DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1927, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) A LICENSE REFUSED. WELLINGTON, Sept. 19. Referring to tho refusal of the Department of Internal Affairs to grant a license in Auckland for screening a picture in tlio Town Hall, the Minister stated that he did not think the management had fully explained the position.

The report of the Chief Inspector said that tho management previously had shown pictures and knew the re. quirements of tho regulations. The first application was received by night telegram on Tuesday, the day of performance.

The Department agreed to waive a formal application and as the Inspector happened to be in Auckland he made an inspection, but reported that the projection room was unsatisfactory as regards construction and ventilation. The room had not previously been approved by the Department. The possibility of a panic occurring in the Town Hall, where the seats were movable, was greater than in an ordinary theatre, therefore it was necessary strictly to enforce the regulations. RHODES SCHOLARS. WELLINGTON, Sept. 19. Victoria. College nominees for the Rhodes Scholarships aro Messrs G. J. Scents and J. F. Platts-Mills. Mr Scents is an old boy of Gisborne High School and attended Auckland University College and Training College prior to 1921. Mr Platts-Mills was educated in Wellington, Marlborough and Nel-

LOST HER MEMORY. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 20. Mrs F. G. Burt, who disappeared from her home on Saturday unaccountably, was to-day found on the lower slopes of tho Cashmere Hills. She had been out for three nights, and on Monday night it was bitterly cold and raining. She wore a thick fur coat, however, and when found she was warm and dry. A loss of memory, following on an attack of influenza, is said to lie the cause of her wandering.

MISSING FI ST IE RATION. WELLINGTON, Sept. 20. Ten hours’ unsuccessful search for tho two missing fisher me”. Frank Iyree and Ulrich Jansen, who set out in a launch from Island Bay on Thursday last, and have not since been heard of, was made in Cook Strait today by the Wellington Harbour Board’s tug Toia. A wide area was traversed, but nothing was seen that would give any indication as to their fate, or whatever might have overtaken the two unfortunate men. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. AUCKLAND, Sept. 20. A house occupied by Mr W. Sexton. a railway employee, in McCoy Road, Birkenhead, was struck by lightning during an electrical storm this afternoon. A chimney from one of tho front bedrooms was cut off at the level of the roof, and about four feet of brickwork was hurled to the ground. In addition, a flash tore a. hole in tho roof, removing an entire sheet of galvanised iron. The damage amounted to only a. few pounds. Mr Sexton was home at the time, and was attending to the fire when the house was struck by lightning. The poker ho was holding was jerked out of his hand and hurled right across the room. His arm was numb from the shock.

A FIRE. WELLINGTON, -Sept. 20. l-'iie last night broke out in lory Street, in a two-storey building, owned hv Thompson Lewis and Co., and occupied by Groves and Ryan, motor engineers, Digby E. Porreti and Co., timber merchants and box manufacturers, and the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes on the top floor. All the Lodge fittings, including a piano and some valuable carved oak, also a quantity of regalia, recently imported from England, were lost. Tho total value is estimated at £450. There is a policy of £3OO in the Guardian Office. All the stock and machinery in Perrett’s was destroyed. The insurance was £3OO on the stock and fittings (Eagle and Star). £IOO on. the plant and machinery in th r ’ factory. In the garage, two motor cars and two one ton trucks were destroyed. Most of tho machinery and fittings were ruined. .A policy of £SOO (British Traders) was on the stock and fittings. Six cars were removed by the son of the licensee of the Dominion Hotel, next door and another man.