DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

NURSE’S EVIDENCE. k ßy Telegraph—For Press Associations WELLINGTON, December 19. In the Hunter will case, Margaret Ellen Tansey, trained nurse, said that Sir George Hunter had difficulty in articulating his words at the start of his illness, and he did not improve mentally to any extent until aftex his return from Rotorua. It was difficult to induce him to take an interest in anything. Conversation and visitors tired him. His attendants had to be peremptory with him in giving instructions. They had to speak final}, as he appeared mentally dull. . Sir George had confessed to witness that he got' very tired of conversation after about ten minutes, and did not take any interest when witness referred to Sir George Hunter’s visits to Parliament. Shortly before his death he said lie knew the members sitting next to him quite veil, hut lie could not remember thennames. YACHTING. WELLINGTON, December 19. The selection of the Betty as Wellington’s challenger for the Sanders Cup at Dunedin in February, was announced last evening. A. Johnson will be skipper. Prior to her purchase by a local owner, the Betty won the Cup three times for Canterbury.