DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DROUGHT UIKKS. CHI! ISTC’I I URC’H . Jan. R.) Alim another .-weit‘>ring day oil Saturday, a good -bower of rain fell during Hie night, and go-lay. Hi,, -an is tempered Ire a strong southerly breeze, a most welcome < benge fiom tlm experimire of tic ,>e.-t week. Fires oceurded on Saturd i v in -i veral parts of .North (’ante; bio v. destroying large areas m gr:i-- end tu-. -ock countryside near Barege.us was ahlitze. and was eventually guislere.: after 11 bail gone tbrmigli a. very large -trvtcli of country, burning out the grass and tussock on .Murray’s and AlacUarlane's properties, and part of Alendip. There wa- a big lire in the manuka scrub ruiintry at West Eyeton. but no hiiihlings were afi’erlcd. Ulatncs shot high in lie air, and dense volumes of -moke extended ten many miles.

SEAMAN KILLED. AUCKLAND. Jan. D! A -eafarer named Jane" \\ hi ", d.ied la-t meniiig a- a result of an injury to bis lead. It i- alleged that White was standing near the corner of Wellesley Street a 11(1 (.blCell Sll'ee!. wlioii another mail engaged him ill emi vi .-a L inn. An alt "real ion an is". It i- alleged that White wa - struck down. being ri'iiil: red uncouscioiiA through hi- lead ling in emit act wiih the pavemi'l’i. II" -in "limbed i' fere reaching tic ('em ral Police Sli inn. A man named Janes Lee. a iaboiirci-, oi Al.'iunt Kdeii, was arrested mi a charge of. man.-langht-r. Hi far as i * I - known. I'l'Ci'a-cil bad 00 i"! i - lie, in lie- Dominion.

CIM'SHKD T<» DEATH. THA.MBS. Jan. 12. At Fee i: iq 1 :c-1 rcea riling I lie deal Ii .1 .Malcolm Austin, ii wa- di-clo-cd that- deceased le-tart"d work mi Wednesday. alter a spell ill a ho-pital. With two iiuites, ho Fit for work. lie was ahead of the ethers. when he was elo-siug I lie river on a large kauri leg. In the led of the -tream. Ihe log mo\g‘d. I'ausing Au-lin lo io-e liis baiance. lie fell, and a log higher lip the river ban!, rolleil over, eni-h----ing deceased''' Bead rmapietely oil' Ibe Icily. 11 is -ui'i ll i ml that i ain iimler mined belli log-. Il ha- been eustoma: v in u-e lie log as a pathway for a emi-idera hie time. A verdict of arIi i leu ta I deal h wa- returned. EXAMINATION RFSfI.TS. HOKITIKA PASSES. WELLINGTON. January 12. Tile following Hokitika candidates l ave passed il’-g Junior National Sell"!n rslii ]j K\a u; imu ion : Robiiia E. \mior-ou .'io7. W. 1? i'll mi,i. odti. I! A. I I.W AYM I'l.N TO RETIRE. WKI.I.IXGTOX. Jan. ! I. It i- leporled that Ge.htini ha- deeided 1 1nn all oitii'er- w b.n luive ci a'picti'il fori y years’ -.'rviiv in lie I .’adwav Depart men; mu-t tend; r 1 1'eir re-iguat ioii-. tlieir •civic.- to terminate on ihe 01 -t ot .Man'll About forty are aflei'tei! and lb" deci-imi i- -aid t') have eau-ed ii -eii-iu ion iii rail Va v oirele- as 1 c.'oninl ion - will iceessa ril.v billow and the results will be I'a r-reaeh-iue, alfeeting all rank-. The trallie and Ineeiiiotive departments are ebietli alfeeted. RANK l! ETC 11 NS. WKId.IXGTON. Jan. I! The ban!; returns for Hie December quart o' -bow He following iigun - : I''ree d'Oo-il- L'2, I2‘i.iixeil deposit- Cl Scl’i! >.l.Governnieiil de-po.-iis Co b:i2,.'!20. note eireiila i imi eil.ivbb! til’, di —-omits C ! .'-ill .Xt- ; advauec- C11.127.5A-b coin and bullion C7. ; 5('.7.n II . Til" di !si - i 1 - iuereased bv a niillinn am! iMreo-quarters on the eon'espcnli'c: p'arter of Ib'22. but adeai.ee- wore a Id He tu or" than C2.7bd.hoG ;| e.iC'l'. 'I lie returns I loin tin wool -,t!es. at which imiiroved liriee- have been operating. did not cone into the quarter under review, but will have a bonetielai cfi’.'ct mi ihe eim'eni quarierb- bank returns. ('un-iderahle importations of late have al-o I I’arlni's in making calls on the hanks lor the funds were rather Icavit r rlina usual. HEAT AND KIRK. BLENHEIM, dan. Id.

.■something of a heat wave wa- cx-periema-d here yc-l'‘rdai'. Oil- mii cing (hermoct readied Db.'Jb in the .—hade ami in the afterno m it dimlw'l to P-: In ilm hay- many cove- and ilm be-m'.iful scenic rc-erve in (,'uc-u Charlntie Souml wen' loii-iderably damaged hv lire, which dc-i roved an cxien.-i'.m area ol native I'hsu. An outbreak occurred la-t night at Picton freezing word- ill I lie wool department , hut was diwovereu in an incipient -Inge and no damage "as done-