DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

WAGGONS DERAILED ON GOODS TRAIN. (By Telegraph—Press Association). TAIHAPE, Jan. IG. Three waggons on a goods train were derailed a. half mile south of Mataroa about 2 o’clock this morning. A breakdown train from Taihape cleared the line at 5.45. 'The first- express from Auckland was delayed at Ohakune till the second express arrived and together they went on to- Taihape. Not much damage was done. The cause is a mystery. A CONFERENCE. CHRISTCHURCH, January 16. About seventy delegates attended the animal conference of New Zealand Retail Booksellers’ Association which opened this morning. Mr G. H. Bennett, of Palmerston North, presided. The delegates were welcomed by the Deputy-Mayor, Mr D. G. Sullivan. A SMART RESCUE. TRAGEDY AVERTED AT STEWARD’S GULLY. CHRISTCHURCH, January Hi. Through the promptness of an onlooker, what was very nearly a tragedy was averted yesterday afternoon in the Waimakariri river, just above Stewart’s Gully. Two youths were rowing on the river about 4 p.m., when their craft sprang a leak and began to fill. One boy stood up and shouted while the* other continued rowing. An angler on the opposite shore secured a boat and sot out to the rescue. He was within a hundred yards of them when the boys’ craft sank. One could not swim, but the other kept him afloatuntil the angler arrived and took them both into his boat.