DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED,

(I3y Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

DUNEDIN, January 20. Leo Brian was ait in it ted to the hospital on Satin (lily with a severe fracture of the skull, received when thrown from a motor cycle. The injured man, who resided at Momona, was picked up on East Taieri road, tie lias not regained consciousness.

FOUND DROWNED

HAjMJTjTOX, Jan. -JO.

A filmier, Abraham Firth Wilcoek, . “g(*ci i O, of 1 e Ko'vlmi, was found drowned in the siiallow water at the edg of Hamilton lake on Sunday morning. Hn was missed from a private hospital a few hours p.ov.ously. Wlien ionnd he was wearing night attire. At the inquest It-tore Mr Wy vern Wilson, S.M., ;i. verdict oi suicide from drowning was letuincd. «

DEVOTION TO DUTY

WELLINGTON,, Jan. 20

In a letter to the Secretary of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Marine Engineers Institute, Captain Ross Clark, of the Manuka, pays. a striking and generous tribute to the bravery and devotion to duty in connection ■ with the wreck. He says in the course of his communication : “In every respect from the Chief Engineer downwards, they upheld the highest traditions of the British merchant service.”

OVER-RIPE FRUIT,

ON MALI POMARE

WELLINGTON, Jan. 20

Owing to signs of her cargo of bana'iias becoming ovor-ripe 'the island steamer. Maui Pomare, put into Wellington last night instead of pioeceding to Lyttelton. Her refrigerating machinery was working satisfactorily, but the fruit was on the ripe side when it was loaded at Apia. The heat was then 98 degrees in the shade and 114 in the sun.

LATE BISHOP CLEARY

AUCKLAND, Jan. 17

“With the interior draped with black and gold, St. Patrick’s Cathedral resounded this morning to the strains of Gregorian music on the occasion of a Month’s Mind for the late Bishop Oleary, Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass being celebrated in the presence of an overflowing congregation. There was a record attendance of clergy and members of religious orders. A brother and a nephew of the late Bishop, from Melbourne, were present. The celebrant was the Right Rev Dr Whyte, (Bishop of Dunedin, and the panegvric was delivered by Dr Liston, Bishop of Auckland. Attending Bisiiop Brodie, of Christchurch, were the Rev Dr Morkane, of the Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, and the Very Rev. J. O'Connell, of Christchurch. Also assisting were Father Robinson, Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers at Wellington, aud Monsignor McKenna, Vicar-General of "Wellington.

ARM AMPUTATED. GREYMOUTH, Jan. 20. Frank Thomas, injured in yesterday’s train excursion had his left arm amputated this morning at the Grey hospital. Thomas’ condition is fair to-day. Another passenger, Miss F. Brown, is reported to be suffering from a fractured wrist.

FINED FOR KISSING. GREYMOUTH, Jan: 20.

James McSooley, a miner, a recent arrival from Scotland was fined £3 with costs for kissing a girl aged 8] at her home at Taylorville /yesterday. She was left- in charge of younger brothers. McSooley followed the children into the house. The girl’s screams brought assistance. McSooley said the girl had reminded him of his own children in Scotland.