DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

RECORDS AT WANGANUI. (By Telegraph—Press Association). WANGANUI, F<*b. 10. Two West Coast records were broken at the annual championship meeting of the Wangaiuii-Taruiiaki Athletic Centre on Saturday night. Purvis (Wanganui) won the pole vault with Oft 3ins, establishing a new figure, while L. Hunt, of Hawera, threw the hammer 117 ft 9ins. The inter-elub banner was won by Hawera, Wanganui being second and New Plymouth third. A SAD ACCIDENT. f) DUNEDIN, February 11. A one-year-old child, named Kilpatrick, was taken to the hospital on Saturday afternoon, suffering from severe scalds. The child fell from a perambulator at a picnic upsetting a billy of boiling water. ENCOURAGING LOCAL TALENT. AUCKLAND, February 11. The Commission to carve life-size figures in statuary marble of Eari Kitchener and Earl Jellicoe, was entrusted to W. H. Eldon, sculptor and artist of Auckland. The purchaser, whose name cannot be disclosed at present, intends to present the work to Invercargill, mainly as an inspiration t 0 children to work. It is estimated to cost from £4,000 to £5,000. The figures, of Kitchener and Jellicoe will be mounted on massive granite steps and pedestals approximately 14 feet high, both in full military’ and naval uniforms respectively.

IN THE AIR. AUCKLAND, February 11. Hon. T. M. Wilford will accompany Major lsitt in a Bristol plane at the military, naval and air force, mimic battle at Arewa, on Thursday morning. Major lsitt, after a forced landing at Waikanae Beach, came on in another Bristol Fighter sent up from Sockburn and landed at Hobsonville on Saturday'. . EYES SEVERELY WOUNDED. TAUMARUNUI, Fc{b. 11. Hennessv and Woods, two of the men who were injured in an explosion at Ohura received penetrating wounds in the eyes and were sent to the Waikato Hospital on Saturday night for specialist treatment. PULVERISED COAL. S.S. HORORATA’S VOYAGE. WELLINGTON, Feb. 10. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s “Hororata,” burning pulverised coal, arrived here late last night from London. She crossed the Atlantic in a tropical storm, and on the morning of January 3, she picked up an “5.0.5.” from the Italian tramp, ff Kobe,” stating that her steering gear had been carried away. The disabled steamer was about 125 miles away. Full speed was ordered, and with the assistance of her wireless detector-finder, the Hororata reached the Kobe at 7 p.m. the same day. When still 12 miles away, however, a # message was received from the Kobe that they had repaired the steering gear themselves. By that time the Hororata was well off her course, and sho made for Norfolk, Virginia, where she coaled.