DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1926, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

MEASLES WORTH THAN FLU. INVERCARGILL,. July 15.., Influenza still retaiiis its-mild:form in Invercargill, no pneumonic cases being reported. At the schools, influenza- gives way to measles in Invercargill for prevalence. One thrid of the pupils are affected with the latter complaint. UNEMPLOYED. i CHRISTCHURCH, July 15. The Citizens Unemployment Committee to-day decided to make representations to the Government, urging that immigrants should now be warned against arriving in New Zealand dnring the months of July, August, and September. The Committee resolved also to urge that the Government should provide assistance for the immigrants that are in distress owing to unemployment. INVERCARGILL, July 15. The unemployment position is brighter in Invercargill. Skilled Dbour in the town area is ;at a premium. and 'a' number of jobs are offering in country districts for carpenters, but these are not keenly sought after. Relief work at the new Invercargill tepid baths site commences in a fortnight, and consequently a demand for pick and shovel labour is anticipated FLOUR PRICES UP. CHRISTCHURCH, July 15. Concurrent practically with the announcement from New Plymouth that Distributors Ltd. had announced a leduction of 10s per ton in the price of flour, the announcement is made that the price of flour was advanced £1 per ton in Christchurch on Wednesday. The price is now £lO per ton. . As a corolliary, the price of bread in Christchurch will be advanced on Monlav by a halfpenny per two pound [oaf. , Distributors Ltd. in making the- announcement of the increase in the price d$ flour, state that, to suit the varying prices of the Australian flour in lifferent rentros in the Dominion,-suit-able adjustments have been made on the basis of £l9, anu not £lB., -In the case of Now Plymouth, this adjustment has reduced the price, as reported, tut: in the South Island, where the cost jf Australian flour was higher, the .adjustment would be different. SAWMILL BURNT DOWN. TAUMARUNUI, July 15. A sawmill, owned by Mr A. Carlson, and situated at -Owhahgo, was completely destroyed by fire last night. Most of the timber was saved. The ire had a good hold before assistance was obtained, and firo fighters concentrated on savii Mio timber. The origin of the fin at present unknown. • The insui -s are rot readable. SAWMILL ACCIDENT. , NELSON, July 13. Thomas John Cussack, 33 years of ige. employed at a sawmill at Croiielles, was slicing a log when it rolled .. iver on him. Some of his ribs were fractured and the upper portion of lis right lung was penetrated. He is low in Nelson Hospital, and is progressing as well as can l>e expected. THE SEDDONVTLLE DISPUTE. WESTPORT, July 15. The Warden’s Court was occupied file greater part of to-day and to-night learing further evidence and the lolicitors’ addresses ,in the Seddonville nining case, the decision in which was ■esreved hv Warden Meldrum. , . POULTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS. NELSON. July 15. At (lie Nelson Poultry Association’s ■Uiow. the following New Zealand championships were awarded: — Ducks and drakes (light breed) ■ Mrs H. James (Motueka). Wyandottes (fancy)A. B. Card .Wellington). Wyandottes (utiltiy):—A. J. Mundy fNelson). Norwich Canaries :—E. Bindley (Gisborne) . SUDDEN DEATH. DUNEDIN, July 15. Alfred Whithorn, aged 50, of Park Terrace, Kensington, collapsed on the Anderson’s Bay road to-night at 5.10 Tclock. lie was taken in an ambulance to the hospital, where he expired shortly after admission. Death was certified to have been due to - natural causes. A LIQUOR RUNNER. AUCKLAND, July 13. “ That has a bad sound when you think of the eighteenth amendment,’ remarked Mr Justice Fraser when a witness mentioned during the sugar workers’ dispute in the Court of Arbitration that lie was a liquor runner. The' witness quickly cleared the impression that the liquor lie ran was the adventurous rum, but the association of alcohol apparently did not leave the Court’s mind as the workers’ representative (Mr A. L. Monteith) confessed afterwards that lie had mistaken references to melt house for malt house.

