DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

TOURING FARMERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association). STRATFORD, March 4. o The touring British farmers arrived •- yesterday afternoon and were taken i. for a drive round the district. They .- were entertained at a dinner in the s evening. Empire unity was the key t note of all speeches. ■a Mr Poison, M.P., President of.the j Farmers’ Union, made, a...strong appeal for preferential .-trade within..the Empire and said- he would Take every opportunity during the parties visit to have the matter discussed. After dinner the party left for j Hawora. LORD BLEDTSLOE. ! TO ARRIVE ON MARCH 19. WELLINGTON, March 4. The new Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, is due to arrive in 'Wellington by the Rungitikei on Wednesday, the 19th of March. He will receive a combined reception here front district local bodies, which will take place on the Thursday evening succeeding his arrival. He will be sworn, in on Thursday morning. EARTHQUAKE relief. • WELLINGTON, March 4. A meeting of the Gential Committee charged with the administration of the Earthquake Relief funds, is to be held some time this month. There are still a few .claims oiibsta'ndi'ng and these are now being finalised hi a. sub-committee, consisting of the En.giiK(9r-in-Cliief of the Public Works Department (Mr F. W. Furkert), the Under-Secretary of the Lands Department (Mr T. Thompson) and the Mayor of Wellington (Mr G. A. Troup), who recently visited the affected areas. At the forthcoming meeting of the Central Committee a decision will probably he reached fixing the date 1 for the closing of' the fund, TV"' :.T : SCULLING. „ WELLINGTON, March 4. The Wellington crew to compete at the Inter-Provincial eight-oared championship on the Whau River, Auckland, on March 22nd, is as follows:, Cfooke, Mullins, 'Fell,j Field- (all; Star), Kennedy, Giniblett • (Pctone).i • -Beasley, Luke (Wellington). . THEFT , CHARGE. ~ DUNEDIN, March 4. Pleading ..guilty to..theft of £240 from Petrous Tile Company, Robert Abercrombie Brown was committed for sentence. He was the; book-keeper and took cash substituting cheques, j When the > erepaney, accused | -.'lnter arrested .at timnru,‘" JOCKEYS INJURED. 7TEAROHE, March 4. Goldfinch who was riding. Arikitoa in the- Peaks Hack handicap yesterday when five horses fell shows a slight improvement torday. Enquiries ascertain that his injuries are internal and serious and that recovery will be slow. Chandler, rider of Teapurangi in the Elstow handicap who received slight head injuries, is making good progress. A TALKIE -MACHINE. DUNEDIN, March 4. After long months of tedious "work, two young Dunedinites Jack "Welsh and ■). H. Gaudt, have successfully built a talkie film recording plant, the only such privately constructed pi'ant m the world. A record of quickstep at Carisbrook was taken. A wellKiiow film company, it is stated, has purchased the rights to market the ilm in New Zealand, featuring Maori ( milage life. OBITUARY. j CHRISTCHURCH, March 4. , Obituary—P. W. Sharpe, aged 49, a Labour Member of the City Council > and prominent Methodist. . His death caused an unusual position in the , Council where the parties will be squill. The by-election will be hotly - contested. i THROAT CUT. DUtfEDIN, March 4, Daniel McEwan, married, 54, was i found this morning in a hut at a waterrace, at Fern Hill, with his tliroat cut. He had been in ill-health. He was ( hospital led, his condition not being serious. C MAX KILLED BY TRAIN. " C! WELLINGTON, March 4. r Samuel Prestige, married, aged 65, l employed in the Thorndon railway yards as an occasional c-oal man was cut to pieces by tlie train from the Hutt Valley, The accident took place almost opposite the Thorndon station signal box. It is stated the driver of 1 the train did not see the deceased 1 and it is surmised deceased did not 1 see the train in time to get clear. f