DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

INJURED BY COLLISION. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 5. Two motor cycles, each with a pillion rider, collided with a motor car which was emerging from Tawn Elat recreation ground. Three persons were taken to Wellington Hospital. The injured were Iris Clark, Phyllis Swiney and Charles Little, all suffering from abrasions and shock. MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT. BLENHEIM, January 5. A motor cyclist, .Jack Vaughan aged 23 years, an employee of the Kaikoura County Council was hospitalled suffering from head injuries when his machine collided at an intersection in Blenheim with a car driven by F. H. Callaghan. Vaughan and .Miss Langheson of Blenheim were thrown heavily. Vaughan received a fractured skull and two scalp wounds. The lady pillion rider received minor injuries.

INQUEST VERDICT

CHRISTCHURCH, January 5

Knocked from a bicycle by a dog, Robert Bainbridge Winter, a thirteen years old boy, was run over by a lorry on Friday morning and died on Saturday in. the hospital. At the inquest, the Coroner returned a verdict of death from shock following injuries received when deceased was accidentally run over by a lorry, no blame being attachable to the driver.

WELL INGTON CATCHES NOR -WESTER.

WELLINGTON. Jan. 4

A high north-west wind prevailed in the district yesterday afternoon and evening. It caused isome damage. Rain accompanied the wind at night. Windows and hoardings suffered, and the liood of a car in an exposed place wsa ripped off The instruments at the Kelhurn Observatory registered one gust of wind at sixty-five miles an hour at 7.20 p.m. which is the force of a whole gale. This afternoon, the Meteorological Office said that the wind was due to a very intense low pressure area, which crossed the Dominion last night. Some very low barometric pressures, it was stated, had been registered., including 28.95 at Cape Puvsegur. Further strong winds could be expected. The wind is still high here. HISTORIC BUILDING BURNT. THAMES, January 5. An historic building, a link with the earliest missionaries of the Anglican mission at Puriri in 1833, was totally destroyed by fire at Parawai, Thames, last night. The building was erected by Maori converts for Revs. Maunsell and Davis when' the mission moved from Puriri to Parawai. The back portion where the fire originated was the original building, while the frant was renovated. The occupants lost all, escaping in their night clothes.

DRUNKEN DRIVER. DUNEDIN, January 5. Completely drunk, Joseph Whitson, nged 60 years, drove his car into a creek at Green island on Saturday night, the consequences being that his i brother was removed to the hospital with minor injuries. .He appeared at. • the Police Court charged with being ' drunk in charge of a car. He was fined £lO and his license cancelled, and he was prohibited from driving a car for 12 months.

M AINTENANCE CLAIM. DUNEDIN, January 5

Six children of which he is the father to another woman, after deserting his wr.lV and vanishing nine years ago, were a> pathetic exhibition in Court this morning, when Arthur George Bosswarct, was charged with disobedience of a maintenance order. He had escaped detection till New Year’s day when his wife saw him investing money on the totalisation at M aikounit i races.

The eldest of the children by the woman he is living with is 11 years old. All these children were beautifully kept and in splendid health, and counsel said Bossward was very steady, attending to his home excellentlv. He was remanded lor a week.

ATTEMPT TO BURN CHURCH. NAPIER, January 3. A despicable attempt to destroy St. Patrick’s Church yvas perpetrated in the early hours this morning. The outbreak started under the side door where liquid had been placed. A hole was burnt in the floor and the sides of the porch scorched. The total damage amounted to about; £25. FIRE. CHRISTCHURCH, January 3. Fire in the early hours of yesterday morning destroyed a nine-roomed twoi storeyed house in Murray Aynsley Terrace. Hillsborough, the property of Mr W. S. Newburgh. The house was closed at the time, Mr Newburgh and family being away on holiday, and as the district is outside the Fire Board area, nothing could he done to save the property. WELLINGTON POPULATION. WELLINGTON, January 3. The vital statistics for the Wellington urban area for 1930 show an increase in births, deaths and marriages compared with 1929. The total are— Births 2367, deaths 1290, marriages 1546, the totals for the previous year being 2205, 1260 and 1490 respectively-