DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

FATAL .MOTOR COLLISION

By Telegraph—Der Press Associations

0 AMARU, April 8

A serious accident occurred this afternoon a mile south of Ngapa,ra railway station, when two trucks met in a head-on. collision. The driver of the smaller truck. Robert Taylor, aged 28. married, with a. young family, succumbed to his injuries before the arrival of the doctor. AValter Yardley, an elderly man, was removed to the Oainaru Hospital suffering from grave injuries to tile head and spine and succumbed to his injuries about ten p.m.

ALAN GASSED IN HIS SLEEP

AUCKLAND, April 8

A. narrow escape from asphix.iation was experienced by W. AlcKiernan, aged 41, a lodger at a city boarding house, who was admitted to the hospital .suffering from the effects of gas poisoning. One of the maids, who went to call AlcKiernan for breakfast, received no response, and on opening the door found him unconscious in his hod. It is stated the plug from a disused gas connection had come out during the night. The windows of tho room were closed. Oil enquiring at the hospital to-night it was revealed that McKiernan’s condition is •erious.

MOTOR. FATALITY

MASTERTON, April 8.

A well-known resident of Alas torton, Air Francis AViilia.in Poiiiton, was killed outright to-night when his car left the road at AVangaelui, about fil miles from Masterton. Deceased was returning to ALasterton in company with a man named Ricketts, when the car left the road, falling about 25 feet. Pointon, who was driving, was thrown out, striking his head on a culvert. The other occupant, although tendered unconscious, escaped With, minor injuries, remaining in the car. Deceased was a middle-aged man arid leaves a wife and family of four. He was in business as a commission end insurance agent.

NARROW 'ESCAPE,

CHRISTCHURCH, April 3

Lance Turner, aged 16, was cleaning a small rifle this evening warn it fired, and a bullet entered his chest a few inches above the heart. Turner was immediately taken to the hospital. When admitted it was found that he was not gravely injured, the bullet being a very small one. His condition to-night is satisfactory. . GOLD FROM AUSTRALIA. '£250,000 LANDED. WELLINGTON, April 8. Fifty boxes, containing £250,©0Q in gold coin, comprised the most valuable portion of the cargo unloaded from the Maunganui soon after the vessel’s arrival from Sydney to-day. The shipment was consigned to the Bank of New South Wales.

The boxes, which were heavily constructed, and were about the size of a five pounds box of tea, were carried down a gangway from the forward portion of the ship, and loaded ino a motor lorry over which two members of the police force kept guard.

DANGER DEEMED OVER

CHRISTCHURCH, April 8

Dr Telford, Medical Officer of Health, has now satisfied himself that lie has traced the last of the 26 parrots from Nicaragua sold in Christchurch. The bird died on March 13. He considers that there is now little cause to fear a. continued outbreak of psittacosis.

VICE-REGAL VISIT

CHRISTCHURCH, April 8,

The Governor-Genera! and Lad.' Blediisloe paid their first official visi to Christchurch to-day, arriving thi: morning. They spent an hour in t

drive around the city. There was a civic welcome at noon at which the Mayor presented the Governor-Gen-eral with an illuminated address. Later their Excellencies took lunch with the Mayor, and were his guests during an inspection of the gardens and in a drive on Cashmere Hills, This evening Lord and Lady Bledisloe attended a meeting promoted by the Obsetetrieal Society in support of their appeal, and both spoke in commendation of the objects of the appeal.

DANGER OF CATTLE DISEASE

WELLINGTON, April 8

There is still no intention on the part Of the Government to remove the present prohibition on the importation of cattle from Great Britain. Considerable criticism of the Goernment’s policy in this respect was made by members of the Empire Farmers’ Delegation during their recent visit the contention being that ample precautions were taken in England to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease to New Zealand. The attitude of the Government was defended yesterday hv the Minister of Agriculture Mon. G. W. Forbes).

WAIPUKUR AIT DOWNPOUR,

WAIPUKUR 'U. April 9

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, followed Uiv a. torential down.nour of rain, struck Waipuknrau and district ibis

afternoon. In its parched nature the ground was unable to absorb the phenomenal downpour. One hundred and ten points of rain fell in threequarters ol a. ll hour. ihe stonn water drains could not cope with the rain and water backed up and entered several! shops, inundating streets in the lower portion of the town. No serious damage was clone, the coimtrvside will benefit greatly.

A Napier-t’aliuerston service car nad

its magneto struck oy 'lightning, necessitating its being Lowed into a Waipukurau garage, a distance ol

nearly a n.ile

MOTORIST INJURED

CARTERTON, April 7

At midnight on Saturday, A. \ . Stevens, who was returning to Carterton from Urey town in a ear, noticing an obstruction placed on the Waiohine bridge, pulled up suddenly. A following car, driven by H. J. Hudson, of Carterton, with a passenger, 1. A. Hart, a well-known representative footballer, crashed into the back. Hart was thrown against the windscreen and sustained, a severely cut chin and a lacerated tongue, necessitating several stritehes. Hudson’s car was much damaged.

The obstruction apparently was maliciously placed on the bridge, as a similar block had been' removed earlier in the evening by a Inis driver.

INS IGNI A CON FEKRED. WELLINGTON, April 9

At Christchurch yesterday, His Excellency t)he Governor-G-eneral, Lord Rledisloe, presented on behalf of .His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, the Grand Prior and the Chapter-General of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the following insignia to John Beceonsall, badge of officer (brother) and to Mrs Alice L. Bishop the badge of officer (sister).

CLAIM FOR DAMAGE. GREYMOUTH, April 9. The Groymouth Borough Council was ordered by Mr Meldrmn, S. M., in the Court this morning to pay CIO and costs to Joseph Rudhall and nine guineas and costs to Elsie Rudhall for damages sustained to clothes when a motor cycle skidded on the et tar on Mnrsden Road.

Plaintiffs claimed insufficient pre-

autions were taken by the Council to "’Ve warning of tar to users of the thoroughfare.

INQUEST VERDICT. ' PALMERSTON X., April 9. A verdict that deceased met his clon+h as the result of shock and haemorrhage due to an accidentally inflicted wound, was returned hv Coroner A. •T. Graham at an inquest concerning the death of Albert A’Court who receded injury while cutting flax for Whitanui Ltd. in a swamp between Foxton and Shannon. The Coroner added that everything possible appeared to have been done, and deceased had every. attention.