DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1927, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH PER TRESS ASSOCIATION ]

FOOTBALLERS IXJUR ED. DUNEDIN, April 17. In a match between Pirates (Invercargill) and Kaikorai yesterday, Glengarry, of Kaikorai, an Otago representative forward, received a fractured leg. Cnlder, of Pirates, had a shoulder dislocated. TRIPLE DROWNING.

AUCKLAND. April 17. A drowning accident involving the los., of three lives occurred off Rangitoto Island after dark to-night. Two men, Walter Noyes, oi Glenmore. and Roy Mathcson, of Auckland, left for St. Ilelior’s Bay from the island in a dinghy, accompanied by Harold Walby. ol Auckland. Miss Fiankland, and her sister, Mrs Longnett. of Devoiiport. During the trip the dinghy swamped, and Mathcson. Miss Fiankland. ami Mrs Longnett were drowned. The others were rescued hv a passing boat. i KILLED BY TRAIN. | MARTOX, April 10. | A shocking incident occurred on the railway station at Tnrakina on Thursday evening when Timothy Hartnett, single, aged -18, ill attempting to tionru a moving train, fell on the track and was run over by the guard’s van. Death was instantaiieols. Hartnett, with a companion, Peter Cameron, was travelling from Wanganui to Owhango. Both got oil' aC Turakina and went to the hotel adjoining the station. While there they heard the train move off. Both ran to tn station where Cameron successfully hoarded the last carriage. Hartnett caught the hand rail and attempted to swing himsell aboard. lie seemed t) lose his hold and fell between tne carriage and the platform. The guard s van passed over him. Hartnett was a native of Tasmania ! and resided in Wangiitii, where lie I had two brothers.

FIT DENTS RAGGING. AUCKLAND EAST. April ID. At the University debate in the Town Hall last night, a large body of .students indulged in a rag, and the disorder was such that halt way through, the students demonstrating were ordered out of the hall under threat that if they remained, the contest, would he declared off. A ragged procession with unsteady gait had advanced down the aisle and filoti on to the platform, while three live hens and a pile of pumpkins wore thrown in front of the Chairman’s table. Pandemonium followed, and the judges declared that the debate would proceed in private. All the students were i ordered to leave the hall. Their exit, tli'mgh slow, was devoid of incident, and they adjourned to the civic square, where a party of the leaders harangued their follow .students from the hack of a lorry and led them in a variety ol college songs and ragtime. ! HOMESTEAD BURNT, j BLENHEIM, April ID. The old Dobson homestead, a wellknown landmark at Spring Creek, was totally destroyed by lire. It was a bouse of ten rooms, valued at about ft. (IDO 'and insured for 250;) in the Commercial Union. Vhe contents were covered for £20!) in the same office. RESISTING THE POLICE. THAMES. April ID. .James Samuel Monteeino, known by his piano playing endurance records, was arrested on Sunday night for using obscene language and resisting the police, who ordered him off certain private' property. Tie violently resisted being taken to the police station, tearing a uniform. He escaped lor a. short time but was recaptured after going 200 yards. Before justices lie was sentenced to five weeks at Mount Eden gaol and ordered to make good the uniform, in default another week. HORSES BURNT TO DEATH. WELLINGTON. April 18. Two draught horses valued at about 00 guineas each were burnt to death and a quantity of haled straw and some harness destroyed as the result ol a fire which broke out shortly before noon to-day in the old Corporation stables. Aided by a heavy northerly wind, the Haines which originated in a room at one end used for storing I brooms ail buckets, soon took conij plete (barge, and the lire brigade j which arrived promptly on the scene, was given a difficult task to suppress the outbreak. The chief stableman managed to get five of the seven horses in the stables out into the yard, but the remaining two were caught by the flames and burnt to death. The building was severely damaged. FACTORY MANAGER’S SUICIDE. CARTERTON, April 18. At Kokotau farming settlement, six miles from Carterton, Alban William King, factory manager, was found dead at the hack of his residence, with a gun lying across his legs. King, who was 35 years of ago, was a married man with two children, and had been employed at the dairy factory for the past ten years, and was popular in tiie district. lie rose yesterday morning as usual, and started the factory boiler lire, returning to the house for breakfast. He brought a motor car out for his wife and family to go to church, and they left at 7.15. As the manager did not return to the factory and the carts were beginning to arrive, an assistant sent a message to the house and King was found as described. At the inquest the evidence showed that lie had been depressed over his state of health, and a verdict was returned accordingly.

JOCKEYS INJURED. AUCKLAND. April 18. Two riders R. Reilly and R. J. Maekie, were injured in an accident which took place during tile running of the first division of the Nelson Handicap, the opening event at Ellerslio to-day. The field, comprising sixteen starters, had traversed about half the distance and were running through the cutting when Arch Queen, Festina Lente and Nassoek fell. Reilly, rider of Arch Queen was cut about the face, and was taken to the hospital to have his injuries attended .to Maekie, rider of Festina Lente. suffered slight concussion. Canunick, rider of Nassoek, escaped injury. FIRE BRIGADES’ TOURNEY. WELLINGTON, April 18. In the Fire Brigade competition, in which 24 teams are competing, the quick dressing event, one-man item after a tie between Hastings and Masterton, resulted in a win for Masterton. The Memorial Shield, the principal item on the programme, was won by Waipnkurau, and the fivemen and reel event by Taihape. Captain Hugo, Dominion Inspector of Fire Brigades, took the occasion of this competition to comment on the ‘'appalling apathy’’ in New Zealand in the matter of fire prevention, and suggested the subject should be worked in with Health Week, and lectures given on dangers which the public ignores. There were huge losses every year, and far too much carelessness.

BURGLARS ACTIVE. AUCKLAND. April 18. Burglars are still active in Auckland. They thoroughly ransacked the residence of Mrs M. Nieholl, Mount Albert, on Thursday night, during the absence of the family at Howick. Although a systematic search was made of every room and the contents ol drawers and cupboards were strewn on the floors, it is believed that little of value was stolen. It appeared that the intruders were in search of money, as several valuable articles of silverware on the sidebord were untouched. A small writing desk in one room was opened but a roll of bank notes wrapped in paper was overlooked. .MOTOR BUS BURNT. AUCKLAND. April 18. Mystery surrounds the origin of a fire which completely destroyed a passenger motor bus at the corner of Walms- I ley and Mackenzie Roads near Black Bridge Mangere. early yesterday morn_ ing. The vehicle was used as a community bus on the passenger service ; between Mangere and the city. The body work and tyres of the bus were I completely burned, but the engine. < from which the magneto is missing. : appears to have escaped damage. The < vehicle is a total loss. Two passers-by , at ” on S aturdav evening noticed s nothing unusual, the fate of the dam- 1 aged vehicle being reported to the One- I hunga police at 4.30 yesterday morn- f ing.