DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

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THE DEPORTATION ARGUMENT. WELLINGTON, June 2. -M.r 11. Holland 'Leader of the Labour Party) has sent a further telegranl to Sir Francis Bell (AttorneyCeueral) contending the hitter has discretion to act and was not necessarily obliged to do so. and again demanding that Lyons lie given an opportunity to deieuil himself. Sir E. Bell has replied that he took a different view ot the law and declined to continue the correspondence further. Ml! LY'XAR'S ( BARGES. WELLINGTON, June 2. A; ■ m .Meat Coinmissiou evidence was given hy David Thompson, formerJv manager of the Bank o! New /tealand at Gisborne, regarding his efforts to raise new capital for the Poverty Bay Funner:,' Meat Coy. lie advised that the plan was impracticable adding t lint there was no room lor three meat works in the district. The Commission adjourned till Thursday. ANOTHER WIRELESS ACHIEVEMENT. WELLINGTON. June 2.

Mr G. Shrimpton, son ol the Chief Telegraph Engineer, and a well known New Zealand wireless amateur established two-way eomnmuu ation with Signor Mario of Milan. Italy. The Wellington nan piclted up the Italian about 1 p.m. and continued cummunicatinn hy the Morse code lor about an hour. The signals were distinctly heard at both ends. This is the first lime that Italy has Ivon worked bv a New Zealand amateur. TRENT!! AM SCHOLARSHIPS. WELLINGTON. June 2. Tie Trentliuin Scholarship Hoard’s annual meeting reported that 11If renewals uf bursaries had been granted during the past year and (il new awards were made. The value of the awards was .28.770, or 2980 more than the amount anuunllv available. This was made possible by generous assistame from the Canteen anil Regimental Trust Fluid Board who had allotted 21000 per annum for the next decade. Tim scholarship funds amount to 28 1,000 SHOOTING ACCIDENT. WESTPORT. June 1. Yesterday afternoon, William Harvey, a litter working at Riley and Co’s foundry, was accidentally shot in the side whilst out. on a goat shunting expedition no the Itu 1 li-r river, in company with Samuel Lull. They crossed Hie Boiler river at the survey camp, at the old Blackwatcr -tables, and prn-

i ceded up tiic sideling for about a mile. On the return journey, to make going; easier. Harvey cut a strip of llax ami made a sling lor the riIII*. He was in the act of placing it over his shoulder when the "till went nil', tho bullet entering his left side about the waist and travelling upward between the skin and the ribs, where it lodged. Lull' left Harvey and proceeded down the river to the survey camp for help. On his way. in passing round a blull, he got a nasty spill, and was badly knocked about the head. Lull' eventually reached the camp, and Mr Sininiius, surveyor, aieompamini by Mr Pickering and another man. taking a left 1»>;>t w. ill up the river. Simm. i;-. bavin ; in nhu-es to pull the hnal through water up to his waist.. They covered about a mile when they calim across Harvey, got him into the boat and set oil' on the return journey, in semi-darkness, reaching the camp about 7 p.m. Eu ft u nati'ly. one oj Rett's cai-. which was returning to Westport from Rccftou. was In Id no and waited lor about ten minutes until the re-i-ueil and rcscuei ' arrived, and brought the injured man on to Westport, where he was admitted lo the ho-pilal. Il was moi thought that the injury would prove serious. Harvey, however, was very lucky, as had the gun been turned in only a little more, the bullet must have gone throught his heart. CYCLIST 11 ns TRAIN PALMERSTON NORTH. June 2. A fatal accident oecurreil on the railway crossing at Terra,e End this morning;. A uiot-ir-eyclist. Norman Orecr. a singT" man aged ah.ml Ji. struck tlio Main Trunk express and was killed instantly. The molor-e.vcle was thrown oil’ the cowcatcher 1 eyoml the next crossing, a distance of nearly gi)o .Minis. The locality lias liven t lie scene of several previous fatal crossing accidents. FOUND DEAD. AUCKLAND. June 2. Matthew Brennan, aged about sixty, was found dead ill the kitchen ol a residence on Piiit.-onhy road and a ga.s tube near hi- mouth, with the gas full on. MOTOR FATALITY. UK ETA IT UN A. Juim 2. A lutal motor accident occurred last evening. Peon Matheson, 22, was returning home from Rongomai ahum in a two sealer car w hicli apparent Iv struck a dog. The car skidded and capsized. He was found under the ear shortly alter, his neck being dislocat- ,,,| and death was instantaneous. He was a. son of \V. B. Matheson. well known in Farmer’s Uninn circles. NATIVE LAND COMPENSATION. | GISBORNE. June 2. The Native Apellate Court imhehl the Land Court’s allocation of compensation to he paid for laud taken in the early days, in excess ol the area ceded Government as a penalu <>i rebellious activity by certain Poverty Rav natives. 'The amount to be distributed is about. sixty ti'ousaiicl I pounds.

OAAI.BLINO PROTEST. AUCKLAND, June 2. A strong deiimieiath.il of gambling wax made at a meeting of the Connell of Christian Congregations, particul;,:ly with reference live tdla.li::„d art unions. Chairman Furiiess .-.lid right and left, honey-combed thn 11 this city and land, the sweepstake is going oil. Young men amt women. ... office and factory, are laced with that temptation every day. I ,i 0 not want to he hysterical, but it is time some of i.-s be. ame alive to this unconscionable thing in our midst. Air ( utten S-Msaid gambling was turni ina the general weaknesses of young I people .definitely into d'ushoaiesty. dis ! honesty was rife in the community m smaller matters. Of two evils gambling was more serious than drink, becuise it did not disclose itself in had behaviour. U was resolved the Kxoentive be asked to consider the matter la-fore next meeting.

HOSPITAL PROBLEMS. AUCKLAND. Afay 31

The Rev T. Wilson Pens, chairman of the S >ntli Canterbury Hospital Board was enthusiastic over the te„ults of the Hospital Boards’ conference. A Liny of the remits in which his Board was deeply interested had been passed, and now bad the hacking of the Association. He had heen'deep]y impressed with the methods of giving relief in Auckland, and would not readilv forget being present at one of the relief meetings at the office in Kitchener street, where a long list of cases was dealt with in one afternoon. Taken as a whole, the problems they

had to’ fac-e were practically the same. Most hospital districts had their backblocks. and in that respect they met on common ground in trying to do their best for settlers outback. They bad wife deserters in the south, just as we had them in the north, but now when thev sent their recommendations to the Government, they would speak with a united voice. Every remit submitted hy the committee interested ii. social relief work had been endorsed Inti ito icon Terence and that hdartened them in their work.