DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1927, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

I [nr tkmvGlupii—rr.ii ntess association.] I CHILI) KILLED BA’ LORRY, j WEL Hi ALTON. March 1. An inquest was held to-day on Joy ! Xc-roli Reid Toll (aged l(j) who was I killed on Friday in 'Vivian Street by a motor lorry, driven by Michael Carey. .Mr E. I’age (Coroner) returned a verdict of accidental death. Kennel !i Jack Reid (aged Ol a brother. and another little girl were eluding the deceased with a pie< e of tomaio. an.l - ran off the footpath on to I lie r..:e'. Miehie ' ■ sail! that the deceased ran out , in front, of a stationary tram-ca i . I t lie. I rout m udguard seemed to hi! her. She was injured , a ihe hack of I lie head. j Other evidence was given I ■ the effect that the lorry was not travelling at. mo it- than eight miles an hour. The verdict was on.e of accidenl.nl death, no blame being attachable to

TURNED DOWN. nUXEIMX, March 1. For many years it lias been the custom ot the Education Department to grant bursaries to home scicme student- on recommendations. This year there are .39 applications. On .Monday. intimation was received that owing to the large number gran fed last year, only ten would lie granted. So lar, no application set forward by (lie l niversity Council has hern refused, so that when it appeared that the number of students was too great for the present hostel, the Council leased Sir J. Allen's house, spent a considerable soul on equipping it and appointed additional staff. Moreover, the sLudcnls wen’ to lie in Dunedin from all over the Dominion next Friday, and the lance majority turned down must have received notice of the refusal of a bursary on the evening of their departure.

NOT T'SEI) TO IT I AY ELL INGTON. .March I. Ernest. TTenry Williams, mechanic, aged 35, was lined to-day hv Air Pago. S.AI.. £ls. for being drunk whilst in charge of a car in Alain Street. Ilis license was suspended for six months. The excuse made by counsel, on behalf of accused was that he gave a lift to a man who offered, in gratitude, n null from a buttle of whisky. As accused came from a no-license district, this affected him more than another mult. aiex catgut stealing AI EAT. natter. March i. When on duty in Hastings in the early hours of the morning. ■Constable llortie was attracted Iv noi.-e- from a butcher's shop. and. on entering from tin' hack, he surprised two men in the act of parcelling up meat. Andrew I L”ow was sc incd hv the policeman, but tlie other man escaped. Throw appeared at the Court to-day and win remanded. LOCAL LOAN’S BOARD. WELLINGTON. .March 1. The Alinister of l''inaiirc i Him. \V. Dowmc Stewart . announced to-day the personnel of the Local GovernmentLoan Hoard lias now been completed under the legislation passed last -ca-

soa. The Ii nii'd is constituted as follow-. The officers lor lire time bring holding in the Public Sir’,ice the offices of Secretary to the Treasury and Eugi-ncer-in-l. liief of the Public Work- Re-

appointed by the Governor-General. The Oiivi rnar-Geni’ra! lias appointed the following— Ah s-rs R. A. Audio-on. Invercargill: G. Godfrey. Wellington; AY. J. Hold-worth. Auckland; G. A. Lcwiii. Dunedin; and S. A. R. ...air. 11 mitcrville. These latter appeintments will he for a period of olio voir from April I.

The Local Government Lo;ms Hoard Act comes into operation on April i. and it. is intended to assemble the Hoard immediately in order to decide iiii the formal procedure. so that there* will he no delay in dealing with the local authority applications. The chairman of the Hoard "ill he Mr I laves. Secretary to the Treasury. Mr Anderson is a v.ell known business man at fnvtrcarjxill and is the present nm linger of the .J. G. Ward Company and a mcmhi r ot the Southland Tower Hoard and the Ml 11 11 Harbour Hoard.

M.r Godfrey was Assistant f nderSoeretary of the Public \\ orks Department until 1023. and was one of the original members of the Highway* Hoard. He is now the permanent head oi the Marine Department.

..r fa-win is Dunedin’s town clerk, and is looked upon as an authority on local hodv finance.

