DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1927, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

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AX EM EX’S (A R NIVA L. WELLINGTON, March 6. World Championship, lti-inch standing chop.—W. Green (.Auckland) 1. P. D. Hope (Marlborough 2, 11. A. Gibbs (Nelson) holder of the title, 3. Time Train. 18 J-osecs.

BISHOP’S VIEWS, j CHRISTCHURCH, -March 7. Declaring that, there wa.s danger o Ibe Church trying t > close all argil incnl willi ;eg, -ml to discrepancies tlial bad been 'lovu to exist in the Bible Bishop . -Watson, preaching at tin Cathedral !. st night, said that there were unquestionably discrepancies in the Bible, and lie urged the church to stand no and face the facts. What position are we to take up? asked the Bishop. Of one thing I am certain, and that is if v.e nail our colours to the mast and refuse to change our opinions and in face of all hold the Bible to be infallible in every point of

science, history and literature, wo ilia; ■ ennif'jrt some of the old people and al 1 low them to pass without knowing tlm s their religious beliefs are being dial longed, but we will lose the (lower o: ’ youth for God and religion. RAILWAYM EX R KSOLUTff L\S. AUCKLAND. March 7. A crowded meeting of Engine Driv- ‘ ers'. Firemen and Cleaners’ Association at Frankton unanimously passed a resolution expressing indignation at the finding of Air Page S.AL in the trouble connected with the control of the Association. and resolved To do all in taeir power to preserve the Union intact; that they have no confidence in Lowiu as President, and McArley as Secretary and call on them to resign and face members; they view with disgust the methods adopted to dispose of I Carroll and pledge themselves to solidly j support him in any future action lie may take and call on branches and the Executive Council to demand a full meeting of delegates at a. conference to bring finality to the business. They express lull confidence in the Executive Council and ask them to carry on until the Grand Council meets. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER INJURED ASHBURTON, .March 7. H. G. Kemp, engineer and secretary ol the Electrical Rower Hoard received serious injury yesterday when the staff was installing new plant at the substation at Mitcham. llis head came into contact with a high voltage wire. Kemp was unconscious for a quartet* of all hour, and is now in a private hospital, but his condition is causing no alarm. FOUND DEAD. KLTIIAM. March 7. Blanche Ivy Tiplady. aged 29. daughter of the County Clerk of Eltluun, an assistant in her father's office was found dead in bed on Sunday about noon. Deceased was in good health on Saturday evening, meeting her lather on his return from a holiday, and making arrangements for a picnic on .Monday. The doctors state that she had been dead some hours. A post mortem is being held to-day. FREEZING AWATTD PROTEST. WANGANUI. .March 7. W. J. Poison (president of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union) .interviewee! re the new freezing workers award, said the worst feature was the pronouncement accompanying the award. Evidently, the muontradicted evidence of the farmers had no weight with the Court and the effect of the award upon the farming industry wa.s a matter of indifference. There was no doubt the lower prices are not merely temporary as the Court suggests, hut the figures Mils year will be worse than those last year. In spite of this, the Court has planted another fifteen thousand a year of costs ell tlie hacks of the producers. I

Justice Frazer's remarks concerning the demands of farmers for the abolition of the Arbitration Court could not refer to the Union, whose policy bad been otherwise, but such a pronouncement as that accompanying the award would go far in forcing the organisation into line with those seeking n change.

FIRE VICTIM. AUCKLAND. March 7. The victim of the Howick fire was Charles If. W. Dixon, formerly deputy Commissioner of the Stamp Department. Wellington. C 25 FIXE. TfMARU. March J 7. At the Magistrate's C.nnt. before .Justices, K. F. T. Wall, otherwise Kit Tong, a laundryinan. pleaded guilty In being in possession of uncustomed opium and was fined C 25. The second charge of smoking opium was withdrawn. A FIRE. CAMBRIDGE. March 7. Near midnight last night an old live roomed wooden dwelling at T.camingfrfm, owned by Speight. Pearce. Xicoll and Davis Ltd,, and occupied by Mrs W. Tate was completely destroyed bv fire. The origin is not known. The insurances on the building lire £3OO. furniture £l6O. This is the sixth fire in Leamington during seven weeks. FIRE DAMAGE. AUCKLAND, March 7. Two men. W. Macduff and W. Burton. had a thrilling experience early on Sunday morning, in a fire in a twostoreyed house in Park Road. Aroused by a loud crash, they rushed trom their bedroom on the second floor and found the staircase ablaze. They gathered sheets from the bed, knotted them and lowered themselves to the ground twenty feet. The Brigade saved one bedroom, but all the rest of the house was badly damaged. The occupier of the house. C. McCready. estimates the damage at 2500. The property was owned by Miss O’Dea and insured for £I2OO. DEPARTURE DELAYED. AUCKLAND. March 7.

The Canadian Explorer’s departure for New York was delayed for over three hours on Saturday by the absence of seven stoKCrs, who were taken from an hotel by the police, who after much trouble induced them to go aboard. As the steamer was leaving the wharf one of them tell overboard. Another member of the crew (lived overboard and held him afloat until noth were nicked up by a launch. A BURGLARY. AUCKLAND. March 7. Penrose railway station was burgled mi Saturday night. An attempt to break open a sale with explosives tailed. Nothing is missing. MONTH HARD LABOUR. NAPTEIi, March 7. A native. Johnnie So oner, got a month’s hard labour for the conversion of a car to his own use. Magistrate Dyer said fines would not stop the practice.