DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1927, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[bv tflegraph —PF.n pkess association] WOOL MACMIXE BURSTS. AUCKLAND. April 7. . An accident involving the death ot one man and injuries to another, occurred at Alexander Donald's Tannery at Drury, shortly after 8 o'clock this morning, when a drawing machine, "hich is used Lit drawing wool, burst into fragments, and two of the workers in the vicinity were struck by the flying metal. Alexander Donald, a married man, with three children, residing at Ivkeknhc. received injuries to the > ■> i.-c'i and the thigh. George Holton, a tied man. with two children, i-U eg a I’a pa k lira, had his left arn. broken, and received very serious injuries to Ills head and body. From his injuries Holton died on the • way to the Auckland Hospital. Donald was admitted to the hospital and his condition remains unchanged. The cause of the explosion is a mysory. The plant had been used during the past week, and it appeared to he working cpiite satisfactorily. Mr Donald has been particularly unfortunate. for his lactory was hunted to the> ground a few months ago. and ho lost valuable buddings and malerial.

CATTLE STEALING CHARGE. GIS HORN E. April 8

Wairiki Wailii. aged 35. a native ot Ruatoria. was charged at the I’olicc Court with the theft of ten head ot cattle, the property of Rami Walker. Ho was remanded iill April 1-lth. Bail was refused. THEFT CHARGE. CHRISTCHURCH. April 8. George Cecil Xeild. charged with having, on February Itith at .Ashburton. slob'ii Ironi Thomas Maurice Chirk 1:100. was remanded for a week. The police said accused had admitted lie had failed to account for a sum of between I'd,ooo and 25.0110. GOODS TRAIN' DERAILED. DUNEDIN. April 8.

When a goods train from Balclulha was passing Green Island at 1.30 tins morning the axle of a wagon broke, causing the derailment ot twelve trucks laden with coal and wood. A break down train arrived an hour later. Some of the wagons were badly damaged and the contents scattered all over the track. Xo one wa.s injured. There is a double track to Mosgiel. and no passenger services were deranged. A TEST CASE. CHRISTICTIURCi 1. April S. An important test case involving in the aggregate thousands of pounds, came before .lust ice Alpcrs in the Supreme Court to-day. The <|iK’stion interests all dairy farmers iu Canterbury. and all dairy factories. It dealt with the payment of Linuses for butter fat. and raised the point whether suppliers are entitled to bonuses as a matter of right or whether the bonuses are gratuties given by dairy companies. Walter Frederick Kerr, ol Oxford, a farmer, originally sued the Avon Dairy Company for £ll f)s 7d. The balance he claimed was due to him for butterfat lie had supplied H> the company. The sum by arrangement was increased to £2-> (>s I'd to enable the ease to come beiore tbe Supreme Court. COLLISION R ESULT. HA/MILTOX. April 8. AY. Brookes sustained a broken leg and injuries to the arm, in a collision at Okaua near Matamata. between his motor cvcle and a motor lorry. ' A FATAL ENDING. HAMILTON. April 8. Alfred Little, aged 22. married, with live children, succumbed lasi night to injuries received through being run nver by a drill when the horses lie wa.s working at Waitetuna got out ol control. KATA Id. Y BURNED. HAMILTON. April 8. Tutu King! died at the Waikato hospital this morning through burns sustained by the explosion of a la 1 ' boiler at I’utarunt. earlier in i; -e week. ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES. COM MISSIONS APPOINTED.

WELLINGTON. April 8. The Boundaries Commission to consider the revision ol Electoral Boundaries as a result of the latest census have been aopiintcl as follows. North Island—J. E. Trounsmi. J. Strauchoti, K. M. Graham (Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland), M . 1). A rni i t (Commissioner ol Crown Lands, Taranaki). A. 'I ■ Neill (Sui-vevor-General). South Island S. K: "vi s. H . Qmme. w Stewart (Commissioner'* ol Crown l ands Caiif rlmry). W. T. Morpeth (Commissioner of Crown Lands. \\ esilaud). R. S. Galbraith (Commissioner of Crown Lands. Otago).

MU NIC! PAL CON VER EX( E REMITS. WELLINGTON. 'April 8. The Executive of the Alunicipnl Association of New Zealand placed the remits passed by the Annual Conference before the Prime .Minister. A statement that they elicited an exclamation from Mr Coates of surprise, hut he was assured those to he presented to him had been i duced to 30.

Mr Coates said some of the poinls were important, hut there were always two sides to a question. He would ask the Miners concerned to apply themselves to the problem ami see how far they could assist. He believed in a policy of decentralisation and was quite willing to give authority which would enable Municipal Bodies to receive some of the kicks that Cioioinment now got. (Laughter). FOSSILISED MOA BONES. WHANOAREI. April 8. engaged at Warn limestone quarrv. workmen removed six specimens of lime rock in which was emheded fossilised bones and eggshells of a moa. This is the first. discovery of this kind. Wilson’s Cement Coy. are placing three of the exhibits in the local museum and three in the Auckland Museum.