DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1929, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

A WHEAT EXTRACT. INTERESTING LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT. (By Telegraph-Press Association). WELLINGTON, July will possibly sumr'se wheat growers to know that there is a chemical extract in their product \vi 'ci. may turn out to he of value 11, the treatment of ceitain troubles allVct r.g the dairy herds of tl& Domin', m. The matter is in the experimental stage at present, the Department of Agriculture having arranged with the Wheat Research Laboratory, v. 'i *stchurc'h, to extract certain mater ai front wheat for experiment'll r- i eai\h by the pathological labora ;>ry s' of the Department of Agriju'turo. BEQUEST OF £SOO. AUCKLAND, July 23. The late Ernest R. Bloomfield left bequests of £SOO each to Christ’s College, Christchurch, and Trinity College, Cambridge, England, payable on the death of his widow. The estate has been sworn for probate at under £75,000. MOTOR-CAR DRIVEN INTO ;. HOTEL; , .. r , i AUCKLAND,-. Juiv 23. i- Swerving-twibiev firat ’o avoid -'a Omy on. a 1 bicycle.;and secondly a; tlartled pedestrian;; a young ! woman sticeejs!- . fully ■ 1 steered /a - light touring'' ; ca r /through.the.swing ooors of the 'sh’ti'o';politah: Hotel .rr Queen S'.rtrt ‘ibis' morning and brought the car’s career Ito a'halt in the bar, much to'the' isrtonishment of The harmad and a number of customers. 'Many W'l.'ing haiidj were lent'to push the car out in'othe street again, and it was •• 'm on ns way down tho road. No one was hui 1 . It was quite a remarkable incident in its way. for the car, with lonsx'era'ble speed on, struck the swing doors in Durham street at almost a right ange to thrust them open and elmr the sides with a very small mat gin of space.

WRESTLER INJURED. ; ; :. AUCKLAND,! Tn'lv. I;:'. < 1 Ah amateur Avrostler, Roy- Pilkington, a salesman, 'of Remuera, received a!lhenvy 'fall, during a wresting' ! "lit •in’ ;the’iTownr Hall last iovening, • -::and) :was:admitted ‘to: tlie Auckland JTcspilial: unconscious, suffering ;from: conousr reipn, A little time- 1 ago -Pilkeirton' suffered •an iiniry inra > motor accident. ;nnd: apparently ibis,' reco.ve.'u wb’-' not .quite . complete. 1;j .1 i ■■! - . .•> n : ; 11-1 >: •-('•• —I i ■ I'll':' •} •• DROPPED, DEAD. 1 , ! < PAHIATUA, July 93. William Laign, a settlor at Range Road, .'Pongaroa, dropped dead i’ *' cowshed this morning.- He Tv is - niar-. Tied. • It is under 5 .ood that be bad been in indifferent health ■'• j : n.'- i'jimontehh- : . TAWA i FLAT '' { u j :• 1 i WELLINGTON, July 23T •: I.;The • Public,' Works iDepartmeht’s. ■ report: in. eoimetftio'n with, the ,-Tnwa, Flat' railway'deviation; is to;the effect, that the bottom head of the number oh'riiMti4T'HiiT i ’'heen'^empleteW'rtight through its length of 63 chains. Line and' level, when the 'Headings ‘n)et, were cqjrrect. ' It f|s hoped that - 'bb completed withijV.rtyyeWe ,and ' khatby that tiinie the heading work in number two tunnel,2 miles 53 chains in length, will be complete. It is considered that excellent progress is being made with the work.