DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

AI.P.’S BONUS,

GOES TOWARDS SWIMMING RATH

[By Telegraph, Per Press Association.j

AUCKLAND, November 27

Mr H. R. Jenkins, ALP., announces that he is passing on his £IOO Parliamentary bonus to a Diocesan High School for girls swimming batli fund. COUNTRY PARTY.’ SELECTS CANDIDATE FOR WAIKATO. 'CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 27. At a large and representative gathering of Country Party'delegates for the Waikato electorate, held to-day, Mr S. N. Ziman, the former Rhodes scholar, farmer, of Cambridge, was almost unanimously chosen as the Country Party’s candidate for the Waikato seat at the next general election.

MANAWATU FIRE

PALAIERSTON N., Nov. 27

The Whakarongo .general store and post office, occupied by Mr Archer, and an adjoining residence, occupied by A 1 r .Sheppard, a farmer, were totally destroyed by fire this afternoon. The occupants were all away on the halt holiday, and the outbreak was discovered by a schoolboy at the rear of the shop. Practically nothing was .-.saved, despite the efforts of a bucket brigade. The buildings were old, and burned fiercely. The owner, Air Vile Archer, is a heavy loser, as none of the stock was insured.

FOUND SHOT DEAD

TIMA.RU, November 27

At 6.45 to-night, the dead body of Edward Speechly, a well-known resident, aged 85 years, was found at his home by his grandson. There was a gunshot wound in the chest, and a gun was found alongside the body.

UNAYELCOAIE RAIN AT DUNEDIN DUNEDIN, November 27."

- People’s Day at the Otago A. and P. Society’s [ Show was liberally patronised, despite the fact that heavy rain sliowerstvwere experienced during the day. The showers continued tonight, and the prospects for the opening day of the Porbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting ' to-morrow are not bright. .li

N.Z. COAL AIINE OAATNERS. WELLINGTON, November 27

The annual meeting of the New Zealand Coal Aline Owners’ Federation took place at the New Zealand Employers’ Federation offices to-day. Colonel W. D. Holgate. the president, was in the chair. Following the Presidential address, Colonel Holgate was re-elected president, and Air W. E. Fla veil vice-president. - .”-s*’”” 5K .

PRESENTATIONf TOIHR AND- : -- i Y* 1 MASTER.AUCKLAND.iNovembey 27

The retirement ,of SinChorles Fergiisson from the office of .Grand Alaster of the New; Zealand Freemasons was signalised by the presentation to him olp a specially-designed . memento of New Zealand, in the form of an illuminated address in a casket characteristic of the Dominion, also a past-GFrand Master’s jewel casket, which took the shape of a slab of greenstone, mounted from a structure of New Zealand woods above which, is the ornamental structure of Dominion . woods inlaid with' greenstone and gold. The presentation was made by retiring Pro-Grand Master E. AY. G. TL Watts, and His Excellency in bis reply, said the four years for which lie bad held office had been very happy years, on which lie would always look back with grateful merne’-y. SC;-’ DELAYED. AUCKLAND, November 27. The (len'ir! of the Piako for Halifax ! London was postponed* from 3 ii.m. yesterday, until 7 this morning, owing to the absence <>( four of the crew. Tin* remainder refused to sail yesterday, and left the vessel for the wharf, where 1 seamen and stokers waited on railway trucks to see that a substitute crew was not taken^aboard. .Meantime the steamer was moved to anchorage in the stream, and when lour others were later signed on to replace the missing men, the crew decided to rejoin the Ihiio, and went aboard, but the vessel did not lift anchor until early this morning.

OBITUARY

GEORGE SYAIE

HAWERA, November 20. The death of Mr George Seine, sen , aged ninety-three, occurred at his residence. ITnwera, between nine and ton o’clock this morning. Tie was one of the pioneer sellers of Hawera. For the greater part of his lilty-four years of residence here he was closely indenti tied with' the growth of the town. 11l 1«S8 he acquired the Egmont Sash and Door Factory and timber yards, developing the big business which for many years has been associated with Hawera and the S'ymo family. LADY ALPINIST. ASCENT OF MO ENT ASPIRING. OAMAR F, November 2G. .Miss L. Fnmilton. of Oamarn. climbed Mount Aspiring, New Zealan’d second highest peak, on Saturday. She i« (lie first lady to accomplish the feat. Mount Aspiring is considered to he more difficult than Mount Cook.