DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

BT TJCLEGBAPE —PUEBB A«SN., OOPTHIOHT. COLERIDGE DISASTER. RECOVERY OF BODY DIFFICULT. . CHRISTCHURCH. Oct. 21. The body of Richmond Green, which was reached in the Lake Coleridge tunnel slip yesterday morning. after nineteen days’ search. will probably not be got clear of debris until to morrow or Friday, according to a report train Lake Coleridge to-day. The position in which, the body is lying makes the work of recovery extremely difficult, a large quantity of timber having to he cleared away first. The search for the body of Archibald McDonald is being pushed ahead with vigour, hut it may he a wed: before it can he got out.

A large number of tunnellers attend cd the funeral of McFiiilnne. whicl look place in Christchurch this alter noon. McDonald's body recovered CHRISTCHURCH, October 22. The body of Archie McDonald win recovered from the Coleridge Ttlline to-day. The workmen yesterday mis took the body for that, of Green, whicl is undiscovered as yet. a lorry burnt. GISBORNE, Oei. 21. This morning a Public Works lorry employed on the East Coast road was found destroyed by lire near I’omiwa. Ow ing to a slight defect on Monday evening it was decided to leave the lorry on the roadside overnight, ami when the overseer' went to the spot this morning, ho saw only the smouldering remains of the machine. Three limn have Keen arrested in connection with the affair, on charges ol theft ot twenty gallons of benzine, the property ot the New Zealand Government, and ol mischief.

ELECTRICAL SENSATION. AUCKLAND. Oct. 21

The fusion of an underground electric cable, followed by two explosions, caused excitement in Queen Street at a busy hour to-night. The fusing was followed by a fire Iwncatli the pavement. Girls m the adjacent shops, thinking the building on fire, broke a pinto glass window and made their escape with a few cols. All of them siilfercd from shock. Tlm electric stall soon repaired the damage.

TRAGIC GUN FATALITY. NELSON. Oct. 21

A tragic occurrence took place during luncheon hour in Kmano St. today. when Robert L. Thomason, a married man. need 21 years, was killed Hire-uglt a miniature rifle exploding. Deceased was sitting down making a cigarette, with rifle between his knees w hen, by some means, ihe rille went elf. the bullet entering under bis chin, and indicting fatal injuries. Deceased was employed as a lorry driver by K irkpalrirk and Co.

A MAORI GATHERING. GISBORNE. October 22. A large Maori gathering will be held ;a Tikitiki, Waianii District, in February next, when the Governor-General is expected lo he present, when a memorial elmreli will be opened ami a soldiers' monument will !-•■ unveiled. I lie Maori- are making provision for about iwo thousand gue-t-. EIGHTEEN CHARGES. AUCKf. \ND. Oct. 22. A i the Police (, out. John I’eth-v. alias Henderson, a middle aged man. was eoinmil led for sentence on eighteen charges of fraud by means of valueless cheques, whcl'ehv he received goods and money lo the value ol £<iti IJs. under the name of J. Skinner. J. Kelly and J. Bond. "(i.NR)RD BAGS." DUNEDIN. Oei. 20. Innovation- in men'- attire are ol -ueh rare occurrence thai v' lieu -omc male de-iron- of -bowing llm way to his -ex in sartorial matte!.- appears he is mis freak and a tit -übieel lor I lie gulfa»- of the multitude ol lho.se who conform rigidly to the tashious ol a decade or more. At least this appeared to he the ease to-day when of our citizenry ventured forth into Georg" and Princess streets attired in “OxInnl hags.” ihe spacious legged tree, -ers which hitherto have only been -een Imre in the rather unkindly pages of the eolilir press. They appear to lie a cross between the trousers ration served out to the British bluejacket and Ihe bulgy American variety which found favour in the Dominion some years ago. They give the wearer t 1 appearance of being adorned in a divided skirt, but this ratlmr outre touch i- offset by their manv ohv ion- advantages. siieli as their elimination ol

“baggy knees." that baneful all'lict i-m of the less spacious variety of nether garment at present in favour, whilst it could hardly he gainsaid they would be much cooler.

A leading Dunedin tailor who was apl-roached this morning by a “Star” reporter and asked whether he had received anv orders for Ihe new garment. retorted scornfully that he wouldn’t put a pair on his goat. After giving vent to a few other sarcasms he ventured the opinion that he would not. bavc any orders. as la* considered that they were a gross waste of material. and he did not think that air advantages that they were said to possess would compensate for that fact. '