DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by I'UIiEORAI’U-—l’Klt TRESS ASSOCIATION.] K \IW A K A TRAGEDY. NAI’IER, Dee- L Rescuers v.erk.-d all Eri.lay nigld t Bie Kidwaka tunnel. putting m sum jiorts, which work i- essential before the earth can b" removed. The relllcn- ,,| (!„. ;lieu , arlh started thi- •norm i„g. It mar be several day- h.-I'ore the hollies of the buried men. iloheu--ee and O’ Alalmney aie located. The tunnel is dinieiill of aeees-. Only eight men can work there at a time, hut every n-rve i- -trained to '"move great piniuities of luo.-c earth. No hope is HOW held "Hi ol the two men being lv.-eilcl alive. The injured men, Diuioml and Anting. are making sati-l'iiet nv progress in the Un'pital. NAPIER. Dee. -J. The hodv of one ol lhe euiomh- il men ill the Kaiwaha tuum-l wa- local d l". ~j,.t iTel -ek ll is morning. but. on a(■(•;; 111 ,1 of tin- dilil uli nature of lie vvi'i'k, i! is not expected to -‘Xlia.et the body till thi- evening. I! is thougld that death was in-laii-in the i a-.e c f this man. and also ilie other missing one. who. it is supposed, will Is- found six or eight feet further ill the tunnel. Since the firsi tali oi e arlh. si-veiai hundred lolls more material have lallen. enruplc iely hi -e'diig the pa-sage. \\ ol'l: ers are engaged eoiitinuotisly day and night, in the task' of recovery of the bodies. EIRE ON CASHMERE HILLS. CHRISTCHURCH. Dec. 2. A mne-roomed iwo--tutvy bungalow. wit Cashmere Mills, owned ami occupied by Mr E. C. llHie, Miuiangiiig Editor of the “Sun'' was toi ally destroyed liv lire last night. The house, which was built only eighteen months, was a ma-s uf (lames when the Brigade leached lb" -cene. It i- prr-uined the fire ic„- cm,-cl In- a -nark from a coke

furnace lodging in the l-work. A -trnng wind wa- Mowing, ami owing [ ( > shortage oi water, the Brigade Tiled its effort* to saving the adieinuig iiouses, which were in danger from showers ol sparks. I lie house and furniture were insured in the Northern Insurance Ollier for L‘3t»oD. which will not nearly cover the 10.-'.-. A good deal of furniture was -aveil from the lower portion of the lioo-e. AUCKLAND PROTEST. AUCKLAND, Nov. -TO The conduct of the public attending jhe boxing mutches in (lie low n Hall no Wednesday evening and the consequent damage to city property were cni-idered hy the City Council last evening in eoniuiitteo, and a- a. ic-uli it wa- derided that in fid lire th" Town Hall should not he availahel to the Boxing As-oi-iai nui or any kindred associatinii. In exnhiinii'g thi- aition. the Mayor said it was hi- de-ire that an even balanee should be maintained, and that all spurting and oile r interest- should have equal u-<- "I the City's facilities.

Following on a mvvmiw complaint the Northern Boxing Association had been warned that in tile event of a repetition of ibc earlier disturbances the Council would he compelled to retu-w t.a- po*i lion, tin Wednesday cvouisia. he had been at a meeting ot the Drainage B„ard in the Town Hall building, and tie* di*tnrbanee created by ihe hooliliatt element a! the rear ol the hall had been such that any further outbreak nf ibe kind cnidd not lie tolerated. On tlie following morning his attention bad been called In the state of the fall, and he found that windows had j I veil broken, while Ihe condition of] the hall was such that a siatl <1 eight I nnm was engaged all dav putting t.vj place in decent order. In addition to] this, the walls and decorations had been defaced, and although the work ot re-] I novation and decoration had ill*! been ! compl-deil, it would he necessary to call the painters in again. As a lurther instance of the conduct ol Ihe gathering the cleaners had collected 2t!'l „• -r hollies left by boxing patrons. D wim a matter for regret, added Air Gun* <e. that such a scene could lake place lithe city’s chad meeting place, which i. was desired should create am! maintain a sense of dignity. Tie moved that The resolution carried in commit- ee ,r adopted and this wa* carried mean mottslv. The "Herald” says editorial : the visibility in the hall is poor and uot*e is inevitable, so that under this rover there mav be happenings which are known only suhsequemlT by their results, The Council may make some allowance for till*, tint when it finds that substantial damage has to he repaired it is hound to place first its responsibility for ilh 1 public property under its - guardianship. Therefore the most ardent supporter of boxing will und it

r-oult to attack the decision not to lot the Town I Tail for contests in future. The building i* worthy of ''otter treatment than it ha* received trout followers of boxing « ,r a section •’• tlu-m. If they themselves will not re-eogni-e this it remains only tor the civic authorities to do as they hate done and place the hall beyond the reach of further harm.

TR \I N AND CAR COM.IDE. .A rCK LAN D, Dee. 3. Henderson train on Sunday afternoon .-truck a motor car containing Ja.*. AleFlend ot Mount Albert and two ladies, on a level erasing. The front portion of the ear was wrecked ut.,i the hood torn off. '1 lie occupant* escaped uninjured. A HIGH JFAir. N Ft.SON. December 3. In Nelson College athletic sports, U. V-’. S. Stevens cleared 5 feet 9i- inches in the high jump, a secondary school record. The jump has only been exceeded on one or two occasions at New Zealand amateur meetings,