DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

VKIiDKT OF ACCi DENTAL DEATH, iltv Telegraph Press Astsuoiat on). \\ I i ANG A RE!. January 2. A| (lie inquest on .J.illii Dempster, \'lio 101 l IVom a train into Hit' Kaipara i lA'ai’. a verdict oi accidental death was returned. 081 fFA lIV. WJI ANG Al’ FI, .launary 2. •Jarper Tuck, voti linaiy surgeon, wilt) look part in the African and Groat ’Wars, died at ttie hospital as the Jesuit ol a stroke, lie was ap'd ('•’>.

CHINESE UFRMiTS. W ELL! Nf JTO.N. .January 2. i l ’. Loving Wind, a Chinese, aped "’T who was arrested on warrant at Potone for overstaying his temporary permit into New Zealand, was to-day senl awed to loiirteon days in order I lull lie might ia' held pending the complotion ol arrangements for his deporta tiou. Aroused stated that at tile time the permit was issued, lie was coinin'.; on holiday an 1 had been granted extension. 'Die Collector of Customs remarked on the ifaei that a eonsidei'ahle nmhuer of Chinese were remaining in New Zealand after the expiry of I heir permits.

STATEMENT CORRECTED. HLENHKiTT, .January A. 'Hie statement eontained in a Nelson Lelepram that the ear which met wii' an accident at Rai Valley was driven by FT. J. S. Mitchell is incorrect. The ear belonged to Mifcliell. hut lie was not wiih the party. The diiver was Neal of lllenlieim ; accompanying him were Henry Barra it, Harold ITam. Hazel Barruti. Mabel Harm It and In Neal, all of Blenheim. Mitchell had lent Che party the ear. and if is not covered by insurance. BATH INO FATA T. ITV. Cl! B ISTC.H l’lt( 11, January 2. The body of Vera Howard, who was drowned at South Brighton on Monday. was recovered at 1.20 p.m. today. The beach patrol, Messrs F. Stokes, A. Stokes, and C. Bryant, were diving in the pot holes under the New Brighton pier when they discovered the body.

INFANT KILLER IN CAR SMASH AUCKLAND. January 2. A motor ear accident at Otaua near Waiiiku, resulted in tlic death of the infant son of Mrs \Vilson, who was on a visit to Mrs Sam Bright, of Of ana. The ear was being driven on the main road towards Otaua, when one of the tyres blew out. I lie ear skidded and capsized. The other passengers escaped with shock and bruises. youth succumbs to injuries. PALMERSTON N., January 2. The death occurred at the Hospital this afternoon, of Oliver Anderson, aged 18, who was admitted on New Year’s Bay, as the result of injuries received when a ear, in which lie was travelling, capsized into a swamp near Sanson. The car was struck from behind by another causing it to capsize. The other occupants were uninjured. Deceased was a resident of Foxton.