DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

(BY TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] BIG MOTOR FACTORY. WELLINGTON. .January 28. A contract lias been signed by a Wellington building firm for tile construction of a motor assembly factory to have an area of 100,000 square feet at Petone for General Motors, New Zealand. Ltd., which handles several makes of American ears and lorries. The building anti equipment will cost over .2100,000.

FATALLY INJURED. AUCKLAND, Jan. 28,

As tlie result of a collision between a car containing four passengers and a heavy motor lorry. Miss Catherine Cock 1 16. sustained internal injuries, from which she (lied in hospital. Richard Henry Poltinghouse, aged 10. received several cuts on the face. The bark of tHe ear was badly crushed.

A .MEMORIAL CHURCH. AUC KLAND. January 28

The church of St. Paul. Paihia, Bay of Islands, of which the foundation stone was laid on .March 17, 1024, was consecrated by Archbishop Averill yesterday. The church has been built by descendants of two early missionaries. Henry Williams. first Archdeacon oi \\ annate, and AA ilimm A\ iliiams. first Bishop of AYaiapu. as a centenary memorial of their work, which began in 182,‘ 1 and 1820 respectively. About eighty members of tlie family assembled from various parts of the Dominion, including a daughter of Bishop Williams, and a number of grandchildren, great-great-grandchild-ren and even members of the succeeding generation. The church is a handsome building of local stone with a square tower over the main entrance, which is surmounted by a copper spire. The structure is roofed with Welsh slate.

Tho weather was all that could he desired and the visitors, who had been assembling at Paihia for some days, were reinforced by a number of other* from Bussell, and the neighbourhood of Wa ini ate. including a number of Maoris. Between 250 and lino people found aecoiiMnodalion ill the church.

Archbishop Averill, attended by his chaplain and other clergy, was met at the door of the church, where he received a petition presented by the parish and representatives of the Williams I’amilv requesting him to consecrate the building. To (his he assented am! after knocking with his staff upon the door was admitted and presented with the key of the church. He proceeded with his bis attendant clergv from point to point of the church with prayers appropriate for each portion. He then celebrated Holy Communion. The sermon was preached by Archdeacon If. H. Williams, who made a rapid survey of the missionary methods of the Church and their results in all ages, from which he drew encouragement for the future and lessons for those who have followed tlie early pioneers. The service closed with the singing of the Te Denm. Archbishop Averill had some good advice to give to the younger members of the family who had been deputed to nrosom the petition for consecration He reminded them that it was not enough to eiiiov the good results of the work of their ancestors, hut that i! was incumbent upon them to further that work and prove themselves worthy descendants of such selfdenying. good men.

FREEZING DISPUTE. CHRISTCHURCH. Jan. 2D

The Canterbury Freezing Works dispute is still unsettled. The men have been working a! I lie norma! rate for Llie past two days in view of to-nighi’s conference wilti the employers, convened hv tlie Conciliatoio Commission-

er. but no scl 1 lotni'Ml. wa-. arrived at. The l"nilm asked if the employers re preseiifed at the conference, namely, thi- New Refrigerating Coy., the Canterbury Frozen Afeat Coy.. Ilorthwick and Son. and tlie North’Canterbury Sheep Farmers, were empowered to give an undertaking on behalf of all the companies affected. The employers replied in the lio.gativ. stating that the award was Dominion wide in scope, and they could not Hi ml all the other companies. The conference then adjourned.

AY OMAN'S SUICIDE. AUCKLAND. Jan. 29

At the inquest on Airs Katherine Frances .McCullough, aged 33. wife of Arthur Stuart AfiCiillongH, licensee ot the Hobson Hotel, evidence was given that tlie deceased Jell her bedroom at 5.10 p.m. yesterday, and told her husband. who was in the bar, that she had taken poison. Sh,, asked him to send for a doctor. McCullough obtained an emetic from a chemist's simp, anti culled in a doctor, who sent her to the hospital, where she died at 6.20 p.m. McCullough said that his wife had asked him to got her some stout, which lie refused to do. When his wife said site had taken poison, ho did not believe her, as she looked bright, and commenced to smoke a cigarette. When she persisted, he sent for a doctor. There had not been any disagreements, except when his wile took liqiim. The Coroner returned a verdict ■>; suicide in a fit of temporary insanity.

DROWNING ACCIDENT. PALMERSTON X.. Jan. 29

Tlie Rongotea police received a report this evening that the body of a. man had been found on the Rnngit.ikei |,each, believed to he tHat of (he third officer, Batty, of the s.s. Kumara, who was drowned al Wanganui on January.

DOUIU.K MOTOH KATAI.ITV. liDTOli K A . .)un. 20. An inquest on the death <>t I iei'i Tctikao was concluded lust night. Deceased was’" killed instantly and his wife. Taukiri, died three weeks later after an injury to her soiim. as the result of an accident to a service car driven by Mrs Cattanach. between Tanranga and Itotorua. After a very prolonged hearing, the jury brought in a verdict: "I hat the ] deceased was killed as the result ot a service car driven by Mrs Cattanach. t_rdl]](. over a bank at the lo Mile Pe.it. oil Decenilier tMtii. 1025; that deceased ladv died on January 10th of injuries owing to the same cause.” The jury were of opinion that Mrs Cattanach was guilty of culpable negligence m allowin''' a passenger to ride on Lie footboard, thereby taking her attention off the road, and causing the ear to rail over a bank. They were of opinion that her service license should be can- ° STOKEHOLD MAX’S 15AD ACCIDENT.

DU NED IN. Jail. 29. ■Ccorgc Ramsay, who had an arm torn off in the engine room of t.ie Mamma, is a young man belonging m

Port Chalmers, and son ot the late Captain Ramsay. He shipped sis : '- wioer on the Mamma. INDENT AG EM MISSING. AUCKLAND, January 30. Anxiotv is felt for the safety of Mr ,}. \y Hall, an indent agent, aged ahoi.t" CO, who left his boardinghouse at Karekare on the West Coast on Thursday afternoon to go surf bathin' ami Jailed to return. " AUCKLAND ACCIDENTS. AUCKLAND. January 30. Walter Lisle Eye. a resident of Taka puna, was thrown from his horse and seriously injured. He is in the "hospital and it is thought Ids skull may be fractured.

W. Paterson was admitted to the hospital unconscious from head injuries caused through being knocked down hy a motor-car-