DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—l\erPress Association.). surveyorsßonference. ' \ NEW PLYDKU’TH, Aug. 15. The '■ Annual Coherence of the In- 1 stitute of' Surveybs opened to-day. J and was welcomed b the Mayor. Officers elected were asjollowsyice-Pre- ’ sicients, F ' L- Ledpr (Nelson),' L. C. Sladden (New Phnouth). Councillor : Q. K. Grierson [Auckland). Audi- ' tor: I. G. G. Feild(AVelliiigton). Tlio next conference will be held in Christchurch. The prbpoal for the Council to meet quarter instead of hall yearly was lost. | . STORDI IN CCOK STRAIT, August 15, 4be TaniaWno, going from Weliingtoii "to Picton, mo rough weather in Cook Strait, and |as unable to make Tory Channel. TU southern entrance was also unnavijabile. The vessel therefore steamed to Port Underwood where she will sligter for the night. CEILIN'! FALLS. UPON SEVEN DIEX. t AUCKLAND, August 15. "When seven non were seated ,ni lunch in the Cusloms Street premises of Glover and Coyl, seed and produce merchants, to-day, the roof collapsed without warning, penning the entire party beneath a tangled mass of debris weighing nearly tour tons. William G. Sievright, of Howielt, had several of his’ribs broken, and was admitted to the Auckland Hospital in a state of collapse. Three other men, Henry Long, T. J. Wilcox, and J. Brothers, .sustained abrasions, hut after treatment in the hospital casualty ward, they were able to go home. Sievright was reported to-night to be progressing favourably. A stack of about fifty heavy wirenetting rolls, stored on the composition ceiling of tin luncheon apartment, was the eauie of the collapse. The rolls, each weighing from one and a-quarter to one and three-quarters of a cwt., came through the ceiling with a resounding crash, burying the men under falling debris. A window fac- ' ing Customs Street was broken, and the sound of -glass falling on to the ' pavement startled the passers-by, who [ rushed to tlie assistance of the men. They had a difficult task in extricating some ol them from the pile of wire, broken wood, and plaster.

FRUIT CASES. WELLINGTON, August 15. The total ’ orders for imported fruit eases for the' 1929 'season will reach fully one million. The New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation has orders for 800,000. >of which 000,000 are being taken by Nelson. P, radically nli of the imported cases arc used lor the export trade, hut of the total fruU produced in Now Zealand, two-tliiids are packed in locally made cases, and one-third in imported eases. N.Z. FRUIT AGENT. WELLINGTON, August 15. Dir 11. E. Stephens, who went tc England last September to act as representative of the New Zealand l’ruit Control Beard in London, has been offered the appointment lor a further period of two years. (n the opinion of the Board, he lias grasped the market conditions in Great Britain. He lias been asked to visit Continental (Clitics for the purpose of investigat ing the market conditions for Dominion fruit, and lie expects to complete this work and leave for Now Zealand about the end of September.

BRIGHT DIVpRCE. AUCKLAND, August 15,

A decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months, was granted. Maria Catherine Rriglit (Mr Lianna) by Mr Justice Ilhiir, in the Supreme Court this morning. The action was undefended, hut Dir Singer watched the proceedings on behalf ol the respondent, Wm. George Bright ("who is wqll known in West Coast trotting circles). The grounds for the petition’ were desertion.

Dir Hanna said that last session the husband had brought a petition on the grounds of mutual separation. After a lengthy hearing, his Honour had dismissed the petition. In view ol admissions then made by the husband, the present petition had been brought by the wife.

Petitioner said she was married on May 30th, 1899. There were six cTiil(lren by the marriage. Respondent had left her in 1920. Her attempts to get him to return had failed.

Patersons have opened up a special purchase of traveller’s samples in girls and ma ; ds’ flannel frocks, sizes up to 39in. Price’s from 5s lid to 17s fid. Also Indies’ cardigans from 7s Gd. These values will surprise you. Call and inspect.—Advt.