DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1925, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

)Y TEEEGH 1PH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] COAL MINE AFIHIi. REEFTOX, Aug. 24. The eastern sky was ablaze on Friday ight. showing the reflection of a lire aging at the Mu ray Creek Coal Aline, wued by Messrs Collins and Kearns. Then ihe men left the mine in the ■ veiling the flames were roaring out i f the mouth of the tunnel for fully 40 eel, and at times during the night hose evidently became renewed and lit he whole surroundings up. One of the earns on the lease had linen smonlderng for a. number of years, hut it was bought that a belt of rock would preent it extending to the other drive, flic reverse, however, has proved the ■ase. and the drive in which the mi tin's have recently been working is now iblaze, and unable to be entered. ’lolay an effort was to be made to withIraw the rails from the other level, vliicli was hoped to he successfully lone. The outbreak means a big loss ;o the proprietors. Another feature is .lint tin' Inglewood road is only a short lislance away, and is held up on pilnrs. and if these are consumed bv the fire the road will inevitably collapse and a heavy expense will he inflicted ipnn the County Council in replacing this. A POLICE RAID. AUCKLAND. Aug. 22. At 1 o’clock I his morning the police raided a house in East Street. Newton. Two American naval patrol men accompanied the police party. As a result four women were arrested and eighteen American sailors who were also found on the premises left the street quietly on the advice of the two patrolmen. At the Police Court Katherine Kersh (twenty-three) was charged with keeping a house of ill-fame, while Maud O’Sullivan (twenty-three). Rose THicknol (twenty-five) and Lucielle Wardwell (twenty-live) were each charged with assisting in the management of the house. Counsel for the defence said the tour accused, who were all sisters, came from Sydney by the Ulimaroa. One of tlm accused was married to a member of the crew of the U.-S.S. MississippiAnother of the sisters was about to be married to another sailor. Last nig R a celebration look place in view ol the impending marriage. Sergeant Cal well said that tbe lonise yeas one of twelve rooms. It wax lurnislied. It was let to one of the licensed on August llltli. Since then complaints bad been received about it being a disorderly Tiouse. Between twenty and thirty men laid been seen ciming and going at night. Evidence would he given that, the place was in a filthy condition. Many of the windows were broken. Air Hunt: I will remand lliom I" August 2!)th. The woman who is married to the man on the Mississippi can have bail in I lie sum of £IOO- - VISITOR’S FAMILY. AFCKLAND. Aug. 22. The inl crest i leg discovery was made to-day that Mr Alan P. Herbert, tlm cheerful representative of “I’uHeh will) llw Empire'Press delegation, is a member of llie famous Selwyu Dundy, the name of which, is graven deeply noon New Zealand's past. Alt jo’ 1 " borl’s grandfather was a brother ol the great Bishop Selwyn. The brilliant humorist, whose dry wit is not confined to his writings, mentioned that once his brother and a ladv saw an effigy in a. cathedral in England, to which they paid a chance visit. “There is Alan’s nose.” said the lady, and the inscription proved that the memorial was to one ol the Selwy ns, probably the New Zealand bishop. Tin) 'Selwyii nose is a somewhat prominent foaiure. and Mr Herbert wears it with emphasis, a fact to which lie coni esses. Il is interesting to recall Dial “iMinr'i" startl'd in 1811. a year which Bishop Pelwyu marked in New Zealand history.' Air Herbert lives in Hammersmith, formerly ihe _ Selwyn estate, part of which became Few gardens. “I don’t happen to own the estate.” he remarked dryly. Another link which lie litis with New Zealand is Hint he served on Gallipoli, in the I Idles zone.