DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEOKArn —PER TRESS ASSOCIATION. ORPHANAGE NUN’S ESCAPE. AUCKLAND, Sept. 20. While she was crossing Queen Street, just before ten o’clock this morning. Sister Mary Dominica, of the Takapuna Roman Catholic Orphanage, slippod and fell under a lorry. However, only slight injuries were received by her. The St. John Ambulance was promptly on the spot and the Si> was taken to the Mater Miserieordiae Hospital. She is suffering mostly from shock. CYCLING FATALITY. TIMAR.U, Sept. 20. On August 7th. an elderly man, J. Cook, was cycling at night near Timaru, when,he ran into the shaft of a gig being driven towards him. He was taken to the hospital. Lie died last Saturday night. At the inquest to-day the verdict was that death was caused by a- rupture of the liver, as a result of Hie collision, no blame being attachable to the driver of the gig. A AVARUA IN TOW. NAPIER, Sept. JO. The harbourmaster has been advised that the Awarua is due here at 2 p.m. to-morpw in tow of the Dunedin. Sho will provision hero and proceed to AVellington. A BOYS’ WEEK. HAMILTON, Sept. 20. Boys’ Week organised by the Y.M.C. A. and the Rotary commenced at Hamilton to-day, when addresses were given to the schools by business men on the value of education and on the duties of citizenship. The movement aims at bringing boys into prominence and helping them to realise their importance ,in the community. Boys will ho conducted over business places in an endeavour to interest them in the idea of being potential employers. TIRED OF LIFE. AUCKLAND, Sept. 20. Thomas Bourke aged 03, was found dead in bed at Aliment Street this morning. A letter was discovered stating that he was in ill health, and intended to commit suicide. Gas poisoning was the cause of death. AUCKLAND, Sept. 20 An inquest into the death of Thomas Bourke, aged 00, who was found dead in his room in a hoarding house in ATncent St. was held before Air AY. R. McKean S..AT..Coroner. It was stated that onp of the hoarders noticed a smell of gas in the house, and called the manageress. The door of the deceased’s room was found to he locked, and the window was also locked, and when access was gained deceased was found on the floor with a gas tube near him. A letter addressed to the coroner, was found in the room. It read: —“I am tired of this enforced idleness, and I am taking this means of terminating it.” The police stated that the deceased was in receipt of an annuity, and had done no work for about three years. The Coroner found that deceased committed suicide by gas poisoning. HEAVY STORMS. AUCKLAND, Sept. 20. Squally weather, with occasional heavy showers, was experienced ill Auckland during the week-end. Steamers arriving at Auckland report, stormy weather at sea. Tho coastal steamer AVainui, which arrived this morning at 10 o’clock, front East Coast ports, was sixteen 1 hours late-. Sho encountered rough ' ;eas after rounding East Cape, but * die kept well into the land, thus gain- ! ing as much shelter as possible. Uu- I der normal cireumsanoes she would have made port early last evening. ' Another vessel to be delayed by the storms was tho Queen Aland, which arrived from Montreal tin's afternoon. This vessel was originally expected to show up at noon on Saturday, hut < later reported she was being delayed by bad weather, and would not arrive until last evening. A further radio message yesterday stated she would make port at 10 a.m. to-day. However, i she did not arrive until 2 o’clock this : afternoon. I The auxiliary schooner Huia, which i arrived from Grafton this morning was not. seriously affected by the , storms 1 MILITARY TRAINING. AUCKLAND. Sep. 21. , The Auckland Council of Christian Congregations passed a resolution dcorecating a suggestion bv the officer in ■barge of the Northern Command that mysTof eighteen should undergo a ; hree months’ military training 111 , -amp, and stating that the time lias come for the adoption of a voluntoer system in Territorial training; instead of compulsory training. Rev. Herron said that the Council’s abjection is. based on three points. - First, the lengthened period of trailing would tend to develop a military . uitlook at the time when there was special need of peace. .Second, the strain on the boys’ morality. I bird, the. League of Nations would regard it is an unfriendly act. Ho was sure as v result of the Council’s action, a three months’ training camp would not lie adopted. The Rev. D. C. Heron further said ‘hat. in letters to the press it bad been said the temptation to morality would not be as great in peace time camps as during a war. He contended that when any body of men was brought together ill military camps, bad language was always produced. , Colonel Potter had said there were >nlv 100 eases of V.D. at Trenthnm Hospital, and that 75 per cent of those had contracted the disease before admission. Rev. Heron said lie wished to cluxllcnji© that statement.

AGRIC’ULUTR.AL COLLEGE. AUCKLAND. Sept. 21. Fowlds (president) and T. A. Wells will represent the Auckland University College on the Council of the New Zealand Agricultural cv.ii—. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HASTINGS. September 21. The Chamber of Commerce decided to urge tbe Forestry Department to plant trees at the 'headwaters of the Hawke’s Ray rivers for the purpose of of aiding in the prevention of Hoods and that the Government be urged to take steps to destroy deer roaming in these localities as they are destructive to trees. It was suggested at the Commerce meeting that the Railway Department should tunnel under level crossings for miblie protection and the work to he done by unemployed relief labour. A METEOR. AUCKLAND, Sept. 21. An unusually brilliant meteor, was shot across the skv west, to north-cist at 6.50 last evening. Its body was of sparkling red. iTs streamers of fire glowing white.