DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

GIIM, DROWNED. IMy IVlegraph -Press Association). GISBORNE, Jan. 7. Zeita King, age! 17, a dmncslic went with a companion to liatlie in Whnrokopne .stream ycsL nlav cllerimon. After tlieir swim her <oinp:rnions returned to the homestead. King evidently went in for a second dip and not returning, a search was made and the body found, hnt life was extinct.

OBITU Alt V. (I! 15 ISTCI lUR( 11, January 7. Obituary.—William Henry Denton. atlcd sixty, after a lone illness. lie was principal of the linn of Tripes and Denton, leather merchants and well known to followers of trotting, and at Ihe time o.‘f his death was senior member of the .New Zealand Trotting" Association. RAILWAY GOODS SHED BURNT. DARG WILLE, Jan. 7. The railway poods sh.ed at Donnelly’s Crossing. together with tiie contents, w.i.s totally destroyed by fire at 11.1-3 last night. Included in the contents were a baby grand piano, three hales of wool, thirty tons of cement (cement belonged to Public Works Department). Dour trucks containing wool and timber, which 'had been left under the verandah, were pushed to safety. A bucket brigade also saved the station buildings opposite. The piano, which had only been placed in the building on Saturday, belonged to Ganger Daddy who was under transfer. Insurances are unavailable. WOOL MALES. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 7. The second Christchurch wool sale oi the season was held to-day. The sale opened with a. good demand for all classes of wool. There was a particularly strong competition from Continental buyers, and in the-early stages they secured a large, proportion of the 001. Up to the luncheon adjournment the. sale was highly satisfactory. Prices for medium half-bred and three-quarter bred showed an advance of a penny, and super wools were hotter by up to a. half-penny, the- average rise being from par to half-penny. Half-bred made to 24L1, Corriedale 24.',d, Merino 23.L1, three-quarter bred 20:|d, crossbred 18d. Good pieces sold very well, top prices being 22<! and passings very few. A GALLANT RESCUE.. GISBORNE, Jan. 7. A double drowning tragedy was narrowly averted at Pt. A wanin', when Michael Hyland, proprietor of an hotel, plunged into the sea fully clothed, and at great personal risk rescued two children, who were caught in a powerful backwash and carried out amongst the breakers. FIDE INSUBANCES. BLENHEIM, Jan. 7. The insurances in Levin and Co’s lire arc: Building, £10.840; machinery, £1025; stock, £12,000; all in the Boval Office. The damage estimated is, building £IOOO, machinery £3OOO, stock £IO,OOO. In additional 21 bales of wool valued at £1275 were insured in the Victoria Office. Messrs H. Cooper, Ltd., seed merchants, occupied portion of the destroyed building and lost a considerable quantity of seed and pons. Details are available.

OPIUM SMOKERS. TIMA.RU, January 7. Wlien the police raided Chinese premises in Stafford Street south at midnight on Saturday, they found a Chinaman smoking opium in one of the back rooms and with him were the necessary appliances lor this purpose. The entry off the* police was resisted, hut eventually the occupants of the place, eight in number, were arrested and taken to the police station, along* with the opium smoking appliances. The sequel was heard in the Magistrate’s Court to-day when charges were preferred against two Chinese, ii Hun alias Percy Chung, of Timaru, and Ah Yoe, of Christchurch. Ah Yee was fined £3O and ordered to remain in custody until the return of a distress warrant, and Ti Man was fined £SO, he too being ordered to remain in custody until the return of a distress warrant. A >f INQUEST. WANGANUT, Jan. 7. An inquest concerning the death of George Allen, the central figure in hist Wednesday’s sensational tragedy, who shot himself at the end of live hours siege was held to-day. Jhe Coroner’s verdict was that deceased met his death bv a gunshot wound, self inflicted, his mind being seriously unhinged at the time. The Coroner added that the police methods were intelligent and proper.