DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

nv Tr.r.rrui.wa— ritr.ss assn., coevnionr. INFANTILE I’AIIA I.YSIS. OUTBREAK AT PETtiXK. WKI.hIXGTOX’. December IT An outbreak of infantile paralysis has occurred nt I’etonc. a suburb of Wellington, ami stringent precautions are I cing observed with a view to preventing its developing into an epidemic. There are nine ease's, ami all patients are i|iiarantined in their own homes. Tim borough iii-pecPu- attends to the ordering and delivering of all food su; - plies, a business which entails about live hours daily. The system laid don u by the Health Department is absolute isolation, and nllhom/h the matter is fairly serious, there appears to he no cause for alarm. SA I,A MAN’S COMMITTAL SrSI’KX’DKI). A I ’CK I AX'D. Dee. lib The warrant for tin* eommiltal ol Abraham Katanian has liven suspended, pending an appeal. COM, AT DAM AIM". OAMARU. Dee. Kb A large do|xisit of good lignite coal lots been discovered near Kurow. The lace of the seam is 22 feet ill depth. An application lor a coal lease is being made to the Otago Land Hoard, and mining operations will lie commenced next month. FATAL ACCIDENT. AUCKLAND. Dee. Hi. A fa la I lift accident occurred in the Ferry Buildings. George p reilcrick (',,>] whs inking a ease ol goods up ill tlie lift. The ease overbalanced, knocking lulu again t the side ol tin* lilt. Con received bead and thigh injuries, and died several hours later. Deceased was a married man, and lived in the city. CAM BbI.XG'FINE. ' WELLINGTON'. Dee. Hi. The sccjiic! to the raid at Clyde Quay last evening occurred in the Magistrate’s Court to-day. when a taxi proprietor named 1-raiieis | ’atrick i.a'i. :l!) years of age. was lined CIO. in de|'aillt two months’ imprisonment, for keeping a eomnnm gaining lionsc* at Clyde Quay. Eor being fennel on the premises 21 othc*r men were line'll L'2 each, and one was lined CM. Law was given II days in which to find the money.