DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1927, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) FIRE AT COBDEN. GREYMOCTH, Dee. 23. A fire early this morning destroyed the eight-roomed residence of Robert Moore, of Colklcii. Nothing was saved. Insurance on house £I.OO. furniture £l7O, both in State Office. .MORE REGULATIONS. WELLINGTON, Dec. 23. Machinery for administration of the Rural Interineadiate Credit Act of last session is contained in a bulky set o 1 regulations just issued. Matters dealt with by regulations apart from Hoards to lie established, include the granting of loans, payment of dividend, produce in warehouses, discounting of promissory notes, and hills of exchange, finance and accounts and debentures and stocks. The regulations are to come into force on January Ist.

TRIPLET CALVES. W AIM A'IF, Dec. 23. The ease of the Tnradale (Hawke’s Bay) triplet calves was paralleled by a Morvern cow which gave birth to three calves on December 11. Except that one calf was three-legged all were healthy. TO FLY THE TASM AN. DANNEYIRKE, Dec. 22. Two New Zealand airmen Lieut. J. R. MoncriefF (Wellington) and Captain G. Hood (Masterton) quietly left Wellington hv th Maunganui on December 9th with the object of flying the Tasman. Rotli men are approved by the Director of Air Service as qualified pilots. They were accompanied hv Captain J. T,. Eight, of Dnnnovirko. who has hern closely associated with the .scheme and was largely responsible for its initiation. Money for the venture has been privately subscribed throughout Now Zealand, J. McCrorie, of Dunedin, uncle of Lieut. Mo-ncrioff, being the principal hacker.

The machine which has been landed at Melbourne is similar to the one in which Lindbergh flow the Atlantic and has I icon furnished by the Ryan Air Line. T’.S.A. It is equipped with a Wright Whirlwind -T5 engine and carries 200 gallons of gasolene.

The distance across the Tasman is estimated at 1430 land miles and it is estimated the flight will he accomplished in fourteen hours, although the men will have cruising power for twenty hours. The plane carries a. rubber raft, earth inductor, compass and wireless. The Australian Government has promised every assistance to the licensed pilots in air craft authorised by the- New Zealand Government this assurance having been obtained through the New Zealand Government from the Rt. Hon. Stanley Bruce. At- tho initiation of the scheme a trial flight- will he made from Melbourne to Sydney and the aviators propose to hop off for New Zealand as soon as meteorological conditions are favourable.

A. McNieol. Managing Editor of the “Dannevirke Evening News.” and R. J. MacDonald. a well known Hawke’s Bay sheep farmer, are trustees of the fund and have been responsible for the business arrangements.

MUNICIPAL MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH. Dec. 23. As a result of complaints, action has been taken by the Department of Health compelling ■ stall holders in the new municipal market to comply with the health requirements for the sale of foodstuffs. ’I he lesocs of a poultry stall were given notice they must cease business as llie stall does not comply with the regulations. BURGLARS CHASED. CHRISTCHURCH. P«e. ”3 Burgh.rs broke into a i hcmi-JV shop at iSt. Alban's last evening. They were noticed by a neighbour who summoned the police. A chase followed but the thieves got clear by running through a paddock. They diopped a hag of plunder bill got away with ten pounds worth. PORK BONUS. AUCKLAND. Dec. 23.

Without Government help, it is doubtful whether the pork export business could carry on. According to a statement made by the Premier to-day. The export for the season is just stin ting. and dairy farmers will he able to enjoy Christinas better when they know that the Government has decided to come to the rescue with a 3-years subsidy. the amount for the first year being estimated at £30.001). Details arc not finalised and will be discussed between the Minister of Agriculture and Industry and Control Boards, but briefly it is the intention of Government to provide if or :» subsidy covering three years for two of which the amount will he progressively reduced, should there he recovery in prices. This will naturally he taken into consideration in determining the amount to he paid. Government wishes to make it ijiiite plain that the object is to assist the industry in its first difficult veal’s, and enable it to overdue those initial difficulties which at the moment appear to threaten its continued existence.

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. AUCKLAND, Dec. 23. A nine year old ho,v, Neville Stott, of Devonport, had a miraculous escape recently when a six-pound shell (believed to have been extinct) exploded. Pieces ripped away a portion of a verandah of the parents’ residence, while the concussion shook houses in the vicinity, startling the residents and shattering glass. The shell had been brought home from Rnngitoto Island a year ago by Scott’s Brother, and it reposed on his dressing table till Mis Scott threw the shell into the yard. Neville later dropped it on the asphalt, causing the explosion. SUDDEN DEATH. DUNEDIN. Dec. 23. Robert Aitken. ti(>. baker’s assistant, died suddenly at work this morning. At the inquest a verdict of death from heart failure, following degeneration of the heart muscles.

GIRL IMPRISONED. GISBORNE. Dec. 23. Two years reformative treatment' was ordered by a Magistrate for a .rirl aired nineteen, who had a child i„ a hospital and tried to commit suicide by tying a cord round hei neck. She subsequently escaped scleral times in her night dress. A COLLISION. CAMBRIDGE. Dec. 23.

About 7.30 last night a serious motor collison between Holder’s Motor Service car Rotorua .and Alfred Smith, Sun car! both vehicles on the HnmiltonRotorua service, occurred at a sharp bend on the Krapiro Road at tbe Cambridge Borough boundary. James K. Mooney, employed by tbe horestry Department at Tuni. Wairoa, who was seated in the rear seat of Holder’s car. sustained two broken ribs through a broken hood support striking lum. All tbe other passengers escaped in jury, though badly shock,cd. Both vehicles met in a side-oil collision, the .••>He right side of both cars being badly dented, while the top gear of Holder’s car was parried awaj-, The

driver of Smith’s car attempted to swerve off the road, but too late to avoid a collision, had a miraculous escape from crashing into a telegraph post, finally colliding with a fence. Roth cars were travelling at a smart speed at the time and it is remarkable they did not capsize. After the collision the cars were able to drive awav under their own power.