DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1927, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—-Per Press Association.) VALUABLE STAMPS. HARK DOMINION ISSUES. WELL! XHTOX, Nov. 28. A leading Wellington philatelist informed a reporter that the statement that there were only 10 topics of the rare first New Zealand penny stamp in existence was not correct, Ibr. he said, there are at least two other pairs and twelve single copies of this stamp in the Dominion. The catalogue price is £01) each. He said that there were well over a hundred copies scattered amongst the world’s i ullectnrs, and considered that tie value of £l.lO placed upon them by Mr A. Brodie, the Auckland dealer who secured them, a lair one, if that pair was in fine condition. It was probable that had there only been the number stated, the price would have been nearer £IOOO instead of £of> per copy. Two other philatelists concurred in the expert’s opinion.

false call to ambulance. WELLINGTON. Nov. 28,

A more despicable action than that of he,axing the free ambulance would bn difficult to imagine. The organisation is ready for any emergency. yet there are people who would treat it lightly ns a I) lit I for practical jokes. Yesterday a man telephoned lo the superintendent asking for two or three ears to he sent to the intersection ol Pirie Street and Kent Terrace, where a serious accident had, he said, occurred, involving a. number of people. The superintendent took a ear to the spot, hut found no trace of an accident.

HEAVY T)AM,AOES. jCHRTSTGUUH-CH. Nov. 29. The jury awarded £3OO damages, when George Edward Collett, railway employee (Dunedin), petitioned lor a divorce from Evelyn Collett. Christchurch, and £IOO damages against his cousin. Alfred Frederick Walsh, engineer (Chvistchurcli). The evidence was that respondent had left petitioner and lived in Christchurch with co-respondent as his wife. The Judge granted a divorce, and (ho jury assessed damages as stated.

INFANT'S CLAIM AGAINST “SUN." CIO IHSTOTIURCII. iNov. 29. In the Magistrate’s Court to-day. Philip Joseph Stanley Schumacher Driver, an infant, claimed, through his father, the sum of £lO _Bs from the Sun Newspapers. Ltd., said to he due to him under the paper’s free insurance scheme. The facts were that plaintiff had complied with the conditions of the scheme as set out in the newspaper. He was injured while kicking a toothall with other youths not playing an organised game, one Sunday afternoon. # , Tho defence was that the scheme while it covered an organised game, ,! id not. cover “any rough and tumble.” . The Magistrate held that the youth Imd been taking part in a. sport as defined in the conditions, and Stove judgment, for the amount- claimed.

engine DERAILED. WELLINGTON, »Nuv. 28. The engine and first carriage of the 4. 1(5 p.m. train from. Wellington for Masterton, were derailed midway between Kaitokc ami the Summit on the Wellington side of the incline at about (j.lo p.m. to-day. by a small 1 all of i-ock. No one was hurt. The rear jMirlion of the train was taken back to Kaitokc where the twenty-live passengers were transferred to a Railway Department bus from Lower Unit and taken to Featherston. where they joined a special train tu Masterton. No damage was done and the line is expected to be clear about 10 p.m.

FISHERMAN'S MISFORTUNE. WELLINGTON, Nov. 29. Eire almost completely destroyed a nine-roomed house at Island Hay, at tour o’clock this morning. George Baxter, fisherman, who occupied the ton portion, saved little. He Tms been particularly unfortunate <>i bite. Coming over from Picton, lie lost a young son. Within a short time he was laid up with pleurisy, and lie was one of Hie three men who nearly lost their lives when the launch Norma went down near the Heads a short time ago. The premises were owned by Mrs Baxter. The insurance on the building is £I6OO (Commercial Union), and on tlie contents £llO. Rounthwait, the occupant- of the lower portion, had his furniture insured for £123 (State).

AGED MAN'S SUICIDE. TIMARU, Nov. 29,

The body of George Newman, sixty years, was found hanging from a tree in a small plantation near Timaru, tonight. Deceased was in ill-health for some time. He was a married man, with a grown-up family.

BLASTING TRAGEDY'. DUNEDIN, Nov. 29

The inquests on Andrew Kydd and William Hopwood, the two men who were killed in the blasting accident at Burkes yesterday, were opened to-day. Evidence ol identification was taken, and the inquiry was adjourned .sine die.

CLAIM non-suited. HAMILTON. Nov. 29.

An action for a debt of £370 and 7 per cent, interest, was brought- before Mr Justice Herdman. at the Supreme Court. Hamilton, by the Standard Oil Coy. of America, against Morton Dugdale Waldesley. drainage engineer, the Suisiin Dredging Coy. Sail Francisco. Goods to the value of the sum claimed wore sold to defendants in 1918. hut the Judge held that Waldesley chose to bo a partner in defendant's Arm m 191tl, and therefore non-suited plaintiff.

BOV CYCLIST INJURED. NEW PLYMOUTH. Nov. 29,

Grave injuries were sustained by a hoy of fourteen, named Russell Heckler. who was knocked down by a ear. while cycling to-night. His injuries consist of a leg broken in at least two places, a broken arm. and general superficial injuries. He is in hospital in a serious condition.

ACCIDENTS. GISBORNE. Nov. 30. Pollv Wattie. a married woman, was thrown from a horse at Kaiteratalii and admitted to the hospital in a serious condition. A bushman, Charles Taylor, aged 20. sustained injuries whilst working in the bush at Motu and was admitted to the hospital.