fBY TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ) NURSES FOR daMUA. AUCKLAND, July 14. Arrangements have been made by the Administrator with the Auckland ' Hospital Board for a certain number of Samoan born girls to he trained as 1 nurses at the Auckland Hospital, with a view to their subsequently returning ‘ to Samoa and taking up duty at Apia Hospital, This will eventually result in a reduction in the number of nursing sisters required in Samoa from the New Zealand nursing division, and is in furtherance of his Excellency’s desire to utilise to the utmost the services a flocally-born people in the Administration. Under this arrangement two Samoan horn girls, Aliss Syddall and Netzler, arrived by the Tofua. CHAIR OF EDUCATION. WELLINGTON, ' July 14. At a meeting of the Victoria College Council to-night a report was submitted by a committee set up by the'Professorial Board to investigate matters in regard to the Chair of Education at Victoria College. The committee were in general agreement that the conditions as they existed in the past were very unsatisfactory, and tho Council should not continue the old arrangement. The principle laid down by the recent Royal Commission that tlie Professor of Education and the Principal of the Training College should he one person was a sound one in this university centra. The most effective way of carrying out the recommendation of the Commission would he by bringing the Training College under Victoria University College as a department of tho special school of education. Tho school should, under the general authority of the College Council, lie managed by a committee or. which would sit hepresentatives of thVictoria University College, the Department of Education, and the Wellington Education Board. It was resolved that the committee of tho Council he empowered to place the proposal before the Minister of Education, and, if approved to take preliminary steps towards filling the chair of 'education under the new conditions. HERD TESTING. WELLINGTON, July 14. A deputation from the Dominion Herd Testing Asocinfion waited on the Hon 0. J. Hawken to urge assistance to place group herd testing on a sound and uniform basis. It was suggested that the Government should make a grant of £IO,OOO annually for three years, after which period it was said the work of the federation would be so generally recognised that it could probably proceed unaided. The Minister said that he appreciated the soundness of the points raised. They would receive his consideration, but the grant asked for was too large a one for him to deal with., The Minister said he was quite convinced it was time there was a movement in the Dominion in regard to lasting. He believed any great gain in production would come from that direction. The request was not a matter he could decide as Minister of Agriculture, because it was a big grant that was sought. FATALITY AT LITTLE RIVER. LITTLE RIVER, July, 14. Alorrison Barclay, aged about thirty, local agent for Matson and Co., Christchurch, was accidentally drowned this morning about 9 o’clock. He had intended going to Christchurch in his car and stopped opposite the old racecourse to see some cattle there. Alter some time, when he did not return,, his friends became anxious and went to see if anything was wrong. They found his hat floating on the stream and his dog sitting on the bridge, of which a hand-rail is broken. Dragging operations were at once instituted with the result that the body was found about 3 p.m. There was a bruise on the arm and shoulder, n.s if deceased had hit something when ' falling. It is understood that he could not swim. His friends heard a cry hut did not think it was a call for help. Ho leaves a wife and family and his parents, who reside in Sumner. BURGLARS BUSY. AUCKLAND, July 15. Burglars were busy in the vicinity of Wakefield street last night. Trentnrth’s boot shop was broken into, three pairs of shoes and; a pair of hoots being stolen, while AValtoii’s hoots shop and the premises of Shilling and Ward, leather bag manufacturers, also in AVakefield street, were tampered with.- Jemmy marks were found on the doors of these two shops this morning. However, the burglars did not gain an entrance. . It is also reported than an unsuccessful attempt to enter the premises of Ross and Glendenning was made last night.) A AIOTOR RUINED. AUCKLAND, July 15. A sevon-seater Hudson motor car, the property of William Charles Coldieutt, which was unlawfully removed from Princess Street AVest last evening, was this morning found burnt at , Alnngere. It is stated that the car .is practically ruined. o . ! CL Al 3 r FOR £-50. [ CHRISTCHURCH, Jly 15. At the Alagistrate’s Court here to- [ day, Mr Wkldowsen ,S.M., presiding, , David Diedrichs, of Hokitika, claimed „ from William John Pritchard, of the , Club Hotel, Sydenham, and formerly of Hokitika, the sum of £SO (fifty , pounds) being the amount of a promissory note given to Pritchard more j than two years ago. In the course of the evidence it „ transpired that Diedrichs gave a biTl ' to Pritchard in order to assist the latj ter to meet his financial obligations. 3 The plaintiff gave evidence to the effect, that, at the time the document was given to the defendant, the latter e had certain accounts to meet, which was his (Diedrichs’) reason for assisting him. t After reviewing the evidence of the e defendant, and that of W. H. Robinn son. the Afagistrate stated, in effect, T that Pritchard’s testimony was ’unreliable. and he gave judgment for the plaintiff for £SO with ' interest and costs, totalling £ls. AIAN KILLED AT DAY’S BAY. WELLINGTON, July 13. As the result of being crushed between the ferry steamer Duchess and the wh’arf at Day’s Bay. Morriss Lambert, married, with three children, suffered grievous injuries, which resulted in bis death before he’ could be taken to the Hospital.