DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1930, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

PROMINENT MAX’S DEATH f By Telegraph, Per Press Association.. . • ’T{i. . ■ i ! DAROA VIIjLE, July 28. One of the best known men of tile district, Frank J. Dargaville, the eldest son of the late Mr J. M. Dargaville, founder of the town and after whom Dargaville is named, died after a very brief illness to-day. He was formerly Mayor and Chairman of the Hobsop County 'Council. At the time of his death he was President of the Dargaville Racing Club, Hobson Acclimatisation Society, and an active member of the Golf Club, Bowling Club, Chamber of Commerce, and many other local institutions. ITe had been a supporter of all open-air sport and a. most liberal donor of trophies. He was a staunch supporter of the Church of England, to which he - recently presented a pipe organ. He was a strong supporter of the' Reform Party, anc! was for some years Chairman of Hon. Coates’ election committee. Ho is survived by a widow, two daughters, a> brother and four sisters.

FINED £2O. PALMERvSTQX X ;j July 28. At the Magistrate’s Court;.- F. C. Waller, charged with being drunk while in charge of a motor car, was fined £2O sterling and his license cancelled for six months, the Magistrate stating defendant had been fined'£lo for a similar offence in November. 30 YEAR. OLD WARRANT. WANGANUI, July 26. An arrest made in Wanganui .yesterday illustrates the truth of tiie old says, "The arm o.f ,the law is long” SeniorJ.'ergeant McLean and Constable Rogers • apprehended a man on a warrant issued it Christchurch in 1000 al-, Icging forgery*. His name,was not disclosed, on t) e ground that publication might-prejudice his case. , ,VOL tJ N TAliy ‘, PA It A DIAS EAST COAST MEN TO CARRY ONNAPIER, July. 24. Forty officers and non-commissioned officers of the, Hastings units of the ,Hawke's 1 'Ray.-’.'Regiment and Wel-lington-East .'Coast Mounted Riffesmet and decided, ix) carry on military training in spite of the suspension of the . compulsory, clauses of the Defence Act.: The .decision, to carry' on was voluntary and. unanimously made. The cadre created at the meeting will hold voluntary training parades and will serve in camp, with the object of keeping the members in readiness for a hoped-for reintroduction of the territorial scheme or some modified scheme. FOOT BA LL FATALITY. WELLINGTON, July 28. On Saturday afternoon, Kenneth Ebbles Oram, aged 13, son of Mr and Mrs T. C. Oram, of Wallaceville, received a severe blow on the head from another boy’s knee while practising Raleigh Road, Northcote, is still in a after showed signs of serious injury. A doctor was called in, but the boy became unconscious, and he died at 2 a.m. from cerebral haemorrhage. '

MAN GORED BY BULL. DUNEDIN, July 28. Alexander Ross died under the anaesthetic to-day, while undergoing an operation for injuries he had re eeived as the result of being gored by a bull at Ettriek. WORKER ELECTROCUTED. STRATFORD, duly 28. Frederick brace Bettridge, aged 27 single, employed by the 'iarannk fo..er Board, was elect.ocuted Oils ternoon, apparently by coming in con tact with a higli tension wire. Nobody was present at the time. His mates came back from dinner and found him dead at the foot of a polo, with severe brans on the tempie and on. hand. A SUDDEN DEATH. DUN DEIN, July 28. John William MacLeod, 47, married, who resided at Wakari died suddenly at an early hour this morning. Deceased, who was an engineer and employed at the Corporation Electric power house at Halfway Bush, was on duty at midnight and at 12.10 phoned the superintendent. After, the latter .arrived he found , the deceased lying on the floor suffering severe pains in . the., chest. .He died a little later. BYE-ELECTION. INVERCARGILL, July 27. James I argest has been selected as the Reform candidate for the Invercargill hyp election. In 1920, he contested the seat against the late Sir Joseph Ward, when he polled 4,798 while Sir Joseph Ward polled 4,957.