DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

PREMATURE EXPLOSION.

TWO AIEN INJURED

(By TelegrapU—Per Press Association.^

WELLINGTON, January 9,

I wo employees were injured at Paekakariki Quarry at 8.30 this morning, a charge exploding prematurely.

AY ill iam Alatker, a single man, was peppered with stones all over the face, arms and hands wore lacerated wounds and both eyes injuied. He was hospilalied at Wellington. His condition is satisfactory,

flames larpey was injured in one arm.

PROA! IN ENT AI AN’S DEATH

CHRISTCHURCH, January 9

Obituary—Colonel C. J. Cooper, aged 00. retired. He was well-known in business and military circles.

DEATH FROM INJURIES

HAWER'A, J amiarv 9

Sustaining a fractured skull when a ear driven by her father somersaulted on the main road near Patea yesterday afternoon. Afiss Sadie Alice Hodge, 21, died from her injury in Patea Hospital at 4.15 this morning. The six other occupants of the cat, who were also injured arc progressing satisfactorily.

RAI LAVA V WORK BUS SELECTION

AUCKLAND, January 9

Jacob Elliot, of Otalmhu railway workshops, was elected by ballot to represent North Island members of the A.S.R.S. at the conference. In a second ballot he was returned as Executive Councillor lor the North Island of the A.S.R.S. He has also been returned to represent the second division of the Railwav Board of Appeal.

Elliot is the first railwayman to hold the three positions simultaneously.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S TRIBUTE.

DUNEDIN. January 7

The Governor-General visited the new Town Hall, the Public Library and the Early Settlers' Aluseum this morning and toured round the city in the aifternoon.

During his visit to the Early .Settlers’ Aluseum Lord Bledisloe stated that the fact which had struck him more than anything else in New Zealand’s chief cities was the amazing foresight and vision which had characterised the early settlers. He expressed the hope that the wonderful inventions of science which often diverted youthful minds from the-history of the past would riot prevent them from realising what their forebears had done and the fact that but for the efforts of the pioneers New Zealand would not offer the magniiicmit prospects for its youth that it did to-day. Jn the evening his Excellency attended a social gathering at the Returned Soldiers’ Club.