DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by 7£T.EGRArn —TER TRESS ASSOCIATION

COUNTY ECONOMY. BLENHEIM, August 9. At the tail end of a long and exhaustive meeting, the Marlborough County Council passed the following motion by seven to five: "That the present arrangement with tin; Council's engineer he terminated, and that he be given three months’ notice, or, in lieu of notice, three months’ salary.’’ The object of the motion was the appointment of a part-time engineer, instead of a Tull time one. The present engineer is Mr G. S. Whiteside. BACON FACTORY BURNT. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 0. A lire this afternoon destroyed the bacon factory of L. C. Walker Ltd., and caused damage estimated at seven thou-and. 'The insurance totals four thousand. HIT BY TRAIN. WELLINGTON. August 11. A young motor cyclist, Frank Tyde. was seriously injured at the railway crossing at Paraparaumii. Approach iitg the line he listened Tor the Napier train and not hearing it. went on. A special conveying territorials to Wanganui struck him on the left leg and almost severed it at the ankle, besides injuries to head and side. He was taken on In tin- train to Otaki where he lies ill a serious condition. BOY KILLED BY MOTOR-VAN. DUNEDIN, August 9. Allan T'raireis Selinah, aged seven, was knocked down and killed by a motor-van in Princess street this morning, lie and an elder brother were running a message when the latter engaged in a light with some other youths. 'The deceased crossed to his brother with the above result.

CROSS COUNTRY RACE. WELLINGTON. August in

The Provincial Cross Country Championship attracted 75 runners. The result was: Silver (Scottish! 1. S'-ratcli-ard i (llynipic) 2, Rose ( M lister!on) .’t. These and Todd (Brooklyn) and Dome . Hutu form the team to represent Wellington in the New Zealand Championship.

YOUNG GIRL SMASHED. WELLINGTON. Aug. 11. A serious accident happened to the voting daughter ol Mr 11. J- Kerry tSecretary of the Newspapers' Assn.) She was crossing a tram track at 1 In--I,and a car came round a corner and knock, d her dow n. At the hospital it nil,-, found one leg was Iracturcd ill two places, the collarbone broken and a rib farctured. Her rendition has slightly improved since. A FATALITY. WANGANUI, August 11. Bryan l-'elton Dalton, married, about forty, a denti-t of Palmerston Ninth, met with a fatal accident about four o'clock this morning, when leaving here for home in a motor car. lie was | roceeiliug along Tniipo (.tuny when Hie car by some means ran on the footpath and struck an iron verandah jost. Dalton evidently jumped -out of tbe car as he was found lying face downwards on the toot].nth with j heavy po,-t which had crashed, on the hack ol his head, which was badly smashed.

KNOCKED DOWN BY TRUCK

R KEETON, July 11. Domnick Coli was knocked down bv a railway lrnrk and inn over at the -Kotokohit railway station on Saturday night. Ilis l high was badly crushed. It having to lie alii| mated at the ReelT’cn 1 laspiti.i. MOTOR (YULE I VIA 111 IKS. NO GIRL LOSES LIFE WAITARA. July 11. An accident occurred last night on the Tikorangi Road whereby a girl, .(larjorv I’urdie. aged twenty, lost her life. She was in the side car cl a ■motor cycle and on a straight stietch lame into collision with another motor cycle. 'The impa: t was severe and the girl seems to have been struck on the back of the bead. 'The machine toll cu her. She was taken to the lei-pilnl. bill died live hours later. Douglas Piil’dic. the rider of tile bicycle and a friend, on the scat Luliiud, escaped with slight nuns. DUNEDIN. July 11. W. Stew ail. aged .’’s, ni.-i.ri ied. and working at Porlohello, was knocked down by a motor cycle in Princess Street yesterday and died in the hosI ital after an operatio.-:. A MAJOR’S DEATH. NELSON. August 11. < ibiniarv Major 11. Barr. D. 5.0.. A..11.A. Tile deceased eame to Now Zealand for health reasons after long war .strain commencing with the niaime artillery in the original British Expeditionary T’ori-e. lie was the only surviving son of Ca.pt. F. 1. Barr. 8.X.. of Emsworlh Hants. 'The deceased leaves a widow and three voting children in Nelson. YOUNG BOY DROWNED. WA-IROA. .Inly 11. ■\ small hoy. Bill 'I wist, aged six xli] I’eil into the river near the ilangialiim Pah. on Saturday, and was drowned. 'The body lias not yet been recovered.

A I.I.IT!ED GAAIBI.TXG lIOESE. TATHAPE, August 11. The police on Saturday night raided the premises of Herbert Reuben A 100 i e a billiard room proprietor, with the result that ten persons appeared tit Court this morning. Aloore was charged with keeping a common gaming house, Archibald A) adsworth was charged with assisting to conduct same, and eight others were charged with being found on the premises. All were remanded for a week. Bail of £I(K> sterling fur Moore and Wadsworth and £o for the others was given.

arbitration court. WELLINGTON. August 11. The hearing of the application of the Ironmasters Association for a Dominion award in respect to four tranches of the engineering industry was continued before the Arbitration Court to-day. Air Bromley, for tho men. said he hoped to convince the Court that the last award had operated uniustlv against the wTirkors and that the Unions demands were reasonable requests, sound in principle and sound economically. The l nion claimed a forty hours week and Air Bromley dealt with the general question of hours in some detail. An employer whose men are on a forty bout week had told hint that he would not revert to Saturday morning work, even if the men wanted to. The l ltion suggested 2s fid per hour as the minimum rate. High wages were the secret of America's success as a manufacturing country. Bettor wages here would increase efficiency and help the industry to meet outside competition.

ALAN INJURED. CHRISTCHURCH. August 11. E. C. Geary, married, was caught in tbo shafting at A. and T. Burt’s factory this morning and received severe injuries.

LITTLE GIRL INJURED. BLENHEIM, Aug. 11. A motor ear capsized on Spring Creek Road yesterday, throwing the occupants into a ditch. A little girl. Patricia Ludlow, three years old. was pinned under the ear. and was rescued •with difficulty. She sustained a severe scalp wound and was nearly drowned. She was Imspitalled. hut her condition is now not grave.