DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

HV TEIitiCRAPH—r It ESS ASSN., COrVRIGHT. TRACTOR DR I V Kit KILLED. PUKEKOHE, .May 22. Arthur ()'('aainis l.upuonil. aged .'id, mis I-.died last, nielli at .Motothu 1»lami. 12 miles from Titakau. ile was employed hauling llax with a lordsoii tractor and if was customary tor the machine lo clear its own track. While pushing down cabbage trees it struck a lirnt trie which the niaehilio commenced to eliinl) and tell backwards, pinning l.auwuod by the chest. Death r.as itisiantaneons, lie leaves a widow and four children. -MA.NI.KA UK DO UK. I'TKK.M K.\ WANT HA.M AND EGGS. WELLINGTON, .May 20. Owing lo the demands of the lireinen on tlie .Manuka in the matter of food, the steamer could not sail to-day. Elio still is held lip and is not expected to get au ay until to-moriow. it is stated that, the men wain ham and egos nviie a week, while the award says that tho i'uml must lie ample. The seamen, it is said, accept the same tale. Kt'ROW TRAGEDY. CUEI.ET IX THE HEAD. HA.MAKE, May 20. Hudson's body was reiovercil Hunting in til teen inches of water by two men patrolling the river in a boat, ihe sum of £135 in notes was discovered in the clothes. A post mortem was belli early this afternoon. It disclosed that a bullet had entered above the right eye and lodged a I the base of the brain. Tlie iniriuvst v.as adjourned till Monday. There is good reason to believe that, only evidence of the actual eau.se of death ''ill ho taken ami curiosity regarding tint motive "ill never be satisiiod.

WHEAT POSITION. WEI.LINGTI ).X, -May 21. lion. .Mr Xoswcnhy stated to-day that he had been advised by bis Depa rt men la I oilier:'- Hint, at a iTpiv.seittativr conference of millers, held ill Christchurch oil May 211, it was clearly shown that the millers had been laitlifully carrying out their agreement to purchase all the wheat they could possibly secure at the prices that "ere agreed noon with tlie farmers at the conference bold at Wellington on the 2.3 rd. of April. Returns submitted to tin- Wln-at Controller showed that two and threc-i|uatier million bushels had been purelia.-ed by tlie millers up to .May i». The Government Statist ieian's returns indicate that up to the 20th. ot April, almost three million bushels had been thresh: d. There now appears to be about one million odd bushels of milling "heat still in the hands ol the farmers and mi-relinnts. Evidently, there is some t eli'etamv - n the | art ot the farmers and merchants to sell, and it is suggested that both probably are holding on for an advance in the price. Many of the millet's present at the i or,feiviice ileii'nitely stated that they could not. secure any further supplies, and were emphatic- in their J'e'ptes

for the importation of overseas wheal to the South Island in order that iaith could he kept with the Government. ‘•The millers promised to Imy all ,1... milling hc.it available l.v the endof .1 11111'," said Mr .No-"orlby. “I urge the farmers to sell their wheal at the prices agreed upon til the earliest pos-

-Ibh- moment. The Govern lit may he forced j , import wheal at an carl, date, and it it i- compelled to do so. Hu- in i mot's will then hold their stocks at their ov. n risk'.”

XEAY JOURNALISTS’ AWARD. WAXG AXI I. May 21. A complete agreement was tea.-lied at the Conciliation Ooilii. il on the Wellington County .loti real i> Is dispute. Ti,,. new wages scale involves a reduction of .is in cadets’ wages. Juniors’ wages remain as l.efore. General reporters receive 12 s ti.l per neck increase and senior reporters • >.s imrease. \ new hours clans., allows the spread of fit., work to he increase,l tl time oft is allowed a worker during the day. DAMAGES AWARDED. AUCKLAND. May 21. At the (Supreme Court, the claim by Henry John Saulbrcy for £150,') damages front Davis I). TV. .Martin (.Medical practitioner) and •lames 'I homas Dunce (arc!die. D for the death of his daughter, .Mrs Stevens, in a. motor carnevident at Xgarua'wihia. was coneludo.! to-night. The jury relumed a verdict, that the accident was due to the negligence of Martin, and assessed the damages al c()o t if, exonerated Dom e. A motion for judgment was ileferteil. Al A NEKA TIED CD. AV'EI.iLTX'G'L’ON. .May 21. Simmering lrouble going on on the Manuka for the lasi three voyages ha leg. hod a climax at last. The crow niv p, he paid n(l’ io-morrow and the ship tied up indefinitely. The real mat ter. beyond tin* que-tinn ol the food, is said to he a deliberate aitcnir.f to in.-titute job control. The Union Coy say they feel that in the interest of the public they must resist. It i- said the Exceuiivo of the Senmens’ Cttion are not sympathetic towards the action of the men. A trimmer, named Lyons, an LW .A\ . propagandist, at the instance of the Customs, is being deported l>v the Afueraki to Sydney to-morrow, ns an undesirable, COAL Al IN K REGULATIONS. AYELUXGTOX. May 21. Orders-in-Cmincil are gazetted covering regulations for the control oi work in the coal mines. TELE RHONE CHARGES. WELLINGTON. -May 21. An amendment in the telephone toll charges is gazetted.