DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1930, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS

■>’. MAORI DROWNED.: 1 ; >• !?• ‘i • i '/)■' ‘ !> ! I> felegraph—Press Assn IvVvpuutoJjJ -J-M ;.} J..U.ULi u.j.Hii.NEW PLYMOUTH, Nl iy 11. . : i: A disowning 1 fatality occurred : at. Mokau on Saturday,- when- 'all elderly man, Eli Akinau, accompanied by his son and daughter, went fishing in a flat-bottomed boat. A heavy sea was running on the bar at the time, and while attempting to cross, • about 1.30 p.m., the boat capsized. The accident was observed from the shore, and Mr 'Frank Ratten bury and Wholeni, a Maori, ‘tvho launched a boat. They were ajble to save the son and daugh-:. ter, but the father was drowned. > it- 'C .r.i: ii;' ' jHQRSEMAiNi iKILLED. .. '. u mid r’d mfjd TLH- • " '* AUCKLAND, May 11.,J Fatal..iiyuri^.pvere.revived by -a farm hand, Thomas Griffin, aged 29, ‘.ingle, the rejadt; of [befog thrown from ’ h'is horse, yesterday. Griffin, who was employed t>y V. Poland, of Marfurewa, was admitted to Auckland djas/v . pital this morning and died at 4 p.'m.' MOTOR CYCLIST HURT. Qi .7.>Ki,cON " J :V“ - ’ , ’ MASTERXON,. May 11. •; A yppjig mah, r ,n!i|hcd Rojl?rt,;jEyan!t:,pyas admittpd 'jlipapiML fp-da,y. , Sustained. j ?in, j( .^,. 3 copision; .;he | tweep j V’ . hp, wj«s,;#dipgiaiid .a.-inpt-’ ,pr-car. - /The .accident the'-' fourteen- m ( i.ie peg oil. the Miyster-' ton-Timii• ;Road..;<, E-yans, ; later. i ,under>> wont-an operation, .. ,-■ < ; RADIO TELEGRAPH SERVICE. LIN K WITH THE ISLANDS. ■WELLINGTON, May 10. Tlie Postmaster-General announces the inauguration, as from Monday, itnv 12th, of.a direct radio-telegraph seirviae 'between Ncjw Zealand. ■ and .Rarotonga (Cook rjslantls).. , • ■ Telegraph traffic -at^present-..is trans-; bitted by Apiaf .and -direct working will, pefrpit of -charges, for ; ;t.eiegraiu,s being . reduced. by , the amount, incur-'; reel for . re-tran.smissipnpt v Apia,. ;■ ' In. making, the ■ announcement; - the Postiriaster-Generai/indicated/that. ’the --new • service is in -Pursuance of the . policy, of , the ;; . Government to, exteiid, and - dovelop, radio comnimiipatipn-; be-' ? tween New Zealand and the outlying islands and dependencies. " ~

GARAGE BURNED. SEVEN LORRIES AND CAR DESTROYED. • NEW PLYMOUTH, May 11. A motor garage a ; t Waitara was c;e----s-troyecl by fire on Saturday'.night, and with it seven heavy motor-lorries, one valuable car, and one motor cycle, were destreyed,.r^j l © owner, Mi, <E. A- Johnson, estimates the damage •is betjyeen £SQQP:,-ftitd £6OOO pome ol whipiiiis covered by insurance. The; :biaze'!- ; ‘was‘- a spectacular one .being visible for, miles. . The ben/ine tank, of one lorry .exploded and ..pieces of it fell a, considerable distance ■'way. one piece' narrowly . niissinr Mrs Johnson when it fell on a lawn.