DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1928, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association. SHIPPING SERVICE. CHRISTCHURCH, August 2. The re-establish merit of direct shipping service from Melbourne to South Island ports was discussed by the executive of the Canterbury Progress League last night. It was resolved to send representatives to a conference of Chambers of Commerce and Progress Leagues in Dunedin and to instruct such representatives to express the view that upon the information before it, the Canterbury League was of the opinion that local authorities would strongly support the contention that any subsidy on a steamer service should come from tile Goverment and not from local bodies. FATAL crossing smash. CHRISTCHURCH, August 2. A young man was killed and two women seriously injured when a motorcar in which they were travelling collided with the night express to Invercargill at a level crossing at Dunsaudcl at 11.15 last night. Jack Walker, a farmer, who was in the back seat of the car, was killed. Mrs Catherine Edmiston, who was sitting in "the front seat, had her skull fractured and leg broken. The driver, Miss Muriel Laishley, escaped with less severe injuries.

There are no obstructions to seeing railway traffic approaching on the line from either direction. It is believed that the brakes of the car failed when the crossing was reached. The impact was a violent one, the car being thrown over the cattle stops. The train was stopped immediately. The train crew and local railway officers were confronted with a terrible sight when they rushed up to the crossing. The occupants of the car were lying on the side of the track, one being killed outright and tiie others badly injured and incapable of helping themselves. The cur itself was totally wrecked.

XXQUEST PROCEEDINGS; CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 2. Has a piece of fuji silk, a few indies long, any association with a mystery provided hy the discovery of human remains among the sandhills at North Brighton. Near the spot where the hones were found there was a piece of fuji silk tied round a branch of a lupin bush. The view is held that it had been tied round the branch since the- death of the child. The bones found are obviously those of a small e hilet with flaxen hair. It has not been'possible yet to determine what the sex of the child was.. An inquest was opened yesterday before' Air La wry (Coroner) and adjourned alter a boy, .John 0. Lye, had described the finding of the 'body and also the finding of a white rag tied to a bush. POLITIC A L. ASHBURTON, Aug. 2. The position in reference to the Alid-Canterbury seat was discussed by the Alethven branch of the Reform League last evening which carried a resolution unanimously that the branch express its entire satisfaction with T). Jones as representative and trust he will continue to represent the district in Parliament. A copy of the resolution is to lie sent to the Premier. It was further resolved unanimously that the meeting regrets tho unfortunate position that has arisen between Jones and Nosworthv in the Alid-Canterbury electorate and requests the Premier to take immediate steps to remedy the matter. Alethven though within the Ashburton County was included in portion of the Ellesmere elctorate transferred to Alid-Canterbury.

THEFT CHARGE. GISBORNE, August 2. Eighteen months’ reformative was passed at the Police Court on Miohaet Ward, who entered a shop during the absence of the proprietor and took £2l from the till. KAWARAU DAM. DUNEDIN. Aug. 2 Information having been received that the Government were agreeable to closing Kawarau gates for a week without demanding insurance cover. Kawarau Company this morning wired for the requisite permission. A FINE WINTER. * PALMERSTON X. Aug. 2. The rainfall last month was 1.29 in. a record for July during the past sixteen years. Tlie winter .so far has been very mild and dry.