DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

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\ SKI?IOCS CIIAHOK. W\l l?OA. August. LI. A yomiK mao. named Arthur Heorge Kdlin a ne'v-foiuer in this district, was arrested this afternoon at Opoaiu hv Serpen lit Wade • a «■barge of in cost aliened to have been committed at L’ctonc last year. flotsam kho.m hkoclcs. \Y Kl jI.I N (ITON. AoH'i-t IK Some cargo has been washeil ashore near Terawliiti. and it "a.- thniiphl at first to he from the Hippie- it " !l * recovered to-day. and ideiitilied as part of the enrpo washed overboard from the steamer Begums. FOCI? BOYS I?CN DOWN. CHUTSTCHCIiCII. August IK A three-sea ter car was heinp driven throi.Hh Waipnrn at 12.3 d p.m. today hv James Davis, of Nelson, "hen a hoy. ridilip a cycle, crossed suddenly 0M file "I side of-the road. Ihe motorist swerved to avoid him. and knocked down four school hoys, who wore standing "ii the side ol the road. \ s a result. Archibald .McPherson is in the Christchurch Hospital suffering from severe scalp wounds, and James Antill is in Waikari Hospital with a had wound in the h’gThe others received minor ininrics. for which they were treated, and then cornered to their homes. TRAIN OKI? A I I.KD. WOODYI 1.1,K. Auniist l-'».

The train from Palmerston North, arrivinn at \Yoodville at R a.m. ran into a slid coiniuH oilt ol a tunnel in the (Jorge. Tl npine hit a bniildcr and was derailed, nisi four trucks an- oir the line. The carriages |nilled up in the liinnel. 11l twelve pa.'Selieers. no one "a- hurt. A chain of ilaiimKe "as done, but they will prolavldv have the line open this afternoon . Trallie i- held up meantime. The (Jorpe road is also closed. CI.AI.M KOI? i/A.MAOKS. ALCKI.AND. A oh. Id. ■ The ease in which Mrs Lawrence ■ claims C2LOJ damapi-s lor aliened lieplipent 11 ea.menI by Dtiiidns Mackenzie "as continued. The delelldant said

h,. had practised medicine for 23 years. AUcr examination. he told plaint ill d - wa-> ma-litis. not earner, from which 1 he said lie had a reasonable hope ol ' <-uriio' her williool operation. He put I 1 ler under -he Abrams treatment, am ; as a result tbe ripht breast minrnvcil null the trouble in tin- left breast bc- ' eatne li.or. or less stationary Alter ‘ live weeks’ treatment she left bun 1 without indicating 'Me l , an lntelil uni. " inn had further treatment in October and March. He had not to d In r s.ie was cured. In Scot. H>23 be advised ■m operaiioc in the hospital. I laiotil paid him Cl and ow.-i him J-'M tor *' treatiiient.

AI.LKOKI) MLItOKI? CASK. JKKKIJIKs- BKKt >1? K COCRT. CIIBISIT 111 IJCH- A'ip. Id. Jeffreys appeared at the Mag's! rale - Court. IJaiitiiora. ila- ■itormnp was remanded till Amp. 22nd ban being refused. H is ullcped tbe "--man received injuries thmupli being pu'iux. over a el ill. One Sumlav in July .lelfreys out on n pip-sliootinp expedition, accompanied l.y his "He. two eh,hire, and two Maoris, and it ly alleped »l thev arrived at OUmtiu he sent tin Maoris and the eldest child away ami that while his "He "•>' 1 “ down attendinp to the youngster. -J - file vs shoved the woman over the e. iWhen the Maoris returned Jellu his wife had fallen down the clih. lm. went down and picked her up. *. 11 was found in a liadlv hrulsed condition one hundred feet below.