DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

JOCKEY’S DEATH

,By Telegraph—Per Press Association.!

CHRISTCHURCH, May 'l2

John Clarence Mixon, aged 17, an apprentice jockey in G. J. Pine’s stables, died in the hospital yesterday as a result of being kicked by a horse on Friday. Deceased’s parents reside at Addington.

DOCTOR RESIGNS

< CHRISTCHURCH, May 12

Dr. Derrick who for the past eighteen months has Been acting a’s medical director of the Plunket Society has resigned his position. He had been, led to this decision owing to the fact that the constant travelling involved lias proved" too great a strain.

WOMEN TEACHERS.

ANN UAL CONFERENCE

WELLINGTON, May 12

Women' teachers' are holding their annual conference under the Presidency of Miss Andrews (Taranaki). Among the remits passed were: That teachers,, who through want of correct information, failed to join the superannuation fund on entering the profession he allowed to do- so on payments of arrears with compound interest; That the meeting protests against any differentation in salaries.- That school committees should he paid sufficient to enable more frequent cleaning of schools. That more teachers he allowed to go abroad to study 'or attend conferences.

CLAIM FOR DAMAGES,

ELTHAM, May 12

The “Eltham Argus” says at the Instance of Pete Sarron, the boxer, the paper has been served with a writ claiming £3OO damages for alleged libel said to be contained in the newspapers reports of the fight between Sarron and Donovan at New Plymouth.

DAMAGES AWARDED. '

PALMERSTON N., May 12.

Special damages amounting to- £325 and general damages of £375 were awarded in the Supreme. Court to Stanley Richard Small of Levin, a butcher The application was brought -by plaintiff to assess the' damages sustained in a motor collision-with D. Hamilton, of Levin:'in July. The latter admitted liability. Medical evidence .showed plaintiff sustained a compound fracture of the right leg, the muscles of the thigh and leg were shrunk by disuse, the latter though there would be permament hampering of movements of thq limb and the permanent loss-of '.efficiency, would he ten per cent.

CRIMES REPORTED,

DUNEDIN, May 12

Late last night a woman was held up by two men on a hill beyond Caversham, a suburb, but managed to get away. ; “ ' /; Twb men called at a, lonely ,farmhouse on ,Pme : iill wliere an old' man lives alone. After enquiring their way they knocked, him down and took about £4'. A police Inspector stated during an idle and disorderly charge in Court that several cases of hag snatching assault and robbery had been reported since the shortage of stored water at Waipori has compelled the disuse of street lights at night.

ESCAPES IN CRASH

NAPIER, May 12. Two native youths escaped from To Awamutu prison camp, driving a stolen car in which they made their escape came into collision with a Gisborne bound car on the Devil’s Elbow on the main Napier-Gisborne road yesterday afternoon, Nobody was injured in the collision and the escapees took to the bush.

Five constables left Napier last evening for the scene of the accident to cary out a search but returned this morning having failed to find them. It was reported that the escapees were seen making in the direction of Estidale late yesterday afternoon.

A PL IT. NT RESCUE. WELLINGTON, May 12,

A prompt and plucky rescue uas effected, when a map named Whitelaw fell off Queen’s wharf and Percival Raymond Foster, a saleman, living at IS Edge Hill. Wellington jumped in after him with all ins clothes on and saved his life by holding his head above water until both were haulcd-out of the ice cold sea, Both, were subsequently taken to the shelter of the wharf police office, and Foster who bad in some way sustained gashes to finf.li hands, was attended to H the free ambulance.

A MAN KILL!'Ii

CHRISTCHURCH, May 12

Oliver Jack, aged 30, a circus band, was killed at Tai Tapn last night, through a motor car going over a bank i n a fog. The driver was a youth.

CABINET AT ROTORUA

WELLINGTON. May 12

All Ministers of the Crown will be present at the meeting of the Cabinet which is to take place at ‘Rotorua on Wednesday, The ’ last I'ul.lj (Cabinet meeting was held at Parliament House during the last- visit of the Prime Minister (Sir ,T. Ward) to Wellington early in March.