DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[nv TELECRAPII—I*F.R CHESS ASSOCIATION.] MOTOR ACCIDENT. AECKI.AND, Nov. l i Wlii'ii Arthur .lames Blomlield. a retired chemist and his wfe, were motoring from a side street into .Jervois Road. Donsonliy. the motor got jammed between a tramear and the centre pole of the wire circuit. The motor "as cTil-hed like a eoiieertina and the tram wa- considerably damaged. Both Blomticbl and liis wile wen* serioii.-Jv injured, including hroheii rib?. Mrs Blumlield s condition is serious. CADET CM A.M DIONS. WELLINGTON. November Id. 1 be Diildiiord Gup lor the ehanij-ion eaib t corps ol New Zealand Wits decide ! t o-il.-t\. Staff ofiie-rs Innl in.s; .erted the Nef-cn ( jjlege Corps (Auckland) Hie Seddon .Memorial Technical College I nrps. anil Scots College (Wellington) curl s. mid they placed them in Hds order: - Scot s College fiisf; X,.|. soil College, second : ami Seddon Technical third. The lii - c two were fust and st’i-oinl la-t year, only the older tlii- time is reve’—il. SCHOOL HOI'S). HIRE. A HCK LAN I>. Nov. 11. j \ file bloke out at Epsom main eefioul at It! o'elneis 10-l:iglit. Il l.ad a good hold when discovered, but throe brigades made a good save. Thiec toom.s were gutted and tun badly damaged. About lour olliers use intuit. Ibe - ho .1 Inis a roll of Kilt). The cause of the Ii:i• I- unknown. CIRCULAR (HII IC iSHI). WEI. 1.1 X(IT UN. November IT. .V rveiit ’iieiilai from the Kdiit-n----tn it I icT-artmeiiL v. a- .-tionglv m it ieised at tlie Weliingl on Education Board's meeting tocla.i. The circular stated that the .Mini-ler if Education (Hon. C. J. Darn was eonviir ud that economies v. ere j nssible in the const rnet ion of school buildings, and ih.d iL "as impel.’tne that, until arrears of work v.t'l'e overtaken, the eo.-t of eonsM’lietion must be mit down to the Icvri'C possible minimum. <unsisu-nt with obtaining satisfactory buildings.

NEWCASTLE ( UAL. WEI.I.INCTuN, Nov. Ti. The .M iuister ol ,M iiie-. tbn lion J. C. Anderson. supplies ipter’-iing figures and iuiorieaiii.n r. laiing i! e eoal from Newi-astle owing to the stoppage of work in the West Coast mines early i.i September, He says that the Dominion's needs could be met bv our ow n coal mines to I lie exlent oi ai lea-! sjxiv per cent, but a- a resnlf of the stoppage referred to. Newcastle is now supplying, principally, the whole of it. Nearly two hundred thou-..mil toils arrived in New Zealand from Newea-tle m the ia-l three months, a- follows: August. R 1.051 tons; S< plemher, ",(I,!I7(! Ions; October Td (MT tons; November (up to .Motld.iy) dlj.llOU lons, being a total of lOL’.liflT tons.

Dim. O'SHEA HACK. THE ('ll A.MDION TO RETIRE. ( lIRIS'K lIDRCII. Nov. 'T. I ’ll i I O'Shea, the cycle racing cTuoupi’iii of New Zealand and A list r ilia returned this moniing trom Au-i'.-dia. after securing fastest iime from scratch mi lhe third .successive o ■ asion m the Warriiambool-Mellio'iriv HIT miles cycle race. O'Shea stated In an iulervicwer that he had now dehu iii-Iy retiied Ironi big road races and had ridden his hist. Timaru-t br'-l----111 >i re 11 and \\ antiaiiil 001-.Me|bo;o’iie races. He will probably now aid a- a reach lo young ridel’, and lake p.ii in a few small events. ||.. wa, ing very lit and slated be never imt better in bis life. GI.HVB ( \SE me rNCENIRARIsM AI GKI.ANI). Now in her TT. A I’ll mi linen Die I'l’ivnl li’e at Newmarket STioo! was received bv the New 111-11 lie I Ibuoiigli Cotmeil tfi-in tl-e Captain ef the T'elunieer Eire Brigade. "Inch stated that all the eirenm-tan; es |a inted to Die fir-- being a elear i-ase of incendiarism and that (lie police bad tin- innitor in hand. .M)V IHDED PIN HD. ('ll I! IST'C'I fH B( IT. November 15. At the Magistrate’s Court. William | Duncan .Mcßae, a railway clerk i f Ashburton, was charged wdtli (-(inverting lot bis own use a motor I'-'ir left outside tbe bowling green. Accused (hove tile c-ai away ;; a high sjeed. ran into a :;iit(et and caused llama,ge c-timated at L'lie. .Mcßae pleaded lie was under tbe inlliiem-c of liquor. He was lined £lO. CBDISTT lll'lK II WOOL SALKS. LTIRISTCIfriUTI. Nov. 15. At the first wool ’ale tlicie were ol (in bale- and a big attendance of buyers, eompt’litiou being keen fur all ( lasses. All round prices were 2d to 2fd better tlian at the opening sale last ye r and eompared with tbe best -ale la-t year half bred wool was a shade better, (juarter and rri ssluvd gieasy wool w:i' better, and piiws for all classes weeahead ol I lie be-i -ale last year. T'op | rices We,.- a follows; .Merino 2i;. ( on ledale 25|ii. half 2-h;d, Sauibdo.'n 21.jii. ibree-quaiter 23H1. eios-:-ln (•(! 10 :. merino pieces 21.H1. ('on iedale pieces 2'H.d. bai, pieces 2! HI, erossbred liieees I It. three quarter pieces 12.',d.