DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

.JUNIOR. lIJOII SCHOOLS. (.By telegraph—Press Association). ( lIRISTCM VRCI I, January 21. J 1 on. M. Atmore told the Canterbury Education Hoard to-day that he will give a derision on the .Junior High Sehoois policy in six weeks. All over the Dominion, lie said, applications were being- made for buildings lor these schools. They were held up pending the decision. .MOTOR CYCLE FATALITY. WHANG AUK I, Jan. 21. When motor cycling on Mainm Road on Saturday night. John McAulev. 27, employed by the Public Works Department- at Pukelni, capsized* a.s the result of skidding on loose metal. He was admitted to Whangarci Hospital with a tractured skull, and expired yesterday. PRIME MINISTER'S HEALTH. HAMILTON, Jan. 18. Questioned by a Waikato “Times” reporter regarding Sir Juseph Ward s health, the Hon. G. IV. Forbes, who passed through Hamilton this morning, said that his leader seemed to hav taken a new lease of life. Sir Joseph’s mental alertness was amazing,'and his staying powei' wonderful. At the conclusion of a lengthy Cabinet meeting, which lasted the whole of yesterday, and at which considerable business was transacted under the most trying conditions, Sir Joseph Ward was the freshest man of all. AN INQUEST. WAIROA, January 21. At the inquest on Arthur Douglas Lyall, a sideshowman, the Coroner returned a verdict of accidental drowning. A rider was added that the Rorougli Council be urged to erect warning notices at the dangerous spots along the river front.