DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

.INVERCARGILL SEAT. <

'LABOUR NOT CONTESTING IT.

(Bv Telegraph—Press Association),;; WELLINGTON, July . 30.. The Secretary of the Labour Parly, Mr W. Nash, M.P., announces that there will be n,o official Labour-can-didate for the Invercargill seat. •

QUAKE ROAD DAMAcM' ' " ■_ ' •; "A ) '■ ' VJ .iUV ’ NELSON, July 30. At its annual, meeting, the No,. 11 Group District Highways Council today passed a rcso.ut.on expressing strong disapproval of the cpsc. l of the earthquake restoration on ~-f/Jie Glen-hope-Murchison-Reefton highway being charged against the ante allocation, on the ground that the earthquake was a national d.sasten .

SUDDEN DEATH. •; in

■ ; ; GREYMOUTH, July 31 h ■ “ Ebenezer Cowe : , aged 50; married, of ißuiianga became ill yesterday vVhen on the' roadside and was taken’ 'to a doctor’s surgery where he died .presumably from 1 .heart failure.' 'k • MINISTER '-P ASS-ESv' ■- l> v ■ - , - " ... WELLINGTON, July "31:' Obituary—Rev. F. E. Harry, pastor of Vivian St. Baptist Church, a' prominent preacher and social worker.

MECCA OIL CASE, : / lt; PIMENTEL SENT FOR TRIAL. • WELLINGTON, July [At thd conclusion of tlie evidence 1 in tbje Mecca Oil■'chse."this afternoon, Pimentel '’pleaded not guilty and''' ‘ was committed 1 to the Supreme Court' for triaid '’ ’ ;: " ‘ . Oh the question of bail, DbtectiVe Sergt. Holmes'Said that he tVohld like it made, substantial as the accused wSs regarded ‘as a man who would get away if he could. 1 Bail tras .renewed in the accused’s own bond. 'Of '£looo and one surety ‘of £1(100, hr t\\'o of £SOO each. ; '“ , .