DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1925, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

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SHOCKINGLV BAD RECORD. „ A FCKLANI), October 7. A meeting of the creditors oi W il- p m .John Wall, indent agent, stated u s liabilities were .Llti.'W and his as- v ts were worth 2lis. The Assignee id Wall had put up a shockingly had ~ cord. He had failed to keep the up- , liutment and luuf disappeared. It t is resolved to place the matter in the ; mils of the Crown Solicitor with a ew to prosecution. | BROADCASTED. ' t t PRIME MINISTER’S MESSAGE. ; WELLINGTON. October 0. j At the request of the British Broad- , istiug Company, the Prime .Minister Piled a message to he broadcasted l' , to Scott is.li people on the occasion of ii evening broadcast on New Zealand , v the Government Publicity Otlicer at ionic. Following is Mr Coates’s mes- , igo ; " Now Zealanders send cordial lootings to their kinsfolk in Scotland. Co are proud ol the .splendid work I' our sturdy Scottish pioneers in (ilmiisation. The development oi New lea laud offers ample opportunity for idusirious. thrifty, patriotic settlors. ml, these being national iliaracterisjes uf the Scot, we will cordially welthose wk.o de-irc i.: nialce homes or tl-.cinselves and their lamilies in his fair British land.” DRAGGED BY TRAIN. EEILDING, October (5. A miraculous escape lrom a horrible lea th was experienced by Mr D. D. (El.eaii, a farmer of tiie Wanganui disri.t, at Eeilding railway station tins i! lernoon. lie had attended a meclng of the Wellington Provincial Farm•rs’ I’nion here anil later proceeded to Palmerston North. He was returning bv the main trunk express and stepped 111i' at Podding to speak to a Irien.l. Evidently he attempted to hoard the train after it bad started. He caught bold of a carriage rail anil hung with Ills hark to the engine, his heels dragging along the ground for fit ty yards. Then he lost his hold and fell, lorlti■l a tel \ outside the rails, hut below the platform. The last grease box oil the train caught his upraised arm and dragged him another "A yards over a cattle stop hi*lT)re Constable Roach succeeded in stopping tin* train and picked him up. He was dazed and cut over one eye. otherwise not seriously injured. NEW MATA FRA WATER SEPPLY. INVERCARGILL, October 7. .Mata ura Borough’s new water M'heiiK' was opened to-day by the lion. O. ,1. Anderson in the presence ol of 10 sped a t si's. Tin* scheme is a gravitation one. The reservoir has a capacity of ui in* t v thousand gallons, ami an inlake capacity of one million gallons.