DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TELECRAPH— PRESS ADSN., COPYRIGHT. DEAD AT SEA. AUCKLAND. January 5. -Miss E. Barber, 07 years of age. and a second class passenger to Sydney, died of heart failure on board the Afakura oil December 20, two days after leaving Honolulu for Auckland. The deceased’s home is in Wagga. N.S.W. She was buried at sea. AUSTRALIAN WINS CHESS. NELSON, January G. The chess championship was won by Hardy, the 17-vear-old Australian. In the final round I licks beat Soverno, Cole beat Anderson. Vaughan beat Dodds, Purdy beat Goyles. Afoir beat Kelling. Positions: Purdy 7. Gyles and Vaughan 51. Anderson 5, Moir TV. Dodds and Hicks I. Kelling 3V, Scverne and Cole 3.

GISBORNE TROUBLE. GISBORNE. January 0. In connection with H'o refusal of local wntersiders to handle meat cargoes under the terms of the new award, Bennett (Secretary of the Waterside Employment Association. "Wellington! and Roberts (President of the Alliance of Labour) are visit'.nsr Gisborne, endeavouring to effect a settlement. AIOTOR CAR FATALITY. O AMARU, Jan. fi. Robert Young, married, a bootmaker. was iniured in Hie early hours of the morning in a motor car accident, and died in the hospital this morning. Young was returning from Damani with three other men in a ear, driven by Ernest llessilwood. Nearing Oamaru the ear swerved and struck a telo-gran-li uole. Young was silting at the back of the car and probably was struck on the head by (lie note and collapsed. SIX MONTHS FOR THEFT. AUCKLAND, dun. 0. Edwnnl Alelbouriie Sorenson. aged 21, was sentenced at the police court to six months’ imprisonment for theft of a suit of clothes. A young woman witness slated she met accused at a dance and while stepping a measure with him. recognised the suit lie was wearing as that stolen Irom her friend. Accused' pleaded lie bought the suit from a srunpor in the street, hot the Magistrate disregarded the well worn tale'