DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

tIT TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASS.V., COPi’RIGHI. SHINO 1.1-: DREDGE SINKS. AUCKLAND June 20. Dunne the "ale. it to shingle dredgo owned by .MeCallum Bros., sank at I’akeha Island, llauraki Culf. It. is hoped to move her to shallow water and pump the water out. POACIIJ-U TP OUT. AUCKLAND. June 20. The Acclimatisation Society resolved write to the Minister of Internal Affairs draw in" attention to the poaching of trout at Uotorua and the southern end tif Lake Taupo and asking that a range he requested to obtain eou-vi'-iions as soon ns possible. HOUSE BUB NT. AUCKLAND, June 20. A fire almost entirely gutted an eight roomed house at, Mi. Eden the residence of John Seansie and family, during their absence. The house was ownd In- tlie International .Mercantile Cov. am! was insured for £2OOO. The 1 uriiiilire was also insured. A BOV KILLED. DUNEDIN. Juno 20. John Stewart Heed. B 1 years of age, was killed this morning through a bicycle skidding and throwing him under the wheels of a loaded dray. CAB EX A EXOriliY. WANGANUI. June 20. Tie. Magistrate made the following statements during the Cyremi en.piiry tn-day;—“lf the oral evidence of Captain Pater-on and his olii-ers is to ho accepted, and we do not wish to say wc do not accept it. it may he considered proved that the ship’s draught was approximately sixteen feet six inches. We are of the opinion that this evidence should he sttpp n teil by •diioiimentary evidence In the ship's logs in a fornt Ihat would, put it beyond doubt. On tins point, we are c; the opinion that t"1 1 - records are not ( sal Glut lorv. and show -min' e\ idem-' of slackness, The log h m 1..-, have no, ' |’<.!lowed the inst ruet ions, and do not give the help lh.lt they -hold,l . ,