DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1924, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

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.1 UGO-SLAV\S SUICIDE. I)A RGA\’II/LE, November iO. I van Lulieh, a Jugo-Slnv, aged 112, a .siiigleniun, was found dead in a gt-m----digging camp on the West Coast R. ad last night. Deceased had shot himself with a double-ban died shot gnu Intying a piece of string to lii.s big tee ■’••id the trigger of the gun. Ihe inquest revealed the fact that he had been ill for some time, and i ;:d given up all hope of recovery. He left

a letter stating it was bis intention to take lii.s life. Alter lu-aiing evidence by a .surge m. at.d by countrymen of deceased, iiie Coroner brought in a verdict that deceased took his life while mentally eeA SERIOUS CHARGE. ASIIHURTO.N. November 19. Arthur Mortis, 118, a sheep-drover of Eillelton was remanded at Ashburton Court this morning on a charge of committing ra|e on a gill of it at ’I inwald yesterday. fatal injuries. CHRISTCHURCH. November 19. Alexander Johnstone. 99, manied. a lilt attendant at Hereford Court Buildings who was crushed in the lift on Monday died this morning from a bro-

ken thigh and severe internal injuries. I'AIAIHItSTOX X., Xovc-mber 19. At the Hnukcs Bay-Man,awatu District Methodist Synod ibis morning. ‘Rev. Rugby Pratt spoke on the confused but aspiring world, tie said :t wa < time the churches took their task seriously. Never was there a greater need to eliminate waste effort and co-ordi-nate all Christian a livities so as to inspire the community with Christinn ideals and motive, t Inly the Chttrcli

its-df would create and redeem character. The Church was ant impotent nor was it bankrupt. Rower illimitable throbbed within her. riches untold were hers, hut she must draw upon the i idles and harness the power. They wanted a hotter world. That would not- come of itself. The advance "as not autn-

niatie and must he worked, for tinids of the world would only In- remedied as the Kingship of Jesus Christ he -nine a reality in their individual lives. Their religion must he interpreted in the terms of the service r.f the ideals of Jesus. When they were gripped hv the vision of the reign i f God and when they organised their locus for the service r.f the ideal, they would .become an invincible power to straighten out the world’s tangles and establish a reign of righteousness on earth. OITA ARRIVES. GREYMOUTII. November 19. The Opua arrived at daylight in the roadstead and is waiting for the bar to moderate. She is expected to enter at high tide and apparently is undamaged. DANNKVIRK E R ACING TROUBLE. DA NX KV HIKE, Nov. 19. The ballot held for the election ol ollieers of the Dannevirke Racing Chili, consequent upon tin- recent resignations at the request of the special meeting of members, resulted in the former treasurer and nine 01, the old committee of twelve being re-elected, the offensive of the malcontents having, it is claimed, achieved their object. PRICE OE BUTTER REDUC ED. DUNEDIN. November 19. The price of biiter has been reduced one penny per pound all round. PREFERENCE DUTIES. POSITION OK PAI’EIL WELLINGTON. Nov. 19. The decision of the New- Zealand and Australian Governments to increase from 25 to 75 per emit, the proportion of British la’- I- :■ ai d Material required I I-I'ore pief.-t olieo was gi'auterl. was re ooived al Home with much apprehension. It is . i --aded that in sllcll articles as paper at least, lilt per cent, must he imported into England in the form of wood pulp before paper ran Ik* manufactured. It is also pointed out that woollen goods are largely made from Colonial wool, and while New Zealand recognises this. Australia does riot meet the case as regards paper. The .Minister of Customs has derided that until April Ist. 1921 i paper wholly n-ade in Or-s-it Britain or other British possessions, from loreign pulp shall be excepted. BKQBESTS TO METHODISM. ASHBURTON. Nov. 19. By the will of the late Duncan McKenzie. who died recently lit East Ashburton, £sllO is bequeathed to the Ashburton Methodist new church building fund. After making certain private bequests .and subject to a life interest for tin- widow, the residue of the estate will he divided equally between the Ashburton Methodist Church for Sunday School purposes, the Methodist Home Missionary Society, the Methodist Foreign Missionary So-i-.-ty. ami the Rapanui Methodist Orphanage. Ihr amount of the residue to tie divided amongst the four institutions mentioned will probably exceed £9.909.

RI! ES YT K RIA X ASSEMBLY

additional i:KSOI.UTIO.NS

PALMERSTON X., Nov. 19,

Tbo Presbyterian Assembly lias coneludeTl. Additional resolutions were carried Hint it he a recomnieniiation to Ereshvterians to make arrangements for tin* (o.iimemoratioii next year ol the quarter century production of the first printed New Testament in _English by William Tyndall; that Ministers lie urged to call attention to the matter on Bible Sunday: that the first Sunday in May he Bible Sunday and the wink of the British Foreign Bible Soeietv, and the National Bible So-e-etv i,f Scotland h- ocmmeii.led : that in tin- event of Mr T. M. Lsitt’s Bible in Schools’ Bill not being carried, the Church join.-, with the other Cnurcties in eiiileavoiiring to have the Education Act altered so that the Lords’ Prayer will he taught in schools.

STORM IN CANTERBURY. CHRISTCHURCH. Nov. 10. A heavy south-westerly sto-m is sweeping Canteihury with a soaking rain. MAUAROA IN TROUBLE. CniiISTOHUUCM. Nov. 19. The Mararoa arrived ..t Lyttelton over four hours late, having bad to he hove to shortly after midnight, through an eneiir.e breakdown. YOUNG WOMAN SENTENCED. CHRISTCHURCH. Nov. 19. “Nina Maw Lang, aged 22. charg.-f with the theft of £S9 from her era l Itivors was sentetuod to om* yoai J reformative treatment, additional to the year imposed in Auckland on •> charge of false pretences -barge. Tim Magistrate said the woman had a lot of ability, but did not seem to show contrition.