response to this several people < ante forward, and the transfusion was effected with success. As the result of inquiries made yesterday at the hospital a reporter was informed that the authorities were alii ay, desirous of being in communication with those who were willing to part with some of their blood. At the laboratory a serum of all the known types of blood is available, and with the use of this, it is possible to “tyi e” the blood. It is absolutely necessary that this should he done for if blood j>f a wrong type were transferred to a person, grave results would he experienced. People may possess one of fv.tr tv >

'>l 1 1 1 of sd. and, for these, only one type known ;i>. >r ;11 j> I may Ito used for anybody. I’oiijilo whom* blood is of this tv| o are known teelmieallv as ‘'universal donors." .\s a jzoneral rule, the blood of the other three types may Ite used only for persons whose blood is of a similar type. SHKAII.KRS’ DrsiTTE. WEUJXOTOX. July o. The hearing of the Shearers’ dispute

as applied to the Wellington district commenced at the Arbitration Court today. The main t|uestions in dispute "’ere the hours of work and the rates of pay. a I ! hours week and payment at- die rate of £1 Ills per hundred, with rations and shears lining asked for. The employers offered the old award as a counter proposal. A large number of clauses were announced as having been settled. An important section of the demands remaining in dispute was one having as its object the covering of shearing machine experts employed at sheds. Mr Cra.vudler. for the employees, said that no evident e would he called in Wellington. hut at some other districts. One thing objected to. was ibe wage being fixe I en the Wellington basis. Some tli'trit ts considered they should get more. Mr .Justice Fraser: That i> only looking at it oneway. In Hawke's Bay a dispute might- apply. Mr (iiayndler said personally be would have preferred a- Dominion award. Mr Xicholson -said that the employers would not have agreed to eounter- | •>'.•>!s Imd they known .they were

ii nut tu Iso fur a |)nt!:iuii>i) award. Mr Justice --: Tiisit I- only meantime. Tl:oy v*mil<J iivsil tin- .!i a mantis purely sis lsiutv disputes. sun ■ j .Mr <l liiyndhr would haw the ritj.lit task at whatever stage* lio thought lit, that the demands he eonsnlidatoil. siliil Ihe dispute eon ri ii ceil ell Dominion line'. This might l-e alter, say. three or tour districts had lieeii heard. This would 1.-e aroepted on the umlor-tand--1110 that .Mr .Vieholson or Mr Prime would have the right to rail rvidenee lltr.i might- consider lit. from the di--trirls not dealt with. LXDIKST ON ll.\ 111 KS. WKLI.I.XDTOX. July o. An iup ur>t was lirld on the liodie.s of the hahies found huried at .Vowhinds, where Cooper (who was executed for murder) resided. The ( orouer r turned a verdiet that there v.sis mdhiie, 10 show how I heir death u*as i ansrd. COAI. SIiOHTAtiK. ClllllSTt IIIICII. -1111 \- •'). The real steaks ill Cliris 1 rli 11 nll show a .serious shortage. The orders cannot he tilled unless they are put in a month ahead. This was the ammmieemeut made by the State Coal Depot the morning. Throughout .Dine two weeks' notice was required hut the position Inis heenine worse lately. \ real merehant said: —'“Me are in a pretty had way. The real cause is lhe strike in Australia. In addition, the weather lias been had. and Ihe storks in some eases were allotted In eel too low. There is a hravv drain on West Coast eoal. mui the ship-pin*' facilities are not what they should hr. 001! I'll) l!V A 1t1'1.1.. CMitrsTefirKen. .inly n. Mdward Kvnns. aped -17. a farm lahourer. of Lakeside, was pored hv a hull this morning. and lie died while lieiup eonveyed 10 the hospital. HD employer heard him ealliup oat. and. 00 invest ipat i up. found him l.'iup aloupside the fi'llee ol a paddock wheir n hull was kept. Kvnns was covered wills mild, his clothes wore lorn, ;iie there were several severe pa-lies in his body. I XT' I.C KXZ A KPI DKM IC. \V IDES PR KA I) IX TDK SOOT 11 IH'XKDIX, July h lnlluen/.a, mostly ot tiio mild typo is Mill prevalent in the city, ami tin position is not yrl shott'iicg mueh .it proveinent. Siin*e June JJ live pneumonia cases have lieeii reported in Otapo district, ami since June J. nine cases have been reported from Southland. Two deaths are reported in Dunedin. The attendance at the schools is seriousiv a fleet eil, hill so far none lia.-e heel! closed, except a lew in the .0111trv district'. cTTßisTcnrncrr. July The business premises and pnblie services in ( hristchurch are feeling 1 lie strain cans. I by their employers being stricken with influenza. There ■s notliinp, however. To warrant the fear that this epidemic "ill develop the character ot the lids- outbreak. Neither is there the slightest chance that it will pet le.lt of lmml. This was the assurance piveu by Dr Telford. Medical OfTteer of Health lor Canterbury, Dr Telford pointed out that, although si>; pneumonic eases ol iidluenza have been reported to him since >lOOll yesterday, the pneumonic eases are not of the acute type associated with the virulent intluenza o! IPls. It is ordinary pneumonia. (Ot.I.TXIOX WtTtr TRAP. CHRISTCTfURCTT. July .7. An inquest was opened to-day on the body of Patrick Michael Maekle. aped Jo. who died at Lewisham Hospital. n.= the result of injuries received in a motor accident, while returning to K.iikoura. with his In i Ip, front his honeymoon. Henry Meutapne. retired farmer, saiil that he visited Maekle in the hospital. Maekle stated that the service ear in which Maekle travelled was on the wrong side of the road, and the driver went to swerve out of the wry. The driver of the trap r tilled out at the same time. The horse was a.young one. and it rearc-d. The car swerved to avoid a dog. The inquest was adjourned sine die.

EXPRESS DELAYED. AUCKLAND), July 5. Tljc main trunk express from AVel Imgton clue at C.3S a.in. to-day arrivei Jiore at (Cl 5 this evening, owing ti delay through the slips as the resul of a. Hood on the line at llukuhin swnni] near Hamilton. The southward mail trunk express did not leave here un til 10.50 p. 111 . instead of 7.10 p.m. SENSATIONAL CASE. CLAIM FOR 110.000. AUCKLAND, July •!. A legal firm has been advised by cable that the appeal in the Sniallfiehl case lias been allowed by the Privy Council, with costs, the effect being that the original judgment of Mr .Justice Stringer for Airs Smallfield for £IO.OOO against the National Afutual bile is restored. The ease arose after the death of It. It. Sinallficld at Hamilton. on January 25, and prolonged inquiry and litigation in respect of two insurance policies, one of which, in the

State Office, was settled utter reference of some, law points to t!:e Court When the claim was made it was resisted bv the insurance company, hut the judgment of the Supreme Court was in favour of Mrs Smallficld. That

judgment was appealed against, and tlie appeal upheld, whereupon a case was stated for the Privy Council on behalf of Airs Smallfield, the result being as stated.