DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

ay telkcbaph— t-y.Ess Atta.v , i opvrkihi. THREE (ARS STOLEN. CHRISTCHURCH, May 16. I luce motor cais were stolen j., (.hristchiireh during the last 21 hours. One was found at Rircnrton ahinulnn'd with a wlied. till'. A private garage nearby was hurst open and another ear was stolen. PUBLIC SERA' lUK APPEAL BOARD. WELLINGTON'. May 10. The election of members of the Board ot A| peal under the Public Service Act resulted : -—Harold ( live Huimc. 2000, Charles Andrews. 277-1; Pierce Fleming. 1281. Me.*sr> Union- am! Audie.vs were elected. EIRE AT GISBORNE. GISBORNE. May Id. A bout four o'clock this morning a Lie practically destroyed a building in .Al iikaraka occupied by It. Bell (blacksmith), and C. .!euscn (wool and skin buyer). The .iiueini! of skill and hides that were in Hie si >re I, not known, hut it is uoi believed to have been considerable. The building was ow ned by .1. C. Parker, lei morly of 11 awkes’ Bay, and mivv of AAYlling-

II KART MASSAGED. HAMILTON. May 16. At mi inipiest on Stanley Dunslnn. aged 20. evidence was given that, following the operation at the Waikato I lospital. his heart i-eascd to beat for five minutes. An incision was made, and the heart, was massaged, and it resumed h.afing. The patient was apparently making go ~! progress towards recovery. .As t,. eibet of the aitae: t Let i - wore o.f, however, brain trouble (Lvclnued. am! the patient died. A verdict was returned that death was due to heart failure, all skill having been exercised. A St U.K I I'Ol; OX TRIAL. WANGANUI. May 17. The jury disannul in a ease in which George AlcCnol. formerly a sulicilur is charged on sixteen counts of the ill isa.i proria t ion of his (Bents' funds. ANOTHER MOTOR YICTT.AI. CHI! IKTt T I URCi I. May IT. William Shell or: I. one of the pur-cti-gers in the motor ear vvhieli was >1 rtiek by a train near Raugioiii on Thursday night, died at the Hospital at LIT. p.m. yesterday. He had had Itis Id t leg amtiut.’tU’d.

HOI.II) \Y BAY OX WHARF. ITIKISTCIIi ltd!. .May lit. A settlement has h.en n-aelied at Ly 11 el .accruing Ihe di-put e I ••- tween men and the t niou Coinpnuy as to payment for last Thursday afternoon. KM. A. CONKER EXCE. PALMERSTON X.. May IT. A Wellington Hist ric: Conference of Ihe I! ,S. A . to cniisi lor remit s for the dominion e■'ufereiu-e was held lime on Saturday. Matters Directing returned men and particularly soldier settlers were thoroughly discussed, and methods for the 1 amelioration ot their eoruli t ion-, were mlvam e-!. A NEW (O.WENT.

PALMERSTON N\. Mnv IT. The Inundation stone ol a new Convent ot Mercy, to cost 2l>.in'll was laid Gy !I Is (tilin' Archbishop Reilvv I. in the nresetice of a very hug"' crowd of iho parishioners and ol citizens ol the tow u l*i-dav. Desiilte threatening weal law Ihe chlll'ell Was overcrowded. I'rior lo the ceretmoiv there was a Kill In:ris! ir procession Irom tin- ehnrrli. to the site el' the building. The' cbtireb authorities stated thal this was the largest demonstration of its kind held in the Dominion. The Mnvor and the Mayoress, the member for th," district, Mr I. 11. Xa-li a- well as many Kceicsiust icnl di-gun lories were present at the irir-

A WIRELESS I-’EAT. ASHBURTON. May 17. W. M. Dawson, ol Station 211. L., reports successful receipt by means of a Special receiver. of wireless test messages sent, by the United States' Elect for obtaining data on the capabilities of short waves. Roth sides ol a conversation between the llagship Seattle (X.R.R.L.) and the Naval Research Laboratory at Bellevue .X. K . K.Y have been copied.

A NARROW' ESCAPE. CHRISTCHURCH. May IS A ,i*n,at ioiial aci-idrnt ocelli red at ( lifton llill. Sumner, ye-terduv. when a thl'ee-scater iar driven liy J. Reid refused to answer the brake, and hurst through a fence and slid over the cli 11. . I list when tic* car was a few yards oil' a .sheer drop of two hundred feet, Reid grabbed the wheel and slewed it into maeroearpa trees, where it stopped undamaged. Many people were oil the road below at. the time.

DRAINAGE COMMISSION. W'llAK ATANE. May 18. The llaimilaiki Commission concluded its Wliakataiie sittings on Saturday afternoon and will sit at Auckland on June sth to take evidence regarding the early history ol the drainage scheme.

ROY BREAKS LEG. WELLINGTON, .May IS. Nolan Smith, of the Boys’ Institute. Soccer team, hroKe his leg through i Dining into collision with another player.

CHAMPION COW SOLD. WELLINGTON, May 18. At the sale of Ayrshire cattle at Levin the .seven-year-old cow .Maesgwvn Princess, which was champion at tile Royal Show was sold, after spirited contest fur 505 guineas. LABOUR’S VIEW'S. CHRISTCHURCH. May 18. The Labour view ot the political situation was expressed at a public meeting last eteiiing. when Mr Howard. M. 8.. said he didn’t think there would l.e a coalition of Reform, and Liberals. It looked as if Reform would not he aide to carrv on as a no-confidence motion could heat them. If the Liberals forme.! a Government they would last no longer than it would take to get a no-confidence motion through. I hen Mr Holland would he sent tor, because the Governor-General had no right to gram a dissolution until he had exhausted every means to get a government to carry on. MOTHER AND SON BURNT TO DEATH. WELLINGTON. May 15.l 5 . Advice from Ratihi states that Mrs W. I’iri and her nine-year-old son, were burned to death. Ihe husband was awakened at an early hour in the morning and found the farmhouse afire. The (lames had a strong hold and he was unable to save bis wife and son. Three other children were away from home at the time.

Mrs Pin is a daughter of Capt Foster, a veteran Salvation Army officer, ami she was well known in the Manawatti district. Her mother died a week ago. WATERSIDERS RESUME. CHRISTCHURCH. May 18. The watersiders at Lyttelton this morning resumed worked on the W aikouaiti, Knikorai. and Poolt». The dispute hiu been referred to the National Committee at Wellington.

CH I! IST CD UP.CH BURGLARY. CHRIsTC-lURCH. May 18. Burglars during the week-end entered the prem.sies of Johnston and Smith, motor body builders. They smashed the door off the safe and stole forty pounds .sterling.

MAN BURNT TO DEATH. HASTINGS, May 18

Yv'm, Speers, aged To. single, holding a small area of land in the Tomoana locality, was found burnt to death in his three roomed cottage, which was completely destroyed by fire this morning. When llie body was recovered from the llames legs were burnt off and tie- head ami trunk were unrecognis-

able. The portion of the deceased' clothes were recovered. Emm duct: meats found outside the house it i thought to be a ease of suicide.