DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1927, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(Bv Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

SUPPRESSION OF BANKRUPTCY

REPORTS. GISBORNE, July 21

The ('hamhor of Commerce discussed the proposed amendment to the Banking Act, providing for the suppression >f reports ot bankruptcy meetings, at the discretion of the Assignee.

Several members spoke strongly against the proposal. It was decided to secure a copy of the Bill for consideration at a special meeting, with a view to a protest.

ISLAND FRUIT. AUCKLAND, JuiV 21. With less than half her lull capacity of fruit, the steamer Waipahi returned to Auckland from Cook Islands. The light shipment is saiil to he partly due to the fact that the growers at .Mauke. one of the outlying islands of the group, were not advised of the vessel s movements, and in consequence did not have any cargo ready. The shipment consists'chiefly of oranges, but there are also a number of eases of tomatoes and bananas.

A PRINCE OF SIAM. TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND. AUCKLAND, July 20. Advice oE the visit to New Zealand *TJcjra. Commissioner-General of the State Railways of Siam, has been 10eeived by -Messrs Tli os. Cook' and Son The Prince and his party will arrive is Auckland by the Ulimaroa from Sydney on August oth. He will spend a week in New Zealand, and will leave Wellington for Sydney on August 19th. Prince Puraehntra was placed in. conI trol of the Siamese railways in 1014. He has been the dominating force in making the Railway Department the' most important commercial undertaking in the kingdom. It is stated that there is no more energetic man in the country than the Prince.

SMOKERS’ TRAIN PROBLEM. WELLINGTON. July 20. V Saturday afternoon train from Lambton to Upper Huti drew into the station before its journey without any first-class smoking car. Presumably they had all been attached to race trains. At the rear of the train however. were two first-class cars, one labelled “A” and the other “B." There was no indication of which was intended for smokers, of whom there were a number on the platform. One of them. pj ]M . in mouth, after the discussion, solved the problem with the words: “T 1 is for baccy,” and forthwith mounted the steps, followed by the rest. Inside the carriage a voice was heard “Then what is “A for? • oKstainors, oF course.” SUICIDE IN A TANK. CHRISTCHURCH. July 21. An inquest into the death of William Rennie, aged 70. was held, before Air Young. S.AL. to-day. The body was found yesterday in a receiving tank at Lyttelton Borough "Waterworks, at Heatbeote. There was a piece of iron, weighing between fifty and sixty pounds, tied to the body. Rennie bad lived in a hut on the AVaterw irks Reserve, and in his hut was found a note, giving directions as to the disposal of his property, including £'sß in cash. The verdict was suicide by drowning.