DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH PER TRESS ASSOCIATION. ATHLETICS. CHRISTCHURCH, April 14. Otago won the University Athletic Tournament with 17 points, Victoria College 191, Auckland 7-1, Canterbury 7. Existing records were broken in five events. PROGRESS LEAGUE. CHRISTCHURCH, April 14. Twelve members of the Canterbury Progress League who set out on Friday to explore the Waiinakariri glacial regions have already had exciting experiences. Camp was not reached the iirst night until several streams had been forded, waist high, a twelve mile tramp taking nearly live hours. Later, one of the party was missed after he had set out alone for the glacier, 1 lit he turned up safely after searchers had been out. The scenery so far has aeon magnificent. specially remarkable for a. series of waterfalls.

BANK CLERK’S DEATH. WELLINGTON, April 11. Stanley Nicholson, aged 21, a dork In the Bank of X.Z. here, while riding a bicycle on the Greytown Road, Wairarapa. ran into a motor ear and received severe inpnries to his head, from which he died in the hospital. SEIZURE OF LIQUOR. NAPIER. April 14. As a result of police visits to two Napier bowling greens yesterday, a quantity of liquor was seized. Prosecutions tor selling liquor without a license are following under the section of Hie Act dealing with uncliaiTered clubs. FATAL INJURIES. AUCKLAND, April 13. Arthur .Tudd. aged seventy-three, a resident of Maungaturoto, died in the hospital as the result of injuries received by being knocked down by a motor-vehicle as lie stopped oft’ a trainear in the city. FALL PROM TRAIN. AUCKLAND, April ]3. A fatality occurred near the EHorslie railway station shortly after six o’clock- to-night, John Savage, ol I’apatcctoe, being killed through in! iug from a train. Apparently no one witnessed the. fall hut it is assumed that Savage b •an! d an outward-bound train from the races. The body was later found near the railway track. NAVAL COMMAND. AUCKLAND. April 13. Commodore A. T\ Beal, of the New /aland Naval Squadron, and his acting secretary. Paymaster Lieutenant \\\ J. G. Prophets, who attended the Naval Conference at Singapore, returned to-day by the Niagara. Commodore I’eal will rejoin the flagship FI.M.S. Dunedin at Dunedin on Thursday. AX KM EX’S CARNIVA D. BLENHEIM. April 13. At the axemen’s carnival, A\ . J. Costello. of Devonport. Auckland (nsec) non the Id-inch standing chop, for a prize of £IOO, in 47 2-d see. He also Won the New Zealand 12-inch championship standing chop in 29 1-dscc. MA () IH CENTEX A lUAN. AUCKLAND. April 13. A Maori woman, Hera Matcwhitu, said to he 108 years old. died at Hunt|y ,m Good Friday. She was gcncrallv known as ‘'Old N’gawai.” and dated her birth back I<> 1.817. She had thus lived in tlie reign of six British Sovereigns and was horn only two years after the Battle ol Materloo.

When quite a little girl Hera Mnlowliitu must have been lamiHar uith the terrible name of llonga Mika, the Maori Napoleon, whose swift- raids and massacres greatly reduced the Maori population in the north during the early twenties.

Deceased was twenty-three years old before New Zealand came under British rule with the signing of the Trealy of Waitaiigi in ISIO.

The Waikato wars found her a mid-dle-aged. woman, and she lived in the centre of the district where hostilities wore fiercest. Before her death Hera Malewhilu had the rare privilege of seeing her great-great-grandchildren growing up around her—-the fifth .generation. A FATAL CASE. CHRISTCHURCH. April 14. Another death from tlie disease occurred at the Christchurch Hospital on Sunday. Particulars of the ease were: Girl. 41 years. Feudal ton road.

LABOUR CON FERE NCI 1

WELLINGTON, April 13

The annual conference „«f the New /calami Labour Party opened to-day. There are 195 delegates.

'Flic national president, Mr TPrimlle, occupied the chair, and, after reviewing the position generally. *°- minded delegates that this year would see a general election in New /calami. They were there to lay the foundations of the first Labour Government in this country. The industrial and political organisations of fhe working class had never been so closely bound together as they were at the present Lime, mainly due to the spread of economic knowledge together «ith ihe Reform Government's concern lor the wealthv section of the community ami its otter disregard of the needs and requirements of the people as a whole. lie hoped their deliberations would he made in the light of this fact and. when next they met. it would he as the ruling noli ideal power in this country, guiding social and industrial forces to contentment and happiness for all. The conference is considering a report brought down by the National Executive. The executive's annual report detailed the action taken in protesting against the New Zealand Government contributing C 100.900 towards the Singapore haw scheme, and in sending a congatulutory cablegram to Mr MacDonald when the British Labour Government decided to drop the scheme. The conference confirmed the action, low quotes will surprise you. R. P. do all in their power to raise the e.ection lighting funds asked lor hv the

executive. . Conference decided that the political situation did not permit nt a New Zca land' delegate attending the British Commonwealth conference in London m •Tulv.

TROTTING HOARD DECISIONS. CHRISTCHURCH, April 15. The New Zealnml Trotting Board met last evening and discussed the interpretation of rule 315 as to the rmht of disqualified persons to race a horse pending his being finally determined. It was agreed to refer the matter to the annual Conference. It. was also decided to authorise the Inangahua Club to pay out the stakes won by Some At ilkes.