DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TYLEOBiPH—rEn rnF,BB ABBOOIATJON.] MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. AUCKLAND. Dee. 0. John O'Dowd, aged 27. has Iseeii admitted to the hospital suffering from n bullet wound in the hack, accidentally inflicted by a companion who was cleaning a riile. His condition is not serious. LEVEL CROSSING TRAGEDY. AI ASTER-TON, Dee. 0.

While motoring from Wellington to Aliistorton on Saturday afternoon, Air K. W. .Matthews, builder, of Alnstortoii, collided with the southward express at Fentber.ston crossing. Kevin .Matthews, of Petone, nephew of the driver, was killed outright. The elder .Matthews was considerably injured, and was admitted to the hospital. There is a. warning hell at the crossing, hut .Matthews suffered from dealness, and this probably was the cause of the accident. KAI ABO I C ROBS LOST. CHE ISTCII URCTI. Dee. G. T he Waimakariri River lias subsided, and tlie main north road is open to traffic, though there is still much water on it. Vast areas near Kaiapoi are Still Hooded, and much damage has been done to the potato, oat ami hay crops. Alost of tlie hay has heen entirely pushed aw ay. Same stock has been lost, but the number in the aggregate is not large. .Many paddocks have bail all the soil in them washed away. The Midland line will be repaired sufficiently bv to-morrow i > enable the usual schedule to be run. AN ARRIVAL. AUCKLAND. December 7.

William Ernest Chapman, one time master oi the School ol Art at ( iiuteil,iirv College arrived in the Aorangi on a visit to New Zealand after thirty years absence. He is now a prominent portrait painter in America. His wife is an American, and author of several children's stories. Chapman says the influence of ultra modern art is waning in New York. WEEK-END SETTI.KAIENT IN DANGER. TWO 11 UTS- WASHED AWAY. CHRISTCHURCH. Dec. 7. As the result of the Hood a serious position lias been created at Kaianga. tin- week-end settlcmenl at Stewart s Gully. The llood washed away the groyne at 11 1 i - place and .since then the river lia- been eating away the hank, and about six o'clock yesterday morning it became evident that as a result of the ocntiiiued erosion, some ol the lints were ill serious danger of Icing washed away. Occupiers of the lints were reused and film i t lire anil other movables removed. Later two lints were swept down the river. The Secretary to the Waimakariri River Trust said last night that the river was threatening to cut right through the .settlement, and in his i pinion there was not one hut there sale last night. Many ot the owners of huts at the settlement were dismantling them and removing everything. Kaianga is a popular week-end resort with between sixlv and seventy huts. The Waimakariri river at It o'clock was in-aiTv hack t-> normal, and no further danger is antieipated at Stewart's Valley. A .MEDICAL VISITOR. AUCKLAND. Dee. 7. Dr .Malcolm AleEaiTiorn. the highest authority on hospital inaiiageimoit and efficiency in America arrived by tlie Aorangi. oil a sp-cie.l mission to inspect the hospitals of New Zealand ami Victoria. Of New Zealand hospitals lie said they are not Uie same need of rigorous control as in America. They have already attained a degree ol efficiency Mini, is world known ami from w hat lie knew I lie standard is I'm- nine whai is demanded by bis Department in America. II" was looking forward to bis New Zealand tour iTu much interest and Imped to visit, all u In- hospitals of any size in the country. A FATAL ENDING. NELSON, December 2. Fi ie Sinclair, a commercial traveller

who was injured in a motor incident ill I pper Duller Valiev on ISM Ii September last, died at Nelson hospital oil Saturday evening. Deceased’s injury eon-is-le,'| ol a broken neck. A verdict was returned that death was due to exhaustion and septic absorption, consequent upon paralysis due to an injury to the spinal cord. ALEXANDER REELS RETURN. RE ELTON, December 7. Alexander Ifiv.-r buttery returned JOT ounces lOdwts ot melted gold liom ]O2 tons of stone, an average of £l2 per ton of stone crushed. GUN ACCIDENT. FEI LIVING, December 7. A distressing gun fatality at Maiata twelve miles from Feilding. occurred yesterday. Basil Kitchen, aged If), employed on a farm went out shooting and did not return. A search was made and his body found at lour o’clock this morning, lie had evidently tripped over a rata root and the gun exploded. I hi* charge onteied his head and deatli was instantaneous. arrest on maker a. .WELLINGTON. Dec. 7. When the Mnkura arrived at Wellington this morning from Sydney, she was hoarded in the stream by Detectives Cameron and Sim lair, who arrested William Henry Curtis, wanted in Australia. Curtis, who is aged <53. and described as a musician, was charged at tin* Roln-e ( ourt that on 30th. Nov. at Sydney, he did wound \nnic Louisa Tinipson. with intent to murder. On the application of tlie police, accused was remanded for a week pending the arrival of an escort from Sydney. (TOY ERXOR-GEXKRAL. INVERCARGILL. Dee. 7. The Governor-General, who arrived at Bluff on Saturday from Stewart Island. was accorded a civic welcome.

presented with an address and entertained by Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. On Sunday he unveiled a memorial tabid in St'. Paul’s Church. The YiceHcg.nl Party motored to Invercargill where his Excellence unveiled a fallen soldiers’ memorial, built of Bluff granite. at a cost of about £IO.OOO, <" the Presence of an enormous concourse. The weather was beautifully tine and the service most impressive. Sir Joseph Ward was among those present. A lard? number of wreaths were placed on the memorial, the ceremony concluding with a march past. Di-day the Party left on a motor tour of the

country and to-night attends an official Ii ”"sPAITLI NCI ER TREATMENT. AECKLAND. Dec. 7. Sir Donald McGavin. who returned by the Aorangi. referring to Spah-

linger treatment for tuberculosis said the position regarding the inventor’s alleged results were still unsatisfactory He understood, however, that arrangements had recently been made by which a quantity of Snnhlinger serum was to become available for experiment l.v a special committee appointed by the British Government. | This committee would try out some of the material on tubercular cattle, under conditions of proper control. If this scheme came to anything it would be the first time. *ir Donald believed, that the Spnhlingor treatment had licen submitted to proper scientific investigation. If the treatment was found effective in the case of cattle it might be presumed that it would be equally satisfactory in the human field. '