DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. MR MASSEY HONOURED. ■WELLINGTON, -May 23. The Lord Mayor of Ulster writes to Mr Massey as follows :

“I have much pleasure in informing you that I attended a meeting of the : Improvement Committee of the Belfast Corporation and I suggested that a now approach road to Ulster Parliament Builidngs at Stormont be named “.Massey Avenue” as a compliment to the Rt. Jlon. Mr Massey, a distinguished Ulsterman and Prime Minister for New Zealand for the past twelve years. The suggestion was most heartily approved, and a resolution passed naming it accordingly.” LABOURER SUICIDES. CHRISTCHURCH, March 2-1 Henry Richard Savage, a labourer, aged 24, married, shot himself in the chest at Scfton on Saturday evening. Savage was before the Court on February 25th when a separation order was granted his wife who has two young children, the grounds being persistent cruelty and failure to maintain. Savage continued to molest his wife at her father’s residence and she took proceedings against him and lie was to have appeared before the Court to-day. On Saturday he borrowed a shot gun from a neighbour and shot himself in the front room of his father’s house and expired a few minutes after lie was found.

INQUEST VERDICT.

GISBORNE, March 21. At the bluest on Peter .lex Blake, the Coroner found death result.si from a fracture of the skull, caused by a motor car going over a bank. There was no evidence to show how the car came to leave the road. John Leslie Lionel Spence (manager of Waipaoa station) said deceased had been employed drafting cattle all Friday from 5 a.m. They spent the evening at a dance at Gisborne, leaving on the return at 3 a.m. on Saturday. Witness drove part of the distance when lie changed places with deceased. On the journey witness went to sleep and the first thing lie knew was when the ear hit a tree going down the bank. He was partially stunned but came to and found bis companion in a dying condition. Witness thought deceased must have dozen at the wheel, as he had done, having been up 2-1 hours without sleep or rest. A SPEED RECORD. AUCKLAND, March 21. At the Mui'iwiii motor races, a Ford car, driven by S. Andrews, established an Australasian live-mile speed record on a straight track, covering the distance in 3.29. which works out at 80.1 miles per hour. Attempts by an Austin Mercer car failed to lower the record.

TWO AUCKLAND FI If I

AUCKLAND. .March 21

The furniture factoiy owned by C. \Y. Mason, and an officer connected thereto, with Mrs S. Crozier’s coal and wood business were destroyed by fire at Devoi port on Sunday night. A lire at Xortlieote destroyed a store and a four-roomed residence. Mr and Mrs Heaton and three'children escaped with a small quantity of clothing. Two previous outbreaks on the same premises occurred on Jan. 12th. and 13th.. and the elreiiinstances, lead to tho conclusion that last night's lire was due to the operations of burglars. TANNERY DESTROYED. WH ANGARIA, March 24. A lire on Saturday night made, a clean sweep of Parkins’ tannery, lower Cameron Street, the flames having a complete s"'ay when discovered. Fortunately it. "ns a. calm night, otherwise the extent of the mischief would have been much greater as an explosive cache, timber mill, and other buildings were in close proximity. Waggoner, killed. GISBORNE. March. 21. During a heavy thunderstorm on Saturday evening, a team of eight horses driven liy a waggoner, Thomas .> icholls. Tiniroata. took I right and plunged over a twenty feet hank, at it budge approach. The body of Xieliolis "as discovered next afternoon m a I.Ye m !'<' bed of the crock. which was covered by the carcases of three dead horses* belonging to the team. obituary. INVERCARGILL, March 24. Tho death occurred on Saturday night of William Saunders, son of Allred Saunders, a member of the Dominion s first Parliament. He was born at NVson in 1848 and educated at Nelson College, lie started business in Christchurch and subsequently purchased, a station property in Ashburton district. 1„ |BB4 lie removed to Southland where lie was engaged in fiour-inillnig and tanning'. He Served on various public bodies and tin! much journalistic work and was one of the pioneers of Milford track. He leaves a widow, four daughters and three sons.