DOMINION NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1927, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) DEATH IN SURGERY. DUNEDIN, Sept. 12. While waiting in Dr Evans’ surgery this morning, William .'lames Smith, a married man about -IS years of ago, residing with his wife at 59 Iva.kora. Valiev Road, an employee ol the Corporatioin Gais Department, collapsed and died suddenly. At the inquest- this afternoon, Dr Fv-uis said he had known deceased for fifteen wars, but had not attended lnm recently. When liis maid had informed bini, witness had gone to lus surgery and on the way down had hem d a noise of a man falling. There were no marks of violence, but there was marked degeneration of blood vessels. From the history of the ease death in his opinion, was caused by heart failure, following degeneration of the

blend vessels. The Coroner (Mr H. W. Bundle. SAL) returned a verdict in ■accordance with the medical evidence. SUICIDE AT SEA. AUCKLAND, Sept. 12. W. Morgan, chief steward of the steamer Trewarlas, which ‘ reached ~nd front Now York this morni„,g, was lost at sea in the Pacific, when the vessel was oiX> miles from Panama. Officers state tfiey saw Morgnn clamber on to the bulwarks, and before lie could be prevented lie threw, himself overboard. A boat was launch-, ed for nearly two hours, but Morgan was not seen again. He was 43 years of age, and his home was in Cardiff. He leaves a widow: and one child. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. CH KISTCHUR CH, Sept. 12. Janies Joseph O'Malley, aged 35, pleaded guilty in the Police Court today to a charge of having attempted to commit suicide. Sub-Inspector Matthew said that attempted suicide was the outcome of a domestic quarrel and accused had swallowed iodine. O’Malley was ordered to come up for sentence within six months if called upon and to take out a prohibition order and to pay hospital expenses £1 13s.

WIND UPSETS CAR. DANNEVIRKE, Sept. 12. A motor accident occurred on Sunday afternoon, during a gale, on a perfectly level straight road, a couple of miles from Dannevirke. A car, driven by Percy Meakin. (VT), containing his two sisters Alice and Gwen, also Misses p. Haines and M. "Mallet, while going along Laws Road suddenly swerved and overturned. The were thrown ont. and all of them injured, except the driver. Gwen Meakin, with a fractured arm and shock, and Miss Mallet, sec ere concussion and abrasions, were the worst sufferers, and are at present in the hospital. Hie oar was much damaged, all the spokes lieing smashed in three of the wheels. , ■ _ _ -. ; It is surmised .that the wind got under the hood of the car, causing.,the driver momentarily to lose control.

SHOOTING IN SANCTUARY. NEW PLYMOUTH. Sopt. 8.

‘■Any person in possession, of-a gun who: is sc ignorant of iiis responsibilities that lie would use his weapon to shoot protected, birds in a proclaimed sanctuary. is no sport, and should not have a gun.’' said Mr ‘Pate, S.M., in the Police Court, when lining William Allan Smith £7 10s on each of two charges of shooting pukeko in the Rotokarc sanctuary.

ISP,EACH OE AGREEMENT DENIED WELLINGTON, Sept. 9. The officials of the Bank of New Zealand deny that the hank has violated its agreement with the Thames Valley Power Board, with regard to the advance of £40,000 which the hank made to the hoard pending the receipt of loan moneys from the A.M.P. -Society. The position of the hank, as explained by the general manager, Mr H. Buekleton, this morning, was that the advance was repayable on demand. and ns the Power Board had declined to pay the increased interestrate, which came into force on May 9, the hank had exercised its undoubted right of calling np the advance. It was stated that had the ad\ance rates been reduced by a half per cent,: instead of being increased by that figure the board, of course, would have had its rate on the advance reduced. MIGRATION PROBLEM. AUCKLAND. Sept. 12. Hon H. E. Pratten, Commonwealth Minister of Trade and Customs, who. arrived to-day by the Niagara, said: T have stressed the desirability of the migration of industry, preferably British industry, to Australia; and as the result of my trip, I believe that secondare* industry in the Commonwealth will he substantially developed. Mr Pmttcn added: In my opinion tlie quickest way of meeting our urgent oopulation needs is the creation j of avenues of new employment. We want the British industrialists to help, us. and apparently they are prepared i to do so. The migration of British ■ people will naturally accompany the migration of British industry. That is the best and surest way of keeping clear of the racial problems which are so marked in. some of the countries which I visited. As one of the immediate results of his tour. Mr Pratten expects that an additional £5,000,000 of British capital will he expended in Australia in industrial enterprise. One firm alone, manufacturing artificial silks and noninflammable celluloid, purposes sending representatives to Australia, to launch a project involving an expenditure of one. million pounds on a factory. Mr Pratten would not- discuss tlio matter of tariff reciprocity between Australia and New Zealand. .“I have been .absent some months. 5 ’.:, he said, ‘•'and 1 'am oui. of touch with the iin niediato situation.”