DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 March 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[IIY TELEGRAPH PKIt PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LYTTELTON TUNNEL-. TO BE ELECTRIFIED. CHRLSCHURCH. March fi. As the result, of a Conference between the Prime .Minister and Canterbury representatives, this morning, it is announced that it lias been decided to electrify the l.yiu-llon Tunnel, but not to duplicate ft. AMERICAN ATHLETES ENTERTAINED. WELLINGTON, March 8. Schulz and Hahn were entertained by tlie New Zealand Council before leaving and were presented, as well as Rose, with New Zealand rugs. The Wellington centre gave the Americans a silver kiwi and greenstone

paper weights. Ilotli of the Americans spoke very highly of New Zealand and said that there was material here, with proper training, for Olympic contests. The attendance was a revelation. Such crowds as watched them at Wellington were seldom seen in the States. It is stated bv a visitor who saw Rose run at .Mastortnn on Thursday that if he had not Leo 11 blocked by the limit men he could have beaten the world’s record for the mile.

APPLE EXPORT. HASTINGS, .March 8. A special train leaves Hastings tomorrow for Wellington with 10,75(1 eases of apples for export to England, hour thousand live hundred eases will be despatched liv the ordinary train on Wednesday, and later in the week soiiKi leu thousand cases will be forwarded. making a total shipment to England from this district of over twcnty-livc thousand cases. THE BENZINE DANGER. WELLING I ON. March 8. A match thrown down by a passerby while William Eagle was Pilling h:s lorry tank with benzine on Custmnliousc Quay ignited the I nines t herefrom and instantly the lorry was a mass of (lames. The lire extinguishers irom nearby business premises kept the blaze in check till the lire brigade arrived with its chemical outfit. The lorry stillered about fifty pounds worth of damage. Eagle escaped uninjured. AUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS DEPART. W ELLf.vGT ON, March 8. The Australian cruiser squadron tieparted on Saturday afternoon fur the Haiiraki Gulf where it joined witli theNew Zealand .ships for manoeuvres. The weather was beautifully tine and many people gathered along tlie slimes to wave a larewvl! to tlie departing warships. Commodore- Warole, in a message to the Mayor, expressed gratitude on behalf of his nllicors and men tor the warmth of the welcome accorded them. The Commodore also opined that the visit would strengthen tiny ties tween the peoples ot Australia and New Zealand.

PATIENT FOUND SHOT. WELLINGTON. .March 8. A man named Alexander Black, aged 28. who bad been a patient in the Wellington Hospital was found at Happy Valley on Sunday with a bullet wound in bis chest. Black was taken hack to tbe hospital where he was found to be in a serious condition. ACCOUNTANT CHARGED WITH THEFT. STRATFORD. March 8. At the Magistrate’s Court Matthew Miller, .accountant to tbe A.M.R'Milkiim .Machine Company, was charged with the theft of €27 10s, the property of tbe company. The police obtained an adjournment, saying that a large sum was involved. Bail was granted but tbe bench would not order the suppression of Miller’s name.

INTOXIC AT E D M < )TOR IST SENTENCED. DUNEDIN, March 8. Robert Thomas Gilchrist was sentenced to seven days for being drunk while in charge of a motor-ear. The evidence showed that he had caused a traffic blockage during the reliability trials oil Saturday.

MAN CITS THROAT. WIIAKATANE. March 8. Peter l.urv. an elderly man. cut his throat, with "a rr.zor last Tuesday and died in the hospital this morning. PLEA OF GUILTY. GISBORNE. March 8. Whilst the jury was being empanelled at tbe Suureme Court to hear the case of John Robinson, who bad pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering at AVaiomatatini. tbe prisoner reversed bis plea and affirmed bis guilt, lie was remanded for sentence till tomorrow.