DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ARBITRATION COURT. CHRISTCHURCH. March 11. Tlie Arbitration, Court in an award this morning increased tho wages of journeymen under the eycleworks award by one penny per hour and the wages of nsssitants by 3s per week and similarly with millers and other employees of Canterbury flourmills. ROSE TO chase xurml WELLINGTON. March 11 \ berth has been tab.cn for Rose in the Makura, which is leaving Wellington on March .‘illth. Cables-will he sent- to ascertain Nurmi's movements and if he is likely to compete in the American championships, Rose will remain in America and go on to England later.

If Nurmi doe- not visit America, Rose will spend a few days in 'Frisco and the East before going on to England

The Athletic Council looks on Rose’s mooting with Nurmi as. the plain object to which till else must he sacrificed, even if Rose has to visit the Continent or Sweden in search of him. A cable will be sent to Mr Coombes in Sydney, asking him to obtain information re Nurmi from the Finnish Consul there. In America. Messrs Rognes.s. sour, and inn., will he asked to take the New Zealand champion in hand. If funds permit the Council will send a selected man with Rose as companion and manager to prevent him feeling lonely and becoming homesick. YOUNG LAD DROWNED. DUNEDIN, March 11. John Griffon Clark, aged LI. was drowned on Saturday in the dam behind the Kaitangata mine. His companion procured assistance when the lad got ill difficulties and the body was soon recovered, hut resuscitation efforts were unavailing. BETTING CHART FINE. GISBORNE, March 11. For publishing a betting chart, Arthur Owen was fined twenty pounds at the Magistrate’s Court. FAMOUS .MAORI DIES. MARION, .March 11. Obituary :—-Al Parewanui Pa, Nare Jtiki Rika To Rangi, known as Ilia, the prophetess, aged seventy-two. She was a cousin of Katana and was widely known among the natives as a seer and healer. A big gathering of natives have commenced a tangi. VOLUNTEER SEAMEN’S TREATMENT. AUCI.AND. March 11. Speaking on behalf of the volunteer seamen wtio went home on tlte Waimana, one of the men, who returned by the Athcnic, stated the men were most generously treated by the company. It was remarked that over threehundred volunteers went to England in Shaw Sit vi lie steamers and they all received the same liberal treatment. The men also speak ill appreciative terms of their treatment on tile return journey.

ttu lioliall ut all the Wainiuita volunteers one of their number has forwarded ,-t letter in thanks to tho manager of fire company in England tor tiio generous treatment, accorded to them. BRITISH GOODS. PREMIER'S STATEMENT To .MANUFACTURERS. WELLINGTON. March 11. The New Zealand Association of British Manufacturers and Agents recently asked the Prime .Minister (Mr Coates) if he would gitc a message fur Ihe manufacturers at Home and Mr Coates iu response to the request, gave the following statement: "Nowhere are British goods more welcome than in New Zealand and the Dominion is the greatest, consumer per capita ot such goods. By real and .substantial preference, both in customs duties and in 11 to placing ot contracts the New Zealand Government shows a smile- desire to encourage the British manufacturer. ft is plain, therefore, that with proper organisation and with the feeling of goodwill existent, there is a splendid opportunity for the British manufacturer to expand his business here. Let him make a study of the requirements of the market, both as to standard and design ol manufactures, and keep in close touch, with the importers ami buying institutions in the Dominion, not only by a resident, agent, but by personal visits to the Dominion. There is no doubt that. the. New Zealand Association ol British AlaiiufneLnivrs is doing good work on sound lines, in promoting the prestige of British goods and that organisation is worthy ol every encouragement especially from tin: manufacturers themselves in the United Kingdom.”

MOTOR CAR AND CYCLE. STRATFORD. -March 15. Lust evening a motor car driven by Glennie of Unworn collided with a motor cycle, ridden by W. Reilly s>'ul Miss Byron of New Plymouth, at a road intersection. Reilly’s right leg was fractured, the foot Iwiug almost torn off. At the hospital the leg was amputated. His condition is grave. Miss Byron escaped with sundry abrasions and is making good recover!.

