DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1928, Page 1

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) TOO REALISTIC! FILM ACTORS SCORCHED. AUCKLAND, Aug, 3. A raupo wliare filled with tea tree and saturated with crude oil and benzine, proved more inflammable than was anticipated, by the producers of the Maori film “Taiiranga,” when engaged in filming a scene at Ohiwa, near Opotiki. The story on which the picture isi based calls for the burning of a Maori village, and for this purpose a large meeting house, a chief’s whare, eight smaller whares, two storehouses, and three watch towers were built. As soon as the stage had been set, with “dead” warriors lying about the village, the cameras were placed in position and the order given for the opposing tribesmen to rush in with flaming torches and set fire to the village. Within a few moments the set was burning fiercely, roaring flames and dense smoke making tho scene unexpectedly realistic. Soon the heat became intolerable, and under cover of the smoke the “dead” -sprang to life and ran for safety. Throughout the scene the Director, Mr Collins, and his two photographers, Messrs W. Cline and H. Smith, held their position notwithstanding tho flying embers and almost suffocating heat. Each received painful burns, their clothing also catching alight. The Maori actors who wero scantily clad suffered from scorching. Some of them-gave a remarkable demonstration of their recklessness by rushing at tho flames, and dancing a haka. Fortunately, none of the burns was serious enough to call for the services of a doctor, a wellequipped first aid outfit being sufficient. PR BLACKMORE’S advice. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 4.

Dr Blackmore writes as follows: “Remarks which I made to members of Parliament yesterday regarding tho destruction of germs in milk have been misunderstood in the account which has conic down from Wellington. I hope that others who heard mo besides the solitary reporter who was present did not gather from my remarks that I said that the boiling of milk does not kill tuberculosis germs, because this i.s incorrect. The boiling of milk absolutely destroys all tho germs of tuberculosis in it. 1 say that the pasteurisation of milk was merely a compromise to meet the present conditions and that it did l not destroy the impurities in the milk, or remove the dirt. What I was trying to show was that wo should try to produce, not milk that requires to be boiled in order to kill germs, but one that has no germs in it which require killing.” JAPANESE FAREWELL. AUCKLAND, Aug. 5. Prior to the departure of the Japanese Squadron yesterday for Suva, ViceAdmiral Hobayashi expressed deep gratitude for Now Zealand’s hospitality. He remarked: “Wo are particularly glad to find a Jfipan in the Southern Pacific, kept and developed in the British manner. We are very gratified to have com© in contact with the people of Now Zealand, ■ including the Maori tribes, who, on this occasion also have added lustre to their tradition for wonderful hospitality and genuineness of heart.” DAYLIGHT SAVING. INVERCARGILL, Aug. 5. Warm support to a proposal to institute a local scheme of daylight saving was given by tho Directors of the Southland A. and P. Association, at a meeting on Saturday. The general tone of tho discussion indicated that, with ono exception, the Directors recognised that while not in the interests of the country people, daylight saving was a groat boon to the townspeople, and nothing should >be done to obstruct the carrying out of a scheme for Invercargill. The question i.s to be brought before a. public meeting at an early date. BROKE HIS LEG. WATROA, Aug. G. In a senior championship football match played at Oputama on Saturday, Rupe Rangi, a well known Mahia footballer, broke his- leg, and was hospitalled. A CHILD’S DEATH. DUNEDIN, Aug. G. Under circumstances suggesting that he had been kicked by a horse, Gordon Hector Bissett, aged 3, was found in a horse paddock adjoining his father’s home with terrible head injuries, from which ho succumbed at Balclutha Hospital on Saturday. OBITUARY. DUNEDIN, Aug. G. Obituary.—R. C. Jones, aged 75, managing director of Turnbull Jones. Deceased was at one time chief electrical engineer of the Union Coy. and later with Robert Turnbull, of Wellington, founded the electrical firm.