DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

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A GOVERNMENT GRANT. (By Telegraph —Press Association). HAMILTON, Sept. 22. Strong condemnation of the Minister’s inference that a Government grant for the new boys’ hostel might he devoted to another purpose was voiced by Mr A. L. Tompkins at the annual reunion dnne'r ol the Hamilton High School Old Beys’ Association to-day. “Tlie posit i< n is scandalous, and savours of the repudiaton of the contracts of the Government,” he said. “It is unworthy of the Minister to put us in the position of still having to seek .a favour; in fact, it is high time an indignant protest wins '’registered against this dilly-dally on the part of politicians. We cannot but think that we are being made the victims of political wire-pulling, which should not exist in any system of education.”

A BROKEN LEG

OAATARU, September 21

Late on Saturday night AVilliam Weir, aged 2:2, was found lying on the roadside, near Malieno, having been struck by a passing car. He was removed to hospital, where it was ascertained he had suffered a broken right leg. His condition is satisfactory. The inotor-cor involved did not stop after knocking AVeir down. CROSSING TRAGEDY. NEW PLYMOUTH, September 23. A passenger train crashed into a Post and Telegraph Department motor lorry at a level crossing at Stratford this evening. The driver of the lorry, AVilliam AVells, was terribly injured on the head and body, and he died immediately on his admission to the hospital. He was the only occupant of the vehicle. The lorry was thrown against a power pole with terrific force, and wrecked. A\ 7 ell« leaves a wife and six children. THE KOSMOS SAILS. AVELLINGTON, September 20. The whaling factory ship Kosmos, accompanied by her seven chasers, left AVellington at 11.45 o’clock this morning for the Ross Sea. At 8 o’clock the Kosmos pulled out from her berth at the Pipitea AVharf to the stream, where she reloaded the explosives that nave 'been stored for the last few days at Shelly Bay. Prior to sailing, three stowaways were found on board, and they were immediately sent ashore again. The Kosmos intends to carry out whaling operations in the vicinity of the Ross Sea, and should be away for six months, returning to AVellington about next March. A BURGLARY. CHRISTCHURCH, September 22. Burglars broke into and ransacked the house of Air Andrew Burns, editor of the “Christchurch Star,” during his absence, with Airs Burns, at Hanmer, last week. Every room was visited, household linen, clothing, bedding, mattresses, and a fairly large gramophone being among the articles taken. The burglars worked at night. Footprints suggest that a man and a woman were working together. Entrance was gained by a side window, which was smashed. All the blinds on the house, except those in the drawingroom, were pulled down, and the burglars went from room to room with candles. A cash-box was opened and ransacked, and every drawer in the dressing-tables and sideboards was either emptied or rummaged through. Even the edge oR a. carpet was torn up, suggesting that the thieves were prepared to stop at nothing. Probably they removed their haul in a cart or .lorry. Air Burris's house stands opposite the Normal School in Montreal Street, and is more isolated than -usual at present because old buildings next door have just been pulled down, and the thieves were not likely to attract-the attention of neighbours. Newspapers which had been thrown into the garden probably gave the thieves an indication that the house was temporarily unoccupied. \ A DONATION. AVELLINGTON, September 24. Lady Bell has donated £350 to the AVellington Boy’s Institute to equip a carpenters workshop in memory of her son, the late Ernest Dillon Bell, for many years on the management committee. which has had under consideration the provision of such a. workshop. The committee is taking the necessary steps to have the workshops equipped at an early date. The name of the workshops will be “Ernest Dillon Bell ATemorial Carpenters AVorkshop. LORRY OVERTURNS. HA AVER A, September 24. A motor lorry, loaded with furniture turned over on the road near Hnwern on Monday. The driver, John Mahon of Tariki, hi,s wife, and Robert Runveil also of Tariki, were injured. The first mentioned suffered injuries to his head and was unconscious for four hours. The others suffered bruises and abrasions and were admitted to the Hawera Hospital. Their condition is satisfactory and their injuries are not serious.