DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

AN INQUEST. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association. TIMA.RU, July 28. An inquest touching the death of James Stewart, 73, who died as the result of injuries received on Saturday evening Iby being knocked down in the vicinity of the gas works by a motor lorry driven by .Robert Cunningham, opened this morning and after evidence of identification, was adjourned sine die. A BURGLARY. ASHBURTON, July 28. The premises of Keu Johnston, tobacconist, was entered by a burglar during the week-end and. stock valued at £BO was stolen. It is a mystery how an entry was effected, as the' doors and windows do not indicate, being tampered with. The stripped shelves are the only evidence. TARIFF PROTEST. CHRISTCHURCH, July 28. To protest against the Budget proposals regarding petrol tax and backblocks roading finance, a public meeting convened by the Mayor but arranged by the Canterbury Autoniob- j ile Association will be held to-morrow evening in the City Council chamb-! ers. Representatives of all motoring interests will give addressee SERIOUS ACCIDENT. CHRISTCHURCH, July 28. George Hailey, of 20 Hilworth Street, Lower Riccarton, had a miraculous escape from death on Saturday evening when he fell under a tram trailer and was carried for a few hundred yards on the life guard. Bailey sustained a fracture of the pelvis and also suffered shock. His condition is improving. INTOXICATED MOTORIST. WELLINGTON. July 26. David Hannah, aged 29, a showman with a stall at the Winter Exhibition, was to-day fined £2O and bad his license suspended for three months for intoxication while in charge of a car. WOMAN’S BODY FOUND. "WELLINGTON, July 28. The body of a woman, believed to be Ivy Middemass of Levin, was found floating in the harbour at Shelly Bay yesterday. It is understood the deceased woman whose age is about ,26. years left her home at Levin on Wednesday morning to visit Wellington and she was expected to return home that night. However, she telehoned to say , she would not be returning, and then since Thursday her movements have not been known to her people and it is not known how she came to get into the water. POSTMASTER-GENERAL. NAPIER, July 28. An assurance that it would be possible for New Zealanders to talk to Australia by telephone before the end j of August was given by the Postmast-er-General, Mr Donald, when opening the new Napier Post Office this morning. The rates had not yet been decided on, said Mr Donald, but preparations were well in hand for the institution of trans-Tasman telephone service. Mr Donald was presented with a gold key as a souvenier of the occasion by the Mayor, (Mr J. Vigor Brown.) FOUND DROW T NED. AUCKLAND, July 28. William Davidson Munn, 65, a wellknown business man, and partner in a firm oif manufacturers representatives left his home, Devonport on July 17, for the city. He missed the ferry, and was seen walking off the wharf. He J was missing until yesterday, when his body was found in the harbour. A verdict of accidental death was returned. A DELEGATION. AUCKLAND, July 28. An Australian delegation, headed by Dr. Georgina Sweet, arrived aboard the Niagara, en route to the Pan-Pacific Women’s Conference a Honolulu, McCarthy trust. WELLINGTON, July 28. Probably the hugest, and best known trust in New Zealand, devoted to philanthropic purposes is that created by the late T. G. McCarthy. This beneficient trust has been operating since 1913, and during that time over j '£153,000 has been distributed amongst eligible institutions and organisations. This year £14,500 is available for purposes of the trust. ESCAPEE REMANDED. DUNEDIN, July 28. At the Police Court Leo Sylvester Hannan was charged with escaping from lawful custody at Tokaanu in July 1926. The police stated the accused was serving a sentence of eighteen months for safe breaking when he escaped. He was arrested recently and the Prisons Department asked that accused be remanded to Christchurch, on Aneust sth, and he was remanded accordingly. FOOTBALLER’S DEATH. ASHBURTON, July 28. James Farr, aged 25, single, a son of | Mrs .1. Farr of Onmaru died in the hospital on Saturday night, as the result of concussion received in a Rugby match, Old Boys v. Mayfield, that afternoon. Practically on the call of

time, as Farr was picking up the ball, his head came into contact with an opposing player’s knee. Deceased who was assistant clerk of the Court, for the last three years was captain of Old Boys ancl one of the representatives who toured Otago and Southland last year.