DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1930, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

SUAIMER TIME.'

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association; ' 1 ' WELLINGTON, October 1. Summer time comes 1 into 'force at 2 a', hi. oiij Sunday week, when the-' clocks will heed tp;be advanced bv half an '’hour'. "Standard time will be reverted to on the third Sunday in March. BAG SNATCHER, WELLINGTON, October I. Walking home at 7.30 last evening, a I woman resident of Oriental Bay had , her bag snatched by a cyclist, The eye-;. Mist, rode. up behind her, and whipped the bag from her hand ' Not many people; were about at the time. The cyclist rode off quickly. In the Pag ■avas'ra suim-oLmoney;<uid':a-7riirg-:•yrbhe-woman was left holding the handle from which the bag had been torn. y , • • A BO.WLER DEAD,, WELLINGTON, October 1. The dea th occurred yesterday at Lower Hutt oil' John Edward Broad, aged 60. The deceased lived originally at Gore, >vhere He was in a saddlery business. lie was a very keen bowler, with a Dominion wide reputation. From Gore he went fo Oarnaru where he lived for 10 years, eventually going to Lower Hutt. He was a member of the howling team which in 1923 represented New Zealand in Australia. During his career he won many important bowling championships. He leaves a w’dow, a son and,daughter. EMPIRE FREE TRADE. MONTREAL, September 39. Tf Lord Beaver brook were dictator no might do something with his campaign for Empire Free Trade is the opinion of Hon. G. T. Lanisell, the Australian publisher. He declared lie was now more than ever impressed with the need for greater, inter-imperial preference. Lord Beaverbrook would go far with his scheme, but he believed we should strive rather for a more easily attainable Empire preference.

CHILD’S DEATH. DARGAVILLE, October 1. Robert Stewart Annesley Fowlie, the three years old son of S. R. Fowlie, a farm labourer employed by A. E. Harding at Aroma., while in the milking shed on the latter’s property sustained injuries resulting in his death. Tt appears his clothes became entangled in the shaft of an engine wheel with the result he was whirled round and sustained an extensive fracture of the skull and other head injuries. He died in the Northern Wairoa Hospital last night. The accident which occurred at 5.30 p.m. was not witnessed bv anyone. An older brother started the engine. heard a bump and the engine stop and discovered his brother lying on the floor with his clothing torn and his coat entangled in the shaft. At the inquest a. verdict of accidental death was returned. INQUEST VERDICT. ALEXANDRIA, Sent. 30. A verdict of suicide, while temporarily insane, was returned at the Sir Norton Griffiths inquest.