DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DEATH FROM INJURIES. CHRISTCHURCH, January 18. Harry Frank Howard dived into shallow water at Akaroa yesterday. He was unconscious when he was picked up and died in the hospital from head injuries. AUCTIONEER MISSING. AUCKLAND, Jan. 17. The absence of Louis Lewis, a wellknown auctioneer, from liis home, is causing some anxiety to his friends. He left his friends at Milford on Tuesday morning last to catch the B.‘JO a.m. boat from Devonport, and is believed to have travelled by that boat. He was last seen near Devonport Post Office about 10 a.m. on tbe same day. £IOOO DAMAGE CLAIM. HAMILTON, Jan. 17. It is understood that Mr Dynes Fulton, the Chairman of Directors of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Coy. has issued a writ against English and Lux ford accountants, of Hamilton, claiming £IOOO damages for alleged breach of contract. FIND OF SILVER. REEF NEAR MOKTHINUL WESTPORT, January 17. A short time ago a. report got into circulation of the discovery of a goldbearing reef in the vicinity of MokiliL nui. it now transpires that the reel" in question should more properly be. classed as a silver-bearing reef, although gold is represented in a lesser degree.

From information roeived it may be stated that the reef is situate about 1J miles from Seddonville, on the old Mokihinui track. The reef has been traced for a distance of about fifteen chains, with a face of about ninety feet. ■ Although the report has only now reached the public, a considerable time lias elapsed since the discovery was made, the prospectors not recognising the great value of their reef. In fact a sample sent to a. local engineer, interested in mining, laid in bis office a considerable time before lie deemed it worth investigation. Eventually a specimen was sent to the Wailii School of Mines for assay, and a report made that the return would yield some three pounds odd in value per ton treated. Still a hit dubious, a second sample was sent, and the result was even better than the first. Thou an assay was made at the local School of Mines, which gave a value of over four pounds per ton of stone treated. Adding to this the extesnive known area, about eighty thousand tons being reported in sight, this should prove itself one of tlio richest ventures south of the Line. SAD DROWNING FATALITY. MASTEHTON. January Id.

A shocking accident, ending in two deaths, occurred at Terhiti. Mr and Mrs Sewell, Mr and Mrs Thorpe anti a lad a.red 17, Stanley Richmond, were having a picnic and the men entered the Runmalnuiga river to ha the. Richmom! got into difficulties and Sewell, who was only a. moderate swimmer, also came to grief trying to help Richmond. Thorpe got Sewell close to the bank but the latter was too exhausted to hold on and slipped hack and was drowned. Thorpe, too. was all in. All this happened in sight of the two wives. Later both bodies were recovered. Rowel! was an ex-soldier and leaves one child. AN EXCITINC INCIDENT. HOYS IN WELLINGTON' HARBOUR. WELLINGTON. January IE An exciting incident occurred on the water front, last evening, when two lads, aged eight and six respectively, fell into lhe harbour from the Taranaki Street retaining wall. Hie plight fit' the boys was serious as a- ten foot wall rises sheer out of the water with a face too smooth to permit of anyone climbing it. EortimateJy. Mr J. W. If. Harrison, physical culturist, bap-, poned to be in tbe vicinity and plunged into the sea, and. hampered as he was liv his clothes, was making a gallant effort to get the hoys along to the landing one hundred yards away, when a number of employees of Wirths’ Circus, came with ropes and hauled Harrison and his two charges safely up tbe parapet. Mr Harrison was warmly congratulated on bis plucky action.

FOUNT) HANGING. TTMARU, January IS

The body or Thomas Hyland, aged 43. a labourer, was found banging in a. wash-house at Toniuka. on Saturday evening, tlie indications being that be had remained suspended for some days. Evidence at flic inquest showed the deceased was worried regarding his wife’s illness and left a note saying*. “T have ruined my dear wife’s life; so good-bye.” A verdict of suicide whilst of a depressed state of mind was returned.

BOY DROWNED. NAPIER, Jan. 17,

\ young Maori hoy, named Lawson, was drowned on Saturday while bathing in the inner harbour at Westshore.

AUCKLAND MOTOR, FATALITY. AUCKLAND. Jan. 17.

The “Star"’ publishes tlie following • regarding the recent inquest into the death of Ernest Whitehurst Neild: “The wording of the coroner’s finding was as follows: ‘Ernest II hitehurst Neild died from injuries received through falling under the wheel of a motor lorry driven by Daniel Lye, after his motor cycle had been struck by a motor car driven by Norman Ah Chee. The said Norman Ah Chee was guilty of an er-

ror of judgment in keeping too close to the said motor cycle, which was moving in front of his motor car at the time of the accident.” In last Friday's report it was stated that the Coroner had attributed “negligence” to che driver of the motor car in keeping, so close to the cyclist. We regret that the report should have appeared in this form, and in fairness to Mr Ah Chee, we publish the wording of the Coroner’s finding.” A PIONEER’S DEATH. GTSBORNK. dan. 18. Obituary—Doubnld Ferguson, one of the pioneer settlers of the Hawkes Bay and Poverty Bay Districts. He was born at Glencoe. Argyllshire, in 1856. His brother. Finlay, was murdered with three others by To Kooti’s followers in 1868. MAX F.f .ECU OCUTED. AUCKLAND, Jan. 18. William Hinks. a widower, aged 36, employed in erecting a transmission ■ j line for the Auckland Flcc+r'V Power Board at Mangere, was electrocuted this morning while working up a pole fixing a wire. His companion received a slight shock, hut escaped. \ PRISONER ESCAPES. AUCKLAND. Jan. 18. I An habitual criminal. Pene Karakarkare, aged -1. escaped from the .Mount Eden Prison this morning. He was seen near the gaol. A large forts? of warders and police are in pursuit.