DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 October 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

By TtXEOHAPH —I'ttKSSI ABBN . COPVRItIH'I SHOOTIN'U AC'CI DENTS. I)l'X EDIX. (Iri. p.Andrcw lleliloii. tin. -ingle. ua- :ir-eiili-ntully shot in tln* < host \\ 1 1 iU• going 11 1 rotio}i a fence at Kuitaiigaia. HAMILTON OH.. G. Thomas Kllis, aged 'JO years. was admitted to tLi; Waikato Hospital suffering irmn a gnu-lint won ml in tin' cttll' of olio of his loos. The young man liail boon out rabbit shooting, and upon his rot tu n ho wa> engaged in removing tho cartridges from his pin; uliri! tho weapon exploded, portion ot I hi' charge entorinp his lop. 11IH11 \VA VS SI BSIDY. ASIIIH'IiTUN. Ooi. S. In loplc lo an inquiry by Iho ( utility Council as to tho posilion under ihe recent legislation by whit'll the -libsidy on the main hiphways lias boon increased from pound lor pound to fur £l. Mr Coates to-day stated the increased amount would be grunted io public bodies wherever the Main Highway- Board deemed ii necessary. It was mu to apply as a ponoral rule. BA I’TIST CONFERENCE. aeckland. oet. s. At tho Baptist Conference. reports wore discussed this alternoon. lie 1 see ltd ary. Lev M. I*. \V. I.aseelles. and other speakers expressed eoncern at the smallness of the increase in meinItership lor the year. The President, P.ev. !■'. IT Harry, said it was not possible to jndpe the condition ol (he church by statistics. hour ehiirchefiad purged their rolls and removed the •< dead heads.” lie had visited most of she churches in the Dominion, and had never seen one that was. as suggested by one speaker. ” as dead as a dooi nail.” The evangelistic passion ol the ('liureh was preater than that ot any other clmreli in New /''aland.

A. L MAT HAM DFSCA LUTED. CHRISTY HER OH. Get. 0. At a. meetiup of the North Canterhuvv Centre of the New Zealand Athletic and Cyclin': Union, it "'ns decided to disqualify for six months, the well-known Christchurch rider. A. Leatliain. tor broaches of the rules of the Timnru to Christchurch road race. Tt i< alleped he took an ont = ide pace and changed a wheel. | avowedly socialist. CiTR ISTCH UR OTT. Oet. 0. Mr Morgan "Williams. Labour candidate for Kaiapoi. in opening his campaign. said.that when Now Zealand had a Lalsiur Government it would prove equally capable as the British Labour Government. He emphasised tho point that: the T,nV>ur Party was openly and avowedly Socialist. Its policy aimed at helping those who worked the land and discouraging speculation. Mr Williams depreciated the talk of the Communistic menace. He only knew of two Communists, hut they did not have enough go in them to blow up a fried fish shop. Afr William* "as accorded a vote of thanks and confidence.