DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 31 January 1931, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

AUCTION ABOARD AN OLD SHIP.

MARAROA’’S STORES AND FITTINGS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association)

WELLINGTON, Jan. 28

A somewhat unusual auction sale is to be held to-morrow, when stores and fittings and sundry articles on the old steamer Mararoa, which is shortly to be scuttled in Cook Strait, are to he sold under the hammer, the sale being conducted aboard the ship. The action is to commence in the morning, and it is expected that it w*ll ontimie throughout the day. In connection with the sale, the question has been raised whether purchasers could be called upon to pay Customs duty on the dutiable articles. Prospective bidders have no need for concern on that score, however, as the Union Company has arranged the matter with the Customs Department.

GIRL'S DISAPPEARA NCE, GISBORNE, January 30. Anxiety is felt for the safety of Miss Lilian May Higham, 20, who left her home at Gisborne on Sunday afternoon and has not since been heard of. Her parents arc unable to account for her disappearance, and state none of her effects were taken away. TARANAKI’S 5s TOTE. NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 30. The Taranaki Jockey Club has decided to instal a five shilling tote on the outside lawn at its forthcoming meeting. THE MISSING YACHT. WELLINGTON, January 30With supplies sufficient for ten days at sea., the “Matai” leaves at- five o’clock on a search for the yacht Windward. TAIHAPE TRAGEDY. TAIHAPE, January 30. With the lower part of the face blown away, the body of Andreas August Jensen, a labourer, a Finn, aged 66, was found early this morning near an hotel at Taihape. A detonator bad been msed. The body was wrapped in a rug with a towel round the head, and a box of matches and a razor blade were clutched in one hand. Deceased was worried over an impending operation. THYMUS GLAND TRAGEDY.

AUCKLAND. January 30

At the tfiquest into * the death of Thomas Henry Crossnn, aged fourteen, the evidence showed that the b°y died in his own home after the extrncfeUffi of teeth. The home is n registered hospital. Dr. D. N. W. Murray, who made the post mortem examination, said the thymus gland was greatly enlarged, and weighed two ounces and covered the upper part of the heart. In witness’s opinion death was due to sudden heart failure, following an enlarged thymus gland. The Coroner returned a. verdict that death was due to heart failure, following an enlarged thymus gland, and that no blame was attachable to the anaesthetist or dentist, or any other person.