Mr Hoidsworth is a well-known merchant at Auckland, and is aL present Chairman -of the Electric Power Bonn!. Mr Mair is engineer to the Raugitikei Conn tv Council and is a Past President of the Society of ( ivil Engineers and a member ol the Engineer.- Registration Hoard. TEACHER MISSING. I: LI IN 11 ELM . March 2. Eric Lee Palmer, the relieving school teacher at Wharnnui, who has been missing since Sunday, has not returned. Three dogs witli him have returned home and a tragedy is I'eareil. Search parties are out. . HOSPITAL HOARDS CONKER. (TIRISTCIICRCII. -March 2. The annual conference of the New Zealand Hospital Roalds began to-day. !m( i was opened h.v Hon. Young, the delegates being welcomed by the Mayor. Y7OMEN'S CON V ER KX(T.. Cl Ii! ISTCII BROI L March 2. The annual conference of the National r ouncil of Women passed a resolution that in the interests ol childrens health, open-air schools he established where new schools are opened.

POLICEMAN DROPS DEAD. MARTOX. March 2. While walking across a paddock at Oncpuhi yesterday evening with two companions, one of whom was a fellow ■policeman. Constable Steere. Officer-in-Charge of the Marlon area, fell d'-ad. Deceased had just finished polite busimos. lie did not complain ot feeling ill. his collapse being totally unexpected. Deceased was fifty-two. and leaves a widow and two sons. He was previoti-ly stationed nr Devonporl, Blenheim and Wanganui. COMPENSATION GBAX'TEr. HAMILTON. March 2.

An accident, which occurred in a drainage trench on C'hiudelands Racecourse on March loth. 102(1. when a labourer. William Henry McEwau was injured through the walls of the trench subsiding, and burying him. led to a rase in the Supreme Court, when MeEwiin sought t > recover £ls-15 damages from his employer. The jury returned a verdict awarding C 1250. A SHIP’S prss. AY ELLINGTON. March 2. A rigorous inspection was made on the Hororata i>hicJi arrived from London yesterday owing to a report that influenza had broken out. No eases, however, had occurred since February, and the maladv was in a very mild form and confined to ten members of the crew. The vessel, therefore, was released at once. The crew had rather an unusual story to

tell of the ship's cat. It was a favourite with everybody and was chasing a piece uf paper caught by the breeze on top of the promenade deck in the alterno-.n, when poor pussy in her excitement. liGpl through the ship’s rails and fell into the sea. A big albatross hovering around the vessel swooped down and to the dismay of the onlookers picked the cat up from the water. Puss put some good work '» with her claws causing the albatross to relinquish it’s hold, (he Per--i in dropping again into the sea a distance of about sixty feet. The respite was hut a respite for poor puss i't an instant a whole i'.unily of albatrosses swept down and literally tore her to nieces.

(TUXES!-: LKt'TriLER. ('ll R.ISTt IURCII. March 2. lin Xew Zealand Student. Christian movement has been informed by cable that L. Z. Koo. a well known lecturer j cannot now vi-ii the Dominion owing to developments in Chilli. STRATEOIU) REOFEST. STRATFORD. Alarch 2. The Chamber of Commerce decided last night to urge on the Government the 'desirability of Diking steps to ascertain the quantity of ict.d in Taiigarakau district. ft was stated that if the right quantities existed the saving In Tamnaki province in its coal hill would he fifty thousand sterling per annum. The Chairman 3'iid the unemployment position might he relieved il young fellows could he induced to for at a team m take contracts lor . top-dressiug. AVilh the price of basic suiier so low. he v.is sure farmers would do a lot of fop-dressing. They could let il ou contract.. Il was decided to bring the matter under notice of the Alinister for Labour. AX ACCIDENT. NELSON". Alarch 2. As (lie result of a horse boiling through the breaking of a blinker strap. Jo 1 1 n Chapman and his wife, ol i * inga iol a ra. sustained serious injuries. The run:!" ay continued for some miles leaf in High Street, AhiDicka, an al tempt was made by a. passer-by to stop it and the horse swerved and crashed into a slot innary motor car. Chapman had two ribs broken and his wife a fractured wrist. R EPAIRS CONTRACT. AFCKLAND. Alarch 2. A contract for repairing the steamer Northumberland has been given to Aftsou Brothers of Auckland. Iho cost of the work "ill he in the vicinity of £BOOO. Ref ween sixty and eighty mechanics will lie employed and the repairs will occupy six weeks. AX FXDESIR ABLE. A FCK LAXI). Alarch 2. A man who left Auckland for Suva in January was deported by Fiji authorities ami was returning to Auckland by the Tahiti. Just before Unship arrived yesterday lie was seen in the bathroom but when called f"!’ medical inspection lie lotthl not be found. \ thorough search of the ves- i sel was made wiilioill success.. Last evening just before the Tahiti sailed the mail Ni ls disovered among the passengers on deck, and he was brought ashore in the custody ol the P’dieo