INQUEST. WELLINGTON. March 15. The inquest on M illinm Ernest Fordlmm. his wife, Bilibina Victoria, Alfred William Wallis and his wile, Florence Marv. killed in the smash ol a loaded lorry at Paekakariki level crossing on 25th February was held to-dnv." One witness stated the opinion that 'with the four deceased and child Vesta Fordhnm, who was the sole siirrivor, all in the cab, there was msufhlient room for the driver Fordhnm. Athol M. Murison (Assistant District Railway Engineer) said the top of the coaches of the train wore visible 6,i. or 7 chains from the crossing. Ihe mad approached the crossing at _ a (Trade of about one in twelve making the crossing very safe, compared with others in the district. There were trees near the line on private property. The fireman of the tram. Charles Blackford, said the engine hit the lorrv broadside, going at 45 miles an hour. The whistle was blown '2M yards before the crossing was reached. It was not possible to get- more than half a chain’s view of the- road from the railway line. Alfred L. Deans (driver ot the engine) corroborated, and said the schedule speed of that section was oO miles an hour, ff people looked out thev could see 250 yards ol the line between the trees near the road. The collision occurred two seconds altci the fireman warm! him. \fter further evidence the coroner said that this was one of the worst accidents of the kind in the- Dominion. Apparently the people in the motor were talking and looking m another direction and were unaware of the proximitv of the train. The evidence showed that certain trees partially obscured a view of the line, though the train could be seen several chains along the line. The evidence lulled to disclose why the driver did not stop the lorry. The verdict would he that the deceased met their deaths accidentally. MOTOR DRIVER SENTENCED. WELLINGTON. March 15. Joseph O'Neill for being drunk in charge of a motor car was sentenced to seven clays hard labour and his driver’s license was cancelled. He was further debarred from holding a license for twelve months after the expiratoin of the present license. Air Walker S.M.. was on the bench. A SERIOUS CHARGE.

CHRISTCHURCH. Afareh 15. On a charge of unlawfully killing a young woman, Jessie Wilson, a roar-

ried man named Ernest Abraham Hall Archer, a blacksmith, aged 13, was arrested by the police yesterday. The I woman who was 24 years of age died in Archer’s workshop in Bath Street on Friday morning. She became ill suddenly while there. Archer applied restoratives while failing. In court \ this morning, Archer was remanded for a week. MAN DROWNED. DARGARYILLE, March 11. A young man, named Keith A. -Mitchell, aged 27. employed at the New Zealand Loan and ‘Mercantile local branch was out fishing with two companions. Fred Grey and Edward Alellor, near Matties Gorge, West Coast, yesterday, when Mitchell, who could not swim got into one of the many lagoons which abound at this part of the beach. Grcv tied a fishing line around himself and made an attempt at rescue, but was unsuccessful. The body has not yet been recovered. Mitchell was very popular locally, particularly in athletic circles.

OBITUARY. WELLINGTON. March 11. Harry Vincent Gully, son of the late John Gully, the well-known artist, died here this morning, aged 71. Ho was the first town clerk of Nelson, a position which he held for over thirty years and then returned to the logid profession. lie retired eight years ago and has lived in Wellington since. MAORI DIES FROM INJURIES. HAMILTON, March 17. Peter Rawire, who was found with his throat cut and hand Mown off after an explosion at Te Kowhai on Tuesday last, died in tho hospital during the week-end. He did not recover sufficiently to make a. statement. An inquest was opened and adjourned till Tuesday.

iiordkius ACCIDENT. AUCKLAND, March 15 Holder, who was injured while racing O'Shea at Blandford Park on Saturday night, sustained a laceration of one foot. It was feared that a hone had been fractured, hut Holder declares it is his intention to leave for America by the Niagara, though probably he will he iu bed for most of the voyage. LYTTELTON WHARF ACCIDENT. CHRISTCHURCH, March 11. T. Brown, married, aged 12. while working on the steamer Huntingdon at Lyttelton, fell from the deck to tho wharf and fractured his skull. His ( audition is serious. SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT. CHRISTCHURCH, March 15. William Emery, a fireman, was sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment for assaulting an elderly seamen at the