DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

NEW RAILWAY ROUTE

WANTED IN WAIRARAPA

'By Telegraph—Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 31. A deputation from the Wairarapa Progress League, supported by various local bodies, also the Wellington City Council and Harbour Board, waited on Hon. Mr Forbes, and Hon. Mr Veitcli to urge a deviation of the Rimutaka. Railway.

Mr Forbes said that the whole question was under review, and the representations of the deputation would foe forwarded to the Railway Commission for consideration.

DISMISSALS COUNTERMANDED. WELLINGTON, Aug. 1. Advice has been received by Mr Walter Nash, M.P., that the Minister of Railways has countermanded all notices of dismissals issued to men in, Hutt Valley Railway workshops, subsequent to the announcement of the Government’s policy in connection with railways. , ; .... ...

WELLINGTON WEATHER.

WELLINGTON, Aug* 1. The whdle of thia wcek the weather has been very cold, with souther-, Jy squalls, but the ruin is light.; There: are some signs' of breaking to-day. The rainfall for the mouth is well below the average. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

WELLINGTON, Aug. 1. Customs revenue collected at Wellington last month ' was £245,630 against £323,237 in July last year. To date the total for the year shows an increase of about £67,000.

Beer duty was £4090 against £4071. For. , the seven, months the i total shows an increase of £2554.

KAHIKA IN STORM,

WELLINGTON, Aug. 1

The steamer Kahika, en route from Gisborne to Dunedin, experienced the full share of the stormy southerly that lias just concluded. She could make no headway but was: driven: ■riorthard. As she was running short of bunker coal, the Wahnii was despatched from Gisborne on Wednesday night to her assistance. She has the Kahika in tow and is expected to reach Gisborne to-day. She picked up the Ivahika on Thursday in the vicinity of East Cape.

PILLION RIDER, KILLED.

TAXI AND CYCLIST COLLIDE. ; WELINGTOX, July 31. A collision between a motor cycle and a taxi at the inter-section of Tasman Street and. Rugby Street this evening resulted in the death of 1 a pillion rider shortly afterwards. The tax? driven by Bryori Maurice Barclay, was proceeding up Rugby Street when it struck the motor cycle as the latter was travelling along Tasman Street in a southerly direction. The driver of the machine wjjs Sehvyn Morris Bingham, married, who lives at 82, Constable Street, and his companion behind was Walter Pederson of £8 Tasman Street. Both men were employed in the Coal Yard of Samuel Brown Ltd. Immediately after the accident, both the injured men were taken to the Public Hospital by the driver of the taxi, and Pederson died shortly after admission, from severe head injuries. The other .man was suffering from shock and abrasions to the face and knees. He was discharged later in the evening, after having received medical attention. Neither vehicle was exteiU sively damaged,' the cycle having its front wheel buckled. The accident occurred just after 5,30 p.m.,

SAD FATALITY ELTHAM, Aug. 1. A fatality is reported from Manganiingi district, near Eltham. John Granville, a Justice of the Peace, and a, very old settler,' died last night from injuries received from an accident on a farm. He was found at 7 p.m. lying in a drain. A medical men, on examination, found he was suffering from a fractured skull and broken ribs and pieroed lung. His death occurred during the night, and it is not known how the injuries were reoeived.

HUNTING ACCIDENT. WAIPUKUR.AU, Aug. 1. A serious accident' befel Alfred William Parsons, of Waipukurau when hunting with the Hawke’s Bay Club at Tikokino. Parsons was riding the champion horse Comet and when taking a road double fence the horse took off too soon, landing on the top of the fence then falling heavily. Parsons was thrown, sustaining a fractured rib, concussion and severe shock. The horse was badly injured which may moan destroying.