DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 November 1923, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BY ra.'EGRAPn—PER rttKSS ASSOCIATION.] TWO .MAORJS DROWNED. jNYF.RCARarrx, Nov. id. The [>sJ 1 i c-c* luwo boon siclvise<l 11 u: t two Maoris. Muima Davis (18) and Patina Davis (111, brothers, were drowned this til lento ill. a boat in which they were crossing the Mal.aura river at Fort rose' capsizing through the rough crossCvind catching it

broadside on. The bodies were yiibsf—(picntly recovered. Cl IA IB !il OF KAI.SE PRETENCES. AUCKLAND. Nov. 9, Ai the Magistrate’s Court. Robert Irwin M-aekiam ploaded guilty, and was commit.led for sentence for obtaining on tile I a Ist* pret“!icc that he was :i builder and (-■■ntracior, goods valued at £229 6s Pal from .John Burns and Co., and goods valued :u £ll9 2s from the Vacuum Oil Company. DAYLIGHT SAVING URGED. CHRISTCHURCH. November 29. At the Council of -Chri-tian Congregations the Rev ,1. I. North, speaking oj hi- experience in the old country, said that daylight saving was tin inexpensive reinrtli closely connected with the hcaltii and happiness ol the community. On the Continent daylight saving wa- adino-t universal. A nmti,,n was unanimously earned urging daylight saving for the summer mom In. A MAN DROWNED. AU( KLAX I>. Novi-mher Mb It i I .-ilex. .1 that a -itigie man. Mai till Gel-den. aged 21, lahomer. was drowned in ihe harhoiir oil' Queen’s Wharf on Saturday evening. At the time, it was rep-oited to a Harbour Board c.fli -ial that a malt had fallen into U’l- water, and oil a dinghy being lowered, a cap. now' ideiitilk'l as Leiden- was recovered. A |e<i'!i:n- leature i- that one man heard a splash ami saw a limiting object in the water. Inn. < ! id not retili'-i- tint a fatality was enaciiug, and did not give an alarm until the object had sunk. Golden had no relatives in the Dominion. ItUTTI-.R AND CHEESE PRIC US. WELLINGTON. Nov. 29. file .X a t ion, l l Dairy A—ociatimi of New Zealand I.id. have received the following tabb lio n tlmii London olii-.o daied Noveinhei 16: The linitor imol-mi lias advanced New Zealand salted is 200- to 202 s per i at.; AusL—diau. salted 192 sto ILL; A i gen tine salted I Otis to 170 s fri-'i bint- . 192 s ; Dam-Ti 212-: Ganniimn 199- to P.ieL. Cliee-e i- in good demand. New Zealand white 10<»s col,oiled Ills'- ; I amitliau w llile l |! 2g c,•Lured ILL. SHIP ABANIMiNFD. WKLI.IXLTuX . Nov. 29. Tbe A'-i-wa. which .'iiiixed H'-day from S-unliampioii. pm !o d up in the A 1 lactic i, 11 ( let Tier loth. I lie crew- of • i„. -ailing m-s .-I .lean ! ’unreinil-l Do. -ailiir; imm Lla-gov L New fomallaml. They I loreed to abaml'-c. lb - • !. v.bb bad b -come nn-.-.-: v ort ay. and they bad n't hie Sal,, a :*!( da - lo re:u h fit aa. •' Im ! ' is ’.me day’- • ailing with a and V lull -!9 da VS out they had gi MO !be e pi; X’a lent of l hive steiftllog day ■ They Were in fair health when pn in -I up The'.- ware handed o'er i" the Consul ai ( 0101 l